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THE BEE: OMAHA. TUESDAY. APRIL 5. 191. The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY THE BEE rOBLlSHINa COMPANY, KELSON B. UPDIKE, PublUsar. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TOtAamlaMd Pnu. tt wfcle To. BM U awtar, tl dutinlj ctlUcd la U dm for publlc.tloa et all am dltwtotiM frwllitd to n or net oUwrvtw erdltd In thlt, wa. ad " local am mbUihti hmia. All ruJiu ol puMicatloo o etu veitX BEE TELEPHONES Prlntt Bn Ktcbwim ilk ff Tvlr 1 000 th DtpuUMot or rro WiotwL For Nisht Call AfUr 10 P. M.l IMitertil Dp.rtfl Tr'w IjHWL Circultlle. DorwrtsMnl ........... TjIm lOOHt. tdttrtltllif Dapartmait ........... Tjlat JOWL OFFICES OF THE BEE Id tin Offlr.: ITlh ul riraaa . ; CoucU Stuff - IS Seott M, I Baulk Bid SStf H Bt. Out-of-Towa Offics: Chluto ISA Fifto Ai I tb la ft on 1111 0 Bt BUttr Bide I Parti, franc 20Bu8I.Hooor The Bee's Platform 1. Ntw Union Passenger Station. 2. Continued Improvement of th No braska Highways, including the pa ment of Main Thoroughfares loading into Omaha with a Brick Surfaca. 3. A short, low-rata Waterway from the Corn Belt to the Atlantic Ocean. 4. Home Rule Charter for Omaha, with City Manager form of Government. "Old Man Dollar" Convalescing. Certain comparisons easily made' show that the value of the dollar is steadily increasing, and while it may never reach the 100-cent basis as represented by prewar prices, it has long since ceased to b$ the 32-cent affair it was not many months ago. .Accompanying this is another state of affairs which must have full weight in any calculations made. Consumption has decreased as well as prices, and production naturally has ceased. Within fairly marked bounds this holds no cause for alarm. We are letting ourselves down from the peak attained in 1918, slowly get ting back to something like normal relations and a stable way of living. A great deal of talk is yet being heard about Europe's industrial and commercial condition. That is deplorable, but talking about it .will not remedy it, nor will lending assistance , that amounts to little more than charity. Whatever help is given to Europe, if it-is to be effective,, must be of a sort that will encourage Europeans to help themselves. "Freezing" of large sums of capital V long-term credits to foreign .buyers is likely to" prove disastrous at home; so also will the opening of our own markets to European-made wares. We, want to furnish raw ma terials for theni, but we realize that if we buy back the manufactured articles, we are cutting off just that much ot a market. 'for our home made goods' What Europe has to sell that we need of want, we will buy from them, but we owe to our' own peopll the protection of the home market. British, German, French and Bel gian institutions are anxious to regain their place in the. world markets. Here they met and will meet again. Americans, but on a different basis. We will compete more, sharply and effectively with them than ever, and their recovery will be delayed by just that much. This seems a harsh conclusion, but it is in evitable. Russia is not the only land that has a long road to travel back to normalcy. Results of centuries of laborr e-f productive effort and thrift; were dissipated iri a few months of stu pendous madness, and these will not be restored in a short time. When' this is realized, we will hear less of bringing France back directly to where she stood in August, 1914, and more will be done apng the only way that leads back to prosperity lor France. In America" effort will have to be directed to the production of things that are needed. Great stores of raw materials arc accumulating, not be cause there is no demand for them, but because conditions will not permit their, immediate use. Copper mines are shutting down, because of great surplus and slack demand for copper, yet the principal users of that metal have adjourned extensive programs because they Can not pro ceed on present conditions. .The copper will not disappear, and in time it will all be used. So, too, with other things. The way back is not a pleasant one, for it means the, abandonment of war prices and war profits; it means close computation and not the happy-go-lucky method of "cost pkts," and it means that success will be for the competent and careful, not for the reckless and improvident. We have learned the lesson,-however loath we may be to apply hv "Old Man Dollar" is con valescing, all right. The Kind of Discipline. Distrust and dislike of discipline is perhaps a characteristic of Americans, and it is some times pointed out that the nation had its: birth in the casting forth of the discipline of the Brit ish crown. But it must be remembered that an other, a self-discipline, so to speak, was sub stituted. Yet Dr. W. A. Evans was right when he told the convention of Nebraska teachers here the other day that, "There is too little disci pline in this