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whose fundi ire earnrd and spent in Mexico
and those whose income is partly derived from
investments in Mexico.
This is indeed a pleasant requital for those
who have been so wrought up over the responsi
bility of our government to its citizens below
the border. They apparently wish to retain all
their advantages of American military and
diplomatic support without paying ariy premium
pn such insurance. Undoubtedly an' American
who goes, into1 business abroad is taking certain
risks that he would not run at home, but at the
same time, his profits are larger, actually or in
possibility. To expect, then, to have the back
ing of the government and at the same time to
avoid taxation is effrontery of the worst sort
Council Bluffl
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The Bee's Platform
1. New Union Passenger Station.
2. Continues! Improvement of the Ne.
breska Highway, including the pay ,
mailt of Main Thoroug h far at landing
into Omaha with Brick Surface).
3. A short, lowrata Waterway from thn
Corn Bolt to tha Atlantic Ocean.
4. Home Rule Charter for Omaha, with
City Manager form of Government.
PrrvElection Choice of Mayor.
When Omaha adopted the city commissioa
plan of government, one of the recommendations
for the change was that the selection of a
mayor would be left to the seven commissioners.
Experience has taught that in campaigns so
much concern frequently was expressed over
who should be mayor that other equally imporl
anylaces were lost sight of and occasionally se
rious mistakes were made by the voters. There
tore it was thought prudent to allow the seven
commissioners to elect the mayor from among
their own number. They still are clothed wit!i
that power.
Three years ago a peculiar condition was
presented, wherein one of the leading candidates
was selected by his supporters as their choice,
for mayor. He did not lead the procession
when the votes were counted, but he was elected
mayor. In this case the commissoncrs carried
out instructions of the voters, but the question
well may Ml asked as to whether it was in
conformity to the spirit of the law.' Another
equally interesting question may be asked: What
would have happened had that one candidate
failed to receive a plurality of the vote?
In the present campaign two active and op
posing groups have made choice of candidates,
for the office of mayor, something the voters are
not asked to express an opinion onf, Neither i
a party nominee, nor has either been selected
by any of the so-called "popular"; processes
known to politics. Each represents a self
appointed committee, devoted to a single issue.
Supporters of these candidates are actively work
ing to secure pledges , from other candidates to
vote, for the favored individual for mayor. Such
a pledge should not be given. :
Fourteen meu are set before the voters from
which seven are to be chosen for the office ot
commissioner. Any one of -the fourteen may be.
elected. "No man can foresee what the outcome,
will be, and if the intent and purpose of the
city commission form of government is to be
preserved, the election should not turn on the
fortunes of a single candidate. The choice should
be free and untrammeled between the fourteen.;
After the selection has been made, let the seven
comply with the law and name one of. their
number to be mayor;
Candidates for commissionerships may -feel
they ire aiding their chances by tying up with
one or the other of the contending factions, but
they really are making a serious mistake. How
ever noisy the advocates of either1 may be in
their claims, the truth is that the approaching
election will not turn on the personality !of any
one man, and that the outcome is not dependent
on the single issue that is so sharply thrust to
the front by interested groups. Therefore, it
will be wisdom for the nominees to preserve as
far as possible their independence of action, to
'the eijd that the successful seven may proceed
. for the best interest of Omaha without con
sidering the personal aspirations of any one of
their number. '
Local Issues in Nebraska.
When the long-time question of wet or dry
vanished from town and village politics in Ne
braska, the voters were not left without issues
on which to divide and contest. Sunday base
ball, Sunday "movies," the regulation of pool
halls, bowling alleys and the like, now come up
.for consideration and disposal. On the decision
reached at the ballot box- depends the fate of
many things that are of moment to the com
munity concerned. These may appear to be
trivial and of little consequence to outsiders, but
to those at hand the questions are paramount,
at least to the extent of demandiing considera
tion by the solemn referendum of the people.
What is really encouraging is the spirit shown
in the elections held in Nebraska communities
during the week. Regardless of the points at
issue, the fact that almost every community
found itself stirred up and voters tlkmg posi
tion on one side or the other is encouraging.
Keen, active interest in local affairs is a pYopcr
exhibition of the appreciated privileges and re
sponsibilities of self-government. So long as
such a spirit prevails in a community its ex
istence will not stagnate. A healthy, energetic
minority will always keei the winners alert, and
so secure the service that might failovere a
lethargy to overtake local politics. A red-hot
campaign can not be conducted in a dead town.
