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The Bee a Platform
1. New Union Passenger Station.
2. Continual improvement of the ' He.
braska. Highways, including tha pays
moat of Main Thoroughfare leading
into Omaha with a Brick Surfaco.
3. A abort, lowrato Waterway from the
Corn Bolt to tko Atlantic Ocean.
4. Homo Rult Charter for Omaha, with
City Maaager form of Government.
Krutschnitt's Alibi Lacks Merit.
When Julius Krutschnitt has anything to say
with regard to the railroad problem, , he is as
sured in advance of an audience, for no man can
speak with more of authority than he. It is
not a little disappointing, therefore, to listen to
bis demand that a toll be laid on all common
carriers for use of the highways. This has an
attractive sound, but it belongs with the fallacy
of the Plumb Plan, or the Warficld scheme for
'curing all railroad ills.
To begin with, all "common carriers," which
constructively includes the automobiles, are
'taxed proportionately for the maintenance of the
highways over which they travel. One of the
prime functions of government is to maintain
means of communication between its citizens, to
afford them facilities for moving their produce
to and purchases from the markets, and to carry
On the correspondence that is essential to the
existence well as the growth of society. When
foil, gales were common on turnpikes, private
corporations had undertaken to execute a public
function, and from which practice the railroads,
as heritors of the loll gate, derive certain ad
vantages. The public is in no sense to blame if
the railroads abused the privileges granted them
until the people, . in yelf-defense, were com
pelled to enact stringent regulatory statutes to
control the business of transportation.
Nor does the fault lay at the door of the pub
lic that the railroads did not keep pace with the
growth of the" country. Mr. Krutschnitt's one
time chief, the late Edwin H. Harriman, fore
saw and provided as far as he might against the
evil day, and stockholders of the Union Pacific
are reaping the benefit of the great builder's pru
dence. Had the group with which Mr. Krut
schnitt is identified been more intent on the prob
lem as outlined by James J. Hill and Harriman,
and less insistent on certain points that are non
essential, it is likely the transportation industry
wpuld not row lie in the parlous condition out of
which all wcz to sec it rise, but from which it
will pot he lilted by merely scek'ng to shift re
. sponsibility,
'- The epigram to which Mr. Krutschnitt al
ludes, "Less government in business, and more
business in government," applies with great force
to the railroads. AVhcn modern methods are
taken on, when possible economies are practiced,
our railroads may be returned to usefulness.
Raising the rates has not brought the revenue
80Ught,"but has affected business to a disastrous
extent. If a widespread propaganda in favor of
reduced rates exist, it is because the burden is
too great. The remedy proposed by Mr. Krut
schnitt is not more than a palliative, particularly
that part in which he makes a special plea for the
transcontinental roads of which he is the leading
representative. The central west,' Omaha in
cluded, suffers because goods may, be shipped
between coast points by water, but this, if it
ever is to be equalized, should be changed to
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tidewater ports. Raising the general cost of
carriage on all commodities, no .matter how
borne, is not the solution of the problem.
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go gladly off to war in defense of their boarding
house. Someone else capped this with the re
mark that he would rather own his own home
in hell than rent in heaven. This is an extreme
statement, but doubtless some landlords wish
some tenants would attempt it..
It it pays a landlord to borrow money to
build and rent, it will pay a tenant to borrow
in order to become an owner. It is to be ber
lieved that not all landlords clear 10 per cent
on their investment, what with vacancies, the
-expense of supervision, and the overhead. But
an occupant owner ought to be able to get for
himself all the landlord's per cent and more.
Home ownership is a sheet anchor in stormy
times, and pays better dividends, whether in
money or in comfort and peace of mind than
almost any other investment. The surest sign
of returning normalcy will be a resumption on a
broad scale of home building.
Leading Up to 1922.
The old saying that "the early bird gets the
worm" has its converse in the equally trite adage
that "the race is not always to the swift." When
the seeker for office announces himself far in
advance of the nominating primaries, he at least
has the advantage of acquainting the voters with
his desires. Also, he provides ample time for
the examination of his record and the weighing
of his claims to the office. It is for him to de
cide whether the one offsets the other.
