THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 27. 1921.
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The Bee 8 Platform
1. Nw Union Passenger Statioa.
2. Coatinuad improTamant of the Ne
braska Highways, inclutlinf I ha pava
mcnt of Main Tkereug kfarat leading
into Omaha with a Brick Surfaca.
3. A ahorl, low-rala Waterway from tha
Corn Bait to tha Atlantic Ocoan.
4. Homa Rule Chartar for Omaha, with
City Manager form of Government.
Nebraska's Revenue Law.
! Pending the thorough and complete revision
of the revenue Jaw of the state, the Nebraska
legislature has passed a bill that works some ex
tensive and to a considerable extent experimental
changes in the methods of levying and collecting
taxes. Until the measure as amended and finally
passed has been thoroughly studied none can
exactly say what it will or will not do. Onty
one thing may be agreed upon, and that is that
not a few of its provisions deal with subjects
on which more than' one opinion may be held,
and so are likely to engender friction and possi
bly litigation.
The fundamental principle of taxation, that it
be laid equally on all forms. of property is sup
posed to be maintained in the new law. In the
beginning this principle was not hard to apply,
because property was easily located and its"
value could be fixed with reasonable accuracy
and equity. Developments incident to social
growth have complicated the problem of levying
taxes to such degree that justice has not always
been done. New and varied forms of property
have sprung up, and sometime's ,oWoui or ob
scure methods of escaping taxation have been
practiced, to the end that too much of a burden
has rested on those forms of wealth that could
not be hidden, and this naturally has aroused a
desire to establish a better plan. " -
Charges have freely been made in debate over
this bill that it will favor one class of property
owners at the expense of others. If this should
be borne out by experience, and only in that
way can the truth be demonstrated, then the'
popular demand for the general overhauling of
the revenue law will be the greater. One of the
r.ew ideas in the present measure deals with some
business enterprises that are seasonal in their
nature. Instead of valuing these for assess
ment on a given day of the year, an average of
all the business is to be taken as a basis. On
this point such difference of view exists that it
is mor.-lly certain some interesting arguments
will be heard in court before the tax is finally
collected. Some of the plans for dealing with
"intangibles" are also likely to breed lawsuits.
What is plain is that the framing of a revenue
law is not a light undertaking. A new principle
is finding great favor among students of the
problem, that the tax should be taken from those
forms of property or sources of revenue which
are better able to bear it This does not man
that the burden is not to be distributed equally,
but that the general law will recognize the varia
tions that exist between the different sorts of
taxable wealth, and that imposts will be laid ac
cordingly. Experience of all governments just
now indicate the desirability of discovering better
ways of raising revenue. We have long since passed
.the capitation period and its practices, but that
does not mean that some of the refinements now
being adopted are more than expedients, or that
any of the panaceas proposed are finally effective.
A tax will continue to be a certain part of private
income seized for public use, and roust finally
come out of production.
A Record of Useful Performance.
Let' not waste so much time listening to
what the candidates promise they are going to
do. It will pay better to notice what some of
them are doing.
For example, W. G. Ure has just put through
the city council an ordinance that will fix the
rates for electric light and power service in
Omaha 'on a basis that reduces the charge to
3S.0OO small consumers and increases it to 21S
large buyers of power. This is real service to
the home owners, the flat dwellers, and to every
householder in Omaha.
In this service Mr. Ure is redeeming prom
ises made long ago, that he would look .after the
interests of the people of Omaha at all times.
This is but one instance in a long record Of use
ful performance that stands to the credit of the
present city commissioners, and is the chief rea
son why The" Bee believes they are entitled to
re-election They study all city problems closely,
and give the public the benefit of their best
judgment, and that judgment is sound, for it
rests on ripe experience; and it is unbiased, for
it is the honest expression of an honest man.
Performance is always a safe basis for future
expectations, and on their records as heads of
the different departments and their actions as
members of the council, we commend Messrs.
Ure, Zimman, Ringer, Butler, Towl and Fal
coner to the voters as worthy to be re-elected
to the city commission.
