THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, MAY 20. 1921.
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The Bee's Platform
1. Nw Union Passenger Station.
2. Continued improvement of the Ne
bratka Highway, including the pave,
mant of Main Thoroug hfara leading
into Omaha with a Brick Surface. '
3. A short, low-rat Waterway from the
Corn Belt to the Atlantic Ocean.
4. Home Rule Charter for Omaha, with
City Manager form of Government,
curacy by this time. If it is not certain, it should
withhold publicity until it does know what it is
bout. Were the government amenable to the
law as is a newspaper, then the officials who sit
at the desks in Washington might understand
what constraint a newspaper is under at alt times
to get its information straight," or, at least, to
give currency to nothing that will harm anyone.
Co-Operation and Commerce.
Two strangely clashing notes are sounded by
two eminent gentlemen, Secretary Hoover and
Congressman McLaughlin. Each is a thinker, a
reasoner, versed in affairs and taken into public
life from a sphere wherein his intellectual de
velopment had brought him note. Each is
familiar with the philosophy as well as the
processes of social development, and it may
seem surprising that they are at opposite ends
of one of the great questions of the day. Writ
ing to the farmers of Nebraska, through The
Bee, Congressman McLaughlin pleads for co
operation, which means close consolidation of in
terests that all may be well served. Speaking to
the National Manufacturers' Association, Secre
tary Hoover pleads for individual rather than co
operative effort.
Ferhaps the truth may be found somewhere,
between the two. Too much co-operation may
lead to oppressive monopoly, while too much
individualism is likely to beget competition that
is ruinous. The natural tendency of business is
towards greater units, with the definite under
standing that finally the point is reached where
the addition of units becomes wasteful rather
than efficient.
The co-operation, against which Mr, Hoover
argues is the kind made possible under the
Webb law, whereby exporters are enabled to
protect themselves against such combinations as
the German group that purchased, raw materials
for all its members, the bid of the group being
the bid of each of its members. This, organiza
tion, by whateve'r name it bore and under what
everJkg it operated, was familiar to American
exporters for some years before the war, and its
operations were not admired. To offset it, the
Webb law permits producers to sell just as the
others buy, a control of price that seems to be
warranted under the circumstances. Unrestricted
competition is possible, but highly improbable in
the foreign trade as matters stand, regardless of.
"tne plea made by the secretary of commerce,
wjio sees "but one side of the picture, no matter
how comprehensive his world view.
Congressman McLaughlin contends for the
co-operative marketing of farm produce. This
implies something more than just member
ship in one or all of the grain exchanges of the
country. Whether it will succeed must depend
on the farmers, themselves; how they handle
their own business is to be the acid test for
their efforts. Co-operation is no longer an ex
periment, but to bring the benefits expected it
demands not only capital but prudent manage
ment as well. Farmers are quite as clearly jus
tified in their project as are the exporters who
operate jmder the Webb law. 'Any argument
that suggests combination in one . line supports
ij in another. Individualism has as much chance
today as ever, but should not be allowed to stay
the processes of evolution in social development.
"Look on This Picture, Then on That."
Railroad magnates are lugubriously besieging
congress and the public, painting pathetic pic
tures of the plight into which the lines have
fallen. Reduced operating costs are essential,
else the whole fabric of the transportation in
dustry will break down. Chiefly the drive has
been directed against the pay rolls. Here comes
another view, however. The Hill interests-are
preparing to float a refunding Issue to replace
the ur1ington purchase bonds that fall due this
year. Consequently a well written, entirely con
servative and wholly alluring prospectus is sent
out, offering the "Burlington joints" (Northern
Pacific and Great Northern being included) at
6a per cent.-
The justifiable optimism of the bond circular
5s in marked contrast to the somber colors used
in depicting the situation for the senate com
mittee. One point to be kept in mind is that the
interest rate is increased by 62.5 per cent, that is
from 4 to per cent. In the original transac
tion James J. Hill gave the Perkins crowd $200,
000,000 of 4 per cent bonds in exchange for $100,
000,000 6 per cent stock. Here the earnings of
the money were increased 33 1-3 per cent. On
the face of the proposed issue, the dividend rate
of 6 per cent on Burlington stock in 1900 be
comes a fixed interest charge of 13 per cent in
1921, an increase of 116 2-3 per cent. ,'
There is no question as to the Burlington's
earning capacity. It serves a region of wonder
ful wealth, and is assured at all times of all the
business it can handle over its tracks. The pub
lic is quite likely to assume, however, that if
the capital employed in the Burlington opera
tion is entitled to the increased return indicated,
the labor there engaged isequally deserving of a
corresponding advance in pay.
