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THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, MAY 28. 1D21.
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The Bees Platform
1. New Union Passnftr Statiea.
2. Continued improvement of the Ne
braska Highways, including the pave
meat of Main Thoroughfares leading
into Omaha with a Brick Surface.
3. A ihort, low-rate Waterway front the
Corn Belt to the Atlantic Oceaa,
4. Home Rule Charter for Omaha, with
City Manager form of Government.
Credit to the Farmers.
We print today in another column on this
page a letter from some one we do not know; it
reached The Bee without any evidence to show
where it came from, even the postmark on the
envelope being lacking. It is signed "A Farmer,"
and will be accepted as coming from one who
hss,bcen compelled, as have all his associates in
agriculture, to, accept prices so low that in many
eases they entail actual and even heavy loss. His
frame of mind is that of one who feels Jjc has
endured a groat injustice.
When, in the spring of 1920, Governor Har-r
ding of the Federal Reserve board announced
the policy of contraction it was not alone the
farmer who was affected, but every line of busi
ness. The whole country was in a parlous state,
the direct outcome of the era of reckless specu
lation that followed the war. As far back as
the spring of 1919 the danger was apparent, and it
was then planned to put on the brakes. For some
reason not exactly understood, the orgy was al
lowed to continue. Circulation was expanded by
almost a billion dollars between June 30 and
December 31, 1919, and every penny cf this v;as
based on assets, which is another way for saying
credit. By the first of January, 1920, the finan
cial leaders of the country vere thoroughly
alarmed, and insistent that some steps be taken
to check the speculative wave.
It was not due to the formation of a foreign
buying syndicate that gave Europe control of
prices. On the contrary, export business was
cut down because F.urope could not pay. for the
goods ordered. Somewhere in the neighborhood
of four billions of dollars of credits yet are being
carried by American exporters, money due from
European customers who can not pay. Several
billions of dollars worth of goods have been re
turned from Europe, because the cash to cover
the sale was not forthcoming. This is a situa
tion the business leaders of the country are now
seeking to correct.
Farm prices fell more rapidly than did others,
and it was the reluctance of the producers to
accept the fact of a falling market that brought
serious disaster to so many. But it is not alone
,the farmer who has taken a loss and who finds
difficulty in meeting his obligations. A list of
the "frozen loans" held in the banks would, dis
close an array of names that would be astonish
ing. '
What is encouraging is that everybody is
awakened to the situation, and that all are will-'
ing to work to pay out. Debts will be cleared
up in time, and business will go ahead. None
m ow a )etter,-pirit in this time of general
i-i.Me tjian do the farmers, who are actively
engaged in raising crops they "know will be sold
t- .cts far below war time figures, but from
the ;-rt'. jcds of which they will be able to take,
ere of the notes that now haunt them. If a
"crime" was committed by the Federal Reserve
board, it was in not clamping down in 1919 in
stead of waiting a year longer.
Rickenbacker's Wild Ride.
Captain "Eddie" Rickenbacker did not
achieve his one-stop flight from San Francisco
to Washington, but he did something quite as
creditable. He flew more than a thousand miles
at an average rate of 90 mile? an hour, and
demonstrated that the endurance of the. army
machine is far beyond that ascribed to it. His
wild swoop from jan Francisco to Cheyenne
may be likened to the passage of the wild fowl,
who swarm through the tipper air in their pas
sage from zone to zone. , Three miles above the
earth he crossed the great Nevada plateau, and
went over the Rockies at an altitude of two
miles. This is something of a feat in itself, for
he had to sustain the physical discomforts of
cold and rarefied atmosphere, a test sufficiently
severe to satisfy the average mortal. Com
parison is certain to be made between his dash
and that of the English flyers who crossed the
Atlantic. His mileage is not far short of theirs,
and when the difference in flying conditions is
kept in mind, it will be seen that Rickenbacker's
achievement is quite as notable as that "hop"
from Newfoundland to Ireland.. Knowledge
gained in the cross-ocean flight is of great serv
ice to air craft builders, and from Rickenbacker's
effort more information may be brought to the
solution of the -problems that still hinder the
full conquest of the air.
much easier to think that the dishonest shirkers
are the exception, and that if the facts were all
brought to the surface the experience of the Mil
waukee would not be found to be singular. Mr.
