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6 The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY NELSON B. UPDIKE, Publisher. MEMBER OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tsa Ancoltu Pre, of wtilrk The Bee ts e number, it ei eluaivelT tmuil to Uu um for pebllreUoo of all m dlapttohas eiedlud tu It nr not oU.erwlM credited la till paper, and alen tM fcwal r iHjbllfirl herein. Al riant, of Mbucatlea of our eoeotal eUtpatchw era also ratrred. ; BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Kxchaiii Auk 1nt AT .nt! 1 MA ike lX)4rlint or l'rio Wanted. 1 n JWU For Night Calls Alter 10 p. m.t ttltsrtal Department AT lutts 1C1 or 1041 ' , OFFICES OF THE BEE . . i- Main Office: ITUi and Parnani Council Blum 13 acatt St. i South Hide, 034 Boats titk St Out-ei-To-wn Ofllcees . Hew Tors Mil Plftti Are. i.Vahlnirton 1311 O Bt. Calcaso Stener UldK. Parie. Franca. 4:0 Rue Bt Ronore I; The Bee $ Platform ' 1. New Union Passenger Station. 2. Cetatinved improvement of lha N braska Highway, including tho pave ment af Main Thoroughfares trading into Omaha with a Brick Surface. 3. A short, low-rate Waterway from the Corn Belt to the Atlantic Ocean. ,4. Home Rule Charter for Omaha, with City Manager form of Government. ' Publicity for Tax Dodgers. "I Tax Commissioner Osborn is putting forth a plan for a publicity campaign in connection with tax dodging. He urges that counties pub lish the ascssmcnt rolls, the purpose being to call attention to the property that is listed, and thus to stimulate public interest to the end that those who know their neighbors are concealing 'property will come forward with needed in formation. The value of such an endeavor may well be questioned. ' '.To begin with, success for tly: plr.n rests on oiie of the poorer traits of hnhianitv, While none will challenge the duty of each citizen to see at all times that laws are being obeyed and the reasonable regulations of the government are complied with, the ordinary citizen is extremely reluctant to become an informer. He will put up with imposition until it becomes unbearable as a rule, before-, he will lodge complaint with the authorities, and, however much he may ' growl about the insufficiency of the assessment rolls, he will not rush, to headquarters to notify the taxing powers that his neighbor is not listed high enough, Ke knows full well that the law of retaliation may turn against him. ", Again, it has not been proven that any great amount of property is escaping taxation. On several occasions the Omaha roll has been chal lenged before , the state board, but it is not recorded that any manifestly notable addition to the total ever )-esulted from the inquiry that followed the complaint. It Is true, though, that widely varying estimates of value have been put on similar property in different parts of the state. Some endeavor at equalizing the figures thus presented might be helpful in producing the revenue needed. , . . The tax blank prepared for personal assess ment for the current year is as completely searching an inquisition as well 'might be de vised. The citizen who scans that remarkable document and then properly fills it out has pretty nearly disclosed his wealth or poverty to the scrutiny of the taxing powers. To have that published for the examination of not only neigh bors, but strangers as well will operate to make the system odious as well as oppressive. If the tax commissioner feels that any con siderable amount of value Is evading the asses sor, he should go about instituting a proper in quiry, for which the law makes ample provision. His plan to turn the entire citizenship of the state into one huge smelling committee will bring him only trouble. - A more effective remedy already is in his power. It is scarcely possible, to make taxation of any kind popular, but it very easily i can be made so onerous that a revolt will follow. ;,!: Five More Paramounts. ;.'l,.Wil!iam Jennings Bryan is nothing if not in dustrious, and he is as hopeful as he is ener getic. . Just now he is engaged on his summer tour of the chautauqua stations; spreading sweetness and light and prophesying the return of the democratic party to power. ke has evolved five more or less new and original para mounts on, which he feels certain some good democrats, say one who has a winter home in Florida and another in North Carolina, and al legal residence in Nebraska, may- rjde into office. ' One of these great issues is the establishment of an official paper at Washington, to be the medium through which the pee-pul will get the pure and undented information they are entitled to have with regard to what is going on in Wash ington." -It is Mr. Bryan's pronounced belief that a. partisan newspaper colors its news uncon