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4 THE BEE?: OMAHA, TUESDAY, APRIL 12. 1921. i 4 V TheOmaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) - EVENING SUNDAY THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, NELSON B. UPDIKE. PublUher. MEMBER OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tbt iMoJlued pnu. ef bicb The Bee In member. It at cliittt,;; entitled to we use for publioitlen of ell n dispatches credited to u vr on otneretae credited la Ihli paper, and elao we lo-J eees published berate. All r'tnte of publlctlloo Ol eur special dlirtieaes are also rwnfrt Tyler 1000 BEE TELEPHONES Prime Branch BieSsme. Ask for the Department or I'traoo Wanted, For Nlht Call Alttr 10 P. M.i EAlonil Detriment ........... Tjler WOOL Clrrutition Impertinent Tylsr jfOIL Adreulitng Department Tjlir 10031 OFFICES OF THE BEE Council Dluffi New Tot attln Office: 17th and rmo 15 Boon Bt I South (Id. PallllM Dept. Itort Ouf-of-Towa Omceei JS Firth An i Wsrtwilen 1B1I O.it 8teeer Bid I fane. Franca, :0 BueSL Honor 77ie Bee's Platform 1. New Union Paatcnfer Station. 2. Continued lmproTmnt of tho Ne braska Highway, including tha paa mant of Main Thoroughfare leading into Omaha with a Brick Surface. 3. A ahort, low-rate Waterway from tho Corn Belt to the Atlantic Ocean, 4. Homo Rule Charter for Omaha, with City Manager form of Government. End of a Devoted Life. The brief, laconic announcement of the death of late empress of Germany will attract more attention to her life than anything she did while living. Wholly absorbed in her duties as mother and housewife, she had no part in the politics of her time, no share in the intrigue that surrounded her, and was little more than a lay figure in the formally stiff and colorless life of the court. She exemplified in her own life the virtues of the woman as laid down in the "three Ks" of her imperial husband. While some scandal has been attached by the slander of enemies to the name of the kaiser, it is his most eminent recommendation that he was singularly free from the petty vices of princes," and gave remarkably little occasion for public or private reproof because of his morals. One basis for this may be found in the fact that he was self-centered to so absorbing a degree that he derived more satisfaction from setting a high and notable example of -family devotion that he might have found in the in dulgence of any form of intrigue. However that may be, the domestic affairs of the emperor were of a nature that did give his people a pattern of real excellence. Augusta Victoria leaves on her age only the impress left by millions of other women. She was born, she waS wed,, bore and reared .chil dren, gave to her husband loyal support, and then answered the call and passed on. It is not a record of excitement, of sensational deeds,' of novel notions and astonishing adventures one will set down when making up her chronicles. The record will tell of a woman who patiently and systematically, day after day, went about her appointed task, directing the affairs of her home, managing her share of family responsibil ity, holding her little, conferences with a limited, group of intimates, just as does any wife and mother in the humblest circumstances commune with her neighbors similarly situated. The fierce light that beats upon a throne shed few rays into the household rooms where Augusta spent her days. Not that she was inadequate when state duties required her presence at the side of her husband, for she was not, and has always been written of in terms of deepest regard. But she was seemingly Content with her sphere, and so furnished an ideal consort for a restless as pirant to universal power, A more ambitious woman might have marred the plans or thwarted the leaping ambition of the man whose dream was universal domination, of humanity. This quiet, unassuming wife and mother found her expression in a home well tended, a flock care fully looked after, in the comfort of her hus band and children, in their moral and physical welfare as far as she was responsible, and the rest she left to God. And of her it may be said, as Grey said of his youthful subject, the unbend ing circumstances of her life nor circumscribed alone Hie virtues, but hia crimes confined; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, Or shut the gates of mercy on mankind. Augusta will be mourned and will be remem bered for just those qualities her husband lacked, although he admired them in her. And the figure of that bent and broken man, standing alone by the bedside where his wife lay dead will get a sympathetic thought that otherwise will be denied the kaiser. f French Railroads Different. The tender care and even charity with which , railroad construction was encouraged in the United States