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The Bee 8 Platform
1. Now Union Pattengtr Station.
2. Continued improvement of tho
No-
brak- Hithwayt, including tha pave-
mont of Main Thoroughfares leading
into Omaha with a Brick Surface.
3. A short, low-rate Waterway from the
Cora Belt to the Atlantic Ocean.
4. Home Rule Charter for Omaha, with
City Manager form of Government.
Prospect for an Irish Settlement.
British proposals to Ireland appear to take
the shape of in offer to make the island a self
foverning dominion such as Canada. Two ob
stacles, which may yet be overcome, stand in
the way of such arrangement. First, this in
evitable proffer may have been too long de
layed; in the second place, Ulster interests may
still be unwilling to unite with the South and
West.
Canada, Australia and South Africa, with
the mother country, form a commonwealth of
free nations, and according to the peace proposal
now made, Ireland would have all the rights
possessed by any of these self-governing mem
bers of the British empire. The proposition ma)
be expected to prove attractive to large numbers
of the Irish people and will be certainly wel
comed by the world at large, which has long
waited for a definite settlement of the Irish
question.
Toward this form of settlement the efforts
of Sir Horace Plunkctt and a considerable fol
lowing of Irish opinion have been directed. The
middle ground of this group was clearly indi
cated by Sir Horace upon his return from the
United States to Ireland a short time ago, when
he said:
The conflict is no longer between the Irish
people and. the British people, but between
three-quartets or four-fifths of the Irish people
and a political party in Britain which -owes its
power chiefly to its control of the material re
sources which were essential to the winning of
the war. Owing to circumstances which I can
not now discuss, a section of that party is in
absolute control of the government in its Irish
policy and acts in the exclusive interest of the
Scot-Irish industrial community in the north
east corner of the island, to the total disregard
of the sentiment and the wishes of all the rest
of the Irish people, Protestant and Catholic
alike, and, I think I may add, of the democratic
opinion of the world.
I believe the precedent of Canada, Aus
tralia and South Africa can be followed in Ire
land and that thefeby the Ulster difficulty can
beoventtne. Friends of Ireland in America can
render "no greater service to western civiliza
tion tfcrn by using their influence to persuade
. the nr ority in Ireland to abandon their de
mand tr a republic for the sake of Irish unity.
That is what is meant by the Dominion Settle
ment. What we want is complete control of the
entire national business, its revenue and ex
penditure, and its commercial relations with
other countries. We should rind it to our ad
vantage to enter into a free trade treaty with
Britain, the source of our coal and iron, and
the market for 90 per cent of our product. .
It is such ah arrangement as this that now
seems to be proposed by the British govern
ment. What force of circumstances it is that
has compelled Lloyd George to give way as far
as he has may be known later. Industrial Eng
land and agricultural Ireland dovetail into' one
another and Ireland has been England's best
customer. Nowhere else can England obtain
foodstuffs so easily and cheaply, and Ireland in
its turn bought, heavily of British finished prod
ucts. The devastation of the island, the expense
of $5,000,000 a month on the army of occupa-
tion, and now the boycott doubtless aided in
proving the folly of continuing the wasteful and
cruel deadlock.
The Welcome Rains.
To townsmen the frequent rains that have
fallen in Nebraska of late have not been wel
come. Yet in truth this has been great weather.
"Muck makes the meal chest." The soil is soak
ing tip moisture that will mean everything to
the grooving crops. Those who have been out
over the state1 say that they never saw the farm
ing country look better.
In spite of the low prices of farm products, a
good crop this year is the way out for the
farmer and for business generally. A crop
failure with resultant high prices would not
bring the money to the state that a normal har
vest would. No farmer can get rich by producing
nothing, and it is a splendid thing that the much
discussed curtailment of acreage has not been
undertaken. Operating at half efficiency is in
the same class as drouth and grasshoppers. Of
course, farmers are not planting every available
acre, and there may be Jess of one crop and
more of another seeded, but this rain is falling
on fertile fields and is not being wasted.
Coming to Terms With Mexico.
Ten years of upheaval in Mexico seems to
be approaching an end. It depends upon Alvaro
Obregon whether his government be recognized
by the United States or not. What is required
is the restoration and maintenance of order, and
the full acceptance and discharge of all interna
tional obligations. The latter will occasion more
of difficulty than the keeping of good order.