Tincher Bill and Exchange
' Opposition Comes Mostly From
Objection to the Co-Operatim K
Minor Horrors of Teaching.
All parents at times are astounded or irritajed
by the directions for keeping clean and healthy
that are brought home from schooj by their
children. There is little just ground for resent
ment, however, for instruction calling for dili
gent brushing of the teeth, for drinking milk
and not coffee, and for taking a bath at least
once a week, coming from teacher somehow
. make more of an impression on the little ones
than do the same principles when given by
mother. '
r Children are now sent home when they have
8Bsore throat or show any symptom of con
tagious disease. Sometimes a child is ordered
honie to be cleaned. This happened the other
day in Massachusetts and the indignant mother
, promptly visited school and attempted to destroy
the teacher with an axe. The technical term
which describes the condition of little Evelyn is
hediculosis, but call it what you will, it was a
fighting word for Evelyn's mother. Happily the
pupils rallied to the defense of their instructor
and saved her from the deadly attack.
Such an example as this may serve to con
vince other parents that it is not unthinkingly or
merely for the pleasure of hurting parents"feel
ings, that teachers exercise strict control over
the bodies as well as the minds of their charges.
No doubt many a teacher has hesitated before
being too explicit in her directions, and goes as
far as she does, out of a sense of duty alone,
iometimes in fear and trembling.
:C War Department and the Press.
., The War department continues to lecture the
newspapers of the land because of inaccuracies
in statement. In the latest communique a story
from Grand Island, published in a Norfolk paper,
is taken as a text, and newspapers are blamed for
not securing reliable information from the de
partment before publishing ensational items.
' Back of this lecture may be discerned the War
department defending itself from charges of care
lessness in preparing the slacker lists. Most
newspapers strive with great earnestness to get
the facts back of every itent of news. Errors
will creep in and mistakes result from various
causes, so the experienced newspaper man is al
ways inclined to deal leniently with others simi
larly situated. The War department, however,
has had over two years to check and correct the
lists of names of men subject to call under the
draft, and should have attained reasonable ac-
rLl
Ax Legal Light Is Dimmed.
The deafli of Chief Justice White removes
from the supreme court of the United States a
man who was bitterly assailed, first upon his ap
pointment as justice and later when he was made
head of this tribunal, and yet whose career on
the bench was marked by a fairness that stilled
all criticism. A Louisiana sugar planter, he
came to the senate at a time when the sugar
bounty and tariff Was uppermost in discussion,
and was a. leader in the opposition to the changes
planned by President Cleveland. Some news
papers, among them those ot notti parties,
charged that Cleveland named him for the su
preme court in order to get him but of the way
of legislation.
His record on the bench was such that Prcs
ident Taft, in 1919, elevated him to the chief
justiceship, disregarding the fact that he was a
democrat It may be remembered that Mr.
Bryan at this time displayed an equal lack of
partisanship, and was fierce in his denunciation
of the appointment. This was at a time when
much political capital was being made of the
trust issue and Mr. Bryan's criticism was based
on the assumption that Chief Justice White owed
his promotion to the influence of the monopolies.
No act of Chief Justice White bore, out this
charge of partiality. The supreme court during
the decade of his leadership has lost none of its
reputation and in fact has become more closely
in touch with the change and growth of social
ideals. Something of flexibility has been given
the restrictions of the constitution, thus uphold
'ing its general principles but adapting them to
modern conditions. When the majority of the
court declared the - first income tax unconstitu
tional, Justice White dissented, which may be
taken as indication of his independent and far-
seeing character. Who will fill the vacant place
on the bench is not yet fittingly to be discussed,
but if at the end of 27 years' service he will be
as closely in step with the life about him as was
Chief Justice White, no more could be asked."