The campaign of 1922 in Nebraska has been
formally pried open by the definite announce
ment of a candidate" for the office of United
States senator on the republican ticket. This
may have the effect of bringing response from
some other statesmen who are supposed to be
nursing similar aspirations, and it therefore is
within the range of possibilities that a consider
able entry list will be presented long before
the racers are called to the starting line. Out
of the group the republican voters should be .
able to pick a man qualified to represent the
state in the senate.
The sole democrat now in the national legis
lature from Nebraska is Hon. Gilbert Moncll
Hitchcock, who, a few months ago, was 'about
ready to retire on his well-earned laurels as a
leader of his party, both in the senate and the
nation. He has made for himself a record of
eminence on his side of the senate, and normally
would be a formidable opponent. Against him
will be arrayed whatever of influence Mir. Bryan
may command, but this, is no longer a fixed
quantity in the politics of Nebraska. So the
suspected intention of Mr. Hitchcock to be a
candidate to succeed himself will not be dimmed
by the thunders from one who no longer holds
the hrgh seat on the democratic Olympus.
Republicans, however, will be most con
cerned with the selectiort of their own champion.
When he has been decided upon will be time
enough to give consideration to the Selection of
his opponent. Fifteen months yet intervene be
fore the nominating primary, and with full state
and county tickets to name, as well as the se
lection of congressmen, besides United States
senator, there will be plenty to talk about be
fore the vote is cast in Augusf, 1922.
I, Not a Cinch for Anybody.
-i Mr. Edison's little questionnaire for college
grads is very interesting. The list of questions
-published in The Bee as part of the sage's
catechism might puzzle the average citizen, let
alone a youth who has just emerged from the
rarefied atmosphere of an institution of higher
learning, where such things as prunes and ax
handles seldom if ever are heard of. After a
young man has spent four years pursuing the
whichncss of the is, endeavoring to locate and
demonstrate the fourth dimension, with oc
casional forays into esoteric cosmogony and daily
lectures on concrete and speculative psychology,
. it is too much to expect that pff-hand he can
name the group of states whose borders form the
boundaries of West Virginia or give the in
gredients of the best white paint. For the mat
ter of that, the list got the better of the hard
boiled proof readers on The Bee, for the word
''logarithm" went through spelled with a "y." As
to the inventor of logarithms, more folks are in
terested in who invented the war tax on movie
tickets. On the whole, we think Mr. Edison is
decidedly unfair to the college man. In time
they, or some of them, may develop the cyclo
pedic mind, but the majority of them naturally
center then- thought on the subject they have
chosen as a life work, and while few become
great inventors, many of them do succeed in
mastering some features of science and even at
tain sufficient grasp on general knowledge to en
able them to get 'by. The college man should
not be condemned just because he doesn't know
everything. Only a few of us do.
1 . A House of Your Own.
!; Out of the pressure of the housing shortage
and high rents may come some good if people
are encouraged therebyor driven to build homes
f . their own. In some states this movement
has been pushed by lightening the burden of
taxation on houses occupied by their owners or
on houses erected after a certain date. But even
without such artificial stimulation, once prices,
wages and credit facilities get into proper align
ment, the own-your-own-liomc idea is bound to
take on unprecedented favor.
Ingersoll once remarked that a nation could
not expect citizens to shoulder a musket and
Handling the Haitian fless.
For 130 years Haiti, one of the fairest spots
on eajth, has been a source of trouble, scandal,
bloody slaughter, and' the scene of degradation
that shames civilization. The excesses of the
"Terror" in France were more than duplicated
in Haiti in 1791, followed by the revolt of ne
groes under Toussaint L'Overture, who set him
self up as "emperor." In time undv Napoleon,
Dessalines overthrew the fanatical Toussaint, and
a semblance of order was restored, only to be
followed by Christophe, who, if such a thing
were possible, proved more terrible than Tousr
saint. Although nominally a republic, the! island
has been the plaything of schemers, and no gov
ernment has existed long enough to be worthy
the name. Affairs in Santo Domingo, the other
end of the island, were almost as bad. With the
decline of industry and commerce, the black is
land reverted to something like savagery. Some
years ago, in pursuance of the Monroe Doctrine,
the United States took control of the affairs of
both Haiti and Santo Domingo, and now
earnestly is working to bring to usefulness their
resources and to set " up security for life and
property. Americans will be loth to believe the
accusations made against the men who wear the
government uniform, especially when those
charges are made on the basis of yarns repeated
by ignorant, superstitious savages, voodoo wor
shipers, members of outlaw bands, against whom
the arm of the law is directed. Secretary Denby
says he is sick of the "rot," and welcomes an
other inquiry. He must realize that it is part of
the price the United States pays for tire privilege
of trying to bring to the isrand some of the ben
fits of civilization. The mess is an unsavory one,
but it must be cleaned up, and the United States
is the only government that can do it.