sciously, and that an independent newspaper edi tor is also subject to human bias, and so the plain, unvarnished truth never gets to the pub lic. He would have the government paper edited by a group composed of two from each branch of congress," selected from the parties, and one to be named by the president. These would be charged with the duty, of giving in full all the officials news cach day, subjecting it, of course to such tests as will assure its chemical purity. Subscription rates will be nominal, but enough to show the buyer's gooJ faith, i -You bet it would, for anybody who would turn from the Congressional Record to take up the Official Bulletin would surely have faith. However, we are inclined to endorse some details of Mr. Bryns plan. If we are to be afflicted ? with another government newspaper, we earnestly trust it will be no such sheet as once was fulminated tinder presidential authority by Creel. An easier solution might be for the Commoner to establish a' branch office in the national capital. Mr. Bryan's other paramounts - include prohibition, which he persists in re garding as an issue. , In all probability, the ' American electorate will; continue to disagree with the great commoner as enthusiastically as it has in the past. . - . ErirJ of Air Mail Service Impends.. " Unless congress makes provision for its con tinuance, the air mail service will terminate on Tuesday. . Only $125,000. is lacking to continue the service in operation until the end of the fiscal year, when the new appropriation will be available, but this comparatively small amount must be forthcoming or the flyers will have to shut up shop. The air mail has fully justified its existence. It has expedited communication, saving thirty-six to forty hours in delivery from coast to coast. That it should be permitted to go out of business for want of a few thousands ot dollars is not encouraging, particularly at a time when private enterprise is extending its ef forts to adapt the flying machine to commercial uses. Postmaster General Hays is before con gress, seeking relief, but the outcome is uncer tain at this writing. For the credit of the postal service this element ought to be preserved. , Democrats and the Tariff Question. Devoted to the tradition of their party, the democrats decline to look with favor on any at tempt to readjust the tariff. Senator King of Utah resolutely insists that any move of . the United States to protect the industries within its borders will be considered an unfriendly act by other nations. He is thus perfectly consistent with the policy of the party for the last eight years, when American interests always came second, and when the most important steps were' taken only after due consideration had been given to outsiders. Representative Garner of Texas, speaking for the majority of his party in congress, and undoubtedly out of congress, deprecates the Fordney emergency tariff, because it "will do no good." Maybe His prediction will not be verified by experience, but his mind will not change on that account. Wedded these many years tov the dogma of free trade, these partisans can not con ceive the need of preserving the home market for home producers. If the United States is to become the dumping ground for the producers of the world outside, it will only be a little while until the home mills and factories will be silent, and their chimneys as smokeless as they were during those days in the early 90s, when the prospect convinced even so ardent an advo cate of free trade as Grover Cleveland that the plan was a mistake, and drew from him the state ment that it was a condition and not a theory that must be dealt with. From the repetition of this state of affairs the republicans are pledged to save the country. Our foreign commerce is of immense im portance, but unless we can preserve the home market, we will have nothing to sell abroad, for nothing will be produced at home, excepting it be under conditions that prevail in other lands, and that is exactly what Americans seek to avoid. Our mission is to set the foreign standard on a level with our own, not to lower ours. "Righteousness Exalteth a Nation." When President Harding spoke in New York on Monday, he was addressing not only the peo ple of America but of. the world. His utterance on that occasion is a message to all mankind. The heart of the mightiest and most progressive nation ever organized under the providence of God .beats in unison with the sentiment ex pressed in these words: No one may measure the vast and various affections and sorrows centering on this price less cargo of bodies one living, fighting for, and finally dying for the republic. One's words fail, his understanding is halted, his emotions are stirred beyond