Below the Border.
From time to time it has been necessary for
the United States to exert pressure of one kind
and another to protect its citizens in foreign
lands. A military expedition was sent into
Mexico in pursuit of bandits; warships fired on
Vera Cruz, and for some time diplomatic force
has been exerted to alter the provisions of the
Mexican constitution concerning the rights of
foreigners to exploit the nation's oil. There are
numerous more or less altruistic persons who
are heard even now to advocate occupation of
our southern neighbor in order to establish law
and order and the safety of our nationals there.
It comes with something of a shock, ac
cordingly, to learn that collection of . United
States income taxes from American residents in
Mexico .will be contested in court; Funds have
been raised to start two suits testing the right
of theovcrnmcnt to Ux nonresident citizens
, Tyranny of the Mob.
That Americans desired at one and the same
time the advantages of civilization and the liberty
1 of barbarism was the accusation made by John
Stuart Mill many years ago. In casting the
horoscope for our country he predicted the erec
tion of a "tyranny of the majority" which would
not take the shape of tyrannical laws, but that
of dispensing with all laws in periods of excite
ment and high feeling.
Something of this tendency is to be observed
in rather frequent acts of mob, violence. Thou
sands of miners are deported from an Arizona
town and nothing is done to punish the forces
behind it; public meetings are broken up; men
are tarred and feathered; mobs take men guilty
Or suspected of crime from officers of the law
and hang or burn them and no fires of honest
public indignation are lit to denounce the acts.
A dispatch of recent date from Arkansas
exhibits how the facts arc elided and glossed
over on such occasions. It reads thus:
At the insistence of a committee represent
ing 1.000 citizens from towns along the Mis
souri & North Arkansas railroad, union leaders
who have charge of a strike on that line
agreed to leave the state and departed late
today.
No matter where one's sympathies lie, one
must admit that 'such proceedings arc without
warrant of law, and that such breakdown of
order is dangerous asfncouragiug the tempta
tion to meet force with force.. Perhaps it has
grown neither better nor worse since Mill spoke
in disapproval of the people of New York and
Philadelphia who" sacked the homes of aboli
tionists as crowds looked on, amused. He ob
served that the laws of Maryland prohibit mur
der and burglary and yet public opinion coun
tenanced the destruction of a Baltimore news
paper that opposed the war against England in
1812 and the hanging of. the editor by a mob
which took him from . the officers.
The best guide for Americans in these days
which should be so much better than they are
may be foifnd in the words of George Washirig4
ton, who, in discussing the place of government
said: '.'Respect for its authority, compliance
with its laws, acquiescence in its measures, are
duties enjoined by the fundamental maxims of
tjue liberty." " '
Harding's Plan For Soldier Relief.
The celerity with which the Dawes commis-.
sion dispatched its work and made recommenda
tions to the president as to the proper method
for caring for our disabled soldiers is not to be
accepted as any measure of the importance of
the work or he simplicity of the problem. 'It
merely shows how plain the remedy. One of
the remarkable failures of the late democratic
administration was on this point. Instead of
systematically and effectively going about to 're
deem its promises to the men who fought in
the World War, the government adopted a series
of makeshifts, with the inevitable result. Waste,
extravagance, incompetence, inconvenience and
suffering to the men . followed, and, al
though money was available and the'willingness
apparent the needed help could not be given be
cause the machinery was so erected that it could
not function. ' '
" General Dawes in his report 'points out that,
the several boards, commissions and bureaus set
up, to handle the business are endeavoring, by
mutual agreement to co-operate as far as pos
sible under the: several laws creating them, but
the. piecemeal character of the legislation for
bids effective co-ordination of effort. To remedy
this the1 president will ask for a law that will
concentrate all the several relief agencies under
a single independent head, responsible to the
executive alone.. Wafting for the needed legis
lation, he will endeavor to so direct the ex
isting agencies as to secure better results.
The effort to make more worthy of the na
tion the attempts to aid the victims of war
ought to accelerate the move towards general
reform in administrative methods. Secretary
Mellon has given his approval to the McCormick
budget bill, vetoed by President .Wilson because
of the methods provided for the removal of the
controller general, and it is assured that the
measure will be sent through congress again
and speedily beco'me law. To it will be adds!
the laws that are needed for the better arrange
ment and distribution of administrative activities,
and one of the president's great plans will then
be in operation. First, however, comes the
necessary job of adjusting the machinery for re
lief, to the end that the disabled heroes may
have what their country is anxious to give j
them, the best of care and every chance for J
rehabilitation, with the assurance of every pos
sible comfort and relief to the helpless. And
this is at the head of the president's program.