by means of bonus, land grant and subsidy perhaps may have been matched by the severity wit,h which the transportation lines have been chastened since that time. In France they do these things otherwise, and there is closer and more friendly relationship between the rail way systems and the regions they serve. According to the International Institute of Agriculture, the Faris-Lyons-Mcditerraneau Railway company has offered subsidies of 2,000 francs to each of the first twelve co-operative cheese factories built within two years if they1 are equipped with modern machinery. Subsidies amounting to 50 per cent of the expense, up to 1,000 francs are promised to existing cheese fac tories which modernize their plants. French railroad companies are said quite gen erally to follow this policy of encouraging tha development of agricultural co-operation. Plainly there is wisdom in such efforts to build . up local industries along their lines, and equally apparent is the folly of the rigid American policy which so often actually discourages by unfavor able rates the upbulding of enterprises outside the large centers. , Congress on the Job Again. Whatever the message of the president, to be delivered to the congress today, may contain, the extraordinary session just convened faces a full program. One thousand bills were dumped into the hopper at the start, many of them re newals of measures that had not reached final consideration during the two years of the Sixty sixth congress and which will consequently take some of the time of the Sixty-seventh. The ques tions of reconstruction press heavily, among them being that embodied in the Fordney tariff meas ure, designed to afford relief to American farm ers. Following this is a long line of proposed constructive legislation, most of it familiar be cause of discussion herrtore bad; some of it is certain to excite controversy, as opinion divides sharply on what is the better way to pro ceed. Revenue legislation will be included in this list, and a lengthy debate in both houses is fore shadowed before the new law is finally adopted. The senate will probably find its time early taken up with the Knox peace resolution. In this connection, the expressions from Japan that another peace conference may be called are of interest. If such is the Japanese disposition, the adoption of the Knox resolution may speedily open the way. It will not' affect the announced attitude of the United States. The treaty with Colombia is also likely to engender a lively de bate, for some very able senators are opposed to the ratification of any convention that even in directly impugns the motives of the late Theo dore Roosevelt, or which carries any acknowl edgment of unfairness on part of the United States. All in all, the present session bids fair to be both lively and important. Ure Sets Up a Standard. "I believe that the assignments of depart ments should not be a matter of barter and trade for endorsement or support for election, but should only be considered after election, and should be made only after due consideration of the qualifications of the seven men chosen." Thus did W. G. Ure state a principle and set up a standard in his letter to the "Committee of 5,000," declining to accept a position in the list of preferred candidates of that group if that re quired that he pledge himself in advance to vote for A. L. Sutton for mayor. Mr. Ure does not abate his advocacy of the policy of good govern ment on which the committee bases its existence. Neither docs he discuss the qualifications of its standard bearer. He frankly declares himself as opposed to pre-election bargains as to prefer ence to be given after the voters have made their choice. The letter of the law may not forbid the se lection of a mayor in anticipation of victory for a particular "slate," but such a course hardly conforms to the spirit or meet the hopes under which the commission form of government w?.s set up. Messrs. Butler and Zimman are under stood to assume on this point the same position as does Mr. Ure, and it is likely that Mr. Towl will also .line up with them. Experience has taught these men the ins and outs of city government, and if they object to being tied hand and foot by pledges in advance to distribute the departmental duties and re sponsibilities, it must be because they have a conviction that supports them. Feeling that the city is entitled to the services of men who have made good on the job, The Bee is devoted to the election of the six sitting commissioners, and is willing to leave to their judgment the assign ment of departments, including the election of mayor. Mr. Ure's statement of the case is com mended to the voters, in confidence that it will have weight as the citizens come to understand what it