Washington, D. C, May 16. To the Editor
of The Bee: The. recent press dispatches from
Chicago and other grain exchanges to the effect
that the exchanges will close down in the event
that H. R. 5686, known as the Tincher
bill, becomes law, will in my judgment, warrant
my calling to the attention of your readers a few
facts in connection with the progress of this leg
islation. Extended hearings were held on the subject
of "grain futures" during the Sixty-sixth con
gress, and another, week's hearings held during
the present congress when all of the exchanges
were heard.' The general result was that the
Tincher bill received the endorsement of all con
cerned, iMr. Wells of Minneapolis, Mr. Griffin
of Chicago, Mr. Wright of Omaha, Mr. Moffat
of Kansas City, and other exchange men said in
substance. "The Tincher bill is all right. It is
a good bill." After the committee had reported
the bill out with a few slight changes, telegrams
and letters of protest of the usual kind began to
j. come in from all over the grain belt. To say
the committee, is putting it very mild.
How to Keep WeH
By DR. W. A. EVANS
QiiMtions concerning hyfi.n., sanita
tion and prvatfca of dla, ub
mtoud ta Dr. Evan by raaaara of
Tha Bn, will b anew.r.d paraonally,
subject to proper Imitation, where a
tamped, addressed envelop is en
closed. Dr. Evan will not make
ditaoi r prescribe far individual
diseases. Address letter in car of
The Be.
Copyright, 1921, by Dr. W. A. Evans.
Before Swatting Begins.
This spring cleaning is not all unreasoning
primitive instinct cropping out in the maternal
side of the family, although the men folk are apt
to come home and express disgust at the wild
digging and scrubbing that has worn thewomen
to a frazzle. Not even scouring cellars and
whitewashing the walls is to be minimized or
dodged, if full justice is to be done.
In those dark corners and in those heaps of
waste and trash, flies breed faster than they can
be swatted. These little disease carriers can be
stopped at the source now more easily than they
can be killed when they have grown and multi
plied in midsummer. Flics are signals that some
thing is wrong in a house or neighborhood. A
cleanup that does not include the piles of
refuse about the yard or in the basement is not
thorough enough to deserve the name-
Italy's Choice.
. Forty Italians were killed in riots on election
day, but still the process of balloting is not so
deadly as a revolution would be. There is some
reassurance, too, to be found in the victory of
the national coalition party, which will outnum
ber the radicals two to one in Parliament, ac
cording to incomplete return. There is still,
however, .the contingency that the communist
faction, defeated at the polls and deprived thus
of control of the government might sever all
connection1 with politics and take to direct action.
Signor Giolotti, who has been upheld as
premier of Italy, is an able and astute politician.
During the war he was considered pro-German,
and did not dare show his face in public places
when the enthusiasm of conflict was on the peo
ple. Just how much congratulation can be ex
tended to Italy for having escaped radicalism at
the cost of strengthening the. hands of an ad
ministration whose leanings are toward the Ger
mans rather than toward the allies is a poser.
If those 200 good roads boosters who are
touring northern Nebraska get stuck in the mud,
their trip will make a more powerful lesson than
all their speeches.
A nose dive in an airplane restored the hear
ing of a farmer who became deaf a year ago, and
it probably would restore speech to a dumb man.
Seven hundred prohibition agents have been
laid off, but it was for lack of funds rather than
for lack of violations of the law.
Voters in Denver may be said to ha.ve
knoeked the dayjight out of daylight saving.
The principal advantages of the Tincher' bill
are two: First, it does away with "puts" .and
"calls," and second, it provides means whereby
the secretary bf agriculture may ascertain in
time by a system of reports whether there are
practices on the exchanges which result in a
manipulation of the market. The need and merit
of these provisions are so apparent that no ar
gument is needed to support them. The specific
objections of the exchanges "now are made to
the following sections of the bill, which, for the
information of Nebraska farmers and grain men,
I am giving in full.
