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1. New Unioa PtBfr Statist.
2. Continue improvement f tk Ne
braska Highways, eluding Ik pave
ment of Mala Thoroufhfar Ueetfaf
lato Omaha with a Brick Surface.
3. A short, lowrat Waterway frn tk
Cora Belt to tk Atlaatie Oceam.
4. Home Rule Charter for Omahe, with
City Manager form of Government.
Loans to Save Cattle Industry.
Reports from other parts of the state fortify
the statement recently made in the Letter Box
by F. M. Currie of Broken Bow that the ranges
of Nebraska are not filjed with the usual droves
of cattle. The railroad rates en stock from
southern ranches to the nothern cattle country
were cut, but in many instances the cattlemen
have been unable to obtain credit with which to
make their purchases. Although Mr. Currie
agrees with those who are urging that the gov
ernment could alleviate the situation by turning
over the $100,000,000 profits of the Federal Re
serve banking system to the Federal Land banks,
he does not believe in the advisability of attempt
ing to make cattle loans through' this govern
mental agency.
- His suggestion that this sum be applied in
making more loans on land is in line with the:
judgment of many who are deeply interested
in the success of the tom loan bank and who
realize that It has no machinery with which to
arrange cattle loans. The $40,000,000 bond issue
which is now being sold to provide funds f of
the land banks is perhaps alL the market could
absorb at this time, but it is small indeed when'
measured by the needs of agriculture.. If the
$100,000,000which has been turned over to the
treasury by the Federal reserve system, could
be added to this sum and distributed through the
west in the form of loans on land, it would find
. its, way into every channel of business. Farmers
who received these loans would bo enabled to.
buy cattle, pay their debts and add to the de
posits of the country banks, thus providing funds
which might be lent to others for the direct pur
pose of grazing or feeding cattle.
. Cattle loans differ in many respects from
those made on land. The security is more haz
ardous and the business of lending money on
herds is one that is best handled where intimate
information as to the standing and capacity of
the borrower is known. If the money could be
sent into the agricultural communities on, land
mortgages it would find its way naturally into
a whole procession of advances for stocking up
the ranges. '
Mr. Currie admits doubt as to its being a kind
ness to lend money to an industry, that is not on
a profit-making basis. If it seemed probable that.
American agriculture were to continue ,so , largely,
a losing business, further financial advances
would be inadvisable. But people "will continue
to eat and the farmers to grow, food, but more
than that, attention is being directed not only
to questions of production, but of marketing as
well. When the readjustment of industry is ac ¬
complished, it seems inevitable that profit will
come back to agriculture. It is now a problem
oi holding on, and no one who has seen and un
derstood the result of disastrous prices for farm
products, how they have slowed up business -in
every city in the land, will be so foolhardy: as
to expect the nation to prosper without the
farmers prospering first of all. , .,,,
Bbne Dry and Leak Tight.
While advocates of "light wines and beer" are
slipping up alongside the Volstead act, hoping
to get aboard, the skipper, with his weather eye
cast to port and starboard alike, announces that
he will not only keep the decks clear, but will
batten down the hatches, so that even leaks will
Ibe prevented. .If any amendments are made to
the Volstead law, its author announces, they will
be to do away with the provisions that permitted
Attorney General Palmer to issue his opinion
with regard to the use of beer and wine as medi
cine. Overin New York William H. Anderson
announces that he expects to have Manhattan
reduced to something like Sahara within two
years, and as dry as a powderhorn within twenty.
His present campaign there is making the island-
' ers shy, at least. Boston is coming well wifhin
the purview of the law now, a raid on the Back
Bay hotels, including the Copley House, giving
the old timers a real thrill. New Jersey's new
law against "home brew" is said to be as potent
in suppressing the stuff as the product of the
amateur distilleries was in engendering head
aches and disturbances. So the story runs
througBotjt the land, and" it begins to look as if
the camel were pretty well master ofhe situa
tion at last, and that prohibition is gaining. How
ever, it will very likely be as long as Mr. Ander-
, son thinks before the policy is all prevailing.
Weakness of Calling Names.
It would be easy to make a niistake in judg
ing the purpose Of a little magatine published
in the east, which, is right now laying about in
all directions, almost frantic . In on? issue it
"attacks the "Young Women's Christian Associat
ion, the Federal Council of Churches, a conven
tion of Jewish rabbis, the universities of the
land, the farmer co-operative movement, the la
bor unions, the retailers, a church publication
and several ministers who are named.