Byram's note sounds well.
License in Congressional Debate.
An episode in the house on Thursday is note
worthy because it discloses the mental attitude
of certain pf the members. Mr. Michaelson,
republican from Illinois, challenges the truth of
history with regard to the reason for the United
States entering the war, He insists that our na
tional action was the effect of British propa
ganda, extensively and persistently circulated.
Demanding a congressional inquiry, the honor
able gentleman assails the honor of his country,
for which action he is promptly challenged by
Mr. Connolly, democrat of Texas.
Whether the Michaelsen speech be expunged
from the record, as demanded by Mr. Connolly,
or whether it be left on perpetual record to re
mind future generations that such a man once
sat in congress, the fact will remain that Amer
ica entered the war only because it could not in
honor and safety keep out. Self-defense forced
us to fight against the German government. If
Mr. Michaelson or any one minded like him will
just take the trouble to re-examine the actual
happenings from May, 1913, when the Lusitania
was sunk, until the time congress passed the
resolution declaring a state of war to exist, they
will discover ample cause for armed conflict, and
without reference to any propaganda that may
have been circulated by Sir Gilbert Parker or
anybody else.
To insist, even in congressional debate, where
unusual license is allowed, because of the im
munity granted congressmen, that our people
were deluded and deceived as to why tliey were
fighting is absurd. If a member finds in such
exercise of his privilege gratification for his per
sonal prejudice, or opportunity to appeal to the
prejudice and passions of his constituents, he
should be permitted to go as far as he likes. It
is not encouraging, though, to realize that such
a mind may have any influence on the destiny of
the nation as affected by its laws.
Good Word for the Workers.
As the chorus of attack on railway .workers
swells before the senate committee, it is com
forting to hear from one executive officer of a
great system a word of praise for the men who
keep the wheels moving. PresMent H. E. Byram,
who knows what he is talking about, says the
men employed! by the Milwaukee have been of
utmost assistance to the management by their
hearty co-operation in efforts to attain the high
est efficiency. He told not only of the mutuar
endeavor of officials and men to study, devise
and apply better methods of doing the work,
but presented records to show where from 50 to
as high as 116 per cent improvement had resulted
because of such endeavor. Perhaps the Mil
" waukee road is alone in this experience, but we
doubt it very much.- Sweeping charges of
"slacking on the job" have been made, and in-,
stances cited to support them, but The Bee is
not inclined to believe that the millions of men
and women employed by the railroads are inher
ently dishonest and unwilling to give good serv
ice wherinot forced. On the contrary, it is
Strengthening the Compensation Law.
A ruling in the district court gives additional
strength to the Nebraska workmen's compensa
tion law. The victim of an industrial accident
secured employment before the expiration of the
period for which compensation had been
awarded, whereupon the original employer ceased
payments The court holds that the amount of
the award made for permanent partial disability
must be ?ully paid. A sound principle underlies
this..
Awards made under the law are in the main
compensatory, but only partially so; to some
extent they partake of the nature of punitive and
ever exemplary damages. But if compensatory
only, -the sum is not such as amounts to com
plete recompense, but is intended merely to sup
plement the. impaired earning capacity of the
victim. Therefore, when employment is ob
tained, and the victim, as in this case, sets about
to earn his own. living, it is manifestly unjust
to shut him out of any part of the relief granted
him under the law. Judge Vyakeley's decision
is in line, with the trend of court action in gen
eral on questions of compensation, and not only
will it aid in the administration of the law in
Nebraska, but it will make clear to employers
the liability under which they operate.
The administration of the law in Nebraska
has not always been easy, because of the ob
scurity on certain points, such as that involved
in this' case, but the commissioner for the last
two years has, persisted and has secured several
notable decisions in court that are of great as
sistance in the work.. Some valuable amende
ments were made by the late legislature, and re
lief under the compensation law will be more
real in the future in Nebraska.
Jockeys and Everything.
"They're off!"
There is nothing more thrilling than a good
horse race. The running races , to be held on
Ak-Sar-Ben field, June 2 to 10, are drawing
some mighty good horseflesh here. There will
be enough competition from locally owned
horses to add to the interest.
