THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1921.
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1. Nw Union Pattangtr Station.
2. Continued Improvement of tha Ne
braaka Hifbwaye, including the paa
mant of Main Thoroughfare leading
into Omaha with a Brick Surface.
3. A short, low-rate Waterway from tha
Corn Belt to tha Atlantic Ocean.
4. Home RuU Charter for Omaha, with
City Manager form of Government.
"Cannon Rule" in Congress.
Fretting under the restraint imposed by the
rules committee, which shut off debate on the
anti-beer bill, Congressman Reavis calls atten
tion to the restoration of "Cannon rule" in the
house. His complaint that the house rules com
mittee, which determines the time allowed for
debate, at well as the moment for consideration
of important matters, has assumed the preroga
tives of a czar, will receive considerable notice.
About thirty years ago Thomas Brackctt
Reed of Maine achieved immortality by counting
a quorum, his ruling being that the democratic
minority, by the subterfuge of refraining from
voting, could not constructively declare itself ab
sent and so prevent action by the "no quorum"
pretext. "Buck" Kilgore of Texas wrote his
name on the scroll of fame by kicking down one
of the slight doors closed against him, but the
reasonable rule set up by "Czar" Reed is now
the ordinary practice of the house. Under a
succession of speakers, including Crisp of Geor
gia, Henderson of Iowa, Cannon of Illinois and
Clark of Missouri, the Reed rule has been un
broken. During the latter days of the speakership of
Cannon, a revolt was headed by Norris of Ne
braska, who opposed lodging in the hands- of
one man the arbitrary determination of debate.
As a result of the Norris "insurgency" the
power was taken from the speaker and lodged in
the rules committee, of which the speaker is a
member. .The principle is that somewhere such
power must .exist, or it will be impossible to
transact business. Fundamentally, this power
belongs to the body itself, but, following the
theory of representative government, a commit
tee is vested with the right to decide.
The protest made by Mr. Reavis exposes one
of the weaknesses of popular government, which
is not easily cured, and is not .lessened by the
expedient of transferring the authority from the
whole to a smaller group. In the end, however,
the practice works for good, as it provides for
the needed control of the body and permits the
termination of debate that a pending measure
may not indefinitely obstruct the way for others.
Congressman Jefferis will find much sympa
thy for his stand against the regulation of the
practice of medicine by statute, as well as does
Mr. Reavis for his objection to the arbitrary
edict of the rules committee. Yet they will prob
ably be compelled to "kiss the" rod," just as have
all who, for high moral and ethical reasons, have
objected to the imposition of prohibition. When
the camel comes along, dragging the water
' wagon, those who do not wish to be run over
will better get out of the way.
Sclf-Dctermlnation and the Debtor.
When Woodrow Wilson was authorizing
loans to the insolvent nations of Europe, it was
well understood that the purpose was to enable
them to carry on war. Then it was much to our
interest that they should be so encouraged. Now,
that the war is over, we realize more fully the
inability of our debtors to make immediate pay
ment Settlement of the debt is to be indefinitely
postponed. Of course, it is exasperating to note
that the people who owe us so much money,
which we could use right now to good advan
tage, persist in maintaining expensive arma
ments. It is unfair, however, to allege that they
are forced to this by the example of the United
States. At the beginning of the war it was re-
. marked that the army of the United States would
just about make "one good day's killing" for a
European army. Nations over there had expressed
their right of self-determination by setting tip
huge fighting forces. Some of them are of the
. opinion that such a course still is prudent. Of
course, we would much prefer that they should
devote the cost of armament to payment of an
installment on their open account with us. How
ever, if the doctrine enunciated by the great
democratic leader is to have effect, all we can
do is to present a bill from time to time, and
patiently abide the result Uncle Sam is not
nearljr so popular abroad just now as he was
sour years. ago.
The Come-Ba.ck of Alcohol.