This is taking in quite lot of territory, and
. at first glance one might make the mistake of
thinking that the publication was a radical fire
brand. But it is not; , its cover states that it is
"a semi-monthly interpretation of industrial prog
ress." In hitting out in so many directions it is
laboring under the delusion that it is furthering
" the purpose of business and prosperity. From
such detenders sensible men must pray to be de-
' livered. America has no place today for those
who brca into free discussion with hate of all
those who differ from them, who clamor at any
Innovation and shriek at the thought of reform.
It is as Haclitt once said: "The most danger
ous enemies to established opinions' are those
who, by, always defending them, call attention
to their weak sides."
Farmers Forming a Federation.
One of the things the farmers have learned
in the course of their efforts to improve their
own conditions is that their interests are not so
nearly identical as to permit the formation of a
single big union. It is not necessary to enter
into detailed consideration of this at the present,
beyond the statement that the variations are of a
fundamental nature, and therefore must have
weight in all the calculations of the organizers.
On the other hand, the main factor is one in
common. It is the question of better marketing
facilities and more economic methods of financing
farm operations and crop production, .to the end
that the farmer as such will secure a more ade
quate return from his produce. One of the lead
ers, who are now consulting for the purpose of
finding out how far they may go towards form
ing the one central group, proposes the American
Federation of Labor as a model. That organ
ization has accommodated the widely diversified
interests of the craft organizations of the coun
try, evn finding the means for accommodating
and composing disputes' between them that
threatened to disrupt and destroy the contenders.
While doing this it has served well the general
cause by taking care of those matters that are
common to all labor organizations, at the same
time resolutely declining to interfere with the
trade autonomy of any, or to intervene in the
management or control of affairs that are pecu
liar to single trades unions. Only when the con
cern of all is at stake does the great federa
tion exert itself. , '
Such a form is feasible for the several farmer
groups, and they may easily find in it the means
of great service to themselves.' They will prob
ably not find a leader such as Samuel Gompers,
but they may develop one, just as he has grown
and broadened as the movement of which he is
the head has prospered since it was formed by
him and a few devoted trades union men back
in 1881, when the JCnights of Labor threatened
destruction of all craft Unions. The farmers are
on the right track at last.
Department of Public Welfare.
One of the first practical steps in redemption
of the pledge to reform the administration of our
government has. been taken in the introduction
Of a measure to establish a cabinet Department
of Public Welfare. Under such head will be
grouped various bureaus and commissions now
functioning as portions of other departments.
The step will simply bring together in a co-,
ordinated and properly related manner the activ
ities now scattered among the Treasury, War,
Agriculture, Interior- and Commerce departs
ments, and by closer association make them more
effective.
However, there is danger to our democratic
ideals in such a movement. Public health, educa
tion, care for the. wounded veterans, direction of
the pension bureau and war insurance, and all
the related processes of government are in them
selves appropriate subjects for regulation, and
yet the presence of the government in such fash
ion in the ordinary lives of the people indicates a
paternalistic' attitude not always in harmony with
accepted notions of democracy. Some regula
tion is vitally necessary, but the temptation to
abuse is always present, and it may well be ques
tioned how far Americans are willing to advance
along lines that lead inevitably to bureaucracy.
President Harding's devotion and pledges to
the wounded, soldiers are shared by the Ameri
can people. He properly said Alabama and Ohio
are one On the point, and he may safely add all
other states to the list. This willingness to pro
vide for disabled veterans, however, must not be
taken as a basis on which to found a system of
interference with personal affairs. The Depart
ment of Public Welfare may be made a most use
ful and beneficial agency of the government, and
it may become burdensome if unwisely framed
or extremely administered.
Peace by Resolution.
The New Zealand . court of appeals should
look up the records in the case; it might then
modify its opinion that the United States, having
accepted no responsibility under the Treaty of
Versailles, is entitled to no rights ' under that
treaty. Primarily, this "view is wrong, for the
Treaty of Versailles affects the rights of every
organized government, whether signatory to it
or not. Likewise, the United States has accepted
certain responsibilities under it, or rather, those
growing out of the war, and therefore must be
considered in all settlements .flowing from it.