country, too little governmental discipline, school discipline and home discipline." His plea must not be misunderstood as being for more general use of the switch, the paddle or the palm of a chastising hand, but rather as for greater emphasis on character and the mainten ance of stricter standards of conduct. The best sort of discipline is that which con trols the child or the citizen by appealing to his reason and conscience to his self-respect rather than to fear. The day of the iron hand in the home, the school or the state is gone; the low er forms of discipline would no longer be effect ive if they were tried, and the appeal now must be to sympathy, intelligence and self-control. Protecting the Middle West. The position of those who oppose a tariff on farm products imported from abroad might have some color of logic if no other. line of in dustry were enjoying protection from foreign competition. When democratic politicians such as Senator Hitchcock oppose duties on raw ma terials, consistency would demand that they de mand the removal of tariff restrictions- on other products. Why should mining or manufactur ing have protection that is denied to agriculture? It it evident, that the .manufacturing inter r ests of the east are laying plans, praiseworthy in themselves, for expanding America's foreign commerce. They will do this under the shelter f a tariff, but look with disfavor on extending the tariff to cover the raw materials which they refine, desiring to be free to purchase their wool cheapest, rt order to hold down the costs of production. Secretary of Agriculture Wallace has point ed out that to reduce their labor costs they also want to keep food prices low. "If they can send shipload' of their manufactured goods to the great producing countries south of us and bring back these ships loaded with food ' products raised on cheap lands and with cheap labor, that would seem to them to be good business," Mr. Wallace declares. He is right in saying that this would ruin American agriculture and injure the whole na tion. The thing is too one-sided. Freight rates on grain from Argentina to New York are said to be one-half those from Nebraska to New .York. Cheap water transportation thus gives foreign lands a further advantage in the eastern markets. Something has to be done for the American farmer. President Harding haa announced his policy that the same- fair treatment must be. given agriculture that is given other industries. The proposed tariff is a conscientious effort to meet one side of the emergency. Have any of those who oppose this measure anything more practical to offer? Lloyd George and the Miners' Strike. Some time ago Lloyd George expressed him self with regard to the labor movement in Great Britain in terms that now seem to be justified by the strike of the miners. He then character ized the trade union activity as revolutionary, rather than economic or constructive. The pres ent strike of the miners is anomalous in some respects. In 1915 the miners sought to force the nationalization of the industry by setting up a strike at the time when England's need for bunker coal was greater than ever in its his- tory, and when fuel was even more important than food in the winning of the war. Govern ment control followed, rather than government ownership, and a scale of wages resting on the selling price, of coal.. This agreement has ex pired, and a reduction in wages is urged by the owners. Miners admit that some mines can hot be operated at a profit on the present age scale, . but they urge a pooling of output and profit, with the alternative of payment of any deficit out of the national exchequer. The plan is substantially that proposed by Plumb for the operation of American railways. As a sidelight, it is interesting to recall that at world conference of coal miners, held in Am sterdam some years before the war, American delegates presented a resolution calling on all miners ceased to dig coal in event of war being declared. This resolution was withdrawn at be hest of the German delegates, who said they could not sit in the conference while such a proposal was present Coupled with the miners' strike, the railway men of England also threaten to go on strike, paralyzing industry as far as possible. The gov ernment made preparations to meet the situa tion, revolutionary in its character, and by va rious plans hopes to keep up communication and carry oh. In its broad phases the situation is as serious as any the, Lloyd George govern ment has faced, and holds its fate. He must win this or surrender power; and, on the other hand, if the miners are the losers, the labor movement in England has suffered a defeat it will be a long time recovering from. It is not likely that either the fuel or the transportation industries of the United Kingdom will be na tionalized, but. damage may be. wrought that will imperil the nation for a long time, because of the immense