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THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15. 1921 TheOmaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY NELSON & UPDIKE. Publisher. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ' Tbt Awocitttd Pran. of trttcb The Bee la a mmtwr. It i elualtelr tuiltlxl lo Uw iua for publication of all am diiptlelxt tndiuo M n of not ouwittM CfMiua la ibii paper, tea n mm locl oew pvbliitMe feartui. ail ruble t vubUcatieo of out tpeolel d.uetcaee an alto mai A BEE TELEPHONES .'rlrate Branch Bieauif. All for AT lantir IfMV) Ika XXpartaiaiil or Pernio Wanted. 1 miC vW Far Nifht Call AHer 10 p. rei WHortel Dapaitotal ....... AT Untie 10U or IMJ OFFICES OF THE BEE Mils Office lTtta and raroam Counel Blafrt 15 Boott St. I gout lid, tasa Boats Ht Bl Out-of-Tewii Offices! Sew Tort 3M rift ate, I Waihlnftoo 1111 0 St. Caieaao Stater Bids, I farle, trance. 430 But St Boaort The Bees Platform 1. New Union Passenger Station. 2. Continued improvement of the Na braeka Highway, including, the pave mant of Main Thoroughfares leading into Omaha with a Brick Surface. 3. A short, low-rat Waterway from th . Cora Bait to the Atlantic Ocoan. 4. Horn Rulo Charttr for Omaha, with City Manager form of GoTarnmcnt. Business and Government. It is well to take note that a new policy of government designed to be of constructive value to industry instead of hampering and obstructing the processes "of commerce is being developed by the present administration. The idea of con demning business merely because it is large and successful has been discarded, and instead the plan is for co-operation and supervision aimed to protect the consumer and at the same time aid the producer and distributer. . Such is the spirit that animates Secretaries Wallace, Hoover and Fall in their indorsement with proposed amendments in some cases of the pending bills regulating the packers, the grain trade and the coal industry. Proposals of similar nature are coming from Mr. Hoover, looking to ward co-operation between the Department of Commerce and other great industries. Fuller publicity as to prices, production and sales is expected to have a beneficial effect on trade. One of these proposals, for instance, deals with the sugar industry. Realizing that among the producers and refiners there is certain to be considerable objection to this new arrangement, '.he editor of the sugar trade publication advises his readers thus: ; The question whether members of the sugar industry desire to enter into a co-operative ar rangement such as the secretary of commerce has in view, or whether they prefer to await the adoption of coercive measures, is one that demands immediate attention. ..." One point on which the representatives of practic ally all industries appear to be agreed is the need for reliable and .up-to-date information as to production. In the sugar world the value, of such information is obvious, and that it is , not made available now is apparently because of the lack of an authoritative and impartial agency for directing the compilation and dis tribution of the required data. If exact in formation of the kind that could and should be made available to the sugar industry through co-operation with -the Department of Commerce had been supplied promptly to the ' sugar trade last year it might have been 'possi ble to have escaped some of the costly errors from which" the industry is still suffering. It is further pointed out that wasteful cross hauling, excessive shipments to consignment points and other' expensive and wasteful prac tices .might be eliminated by proper arrange ments. Thus does the editor of "Facts About Sugar" present the case for co-operation with the government. The whole plan is to let in the light and assure strict adherence to fair dealing. Something like this must be arranged if the drift toward state ownership -of the key industries is to be checked. Welcome to the French Invaders. Instead of a resentful hostility with which the coming of Georges Carpentier to contest for tc pugilistic championship might have been met, the French invader is being welcomed on every hand. The reason for this is less the unpopular hyof the American- title hotdcr than the innate goo's sportsmanship of the people.' The coming of Carpentier has done more to keep Americans in a friendly state of mind toward France than, all the speeches about international amity by Gallic diplomats. And now it is said that Mile. Suzanne Leng ten, woman champion of the world at hard court tennis, may be sent over here by the French government. Appropriation of 30,000 francs is being considered by thoughtful statesmen In Paris on the grounds that this shock-headed girl vho defeated Mrs, Molla Bjurstedt Mallory, the . American champion, would increase greatly ad miration for the prowess of France. This revives the theory of athletic sports as a lubstitute for the war spirit., "The high standards l honor in sport, its democracy, the acquaintance ind understanding that comes through rivalry in Uhletic events, together with the outlet fpr high lpirits thus, afforded, undoubtedly would have an