Subdivisions (b), (d) and (e) of section 5 and
all of section 8:
Section 5. That the secretary of agriculture
is hereby authorized and directed to designate
boards of trade as "contract markets" when,
and only when, such board of trade 'comply
with the following conditions and require
ments: (b) 'When the governing board thereof
provides for the making and filing of a" record
and reports, in accordance with the rules and
regulations and in such manner and form as
may be prescribed by the secretary of agricul
ture, showing the details and terms- of all
transactions entered into by the board or the
membgrs thereof, either in cash grain or for
future delivery, and which record shall at all
times be open to the inspection of any repre
sentative of the United States Department of
Agriculture and the United States Department
of Justice, and such record sJiall be in per
manent form and shall show, trie parties to all
such contracts, any assignments or transfers
of such contract, the parties to and terms of
such assignments, and the manner in which
said contract is fulfilled, discharged, or termi
nated.' '
(d) When the governing board thereof pro
vides for the prevention of the manipulation of
prices by the dealers or operators upon such
hoard, including a reasonable limitation upon
the total quantity of grain of the same kind
covered by contracts unfilled or unsettled at
any one time by or on behalf of the same per
sons commonly called "open trades" in specu
lative transactions,
(e) When the governing board thereof ad
mits to membership thereof and all privileges
thereon on such boards of trade any duly au
thorized ' executive officer of any lawfully
formed and conducted co-operative associa
tions of producers having adequate financial
responsibility; Provided, that any such asso
ciation or its representatives applying for ad
mission to membership on a board of trade be
able to and shall comply with and conform to
air rules and, regulations of such board if the
same have the apprqval of the secretary of
agriculture.
Section 8. That the secretary of agriculture
may make such investigations as he may deem
necessary to ascertain the facts regarding the
operations of future exchanges and may pub
lish from time to time, in his discretion, the
results of such investigation and such parts of
reports made to him under this act, and such
Statistical information gathered therefrom, as
he may deem of interest to the public.
"WEAK," NOT "FAINT
HEART."
"A Hklllful young physician years
ajro," W. Ij. C. writes, "encouraging
me because of my weak heart, said
You fellows with heart disease
outlive us all.' As I am now 83V4,
I am illustrating: this statement. In
1865 I strained my heart by heavy
lifting- and was badly handicapped
by it.
"After over a year I went to the
lder Dr. Austin M. Flint in New
l ork. expecting a sentence of
death. But he smiled at me as he
said, 'When I was your age (he was
then about 70 and I 28) I had the
same kind of a heart you have, but
ir you aro caTerui you can live as
Ion sr as I have.'
"In fact I have lived longer. I
have been handicapped ' more or
less through my years, but I have
been settled here 53 years (now a
senior minister), have written three
historical books that have cost me
much labor and I am a civil war
veteran (private, in a short serv
ice). Dr. Knig-ht, once of Boston,
told me I had a 'mitral regugitant
murmur.' "
I take the privilege of publshing
your letter for the good it will do
others. I am sure both as a .minis
ter and as a man you will be glad
to have me do so. The only recom
pense 'I can offer you is to call your
attention to an article by Dr. Bar
ringer in a recent number of the
Journal of the American Medical
Association. He offers proof that
heart .failure in persons with heart
disease is not due to shock or over
exertion or exposure to any con
siderable extent. It is not due so
much to overstrain of the heart
muscle or overdistending of the
heart cavities or to overfatigue as it
is to acute infections.
The lesson which Dr. Barringer's
article carries for you and all other
old neoula with heart leaks is to
g-uard against infections. Old people
are vertf prone to bronchitis and
pneumoifia. Above everything else
an old .person should avoid pneu
monia. To do this he should keep
out of crowds, stay in the open air
as much as possible and avoid get
ting chilled or becoming overheated.
If the old are so unfortunate as
to catch cold they should take to
their beds and stay there until the
svmntoms have abated. All other
-forms of infection should be guard
ed against.
Beyond question, your heart mus
cle has good tone. In all proba
bility it is amply able to do the ex
tra work which your mitral valve
leak throws on i. You have learned
the secret of living an efficient life
in spite of a heart leak. The good
you do in proving that a man with
heart disease can do his work and
pass the four score mark should
entitle you to 10 years more at
least.
Gen. Pershing's New Task
(From the Washington Star.)
In making- General Fcrshlner chief
of the existing staff, as well a.t of
the, recently conceived skeletonized
general headquarters staff. Secre
tary Weeks has reached a logical de
cision. For, quite aside from the
obvious qualifications of General
Tershing to fill the dual post, any
other course would have meant a
divided and conflicting authority,
the recasting- of the army reorgani
zation act, and the relegating of
America's foremost, military figure
to a position of dubious importance.
Any such program would have been
Impossible of Justification.