cost of restoring the colleriesand railroad lines to productive service once more. Short of actual invasion by the enemy, Eng land could not be more seriously menaced than it is now by the conduct of its own people. The strike holds all the elements of the revolution the reds have been working up, and provides for democracy one of its severest tests. John Bull is sore beset at home, but his faculty for mud-! dling through offers hope for his recovery. Four Hundred Careless and Dangerous. Saturday night was a splendid night for joy riding. Part of its record is 400 drivers inter cepted by volunteer motor police, because of improperly lighted cars. Some had no lights, some had one. some were running cars without taii' lights, but all were violating1 the ordinance and traffic rules in so operating their cars. Not only were thev careless, but they were dangerous to others as' well as themselves. Each of the cars stopped was the potential cause of an acci dent, in event of which lite was m jeoparay. Never was the futility of preaching more per fectly illustrated. AH the admonition of every aorencv that can be brought to bear on he sub ject seems to have been wasted. Mount the car, turn on the starter, give her the gas, and away we go. It doesn't matter if it have no head ight or tail light. Why should we worry? We will take a chance, and make the other fellows do the same. It will ony take a minute to inspect the Hants and find out if we are properly equipped, but why waste a minute? Up in Minneapolis, they are sending such of fenders to the workhouse to spend ten days or such a matter in contemplation of their error. We have no workhouse in Omaha, but a substi tute of some kind may be devised. At any rate, something ought to be done to putrespect for the law and the rights of other people into the minds of the careless, reckless, dangerous auto mobile drivers. Four hundred in one evening is quite a bag, and amounts to disgrace for the community. It Always Might Be Worse. Among the literary projects of Southey, never fulfilled, was to write an essay after the manner of Addison on the notion of a board of suicide, instituted to grant licenses for that act, upon suf ficient cause being shown. Any such proposal, of course, is nonsense, but it is interesting to speculate on the question whether anyone after having gone through the cooling process of le gal discussion and having had the matter consid ered from all sides, would still desire to die. . The world, perhaps, is better off with some men dead than with them alive, and thus we have capital punishment, but as far as the in dividual is concerned, while there is life there ishope. Things might be better, but they might be a great deal worse, too, and there is a strange sort of consolation in knowing that- however badly off one may be, there are other miser able creatures with whom he would not ex change places. Not long since a woman estranged from her husband commented on his disappearance and threat to end his life that he did not have the bravery to kill himself. It is indeed questionable whether self-destruction reqtrres any hardihood or anything more than a '.cak desoair and lack of adequate reflection. What Constitutes Income Supreme Court of United Slates Again Defines Term Profits derived from the sale of capital assets are taxable under the income and excess profits law, according to a unanimous decision by the supreme court of the United States. The profits may be in the form of gain derived from cor porate securities or other corporate assets of any increase in the value of a capital investment. when realized. Arthur Ryerson, who was lost on the Ti tanic, left as part of his estate capital stock in the fir.m of J. T. Ryerson & Son valued at $560, 000 on March 1, 1913. In 1917 this stock was sold for $1,280,000, and the cash obtained was added to the estate. The collector of internal revenue collected a tax of $311,000 on the $700,000 difference between the values stated and the tax was paid, butt to recover was brought and the court below held that the tax should stand. The case turned practically on the determina tion of what was "income" in the meaninsr of the law. In the decision, which was read by Justice Clark, the court says: "It is obvious that this presents a question of definition, and we think that the answer to it may be found in recent decisions of this court. .The corporation excise tax act of 1909 was not an income tax law, but the definition of the word 'income' was so necessary in its administration that, in Stratton's Independence against Herbert 231 U. S. 399, it was formujated as a 'gain de rived from capital, from labor or from both com bined.' . "This definition, frequently approved by this court, received an addition in its latest income tax decision (Eisner against Macomber, 252 U. S. 189) which is especially significant in its ap plication to such a case as we have here, the