Romantic Point of View.
None is quite so romantic as the man who
I- prides himself upon being strictly practical. It
is extremely romantic to believe that things are
always to remain as they'are and that there is
no such thing as the law of change. The prac
ticality of those who approve of spending money
for useless things or for foolish purposes, on the
grounds that it puts money into circulation and
makes business good for those who cater to such
demands is opetf to question, since the efforts
of those engaged in useless occupations might
better be put to the production of useful goods.
Back in the past many farmers opposed the
building of railroads for the reason that the
stage coach lines would be driven out of busi
ness and that while the horses that drew them
furnished a market for eats, the locomotives did
not The same point of view crops up in a com
mercial publication which congratulates the
country on the fact that there are now nearly as
many horses as there ever were on the grounds
that "any serious decrease in their numbers
would cripple a great manufacturing business
saddlery and harness as well as destroy the"
market for a vast amount of feed now raised on
farms."
With the relative merits of horses and trac
tors this has nothing to do. It probably is true
that for certain uses on the farm the horse is
holding his own. But if the only reason for this
were to provide farmers with the necessity for
raising oats and manufacturers with the job of
making harness and saddles, the game would
not be worth the candle.
Americans for America
Veteran Organizations Unite to Promote
and F oster Patriotism
At the 1920 conventions of the Grand Army
of the Republic, the United Spanish War Vet
erans and the American Legion one of the prime
questions for consideration was how to check
certain propensities noted in American life, and
to further foster patriotism. As a result of the
independent deliberations of these and other
similar groups, a joint committee was named to
formulate a plan for organizing a consolidated
society to back the vyork of inculcating patriot
ism and checking radicalism in America. Captain
C. E. Adams of Omaha, past commander-in-chief
of the Grand Army of the Republic, was at the
head of that committee, which has prepared its
report and has it ready for submission to the
1921 gatherings of the bodies concerned. This
report reads:,
"Your committee, to whom was referred the
advisability of a federation by the Grand. Army
of the Republic, the United Spanish War Vet
erans. American Legion and other patriotic so
cieties, have had the same under consideration,
and report as follows: ,
"Resolved, That this society shall be known
as the Federated Patriotic Societies of the United
States of America and that the objects and pur
poses of this society shall be to promote the
spirit of patriotism and loyalty to our country
and its institutions; to hold in sacred memory
the lives of those who paid the supreme sacrifice
and to unite the great war and patriotic societies
of this country in the observance of our Me
morial day's' exercises on May 30 of each year.
Also to unite in appropriate exercises for the
celebration of our national holidays;. to create a
true American spirit throughout the country
to recognize the constitution of the United
States as the supreme law of the land, and to in
culcate a strict obedience of law and order. To
stand firmly against bolshcvism, I. W. Wisrrr,
anarchy, sedition and all other acts that are de
signed to' disrupt our government and disturb
our economic, social and commercial relations.
An association that will take a united stand upon
the broad grounds of America for Americans,
demanding that there shall be but one flag in
this country and that flag shall be the American
flag. An organization that will demand the
prosecution of any and all persons who may at
tempt to destroy the resources of our country,
to burn our mills and factories, to shut down our
mines, hoard supplies, disrupt transportation fa
cilities, or to" do any act that will interfere with
the public good; to concentrate our societies into
a concrete body that will protect our state and
national governments against the acts of all dis
loyal persons from within or without, to say to
all conspirators, 'you must depart from this fair
land of ours.' To demand loyalty, competency
and integrity from all those who goVern. An or
ganization that will not forget the sacrifices of
our comrades of all our wars, remembering, the
wounded and caring for the widovy and orphan.