Foreign Markets at Home
Hoto American Manufacturers
May Go About to Extend Trade
Carrying Music to the People.
Omaha's beautiful parks would not be used
to the fullest advantage without giving band con
certs there. Music in the open air, under the
trees and the stars is the kind for summer. Under
such -conditions it is possible to relax and give
one's self over to unalloyed enjoyment.
It means much, for the numerous and widely
distributed neighborhoods surrounding the
parks to have these municipal concerts, and from
all quarters of the city people will come in their
motor cars to listen and enjoy. The proposal
which is to be submitted to the city council for
a municipal band to play through the summer
seafbn in our recreation centers is a good one,
deserving' of popular support.
In Columbus, O., pound loaves of bread are
selling for 6 cents, and in Cleveland for 7, but
this is a form of philanthropy that can not bo
expected to be generally practiced.
What we should like to have explained is
whether the newly formed "Anti-Blue Law
league" is agitating for the right to sell beer or
to drink it.
The California town that voted "blue" will be
a much deeper color after the law is put into
effect.
(From the Saturday Evening Post.)
If we are to believe a recent writer on na
tional problems most of our American manufac
turers who are attempting to establish perma
nent trade connections in Europe and in Latin
America have approached their task from the
wrong angle. There appear to be plenty of facts
to give color to this belief. If we but stop to
think it must be admitted that while progressive
business men have been diligently cultivating
foreign fields for1 transatlantic customers they
have given too little attention to the steadily
increasing buying power of the 15000,000 for
eigners who are not only upon our own soil but
who for the most part are to be found in and
around the industrial and agricultural centers of
eleven states. Moreover, these potential buyers
are earning and spending what is to alt intents
and purposes the most valuable money in the
Wmi j To the Italian n America a dollar is
still a dollar, whereas to his brother in Italy it
is 25 or 30 lire instead' of the 5 lire it was a few
years ago.
' Previously to the war, when tolerably ac
curate statistics were obtainable, our foreign
workers not only paid for their keep and ac
cumulated considerable balances with local racial
bankers, but annually sent overseas sums con
siderably in excess of $400,000,000. During the
past seven years the earnings of these aliens
have more than doubled, and their buying power
has become a force more to be reckoned with
than at any time in the past; and yet inquiry in
dicates that not 20 per cent of the producers of
nationally distributed wares have made anv rlp-
termined or concentrated assault upon this most
accessible of all foreign markets.
. immediate cash profits from increased trade
With the alien section of our population are the
smallest benefits that would accrue. The training
of the representatives of foreign peoples in the
purcnase ana use Ot our trade-marked goods is
one of the m6st powerful and subtle forces for
the economic assimilation of the immigrant, for
the-manufactures of a country are the outward
and visibleN expression of its domestic life and
of its prevailing standard of living. Once the
alien becomes habituated and wedded to the use
f. our trade-marked ' wares he will advertise
them to the ends of the earth. Manufacturers
who make a frontal drive for his business by em
ploying agents and sales managers of his own
race and tongue will gradually build up a selling
force from which they carf select the best of
managers for new agencies in Europe or Latin
America, men ideally equipped by business
schooling, language, temperament and racial
affiliation for signal success as missionaries of
overseas trade. '
To" give concrete examples, is it not reason
able to suppose that a branded article that has
become favorably known to the 3,000,000 Italians
m America will find a far more receptive mar
ket among the 37,000,000 Italians in Italy than
it would if it lacked that initial good will and
reputation? . , .
Or would 'not trade-marked goods in common
use among the million CzeCho-Slovaks in this
country sell more readily fo the . 13,000,000
Czecho-Slovaks across the water than ' if they
were unknown to their compatriots in America?
Inasmuch as European governments are hold
ing out strong inducements to persuade their
most successful and prosperous nationals in other
lands to come. home and settle down and accept
responsible parts in the rehabilitation of the old
country, would ft not be very much to the ad
vantage of American manufacturers to give such
men practical selling experience on this side of
the water, and send them back to their own peo
ple as authorized agents or branch managers?