A dignified and stolid Chinese statesman
once said that races did not interest him, be
cause he knew without any experimenting that
one horse could run faster than another. But he
missed the point, which is, -to be able to pick
which one it is that will come under the wire,
first." '
It has been quite awhile since Omaha has had
a sporting event of this kind. Run under the
Kentucky derby rules, and with plenty of fast
entries, there will be excitement a plenty. Auto
mobiles may go faster, butt still they lack the
living appeal that arouses the crowds when
jockey ride.
Having finally acquired control of the "San
pede" line, President Carl Gray may now take
note of the fact that Omaha sadly needs a new
passenger station.
. New Jersey wants to buy Nebraska alfalfa,
but musn't think to corner the market by taking
only fifty tons. That is scarcely one good stack.
Between. the Grand Army, the Omaha trade
boosters and the Tow nley-Langer debate, the
Fifth district showed some life Wednesday.
GrOver Cleveland Bergdohl, minus his bank
roll, may not be such an attractive figure in
Germany. The experiment is worth trying.
Paris is a long way to go for a drink, but a
lot of rich Americans appear to want a headache
bad enough to go that far for one.
That rain probably added some millions of
bushels to the Nebraska wheat crop, if you want
a basis for estimating its value.
Maybe those "gray ghosts" are the wraiths
of some political hopes wrecked hereabouts
within the last year.
We will now see if President -Harding feels
the same as did his predecessor on the budget
and tariff bills.
A lot of people will agree that Townley and
Langer are both right when talking of each
other.
Buttermilk was not such a surprise to the
trade boosters. A lot of them had drank it
before. ,
Well, Rickenbacker at least sot a record.
Nebraska and Italy9 s King
Julian Street Telle Good Story
About George Ade in Rome
About equal in reputation as writers and wits,
George Ade and Julian Street have long been
intimate friends. Called upon at a recent New
York dinner to talk about Ade, Mr. Street told
these amusing stories: .
"George Ade and I had our first meeting in
historic Rome yes, and in a historic corner of
historic Rome. We met in the bar of the Grand
hotel. Booth Tarkington and Harry' Leon Wil
son were there.
; "One of my most treasured memories of those
times is that of a dinner party George gave in
Rome for about , a doten American friends.
Everything necessary to make a party a howling
success was lavishly provided everything.
"I remember one novelty he introduced. You
know how some hosts are made miserable by a
sense of their responsibility? Not so George
Ade! He had a magnificent time. He had such
a magnificent time he forgot .who was giving
the party.
"About 9:30 he remarked that Rome was
certainly one of the nicest and best-lighted
cities he had ever been in. and that he was anx
ious to see more of the place. Then he got up
and went away.
"About 1 a. m. in the Grand hotel bar some
one chanced to ask him where he had dined that
evening. George replied that he had been to a
fine party Avith a lot of American friends one
of the finest parties he had ever been to.
"The other asked who had given the oartv.
"At that George beg?.n to stare at him, ,
gravely, thoughtfully.
"Then, suddenly, he leaped to his feet, ex
claiming, 'Oh, my Godl' and ran out of the
place.
"But alas! when he got back to the other
hotel he found that his dinner party had flown.
"While we were in Rome, Buffalo Bill gaveJ
ueorge a box tor the Saturday matinee per
formance, and George made up a party of eight.
"When George presented his pass and seat
coupons, several Italian interpreters at the gate
seemed to be excited about something. Then
one of them signaled us to follow him. George
saw that we were being led in the wrong direc
tion, and he spoke to the Italian about it, but
the latter only motioned excitedly for us to come
on with him.
"Then George saw an usher, a Nebraska boy,
and spoke to him about it. The Nebraska boy
was sympathetic.
"'Vvarcha bring 'em away up here for?' he
demanded. 'You poor boob! This box is up at
the head of the arena.'
"At this the Italian became really excited. He
tried to explain something, but the Nebraska
boy wouldn't listen to him. Moreover, he had
read George Ade's name on the pass.
"'Are you George Ade?' he demanded. 'Say,
I bettcha I've read everything you've ever wrote.
Put 'er herd'
"As we approached the box we perceived
what the trouble was. In the box next to the
one for which George held the coupons, sat their
majesties, King Victor Emmanuel and Queen
Helena of Italy, with some members o; the
royal family. And in the next box George's
box were several gentlemen and ladies, clearly
of the royal party.