For all that, it may have been a' fortunate
thing that heavy restrictions were not imposed
by congress on the use of industrial alcohol Oil
will run short some day, and then, scientists
say, the world will enter the Cellulose age. As
decreasing oil supplies make the price of gasoline
prohibitive, power alcohol is expected to come
into use, first perhaps to dilute the gasoline, and
then by Itself.
Two problems, to manufacture this alcohol
cheaply enough and to make ft unsuitable, for
drinking are on the way to solution, according
to British chemists who are at work on a plan
to utilise rice straw in India for this purpose.
The foe! research board of the British govern
ment also has been forehanded enough to start
as investigation of its own.
Development of alcohol as a satisfactory sub
stitute for gasoline is bound to be of high im
portance in America, especially in the corn pro
ducing section. More than ten years ago Dr.
Harvey W. Wiley, then chief of the United
States bureau of chemistry in the Department
of Agriculture, declared that the Wifcjte corn
stalks of this country could produce enough alco
hol to furnish 11 the lightjKuel and powtrnecded.
He estimated that about 100 pounds of alcohol
could be produced from an acre of cornstalks.
The flurry over the possibilities of denatured
alcohol that followed his statement has died out
long since, but once a cheap chemical process
can be found to produce a fuel that will work
in engines, a new source of wealth will be opened
up in the middle west.
Another Fourth of July "Thrill."
Promise of peace by July Fourth is made by
the conferees who have been struggling with the
peace resolution. It is reported they have com
posed the differences between the Knox and Por
ter drafts, and that at a meeting of the full com
mittee today the mater will be prepared for
presentation to the respective houses, that the
decision can be reached before the glorious
Fourth.
This is good news. It will serve, however,
to recall a "thrill" that was afforded this coun
try four years ago when George Creel' sent out
his famous story of the battle between the naval
transport and the. German submarine. That was
some yarn. Indeed, no incident of the war was
so glowingly, so eloquently, so convincingly set
forth. With the resounding boom of those glow
ing words reverberating throughout the land,
every American breast expanded just a trifle,
every American head was tilted just a little
more proudly, and the eagle screamed on his
natal day as he had not screamed since that other
memorable Fourth when Sampson pounded Cer
vera's fleet into wreckage at Santiago. All it
lacked was the element of truth.
As a matter of fact, it was a figment of the
perfervid imagination of the greatest writer of
fiction that ever held a position under a responsi
ble government. Josephus Daniels, as secretary
of navy, authorized the attachment of his name
to the wonderful fairy tale, and it was going good
when it got to the other side, and was called to
the attention of Admiral Sims, who happened to
be the hero of the yarn. Sims, with the frank
ness and bluntness that has characterized him
since, denounced it as a "d d lie," and insisted
on its retraction. Daniels reluctantly withdrew
the story, and its author admitted its falsity, add
ing by way of extenuation that he sought to pro
vide America with a thrill.
Woodrow Wilson retained Creel, who emitted
many another specimen of his capacity for inven
tion, but none that so humiliated all lovers of
truth as did his tale, of the naval engagement
that never took place. The thrill that will come
with the announcement of peace, even though it
be but technical, will be sincere and deep, be
cause it will rest on a foundation of unembel
lished fact Each Fourth of July, however, will
be tinctured by some regret, for it will carry a
lingering taste, of bitterness because of the de
liberate deception once practiced in the name of
the Navy department by an irresponsible fakir.
Ice Service on Sunday.
. The Bee is in full sympathy with the ice
wagon drivers who want a day off on Sunday.
Six days a week of such work as they are called
on to perform is enough for anybody.-
The Bee also is in full sympathy with the
householders of Omaha who want ice delivered
on Sunday, especially those who want to buy it
from the "muny" plant. Not all of these can af
ford to buy two days' supply at one time, and
not many of them have the place to put it, even
if they could buy it. Yet they are entitled to
have a supply of ice when they need it.