To foster and perpetuate the spirit of 100 per
cent Americanism and combat autocracy in all
its forms and to out forth the fact that freedom,
justice and equality are the true essentials of
government of the people, by the people and
for the people.
"We recommend the appointment of an ad
visory committee of three, one from each or
ganization, to assist in carrying out these reso
lutions." The report is signed bv C. E. Adams of Ne
braska, Washington Gardner of Michigan, Ell
Torrance of Minnesota, W. S. Mathews of Ohio
and W. A. Wetherbee of Massachusetts as Na
tional Committee . of the Grand Army of the
Republic; Thomas J. Cunningham of Washing
ton.. Quartermaster General for the United Span
ish War Veterans, and T. Victor Keene of In
diana. Member- National Executive Committee,
The American Legion, by Appointment of the
National Commander.
Immutable Law of the Jungle
" In Italy women are facing what may be
termed the biological aspect of life. They have
discovered that under economic pressure the
human reverts to the primitive condition, in
which force alone governs. . Soldiers returning
.partly disabled from the great war, and finding
no employment, at their old occupations because
of their impairment, have ousted women en
gaged in clerical capacities under the govern
ment. ji me ouisei, lacing me unsympa
thetic ministers, they entered the departments
and forcibly ejected the women. Since then the
cabinet has weakened and the replacements are
being made peacefully.
This incident should serve to keep alive in
the minds of all the important 1act that all gov
ernments are likely to be confronted with similar
crises which may not always arise from economic
disturbances. Tyranny in office, insults to na
tional honor and oppressive and irritating ad
ministration are at any time likely to produce
explosions which will split and drive asunder the
ordinary conventionalities. Those kindly souls
who look for the rule of the matriarchate, who
propose forcibly to bring about disarmament, and
who would involve the nation with pensions,
gifts and subsidies for paternalism disguised as
social welfare, will do well to consider these
facts. . ,
Also they constitute a warning to those half
baked persons who harbor the queer view of life
that, government control and direction are suf
ficient for the progress of human affairs, and
that acts of congress and of the general assem
bly are final remedies for disorders within the
body politic. Former Secretary of State' Robert
Lansing was not so far away rom the truth
when he scoffed at the dubious maxim that gov
ernment rests upon the consent of the governed.
He knew that the truth, unpleasant as it may be
to some, is that the real source of power is
the strength to enforce authorized decrees. Times
come, as in Italy, when the old rule governs, the
good old plan of
et him take who hath the power
And let him keep who ean.
-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The world would have more sympathy with
the aristocratic Russian refugees if they 'did not
weep so much more for the czar than they ever
did for the people he misruled.
New Orleans Does a Big Job.
New Orleans dedicated to the world's com
merce the great industrial canal and inner har
bor which have been built on the city's credit
under the leadership of far-sighted business men
filled with confidence in the future of trade to
and from the Mississippi.
The new waterways will have cost $20,000,000
vwhen they arc completed, and will be operated
by the port commissioner of New Orleans. The
Mississippi waterfront is owned, by the city and
can not be leased to private operators. " This
will not be the case with the new channels; indi
viduals, firms and corporations will be allowed to
lease sites and establish warehouses and fac
tories with direct access to waterways navigable
py i,uw-ion snips, ritty thousand acres of land
is to be made available for development. Ulti
mately a deep, straight channel will be , opened
from the . controlled waters of the canal to the
gulf.
New Orleans people have gone after bift busi
ness intelligently and vigorously. They deserve
to get it. This newspaper particularly congratu
lates them because they built their new canal on
their own credit and did not sit around hoping
congress would do the job for them. This is the
spirit that wins success and compels applause
New York Herald.
How to Keep Well
By DR. W. A. EVANS
Queatlon concerning hyflan, sanita
tion and aravantton ol diaaaaa, sub
mitted to Dr. Evans by radra ol
Tba Baa, will ba anawerad parsonally,
subject to proper limitation, wbara a
atamped, addressed envelops is en
closed. Dr. Evans will not make
diacaoais or prescribe lor individual
diseaaes. Address letters in cars ol
The Bee.