What Secretary Weeks had In
mind since he became responsible
for the efficiency ot the army has
been the remolding of the theory
which underlies the existence of the
American peace-time general staff.
That theory has been in the past
such that the chief of the organiza
tion has occupied the chair of an
executive, concerned primarily with
army administration rather than the
position of actual leader of the peace
army, preparing- and planning for
the swift and effective transforma
tion of that force into the maximum
armed power of the nation. Secre-
CENTER SHOTS.
Investigation shows that ft
wrecked automobile often carries
more white mule than gasoline.
Indianapolis News.
It looks as if we had beaten our
swords into monkey-wrenches.
Columbia (S. C.) Record.
A shimmy .dancer has had her
legs insured, but that seems like
an unnecessary move on her part.
Burlington News.
"Americans lack Imagination,"
says an English crilic. Friend, did
you ever study the pictures on the
cover of an American seed cata
logue? Harrisburg Telegraph.
tary Weeks, aware of the fact that
anv such condition was not n ac
cord with the best conception of
modern army organization, has been
workiiyr steadily and with excellent
judgment toward its correction.
With General rershmg as itr
chief, the general staff of the United
States army will take its place a
the actual brain of our fighting force
on land. The administrative work
of the staff, obviously but a portion
of its legitimate and necessary func
tions, will be assigned to General
Harbord, designated assistant chief
of staff. General Pershing will thus
be free to devote the greater part of
his great talents to the training ana
organization of the regular ana re
serve army, to the upbuilding: of a
general headquarter staff . fully
qualified to cope with the intricacies
ot modern warfare, and to the per
fection of plans for the transform
ing of latent American resources in
men and material into the maximum
war power of the nation.
That Is the prime purpose of the
modern general staff, and that Is the
task for which General Pershing, re
lieved of the distress of the anomal
ous position he has occupied since
his return from his splendid achieve
ments in France, is most admirably
fitted. He will have,' ip his work of
vitalizing a great position which has
tended to drift toward uninspiring
bureaucratism, the unqualified con
fldence of the public.
What's in a name? The Tsle of
Man has a woman town clerk.
Providence Journal.
A grouch Is a man who has tried
life and acts as if he found it guilty.
San Francisco Examiner.
Don't forget the girl you left be
hind you may eventually catch up.
Atchison county (mo.) Aian.
THE SPICE OF LIFE.
The Immigrant isn't fully America nlzcfl
until he learn to cum the umpire. Balti
more fliih.
"I y. porter, did you find $50 on the
floor rhig morning?"
-Tea, sun. Thank you, uh." The
Brown Jug.
"Why la history hard?"
"Well, we've had a stone age. a bronze
age. and an iron arc. and now we're in a
hard-boiled age.": Siren.
Patient What snaK X take to remove
the redness from my noae?
Doctor Take nothing especially . be
tween meals. The Bulletin (Sydney).
Fond Mother Oh, Reginald Kegilnald:
I thought I told you not to play with your
soldiers on Sunday-
Reginald But I call them the Salva
tion Army on Sunday. Bohemian.
- The sections that are protested by the ex
changes most vigorously are section 8 and sub
division (e) of section S. All that it is necessary
to say concerning section 8 is that if there arc
transactions on the exchanges that can not bear
the light of publicity such practices should be
discovered and stopped. If there are no such
transactions then no one needs to fear publicity.
Subdivision (e) which is being so vigorously
protested provides that the exchanges designated
by the secretary 67 agriculture as marketing
places, must, by their rules, admit to member
ship any duly authorized executive officer of any
lawfully formed and conducted co-operative as
sociations of producers having adequate financial
responsibility, provided, that the officers of such
associations shall comply with the rules and reg
ulations of the exchange. This is really the
point which draws the heavy fire from the oppo
nents of the bill. The president of one of the
larger exchanges says in a letter recently ad
dressed to me, 4!As amended the bill . , . ap
parently intends that we will be forced to admit
co-operative elevators to membership in grain
exchanges." The co-operative associations dis
tribute their profits pro rata to their member
ship, and rightly so. This practice constitutes
the chief purpose for which the producers have
been organized. The exchanges argue that the
distribution of these profits constitute a "rebate" I
ana tnat me practice oi reoaies is contrary to
the rules of the exchange.
Making Soy Bean Flour.