contains. Lined Up With Mr. Harding. What became apparent during the recent na tional campaign, that there was a definite di vision of opinion among republican leaders in regard to the League of Nations, becomes now even more plain. The result of the election was to give fresh strength to the group known as the "irreconcilables," and now many who were only "reservationists" are now utterly op posed to the ratification of the Treaty of Vcr sailles in any. form, amended or unamended. " Uncompromisingly arrayed against them, now that the election is over, stand a lew highly respected republican statesmen. The split over the advisability of adopting the Knox peace resolution reveals Hughes and Hoover, united against the idea of separate negotiations. It is to be expected that Taft and Root will also re main "with them.' It is noticeablo that the advo cates of a close association with Europe are men who do not hold elective office, and that those who are opposed depend on the votes of the people for their position and hence may be suspected of more nearly representing public opinion. Caught between this clash of opinion, the position of President Harding is not altogether happy. His address to congress can not be ex pected to please all sides. However, the feeling of the American people is that the president has been entrusted with full authority, and !t is not to be doubted that public opinion will back him in his, decisions. The threats of the "irre concilables" and the pressure of their opponents can be left out of account by Mr. Harding, for the temper of the nation is such as to welcome firm leadership and to give short shrift to those who will not fall jn line to decide national issues on national and not factonal considerations. ' . Moving Pictures in the Home. The family album has lost its place on the parlor table, but it has not yet been replaced as some, enthusiastic over the development of. mov ing pictures, predicted by strips of films. Put ting aside the matter of cost and the manipula tion of a projecting machine, there have been other drawbacks to what might be called home cinematography. There are many people well able to afford moving pictures of themselves but who, would not desire to appear as they really are, without having the benefit ,of skilled re touching of tfie photograph, a thing impossible in the movies. Full length pictures, displaying .awkward or, meaningless motions would be true to life, but that is exactly their fault. Moving pictures of mother ii: the kitchen or father driving hi flivver could hardly be ex pected to possess a sentimental value sufficient to overcome their too-harsh reality. Children, who never tre still anyway, might provide excel lent subjects, and would be aided by their natural lack of self-consciousness and instinctive grace. But we all like to idealize ourselves, and so do our friends. Who has not confessed to him self that a certain portrait is exactly like the subject and objected to it on precisely that ground? To say that a thing is true to life is not a compliment, and the inability of the mov ing picture camera to flatter deprives it of the opportunity to oust the cabinet photograph in the home. When eggs were $1 a dozen it might have been consdered a compliment to be bombarded by them, but now they are so cheap, that the California judge who was struck by three throw n by a woman prisoner had every right to feel his dignity was outraged. Those Russians are likely to get themselves highly respected in new quarters if they persist in, executing the undesirables America ships in. Turning the fire hose "on bootleggers 'ml high jackers, as Sheriff Clark did recently,. i hr'i'sin,; in an element of irony into play. , I Fair Deal for the Farmer Better Division of Return Will Soke His Problem Addressing the third Iowa business congress at Des Moines last week, D. V. Hogan of Omaha, president of the Federal Land bank of Omaha, had for his topic, "Iowa A 35.000,000-Acre Farm." He discussed the farmer's problem from an intimacy born of contact, and said among other things: "There are .15,575,000 acres of land in the state of Iowa; 98.4 of this aera is productive farm land a record unrivaled by any other equal area' of land in the world, so it can well be said that Iowa is a 35,000,000-acre farm. I need not go into details about the magnificent production of this great farm. Its annual prod ucts are of greater value than are those of any other equal area in the world. Its total agricul tural, horticultural, dairv and live stock "pro duction is more that $800,000,000 annually. Its climate for agricultural production is unsurpassed. Every year there are more hours of sunshuite in Iowa than in California. Iowa has never known a crop failure some farm is this Iowa. "As practically