definition was then made to read: 'Income may be defined as a gain derived from capital, from labor, or from both combined, provided it be understood to include profit gained through sale or conversion of capital assets.' "It is obvious that unless this definition be modified, it rules the case at bar, and notwith standing the full arguments heard in this case and in the series of cases now under considera tion, we continue .entirely satisfied,-with that definition, and, since the fund so taxed was the amount realized from the sale of stock in 1917, less the capital investment determined by the trustees as of March 1, 1913, it is palpable that it was a 'gain of profit' 'produced by' or 'derived from' that investment, and that it 'proceeded from' and was 'severed' or 'rendered severable' from it, by the sale for cash, and thereby be came that 'realized gain which has been repeat edly declared to be taxable income within the meaning of the constitutional amendment and the acts of congress. "A second contention is that the word 'in come' as used in the sixteenth amendment and in the income tax act we arc considering does not include the gain from capital realized by a single isolated sale of property, but that only the profits realized from sales by one engaged in buying and selling as a business (a merchant, a real estate agent, or broker) constitute income which may be taxed. In other words,, it is con ceded for the purpose of this part of the argu ment that the gain assessed would be taxable if a broker had realized it, instead of an investor. . "It is sufficient to say of this contention, that no such distinction as is here urged between an investor and a dealer was recognized in the civil war income tax acts of in the income tax act of 1894, which was declared unconstitutional on an unrelated ground; that it was not recognized in determining income under the excise tax act of 1909; that is not to be found, in terms, in any of the income tax provisions- of the internal revenue acts of 1913,. 1916, 1917 or 1919; that the definition of the word 'income' as used in the sixteenth amendment, which has been de veloped by this court, does not recognize any such distinction; that in departmental practice, for uow seven years, such a rule rjas not been ap plied; and, finally, that there is no essential dif ference in the nature of the transaction or in the i-elation of the 'profit to the capital involved whether the sale or conversion be a single, iso lated transaction or one of many. "The interesting and ingenious argument which is earnestly pressed upon us, that this dis tinction is so fundamental and obvious that it must be assumed to be a part of .the 'general un derstanding' of the meaning of the word 'income fails to convince us that a construction should be adopted whhh would, in a large measure, de feat the purpose of the amendment "Plainly the gain we are considering was de rived from the sale of personal property, and very certainly the comprehensive last clause (in Section 2), 'gains or profits and income from any source whatever,' must also include it if the trustee is a taxable person within the meaning of the act. ,. "It results that the Judgment of the district court must be affirmed. Salesmen and Hotel Prices Massachusetts has found how difficult it is to get a definite idea for the basis of hotel charges, but the 600,000 traveling salesmen who protest the high prices charged by hotels through the country aren't going to hold any "investigation." They aren't going to dig into complicated accounting schedules. They are going to employ direct action in the form of a boy cott and let everyone, from the supreme court down to the legal department, of the hotels they think profiteering, do the worrying. The traveling salesman is one of the elements to be considered in hotel keeping. He doesn't frequent the Peacock Alleys; he doesn't engage the four-room suite, he doesn't patronize the roccoco restaurants but where, those who do frequent, engage and patronize them come to the hotel once a year he comes perhaps every week. Where the casual patron will stand the gouge once, and do his grumbling at home, the salesman, who has to be on the road, and who has to patronize the hotel as a part of his busi ness and livelihood runs against the charges con tinuously. He knows food prices are falling, he knows labor is cheaper, but evidently some hotel men don't. Therefore he avails himself of the only weapon left him publicity and definite warning to his brothers to beware. He knows, moreover, that the best advertise ment a hotel can get is from its patrons. He knows that unfavorable comment upon prices will result in those warned steering clear of the hostery mentioned when arriving in town, and also that they will tell others what they have heard. A hotel depends more perhaps than most business institutions upon good will. If it loses that unless it has monopoly of