International effect The fierce Igarot tribesmen of the Philippines, once continually at war with their neighbors, now sliow their valor in base ball and wrestling instead of head hunting. Let France send Mile. Lenglen with propaganda of tins kind no American can have any quarrel. Overpopulation and America. . Under the new immigration law the number of immigrants to be admitted from any foreign aation to the United States in one year. is limited to 3 per cent of the total number here in 1910. This restricts the inflow from Italy to 42,000 a rear, or about 3,200 a month. The June qu6ta has been largely exceeded, largely through the preed or unwillingness of the steamship com panies to co-operate with the American govern ment Eight Italian steamers accordingly are to be withdrawn from the North American line, Js the announcement from Rome, the threat of fines for bringing passengers who can not be admitted evidently having taken prompt effect. If America has its problem in this connection, the Italian people have theirs also. ."Italy is overpopulated," Premier Giolotti recently ex plained. "New American restrictions have dealt us a severe blow, but we must find other quar ters to which we can send our emigrants. Be fore the war the people leaving Italy for other countries numbered 600,000 each year, of whom 900,000 returned home annually. We plan that it fatare we will send abroad 600,000 yearly, pro ve' can find a field for them. Last year but 200,000 emigrated, largely due to lack of ocean transportation." Astonishing as it may sound to hear the gen eral manager of a great nation discuss the neces sity of something very like exile (even though it be economic and not political) yet it may be true that Italy has more people than it can support Relations between America and Italy are of the most friendly character, and the presence here of the present large number of this nationality has been a source of advantage to our nation, in dustrially and culturally. But with employment and other conditions what they arc, it would be far from a kindness to admit any race to our land in excess of the capacity to provide them im mediate and profitable occupation. Disciples of the New Unrest. Never has there been a time when helpful and enthusiastic support of the constituted au thorities of the United States has been more needed than now. The backvash of war, with its sluggish, stained and treacherous current has left a menacing silt Whether it is to their credit or not, the radical forces that seemed so active a few months ago have calmed their clamor. But new adhesions to the forces arousing discontent and suspicion can be noted. Instead of united counsels on affairs of state and instead of sincere criticism designed toward constructive ends, a blindly useless partisan policy is raising its head. Ignoring the need of the nation, now con valescing from a period of hysteria, for calm and sincere consideration of public questions, political opponents of the Harding administration are en gaging alternately in dust raising and mud throwing. What is to be gained from a policy of ob struction when by a majority of 7,000,000 the American people gave the republican party a mandate to carry through a program which was clearly outlined in the campaign? There has been no disavowal or turning aside from any pledge. ' ' . This is the time for all good Americans to abide by the will of the majority and assist in the readjustment that is so necessary, instead of some splitting into noisy and insincere factions hoping for nothing so much as a continuance of depression and confusion in order to make political hay before the sun shines. Porto Rican Labor to Hawaii. Instead of importing Oriental labor to meet the labor shortage on the sugar plantations of Hawaii, an arrangement much more to the in terest of America has been made. Work has now been begun recruiting 5,000 families in Porto Rico to be taken to the Pacific islands. The first group, including 1,300 laborers, will sail this month on a steamer chartered especially for this trip. t - v As far as possible only married men will be taken and they will be accompanied by their families. By this adjustment the reliance on Asiatic labor that has hindered the Americaniza tion of the Hawaiian islands is rendered less necessary. Porto Rico, which is overpopulated, can Well spare some of its labor supply. The natives there have come" tinder the influence of American education and as settlers ina new land will carry with them a more sympathetic and understanding relation to the United States than could possibly exist among the coolie labor. No Alibi Government. ' A wholesome reminder to the republican party that the tremendous vote of confidence re ceived in the last election must now be earned in performance was given by Postmaster Gen eral Will Hays upon retiring from the rational chairmanship. The majority of 7,000,000 votes can not safely be taken as giving license for any slackness in the conduct of public affairs. He said: Just as our victory was unparalleled in the nation's history, so is our -responsibility un paralleled. Only in so far as party success