Secretary Hughes made this so clear in his notes
on the Yap issue and to Germany that even a
court as far away as New Zealand should be
well informed as to what is concerned in the
matter; -
Chairman Porter of the house committee on
foreign relations is holding up the Knox resolu
tion, that1 he may study its possible effect on
points. He gives as his opinion that peace may
be established by a single resolution, declaring'
the war at an end. However, he says there is no
pressing need for haste, and he is desirous of
learning just what may come out of the possible
participation of the United States on the repara
tion commission, and the Yap controversy, be
fore determining finally the form in which the
peace resolution will be presented to the house
Matters are moving with some speed in
Europe just now. When the German cabinet rer
signed, as' the net result of the failure of Dr.
Simdns to secure important concessions on the
reparation question, it was taken as indicating
eventual acquiescence . in the Allied program.
This conjecture may not be justified, but while
the settlement is pending, it is assured the United
Statts will be no worse off if the peace resolution
is temporarily held in abeyance.
Ii Senator Kenyon's bill prohibiting ' sanitors
from having any source of income outside -or
their federal salary should, by any miracle,' pass,
considerably property would have to be put in
the wives' names and many a statesman would
have to borrow carefare from his better half..
New York City wants statehood because of
the domination of the up-state majority, while
in Illinois, the down-state folks want to make
Chicago into a separate state in order to avoid
its dictation. This is class conscience on a large
scale.
Profit and Loss in Farming
Experience in Gage County
Analyzed by Real Experts
On the theory that farming may be approach
ing prewar conditions, the Nebraska College of
Agriculture has made public an analysis of the
incomes from 58 Gage county farms jn J914i
The farms are graded according to their losses
and profits and an attempt is made to analyze
some of the reasons for the variations, the pur
pose being to encourage farmtrs to keep books
and check up their operations from time to time,
as is the practice in the business world.
The figures make an allowance for interest
on investment, which in some instances was
large. Also, the income allows the farmer no
wages. In other words, the profits as set forth
in the report represent the annual salary of the
farmer, and in addition must cover interest on
investment. Allowances are made for deprecia
tion. Six of the 58 Gage county farms lost money in
1914, some of them as much as $1,500. Not only
did the man who operated the farm receive noth
ing for his year's work and capital invested, but
he was worth $1,500 less at the end of the year
than at the beginning. Twenty farms made less
than $500 each. Eighteen of them made less
than $1,000; five farmers received more than
$2,000 for their year's work, and only two re
ceived more than $3,000.
The farms ranged in size from 191 to 408
acres, but ths college analysts do not consider
size as one of the important factors in the profits
and losses in this instance. The analysis shows
that the men who had a low income made less
efficient use of man and horse labor. The farm
ers making the most money farmed almost twice
as many acres per man and per horse as did
those who lost money. Likewise, the efficient
management of live stock stands out rather
prominently on the more successful farms. On
the three highest classes of farms, where the
live stock inventories were between $2,200 and
$2,300. the sales of live stock varied from $772 to
$2,064, a difference of 169 per cent. On these
same farms the sales of crops varied from $2,179
to $3,500, or a spread of 60 per cent. ' Crop
yields were also materially better on the farms
making the most money.
In order to encourage farmers to keep simple
sets of books for the purpose of checking their
profits and losses, the college provides account
books, assists in keeping them, analyzes them
and makes confidential reports.
"A business capitalized at $35,000 in the ojty
represents a good-sized investment, but it would
be a, 'dead one' if the manager did not keep care
ful accounts and study his business, so that he
could plug up the leaks large or small," says
the analysis of the Gage county farm incomes.
"If study and analysis of his business pays the
city man, why shouldn't it pay the farmer? As
a matter of fact, it does pay very well."
How to Keep Wei)
By OR. W. A. EVANS
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Copyright, 1921, by Dr. W. A. Erase
Are Athletics College
Advertising?
I believe in college recreation; I delight in
going to undergraduate parties myself. And
especially do I believe in the value of athletics.
I have no thought of launching a conventional
diatribe against an activity that contributes to
student solidarity, encourages fair competition,
and serves in a score of ways as an antidote for
undergraduate provinciality. But the use, either
official or semi-official, of athletics to advertise
the academic departments of an institution is dis
honest in principle and vicious in its ultimate
effects.
"But college is like business," one of my
former students said to me recently. "You see,
the successful automobile manufacturer must
look after his advertising department as well as
his production, and in college your advertising
department is your athletic sport."
"Yes," I admitted; "but in' the' automobile
industry what does the advertising department
advertise?" '.' .