control when contemplating " these thousands of beloved dead. I find a hundred thousand sorrows touching my heart and there is ringing in my ears, like an admoni tion eternal, an insistent call "It must not be again I It must not be again I" God grant that it will not be and let a practical people join in co-operation with God to the end that it shall not be. I would not wish a natiqn for which men are not willing to fight and, if need be, to die, but I do wish for a nation where it is not necessary to ask for that sacrifice. I do not pretend that millenial days have come, but I can believe in the possibility of a nation being so righteous as never to make a war of con quest, and a nation so powerful in righteous ness that none will dare invoke her wrath. I wish for us such an America. And the world knows it is not lip-service America affords, but the active, genial sympathy and practical help of a people devoted to the highest of ideals. None of t,hese were abandoned, when the citizens declined to risk their ark on the troubled waves on which the Wilsonites would have launched it. Providing security for our national institutions merely preserves them for the service of all mankind. We were neither selfish nor recreant when we declined to throw our all into the maelstrom of Europe. A better way will be found, in fact our country already has set out on that road, and by keeping clear of the storm we are enabled to assist in salvaging the wreckage, and will in time have done more than any other to restore order and quiet to the distressed world, only because ,we have kept frae to act in our own way for the good of all. Out Among the Neighbors. If any of the Omaha business men who are touring the southern part of Nebraska lacked confidence in the ability of the state to come back after the knockout that was administered by the break in prices of farm products, they will return with an entirely different opinion. It is a good thing to get close to the soil now and then, and find that nature and man are co operating on the job as usual. These business men are intelligent and square. Those of them who did not realize it before will gain a new understanding of the necessity for team work with the farmer and for co-operation with the small towns. They will be impressed with the fact that the farmers, although they have lost billions through the slump in prices, have not lost heart, and they wilf have it impressed upon them that problems of farm credit, marketing and transportation must be solved before conditions can be restored to their former state. Fanning must be put to the fore in national policy, and busk ness men of the middle west must get behind a program which will assure the farmer a profit for his labor and at the same time give the con sumer the benefit of reasonable 'prices. . "Brother Charley" Bryan has taken his seat in the Lincoln city commission, an indication that he is willing that Bre'r Flansburg should try conclusions with Frank Zehrung at the by-election. A "bird in the hand is worth two in the bush" always. ' Election returns from Ireland will be scanned with much interest this morning, even if the South parliament was selected without contest at the polls. Pleas for peace from the leaders of both factions may have the blessed effect of restoring order to the Emerald Isle. Mrs. Bergdohl thinks her son Grover may yet be president of the United States. That might be a good way to get him back again offer him a nomination. Omaha's trade excursionists' bid fair to for feit the traditional title of "rain makers," but they yet have four days to go. , In "Tipless" Italy Abolition 0 the Gratuity Has Not Stopped Graft or Helped Service The weather man is doing his warmest, all sight (J. G. B. Morse in Boston Transcript.) There are many ways of abolishing the un desirable practice of tipping, and ; one of the most commonly suggested is that a certain per centage of the total amount of a bill shall be added for service. Exactly how this would work out has been up to the present a subject for much argument; but during the past six months we have a concrete example of what would happen if this system were actually put into effect. In Italy such a scheme is in vogue, and the results are both interesting and in structive. In the experience of the writer, cov ering a stay of over five months during which he traveled from Brindisi and Naptes in the south to Milan and Turin in the north, the sys tem does not work at all. Here are a few ways in which it is abused and smie of the results therefrom: First of all, no definite rule was applied as to what or how much should be charged over the entire country; but each municipality was left to apply its own conditions. Consequently the rules are many