may be translated into patriotic public service is success worth while in any political organ- -ization. It is well to remember that no ma jority is necessarily permanent and that cer tainty of continued success comes only with certainty of performance. Just m an offended: electorate registered an emphatic protest against a conduct of government regarded as ' reprehensible, so now this same electorate, in -V the spirit of helpfulness and co-operation, but still keenly alert for the advancement of the . nation's interest, watches to see if our steps are forward and measured by the new needs of the nation. i Thus far there has been no discernible 'devia tion from the path marked out in the last cam paign; the movement has been slow but careful, for the way is difficult. Long ago a president announced his belief that Ma public office is a public trust," andv the practical amplification of this thought made by Mr. Hays gives, those words added significance, not onlv V legislation, but appointments as wcll. Harvest Begins. The emergency of harvest is on again in Okla homa and southern Kansas. In spite of the es tablishment of a standardized wage of $3 a day, with wheat lying on the- ground for lack of shockers, some farmers around Wichita are said to be offering $4 or $5 a day for harvest hands. Less labor is being used in agriculture this year, but still the supply seems to be short. The work is of a seasonal character, but furnishes several months of employment in the open air as the forces move northward, through Nebraska and into the Dakotas, . . A survey of labor conditions made in several Minnesota counties indicates that farmers there average 11 hours a day on week days and 6 hours Sundays. In the busy season' they work IS or 16 hours a day. The high cost of labor is assigned as the reason for these long hours of farm proprietors. A similar survey in 1905 showed an average of 8.9 hours a day and 36 hours Sunday. Throughout the rural sections, it is safe to say, farmers are doing more of their own work and eliminating as much of the. pay roll as possible. ' A By one means and another the cost of pro duction is being decreased on th farms. Th' rates of pay reported from Kansas compare "very favorable from the standpoint of expense with the $7 to $12 a day that was paid in the flush years, and ought to attract sufficient shock troops to handle the situation. Today's Problems and Preachers Temptation to Deal With Eco nomic Affairs Seen as Duty. Lloyd C. Douglas in the Christian Century. The issue, now is whether America is to have peace according to Knox or according to Porter. Surely there is.no need for a' deadlock here- let them match pennies for it When Secretary Denby gets Admiral Sims hack, he might call in the medical man who had such success curing that girl of talking sickness. It is a great temptation to preach on present economic conditions, particularly in respect to wages, at this hour when more people are think ing of that matter than of anything else. It is more than a temptation: it is a solemn duty. The church lias a right to speak concerning an issue that so seriously involves the welfare of the bulk of our American people. But, before he makes this adventure, the preacher needs to con sult every reliable source of information, that he may be sure of his "facts;" for merely wishing to be honest and sincere in this matter win not furnish a satisfactory alibi it the figures are in correct or the natural deductions are misleading. We must" use considerable discretion in the handling of a subject so brimful of high ex plosives. Many a man, chattering vague gener alities about "capital" and "labor," only drives the wedge deeper between the men who work and those for whom they work. One cannot predicate of all capital that it is greedy and soul less; nor may it be truthfully said that all labor is downtrodden. It is a mistake to job all em ployers and all employes into two grand and militant divisions. Herein lies one of the iniquities of the Amer ican process of reasoning. We like to tie people up in neat little bundles, and label them, and card index them. The problem is not so simple as that We persist in cataloging people into classes and groups; attempting . to standardize their place in, and value to, society, with the as surance of the hardware merchant wrapping up packages of 4, 6, 8 and 10-penny nails. Every time we prophets and soothsayers begin mouth ing large phrases about capital and labor, we take a chance of widening the breach between the honest people of both causes who would like to arrive at amicable understandings. It is part of our business to operate a sorting machine that will discriminate between the decent folk of both parties; and the others; Salvation in Gross Lots. - If any profit may be derived from experience, it is about time the church learned that she will have to leave off trying to save humanity in the mass, and by gross lots. We have had an epi demic of huge campaigns noisy, gusty, windy, bumptious campaigns. Most of them have pre dicted great results before firing off their master .shot. They have been surprised and bewildered when the discharge was emitted lrom the breech end of the gun into the very laps of the people who had -foretold the victory. We must get back to the Galilean idea of talking to people, and dealing with people, as individuals! We can make no headway shouting maxims and truisms at, and of, the "masses," (How I have come to hate and despise that wordl) the classes, the rich," "the poor," "capital and labor." T " . ,1. ' . . 