Mexicans generally are surfeited with brigandage,
and will enjoy a surcease from the strife and
rapine that have made the land unsafe for a
decade.
Obregon's plans for pacification, which carry
amnesty for all but the leaders actually charge
able with rebellion and brigandage, meet ap
proval. What he finds not so easy is to undo
some of the mischief wrought by Carranza under
his interpretation. of the constitution he promul
gated. In his efforts to make its provisions
retroactive, thereby assuming national ownership
of considerable property held by aliens, Carranza
brought about himself a storm that still threatens
his successor. It is not alone the oil interests
that are concerned, although these occupy the
larger space in the public eye, but great
ranches, mines and other enterprises in which
foreign capital is invested. Just as soon as
Obregon can make it clear that title to these
will not be disturbed, and that the Mexican gov
ernment is ready to carry out in good faith bar
gains made, the recognition sought will be ac-;
corded.
Reports from below the border give color to
the belief that progress is rapidly being made in
the right direction, and that it will not be very
long till Mexico is again pursuing the peaceful,
orderly way from which it was thrust by the
Maderistas, with the tragic episodes that have
followed.
Germany Accepts the Terms.
With a coalition cabinet, itself looked upon
as temporary, the German reichstag has voted
by an impressive majority to comply with the
reparation terms laid down by the Allies. This
decision, if carried out in a whole-hearted man
ner, will do more than anything else to restore
Germany to its place in the roster of nations.
. With all the forces arrayed against it in peace
that overcame it in war, the German govern
ment delayed stiffly to bring itself to meet
the inevitable. Until the stable foundation for
peace be laid, no real progress can be made, and
that foundation requires that Germany acknowl
edge responsibility for the war and meet repara
tion terms. Until this is done, only an armed
truce can prevail. Bargaining may proceed
only so far. and finally a "take it or leave it"
stage is reached. By its vote the reichstag shows
its inclination to end a situation that was fast
becoming impossible.
One point on which the Germans hesitate,
and with some support of reason, has to do with
disarmament. The unfortunate show of force
by the Poles in Upper Silesia justifies the Berlin
authorities in pointing out that they are in dan
ger there, from which they must be safeguarded,
and against which they ask to be allowed to
maintain a sufficient army. The whole situation
in central Europe at present is not such as greatly
encourages the pacifist, and must have prompt
handling by the Allies, who have accepted re
sponsibility for maintaining order there. Until
it is clear that the supreme council means to
hold back the forces of disorder, Germany must
be allowed means of protecting its own borders.
Nor is it warrantable to allege that the Ger
mans are promoting the Polish revolt, because
the vote iii Upper Silesia was in favor of them
and they have much to lose and little to gain
through the proceedings . now under .way.
. Expectations in America will not be met until
a clear arrangement is concluded between the
German government and the Allied conference.
President Harding has indicated his willingness
to allow the peace resolution and his world as
sociation plans to hold over until the reparation
question has assumed a more hopeful form. . A
great deal now hinges on how the acceptance
"to capacity" is received in London and Paris.
Come On and Join Ak-Sar-Ben.
Ward Burgess told the hustling committee
of Ak-Sar-Ben at dinner on Monday night that
it had no right to exist. What Mr. Burgess
meant is that there should be no need to solicit
anybody in Omaha to join the institution. The
Bee heartily concurs with him in this expression;
Ak-Sar-Ben ought to have a waiting list each
year as long as the roster of able-bodied, red
blooded men in the community. Ten dollars is
the initiation price, and in no other way can a
$10-bill be made to do so much good.
Ak-Sar-Ben is something more than an
Omaha institution. It has a community interest,
because it was instituted here and has always
been at the charge of Omaha, but its influence
has been for all the territory surrounding Omaha.
As an advertising medium it is unsurpassed; as
a tonic for the flagging pulse of business it has
no equal. A visit to the Den on any initiation
night is like a draught from Ponce de Leon's
fountain, or a dram of Elixir of Life. In fact,
it might be said without exaggeration that Charles
Gardner and Gus Renz, as agent and artificer
for Samson, are the real custodians of the verita
ble Philosopher's Stone. They can transmute
the worst case of business blues into as fine an
exhibition of "pep" and enthusiasm as any
would wish to see. They revive the drooping
spirits, and even add new courage to -the most
optimistic. If Old Doc Gardner and Old Doc
Renz can not cure your troubles, the case is
hopeless, and you would tetter consult an un
dertaker and a tombstone vendor.