"Later, we learned that the king had served
but a half hour's notice of his purpose to be
present. Naturally they gave him the two best
boxes. .
"Directly in front of the royal box exactly
between the royal couple and the show our
usher halted us, and with fire in his eye, ap
proached the other box.
" 'Here, you folks! Come out o there! Come
on, now! Hurry up! That ain't your box! Get
out! Git out o' there, now!'
"The people in the box stared coldly at the
usher and at us. But that Nebraska bay was
not in the least disconcerted. He. advanced
menacingly: If they didn't get out of that box
he meant to throw them out.
"Fortunately, at this juncture, the Italian in
terpretcr, reinforced by several others, came
rushing up. They seized violently upon the
usher.
"'Come away!' they cried. 'Madre di Dio,
you don't know who that is! It is the count of
Turin and the duke of Abruzzil'
"The Nebraska boy, however, was not im
pressed. -
'"I don't care who yOu are!' he bellowed.
'This here's George Ade and he's got the cou
pons!' "By this time George and the rest of us
had turned and were fleeing. Perceiving this, the
Nebraska boy followed. Catching up with
George he stopped him.
"'Looka here, Mr. Ade!' he cried, 'don't you
let them buffalo you out o' your seats, Mr. Ade.
You got the tickets you're entiled to sit wher
ever you damn please!'"
How to Keep Weil
By DR. W. A. EVANS
Questions concerning hyfitne, sanita
tion and prevention of disease, sub
- ml t ted to Or. Evan by reader of
The Bee, will bo answered personally,
subject to proper limitation, whore a
e temped, addressed envelope la an
cloaed. Dr. Evana wUI not make
diagnosis or prescribe (or Individual
diaeasea. Address letters in care of
. The Bee.
Copyright, 1921, by Dr. W. A. Evans.
The American Balkans
Every once in a while a miniature war breaks
out in the mountains that lie along the south
western border of West Virginia, and there is
a great running for cover in that region and
much amazement throughout the United States
that the mine owners and mountaineer miners
have not yet settled their differences and patched
up some sort of a truce. But the guerilla fight
ing is not hard to understand when it is remem
bered that the conflict between capital and labor,
which goes on in more or less civilized fashion
in other states, has been allowed to degenerate
into a hand-to-hand encounter in West Virginia.
Both sides are lawless. The coal companies,
owning and administering their properties and
regulating the lives of their workmen in the
manner of feudal barons, stir up resentment by
their autocracy, and the laborers oppose the au
thority of gunmen with guns of their own. The
state has never made, a determined effort to
control the situation, and the struggle has got
out of hand.
West Virginia's mining problem is not an
easy one. The operators have sworn that the
Mingo coal fields shall never be unionized and
the United Mine Workers have sworn that they
shall. If the laws of the state were enforced
and the unions were able to send speakers into
unorganized territory the operators would be
beaten before the campaign opened. They pro
tect themselves against agitation by the use of
force. The governors of the state have generally
acquiesced in the method, calling out for fed
eral troops only when there is an unusual amount
of bloodshed.
The American Balkans will go on erupting in
feuds, and gunplay until the state has enough
courage and ability to enforce its own law on
both of the fighting factions. ew York World.
Sweeping In and Sweeping Out.
Judge Morton said that chocolate "is a dis
tinct food product, and the government can not
sweep it within the scope of the word 'candy,' by
regulation."
This recalls that once the Treasury depart
ment swept all the meaning of "eggs of birds,"
in the tariff law, the eggsthat are laid by hens,
thereby declaring, in effect, that hens are not
birds. We believe that that ruling still stands,
presumably only because it was never carried
into court. Albany Journal.
So Satisfying!
The stereotyped hospital reply "Doing as
well as can be expected too often carries- with
it the inference that not much was expected in
the first place. Philadelphia Inquirer.
A Yeaaty Suggestion.
Egypt, we are told, had home brew thousands
of years ago. Maybe that was what made the
Children of Isreal rise. Philadelphia Inquirer.
Well, You Can't Blame Her.
Franre is disinclined to rink- a nf th
I momentum fht ha managed to gather in going
I after Garmjrnv. Washinatau Star.