The Ring, the Girl and the Man.
When romance goes awry, the girl asks her
self, "Shall I keep the ring and the presents he
has given me?" And the young man. winders
how he will get his gifts back, perhaps having a
second adventure in view and thriftily not wish
ing to incur added expense. -:
In a Brooklyn court a young man stilMn; col
lege lately brought suit against 19-year-old
girl for recovery of $389.50, the value of jewelry
and other gifts to her. The judge, taking cog
nizance of the fact that when the engagement
began the girl was only 17 and hence could not
enter into a marriage agreement, dismissed the
claim.
Such may be the law, but between it and
honorable custom there Xa wide breach in this
instance. Unless a young woman loves a; man
for his presents more than for himself, when
love goes, the gifts are returned. It may be
difficult, however, for tho rejected or disillusioned
swain to make an outright demand" for his
tokens, for then he indicates that they were
more in the nature of an investment than a free
will offering, and that when the investment
ceased to pay interest it was to be revoked.
Altogether, a very mixed up situation, this
of the ring, the girl and the man, and doubtless
one every judge as well as everyone else would
like to keep out of.
Napoleon's Lost Glory.
The French nation is preparing to com
memorate the one hundredth anniversary of the
death of Napoleon, and some are seeing in this
an indication of the revival of the idea of mili
tary grandeur which has sickened the world.
England, which feared and hated the Corsican
conqueror, can not be expected to take any large
part in the observance, and even to this day
Scottish mothers terrify their children with tales
of "Old Nap," who makes a very satisfactory
substitute for a bogy man.
Men small in stature may be excused foi
their admiration of Napoleon, and now and then
Americans are found who like to think that
they resemble him in appearance, just as others,
lacking in beauty, strive to call attention to their
resemblance to Lincoln. These may quote with
pleasure the story of Napoleon coming out of
his council and . being unable to reach his hat,
which was hung on a high peg. An officer who
rushed to his aid exclaimed, "I beg you par
don. Sire, I am higher than your majesty."
"You mean longer, sir," retorted the "Little
Corporal." '
H. G. Wells in his venture into history has
taken many flings at the French hero, as be
seems an Englishman. The words of Robert G.
Ingersoll on standing at the tomb of Napoleon
are alio in line with modern opinion:
- I thought of the orphans and widows he
had. made, of the tears that had been shed
for his glory, and the only woman who loved
him, pushed from his heart by the cold hand
of ambition, and I said I would rather have
been a French peasant and worn wooden
shoes. '
This "imperial impersonation of force and
murder," gossip relates, did not even dare have
himself shaved by a barber, but cut his own
beard, this in the day before the safety razor.
At the beginning of his success in the field he
used to say to his soldiers:' "You have fought
splendidly." Later he changed it into "We have
fought splendidly," and still later, VI have won
a splendid battle."
It is ill-advised to criticise France tor recall-
... t ' ' - t ' A t ! l r n n i A c KA(ff
mar tnat Dan Ol us nisiory wmi.ii -
Napoleon. In spite of his mistakes and weak
nesses, in spite of all he cost the people wno
followed him, he was a military leader and an
administrator of whom any race could be proud.
His name can never be blotted from history, and
the less he is forgotten the more may be learned
from his career, some to be followed and some
to be avoided.
Not Clay, but Fleet Feet
An idol has fallen, the place once held by a
leader" is vacant, and songs once hymned to
his praise have turned to a chorus of objurgatory
denunciation. All because the 'woDDiies nave
fannr! out the truth about "Big Bill" Haywood.