"Why " he replied, "the production end of it;
of course."
"And," I inquired further, "if athletics are to
be regarded as. the advertising department of a
college, what department do they advertise?"
He hesitated a momgnt and then replied, in
a. good-natured effort to get even; "Well, pro
fessor, when I was in college you didn't teach
me to reason straight enough. Of course, I see
now1 that athletics advertise the advertising de
partment."' ' How greatly, such advertising may misrepre
sent the professed, chief business of an institu
tion may be seen in the following instance: A
state university in the middle west secured a new
foot ball coach. In order to let the world know
that a new era was dawning for this institution,
a committee prepared an illustrated circular"
which set forth vividly this new coach's athletic
prowess. By utilizing sectional basket ball
tournaments that the high schools of the state
held soon afterward, the committee placed this
circular in the hands of virtually all the pupils
who were then attending high school in that
state. Some of these boys and girls at once de
cided to attend this university. Among them
were many who could give no reason for doing
so, other than that this physical giant was going
to "bring the institution to the front." Now,
this state university, is honored by having at its
head a man of great capacity and unusual per
sonal charm, and it numbers among its teachers
many men who are known to thinking people
throughout the entire country. Yet, when I
questioned some of ithese boys and girls who
had decided to go thfre to college, I found that
many of them did not know the name of the
president; that they could not name any teacher
in the institution; and that they did not know
what courses, or even what subjects, they would
have the opportunity to study, once they' wfere
there. Some of them vaguely contemplated
studying subjects which had never been in the
curriculum of that university. Perhaps when they
matriculated the 'following autumn, the obscurity
Of their own purpose kept them from being
greatly disappointed. But if a mail order house
had resorted to the same methods in securing
them for customers, their fathers would have
prosecuted it for Securing money under false pre
tenses. Prof. R. W. Brown, in Harper's Maga
zine for May. t
A Pitiable Shame.
. We are not in a position to know what meas- i
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uics euuum uc ian.cn uy congress in xne way 01
co-ordinating various bureaus which now dea
with the necessities of disabled soldiers, but we
know that the American people want everything
done for these men that gratitude and money
can do. The burden of war falls very unequally
upon citizens. War deprives some "families of
their bread winners; some men it disables for
life; it impoverishes millions of families. On the
other hand, it pours into the lap of the small
minority wealth such as they never cquld have
amassed except through war. There are men
in the United States and, of course, in every
country in Europe, t rich beyond their most
avaricious dreams. They made it all in the world
war. And they, made it by profiteering. These
war-made millionaires are pouring into New
York to spend their fabulous incomes.. War
did jt. If wre are not going to continue civil war
among the white races, might not something be
done to prevent these war fortunes? , That may
be impossible. We do not know. But we know
that it is a pitiable shame that one section of the
population should be fattening on war profits
while disabled soldiers are being neglected.
Churchman.
The spectacle of a world almost crippled bv
the burden of debt which .it owes itself must
seem like a paradox to the inhabitants of Mars.
-Flaw in His Eloquence.
Senator La Follette's eloquent espousal of the
cause of Ireland might have more influence if
he had espoused the cause of the United States a
little harder during the recent war with Germany.
Open Flats to Children.
New York has legislated against the lap dog
and the canary, and in favor" of the child, by mak
ing it a misdemeanor for a landlord to refuse to
rent to a family which has children. Boston
Globe,
SCARS ON THE FACE.
A fair number of people write to
me about scars left on their faces
by pimples. As & rule they want to
know what can be ddne to remove
such sears. There is not much, that
I can tell them to do.
The deed is done long before tf.ey
become Interested and not much can
bo done to undo it. I commonly sug
gest that massaging be done. Per
haps this accomplishes something
when persisted In.
It is more Important thai the pub
lic know how such skin disfigure
ment can be prevented. Why is it
that some people pass through the
greasy age, having a multitude of
pimples all the time, and come out
of it without any scars, while others
will reap, a number of scars as the
result of a few acne spots? I hav
seen some people pitted from acne
far worse than others have been as
the result of smallpox. "Why the dif
ference in the Tesults of pimples in
different people? The answer is
scratching and picking.
The 1920 volume on skin diseases
of the Practical Medicine series de
votes eight pages to neurotic ex
coriations. The page illustrations
might well be pictures of men and
women we meet on the street dally.