HIGH SCHOOL HEALTH
EFFORTS.
Some people complain that health
work is neglected in the high schools.
I dare say there are many high
schools which deserve the criticism.
Some principals no doubt argue
that the death rate in the high
school years is so low nothing need
be done for health. Perhaps others
say accurate reports show high
school pupils have so little measles,
scarlet fever, diphtheria, and small
pox they can afford to spend all the
available money in other directions.
The high school never is shut down
because of an epidemic.
The wiser among the high school
principles, whiles mining the points
made in the preceding paragraph,
say the body is undergoing such
rapid and profound developmental
changes and habits ave so in the
forming that no other years compare
with those of tho hiRh school period
In importance from the health stand
point. I was visiting the Oak Park. TH.,
High school and I asked Principal
McDaniels why his pupils were such
go-getters in athletic contests. He
gave several reasons. The spirit was
fine. Patriotism was w-ell developed.
There was team work. Major ath
letics was fostered. Everybody had
to engage in some gymnasium work
or play and, "finRlly, health super
vision and training- in health habits
were stressed.
In the girls' department I found
they had a red record card on wrhich
they scored the points made by the
girls each week during the year.
Among the points scored were num
ber of hours of sleep, kind of sleep,
number and kind of baths, condi
tion and cleanliness of teeth, home
exercises, practice correct walking,
breakfast, drink water, number of
glasses, eat between meals (yea or
no), bowel movementsdaily, mens
trual pain (yes or no), number of
days, headaches, nausea, colds, tired,
remarks.
The reverse of this card serves for
recording the results of physical ex
amination and whether or not the
girl is in a class for the correction
of bad posture or other physical
peculiarities or defects.
The record shows the height,
weight, chest measure, condition of
the lungs and heart, nose, throat,
eyes, ears, teeth, and skin.
The pulse is taken. The family
history as to tuberculous, cancor,
nervous troubles, and some other
conditions are noted.
Another record shows the time
spent in outdoor exercises and the
general physical development.
A white score card gives the rat
ing for each year on posture, physi-J
cal fitness, team work, sportsman
ship, gymnasium work, major ath
letics, minor athletics, walking, danc
ing, swimming, and many other
kinds of play.
The department counsels with the
girls on the subject of posture, shoes,
and other items of dress and habits
of life, in general.
T was informed that in the boys'
department physical development,
health habits, and health were
stressed just as much.
This beats "an apple a day in
keeping the doctor away."
The only snake having a large
dose of poison in his bag is tho rat
tUsr. Yery few rattlers carry a fatal
dose. There should bca specific for
rattlesnake bite, but manufacturing
houses to which I have written say
it would not pay to make it, ae the
demand is too small. I think the
state health department of Texas
should make it as a public service
for the citizens of that state.
Perhaps the same opinion holds as
to Washington, Oregon, and a few
other states. It would not require
much of research work , to devise
such a remedy. In the meantime
there are ordinary preventives, but
they are of little use. I imagine
most of them depend on the virtues
of permanganate of potash. -This
drug has a little virtue, perhaps, if
used freely and promptly. .
Early Smalpox Worst.
Mrs. H. F. B. writes: "1. In what
way is smallpox most contagious?
(2) Can one have smallpox more
than once? (3) Can you carry the
germ in your clothing? (4) Can a
person having the symptoms but
breaking out only In one or two
places have a real case of smallpox?
(5) For what period of time is vac
cination good?"
REPLY.
1. Eearly stages.
2. Has been known to happen, but
not often.
3. It is possible.
4. Yes.
5. In some it protects for life, in
others for le3S than five years. Seven
years is assumed to be about the
average period of safety.
AU Starchy Foods Fatten.
A. W. TV M. writes: "We are us
ing a hoalth bread in larger amounts
than we have ever used white
bread, as we like it very much. It
is composed of bran and gluten and
is fine as a laxative, but is it fatten-
UJv&
ox
Basis of the Trouble.