Recall, if you please, the unfortunate experi
ence of Mayor Smith in trying to enforce such a
law two years ago. He was compelled by the
considerations of humanity to abandon his posi
tion. The same considerations ought to con
trol the present city government.
No very good reason exists why the ice de
livery business, municipal and private alike, can
not be organized on a seven-day basis with only
a six-day schedule for the men employed, just
the same as other great industries are organized.
Many continuously operating concerns have ad
justed their working schedules, and it is possible
that the ice companies can do the same without
any great inconvenience or expense.
To deprive babies of the ice that is needed to
keep their milk cool and sweet on Sunday is in
humane. Equally is it unnecessary. Let the
city council take a common sense view of this
question. The men are entitled to consideration,
so also is the public entitled to service. The
question is one to be adjusted on the basis of
what is fair for both, and the answer is not diffi
cult If the ice companies seek it fairly.
Vice on the Ebb.
This wicked world is growing steadily better,
that's flat No less authority on vice than Dr.
Wilbur Crafts, chief of the International Reform
bureau, sponsors this statement Back in Wash
ington after a trip through twenty-five states
he announces that there are "most encouraging
signs that the vice wave is about to recede."
Among the symptoms of recovery of moral
health he lists agreements among moving pic
ture producers for higher standards, protests of
dancing teachers against certain steps, and a
movement toward more simplicity and less reck
less pursuit of pleasure in high schools.
There may be some questioning whether these
things are fundamental or superficial. Certain it
is that they do not touch personally many out
side the growing generation. They are matters,
however, having much to do with the bending of
the twig that inclines the tree of the future. Can
it be that Dr. Crafts has given up hope for the
older generation and is devoting his whole
thought to snatching only green brands from the
burning?
"It would be heaven to kiss a man with a
clean smelling mouth once," a Des Moines
woman lias written to a congressman who wants
to prohibit women from smoking cigarets, urg
ing that reformers start with the men folks and
trust to the force of example on the women.
If there is a coal famine this year, the people
who have failed to do their furnace shopping
early may be to blame, but the coal operators
will never succeed in dodging their indignation,
be it righteous or unrighteous.
The widow whose income -of $30,000,000 a
year is derived from a string of big hotels might
help to solve her problem by reducing rates to
guests.
Dinner music m hotels and restaurants is to
be taxed by the composers hereafter. One place
where a prohibitory tax Would excite little op
position. , '- . , '
Talk may be cheap some places, but not in
consrcit. t '
Salvaging Civilization
Through the Children
Two Short Feature Articles
By Lyman Bryson.
Wrltlnf from Europe, Mr. Biraoa tall auoolnoUy tha mxy
la which children ia man? European countrlM bare taken on
their abere In tba work which la betni dooa for tha eelraflni
of clrlllMtlon. H ahowa how they Bar sruinad aalde tha
akeptloltm of their cldera and bow thtr mar eontlnua to work
thrown the "Junior Had. Croat Idaa,'' an idee In tha de
ralopmant of whlca tha achoola of America bar taken a
leadlnf pert.
FIRST ARTICLE.
American Red Cross Headquarters, Paris. In
the old town of Pilsen, in Czecho-Slovakia, where
the chimneys of gun works and breweries have
for years drenched with smoke the streets, the
gables and towers of deserted monasteries, and
the airy spire of the superb cathedral, there is a
little park. It is outside of the smoke clouds,
bounded by two tiny rivers, and if a visitor
turns his back upon the town, he can see toward
the east the round, smooth, green, Bohemian
hills with their patches of dark pines and their
rows of white stones along the roadsides. That
park has long been an escape from the town and,
because there were many to seek escape there, it
has been a populous littered place until a few
months ago. It is not less populous now, but it
is much cleaner, for on regular days there de
scends upon it a small army of small people, boys
and girls from the Pilsen schools, with a rake
and basket and wheelbarrow and huge wicker
broom. The leaves are gathered, the papers
picked up, the paths carefully swept. The
municipal brewery which owns the park pays for
the work, and the small army which has accepted
a public responsibility is discharging it with
dignity and success.