Annual ercises at the Den are about to
commence. One week from Monday night sees
the blow-off. Theivthe knights will hear about
the races soon to be staged at the great Ak-Sar-Ben
track, and other activities in which the king
will engage. But the first business is to get on
the roster. Now is the time to join.
The Stage and Morals
New York Idea No Longer
Acceptable in the" Provinces"
Bulgaria, forbidden by the treaty of peace
to conscript soldiers, has drafted all young peo
ple for national service as workers, girls and
boys alike. This is a form of compulsory train
ing that, while not as picturesque as drilling in
uniform, quite conceivably may be much more
worth while.
The theory of the living wage is called radi
cal by the attorneys for the railroads, although
thejr rate making is based on the same theory as
applied to investors. Is money to be guaranteed
a "living wage" and men not?
Half the jurors were said to favor acquittal
of William Dalton, the young bank clerk who
stole $722,000 in bonds, and a new trial will be
necessary before what has been a dispute be
tween Judge Landis and Senator Dial will be
finally settled.
Organizations representing the Protestant,
Catholic and Jewish clergy are now backing the
disarmament movement, basing their opposition
of war, perhaps, on the statement of General
Sherman.
The only professor of cosmetics that has
thus far been found is in a Philadelphia beauty
school, but she must have been giving instruc
tions by correspondence.
"I think this turnover tax is an outrage," said
the nice old lady next door, "what with rhubarb
in season and berries and all sorts of pie fillings
coming on."
Russia may really have been recognized by
England, but it will be a long time before it will
ever look the same to the French bondholders.
If it's any satisfaction to Bergdoll, he has
succeeded in making a lot of statesmen posi
tively choleric with anger. ,
(From the Baltimore American.)
"The stage," said Dr. J. Roach Straton in a
sermon iii,New York on Sunday, "is reeking with
infamy." Like all absolute generalizations of
this kind, the statement is open to question, for
it is impossible to draw up n indictment against
all the members of a profession as against a
whole nation. As the old maxim for the guidance
of discussion, "always define your terms," is
still valid, it might be asked, What is meant by
the inclusive term, the stage? Even if it included
everything from an interpretation of "Hamlet"
to a Broadway burlesque, to say that the whole
category of people who in any role appear before
the footlights are contaminated is wild exag
geration, and to offer any apology for the stage
at its best would be a gratuitous insult to the
ablest expositors ot the dramatic art.
The stage, like other human avocations, has
had its ups and downs. In its early beginnings
the drama was a means of conveying religious
instruction, and the church found the old moral
ity play an effective means of presenting great
spiritual ideas, and one of the remarkable fea
tures of the history of dramatic acting during
the last generation is that the morality play, like
"Everyman," has been revived with great success.
Some dramatic critics who have earned the right
to be heard and who speak with full knowledge
of the subject maintain that there are many
trivial plays and much poor acting. On the
other hand, among people who know and whp
think for themselves, the drama and the profes
sion of acting are coming into their own. Dra
matic studies have won a place for themselves in
the curricula of some universities. The vast
hinterland west of New York is no longer satis
fied with what New York sends to it and in
many places local dramatic talent is finding an
outlet for itself by wnttmg or producing plays.
In many schools it has been fotfnd that the
child's instinct to dramatize its experiences or
its dreams may be made a useful aid to the
teaching of literature and even of history, and
no child who has had that opp6rtunity under
sympathetic direction will be satisfied when he
goes out into the world with cheap and nasty
performances before the footlights. Good plays
are not only being written and acted, but pub
lished and read, and in many ways the dramatic
outlook is more hopeful than it has been for
many years.
lo emphasize these tacts is not to shut ones
eyes to. the defects of the present-day stage.
A far sounder criticism than some current but
grossly ill-balanced criticism of the stage would
be to say that a good deal of what, appears on
the boards is not so much immoral as stupid or
silly. Those who like that kind of thing get the
kind of thing that they like, and as a rule they
are not much moved by the exhortations of the
pulpit. It is both more just and more wise to
ignore the banal and salacious and to try to give
aid and comfort to the playwrights, managers,
actors and teachers of dramatics who are striv
ing to produce plays that appeal to the intelli
gence and to train audiences capable of ap
preciating them. In this effort, it is interesting
to note, many far-seeing churchmen are lending
a hand.