A. ah'milar argument might be addressed to
bankers, manof whom are making extraordin
arX, OTts to build up overseas connections
while they either ignore the immigrant business
at -their doors or are content to leave it in the
hands of those private bankers who cater to par
ticular races. A notable exception to the com
mon rule is afforded by a trust company in
rotmgstown, O., which by sedulous encourage
ment ot alien depositors has built up deposits in
its immigrant department to a figure said to be
in excess Of $7,000,000. The adoption of similar
",cu'uus J" oiner centers ot immigration might,
very possibly, yield equally striking results. :
How to Keep Well
By PR. W. A. EVANS
Question concerning hyiitnt, nlUtlea and prevention l ei, tusnutttd
li Dr. Evan by reader oi Tha Bm, will k amwand Brally, ubjct to
proptr limitation, where a (tamped addrd envelop la acld. Or Evan .
will not make di(noi or prescribe (or individual diuae. Addr letter
in car oi Tha Be.
Copyright, 1921, by Dr. W. A. Evan
INFANT WELFARE WORK.
Docs it pay a community to do
infant welfare work? I have had
both men and women ay to me that
it did not.
They told me of the good old days
on Haley's slough when the streets
were full of dirty-faced, rose-cheeked
children that jes growed without
any help from infant welfare or
ganizations of any sort.
I have had other men and women
say to me that it did. Thty pointed
to the lowered death rate among; in
fants and older children as proof of
their point. The answers often rep
resent prejudice and are based on
little knowledge. There are very
carefully considered opinions extant,
though they are often in disagreement.
Farr, one of the first as well as
one of the ablest vital statisticians,
founded his opinion on this crucial
statement: "-Many of the strongest
children are wounded and left
weakly for life."
Coming to more recent times Sir
Arthur Newsholnie says a high in
fant death rate in a given com
munity, implies In general a high
death rate in the next four years.
Brownlee says an improvement in
the environment of bahjes results in
lower death rates among babies and
among children 1 to 5 years of age
ns well. Saleeby, Havelock Ellis and
Dietrich agree with these. views.
But Sir Francis Galton said when
nature and nurture compete for su
premacy on equal terms the former
provbs the stronger. And Karl Pear-
eon, one of the ablest, clearest headed
statisticians in the world, comes
squarely out against all the first
group quoted and says when there
is a high infant mortality rate theYe
is a low death rate among children
1 to 4. Almost in substance. Infant
welfare does not pay.
Dr. F. S. Crum of the Prudential
Life, a very able statistician, has Just
written the results of a study o this
point In which he used the ttolland
vital statistics. In many ways the
Hollanders do things better than
anybody else and this is one' of them.
Dr. Crum found that in Holland low
ering the baby death rate raised the
death rate of children 1 to 4 years
of age. This seemed to show that
nothing was gained by trying to save
the babies. If saved they died when
a little older. The figures were cor
rected for all sorts of factors as sci
entific statisticians know how to do.
Nature was more powerful than nur
ture in determining life or death of
young children. This was true of all
parts of Holland except the cities of
100.000 and over, of which there are
four. In these efforts at baby saving
A Life Which Went
Wrong
resulted in gains in both the younger
and older periods. ''
I dare say there is not much in
fant welfare work In the rural dis
tricts and smaller cities in Holland.
There is in the cities of 100,000 and
over. As I interpret Dr. Crum's re
port it teaches that infant welfare
work such as is done in the cities of
100.000 and over pays. Inferenttally
it would pay to do similar work in
the rural districts and smaller cities.
The mothercraft of the young
mother who lives in the rural dis
trict and the smaller cities can be
improved on considerably. Of a cer-
I. : - C - Ell al. V.kU.
born in one year in Holland 13,17
died before reaching 1 year of age,
2,462 died in the second year. 8S0 In
the third. 539 in the fourth, and S5S
in the fifth. If there could be a eav
ing of 2.000 lives in the under 1 year
group (not a difficult accomplish
ment) there would have to be an un
heard of increase in the older
groups to offset it.
When Children' Judge.
K.- R. writes: "I havo attended
two eastern 'stammering schools'
and have come In contact with more
than 100 cases. Most of these 'stu
dents' if asked about their affliction
will say, 'I cannot talk correctly
now because my parents did not
know how to treat the defect when
It started.' They didn't know how
but they should have found out!
The parents are to blame for allow
ing such a serious thing to continue.