11 .1- " ... . just now mis las is an me more important for us because all "capital" and all "labor" seenr bent upon being. thus tied up in two definite par cels. They have arranged their affairs so that. the general public . will judge all "labor" as solidly committed to certain propositions some of which are obviously unfair; and all "capital" as of-a-ptece in consenting to practices some of which are notoriously mean. Ihere must be a disposition on the part of the church to say to the employer who has tried to do the square thing by his men, "Well done, good and faithful servantl" And to him who has followed a policy of grinding his workmen to pieces, at a miserable wage, and then tossing them out the back door for the infirmaries and jails to gather up, "Thou art a low-lived slacker!" ; To the honest laborer, Christianity must say, "Thou hast been faithful over a few things. We will help thee to larger freedom and better privileges." To the lazy, sullen obstructionist, who has always been ready to throw down his tools, and quit, at the slightest suggestion; and to the professional trouble maker, who, pretends to be labor's friend, while undercutting labor's cause by petty graft and nefarious dickering, Christianity must-be bold enough to say, "Thou art a wicked and slothful servantl" Whether the cnarch will try to lead in estab lishing a new relationship between the honest men of both parties ta this question, remains to be seen. If one is to judge the future by the re cent past, she will not She has made the mistake of allowinginfluences, guised as children of light, but quite otherwise as to character, to lead her around by the nose, and lash her into line to serve ; whatever" temporary interest's are para mount in the minds of selfish opportunities! The Church and Armaments. When, twenty-five years ago, the greater na tions of the world had gone daft on a great pro gram of building larger navies, if the church had, had. the sense and courage to say to the powder merchants, and the greedy statesmen, and alt other- professional disturbers of the peace,- "That1 will be about enough!" our world would be in,, a far different condition at this moment. When the war . was over, if the church had pointed -the way to a quick and just settlement of the issues then confronting the worn 'and battle tired na-, tions, in a voice , of commahd.Ve might not now be whetting the scythe for more harvest of blood and tears. . ' , ', ' I But, whenever the church made as if she would speak, there were always kindly, warning voices, saying, "Better keep out of this. It is really not your business, you know!" The time has come for the church to engage in some straight talk on the whole labor situa tion. It is not yet too late for her to make a dis tinct contribution to this subject, if she . ap proaches the matter fearlessly and fairly and in-, formed. But the preacher who thinks of having somewhat to say, anent this question, must pre pare himself to hear his closest and best friends (some of whom 1 provide for the bulk of his church expenses) say, "You ,are skating on' pretty thin ice, old man! You had better con fine yourself to the job of pointing peoole to heaven, and telling them about the Bible!" That was the trouble they had with Jesus! He didn't talk enough about Moses! said the scribes and pharisees. He insisted, on talking about high rents in Jerusalem, and excessive rates of inter est on loans, and shady commercial transactions carried on in the very lobby of the temple! It was for this that they nailed him to a cross. And any modern prophet who goes into this business of talking straight goods to all parties con cerned to mean and selfish capital, and can tankerous and unreasonable labor must prom ise himself in advance that he has let himself in for something interesting. He will find himself in the predicament of the man who caught the bear by the tail, and was afraid to let go! He will be bombarded from both sides if he has been, fair for both sides are almost equally culpable, unreasonable, and selfish. If he has told the truth about them, on Sunday, there will be certain elements, on both sides, ready to pounce upon him. But he will have the satisfac tion of knowing that there are also certain other elements, on both sides, heartily agreeing with him, and hoping he may have the courage and patience to continue making his contribution to the cause of justice and the common weal. It is time the church spoke! Roger Babson, in his regular letter to his constituency, dated April 18, says, "The need of the hour is not for more factories or materials, not for more rail roads or steamships, not for more armies or navies but for more education based on the plain teachings of Jesus." Eabson is not speak ing to the central district conference of the So-and-So church, cither; but to some twenty thou sand of the biggest and brainiest business men of this country 1 It would indeed be a cause for considerable chagrin to the church of America, if secular busi ness had to lead the jpay toward a new apprecia tion of Jesus Christ How to Keep Well . By OR. W. A. EVANS Queatioaa caacernlnf hytiene, eanitatton and oreventlea at rfieeeae, eubulUed te Dr. Evana by reaaera of The Baa. will bo anewered nereenelly. subject to proper limitation, where a etaraped aadreeeed envelope le encloeed. Dr Eveae will ail aaake aUfnoele or preacribe for Individual dietaaee. Addraaa let tar a la care oi The Baa. . . Copyright. 