every dollar that comes into Iowa is the product of an Iowa farm, practically all of the 2,400.000 people in Iowa may very well he rlnrrl a farmers Trn iho.. nil -. Hv .......x.u. . . " , tuvv vv tivi mi nt m farm houses and cultivate the soil, but they are larmers, nevertheless. "This Iowa faun is comparatively a new one. Men now living remember when it was a wild prairie with scattered stretches of woodland. . . We have seen that Iowa's products have grown from the mere pittance that sustained the first few hardy pioneers of 75 years ago, to an enor mous volume of grain, meat, cream and other farm products thnt not only sustain her present population, but furnishes more food to feed the wnrlrl than anv ntlior lib-, nres ..,'. ...... ........ . i.v min. jyna o wuu V. 13 are largely staple and while they are necessities and always in demand, their price cannot, be con trolled, but is established in the world's markets. The tillers of the Iowa soil know that efforts to control the price are fruitless; they wish, however, that the channels from their granaries and feedlots to the consumer be direct; that they be kept open and that no excessive tolls be charged on the way. "Since almost every dollar that crosses the border into the state is a product of the soil, when it enters the state, that dollar should be divided equitably between each of the laborers on this great farm whether he tiljs the soil, works on the railroad, in the factory, or mine, in the marr ket places, or attends to the finances. The till er of the soil gets what is left after the other worker have been paid for their services. "The dreadful suffering and loss of life and the destruction of capital are not the only crimes that can be charged up to war. It disorganizes society, creates a sort of temporary prosperity and leads people to think that things of value can he created by the fiat of the government, that business can be made to prosper bv legal enact ment and that wages cart be made "higher and kept higher by law. The tiller of the soil en joyed a little temporary prosperity during the war, for which he is now paying very dearly. JIis prices went up and have now gone down, be cause he has to compete in the world's markets, but he now finds himself saddled with highrfixed charges for freight, taxes, construction mate rials, machinery, fuel and other necessary arti cles, from which it will take years to unburden himself. "The pity of it, too, is that the organization re sponsble for the maintenance of these excessive charges seem to think they are benefitting them selves, while anyone with the exercise of a little reason ought to know that the tiller of the soil If tlie bottorn of all prosperity, that if the dollar that is paid for his products is nearly all taken before it reaches him and he receives very little or nothing for his labor, he cannot buy the things he needs. When he stops buying, labor is not employed, the railroad traffic is limited and the factories are idle. "When the others agree, to accept a fair share of the dollar and leave a fair share for the farmer, it will be a sitrn at least that we have turned in the right direction. Nothing is more certain than that no progress can be made to ward a return to prosperity until the tiller of the '--civc a. idir snare in tne dollar that the consumer pays for his products. "Since there is no question that general pros perity is dependent upon the farmer receiving a fair share of the dollar that is paid for his prod uct, it follows that not only the tiller of the soil, but other people in general, are interested in the economic marketing of his products. This is a subject that has engaged the attention cf every important committee of the American Far-n 4,' federation several months past. , .The Federal Land bank of Omaha gathers the individual mortgages of borrowers throughout the states of Iowa, Nebraska. South Dakota nd Wyoming and issues against them, under the su pervision of the United States government, a standard Federal Land bank bond that is readily accepted by investors as the choicest kind of se curity. "The Federal Land bank is not a profit seeking institution and exacts no charge for its services, except the actual cost of handling the business. During the past vear the cost of its service w as 3-10 per cent per annum of the volume of its loans. It has succeeded bf cause it fur nishes the shortest, most direct and most eco nomically conducted connection between the farmer who needs the capital and the investor who has money to loan. "If all Iowa would unite in co-operating to prevent waste and increase producn, it would add immensely to the prosperity not only of the tillers of the soil, but also of every other in habitant of this great commonwealth." How to Keep Well By DR. W. A. EVANS Queatlene concerning hygiene, eanltatlon and prevention ol cliaease, ubmltted to Dr. Evan by reader of The Bee, will bo antwered personally, subject to proper limitation, where a (tamped addreeeed envelop it enclosed. Dr Evan will not make diagnoti or prescribe lor individual diseases. Addreis letter In car of The Bee. Copyright. 