The Western Federation of Miners knew it long
ago. . It is now public property that the ooastiui
of the revolution is a moral coward,
or, in the acid argot of the I. W. W., "a big yel
low neck." Idolized by the proletariat, dreaded
by the law-abiding, a pest and nuisance to the
authorities, this demigod of the downtrodden nas
rfUrlrttdrf himself at last to everybody. A fugi
tive from justice, whether in Riga or elsewhere,
he stands a traitor to those with wnom ne naa
ra.t hie lot: his utter lack of moral courage
shown' by his unwillingness to sustain the
martyr's' crown. To be sure, Haywood had had
taste of prison life sufficient to satisfy an ordinary
mortal, and it may be admitted that he had little
stomach for more, but he .had invited it, had
boasted of his readiness to, undergo the penalty
of defying the law that he might stir.ms toiiow
ers up to the pitch of revolt, and some of them
must have expected he would go through with
his program. Whether he be a syndicalist or a
communist is not so much of moment just now.
Most folks are not deeply concerned m tnc nnc
distinctions that are drawn by the forces of de
struction when they are classifying themselves.
One or the other, they are bent on overturning
our government and all its institutions, and so
.kiirrnt tn the oeaceful. orderly com-
arc aiv.w -
munity of Americans. What will hold attention
for the moment is that the ie en i
idol were not day, but fleet enough to make a
discreet exit just before the deputy marshal
made his entrance.
Belgium's Women Vote.
Women voted for the first time in the recent
Belgian elections, with the result that the cleri
cal party made considerable gain in the. large
cities. Queen Elizabeth herself went to the
polls, thus no doubt encouraging the humble
members of her sex to take their part in public
affairs. Religion and politics are closely inter
twined in most European countries, and the
clerical party in Belgium has been a force for
conservatism which in the last decade has been
menaced by the socialists. Now, with 700,000
mote women than men registered, the elections
show the conservatives gaining at the expense
of the socialists.
Here is the irony of fate. It was the social
ists and other radicals that led the agitation in
Europe for woman suffrage, and their very suc
cess in accomplishing this end has weakened
their political power. Women certainly are not
radical as a class, and there are sOme who un
fairly claim that they are not even progressive.
At all events, the new voters may be counted
on to provide a safe and sane block against
radical movements.
If the Earl of Derby weirs that kind of a
hat on his visit to Ireland, it had better be made
of something heavy enough to withstand brick
bats. ''
At last a human fly has fallen from a high
building and the public is convinced that there
is no trick about the business, after ill.
Virtue comes frOra triiriing and habit, not
from rules and laws, which is tO say that the
tome is mightier than any legislature.
Now the engineers declare the lakes-to-sea
waterway is practical and only congress is hold
ing out.
Now for an open air building show.
What the Farmers Are After
Memorial Presented to the President
By Union Delegates
(Washington Dispatch to New York Times.)
While the solution of the railroad situation is
waiting on action to be taken by the federal
labor board at Chicago and the proposed senate
investigation, pressure is being brought to bear
on the president and other government officials
to hasten agreements for reduction of rates and
wages so that agriculture and industry may be
stimulated,
A delegation representing the National
Farmers' Union and other agricultural organiza
tions which have been in conference here called
at the. White House and presented a memorial
to President Harding asking that immediate re
lief be given. The memorial was presented by
A. C. Davis, secretary of the union. In part, it
read:
"With your permission we appeal to you to
invoke the great powers of your exalted office
in an effort to correct the industrial evils from
which the whole country is suffering. Though
agriculture is the chief victim of deflation, largely
artificial and precipitated, we believe, without
due consideration of its probable disastrous con
sequences, our plea is not alone for the farmers.
The entire nation is industrially sick and needs
all the care and all the attention that thoughtful
and honorable men in all honorable callings
can give it.
"Therefore, we have asked you, as the na
tion's president, as the executive head of the
greatest republic the world has ever known, to
assume a vigorous and determined leadership in
the work of bringing out of a chaotic condition
an industry which must be restored to some
thing of its oristine trlorv if anything like nor
mal conditions are to prevail in the workshops
and factories of our land.
"With frozen credits, with almost prohibitive
freight rates and with costs of distribution so
enormous, it is impossible for the farmer to mar
kct his products without incurring a loss. The
consequence is that while millions of tons of
food rot in the field or are held in the barns or
in other places of storage, scores of our children
in the cities are unable to obtain food sufficient
to nourish their little bodies
"The farmers are overwhelmed with debt.