and varied, ranging from tipping being openly allowed as before in some towns( to a regular and fair charge for service in others, while in still others a most unfair tariff is not only in effect but rigorously enforced. As a ...la 1.nat men nf tlio town r-nnstiltPrl with IUIC UIV . I '. V V , ..ii, v. ..... ' - - - - - - the local chambers of commerce and then , with the heads of the Hotel Workers' union before putting these rules into effect; but the people most directly concerned, the travelers, were not consulted. Each town, as before . stated, has different rules, but the most common one is the following: The hotels of the municipality are divided into three classes, with a different charge for each. At those that are considered first class, 1? per cent is added to the visitor's bill for service if he stays a week. If he stays longer the charge becomes 12 per cent. At the hotels of the second class 7 per cent is added each week for service,- while at those of the third class 5 per cent is put on. This is the usual charge, but as before remarked, it is sub ject to variations. ' ; ev- mchflra in tlip ntv of Siena, a iuscan town of some 30,000 people, the hotel charged 18 per cent for service. A protest Drougru num a c timer nf trip shoulders. On the other hand, numerous- good pensions were found in Rome that cnargea dui tne reguiuum p-i I.Aial. r.( tVioir Irtnrl. Tn fflJUV Cases. hOW- 1UI ituivio ...v. v ever, it was found that many real second-rate hotels charged lor service as xnougn mcy uau hem first-class ones, and for the traveler there was obviously no redress. Another abuse of this system lies in the fact that in almost everv case the charge for service was figured on the 'bill after the government tax of 3 per cent has been added. Result, the tourist was paying the government tax and a tax for serv ice on that, a figure which though small in each case, mounted up in a stay of five months. Again, if there was a mistake in the bill which should not have been there, as very frequently happens in Italian hotels, in deducting the sum the hotel keeper always neglected to take off the amount for service. This sum again was in each case insignificant, amounting to perhaps a few cents; but after the writer discovered that it amounted in four months to 16 lire, he began to see that it was made straight each time. ,-t,;in whnr nf the service itself? iULaimiin. . . v Actually it is at least 50 per cent poorer than t ,!,. rf nntv arp thp sprvants readv as before to accept tips, but it is mucli harder to get waited upon than prior to the installation of this system. Maids do not appear when rung for, waiters are siow ana careiess in wiv ing meals; these are a few of the annoying things that happen to the traveler in tiplcss Italy. . , . .--.it.. The sentence aDove snouia reau, suypuscuij tipless Italy," for the servants are just as ready tin. Kffnrp Tn pvneriment. the writer offered small tips to servants in almost every hotel in tne Kingqom, ann me uniy yct- son musing to accept money was mc 9ii portion of the Hotel de 1' Europe at Turin. All honor to him! On the other hand, the rest not only accepted tips but seemed to desire it for what they termed "extra service." Just what extra service consists of is hard to say; some travelers declare that carrying bags upstairs, calling cabs, etc., are extra service; but it is the opinion of the writer that if the present cus tom is continued", in another year servants will be accepting gratuities for opening doors or run ning an elevator up two floors. s Meanwhile how does it all work out from the point of view of the servants themselves? The writer has had many conversations with servants in many different kinds of hotels in Italy and one and all declare that they are dis satisfied -with the present system and that they are earning less than formerly. Of course they are unable to examine the books of their em ployers,' and as help is plentiful at present in Italy, if they protest at the sums given them weekly they are at once discharged. To the writer the system of service charges as .now in force in Italy seems merely another means of enriching the hotel men of the country, the worst profiteers in all Europe. y The abolition of tipping is something that is heartily desired by all sensible people. But if it leads to such abuses as at present flourish openly in Italy, the percentage charge on the bill is not the way to accomplish it. Do Sinners Stay in the Fold? J Frederick Rapp, manager of "Billy" Sunday, announces that the evangelist has converted more than 400,000 persons since quitting base ball for the tabernacle. .... How many of the 400, 000 who "hit the sawdust trail" were church communicants- within thirty days after the evan gelist's departure