1921, by Dr. W. A- Evans How Not to Grow Old How Not to Crow Old. louth is a quality, a spiritual energy, and, properly, speaking, there is no "old age," but spiritual decay. "The foot less prompt to meet the morning dew" is no valid evidence of growing old, any more than to lose a leg in battle. Fussy .physical activities are not the only tests of youth. That brain of Sophocles which gave us his great est play at 9Q, is more to the point.-as also tliat famous saying recorded of him, in reference to the cooling of passions with the years, that to grow old was like being set free from service to a band of madmen. Because we grow wiser and stronger, less selfish, .and generally more useful to our fel lows with the passage of years is not to say that we have lost our youth. It onlv means that we have learned how to employ it. We do not run in every direction as we did. We know a little better what we are doing, or what we want to do but the motive force that enables us to do it is that same energy which once drove us to make fools of ourselves at the beginning, and still pro vides the same "swift means to radiant ends." Decay, disillusion, weariness; we mean those things when we speak of "growing old," but we fail to realize that these are no necessary ac companiments of the years. We may, unfortu nately, inherit them, or acquire them, like bad habits, or then through neglect of a proper care and exercise of our spiritual selves. Spiritual and intellectual laziness makes most people "old be fore their time." If we lose interest in life, life will .soon lose interest in us; and1) it is just as possible to achieve a precocious senility in the 20's as at any later period of our lives. Richard Le Gallienne in Harper's Magazine. Mrs. Harding Sets an Example. Mrs. Harding believes it is her duty to get along with the old furniture in the private apart ments of the White House, a decision which will save the government at least $10,000. We print the item as a testimony to her strength of char acter. She could have had anything money would buy but she will make the old do, with the help of a few personal belongings from Marion. How many women could stand such a test? Capper's Weekly. Correct and Safer, Two college professors have do-l:ircd that cither Drive slow or 'Drive Slo At any ra: aomc drive, rive slow" or 'Drive Slo v" is corcct. ite, either is much au, iltf wav .c. Detroit News. WHITES HARDIER THAN NEGROES. Negroes are not so healthy as white people. About tho best proof of this are their birth nnd death rates. The negro death rate is about 75 per cent higher than that of whites, according to the registrar of vital statistics, United States census office. Emerson says the death rat of negroes in New Tork city is 70 per cent higher than that of whites. Trask of tho United States public , health service gives the excess as 60 per rent. Dublin of the Metropolitan Life Insurance company says among their policy holders the negro death rate is 60 per cent higher than that of the whites. These various opinions are there fore essentially In agreement. The United States census office says the death rate among negroes in noth- ern cities, each with a negro popula tion of 10,000 and over, is as hlsh as it is in southern cities, where the negroes make up at least one-quarter of the total population. The report of the surzeon ceneral of the United States army for 1919 shows that negro troops had a higher disease death rate than the whites did. The average length of life of wnite males is 46 years, of negro males 3 7 years, of white females 52 years, of negro females 39 vears. Glover says of each 100,000 white females born in 1S80 and living, in rural districts 80,000 were living in 1910. Of a similar group of white women born in that year and living in allies 75,000 were alive. "While of a comparable group of negro women only 39,000 were living Jn 1910. The white birth rate Is 10 per 1,000 higher than the white death rate. The negro birth rate is no higher than the nepro death rate. The annual net white immigration rate is about 1 per cent of the popu lation. The negro immigration rate is too small to be considered. The census of 1910 showed that the negro constituted a smaller per centafte of the total population than in any previous cefisus. It is a safe bet that the census of 1920 will con stitute even a smaller percentage of tho total population. The report of the registrar of vital