How to Keep Well
By DR. W. A. EVANS
Questions concarnlnf byflens, sanita
tion and prevention of disease, sub
mitted to Dr. Evans by readers ol
The Bee, will be answered personally,
subject to proper limitation, where a
stamped, addressed envelope is en
closed. Dr. Evans will not make
diatnesl or prescribe for individual
diseases. Address letters in care of
The Bee.
Copyright, 1921, by Dr. W. A. Evans.
Musk and Bad Manners
A clever writer not long ago wrote a book
about "Music and Bad Manners," dwelling par
ticularly upon those eccentricities of musicians
which pass for temperamental genius. But he
might have put equal emphasis upon the bad
behavior which so often characterizes modern
audiences at opera and concert. At the sym
pany concert on Saturday evening Mr. Stokowski
was compelled to take drastic means to rebuke
certain more than usually ill-mannered noise
makers in his audience. Although the orchestra
had begun the symphony and had progressed
well into the first movement, the disturbance-
was so great as to interfere with the music. The
conductor stopped short, turned and gazed
fixedly in the direction of the trouble makers,
and only when silence was restored resumed the
execution of the program. . The rebuke was a
pointed one, and deeply impressed the people
who witnessed it.
It is a pity that the directors of public music
do not more often apply some such corrective
to musical bad manners. Operagoers who attend
to hear, and not merely because it is "the thing
to do," are invariably annoyed by the habitual
late arrivals. ' If the doors were closed at the
opening notes of the overture, when there is
one, or at the raising of the curtain for the'
first act, and kept closed until the conclusion of
the act or scene, the inconsiderate folk would
soon learn their lesson. Another bit of bad man
ners is that which the people who cough loudly
all through a recital are so commonly guilty.
These nuisances choose usually the softest pas
sages of the music tor their disturbing noises, in
different to good manners and to the rights of
others. A season or two ago, when Mr. Stokowski
made a polite appeal for consideration from some
thoughtless ones, he was misrepresented as
"scolding" the audience. He did nothing of the
sort, and his tactful and clearly reasoned appeal
to his hearers, not to mar the background of
silence upon which the artists of the orchestra
painted their tone pictures, ought to have had a
more permanent response. Philadelphia Ledger.
Canada's Frozen North.
There was a time, and not so very far dis
tant, either, when any reference to the area of
Canada being greater than that of the United
States brought forward a reply that much of it
was practically waste land, the climate being too
cold for cultivation. But nature has many ways
and some valuable secrets that she does not re
veal all at once. She evidently intended that
Canada should be practically a self-supporting
country with her wonderful wheat fields, fisheries,
forests, mineral lands, harbors, rivers and lakes.
Just now she is unfolding some more treasures
in what some people have more or less sncer
ingly called the "Frozen North." It is
thawing out enough to prove that it has valuable
oil deposits, also that lead, zinc, gold, copper,
and tar sands have been locked up in that cold
bosom. Timber also promises to prove a valua
ble product. Canada has every reason to have
a warm liking for her frozen north, which is
proving so rich in mineral deposits. Halifax
Chronicle.
Insanity in Art
The Art Alliance, at a meeting in this city,
took uncommon steps to diagnose and classify
"modernist art." The alliance called in two spe
cialists, Dr. W. S. Wadsworth and Dr. Charles
W. Burr, who are by profession alienists. They
examined all the symptoms and their decision
was "insane." Now. if the same test could be
applied to the vers librists we might get some
valuable information as to the mental state of
some of our poets. Philadelphia Record.
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Out of His Own Mouth.
An uncouth looking individual mounted the,
piatlorm to discourse on the iniquity ot the
capitalist and the integrity of the workingman.
He was plainly ill at ease. "Ladies and gen'le
men,' he began, "I ain't used to talk. I'm a
bricklayer by trade, an' my proper place is on the
scaffold." London Morning Post.
The Legislature, for Instance.