One is a closeup side view of the
lower half of the face of a man. On
his cheek. Jaw and neck Just below
the Jaw are 25 ragged scars the like
of those which I see almost dally.
An article by MacKeo quoted says
at times the excoriations may be pro
duced by the habit of picking at
every slight elevation on the skin.
This picking or digging may be quite
unintentional and in mild cases it
is limited to an unconscious habit of
passing the hand over the face while
deeply absorbed in study, locating a
little rough spot and digging it with
the finger nail until an excoriation
is effected.
If a crust conies, it Is picked off
repeatedly, thus causing the lesion
to persist for months.
In the more pronounced cases the
habit Is almost uncontrollable and
the person finds It difficult or almost
Impossible tg avoid picking at the
little islands of epithelial debris. It
is a nervous habit, the same kind of
impulse that makes one bite the
nails, chew the mustache, bite the
lips and suck the thumb.
Another type is that in which the
person has a mania for picking at
sores of various kinds for the pur
pose of promoting healing or to re
more foreign bodies supposed to be
present.
You Are Mistaken.
A Mother writes: "IJbtiould like
to help the high school gfj) who asks
how to get rid of nits in her hair.
Neither vinegar nor kerosene will do
any good, as they feed on kerosene.
Use 10 cents' worth of red precipi
tate mixed with fresh lard made into
a salve and rubbed into the scalp,
the head covered with a cloth, over
night, two. or three nights, then"
shampoo.''
REPLY, -'You
are wrong in yout statement
that out your .way lice eat kerosene.
Either you have confused your bugs
or the oil dealers are selling you fake
kerosene. When kerosene or vine
gar fail it is because the instructions
are not carried out in detail. Kero
sene is so distasteful to lice that
they try to escape from a treated
head and may take temporary refuge
in the clothing.
are half a doeen kinds of heart
leaks.
2. I have heard of persons living
with the heart leaks for a long time,
say 70 years. The stute of the mus
cle is more important than the leak
in determining the question.
3. There are very good books .for
the laity written by Babcock, Bishop
and Hirschfleld.
Probably Not Harmful. ,
S. S. writes: "Is the amount of
saltpeter used, ii) preserving meat
harmful in the system? If so, in
what way does it affect one?"
REPLY.,
I do not think the dose of salt
peter you get will harm you.
Training Is Essential.
Anxious writes: "Please give me
advice regarding extreme self-consciousness
and blushing. I cannot
even walk in the street without
blushing. I am quite well other
wise." REPLY.
Training is what you require.
Depends On Conditions.
A. T. writes: "1. If one has a bad
cold, but the day is fine, is it better
to be outdoors or indoors?
"2. Can you name some ' things
that will make a person stouter ?',
REPLY.
1. If you are. in the fever stage,
stay in bed or quietly at home at any
rate. In fine weather it is better to
be in bed out of doors or to sit out
than to be in bed or in a chair in
doors. 2. Do not worry. Get nine hours'
sleep. Cultivate poise and calm. Eat
a bowl of milk and cereal twice a
day. One such portion should be
taken at bedtime.
Leaking Heart Valves.
M. M. writes: "1. I am 43 years
old and would like to know if leak
ing valve of the heart is serious.
"2, About how long can a person
live with that trouble, or are there
two forms of that disease?
"3. Could you please give me the
name of the doctor who wrote- a
book on the "subject, as I would like
to read it?"
REPLY.
1. It is serious or not, according
to the condition of the heart mus
cle, the habits of the person, and the
degree of injury to the valve. There
Avert It.
Mrs. F. M. E. writes: "Is there
any cure for a person infected with
the worst stage of hydrophobia?"
REPLY.
Hydrophobia can be prevented.
There is not much that can be done
in the way of cure for a well-developed
case of the disease.
If Barney Had Waited
(From the Baltimore American.)
A peculiar feature of the business
situation this year is that there is
more depression than failure. . Busi
ness men were tuned up to a fast
clip by the transactions of a great
war and the problems of a vast
peace, and it hits their nerves to real-"
ize that in place of a drive pushing
them onward they need to sit tight.