statistics says the death rate'of whites was re duced 15 per cent in a certain re cent period. In the same period the negro death rate was reduced 8 per cent. Dublin says in nine years the death rate of their white policyholders fell 16 per cent, that of their negro policyholders 9 per cent. Again we find the figures substantially In ac cord. Trask in a report on the trend of nejrro vitality, which many consider ratner optimistic, says the present negro death rate is no higher than was the white death rate of 30 years ago. Had he made the comparison with the white death rate of 40 years aeo me statement would have been rather generally accepted. May Onnsc Brislifs Disease. Mrs. P. Cr. Ci. writes- "TnHav'e paper tells of Woodrow "Wilson's ill ness, and says the particular treat ment for head cold? which Mr. "Wil son took brought on Brlght's disease. How could such a thing happen? What Is the treatment they refer to?" REPLY. I do not know what treatment was used. I know of no treatment for head colds which causes Height's disease and I think it more likely that repeated head colds were re sponsible for whatever Rrlght's dis ease there was. A head cold Is an infection. Brlght's disease is not infrequently the result of Just that kind of infection. Factors In T. B. Cures. J. P. writes: "As a benefit to us t. 1. patients who are taking the cure will yon kindly answer the. following questions? "1. What per cent of the cure for t. b. does the air carry? "2. The food? ."3. The rest? "4. Does a patient know when his case is arrested? "5. Can a patient live at the sea shore permanently when t. b. is ar rested without fear of relapse?" REPLY. 1, 2, 3. According to the prevail ing opinion I estimate the import ance of the factors in cure as fol lows: Medical and nursing control and service, 25: rest. 25: mental at titude, 20; air. 15; proper food, 55. 4. Not exactly. Gain in weight, strength, endurance, and absence of well-known symptoms will strongly suggest it. 5. Yes. provided he completes hia cure and lives properly afterward. Neod Sanitarium Care. Miss O. T. writes: "I am a girl 1S. About nine months ago I found that I had tuberculosis. I have lost a mother and sister with the same disease? "1. Could you advise me as to exercise and diet? At 2 p. m. my temperature runs from 98.6 to 99. "2. Should 1 stay in bed? At the beginning of my illness I was in bed for a period of three months. "3. What is your idea of a daily not tun oatii? "4. Should I practice deep breath ing? "5. I can only speak in a whisper. Do you think that there is a chance of regaining my voice? This condi tion has lasted about, three weeks." REPLY. Your chance to live lies in going into a tuberculosis sanitarium and following directions In all particu lars. You should not practice deep breatHng. Your physician will prescribe your allowance of rest and exercis.e. He will examine your throat for tuberculosis of the larynx. Sot Beneficial Habit. M. A. C. writes: "In a general way what is your opinion of 'internal bathing' In relation to general good health for persona in normal health but who feel the need of a general cleaning out? Is continued use liable to lead to weakness in any way?" REPLY. By internal bathing you mean the regular use of large enemas. The objection to tho plan Is that it in duces the enema habit.- Those who follow the practice shortly find it necessary to add some form of salts Income oil Labor. . Council 'Bluffs... la.. Abrif 7. To the Editor of The- Bee: Just !at this time, when capital and labor are both preparing for a bitter struggle capital to reduce wages .and labor to, lr possible, maintain a living- wage will I Hseem to presume if I give my view of the situation as I see it? In all cases capital expects, and rightly bo. to show a profit at the end of each year. If it does not a remedy is sought instanteiv Let me ask, in all fairness, how' manv business men .with an; investment of J5.000 are, at the end of the year, perfectly satisfied if they can show a profit of $350 oyer and above all expenses? Few, I dare say. if anv. Now, let's see labor's side. The courts have held that the life of the head of a family is valued at $5,000. How many laborers on. that basis can show a profit at the end of each year of 7 per cent? Laborers are human, the same as capitalists and noi one in a thousand but that would be overjoyed h at the end of the year, he could show a profit, over and above, of $350. Perhaps you'll say he lives too high. Again i say, ne s human and if he does have beefsteak two or three times a week he has committed no greater crime tnan tne business man who, undoubtedly, does not retrench much when it affects his table. Did it ever occur to capital that the better the labor element of soci ety live the more business capital