from their midst? How many of those who joined are still active? How much have the stage, dress, dancing and the personal habits of Americans, criticized by Sunday, been improved by his exhortations? The test of "Billy" Sunday lies not in the number who prom ised to lead better lives, it is in the number who kept the promise. St. Louis Star. 4 ' ' Doctors Should Know. " The Medical Society of the County of New York is considering a resolution requesting con gress to consult with medical authorities before prohibiting the manufacture of malt beverages for use under prescription. The society assumes that a physician is more likely than a body of politicians to .know whether or not beer is of use as a remedy." The assumption is indisputably correct. New York World. Must Be Something "Doing." Secretary ot State Hughes doesn't believe in "watchful waiting." In a note to the republic of Panama he tells what he expects done, when he expects it done, how he expects it to be done and what will happen if it isn't done. St. Paul Pioneer Press.' Troubles of a Congresswoman. Reports from Oklahoma have it that the women voters of that state are indignant over the amusing fact that their woman member of cottgress, the only woman in the bunch, has em ployed a man for secretary. As if women were not fit for the job ! Hartford Courant. v , Wolfish Instincts. The republican job hunters in Washington show their wolfish instincts bv growling and snarling around the fleshpots. They will be try ing to rend poor Mr. Harding before long. Houston Post (Dem.) - Without a Difference? ' , Announcement that a Louisville girl ''prefers matrimony to a 'vocal career" moves" sundry taciturn husbands to wonder what is the dis tinction intended. Louisville Courier-Journal. How to Keep Well By DR. W. A. EVANS Queationa concernliif hyelena, sanita tion and prevention of dlaeaae, sub mitted to Dr. Evans by readers ot The Baa, will be answered personally, subject to proper limltatloa, where a stamped, addressed envelope is en closed. Or. Evans will not make dlacnosls or prescribe for individual diseases. Address lettsrs in cars of The Bee. ' . Copyright, 1921, by Dr. W. A. Evans. BISHOP AN EXAMPLE. . To be a city preacher looming large in the public mind is no small job. There are the Sunday sermons, the funerals, marriaRes, and christen ings and the well established parish visitinsr. On too of this comes a multitude of public functions which such a minister is called on to at tend. Public addresses at the rate of several a week, public meetings to be opened with prayer, dedications, corner stone lavihps, and so on with a long list, all. time consuming and energy demanding. : - Could a man 5 vears old stand no under such a load? v Bishop Samuel Fallows of Chicago is the answer. Although in his 86th year, discharg ing the manifold duties of a preacher creatlv in the public mind, he doubles as a civil war veteran, an active grand army man, and the outstanding spokesman for all meetings of a patriotic, miltary character. But if Bishoo Fallows is the an swer to mv question, what is the an swer to Bishop Fallows? In the first place, heredity, he comes ot a long lived stock, which probably means that wav back vonder the rules of right living were so oersistentlv fol lowed that their effects finally be came a quality, ot the -stock itselt. For nature is wise and finally mana ges to scotch its gains. At least .Lamarck and his disciple, Redfield, would sav so. Some of the ages at death of Bishop Fallows' ancestors are: Great grandfather, 96: grandfather, 91; oldest brother. 93: father, at 84, from a fall. A living brother is now 92. In the second place, living habits. The bishop eats mainly cereals, fruit, vegetables, and very little meat. He neither smokes nor drinks. He walks at least two miles a day and regularlv takes simple physical exer cises night and morning. He sleeps well for at' least eight hours and fre cjuentlv nine hours a night. Mental habits? I quote sketchily from a statement made bv the bishop in the American magazine a few vears ago: "I . refuse to worry. The future consists of things you can help and the things vou can't help. Why wor y about the things you can help? That only impairs vour ability to cor rect them. What gain is there in worrying about what vou can't help? Especially I don't worrv about what is done and over with. When I make mistakes I extract a lesson from them arid, treasuring the lesson, I forget the mistakes. He is not de-energized by fear. "I don t fill mv mind with anxietv about the present or the future." He has his moods under control. "Never give in tp a mood. Make the mood Rive in to vou. When gloom at tacks you... smile. If smiling is not good enough, whistle. If whistling fails, sins." .A