1921, by Dr. W, A. Evana HEALTH BABIES FASHIONABLE. One reason every mother should trx to keep her baby healthy Is be cause that is the style. Everybody Is doing It. One of the reasons seri ously given for the supreme good health of the New Zealand babies is that the Plunkett society started the earls and the lords and their ladies on the right road, whereupon having a healthy baby and talking about it became the society fad and not even sporting a Pekinese pup and drink ins: pink tea was half so smart. Put Is everybody doing it here? Pretty nearly.' There is practically no death rate among the babies of the very rich. The society folks raise practically all their babies. But what does the record show as to the common people whom Lin Coin said God loved since he made so many of them? Rather let us see what the record shows as to all the babies white, black, and yellow, Hn every social level as seen in the re ports from a great city. In .Chicago in 1920 only 6,674 ba bies under 1 wear old died from all causes. In 1910 the number was 6,841. There are practically 600,000 more people here now than there were then, about 12,000 more young babies. Ws must go back to 1904 to find a year in which so few babies died as died in 1920. In -that year the population was about 900,000 less than In 1920. Most of the women now having babies are between 20 and SO years old. Let us see how things were when they were babies. The number of babies dying in 1892 was 8.126: in 1891, 8.018: 1894, 7.336. All of the years in there had totals over 6,000. The population in 1893 was considerably less than one-half the present figures. In other words, among one-half aa many babies, roughly speaking, there were 60 per cent more deaths. The mothers of tody are having about- one-third the death rate among their babies that they, the mothers, suffered from when they were babies. The mothers of today Know rar more about mothercraft .than their mothers knew, and they, I am sure, will ba happy when they think theft children will know far more about it than they do. The very great improvement has been in July and August sickness. In 1920 the number of babies dying in July and August was 732. In 1910 the number was 1,369: in 1900, 1,266. But to- appreciate Just how far we have come let us see what were the hot weather conditions when the present m e t h e r s were babies. Eighteen-ninety-three was the dark est year. The number of July August deaths was 2,437. Other years were almost as bad. Witness 1S90 with 1,764; 3891 with 1,781; 1892 with 2.017; 1894 with 2,124; 1S95 with 1.765; 1896 with 1,773. The Chicago Infant Welfare socie ty has a chart which shows what has been happening during the last three years. In 1920 April was the only sickly month for their babies. In July and August, 1920, the mortali ty of babies was much less than half that of April. In 1919, March was the worst month. The six months before June was worse than the six months following. In 1918 August was the high month, but February, May,' and June were healthier than July. When the present mothers were babies all the cow's milk was mar keted raw. Fortunately most of our Bohemian. German and Aus trian mothers" boiled the milk before they gave it to their babies, else there would have been mach - worse conditions. In that day it was expected that every child woul teethe hard. When the hot weather came on the diar rheas commenced. A large part of the babies had loose bowels from that time until cool weather eame. Nearly every baby had cholera in fantum once, anyway. Green stools were looked on as almost normal and blood and mucus in the stools were not regarded as so very bad. Now the lightest of these are regard ed as warning signs. The mother gets busy quickly, stops the food, then changes the diet, keeps the baby cool, gives him water, bathes him, sterilizes the napkins and keeps the flies away. And the record shows she is making good. know If a person, after being cured of t, b., will really be able to work? 2. Do such people live very long? 3. Is there a chance for them to re gain their health?" V REPLY. 