hag and the greater the contentment, of labor. Contented and haoDV homes of laborers are the greatest asset that any city, town or. hamlet can have. Give the laborer a chance to show abolance at the end of the year and labor troubles will be a thing of the past. D. L. S. Cliocr for the Loser. Omaha, April 8. To tho Editor of The Bee: I received the enclosed poem from a dear friend, who was about as interested in my candidacy as I was. It so expresses my own sentiments, that I am sending it to you. exclusively, for publication, as a tribute to the other 50 losers. I am more than satisff.! with the showing I made. I am vcr grateful to those who showed ' V.dence in me by voting for me. To those who thought they would waste a vote by casting it for me. I also offer thanks, for I know they would have voted for me. had they thought I would have had a chance for the nomination. By not votinsr for me they helped older and nerhaps better qualified candidates. The experience was worth the fight I made. As for the losing, most of my friends have called It victory. Everything con sidered. T am inclined to feel that way about it myself. LEO BEYERIDGE. Open nnd Cloned Short. Omaha. April 8. To the Editor of The Bee: A local weekly newspa per keeps-standing an article headed "Open and Closed Shop" which closes with the following statement: "No man can secure employment in a 'closed shop' except by consent of the union." As the statement Is surrounded by a border at the top of a column, the presumption is that the editor wants It to attract attention. Let us look at it. The inference of oppression by the union through denial of mem bership is not true. But if It were, wouldn't It be as lawful as well as more democratic and equitable for a mans opportunity to work to depend on the majority of his own class than for It to depend on a single "mployer? There may be some instances forj some sKeiai reason wnere a worK man is kept out of the -onranMzatton of his calling, but the fai.t is that all well -regulated trade find labor unions rot only have a stnndlnar in vitation t" ell eo-"netnt (proficient) Dorsoni to join, but freaueiitly have to urge them to do so. This Is the general rule because it is the only known way under present conditions to make an organization effective, enough to insure its members a chance to have something to say About their ( wn business. Regarding the effort of some em ployers to establish the "open shop" through the power of discrimination in employment, let me suggest that this is no better quality of Ameri canism than is found In Russia to day. The union shop is legal. So is the non-union shop. So is the "open shop," if It is not coerced Into exist ence by an organisation which would be a "conspiracy" in the hands of workingmen." Let us all have what equal liberty we may under private- ownership- of the public's business which is not very much for the most of us at best. WILLIS HUDSPETH. P. S.: The union of which I am a member has not authorized this letter. Any member of any well regulated union can defend its prin ciples without the. consent of the majority. w. H. Defense for Ringer. Omaha, April 7. To the Editor of The Bee: Permit me to reply to "Ona Not Perplexed," who strenu ously harps against J. Dean Ringer. In his argument he states crime has been rampant under the Ringer and Committee of 5,000 regime. Remeber this is a post-war neriod kwhen conditions ar far from the average. Many men are now out of work. Crime is rampant and misery everywhere.. Poverty con fronts multitudes in every city, and Chicago, Detroit, New York, Toledo and other cities have bread lines that have never been equalled before. He asks us to cite another city in the country with as many unsolved crimes. It is easy enough to cite many cities with a much larger number of unsolved crimes. This however we need not do since the the burden of proof rests with "One Not Perplexed." It is for him to cite other cities as large as Omaha with a smaller number of unsolved crimes. According to records, crimes in Omaha during the past year have decreased 25 per cent, while other cities show a large increase. We admit that no doubt Ringer has made some mistakes, for no one is perfect. Nevertheless Ringer has carried out every promise that he made three years ago to the neople. Ringer has been knocked time and again by the "Old Gang." but in spite of all this he has done his work well. Omaha now has one of the most efficient police departments in the country. Let's keep the "Old Gang" out. ."nd keep Omaha running with good, honest, efficient men. A BOOSTER. Obedience to Official Oat lis. North Platte. Neb., April 7. To the Editor of The Bee: Any man or woman be he or she layman or minister, who expects or advises an official to disobey or