Copyright, 1021, by Dr. W. A. Evans.
VOX
CUPID'S CARD INDEX.
In reply to Miss L. E. and the re
mainder of the ladies who asked
for guidance In the selection of
mates:
I have tried hard to find a book I
which gives yon Just what you want
to know. I ran across a chapter in
Havelock Ellis' "Task of Social
Hygiene" dealing with the short
comings of romantic love as a basis
of matrimony. You may read that
with advantage, but you will And
that It discusses a policy, but gives
no information as to individuals or
types.
Davenport's "Heredity ' in Rela
tion to Eugenics" gives the laws of
inheritance, and East and Jones
"Inbreeding" has a chapter on mar
riage of cousins and other chapters
on related questions that are worth
while. ,
But your Interest is 'In the great
adve nture of matrimony rather than
In its postscripts. Having read the
warning which Myerson gave the
unsuspecting male to be careful of
u. matrimonial alliance with a wom
an with a neuropathic eye, you want
some high signs by which to recog
nize the typ'es of mates that women
should avoid . if they would lead
happy lives some batons rouges
stuck on the shore to watn the river
folk "do not tie up here."
I have not been able to find Just
what you want. Harper has Just
put out a book written by Dr. D. O.
Kdson under the title, "Getting
"What We Want," which may help
many of you. Dr. Edson classifies
men into blondes and brunettes or
admixtures of these qualities in vary
ing degrees. And he gives a score'
card to be used in such rating. The
terms, blondes and brunettes, are
poorly chosen, since the division into
classes is not exclusively or prin
cipally on the basis of eye or hair
color.
If a man Is to be happy he must
be set at work which conforms to
"his rating. I should say his fitness
to succeed at the Job of making a
woman happy might be considered
in the same light. He says man Is a
machine, with the directions for use
written on his physiognomy. The
dominant drive is indicated almost
infallibly by facial conformation. To
one with any skill at all in reading
nature's facial label the solution of
the case was plain. He cites cases,
gives instances, and lays down rules
for sizing up men.
While I think though many
would disagree with me that Dr.
Edson puts too much dependence on
unconscious recollections of some
prior incarnation, so to speak, and
is too much swayefl by dream inter
pretation, he throws much light on
the conduct of men. A very wise
incisive minded woman might use
it to size up some men whom it
would bq best for her to shy away
from.
However, I must frankly confess
that I have- not found a manual for
the guidance of the female of the
species in the selection of their
mates. I do not think any such has
been written. Occasionally I run
across a description of a type of man
that cannot be expected to make a
good husband. Wheen next I hear
of such a description I will publish
it as an offset for the warning about
the woman with the neuropathic
eye.
Seems Nervous Shock.
Mrs. F. writes: '"My right hand
and arm are helpless, due to the fact
that I recently recovered from a
felon mi my right thumb. 1 would
appreciate advice from, you as to
how to treat my arm so as to regain
the use of it. The felon wound
healed -up about two weeks ago. To
deaden the pain the doctor froze my
thumb. Is not the pain I have in
the 'muscles of my arm caused by
the freezing? Several hours after the
freezing I got severe pains in the
muscle bolow the shoulder, and still
havo considerable pain when I move
the arm. a certain way. The arm
got very thin and also appears to
be slightly twisted. Do you think
something Is out of Joint?"
Results Are Contradictor-.
A Reader writes: "1. What ef
fect has iodine on a small hard
goiter? I often use it. but it does
not seem to help any. Would you
advise an operation. 2. What is
wrong with one's system when they
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A Credit to the Stars
and Stripes
Let This Mountain Labor.
For a campaign two years off Chicagoans are
aircaay ranting up judge Kenesaw Mountain
Landis as a mayoralty candidate. He might ac
cept, and if elected serve without resigning from
the federal bench. With him all things are pos
sible and most thino-c are .nrnroHIo Rrnnl1,.J
V Eagle.
Woostcr Agalnf-t Good Roads.
Silver Creek, Neb., May 5. To tha
Editor of The Ree; 4Tatth in good
roads continues to grow in spite of
tho Increasing cost of construction,"
is the first sentence in an editorial,
"Roads With an End," in The Boo
of this (May 5) date.