accommo dation for traveling public its balance sheet be gins to suffer. When the organization says that "Jesse James was a piker beside some hotel managers" the hotel managers are going to do a little thinking. Hotels have to have patrons to keep 'going. Worcester Tcleram. ox The Puzzle That Remains. While Robert Lansing has revealed how more than we suspected Woodrow Wilson at Paris refused to accept counsel, how he was se cretive as the Japanese, how he was unprepared with any program for the day's work, how to save the league covenant he yielded his convic tions upo;i other articles of importance, con spicuously Shantung. He does not explain sat is factorily why in the face of discourtesy and rebuff and of disregard that must have been hu miliating he remained as secretary of state until his resignation was asked for, long after the treaty was signed. He does not attempt to explain, as one who had not the confidence of the president could not, why the president delayed so long to ask for his resignation, which should naturally have come soon after the arrival at Paris, if not in deed, before the commission went to Paris. Really, Mr. Wilson should write a book. Syracuse Tost-Standard. - - 7 Disagrees With The Doe. 8tamford, Neb., March 29. To the Editor of The Bee: The writer haa been a reader ot The Bee for a num ber of years and appreciates to a great exten the editorials, but of late many of them are off color, especial ly those referring to movie censor ship. The one appearing March 26 ia again of aueh a nature. I do not wish to appear controversial in thia letter, Out I would like to have an explanation and, I think, a few others of your readers will welcome a statement. Tour article "Movie Censorship" is the same as used by the liquor element of a number of years ago, It Is the same without the "dotting of an T or the crossing of a t. just substitute for movie censorship the word prohibition and you have the argument of the saloon element. Why were those wrong wnen tisca ty the liquor element and why are they right when used In ravor of the movies? In the last paragraph of the above editorial tne editor makes this sig niflcant statement: "It Is admitted that the picture promoters have ot- fended good taste and frequently have gone very close to the verge of aecency and that much of positive harm has come, etc." Is it really as bad as all that, that the movies have actually come "very close to the verge of decency?" I had thousrht tnat a great part of the pictures pre sented were of the decent sort, but i cannot ten since I seldom go to see them. But if they are reallv so bad that they have come close to the verge of decency it truly is time that our legislators awoke to pass a censhorship law. Or is that ouoted sentence a mistake? Did the editor mean to say the promoters have 'come very close to the vern-e nf In decency?" Perhaps a typographical error! Thanking you for the privi lege of making the above inquiry through the Letter Box, I am, H. W. SAEGER. Calls for BergdoM. Antioch, Neb., March 29. To the Editor nf TVlA Hob- T am much A iKannoln eA with Via nni nv r r ...v.. . . . .j (.uiilj the CfTVPmmrnt 1. fnllnurlno. In . gards to conquered Germany. Why not aemana- tsergaon ana let Ger many understand ff tViio .muiitn wants a certain thing done that It means . it must De done that very minute and not. whan th or feel inclined to do the request. sucn policies as have been fol lowed of late are dtaenstlns' in r. service men. I hope the new ad ministration will put the fear of the cannons in the Germans again. It la a disgrace to have the deserter run at lr nA th fir v,. v,. him about captured behind lock and key. Let's go to Berlin if necessary. Let's have what we want and If it takes men, ammunition, yes, the whole country to do so. EX-SERVICE MAN. ' For Proportional Voting. . Omaha. ADrll 4. Tn th TCrittnr of The Bee: Thank you for your editorial of last week on proportion al representation. It may interest von tn knnnr tnat TOmiMai. Ashtabula, O., and Sacramento, Cal.! are using tnis metnoa of voting and that it was recently adopted by Can ton, 0. It has been used In Kalama zoo, but was found nnnnnnHtiitlnnal in Michigan. In addition to Den mark, it is used in nearly all the Swiss cantons, all Canada, for 11 seats of the English House of Commons, in New Zealand, in Sydney. Australia; British Colum bia, South Africa and for school boards in Scotland and elsewhere. Moreover, it is uesd in .Ireland generally, with the consent of the English government. Proportionists claim that this method secures peace and satisfaction, and in support of this -claim, let me ask if anyone can remember anything else the English and Irish have agreed upon in a thousand years? Tour editorial States that malnrftv rnt la Wo-h but a sa moral issue, especially whenJ sustained Dy a strong caucus and an industrial lobby. majority rule works oueerlv. Knrnnpan stnrfenta of political