They are unable to buy necessary fertilizer. They
can not obtain needed credit and there are in
hundreds of thousands of cases no markets open
to them. This condition they had no part in
bringing about. Like the starving child or the
undernourished mother in the city, they are the
innotent victims of a misused economic system,
manipulated, we fear, by shortsighted and self
ish interests.
"Some citizens, who have not felt the sting
of adversity, are insisting that things are all
right and they will correct themselves. They
are living in the enjoyment of great wealth and
are wondering why anybody should complain.
They know of nothing that should be reformed
except the income tax schedule, and this they
think should be scaled down. But we speak not
alone for agriculture, but for the vast mass of
the toilers and producers of our land when, we
ay that things economical and industrial are
in a bad way.
' In your magnificent address to congress you
said that railway rates were too high and they
must come down. In this statement you cor
rectly interpret the sentiment, at least of agri
culture. The freight rates constitute a crushing
burden on the farmer. We maintain that the
rise in freight rates to heights hitherto un
dreamed of at a time when their products were
being marketed at figures far below the ten-year
average price is crushing the life out of the in
dustry and if continued will retard the develop
ment of that co-operative spirit amonar the great
industries of the nation which must be fostered'
in order to bring about in an qrderly 'manner
the reconstruction of our disordered national life.
"We ask you. Mr. President, to brine these
fragments together. Call a conference of the
heads of finance, the heads of the coal industry,
the oil industry, the railway industry and the
heads of labor, especially the railway labor
boards. Let these gentlemen, in harmonv with
agriculture and under your leadership; work out
a solution of this problem. Bring the poles of
numan tnougnt together and locus theeyes ot
all upon the one great goal of enlightened re
construction.
Senator Capper, "who with other senators and
representatives, accompanied the delegation,
urged the president to call such a conference.
French Railway Deficit
One of tile most difficult orobfems facinsr the
French Parliament at oresent is that arising
from the fact that there is at present a deficit
of 8,000,000 francs per day on the working of
the French railways. The total deficit for all
the lines (including the state railways) down to
the end of the past year was 3.100.000.000 francs.
the deficit on the state system aldne being re
sponsible for 800,000,000 francs of this sum. In
a report presented to the senate by M. Jean
neney, the finance commission of the upper
house calls especial attention to the fact that
the application of the eight-hour law to the rail
ways has involved an enormous addition to the
cost of working and it urges that until normal
conditions again prevail every possible advan
tage should be taken of the possibilities for ex
emptions from the strict provisions of the law
and that for certain departments in connection
with the railways supplementary hours should
be authorized. In view of the fact that it must
be some time before the new regime for the
railways can come into operation the commis
sion urges that immediate steps should be taken
to remedy some of the evils at present suffered.
Another recommendation of the commission is
that the number of privileged tickets should be
radically reduced.
Experts agree that it is impossible to expect
to reduce the existing deficit on working by any
further increase of tariffs as the limit appears
to have been reached and further increases
would have the two-fold effect of reducing the
total revenue from traffic and bring about a
further rise in high cost of living. London
Economist
France Testing New Roads.
Contrary to past practice, composition road
surfaces are being put down by the French high
way authorities in the Rhone valley. At Givors
a test is being made of two miles of an Italian
composition. This has a cement basis and is
guaranteed for 15 'years. The road authorities
have expressed their willingness to experiment
with competitive types of road material. Of 33,
000 miles of roads that required repairs at the
time of the armistice, 13,620 miles hve been
greatly improved, and 2,200 miles have been com
pletely repaired. Compressed Air Magazine. '
Another Old-Timer in Discard.
What has become of the publicity seeker
whose boast it was that he had appeared before
all the crowned heads of Europe? Buffalo Ex
press. Musings of a Married Man.
A house that seems too small when one is buy
ing or renting it turns out to be too large when
the spring housecleaning season arrives. Toledo
Blade.