It is true, as The Ree states, that
roads so-called "good roads" con
tinue to be built and that this year
f 1.500,000 is to be spent in Nebraska
alone on hard-surfaced roads. But
this is not because of the faith of
the people, and certainly not of the
farmers in such roads, but because
the financial power of automobile
manufacturers and allied intercuts
has been so enormous that they have
been able to suppress public opinion,
control congressmen and members
of the legislatures and by some
means, mysterious or otherwise,
bring it about that those who in
many instances, have been trusted
to protect the interests of the farm
ers, who have been almost universal
ly opposed to "good roads," have be
trayed them into the hands of their
enemies where they are now being
bled by burdensome taxation, and
worse yet In store for them, with
seemingly little power to be heard,
save by favor of a more or less cen
sored press, by rendering up an oc
casional roar of protest, as I am
now trying to do.
I wish here to relate a little his
tory, not so much as regards the
matter of roads good or bad but
because jt has an important bearing
on some other questions of present
public interest, particularly with ref
erence to the work and fortunes of
a man who Is perhaps president and
chairman of more different things
than any other man in the United
States. I refer to C. H. Gustafson,
late president of the Nebraska Farm
ers union:
In the fall 'and early winter of
1916-17 three Important state con
ventions in Omaha, each with prac
tical unanimity, passed resolutions
strongly opposing the construction of
these so-called "good roads," then
being urged by good roads propa
gandists throughout the country.
The Farmers union state convention,
ono of 'the three, took an important
step far in advance of a more ex
pression of opinion and by the al
most, if not quite, unanimous vote
of about 600 regularly accredited
delegates, ordered by formal resolu
tion that in the event that the legis
lature, then in session, passed an
act Meeting the requirements of the
federal road law, popularly known
as "the Lever bill, their board of di
rectors of which Mr. Gustafson was
chairman, should institute in the
courts a proper action for the pur
pose of upsetting that federal road
law on the ground that it was un
constitutional. The legislature did
pass such an act and by reason of
the opposition of 5fr. Gustalson the
sprain themselves so easily? I have
a sprain constantly somewhere
wrists. Joints, or some place."
REPLY.
1. Opinions of physicians are not
the same as to the effect of iodine
on goiter. Some physicians havf
seen small doses of iodine cure some
goiters. ' Some have seen goiters
made worse by taking iodine.
Whether a goiter should be operated
on depends on the amount of thyroid
poisoning in the given case.
2. It is possible the Joints are not
very secure, do not fit well and the
binding ligaments are not of good
quality. The work one does may
tend to cause sprains.
True to Dr. Foch.
' Germany offers a substitute which she says
is "just as good." But the French don't relish
any variation from Dr. Foch's prescription.
Charleston News and Courier.
From tho Boston Transcript.
It was a high but doubtless a de
served compliment which the chief
of staff of the Swiss army bestowed
upon the American forces on the
Rhine, when he described them, in
the words of a recent Coblenz dis
patch, "as the most up-to-date, the
best equipped and the best looking
military outfit of all the armies of
the world." Other military experts,
we are told, have given a similar
meed of praise. The military bear
ing, the morale, the discipline, and
the all-around efficiency of the
American army of occupation have
strongly impressed the professional
soldiers of Europe. Our forces, it
Is true, are small in numbers; and
the personnel, in a real sense, is a
picked personnel. Laggards and
nondescripts, In a force of but 15,000
or so, are easily enough discovered
by commanding officers; and they
.can as readily be sent home. In so
small an army, every man. in a lit
eral sfcnse. can be "on his toes." The
American soldier in Germany knows
that' he is on foreign soil, and that
the critical eyes of Europe's pro
fessional soldiers are fastened upon
him, watching his every move and
gesture. Yet none of these facts can
take 'away from our soldiers on the
Rhine the laurels which are Justly
theirs.' They merit, both by their
actions and their efficiency, every
word of praise which the officers of
other armies have so freely given
them.