"Ninety per cent of the cases that
I have observed started in child-hood.-f
rom no apparent cause. They
were allowed to continue, with noth
ing definite being done, because doc
tors ad friends said the child would
'outgrow it.' I have never heard of
anyone who really stammered out
growing it without something being
done to effect the cure. .
"The enrollment in the schools T
have attended . is practically all
grown people perhaps four or rive
children to 50 or 60 who range in
age from 16 up. I have met young
men who cannot get aheao. and con
tinually lose out in business because
of their speech; girls who, otherwise
accomDlished. will not marry be
cause a man would never under
stand.
"It seems but a little thing to
those who are not so troubled, but
if the Darents knew what torture,
embarrassment ., and unhappinees
thair child was growing: up to b'
cause Jf their negligence, they would
correct it before it was too late."
Dosen't Like the Search.
Omaha, April 7.- To the Editor of
The Bee: Is there never to be any
surcease from these over-tealou
riim sleuths? Are they to be per
mitted to stop anyone on the road
at any time and search hia car for
liquor without provocation and with
out', warrant? Is a man never to
have his own liberty returned to
him that liberty which was stolen
from him while he served In the mud
and rain overseas and left the coun
try In the care of Lucy rage Gaston
and Pussyfoot Johnson and the
democrats?
The latest, according to The Bee. Is
for this rum sleuth Thestrup to stop
a county officer on the highroad, and
without ."how-dee-do" or "excuse
me" or anything, he proceeds to
search his car for rum, not even
making any effort to Identify the
man in the darkness, a man he has
known for several years.
Has It come to pass that tnere is
no rebuff for an affront nxe mis :
Then I'm going to Borneo.
ANDr GUMP.
Lessons in History
"Japan" casts' longing eyes on Australasia and
the Americas. . She aims at becoming the
spear-head with, a shaft consisting, of 400,000,000
Chinese' , .
The quotation is from a review and summary
of Mr. Lothhop Stoddard's "Rising Tide of
Color.' Mr. Stoddard's theme is a familiar one
the menace to 'White civlization in the yellow
and black, masses of Asia and Africa. The peril
is a familiar one. It was depicted in the famous
kaiser cartoon of 'almost a generation ago in
which Germania at the head of the European na
tions held the line against the Asiatic hordes.
Regularly we are now invited to shiver over the
culturally superior white races threatened with
breeds"011 by numerically superior lower
Yet if there is one thing on which the plain
record of history, no matter written by whom,
agrees, it is that when a "superior" race contends
with overwhelming numbers of inferiors the
smaller number usually win. It is the story of
Greece against Persia, of Alexander against
Darius, of the Romans everywhere, oi the con
quistadores in America, of late European pene
tration into the interior of Asia and -Africa. It
is so elementary a fact that it would be ridicu
lous to bring it forward now if it were not made
necessary by the latest Apocalyptic . fashion in
'history" dealing with racial hordes and inunda
t.'PJ,iLancl pan-lsjamic perils and spear-shafts of
400,000,000 Chinese. .
We make a great pother about the way his
tory should be written. There is the old pro
fessional method and there is the new Wellsian
method.' But. after all, what difference does
it make whether we read the past with Dryas
dust or read it with Mr. Wells, if either case
we forget the first purpose of history, which is
to derive some lesson from the past for our un
derstanding of the present? There are humor
ous recipes for the preparation of food which
end with the recommendation that the completed
dish be thrown into the sink. It seems hardly
worth while to dispute the rival merits of 'the
professional mayonaise or the Welliian r.ii.-,,-
?'?garf th historical saad never reaches the.
table. New York Evening Post.
SONS OF BATTLE.'
Let us have peace, and Thy blessing,
Lord of the wind and the rain. ,,
When we shall cease from oppressing,
From all injustice refrain; .
When we hate falsehood and spurn it;
When we are men among men.
Let us have peace when we earn it
Never an hour till then,
Let us have rest in Thy garden,
Lord of the rock and the green,
When there is nothing to pardon.
When we are whitened and clean.
Purge us of skulking and treason;
Help us to put them away.
We shall have rest in Thy season;
Till then the heat of the fray.
Let us have peace in Thy pleasure
Lord of the cloud and the sun;
Grant to us aeons of leisure
When the long battle is done,
Now we have only begun it;
Stead' us! we ask nothing more.
Peace rest but not till we've won it
Js'cver an hour before.
Bert Leston Taylor.
Resemblance. -
The average man resembles a whale. He no
sooner gets on top than he begins to blow.