The American business man seeks
the tonic of action. Without it he
sees blue and fears the worst. His
hard problem is to wait for the turn
of the tide. A great authority has
said that American business can
stand anything except uncertainty
and just now the world is full of
uncertainty. But it is absolutely
certain that the tide will turn. It
always has and it always will. '
One of the most tragic instances
of giving way to a depression that
turned was the death of Barney Bar
nato, the diamond king of South
Africa, The story is told authen
tically in Scribner's by John Hays
Hammond, who was his consulting
engineer. Barnato had. formed a
new corporation, but financial de
pression fell upon London and the
Karriato shares declined sharply. He
started for London to meet his dis
appointed shareholders. On the voy
age his depression increased and it
weighed so heavily on his mind that
he threatened to commit suicide.
Then his friends kept watch over
him, but the day before the steamer
touched at Madeira he escarped from
them and Jumped into the sea, "That
was before the days of wireless,"
says Mr. Hammond. "Had Barney
lived to reach Madeira, he would
have learned that the market had
taken a turn upward, that the shares
he sold to friends were actually1
standing at a premium." And to
day, adds Mr. Hammond, "th Bar
nato group is the greatest group of
financiers in England, surpassing ,
even the Rothchilds in money,
power."
Business operates . under pretty
much the same rules and the same,
chances and the same influences,
whether its operations be in hun
dreds or hundreds, of millions. It
liasits ebb and its flow and there
always comes a time of slack water..
Since last August there has been a."
good deal of ebb, and in- this present
waiting there is need of a fisher
man's sound sense and philosophy.
For the real fisherman is our chai
pion optimist; he never even thinks
of suicide, for he knows that tides
have their ways and that it is the
duty of man to adjust himself to
their laws and opportunities. He
may not catch as many fish in slack
water, but it gives him good time to
mend his lines and dig more bait.
If Barney had Waited; if he had
not given, way to his depression, he'
would probably be the richest mari
In the world. Mr. Hammond says
he was a financial genius. ."If h
were alive today and without a cent."
he declares, "I would grubstake him
with a few thousand dollars, and,
launched with that small capital in'
Wall street, he would soon have all
the money there was in that specu
lative center." This seems a big
statement but Barney dfd not wait.
The lesson of his fate alone remains.
Jerry Is C. to K.
Onuna, May 4. To the Editor of
The Bee: I am curious to learn the
reason for the harmony that existed
between big business and the fork
ing class on election day, as djurlng
the remainder of the year labor and
capital are found working entirely
in different camps. It appears to the
writer that on election day the in
terests of the workers and corpora
tions should clash, their interests
being entirely different. I have no
desire to raise a class question, how
ever, I fail to see where the labor
class derives any benefit from the
election of corporation men, whether
at Omaha, Lincoln or elsewhere.
Perhaps this harmony is brought
about on election day by a pecuniary
consideration for the leaders.
Let us hope that the day is not 4Tar
distant when the horny-handed sons
and daughters ot toll will do their
own thinking. JERRY HOWARD.
What Made the Landslide.
Omaha, May 6. To the Editor of
The Bee: Who defeated four of the
six candidates you endorsed for city
commissioner? Was it not the pro
hibitionists and the equal suffrage
people?
. Of course, both will vehemently
deny the charge, yet is it not really
true? The prohibition advocates
I said all they were after was to wipe
out tne punue saloon. ; xney raisi
fled. Although Uncle Sam allows doc
tors to prescribe whisky within jeer
tain limits, for the sick, the Nebras
ka statute will not permit it. and the
aged and sick, to whom a limited
quantity of whisky, ns a medicine,
would be very beneficial may "just
as well die" is the evident viewpoint
of prohibitionists. The writer once
knew a case, in Nebraska, of an in
sane reformer whose dying wife
asked for a drop of wine, which he
refused to give her. sas'ing "you shall
die before I will permit you to
touch it" and she died. They .were
most reputable people.
An the equal suffrage people ex
pected to "make politics cleaner" by
the women's vote, refusing to believe,
when they were told, that many of
the best of women who did not want
the ballot would refuse to use it,
whereas, on the other hand, the ig
norant, the un-Americanlzed, those
who could be easily deceived or. pur
chased, and even well-meaning and
well-intentioned women, who do not
understand politics and the wily
politicians, would be more likely to
vote. The inevitable result would
naturally be "worse than the previ
ous condition," increasing the num
ber of voters but decreasing the pro
portion of fair-minded and intelli
gent voters.
Neither the prohibitionists nor tha
equal franchise reformers ara ex
pected to see, or seeing, io admit
the truth. , "I TOLD YOU 80!"
Poor Old Britain.
The sun never sots on the British
empires troubles. Fitchburg Senii-'nel.
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