In a Saskatchewan prairie town a club of
Canadian boys is gatherig every scrap of news
paper or rag that can be baled and sold to the
refuse merchants. In New South Wales, Aus
tralian boys and girls have established and main
tain a tea room for blinded service men. A
huge shipment of garments, saved and mended
by Chinese children was sent some time ago to
poor children in Siberia. In Poland, school
children have cultivated gardens, in California,
they have made toys for children's hospitals, in
Hungary they are knitting for themselves and
for their poorer neighbors.
All these children are a part of the same
great enterprise. They are expressing, each
group in the way that its ingenuity suggests, the
idea of service to the common good. Some of
them are giving money from their' spending
allowance, some are earning with their own
hands and giving to the funds that go to helpful
work, some are giving service direct that helps to
increase the well being of their neighbors, just
around the corner, or half-way around the world.
. They are all part of the Junior Red Cross
and they are all proving one very important fact
about that organization. They are showing their
elders that under all circumstances, in all sorts
of places and conditions they are capable of
grasping the ideal of service and can immediately,
and successfully, find a way to express it. The
Junior Red Cross is a movement much discussed
at the present time and its practical possibility
is often in question. That Red Cross societies
have become a world-wide agency for sustained
humanitarian effort is understood. That the
next generation may be expected to carry a still
greater burden of humanitarian effort is not often
disputed. That the world would be bettered if
the ideal of the Red Cross, the ideal of service,
could be introduced universally into education is
a living faith that is growing among people
everywhere. But the children themselves have
had to prove to some of their elders that they
could learn practical benevolence by the practice
of it. ,
They are proving it daily in nine countries.
The Junior Red Cross is a part of the national
society in those nine countries, which are: Aus
tralia, Canada, China, Czecho-Slovakia, Hungary,
Poland, Spain, Switzerland and the United States.
They work under the solemn sanction of their
elders and under the central organization of the
League of Red Cross Societies in Geneva.
The children have had to demonstrate their
practical capacity, because although the theory
of learning service by the practice of it is readily
grasped by adults, there is, when the idea comes
freshly to the mind of a group of parents or
teachers, very often a skeptical question: "What
will the children really do? We can see how
splendid it would be for them to learn kindness,
practical kindness, service to other children or to
the whole community, but what are they going
to do?"
Or if the listeners are teachers, they some
times shake a sad head over the difficulties of
teaching so many different old ideas and the im
possibility of bringing in this new service and
they say: "Ah, yes, that might be done with
the children of some countries but not with ours.
Our children could be told of the principles, but
what could they do?"
In spite of this skepticism, the children are
going ahead to demonstrate the flexibility, the
fecundity and the power of their imagination
Wherever they are, whatever they have been
through in life or education, they have in com
mon this capacity to make superbly real the sym
pathetic suggestions of their elders. Their minds
are not content with abstractions; ideas that re
main abstract quickly lost interest for them, but
they can turn almost any abstract idea into con
crete use by their own invention. The Junior
Red Cross is entering the school system of nine
countries and preparing to go much further, be
cause it is founded upon the fundamental nature
of children, their ingenious imaginations and
their innate goodness of heart.
Neither the ideas nor the institution have any
thing of novelty about them and many countries
have done the same under other names for many
years. But never before has there existed a
world league of such workers, an organization
by which children everywhere, under-many flags
but one symbol, could feel a solidarity in this
impulse toward kindness. There never has been
a time before when a humanitarian organization
of thirty-eight countries has asked the children
in all these countries to help in its work and learn
its work, so that they may help also when they
are men and women. The varied, ingenious prac
tical response of the children has proved that at
last has been found a motive and a means so
close to the natural instincts of children, so sim
ple and so powerful as to take a place in the
educational practice of many different teachers
under the name of the same secular organization
and with a chance of giving the children the feel
ing that they are all, regardless of race and color,
creed or boundary, working together to help the
world.