A writer in a current magazine says the initia
tive ahd referendum show the low opinion Amer
icans have of their state legislatures. The next
thing, we suppose, will be to find something that
will show their low opinion of the I. and R
Cincinnati Enquirer. '
- Los Angeles Has Library Woes.
If this city doesn't get a decent public library
building pretty soon, they'll begin to talk about
us in Boston. Los Angeles .Times.
METHOD OF REMOVING
TATTOO MARKS.
N. E. 1ST. sends this one: A pack
moistened with a solution of salicylic
acid is applied for eight days. This
Is repeated three times.
Some one sends In a clipping from
the Illustrated World giving the fol
lowing method: A highly concen
trated solution Is applied with a
tattooing needle. Next the area is
vigorously rubbed with a stick of
silver nitrate until the tattooed area
turns black. Wash area with water.
After 14 to 16 days inflammation
sets in. When the inflammation
subsides a reddish sear is left. This
eventually assumes the natural skin
color.
W. J. B. writes Uiat when in the
ravy more than 50. years ago he had
himself extensively tattooed. Begin
ning 19 years later ho had the marks
removed. Since he was profusely il
lustrated he was several years getting
rid of his adornments. This was the
methd employed: A few crystals
of nitrate of silver were dissolved in
clear water. A tootpick moistened
in this solution was used to scratch
over the tattooed area. Welts rose
up. The area was then covered
thickly with carbolated vaseline. The
vaseline covering must be kept on
thick night and day until the wound
heals. If a scab is permitted 'to form
and dry there will be scar tissue
The healing requires about three
weeks.
The London Lancet abstracts an
article by Cattoni, who writes about
13 methods for the removal of tattoo
marks. The most successful was that
known as Variot'a method. Cleanse
the skin well. Apply a concentrat
ed watery solution of tannin. Use
a tattoo needle to freely puncture
the skin through the tannin solution
The skin and the new tattoo needle
punctures are rubbed with nitrate
of silver. Dust with powdered
tannin, Apply a protective dressing.
There will be violent inflammatory
reaction, swelling, and sloughing.
This lasts two to four weeks. In time
the skin fades from a pink to
normal skin color.
Cattoni says there never are any
harmful effects, though in 1857
woman died from the treatment.
Probably she tried to treat herself
or was treated by some careless bar
ber or unclean physician. He says
that even the best methods are pain
ful, time consuming, expensive, and
generally troublesome. He says the
methods show great ingenuity on the
part of the cosmetic specialists and
marvelous' powers of endifrance on
the part of the patrons. None of
the 13 methods is painless, easy, or
wholly effective.
The Lancet says men have them
selves tattooed while living among
people who regard tattooed skin as
highly artistic. They become anx
ious to have the' figures removed
when they pass to a stratum of
society where they .are regarded as
vulgar and as the badge of a savage.
W. J. B. agrees with his barber
friend who, in urging him to have
his tattoos removed, said, "A scar
was likely to be left, but the mark
of a d fool was in no wise neces
sary."
The London Lancet, reviewing the
report ,of Cattoni, says of tattoo
marks Prevention,, is better than
cure.
About Mongolian Idiocy,
- G. C. T. writes : "1. What is Mon
golian idiocy? "
"2. What causes it", i ,
"3. Is there any cure for it?
"4. Can a child ever be normal?
I have been told it is the only case
on record where the child . has a
combination of Mongolianism and
hydrocephalus.
"5. Can the child live long? He
is 5 1-2 years old."
REPLY.
: 1. Mongolian idiocy is a variety of
congenital mental defectiveness
which Is accompanied by facial fea
tures somewhat Mongolian in type.
2. It is hard to say. Amo"g the
causes suggested are syphilis, recent
strain . on fhe mother, prolonged
breast feeding of previous child,
pregnancy occurring late in life.
3. 4. No.
5. The average span of life of
Mongolian idiots, idiots, and imbe
ciles is short. ... .. . ', ,
; Keep Child in Open Air.
Mrs. J. O. B. writes: "I have a
child just 3 years old, and al
though she is in perfect health she
lacks color. What can I do or what
does she need? Does she need some
form" of iron? She used to eat
everything 'on he table, and al
though it did not make her sick I
know now it was too much for her,
as she often threw it up. Now I am
more careful. She has never had
any baby sickness, though it has
been all around us. She weighs 49
pounds and is very strong. I give her
plenty of fresh air, good milk, eggs,
and hutter. She is rather consti
pated." REPLY.