economy tell us that, of au tne ways or counting votes, the United States usese the worst. It is half a century since John Stuart Mill maed a littlfl fnrmiiln. tnr nnr edification and from which we may pront. Majority rule develops into rule bv a malorltv of a. malnrttv- which is necessarily minority rule. That is why we are actually gov- ernea Dy small groups, usually or the most interested, active and greedy of our politicians and why the voter sretB SO little for his vote that no is discouraged and quits. Proportion al representation not only gives con sideration to minorities but it curbs majorities and does Actually equalise political power according to its righteous .strength. MRS. CHAS. T. NEAL. Germany and Borgdoll. Kearney, Neb., March 26. To the Editor of The Bee: Good for the writer of "Let Us Have Bergdoll." which appeared in the Letter Box or The Bee, Friday morning, March 25. He lias expressed my sent- ments exactly and also ri am sure of every other boy who served his hitch in the A. E. F. Let us start a campaign, through the press demanding the immediate surrender of this yellow cur. Berg doll, and the release of the two Tankea soldiers who tried to cap ture him. If Germany falls to come across pronto, there are -any number of us who will gladly volunteer to go in and .get him and also liberate Neuf and Zimmer. ' Let's get busy, boys, and demand the Immediate surrender of Berg doll together with the release of our two soldiers from a German prison. And let us let Germany, know that we are decidedly In sympathy with the allied demands on reparation. Let each man do this in the name of your buddy who gave his all and whose resting place over there Is marked by a little white cross. ANOTHER AMERICAN. Alleges Unfair Discrimination. North Platte, Neb., March 29. To the Editor of The Bee: The gener al revenue bill, now pending in the senate file 65, prepared by the senate committee renkly and unfairly dis criminates against mutual building and loan association in this: That after provding that the capital stock and surplus of all domestic corpora tions shall be assessed as intangible and a tax levied thereon of four mills on the dollar actual valuation thereof, including the capital stock and surplus of domestic building and loan associations. This tax is pro vided by Section .1, of Article IX of said bill. Under the provisions of Section i. of said article domestic building and loan assocations are also required to pay a tax or four mills on the dollar on their gross earnings. No bank trust company or other domestic corporation is required to pay this tax. In al lother domestic corporations the four mills on the capital stock and surplus is the only tax required to be paid on their in tangible property. The only possible excuse for such rank injustice would be a determina. tion on the part of me legislature to discourage mutual co-operative associations'. We do not believe that any fair mmaea legislature will knowingly perpetuate this injustice, hence we can their attention to It at this tme. that Justice may be done. THOMAS C. PATTERSON. President Mutual B. & L. Association or North Platte. Word for WaUweber. Omaha. Anril 2 Tn tho TfMitn.. of The Bee: , W. H. Wallweber has been a citizen of Omaha all his life and Is for the welfare of the work ing men. He will do his best to get work for the unemployed. A workinir mr.n hlmtalf Via mfll ..a that the working men get a fair deal BEN BAUER. How to Keep, Well By DR. W. A. EVANS to Dr. Ev.n. by ?..d.r. .1 Th. Bt.. will . an.w.r! P"' ry;JT,, propr limitation, wh.ro .Ump.d .Wr.. "v. lop. .nel.Mj. r " will not m.k. di.sno.l. or prwerlb. lor individual dl.M.. AddrtM toMora ia core oi Th. Bw. Copyright, 1921, by Dr. W. A. Kv.m How to Tell Who Controls Papers The Louisville Courier-Journal ha compiled a formula by which anyone at a glance may determine Just what Interest owns or domin ates any newspaper any time." The oDject, tne Courier-Journal states. ia to save much vexatious specula tion among those who readily per ceive a hidden and ulterior motive behind a newspaper's policy but can not bo easily understand what the motive is. The formula follows: For good, roads owned by the cement manufacturers. - For enforcement of ordinances re quiring tail lights to be kept burn ing on automobiles at night con trolled by lamp manufacturers. For free textbooks for public school children dominated by the book publishing houses. Against government ownership of railroads controlled by Wall Street and railroad interests. For government ownership of rail roads dominated by Wall Street and railroad interests who desire to trade their fluctuating and watered stocks for gilt edged United States bonds with a guaranteed Income. Against , profiteering dominated by radicals who desire to bring dis aster to capital. Against incompetence or abuse of authority by a democratic office holdercontrolled by the republican organ izalton. Against Incompetence or abuse by a republican officeholder dominated by the democratic organization. For a policy in the public interest, pursued by a republican owned body and soul by the republican par ty. Against socialism, bolshevism and communism owned by Wall Street. For prohibition controlled by a coalition of soft drink manufactur ers and politicians. Against prohibition bought by the distilleries and breweries. Against an increase in street car fares purchased by socialists and radicals. For an Increase in street car fares subsidized by the railway compan ies. Against one-piece bathing suits for women bought by Ziegfleld, - to overcome competition with his "Fol lies." For longer skirts for women controlled by the dry goods manu facturer. For a revival of interest in poetry purchased by poets. Against clouds of smoke In the city air dominated by the manu facturers of smoke consumers. ' For another epidemic of Spanish influenra controlled by the physi cians and undertakers. Against said epidemic subsidized by the theatrical interests Kllmarten and Hopkins. Omah Mnrrh 31 TV, ha T7rli of The Beei There is an uderstand-ing-, more or less general, that John Hopkins and John Kilmarten, acn didates for city commissioners were induced to file by a group of young men. most, of them rT.ei. man who feel that the younger element of the city is entitled to some represen tation in the ritv envernmant OTfetla it is true that both of these men are members of the American Legion, there is no connection between their candidacy and the organization men tioned. Kilmarten and Hopkins are clean, capable young men whose records are such that the men who back them feel the city would benefit if two such live wires are elected to the city commission. Both are square-shooting, hard fisted Ameri cans, and they are making the race independent of any factions, groups or cliques. RICHARD F. WOOD. Omaha Food Prices. Oklahoma City, Okla., March SO. To the Editor of The Bee: For more than 18 years I have lived in Omaha, and believe me, I do not think, there were many in Omaha who talked Omaha longer or thought Omaha stronger than the writer. February 1, this year, business necessitated my removal to the south and since that time I have been con stantly on the move from such towns as St. Louis. Kansas City. Wichita, Oklahoma City, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Houston, San Antonio and other cities. In making: these cities since Feb ruary 1, I have become accustomed to food prices which are about what they were before the war. The other day, however, I was called to Omaha and was there two days and I found that my expense accounts for meals are double the amount it has cost me In any other of the cities named for the same period of time. It seems to me that with your "Onward Omaha" and other forward movements, such as the free bridge, eto., that a movement to curb this profiteering In your prices of restau rant and hotel food should be both started and completed, no matter whose toes are stepped On. Tou may take it from a very re cent ex-Omahan that you are alone in this and if I could make you re- PARADOXES OF TUBERCULOSIS. One reason for the marked de crease in consumption during the last 20 years is the common -knowledge of the disease. The man who does not know something about it, how to prevent it, what symptoms cause one to suspect it, and the ad vantage of open air treatment is un usual. When anyone announces a mngio cure for consumption, as happens about once a moon, the newspapers give it space, so wide is the interest in the sujeet. Dr. E. O. Otis makes a few sug gestions t for those who consider themselves posted on consumption. In his opinion some of their know ledge is not well founded. A com mon idea is that the bubbling sound known as rales heard on listening closely to the chest of a consump tive means the disease is active. Con sumptives think the disease is not arrested so long ns any rales can be heard in the chest. Dr. Otis says rales may be heard In some chests for years after the disease has healed. An arrested case is not justinea in tninKing nis disease nas flared up again merely because rales reappear. Dr. Otis recognizes that rales are one of the most valuable signs both of the presence and prog ress of consumption, but he also thinks many convalescents have been too much disturbed over them. Certainly one of the most valu able signs of consumption is the appearance of tubercle bacilli In the sputum. Finding them, there has settled many a dispute over diag nosis. They mean that the disease has become rather well advanced. Furthermore, they mean that the subject is a source of some danger to his surroundings. Tet even this well known old lightship does not always tell the exact truth. A diphtheria carrier is one who con tinues to throw of! diphtheria bacilli after he has been cured of the dis ease. A tuberculosis carrier is one who is