1. Yes. I know many cured con sumptives who do a man's work. 2. Many live a long time. Statis tics show that on the average they do not live out the full expectancy of men of their age. 3. Yes. New School of Healing. N. S. writes: "I notice that Mrs. F. S. asks regarding her daughter, who has pain in the heels without any cause of .which she knows. About three years ago I hod that trouble, only worse. At last I found the trouble was in my eyes. I went to a good eye specialist, had proper glasses fitted, and my troubles were over. But if I go without my glasses for one week the trouble returns." REPLY. Pain in the heel is often referred there from some other part of the body. Heel pain due to eyestrain is About the limit. The Cunny Soot. A. It. P. writes: "It may interest you to know that my son and only child was 16 years old yesterday, as finely built and healthy as can be found anywhere, .and he is a con densed milk baby. My two sisters, who were fed on cow's milk, were puny and are dead many years ago. Doctors differ in many ways and dis approve of condensed milk for ba bies, but throughout our family ft has produced plump and healthy children. I would like to tell Mrs. W. D. how to bring up children with corree and tea as part of their daily diet, as I am from Sootlend." REPLY. . .You Scotch are a wonderful peo ple. You drink lots of things not good for you and live healthy in spite or it. condensed , milk is a badly balanced, ration, but as between con densed milk and old, dirty, warm, liquid cow's milk the former Is to be preferred. Only 31inor Operation. , M.' W. writes: "I have had a growth under my tongue for the last taree weeks. Our family doctor calls it a cyst. About every other day it will burst, bringing- forth something like the white of an egg. nease advise lr it enouid be cut." , Reply. This1 is a retention cyst of one of the glands under the tongue. It does very little harm and is not dangerous. A minor operation will be needed for cure in all prob ability. , Plain Facts Maine had a woman justice of the peace in 1870. A cubic foot of air weighs a little less than an ounce. The cow of the water buffalo gives exceptionally, rich milk. Rice paper is not made from rice, but from the membrane of the breadfruit tree. Shelley wrote the "Revolt of Is lam" lying in the bo torn of a boat on the Thames river. The regulation prison dress for men In Japan Is a kind of straw berry red colored kimono. The floor area of St. Peter's in Rome is 227.069 feet, being the greatest of any church in the world. A caterpillar will in the course of a month eat food weighing 6,000 times as much as Its own body. ' The village of Richmond, Mich., Is ruled by women. One of the foremost real estate brokers in Cincinnati is a woman. The Woman's City club, of Pitts burgh, less than a year old, has 1,000 members. To sulute with the lift hand Is regarded as an insult by the Mo hammedans. Ten per cent of the students in the Christian college at Canton, China, are women. North Carolina's first woman law yer was licensed to practice in 1878. Where It Started Directories. , The first directory, a copy of which is still in the British meseum, was published on the 28th of Novem ber, 1595. The next is dated 1677; it contained the names of merchants only the list comprises 1,790 names. These books were not called directories, but lists. The first di rectory so-called was published in 1732, by James Brown, printed by Henry Kent, (Copyright, 121, by The Wheeler Syndi cate, Inc.) Gulbransen Player-Piano I i. 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"Some 10 years ago." says the su perintendent of a lunatic asylum In Illinois, "we had with us for a short time as a patient a man who today is the editor of tho fiction section of a national weekly." Now, , you gee where publishers of the national weeklies get the sort of fiction edi tors that accept the sort of fiction the national weeklies publish. Sentimental persons say the sweet est sentence In the English language is "I love you," but Bresldent Hard ing is made to understand that the sweetest sentence is: "I appoint you." ' Education is emptying the Turkish harem and the American kitchen. These are the days of feminism ram pant, triumphant. ' . y The difference between an in vestor In oil stocks and the fellows who sell them is that after the com panny blows up nobody causes the arrest of the fellows who bought the stock on any charge graver than vagrancy. That the heirs of a man who dies possessed of whisky may inherit it seems now to be settled, and a new and powerful cause of cat-and-dog relationship between the heirs of the well-to-do 1 established- In the peaceful days of old -when the term "profiteer" ha"d not been invented, to fill a long felt want, it commonly was said that 32 worth of material and $43 worth of style made a woman's $60 hat. An apple a day may keep the doc tor away, but if the apples are bought at fruit stands 365 of 'em may cost as much as a few visits from the family physician and a few trips to see the specialist. A report of the execution of a Polish officer for communicating military secrets to a British officer is Indicative of the tenseness of the European situation after nearly three years of "peace." It seems to be agreed that the American farmer is not profiteering in 1921. I (From the Philadelphia Ledger.) Bar associations without number have solemnly resolved that the costs of litigation ought to be re duced and Judicial