Keep your child in the open air.
Have her play with other children.
No topic brings roses to the cheeks
better, than play in the open air,
good meat, and green vegetables..
One Hereditary Taint.
. D. writes: "1. Can you tell
me if inherited syphilis could cause
a small ulcer in the nose? 2. How
does inherited syphilis affect the first
and second generations?" .
REPLY.
1. Yes. Syphilis is the. most fre
quent cause of holes in the nasal
septum and loss of the bridge of the j
2. There are various possible de
velopments, too numerous, in fact,
for my space. Many, if rot most.
still births are due to syphilis. Syph
ilis is the great cause of death of un
born babies, particularly when death
occurs prior to labor. Most cases of
snuffles in babies are due to syphilis.
Whenever a baby is very susceptible
to colds, syphilis should be suspect
ed. Inherited syphilis is very likely
to affect the bones. The liver and
the neTvous system feel the. effects of
inherited syphilis. The teeth are
marked by syphilis. Finally syphilis
tends to breed out. rot all uncured
parents have syphilitic children.
Very few parents with inherited
syphilis bear Infected children.
While it may reach as far as the
third and fourth generation, this is
the exception and not the rule.
Twin-
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CHOCOLATES
INNER-CIRCLE
CAN DIE S '
Forget the Uronch."
Omaha, May 10. To the Editor of
Tho l?eo: Perhaps the question re
ceiving the most attention at this
time through the columns of tlio
press, especially in local matters U,
"What is the matter with business,
and what remedies should be applied
to make tho needed adjustments?"
The high cost of living and the
wage question seem to be the most
troublesome issues at this time. There
i.s undoubtedly a vast field open to
labor, especially in all of our cities,
as there never was a time when homo
building, as well as other construc
tion work was in so great demand.
Then why this lack of business
activity? Wo have the idle laborers,
tha materials and the actual cash
on hand to back up all sound build
ing investments in our city. Then why
the delay?
Wrhat is the most important move
to be put into effect to improve pres
ent t-onditions? ve find by actual
first-hand information that prices of
all building materials have been
lowered on an average of 33 per cent,
some not so much and some even
more than this stated reduction, but
a sufficient reduction along these
lines to encourage building.
The writer was informed by one
of our retail hardware merchants
this week that the average reduction
in prices in his line had declined
all of 33 per cent, and in addition
he states that his firm wras com
pelled to take an actual cash loss
on stock that they had invested tash
in, to the extent of more than $1,000.
This amount having been charged off
as total loss of formally accumulat
ed capital. Many if not most of
our retail business men have suffered
like or greater losses in an effort
to do their part in adjusting busi
ness. Now it is claimed by labor, and
rightfully so, that their labor is their
capital, but does not the man in the
retail business as well as other lines
of business labor as well as have
cash capital invested! and perhaps
he labors as hard and puts in more
hours a day than the day laborer,
thus making a double capital in
vested, and the laboring man had
nothing to charge off for actual
loss.
Then too, the man in business
must be on the job every day, six
days a week and 52 weeks a year
to say nothing of the actual cash
invested.
What would we think of the busi
ness man who, when his profits of the
aay am not cover expenses of run
ning the business, if he should close
the door and lay off a day or more.
How long would he have a business?
What shall we say of the carpenter,
the bricklayer or any of the other
tradesmen and laborers if they are
not on the job every day?
How many days have merchants
as well as other business men closed
their places of business after a hard
trying days' work knowing full well
that the day's business had not
brought in the required sum to nav
the day's expense, and knowing that
mey must go down in the bank ac
count to make up a deficit. Would
the laboring man be on the job
every day when at night he would
wend his way homeward to his
family knowing full well that the day
had been a fruitless day and not a
dollar cash to recompense him for
work and worry, and go back the
next day and "keep a stiff upper lip"
as the old saying goes. I rather
think not. But when the union wage
was not forthcoming he stops, thank
you. 'Tm off the Job," says he. "No
pay, no work." But the business man
with both labor and capital invested
must be "Johnny on the soot." re
gardless.
In the long run, which seems the
most profitable, for the merchant to
stick to the job, or to get J10 a
day or Jump the job and not only
loose the day, but live on what he
earned the day before and have
nothing to show for it.