suggestion of his philosophy is given by this quotation: "When bovs were being drafted for the world war some mothers came to me with tears and begged me to use my influence to have their boys exempted. I told them being a soldier was best for the boys, that I had been a soldier and that I got a i lot more: out of it than being made colonel and being brevetted brigadier general. I got knowledge of men, self-reliance, and a passionate love of country." But vou sav. "Why live on p?f four score and ten. a doddering old dement, useless in the world, selfishly holding oif to life?" . You sav your interest is in the prolongation of. the period of ef ficiency and nnfr in pvtrpm 1rnarM,t.r Whoever you are I hope you will be as straight in bodv, as square should ered, and as firmly muscled as Bishop Fallows is at 85. I could wish vou nothing better than that at 60 your mind will be as clear, vour judg ment as straight, and your capacity for sustained attention and emotion al flights as good as is that of Bishop Fallows at 85. Few men at 60 work as hard, take fewer vacations, or stand up as well as does this clean living man ot ea. . , t Can You Do This? , T. G. Ft. writes: "The catarrh remedy offered bv T. W. C. in vour department sounds good, but I think I have a better way. I place on the end of my tongue a piece of some good cream preparation or carbo-. lated vaseline about the size 'of a small field bean, run the tongue up back of the soft palate to the open ings of the nostrils, rnd -n--salve over the upper throat and into the nostril thoroughly, men ne c.i. maV back while the salve melts and spreads.- Try it on vourself, doctor, and see how easy it is." , ,r , REPLY. You have a very acrobatic tongue tew people can use their tongues to grease the posterior narcs. : i .Bftter Be Examined. Worried Reader writes: "If the left lung is. weak can it be built up in any way? Does everybody with a Yif.ak lung - develop consumption? Will a change of air help?" , , -REPLY. , . A weak left lung means consump tion or it means nothing. If vou have consumption get busy. If not. forget about your supposititious weak lung. ox In the Good Old Days. Kruger, Mont., Mny 21. To the Editor of The Bee: I recently had the pleasure ct reading an editorial of yours published some time ago in your paper. In It you say: "But when the Cleveland congresi took hold. It framed the Wilson tariff measure which contained as many elements of the democratic dogma as could safely be embodied In law at that time. The complete failure of this tariff was exemplified in the days thnt followed, and it was only when McKinley was elected presi dent and the Dlnsley bill was en aoted trmt prosperity returned to the United States. All this is history." , Yea, this is history. But it Is ab solutely unfair and misleading from beginning to end. The Wilson tariff law failed to bring prosperity be cause tariffs have never been known to have any perceptible effect on prosperity. Good times come gener ally when the price level in rising and hard times when it is falling. The price level was falling from- IS89 to 1897 and they were hard years, especially for men who were doing business on borrowed capital. The price level reached its low point and began to rise in 1897. and times became better. The Dlnsrley law happened to be nassed at that junc ture. That the Dingley law did not cause the rising price level is shown by two facts: . First, the rise of the price level and the hctjinning of good times ex tended through all srold standard countries. Tn foot, it bep-an in Eng Innd ln'1846. Did the Dingley law cause that? Second, the McKinley law failed utterly to have the perect claimed for the Dincrlpy law. Kverybodv but a purblind partisan knows that the falliner prices from '89 to '97 were caused by a. scarcity of the world's money and that the rising prices that began In England In 1898 and in the United States in 1897 were caused by a very wonderful increase in the world's production of gold. A farmer friend of mine In Cass county. Towa, said to me one day: "Lafe Tonng came out here and told us that if we would elect Harrison w would get better prices for our wheat, corn and oats. Well, they elected him and the prices of wheat. corn and oats have all gone lower." The MeKinley law was in force from 1R90 to 1RS4. the Wilson law from tS94 to 1897. From 1890 to 1891 our price level fell from 112.7 to 117.7. Tn 1892 it fell to 106.1. in 1S93 to 1AH.S and In 1894 to 96.1. Thpn the Wilson law went into effect and in 1895 the price level fell to SS.6, In 1896 to 90.4 and In 1897 to 89.7. 1K9D Net Kolrt reserve f I S0.2 R3.40K 1S91Vet iroUl reaerve 1I7.B7.7S 1092 Net koM reaerve 114.342,867 la Net koM reserve..; 5.46,413 JR04 Net (told reaerve........ S4.S7S.n2S Ttevenuea from customs 229.SSS.0H0 1 st P.evenuen from cuatoms 21 W.S'.J.onn 10 2 Wevenuea from cuatoma 177.42,000 1ftQ3Hevenues from customs 203, RS5.00O 1S94 -Revenue from cuatoms 131 S1S.00O 1R90 Surplus In treaaury 10S.S44.000 1ST Humlua tn treasury 37.?a.on 1R92 Surplus In treasury 9.M4.000 1S93 Surplus in treurv 2.S41.000 1894 There was a deficit nf .. i0.000 Do not forget that the McKinley law was in full force from October, 1890, to August, 1894. Tf tariffs cause prosperity, why didn't it show up? Tour history is like that published in partisan newspapers that has caused thousands of the most Intel ligent people of this country to be lieve that the Wilson law that went into effort in August, 1894, caused the panic that' beean In May: 1893. HENRY H EATON, - Suggested as an Editorial. O'Neill, Neb., May, 21. To the Editor of The Bee: I think a good article, well written tn your paper touching along the points of a dis count on railroad fares would help to touch them up somewhat. If the article could be written along theso lines: "Railroads are crying about be ing short of money and hard up, etc If the railroads would fall In line with the storekeeper and do as he does when he gets short of money, it would make it better for said rail roads and the public as .well. For fflonoaononononoDQ Gulbransen Player-Piano Err Instruction rolls in cluded! Learn how to play in 10 minutes ! Without musical-knowledge you can learn how to play a Gulbransen Player-Piano Made in three models. White v House model, $700. County Seat model, $600. Suburban model, $495. Either in mahogany, wal nut or oak. Terms if Desired SospeCfo, 1513 Douglas Street The Art and Music Store CADILLAC g Service and Repair Department 26th and Farnam Streets We make it right. - Our satisfied customers are our best asset. Have , your Cadillac attended by efficient, capable me chanics, who, through con stant practice, can do it for less in the long run. J H. Hansen Cadillac Co Service Department nonoaooonoaoDOD 3 1 ) BOWEWS' The Right Thing to Do . when moving day comes is to phone for the METROPOLITAN VanWStorageCo. Owned and Operated by ' H.R.Bowen Co. and let them do your packing, crating and hauling, relieving you of all the hard work. , Experienced men, only, em ployedmen who have had years of experience in such work men who will do the work without delay or injury to your household effects. The manner in- which they go about their work and in seeing everything is properly" wrapped and protected is al ways appreciated by those they have moved. Phone Atlantic 3400 for particulars Instance when a storekeeper needs money he puts on a 20 per cent dis count sale, or even a 33 1-3 per cent discount, cuts off one-third and raises money, thereby helping himself and the public as well. If railroads would put on a 20 per cent discount the public would patronize the rail roads heavily. At the present time the railroads are running and carry ing very few passengers. Why? Be cause it is cheaper to go by auto mobile than by rail. If railroad fare was 2c per mile, everybody would travel by rail and leave the auto mobile home, and people would be planning and taking pleasure trips and they would have more traffic than they could handle. "Let the railroads give a 33 per cent discount sale if they want to raise money." R. H. PARKER. Real Optimist la Found. A Kansas editor says an optimist is "a member of the bartenders' union who is still paying dues." He has his match in the man who is expect ing to realize on his left-over beer checks one of these days. Des Moines Register. Puts Blame on Palmer. If we understand the new Volstead bill, it is intended to stop the ratholes In national prohibition made by the rulings of Attorney General Palmer. Los Angeles Times. SAID IN JEST. "Has Crimson Oulch a bsae ball elubt" "Not any more." replied Cactus Joe. "When a game waa on we didn't dare let the umpire carry a alx-shooter, and we couldn't find one wlllln to work empty handed." Washington Btar. Mr. Gordon Selfrldie declares that a day la comlnf when the srlatoorsoy VIU have to work. Our peaalmlam coes con aldersblr further; we Irenes a time when even the working claaaca will have to work. Punch (London). "I called for a little liaht on the finan cial question," aald the man In the rural editor's sanctum. "Well, you've struck the right place."' returned the editor. "If there Is sny thlng we are llxht on. It la the finances." Doston Transcrlnt. "I haven't any sympathy for the man who beats hla wife," aaltl a pnaaonger In the smoker of tho !:!. "Well," said another, a timid, under alsed fellow, "a man who can beat up hla wife doesn't need ftny aympsthy." The American Legion Weekly. What Is Most Needed. 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