W. P. K. writes: "A few days
ago you printed a letter from W. C,
V. asking where soy bean flour
could be obtained for diabetics.
have solved the problem by buying
the soy beans and grinding them
mvself. I get the beans from some
of the grocers or by writing to the
college of agriculture and asking
for the address of some one who
has such beans to sell. I buy the
beans at 5 to 10 cents a pound and
' grind enough at one time to last for
a week or two. This effects a great
saving, as I used to have to pay .a
cents a pound for flour sold by
manufacturers of foods for diabet
ics. I do the grinding with a small
hand mill which cost me S3. Such
a hand mill can be purchased
throueh almost any hardware deal
er. A good strong -coffee mill, I un
derstand, will do the business, but
perhaps will not grind the flour so
fine as a mill made especially to
grind cereals."
A Small Family.
J. C. C. writes: "Can a woman
marrying for the first time at the
age of 41 raise a family?"
REPLY.
At best no more than. a small one.
It is hardly necessary to state, let alone argue,
that the distribution of the profits of an asso
ciation or producers to its own members is in
no sense whatever a rebate, as the term rebate
is understood in the grain, or any other business.
in my judgment the fight of the exchanges to
keep the co-operative associations from holding
membership thereon is an unjust and a losing
fight and that the sooner the exchanges recog
nize this fact the batter it will be for all concerned.
The co-operative, associations which have
proven such a great benefit to the marketing sys
tem of a number of European countries have
come to America to stay. The co-operative pro
gram is growing by leaps and bounds. The hos
tile attf ude toward the co-operatives on Jthe part
of those who champion the present system of
marketing and distribution, will not stand the
acid test of economy and utility. The most
direct and most economic method of distribution
from producer to consumer will ultimately be
adopted. Tne fair-minded men will recognize
the good that is in the present system and wel
come all of the beneficial snsreestions and
changes that will come through the experience
of the co-ooerative associations.
Mv own opinion is that no grain exchange
will close down if the Tincher bill is enacted into
law. Such declarations at this time are in the
nature of pure "bluff," but should any or all of
the exchanges rather close down than to submit
their transactions to the light of publicity, then
I . suspect that the American farmer and local
grain dealer would say, "Let them close." The
world will go on just the same and others will
perform the function of marketing in perhaps as
good or a better manner than those to whom
has been entrusted this important duty.
m. o. Mclaughlin.
Brown Holds Unique Record.
Charles E. Hughes is the fourth graduate of
Brown university to become secretary of state.
The country believes, it appears, in relying on
rrovidence to furnish the proper head for the
State departmtntt-srClcyeland Plain Dealer, ,
It Causes Acid Stomach.
K. A. B. writes: "Is the continu
ous use of soda for acid stomach
injurious In any way, or depleting
to the blood? If so, is there any
dependable remedy for -, this com
plaint?" '
REPLY.
The continuous use of soda is In
jurious. For one thing it causes
acid stomach. Acid stomach is to
be treated by overcoming constipa
tion, taking more exercise, and regu
lating the diet. Any case of acidity
which does not yield to such treat
ment calls for careful examination
and study.
Eat More Cereals.
G. N. B. writes: "1. What Is
normal blood, pressure for a man
71 or 72 years old who has no kid
nev or other complications?
Also for a woman same age?
"3. What treatment win Dnng
blood pressure to normal and keep
it there? What diet do you ad
vise?"
REPLY.
. 1. About 146.
2. The nineteenth amendment put
women on a plane with men.
3. The best you can do is to over
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bread, milk, vegetables, and fruit,
and pursue the even tenor of your
way.
Xail Biters, Attention.
J. L. O'H writes: "Some time ago
you published a recipe for a paste
to prevent fingernail biting. ' May I
see it in print again, please?"
REPLY.
Here it Is: Alcohol, 1 1-4 ounces;
quinine, 1-4 ounce; gum mastic, 1-4
ounce: rum myrrh. 1 1-8 ounces.
Mix. Let stand 48 hours, shaking
bottle occasionally. Apply with
camel's brush. Can be removed
with alcohol or hot water.
The Gent Veil, give me back the dia
monds I gave you.
The Lady No: diamonds hsve gone
up; but 1 will give you back what they
coat you. The Bulletin (Sydney;.
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