None of us but have noticed th
rapid strides toward success and
comfort made by the manv Indus-
trious foreigners, and I refer here to
tnat class of foreigners who todav
siana snouiaer to snoulder In Ameri
can citizenship with we American
born, and who have attained hei.hta
oi success ana are now well situated
in comfortable homes with a com-
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petence that insures comfort the rest
tf their days. Anyhow, did they do
It?
These pcoplo come to our shores
knocking for admission illy prepared
to cope with our laboring men ns a
rule, having no first-hand knowl
edge of our ways nor speaking our
language, but with a determination
to win and at tho same time assimi
late American ways so that the day
might coma when they could stand
sido by side- with their new-made
friends and not be classed ns un
worthy citizens.
How have these good people ac
quired this enviable position in our
citizenship? Not by working whfn
wages were at the top mid laying
off when wages were not at tho
highest peak. Not on your life they
did not. If they could not get $10
a day they were willing to d-o an
honest day's work for the best pay
they were able to get, and more,
they made their labor capital, net unl
capital worth 100 cents on tho. dol
lar, and no grouching about it either.
Ono of the results is that the for
eigner or this disposition, mm we
have thousands of thorn, nre sought
after to fill the reliable and respon
sible positions all over tho land to
day, and why? You figure it out..
You can if you will.
Another very consplclous fact that
no man of reason will attempt to
dispute is the fact that nine out of
every 10 men now holding lucrative
positions in this land, positions of
trust, did not quibble over the wage
nor watch the clock for closing time,
but rather qualified himself for
higher positions and more lucrative
salaries by making his services of
value to his employer, and these are
the men who today are the real
stability and foundation of our great
business enterprises.
There have been different state
ments as to the number of idlo work
men now in Omaha, some statements
being 5,000, some as high as 30.000.
but to get at a fair basis suppose we
calculate' that there are 15,000 idle
workmen in Omaha today. These
men can draw down a wage any day
that they will go to work that will
average $5 a day, or $75,000 a day,
or $450,000 a week, and were they
working now there would be extra
demand for enough more to make
tha u'aaL'Iv .q c nn tnn a -. ir
and what would this mean not alone
to the business interests in Omaha,
but to the laborers and their families?
This word idle does not look good.
and can be diminished in size until
it will disappear entirely in Omaha,
and what is true of Omaha is also
true of every city in America today.
This word idle can be printed in
letters that reach to the sun and it
will not get the laboring man and
his family food or clothing or pay
the rent bill, but the word dollars
looks and sounds like happiness to
all, and why not change the words
and do it at once, even if at a small
discount?
Why not put labor up by the side
of every other business and start
things to moving now and soon tak
up tho slack that has accumulated
ami begin to fill the pocket book,
pay off the old bills and forget tho
unpleasant tilings of the past.
Why not labor, stand up side bv
side and shoulder to shoulder with
every other legitimate and responsi
ble business and forget the "grouch,"
and say to all the world, "hero stands
labor in all of its mighty power to
take its phico and share its loss and
do its part alongside of all other
ligltiinato enterprises. So come on(
you fellows and help push."
It will take some sacrifice on the
part of labor, but others have already
been compelled to make a sacrifice,
but it will be a fair und honorable
sacrifice that will bo an honor lo
labor that will compel tho respect
of overy American citizen and in the
end strengthen union labor organi
zations and place them on a snniul
footing that will the more establish
them us a mighty factor in the busi
ness world.
If this will be done it looks to nin
like tho beginning of the end of our
business troubles and a full share of
worldly happiness to all.
UEORC.E H. HAAVKINS.
2820 Ames Avenue-
Pool Laureate for New York.
Nebraska has a poet laureate. New
York City, with four times Nebras
ka's population, has none. If Mayor
Hylan really wants a laureate who
will bo persona grata, Philip Berolz
helmer is In the field. Horace had
his Maecenas, but never got $15,000
a year out of him. Brooklyn Eagle.
Where Wc Boat the Swiss.
The raid of a bank in Basel hy
three bandits who wounded the
cashier and stole 20,000 francs is de
scribed as the first cise of dfrylight
brigandage in Swic'iv--1 ' nearly
a century. New York World.
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