throwing off tubercle bacilli in his sputum, but in whom the dis ease is not active. Another somewhat erroneous be lief relates to the efficacy of climate. Dr. Otis says there is no greater misconception than that open air is all that Is needed for the cure of consumption. Tuberculosis can be cured in any climate. Climate is of aid in the cure. So is life in the open air. But worry, financial care, homesickness, work, fatigue, poor food, lack of home surroundings, lack of medical control, lack of nursing service, any or all of these can more than offset the advantages of open air or climate. One man overworks trying to hold his family together and seeks to gain alize how disgusted, not from the money view but from the standpoint of principles, this makes all Omaha visitors I do not believe you could resist dealing with these profiteer ing hogs as they should be dealt with. I will venture to say that you can-, not get a bunch of men who travel together any where throughout this mid-western section start talking about food prices and to a man they will declare Omaha is in a class by Itself. A DOUBTFUL OMAHAN. J t,u Aura by aleeoinsr in open air , .iin n tha aimlleht all dT HUU ivnunn ... " - . - .a... A9tYimm 9nmn mftttm tO NSW. Mexico or Colorado for the cllmatei cure, but worries, Is homesick, worka when fatigued, lives in s poor room, eats cheap food, and suffer for medical and nursing service. So widespread is the fallacy as W the ability of climatic advantage to overcome all disadvantages of th hard life of a sick and poor man, among strangers that the Texas au thorities widely distribute a warninaf card advising the people of the dls advantages under which many oon sumptiven labor, which disadvan tages may outweigh the advantage of climate. Removing Bad Tonsils. Mrs. G. S. writes: "Mrs. M. J. is worried over her little 8-year-olcl daughter. My experience probably will benefit her. My o-year-oldl daughter was very nervous and threw up very badly for almost a year. She was treated for stomach trouble, but it did no good. I took her to a child doctor, and he told me the child was suffering from enlarged tonsils. We had the tonsils removed more than four months ago. The child has not had a throw ing up spell since. She has gained six pounds and is no longer nervous. In fact we are delighted over the. results of the operation." ' "Attention, Brig. Gen. Sawyer. C. T. C. writes: "Tour eloquent! confrere. 'Eye Witness,' in describ ing the closing scenes of the Sixty sixth congress refers to Mr. Harding sitting with his legs .crossed, the right leg rising and falling a little 'in that way which, 'Eye Witness says, 'I have been told. Indicates iiift.ii iicai i nviivu. i "Would it be too much to hopeT most learned doctor, . that in the quoted phrase you may find an ap propriate text for one of your ad mirable health sermonettes. I have noticed many a leg, both left and right, rising and falling when crossed over the other. What Is the significance of this movement and what relation does 'high heart ac tion' bear to the better known high blood pressure?" REPLT. When the legs are crossed "cor rectly" the large blood vessel on back of the leg crossed above other is compressed somewhat. possible under these circumstances to count the pulse by counting the little "kicks" of the foot If one could standardize the way of cross ing the leg It might be possible to form some sort of a rough Idea of the force with which the heart Is beating. Dr. Eye Is a very astute, alert physician if he can form much of a dependable opinion from thia sign. We will see that Brig. Gen. Sawyer hears of the observation. "cor- , l the the J It is A A. HOSPE CO. PIANOS TUNED AND REPAIRED All Work Guaranteed ISIS Doufl.t St. T.L trm 1 fU Mi UJsilli Dana :. eisa 6 Invest in the Real Estate ' Mortgage Securities No. 23 People have hidden a great amount of money in strong boxes, vaults and other places of "safety" through unjusti fiable distrust of financial in- stitutions. If that money were put into circulation, building and other dormant business could immediately become active. Put your money where-It will work and help to pull industry in the Omaha Em pire out of the doldrums ! ) unowMitu . C& SHOOK. Praoidras C A. ftOHRBOUGH. W.TmoV Aatsfs Oett $1,400,000 , : Call and Uik tk. autWr anr a x c' : FOCAL American Security Co.y ago Jfcrff. t 18th Doaftas SOU m y Be at the Polls Early to Vote for George B. Dyball ...fo r... Citf mmnoe!iniip Good, clean government is what the great majority of people nant, and tvhat I stand for. mi; duties at Lincoln as state representative, wording in and for the interests of Omahans, has left ny? cam paign for city commissioner in the hands of rnj friends, but I here announce mj willingness ' to serve the public, if elected, in' a straightforward and business-like manner throughout my term of office. GEORGE B. DYBALL and other essentials wherever they can get them 4 A X