The Easiest.
In trying to decide what is easiest in this
world we hve'come to the conclusion it is telling
some other fellow not to worry.The Atchison
Globe.
The Only One.
The fellow who can fool all the women all
the time is the fellow who changes the fashions.
Jewell (Kan.) Republican.
Open Season For Umpires.
This is the season to say it with pop bottles.
Indianapolis Star.
FOR DICTIONARY ADDICTS.
"What is this subluxation I am
hearing about? Could it cause all
the things I am told it does?" C. "VV.
writes:
When a bona is completely out of
Joint we say it is luxated or dislo
cated. This term is applied particu
larly to tho hip Joints and chouliler
Joints, both of which are of tho ball
and aocket variety. "When a Joint is
luxated the head of one bone is en
tirely out of the socket and rests
on the bone nearby.
Then somebody who wanted to use
a high sounding word for a w. k.
an almost universal condition
turned the pages of the dictionary
until he ran across luxated as the
high sounding name for well-known
dislocation. By addinc sub to the
word luxation they had a real high
brow term for a condition that is as
common as pig tracks.
Whenever a bone Which is set on
another bone slips a little out of po
sition, not enough to fairly call it a
dislocation, it can be said to be sub-
luxated. Just how prevalent is this
condition? Why. everybody Is do
ing It. Wrhen a child slouches down
he subluxatea the bones or his spinal
column. When the mother tells
Johnny to hold his head and shour
ders back she says in substance,
"Johnny, unsubluxate your cervical,
dorsal, and lumbar vertebrae," Ev
ery old base ball player has two
hands full of subluxated fingers.
And now lest you get the Idea
that the blessings of subluxation are
limited to my sex I will change my
line of Illustration. Every woman
suffering from bunions has subluxa
tion of the bones of her feet. More
over, not one person in a hundred
Is free from subluxated toe Joints. In
other words, the chances are that
any person you might stop on the
street has two shoes full of sublux
ated feet parts.
There are two types of Joints In
which subluxations occur with great
frequency the hinge Joints and the
sliding Joints. Since in each of these
types the bones slide on each Joint,
what more natural than one should
slide a lltte too far and result In
what some high brow folks call a
subluxation? We, the plain people,
are liable to forget ourselves and
say that "John Is beginning to stoop
as he grows older."
How much harm does it do? Some.
Just how much must be answered for
each case. Do the subluxated verte
brae press -on the spinal nerves as
they emerge from the spinal canal.
Swanberg did a very accurate and
thorough piece of research work to
settle that point. He says no one
has disproved the correctness of his
conclusions. Therefore, all this
balderdash abouf stopping the flow
of tha spinal fluid Is without ana
tomic basis.
The other night I attended a ban
quet given In honor of a distin
guished dentist. This worthy and
honorable man has worked over his
chair dally for thirty-odd years until
he has developed a most marked
hump a very considerable degree
of subluxation. At 61 he Is as fit as
a fiddle and Atlaslike carries his
own load and the loads of many
otherst I know a hunchtd back
writer who works hard, holds a
manTs place In tho world, turns out
good stun, ana raaiaies joy; i won
der what he, or my dentist friend,
thinks about the wild theory that
subluxation presses on the spinal
nerves and thus causes smallpox and
67 times 57 kinds of other diseases.
Or what would the bse ball play
er think if. you told him that his
subluxated fingers were the cause of
his oncoming baldness? Or I won
der If the man with two shoes full
of subluxated toe would Tagree that
'th .nnAiHnn - tt bis fet .was re
sponsible for the attack fit the flu..
in lis? . ,
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Old History or Nebraska.
!. Columbus. Neb.. April 22. To the
Editor- of The Hie: I have been
(and will continue to be) a sub
scriber to The Dally liee many years.
It is delivered to mo by the book
store, and wo are well pleased with
it.
I also want to sny I have a history
of Nebraska. of 1882. Thinking that
there may bo somebody who would
liko to have a relic of that time and
kind, perhaps, you could secure a
purchnser for it. .
It is 10 by 12 inches in size, four
Inches thick and contains over 1,500
pages. It is a complete history of
the state up to that time.
Has been in my care most of the
lime and is in good condition ex
cept the cover where tho bncks are
fastened Is torn loose, nothing lost.
It is complete as to the contents of
same. WM. BECKER.
, . . . . .
I nonesi ana ure ior law eniorceiuem.
inoy navo oeen inea ana iuuhu
wanting in that regard as stated In
the columns of the World-Herald,
their personal champion and mouth
piece. It cannot be possible the good peo
ple, dcslro that our peace officers
close their eyes to law violations and
cease their activities for law enforce
ment and good government. Good
government is based on Bound moral
ity. I predict a large majority of these
same voters will cast their ballots for
Kinger ond good government on
election clay. Uesppctfully,
A, It. WIENS.
Yes By Physician. ' '
W' H. W. writes: "The 'other day"
you had a lengthy. article on the re
moval of sears, also an article on
the removal of warts. These two
articles have prompted me to ask.
Can moles be removed ? I have about
four or five on my face and cer
tainly would like to have them -removed."
REPLY.
Moles can be removed. However,
do not "projic" with them yourself.
Either have them removed by a phy
sician or leave them entirely alone;
Here's Name of Remedy.
Generous Cuss writes: "Please
give the name of a yellow salve good
for sties. Long ago I had one, used
that salve, and found It very good.
I 'passed it along,' I now know-of
another friend to whom I would like
to give it, but I can't find the name
of the salve. I remember it was
yellow and came In a tube." . . .
' . ' ' REPLY. -
Ointment of yellow ojide of mer
cury Is in wide use as a local appli
cation for sties.
Special Treatment Advisable.
Mies P. A. A. writes: "When I
was about 10 years old I had double
pneumonia. When I began to re
cover I did not spit up any phlegm.
but I broke out with the hives. Ever
since, whenever I get sick, I break
out with hives. I am now 14,
"1. Are hives dangerous?
"2. Does vaccination cure the
hives?
"3. Does dieting do any good?"
1 REPLY.
1. Ordinary hives, no.
2. Your history indicates that you
became hypersensitive to some pro
tein substance absorbed from your
lungs when you had pneumonia. If
this is the case, in all probability
you would be benefited by being de
sensitized against the bacteria of
pneumonia. On that theory dieting
should not help you. ...
Use Vinegar for N'lts. -Mrs.
B. N. writes: "Kindly advise
a remedy to lake nits off a child's
head. I have, tried everything that
people ' advised. I wash her head
once a week and fine comb it every
day, but cannot get the nits off."
REPLY.
Hot vinegar and a fine tooth comb.
THE UNFAILING LIGHT.
What la your light, O upward presslnc
aoul.
Tour kaeon lliht, which to your heavenly
thai
Illume your path? Is it tha light vhsae
Water faije
With hidden face, behind tha, evening
ahadei?
Is It tha aun. whoaa beauteous brilliant'
raya
Doth Kutd your footatepa down your
fleeting days?
Then when at t It alnka beyond your
eight.
What a-uldea .yeu through the long and
tlarktoms night? .
It It the silver moon, whose warm pale
light
Ha,th been ordained to rule the allent
:htt "
But which sa oft Is wrapped within Its
shroud
Of fog ad mist, of dnae and lowering
, claud.
Is It tha light of reason, foellah soul.'
A mirage, yeu would follow tn your goalT
Illuelra faith. Illusive hose. Illusive light.
That luraa your mortal soul to endleaa
night.
Oa Is the riaan .Lord, tha Chrlel, your
light. r "
Befulgent gleam, which dissipates ' the
nlsht?
The aun and moon must wane, O pilgrim
soul.
His light will never wane, Ita aourca.xouf
goal.
GEORGE. B. CHILD3.
Mr. Agncw on (Jungs.