Between these groups are passing letters and
post cards, samples of school work and hand
craft. One junior activity in which nearlv all,
particularly the older children, want to partici
pate is this interschool correspondence. By this
interchange they may all be made conscious of
their common purpose. There are those looking
hopefully on the future of this work who believe
that national and racial hates are as much the
result of teaching as are language and manners,
that they are passed on from generation to gen
eration as needlessly and as criminally as some
sorts of disease. There are those who lodge a
great hope in this junior work, because they think
that through it the children of the world may
discover their common humanity.
fetter
Low Temperature of Salt Water.
Concerning the cold water that borders the
beaches along the New England coast, I am
told that the low temperature of the salt waves
is due to icebergs floating down from the north
land in the spring and summer. Great- floes have
come down for the past few seasons, making
bathing in uncomfortable sport for everyone
I but the L street "brownici'ficfjeafii;
Slins anil Ireland..
Beaver Crossing', Neb., June 24.
To the Editor of The Bee: Mr.
Garland writes in today's Bee that
though Sims may drink the hemlock,
tha United States will continue. Un
wittingly he spoke one truth to
which all can subscribe. Should
Sims die from this figurative hem
lock, thi$ republic will go on with
about the same amount ot grief as is
experienced by the strong man who
casts oft parasites that have been
sucking his life blood. One calls
that a feeling of redemption rather
than of sorrow. Mr. Garland might
Just as well have said that the ma
jestic ship will falter in its course
because a rotten barnacle falls off.
But there Is a further reason, and
the chief one, that we shall do busi
ness at the same stand, and that is
the indisputable fact that the Sims
tribe contributed nothing to the
creation of this republic and, despite
varied efforts, never shall be able to
reduce it to the status of colony and
degrade the citizen into a subject.
The loyalists' contribution to our In
dependence is not recorded, neither
the hand nor spirit of today or syco
phant added an iota to our charter
of liberty.
Their history sets forth their deeds
and from these we deduce their
valor and patriotism. During the
revolution, E. Ryerson tells- us that
upward of 30,000 loyalists fled to
Canada ("Loyalists and Their
Times," Volume 1, page 184). Fish
er tells us that "all through the
revolution they were leaving the
country by thousands and it has
been estimated that up to 10,000
loyalists left the country with Carle
ton when he evacuated New York,"
(History of the Revolution, Page
234). Wharton tells us that loyalists
In his majesty's army exceeded in
number those enlisted to oppose
them, exclusive of more than 7,000
loyalists who served in English
privateers during the revolution.
Loyalists composed the Essex Junta,
convened the Hartford convention,
they attempted to disrupt the union
during the war of 1812 and Joyously
announced British victories by ring
ing their church bells. In the civil
war they set snares for our feet. The
loyalist became the federal pro
scriptionist, the father and sponsor
of the alien and sedition laws, he
never died but decayed into what
antiquaries call know-nothings, as il
lustrated in Sims and his kin. Well
may Sims visit the grave of Benedict
Arnold, saying, "Benedict, we are
here, we hope, desipte the jackasses,
to complete the glorious work you
nobly failed in."
Citizens of Irish descent seek no
credit for duty well done. In Wash
ington's day they composed 40 per
cent of his army and vied with other
patriots in driving British tyranny
from our land and the race has never
produced an Arnold. In every call
to duty, even in the recent conflict,
he contributed the largest percentage-
of unnaturalized voluntary en
listments of any racial element in
the country. The words of Wash
ington are still ringing In his ears:
"Patriots of Ireland, be strong in
hope; your cause is Identical with
mine." I
Wherever the Irishman may be he
will give his best efforts to prevent
a British supergovernment to ex
ploit the world. He will not stand
alone and Sims has done much to
strengthen his arm and naturally
he prides in his fidelity to citizenship
which is anathema to the anglo
maniac. E. H,
Objects to Collection Methods.