Boston Transcript
(From the Baltimore American.)
The fundamental reason why the
socialist party, asa political organ
ization, can never rule the world, is
that the socialist party is founded
upon an idea of pure idealism which
takes, into no account human nature.
If the socialist party were to come
into control, say, in the United States,
it would break down from within
itself, because the members of the
party itself could not Stan the test
which their principles impose.
An illustration of the way pure
idealism fails in its application' to
the life of the individual ia afforded.
apparently, in the case of Dr.. Holmes
Bectrwith, socialist professor of eco
nomics at Syracuse university, who
killed Dean John Herman Wharton
and himself because of "an unfortu
nate life dominated by an evil star,'
The offhand verdict on Dr. Beck-
with will be that he was a crazy man
pursuing fantasies, and murder and
suicide was the result. The muderer-
suicide wrote:
Tha world owes me a living
provided I can earn it. The
right Is independent of whether
1 am given the right to earn it
or not. I am entitled to that op
portunity in proportion to my
ability. . . . The world
as a, whple- has not given me jus
tice, or anything likeustice. It
' seems that the employing Class,
the executives, who hold my fate
in their hands, have been nota
bly unfriendly as a class, unjust
and unappreciative. Injustice
rankles; it cuts like a knife.
Here is the story of ,a man. with
strong beliefs and with deep feelings
about them. He had a philosophy of
lire which, on its surface, was a good
philosophy; he recognized the duty
imposed upon him to earn a living
and he tried sincerely to meet that
obligation, but "the employing class
. . . was unjust and unapprecia
tive."
Many young men who have set out
to make their way in the world, with
fine ideals and good ideas their chief
capital, have come to feel the same
way about many things connected
with their employment after they
have worked for awhile. Their ideas
are discounted and. worse, their
ideals are stepped upon for reasons
which, to them and at the time, may
seem altogether inadequate. But the
average young man he who has
within him the spirit of give-and-take,
who is( willing to recognize
what the world calls practicalities,
learns to wean himself from that
idealism to the point where distinc
tions become hazy and the differences
between his present life and his
idealistic life shadowy Aid unreal.
He finally comes to regard "practi
calities" simply as the. order of the
day, and when he, in turn, becomes
un employer he sets about to put in
their proper places the equally ideal
istic young men who come to him for
work. What brings about such a
leversal of attitude? The answer
is gross, but easy. It is lnoney, the
necessity of making a living, or, to
the normal human being, his own
welfare is more important than all
the reforms and all the idealisms
the world ever conceived.
The abnormal young man and th
abnornkil young man usually is a
socialist or carries some other sim
ilarly extreme belief sticks for good
to his collegiate theories, refuses to
compromise with a practical world,
and there is no question as to who
will lose the fight. It is a particular
pity to see a man such as Professor
Beckwith end his life a .murderer and
a suicide, because he did not come to
be a murderer and a suicide from
mental grossness, but from a too
sedulous idealism. Ho lacked the
spirit of compromise and the result
was disaster after disaster, then mur
der and death. ,
It may be pitiful, but it la a fact,
that people neither as individuals nor
as nationalities can order their lives
according to a should-be mode of
living. If the lime, is ever to come
when lives cifii be modeled upon that
plan, that time is a great way off.
Since the Christian era the world
has made tremendous material strides
and this material gain has con
tributed in large measure to better
and more decent living for both the
individual .and the nation. But the
percentage of really idealistic gain
for men -and nations in the last 2,000
years or, for that matter, in the last
4,000, is a very debatable questlop.
Consult a Physician.
I. C. writes: , "1. Kindly advise
me whether a man of 27. who has
diabetes and heart murmurs for the
last three or four years is fit to get
married.
"2. Is It hereditary? His mother
ha it, too.
"3. Is there a permanent cure?
REPLY.
1. Xo general answer to the ques'
tiom can be given. A physician
should examine the man and advise
the prospective bride as to bis lire
and health expectancy on the basis
of the facts disclosed by the exarm
nation.