, May 26. To the Editor
of The Bee: Your editorial of the
25th. "Improve the Farmers' Credit,"
is surprising and amusing, surprising
because you knew April 22, 1920,
that Governor Harding of the Feder
al Reserve board had instructed the
Federal Reserve board to not loan
any more money on cattle, or renew
any cattle paper, and cattle paper
means six-months paper, and you
know that six months after April 2;',
1S20, all the cattle that was mort
gaged went to market and was sold
for less than one-half the price,
April 22, 19.'J0, and the cattle men
went broke because the credit was
taken away from the cattle men by
one man wh03e action would make
old Kaiser Bill blush. The crime
is blacker than any ever pulled on
this side of the ocean. That is not
all.
Governor Harding came out in the
market reports of Kansas City and
stated the federal Reserve board
would not extend any credit to the
American farmer to make him a
gambler and hoarder of grain at a
time when our allies had formed
what is known as the "English Loyal
commission," a European buying
pool of our grain and put our Ameri
can farmers at the mercy of the
European pool. If a farmer wanted
a dollar add went to his bank, he
was told to sell something as they
would not loan him any money Sec
rotary Houston was quoted in the
same market reportB that the United
States treasury would not extend
any credit to any of the American
farmers to make them gamblers
and hoarders of grain und at that
time the American farmer hadn't
been able to pay his note ho had
given to buy Liberty bonds. He
had loaned his money to his govern
ment as he should do, but the in
sult from the governor of the Federal
bank and Secretary Houston would
of driven some men insane and to
suicide as it did do. Some farmers
hung themselves, while the majority
took the insults the best they could
and kept their farms going.
Now, scores of banks are on the
verge of insolvency and the factories
closing and millions of men are out
of employment, why? Because of
this insult and the credit panic willed
on tho American farmer by two men
that would make the hardest Ger
man blush with shame. Yes, it
w-ould make old Jeff Davis turn over
in his grave. Old Benedict Arnold
would hide his face in shamed The
blackest crime of all times. Yours
truly, A FARMER.
Water Transportation.
Sutton, Neb.. May 24. To the
F.ditor of The Bee: The resolve of
the Pacilc coast fruit growers to
ship 8,000 carloads of their -products
via the Panama canal to the At
lantic seaboard will be profitable
to both themselves and to the con
sumers. But why all these years of
waiting? The canal haa been open
for traffic for six years. Two years
ago Admiral Evans demonstrated
that citrus fruit could be .shipped
from Los Angeles to New York by
water for $10 per ton while the
rail rate was $23. The distance by
water is nearly twice as far. There
is no reason why prunes, raisins,
ftpli, lumber, cement and other Pa
cific coast products should not go
the same way.
And then why not ship inland to
St. Louis, Kansas City and Omaha?
Hardware shipments are now made
from St. Louis to Seattle by water
at a saving of $12 a ton. The dis
tance by steamboat to New Orleans
is 1,157 miles, whore it is trans
shipped to ocean vessels and con
tinues 6,600 miles farther. The rail
distance is only 2,340 miles.
Copper from Montana to New Jer
sey is shipped west by rail 780 miles
to Seattle. Thence 7,000 miles via
the Panama canal for $5 per ton
less than by rail 2,550 miles.
These are some of the plain facts
as seen by disinterested persons.
The .highly-paid Railroad officials
can, of course, explain why our wa
ter routes should not be used, else
they could not draw salaries 30
times that of tho men at throttle.
We have 26,000 miles of navigable
rivers, which, with the exception of
the - Ohio and Monongahela, are
scarcely used. France, Germany
and Belgium have comparatively
small canalized rivers, yet from one
fourth to one-half of the heavy
freight, like lumber, coal and struc-
ing? I am gaining in weight and
wish to reduce."
REPLY.
All breads containing starch are
fattening, including health breads, if
eaten in considerable quantity. Bran
contains considerable starch.
Tonsils Piobable Cause.
J. H. writes: "A child 6 years
old always has been oversize until
the last year. He has tonsils which
seem to have a small ainount of pus.
He is constantly moving, seems not
to be able to sit still even in school.
Would you advise squeezing and
treating the tonsils? Are there any
disadvantages or dangers in the
squeezing treatment?"
REPLY.
The boy should be examined for
St. Vitus dance. Infected tonsils can
cause St. Vitus dance. Infected ton
sils can be successfully treated by
removal, by X-rays or by massage
with a suction pump or with the end
of a spoon handle.