Omaha, June 19. To-the Editor
of The Bee: It seems to me that
the public service corporations who
are supposed to serve the people
should at least show decent courtesy I
to the patrons of the various cor
porations, even if they practically
iave us all at their tender mercy,
n fact by the nape of the neck. I
recently saw a notice that was sent
to a person who has been a patron
of the Nebraska Telephone company
for more than 25 years and was not
behind at all except for a part of the
current month. He was notified that
If he did not pay his bill in three
days, his telephone would be taken
out. That notice was sent out about
June 15, more than two weeks be
fore the end of the month.
If that is not showing discourtesy
to the patron in the extreme, I do
not know what you would call It.
There should be a law of some kind
providing that the telephone com
pany cannot take out the telephone
of any patron who is not behind
more than the current month.
. The common run of people do not
pick up money every minute of the
day as do some of the real smart
people connected with the telephone
company who draw a stated salary
every month, while a vast majority
of their patrons have to work for
the money they pay the telephone
company. It is the general talk of
the whole city that the telephone
company is the most, discourteous of
all tho public service corporations
towards their patrons, and they are
the ones that have the most to do
with their patrons every day of the
year.
Because some one who has been a
patron of the telephone company
almost since the day it was put in
happens to run behind a few days ot
the current month on some arbitrary
date fixed by the company, his tele
phone should not be taken out in an
arbitrary manner.
FRANK A. AGNEW.
Trnckless Trolleys?
Omaha, June 26. To the Editor
of The Bee: Yes. people have to
ride. That editorial in The Evening
Bee concerning the 8-cent fare that
R. A. Leussler, general manager of
street railway ot Omaha, would like
to Impose upon the people of our
city, Is a fair warning that It cannot
secure a right that would compel Us
patrons to pay 1 cent more tribute
for the privilege of a ride on its cars.
Mr. Leussler claims they are losing
money on the investments, and that
stockholders are not receiving fair
dividends. It seems that the Omaha
street railway is working into a
scheme to unload its deteriorating
roadbed system upon the public.
Have we not had well-earned ex
perience when we bought the water
and gas plants? But we must be
thankful to have an engineering
mind at the head of these two pub
11a utilities. And this man is no less
than Mr. R. B. Howell; and I hope
after our next municipal election
we will have a manager form -of
municipal government and that Mr.
Howell will be chosen manager of
the same. .
Evolution In municipal adminis
tration demands it. Wo are travel
ing fast towards industrial democ
racy, where politics will only act as
a step.
The 8-cent fare advocated by Mr.
Leussler, so the stockholders may
reap certain dividends, is not in har
mony with the wishes of the people
of Omaha. There is no doubt that
Mr. Leussler and other prominent
stockholders have had a vision in
their dreams, and that vision wns
the trackless trolley car. This is
'lemonstrated in Schenectady by the
General Electrlo company. Rich
mond, Va.; Greenville, Tex., and
Norfolk, Va, are all considering the
installation of the trackless trolleys
and many other railway companies
are interested in the proposition.
No doubt Mr. Leussler sees the
doom of. the present street railway
system within the next five years,
so an increase of 1 cent to the
7-cent carfare will no doubt go
In the pockets of the stockholders.
Le us not forget there are from
How to Keep Well
By DR. W. A. EVANS
Questions concerning hygiene, sanita
tion and prevention ol diaaaaa, sub
mitted to Dr. Evans by raaders of
Tha Bat, will ba answered personally,
subject to proper limitation, where a
stamped, addressed envelops is en
closed. Dr. Evans will not make
diagnosis or prescribe for individual
diseases. Address letters in cars of
The Bee.