2. Diabetes runs in families-
- S. There is considerable chance
that a person with diabetes can bring
hia disease under control, that he can,
live v- long time.' In comfort and eff
flciency,' and have his urine eugar
free. Likewise there Is a good
chance that an intelligent, deter
mined man can keep his heart ef
ficient for a long time In 61t of
heart murmurs, v
htejuixfui tone of?
a fine violin is per"' -maivnt
in fact, it
becomes more beautiful
l'&s -year come and go.
nZherc is tat one
piano in tKe vsrorldi that
Aas tki xoondetfoil
tore or every fine violin
tihe matchless'
49tom Hamlin
Its "tension resonator'
(e&ksRve&ecause pat
Ttted)malce5 it toneV
supreme, not only at nrstj
hat as long as ttie in
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High School Fraternities.
Ames, la., April 6. To the Editor
of The Bee: It appealed to me that
C. D. II. in his letter sanctioning
high school fraternities struck the
keynote to their principles and stand
ards in his statement about the
natural instinct ot man to band to
gether "If he can't do it opeply
then there In always the other way."
In the first place there is a law
in most states (this Includes Nebras
ka' and Iowa) which makes the or
ganization of high school fraternities
unlawful. The question of their be
nevolence Is completely eclipsed by
the constitutionality of the matter.
The legislature has for some very
good reasons seen fit to abolish high
school fraternities. Perhaps the
legislature understands conditions
better and might be capable of exer
cising slightly more Judgement than
young and Inexperienced high school
students in determlnig whether frats
should or should not exist.
It has many times puazled me how
prominent men, even men holding
public office whose duties are to en
force laws, could permit their chil
dren to violate this law and even in
many cases encourage them to do it.
What will this kind of training lead
to? But one course of action re
mains for all honeBt, conscientious,
law abiding citizens o follow since
the legal side of a question must not
and cannot be lightly overlooked.
Many people argue that high
school fraternities develop citizen
ship. What in the world can those
people be thinking about? The
frat's constitution and foundation -is
built of broken laws. They are con
tinually developing some underhand
ed schemes so that through som
minor technlchallties they will re
main within the law. Some chanter
swear that they have returned their-'
charters when called upon to testify
that there are no frats. They failed
to add however that the charters
were sent back by return mail. Some
members have gone to notary pub
lics and signed pledges stating they
would no longer be members of
fraternities. This pledge was looked
upon as a scrap of paper by many
of the members who continued to be
members and broke their oath, word
and honor with apparently the same
ease as they might do any daily oc
currence. Some chapters have added
clever by-laws to their constitutions
to the effect that when a member
enters the school building he Is au
tomatically dropped from member
ship, but as soon as he leaves the
school 'building he is again rein
stated. In this manner they evade
the clause of the state law which
states that no secret organization or
fraternities shall exist In high ,
school. Many other similar examples (
can be found. Citizenship! If break-
Ing and evading state laws is part Of '
the education of a high school stu
dent who is moulding his character
and Ideals what kind of civilization .
will exist when these students are
called upon to exercise the power
and perform the duties of citizens.
J. Jf. PETERSON.
Strong Sons of Humor.
Who says that churchmen lack
humor? The Rev. Father O'Boyle,
In the Monthly Bulletin, says:
"l'esterday I signed a receipt for
two tons of coal that came in a one
ton truck." Vancouver Sun. ,
Q. R. S.
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Tree Killing!
. The trees which' line the state high
ways are among the things which make
"a drive into the country a real pleasure.
They date back to the days when the
early pioneers of Nebraska, tiring of
barren, rolling plains, gave to this state
the great trees which now shade its
roads.
Great expense and care have left this
and coming generations a heritage of
glorious birches, elms, maples and cot
tonwoodsl Arbor day, a movement now
recognized the world over, was started
in this state. It has given to Nebraskans
' a common treasure, a mutual pride.
Commercialism, however, . has started
inroads upon the trees and many fcave
been . shorn of their beauty by being de
capitated, hacked and trimmed of all
but a few stubby branches. They stand
in long rows at the side of country roads,
grotesque, distorted reminders that un
less care is taken, the telephone and
telegraph companies will destroy, one
of the beauties of our state. Branches
which once cast cool and pleasing
shadows have been lopped away to
make room for wires which could have
been enclosed in a cable and kept from
destroying the trees.
As a commercial company, interested in
gasolenes and oils which add to the
pleasure of motoring, we take an inter
est in our state roads and emphatically
take issue with those interests which
destroy, any of the hard-earned beauty
which adds to the pleasure of a drive
in the country.
We contend that no organization should
be allowed to kill off the crowning
glory of our state highways the trees.
Think it over.'
President
L. V. NICHOLAS OIL CO.
"Business Is Good, Thank You"