La FAYETTE
A ride in the LAFAYETTE ,
will make you want to
own this car as you never
thought you would want
to own a car in all your life
LA FAYETTE-HAYWARD CO.
Farnam at 28th Phone Har. 0345
You have aways knoivn there would he such a car
r a. t'4 . i
tural ateel, is carried cheaply by
their inland waterways.
For thia the press is largely re
sponsible by failing to inform the
people of the great possibilities of
cheap transportation. And it th
magazines would devote a part of
their space to tho transportation
problem instead of the silly stuff
with which they fill their pages
much good would result.
A. G. GROH.
A Protest.
Omaha, May 27. To the Editor
of The Bee: Wien my ice was put
in this morning the man informed
me ice had advanced from 10 to 20
cents per- 100 pounds and tho
shortage waa already in sight. He
stated there would be very little ice
at the muny ice stations while
the plant was loading out 10 cars
a day to , the packing houses.
If this is true, I, as a taxpayer of
Omaha, protest. I am glad to pay a
tax in order that the poor of the
city may have ice but not to have it
wholesaled to largo interests while
the legitimate consumer suffers.
As a taxpayer I demand that
every pound of ice my plant makes
must go to the consumer of small
quantities first. .
I also suggest these sales he
limited to 100 pounds to the family
and all who are able buy ice else
where. Ice must be conserved for
the poor or little children will suf
fer. If the shortage appears thus
early what will it be. in August ?
The price should be maintained at
SO cents per 100 pounds.
F. H. GRACE,
Pastor Covenant Presbyterian
Church. .
50 Wheel Tax Delinquents
kAnd 12 Speeders Fined
Speeders, paiking violators and
autoists who failed to get their wheel .
tax again tilled the Central police
court today.
Fifty tax dodgers were fined, 12
were discharged, 1' speeders wore
given $10 fines and the parking vio-
lators escaped with a reprimand.
CENTER SHOTS.
Haiert priced
At that, it is more profitable' to
argue with a fool than a cop.
Rochester Times-Union.
"Gas Bombs to be Rained on Navy
Ships" headline. Another investi
gation by congress? Bridgeport
Telegram.
i
faesi praisec
"Citizen Shot by Double Mistake,"
avers a headline. He must have got
both barrels. Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Life is so full of a number of
things that men should be glad for
tho neck and the wings. Houston
Chronicle.
A dentist informs us that defec
tive teeth cause crime. Defective
teeth in the laws have the same ef
fect. Rochester Times-Union.
Some Makes We Have I
Represented .47 Years
Kranich 4: Bach, Sohtner, Vose
& Sons,' Brambach, Kimball, Bush
Lane, Cable-Nelson.
Terms if Desired
1513 Douglas Street
The Art and Music Store
Satisfied Depositors
Mean Our Success
You can easily see your interests must be ours; we succeed
by having depositors who are pleased and satisfied. Satisfied de
positors mean our success.
This bank does more for you than carry your checking ac
count. We have the facilities you would specify for handling your
banking business.
Start your Savings Account June 1st. A deposit made on or
before the 10th of the month draws interest for the entire month.
4 per. cent interest compounded on the first of January, April,
July and October. Funds are subject to withdrawal without notice.'
Deposits in this bank are protected by the Depositors Guar
anty Fund of the State of Nebraska.
American State Bank
18th and Farnam St.
D. W. Geiaelman, President D. C. Geitelman, Cashier
H. M. Krogh, Ats't Cashier
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Peptomism
A- Peptomist, according to the new
slang dictionaryis an optimist.with a
"wallop." And, believe me, these are
the days when we need the "wallop."
The division seems to be Pessimism
on one side and Optimism on' the
other. What we need to develop is
the Peptomist a man who knows
immediate business can be had and
who has unshakable faith in the
future. A man so full of the courage
' f his convictions that he not only can
show the pessimist up for the coward
he is, but whose example will en
courage the optimist to put his words
into deeds.
Peptomism is a great word get it
into your system make it a habit. It
will develop business and build up
confidence where everything else
fails. TJiink it, sing it, leara to spell
it backwards and forwards and watch
the results. It will surprise you.
Preaident,
L. V. NICHOLAS OIL CO.
"Business Is Good, Thank V'ou"
.Our gasolenes conform to all U. 3. Government specifications.)
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