Copyright, 1921. by Dr. W. A. Evans.
HERITAGE OF WAR.
Commander R. A. Bachmann of
the United States navy cemes out in
a recent number of the Journal of
the American Medical Association in
favor of the Pennsylvania plan for
controlling venereal disease. Every
great war for the last 400 years has
boen followed by a great spread of
venereal disease. It will be re
called that following the wars of
Charles, syphilis became a Europe
wide epidemic. The great nations
engaged in the world war decided
that the soldiers should not be en
dangered in this way to the degree
that soldiers had suffered in prior
wars.
When the war had come to an end
it was decided that an effort would
be made to prevent the diffusion of
venereal disease in the civilian pop
ulation which had characterized all
previous post war periods. There
was a general agreement that the
military program for tho control of
venereal diseases would be carried
over into civil life.
In consequence measures for
moral prophylaxis were fostered.
There were lectures, lantern slides
and moving picture demonstrations,
suppression of red light districts, re
pression of prostitution and every
thing else helpful along those lines
that could be done. Measures of
educational prophylaxis were like
wise employed. Education went hand
in hand with religious and moral
precepts.
Hospitals were built for women
whose source ot livelihood was sell
ing their bodies and who were in
fected with venereal disease and in
infective stages. Dispensaries were
established where venereal disease
could be treated free or for fees
within jhoir means. Drugs used for
treatment were furnished free or at
cost. Drugs to prevent blindness
were furnished free. Social service
workers were put at work. Venereal
diseases were made reportable.
Something akin to quarantine was
adopted, the private practitioners of
medicine redoubled their efforts to
find cures, made discoveries, give
better treatment and to completely
cure those under their care.
But though the military program
was adopted everywhere there was
one part of it that tio country was
courageous enough to adopt. That
was medical prophylaxis.
The army and navy . used it and
the reports are in general agreement
that it was effective. Some said
medical prophylaxis would not work
ih civilian life. Others said it should
not be employed because it would
incite to immorality. The state
health department of Pennsylvania
adopted it more than a year ago.
Commander Bachmann says It is
working out all right
What they do is to examine all
the prophylaxic packets on the mar
ket to suppress those which are in
effective and to lend their indorse
ment to those which meet the re
quirements. The standards are rig
id. The product must meet these
standards in the first place and re
peated examinations are made to
hold it up to the standard with
which it started out. A strong
group in Great Britain advocates the
same policy or even goes farther in
medical prophylaxis, but it has
never been strong enough to make
the government follow its lead.
Bad Practice.
A. A. C. writes: "Will you kindly
let me know whether taking ether
4,000,000 to 5,000,000 idle men who
do not receive any dividends. Thou
sands in Omaha who cannot pay the
present fare. No, Mr. Leussler, the
city commissioners will not stand for
that kind of game. Many cities are
reducing fares. The people have
been gouged to the limit for the last
three years and they are not in the
humor to be made to pay any more
tribute.
My wishes are that our worthy
newspapers will take a stand against
the 8-cent fare. No doubt The
Bee will see to it that the rights of
the people shall not be undermined
by any corporation. Our city com
missioners will no doubt refuse the
arrogant demand of the street rail
way company. The day has come
when corporations can no longer
trespass upon the rights of the
people. JESSE MARTEL.
or gas will have any bad effects on
one who 19 trouDica wun Bronchitis?"
REPLY.
Sufh nrnmi Ara tit more than
average danger from pneumonia and
generauzoa aoute Droncmus.
Mado a Mistake.
Mrs. F. writes: "Change my baby
from the breast to the bottle at the
end of three weeks and am now giv
ing him malted milk. I always give
him the right quantity, but he only
drinks a Httle, then stops. His
bowela are very irregular. Can you
please tell ie what the cause can
be? He Is now 5 weeks old."
REPLY.
He Is suffering from indigestion.
It is too bad you stopped breast
feeding. Babies should always be
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