procedures' sim plified and reformed, but the pro gress in those directions has been none . the less conspicuously slow. There was & meeting in Washing ton the other day in which members of the house committee on revision of the laws and a number of lead ing representatives of the American bar took part, the immediate object of which' was to ursre the- nassace of a pending resolution looking to the appointment of, a- special com mission to consider the whole sub ject of procedure in the federal courts and to - -recommend appro priate action for the improvement of present methods for the adminis tration of Justice. This is a timely step toward a long-needed reform; and the effort to bring about legislation to , effect these reforms is a practical recog nition of the fjt that the end con templated can only be' brought about by the application of external pressureupon the courts. It is an open question how far the federal laws governing the' work .of the.! uuuns, or. tne courts themselves, are responsible for the technicalities that attend almost all Judicial pro ceedings and for the excessive costs which practically close the gates of the temple of Justice to all save those who can afford the luxury of litigation. But there is not, much doubt that the remedy for much ot the difficulties that confront the average citizen seeking Justice lies in the hands of the courts them selves. So powerful, however, Is the Influence of precedent, so universal is the reverence paid to the techni calities of court practice, that tlie fulmlnatlons of bar associations have in the past had little or no ef fect .in mitigating evils the exist ence of which is not disputed. So far as the costs of litigation are concerned, congress can. it it twill, bring about so radical a change uiai no longer will the floral courts at least be open to the re- proacn mat tne poor man . need not look to them for help in time of t r o u b I e. Yesterday's conference, however.- was not confined to the narrow question of court fees, but covered a wider field. The inquiry proposed by the resolnriniiB ntrA- duced In the house by Representa tive viranam, or Philadelphia, and in the senate by Senator Sterling, of South Dakota, calls for a revision of the whole Judicial procedure, for greater uniformity of practice and, incidentally, for a scale of salaries for federal judges commensurate with their responsibilities and bear ing a fair relation to the compensa tion paid to the judges of the state courts. The question of costs, how ever, is one that will attract wide attention, for upon a. wise revision of the existing schedule of fees and charges will depend other reforms looking to the modernising of the whole federal Judicial system. Established in 1S91 ' nnd showing a steady growth for thirty years, with present resources of $17,500,000.00 Is the Record of THE CONSERVATIVE During this period thousands of Omaha people have availed themselves of the safety and the service of this strong1 institution. Dividends at a rate con sistent with safety have been distributed twice every year since organization. You Te invited to become identified with us. wmm String iiioan. jfs socio-tion, 1 OFFICERS PAUL W. KUHNS, Prea. J. A. LYONS, Sec. E. A. BAIRD, Vice Prea. J. H. M'MILLAN, Treaa. aMrggjHaV MM&BOe. SPfmiffe rtWffiKS. ' eBMWJSWv Jewel, Flower, Color; Symbols for Today By MILDRED MARSHALL. The amethyst, today's talismanic gem, endows those who wear it with keen business sense and good judg ment It is especially potent as a charm for those starting on danger ous journey or for soldiers going in to battle, since it protects them from harm. - For those born on an anniversary of today, the sapphire is the natal stone. It also is a protection against harm, especially against contagious diseases. According to an . ancient belief, it exercises this protective quality even after it has been given away. 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Cully guaranteed and offered in ;his great sale for only $275 New Meldorf Player Piano Finished in fancy figured dou ble veneer oak, mahogany or walnut (dull or polished) five point motor, brass trimmings, full metal plate, transposing key device and natural expressiop. In fact, all that goes to make up a fine No. 1 player at the spe cial reduced price of $395 Four carloads of Pianos are included in this sale involving 12 manufacturers of world's renown. Re gardless of how discriminating you may be with your selection, our present assemblage is sure to please you. Ask About Our Convenient Terms A small deposit will hold the instrument you select until convenient for you to take it. Out-of-Town Customers Who cannot get in to attend this wonderful sale need only to mention the make and finish desired and our piano experts' will select the instrument and iruarantee satisfaction. The fact that it comes from Hospe's is an assurance of satisfaction. A. HOSPE COMPANY, 1513 Douglas Street, , Omaha, Nebraska. Will you please send to the address below full particu lars Meldorf Flayer, Dunbar Fiano: Name . , Street No. Town ... . . .State. rllJ05pe0e 1513 Douglas Street The Art and Music Store . O at