disregard his solemn oatli of office is not a friend of that official, is a traitor to his country and his God. Even though the official be the -president' of the United States or any inferior officer of this' republic. Any official who does it or any man or woman who rncon rages it or expects it is a fool and I pity them. The first duty of a soldier as well as mi official Is to obey his oath of office-. The man or woman who. thinks he or she cm get by with it is to be pitied. The fool wiyeth tn bis heart there is no God and the decalogue g a Joke. Not every one who says Lord, Lord, is a follower of iho author of the sermon upon the Mount, but he that doeth the will of hi Vatlier. By their fruit vo" shall know them. If yon don't bcli-f p piifure'ng the constitution jmd the laws ol your countryj r5- SHORT ARM JABS. Now that there are no more bock beer signs, it is Impossible for somo people to know when spring has come. Now Orleans States. A Kane surgeon operated on him self successfully for appendicitis. At this rato man will soon become his own undertaker. Harrisburg (Pa.) Tatrlot. "Thirty United States Marines Wreck Nicaraguan Newspaper." Headline. Probably canceling their subscriptions. Nashville Banner Footless hosiery is now the rase m Paris. Personally wo have Paris beaten, by several years. Burling ton Newa Love Is supposed to make tho world go round. But a troubled love afTatr Is said to be making the crown prince of Japan go round the the wortd. Columbia tS. C.) State. George Sylvester Viereck wants a post from Mr. Hnrdtr.g. It Is under stood the American Legion has sug gested him for the lamppost. Philadelphia North American. In Assam (wherever that is) wom en steal men and make them marry when the men resist their advances. And still Assam is said to be only partially civilized. Dayton News. IN THE BEST OF HUMOR. Mm. Nen-lywed (giving firot order tn bu(clr over phone) flcaae eenj me a pounrt of (lll. lyncher Ami whit le, plea? , Mre. .Nnwlywfil Ami anil aoine gravy. .New YorU Central Llnee Magallne. When faehlon entore the door, bill fly in tho window. Hoeton Transcript. ( Another thing we are looking forward to with happy anticipation le apple-hloe-aom time in Normalcy. Ohio State Jour nal. "And how la your husband keeping-' "E ain't keeping: Ve on alrlke. anil I'm doing the Iteerlng." The Uulletln (Sjdnry.) Pndior Purfy is credited hy the New fork World with thle after-dinner eiory: "An old sexton aked me. Tether, weren't tho Apoatlea Jew-a?" 1 eaid they were. Pnnled. he demanded: 'Then how the deuie did the Jewa let go of a Itood think like the Catholic chun-h and in iho Kytaliana grata ,C" The Outlook. There are several wave of ualng baked . hum. One of the heM Is to eat it. i Honey may bo lined for sweetening al- moet anything hut a traffic cop. I Spaghetti jhould not lie onoked to j long. Ahout 10 inches, is right. J A eoM hmh will be found more ple.mant I If made with hot water. Milwaukee Journal. Obsolete Phrases. 1. Yes. sir. What's yours, .Mr. Lushlelgh? 2. Here's a quarter, my poor man, to buy yourself a good meal. 3. Lips that touch liquor shall never touch mine. 4. To love, honor and obey till death do us part. u. Thank you very much, sir, for that salary increase. Richmond Times Dispatch. lR!husli "You eay vour wife went 19 college before you mnrrled her?" RftiMtnhural "Yea, he did." Klnthufch "And ehe thought of taking up law, you said ? Benaonhursl "Yes. hut now ehe'a satis fied to lay It ilonn." Vonkers Stateaman. ".Tame.", do you that pollcemaa making signs to your1 asked the lady In tho hack seat of th rar. "Yes. ma'am. " replied lhe chauffeur. 'Trohahly wants ua tu amp." "Don't know, ma'am. 1 don't under ttand his eigne. You see. we don't be long to the tame lodge." Yonkera Stateaman. A Dream. A Roston banker says we are an extravagant nation. In this he makes no reference to us personally. One of our fondest ambitions Is some day to be able to have enough gathered together so that we can go out and try what it is like to be extravagant. Detroit Free Press. , sign or don't take the oath. Beware of the temptor. These are days of vengeance of a just God. The supreme court of Kansas has the courage and patriotism and fear of God enough to remove traitors. How long will it be until the courts of all the. states will do likewise? Paste this in your hat. Humanity is progressing, not retrograding. W. E. GLYNN. Men! We Will SAVE You the. Price of a New Spring Overcoat A lot of young men havevlight weight overcoats about the house. They may be out of style, may need repairing and cleaning, too. Well, no matter how old styled these coats may be, we can remodel them so that they'll appear as snappy as present day coats and glistening clean, too. 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