.Although not a military nation,
nor one whose citizens would brook
the methods of the Prussian drill
master, America can produce armies
which favorably compare with the
best in the world. Our ability to
develop such armies was abundant
ly demonstrated, during the war
with Germany, both at home and in
the A. E. F. American discipline
and- American fighting efficiency was
the discipline and the efficiency of
free and intelligent men. Ours is
not a discipline which Is forced
upon a conscript army; nor does the
efficiency of our fighting machine
depend upon plans prepared in se
cret by a Ludendorf or a Hinden
burg. Into making our army ready
for war, all ranks from "buck pri
vate" to general co-operated with
a willing enthusiasm. And it is pre
cisely this team work and esprit de
corps among its component elements
which have won for; the American
army of occupation so universal
praise.
Our forces on the Rhine are a
credit tri the United States, and a
practical demonstration , of the kind
of an army which American democ
racy can produce. We are iustly
proud of them.
Won't Harm Your Eyes.
A Reader writes: "la it. injurious
to the eyes for a person w ho has not
worn glasses to wear sun glasses at
the beaei.;"
REPLY.'
No.-
Dieting Is Best Treatment,
A R writes: "I saw a letter a
few days ago from a boy of 15 years
old saying ho haci aropsy ana
Brighfs disease. I think if he went
to Pueblo he would be cured of
dropsy: There is a fine iron spring
there ana 1 Know or some wonaer-
ful cures. Also Manitou Springs is
a fine place, having iron, soda, "and
sulphur water."
KIEL'LY.
I do not doubt the quality of the
water at either Pueblo or Manitou.
There are good spring waters in. all
parts of the country and many of
them are good for Brighfs, but reg
ulation of diet, control of manner of
living and proper medical and nurs
ing service are of more value in cur
ing Bright's than any water. At the
well-conducted spring resorts this
fact is recognized and utilized.
Farmers union board of directors
did not bring suit as they were or
dered to do. If that suit had been
instituted as ordered this road
building scheme would have been
held up for at least two years, and,
as I believe, would have been
knocked out In the end.
And who Jias profited by that
treacherous work but the automobile
gang and the cement men, the
gravel men and all who furnish
skill, labor and material for roads?
CHARLES WOOSTER.
Tut, Tut, Soys Mr. CutrUtht.
Omaha, May 9. To the Editor of
The Bee: As one who is sensitive
to everv attempted curtailment of
the free privilege of decorously
speaking or writing for public di
gestion, I would be among the last
to suggest a denial by any newspa
per of the privilege, of being heard
to anyone Who seeks to use the
columns of the "Letter Box" for le
gitimate ends. Rut I question the
right of a newspaper to permit dis
cussions In its columns of questions
that are before the courts for. law
ful adjustment.' Some of the letters
that are appearing regarding the
Kerdzina case suggest to me con
tempt of court. The enso of Detec
tive Herdzina is pending a hearing
in tho district court. That Is the
proper place for all discussions of
the officer's guilt or innocence. Until
the court and Jury shall have acted,
there is no other place. Any dis
cussion in tine press can only be in
terpreted as an attempt, intentional
or otherwise, to so influence public
opinion, one way or the other, as
may interfere with the administra
tion of Justice. When in session
courts have summary means of pro
tecting their deliberations-and oper
ations from sinister influences, but
they have no means of preventing,
previous to a trial, such public dis
cussions of pending Issues as will
create a public opinion bound to
be reflected in a Jury and to so dis
arrange the scales of Justice as to
render them incapable of weighing
evidence or' Interpreting law. It
tn in. Hint It l a faulty in
dulgence on the part of a newspa
per to permit correspondents of De
tective Herdr.lna or that of any other
man awaiting trial in the courts
upon a serious charge. It Is not the
province of tho newspaper to try
Herdzina itself, or allow correspond
ents to do so. That belongs solely
to the courts under proper safe
guards, where men are sworn to tell
the truth and to fulfill their duties.
3. W. OUTRIGHT.
' Never Roaches Ground.
None of the fruit on the Washing
ton plum tree ever will strike the
ground when it is shaken. There is
too big a crowd under the spreading
limbs. St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Ambiguous.
Fewer persons were killed on rail
roads In 1919 than in any year since
the Spanish-American war. How
ever, the railroads are getting back
to normal again now.-rTacoma
Ledger.
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