Omaha, April 23, 1921. To the
Editor of The Bee: In tho present
city campaign we are" hearing a great
deal about gangs of various kinds
until it has become very tiresom'c
to a great many people. We hear
about the Dahlman gang, the Kinger
gang, the Third ward, gang, the Sut
ton gang and the church gang.
Would it not sound better if the
various candidates would cut out the
I gang talk, and talk more about the
real issues or mm campaign, ti is
my opinion that fully 90 per cent of
the voters of our city will vote as
they think is the best for the city
of Omaha,-nnd .because some people
vote for candidates I do not vote for,
is no sign that they are horse thieves
or belong to a certain kind of gang
In city elections T vote Just as I
please and do not belong to any gang
but the city of Omaha gang and
everybody in the city o'ught to be
long to the city of Omaha gang, for
we all want to see the city grow and
prosper. On primary day a man
asked me to vote for a certain can
didate, and I told him I never would
do so in either the primaries or the
city election. He said. "Oh. you be
long to the Dahlman gang." I told
him that I belonged to no gang and
voted Just as I pleased whether any
body else like.s it or not.
One of the present city commis
sioners told me that taxes In Omaha
are lower than they were three years
ago. I do not know wuat Kina oi
mathematics he follows, but the tax
payers figure it differently. I sup
pose this certain city ' commissioner
does not figure the special taxes that
have been levied from time to time
as any taxes at all, but people who
have to pay them think they are
taxes. Then the loss of the court
house came under the present city
administration, and I do not figure
anyway but that the cost of restoring
the court house comes under the
happenings of the city administra
tion. When candidates say publicly
that hey are in favor of vast public
improvements, in every part 'of the
city, which means millions more of
bonds and taxes, I think it is about
time that the people in general who
are already tax-burdened almost to
the breaking point, should awako and
see who the candidates are who want
.to still further increase the tax bur
dens, when times are like. they are m
all parts of the country and the
world at large
Cut out the gang talk and let us
decide whether we want vast pub
lic improvements to make our bur
dens still more burdensome.
FRANK A. AGNEW.
Collectors Who'd Collect.
If the United States wants to see
to it that tho German indemnity is
properly collected why not appoint
an American reparations commission
of three members; a book agent, an
industrial life insurance man end a
colloctor for one of the corrrspon
dctice schools? Lowell Courlcr-Citlsen.
raying With a Shirt.
"Heaven help me!" wrote a Buf
falo man with a sense of humor to
the state income tax bureau. "In
closed plense And notice of additional
assessment of the state income tax.
I am giving you everything I have
left" which was a shirt. New York
World.
The Conclusion.
After reading Colonel House, Mr.
Lansing, Andre Tardleu and a few
other commentators, one may be
forgiven for coming to the conclu
sion that there never was any peace
conference in Paris. Chicago Dally
News.
World's New Problem,
There would be more interest in
"Uncle Tom's Cabin," vyhich was
written 69 years ago this month, if
it were a helpful treatise on the
housing situation. Providence Journal.
Laboring Men for Ringer.
Omaha. April 25. To the Editor
of The Bee: As a laboring man,
home-owner and citizen of Omaha.
I would like to call the attention of
the twenty-one odd thousand "well
meaning." but misguided voters who
cast their ballots for a certain citizen
now drawing two salaries from the
pockets of the wage earners. True
one1 salary is paid wholly from
"money paid by Omaha taxpayers, the
other y. citizens of the United
States, but nevertheless all in the
end paid by -the wage earners.
I have waited in vain for some
shrewd citizen to offer an explana
tion of this large vote. Does it mean
that Dahlman and Dunn will not en
force tho law, if elected mayor and
councilman, equally as well as Smith
and Ringer now do, or will they in
the interest of "contentment" and
"harmony" say to the bootlegger and
prostitute the town is yours, we will
not suppress or fight you? Which?
From my point of view it appears
to be more a protest against the laws
now on our statute books than any
dislike for Ringer or his fearless en
forcement of law. Both Dahlman
and Dunn admit publicly they ar
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