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The Bee's Platform
1. Nw Union Passenger Station.
2. Contiaued improvement of tha Na
braska Highways, including tha pave
ment of Main Thoroughfares loading
into Omaha with a. Brick Surface.
3. A short, low-rat Waterway from tha
Cora Belt jto tha Atlantic Ocean.
4. Home Rule Charter for Omaha, with
City Manager form of Government.
Created He Them.
Man retains his superiority over woman in
. the respect of numbers, at least, according to
a census statement giving the sex distribution
of population in the United States. However,
.the excess of 2,090,132 males over females, great
as it seems, it only 4 per cent, as compared with
a preponderance of 6 per cent in 1910. The
"women are catching up here, as in all other re
spects. t;; From the first settlements made in the new
' world, there have been more males than fe
males. The perils of pioneer life were such
as attracted men, especially those unmarried,
, and repelled women. Immigration . from Europe
his maintained this disparity, which is in fact,
" greater today than it was 100 years ago. The
following statement gives the number of males
to 100 females for each census year since 1820:
1920.. ..104.0 1880. ...103.6 1840..:. 103.7
1910. ...106.0 1870.. ..102.2 1830. .. .103.1
1900. ...104.4 , I860.... 104.7 ' 1820. .. .103.3
1890.... 105.0 1850.... 104.3
The high point, it is seen, was between 1900
and 1910, which also was the period of greatest
immigration. The effect of this movement on Eu
rope is easy to imagine; for instance, in the Brit
ish Isles women have almost 2,000,000 majority,
and similar conditions exist in most of the old
' countries.
The newness of the western part of America
is witnessed by an excess of men over women
that it not found in some parts of the cast. Mas-
sachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, North Car-
olina, Georgia and Alabama have fewer males
i than females, and in the District of Columbia
! there are only 87 men to 100 women. Quite dif
' ferent from this is the showing of Nebraska, with
;-a ratio of 107.9 men, although this represents a
' decline from the condition 20 years ago when the
figure was 112.5. Nevada, with 148.4 men to each
1 100 women, has; the, highest ratio.
Nature maintains a pretty even .balance be-
tween the sexes,, and t is to be noted that it is
,! not through differences in the division of births
i that the proportion varies,- but rather from eco
; nomie factors. Men move out into the . newer
lands; certain industries utilizing the labor of
; women arc established elsewhere to hold and at
tract that portion of the population. No one will
think for a minute that because the women clerks
' in the federal offices at Washington outnumber
the men employed there that birth statistics in
! that district have been widely different from those
: elsewhere. While formerly it was the men who
i moved from one; place to another to seek their
1 fortune, women now also are more free lo change
I -their homes.
', ' If 'immigration is held down in future years,
nature may come close to equalizing the total
v proportion of men anl women in America, al
though some states, such as those having textile
; industries, may preserve their excess of females.
: Scientists have found that after wars which have
destroyed great numbers of men the birth rate
' frequently has shown a favoritism toward males;
"j as if in the effort to keep matters even. Efforts
liave been made to explain this' as due to lack
. of food, which is sometimes thought to encourage
? male births. - However this may be, it has never
i occurred to any one to borrow trouble by antici
! pating a world running excessively to members
' of one sex or the other.
Making Walking Difficult.
The 88-year-old man who turned up in Cin
cinnati with the story that he had walked from St.
Louis most probably was using a figure of speech.
Unless he cut across fields tne whole way and
avoided the highways, the chances are that he
rode most of the distance by automobile. What
motorist, bowling comfortably along, would not
stop to pick up an aged man plodding painfully
in the same direction?
It is to be suspected that most of the cross
continental pedestrians also negotiate a good
part of the distance on fourteen-inch upholstered
cushions. Some of the university boys at Lin
' coin understand these principles. Relying on the
kind hearts of those driving on. the trail to
Omaha, the boys start out bravely afoot, soon to
secure an unsolicited lift.
With railroad rates so high, travel by motor
car has been given a new incentive, and a fillip,
too, has been given walking tours, which are 99
per cent riding. Such hospitality costs the mo
torist nothing "and undoubtedly adds to the con
fidence in the innate kindness of human nature.
If a man were to start out today to walk to the
coast for b health, he would almost have to
fight passing motorists in order to keep his re
solve. ' '
One of Omaha's Real Blessings.
Browsing through eastern exchanges one" gets
a fairly good slant at one of our great local ad
vantages, seldom considered by the city's people.
It is that Omaha has a plentiful, nay an inex
haustible supply of good water. We are not
urged as are the residents of Philadelphia, for
example, to go easy on the water because the
supply is short Such warnings are common all
over the east Scanty rainfall has left the natural
reservoirs short, and the public must stint itself
on baths, and all other comforts which flow from
the faucet or the hose until the drouth is broken.
Not so in Omaha.
Whatever else may be said of the Missouri
river, it hits not yet shown any signs of going
dry. From the heart of the Rockies, where the
Jefferson, Madison and Gallatin rise and flow to
that junction which forms the Missouri, comes
a steady stream from melting snow and ice. Then
the great Yellowstone empties its flood into the
Missouri and it debouches onto the Dakota plain
a mighty stream. No need to enumerate the
many smaller rivers that feed the flood; it reaches
Omaha on the way to the ocean a never-failing,
ever bountiful source of pure clear water. That
is, it is pure and clear after it has undergone the
necessary course of sprouts which takes out the
mud, kills off the bacilli, and dolls it up generally.
The main point is, that however much may
be pumped out for domestic use and some rec
ords are being made these hot days the perspir
ing taxpayer need not dread a notice, such as
was served in Denver lately, that the use of water
will be restricted until the emergency is passed.
It surely is a privilege to have all the water you
want when you want it, even for beverage purposes.
Safety Valves of Instinct.
The fighting instinct that was loosed by war
must find an outlet even in times of peace. It is
noticeable that veterans' associations in various
states have been leaders in a movement to le
galize boxing matches. The championship battle
in Jersey City gave opportunity not only to the
two principals for the, satisfaction of their ag
gressive (and acquisitive, too), nature, but gave
free play to certain elemental emotions in all
who witnessed the contest or read about it.
Those who criticize the wide public interest
in combats of the prize ring forget that the hu
man nature of today is many thousands of years
old. Social conventions, with their emphasis on
mental qualities to the disparagement of the
purely physical, are something very : recent as
compared to the life history of man. The hold of
the fighting instinct on man is frequently pointed
out by militarists as proving that war can never
be done away with. - : ,
In the routine of, ordinary life repression of
the pugnacious impulse replaces the free expres
sion of it that is seen in war and in the primitive
struggle for survival. Instead of the physical
give-and-take, life now is marked by competition
no less keen, but on a mental plane. This, how
ever, does not afford exercise or altogether satis
fy the craving to demonstrate bodily skill and
strength. To compete merely at making money,
or love, or in ostentation does not suffice this
hangover of our savage days.
In ancient Greece and Rome, athletic contests
filled a place as one means of satisfying this prim
itive desire. The same powers of attack and de
fense, the same unreasoning courage and the
same frantic exertion that was typical of the
battlefield was summoned for the arena. Sports
gave vent to the same emotions and instincts that
war did; in fact, were a substitute for war.
These athletic rivalries took the place of war
because the pugnacious instinct persisted even
in the absence of wars; inpulses find expression
in various ways, and will not down. A parallel
exists in the case of an electric current, which,
going along the line of least resistance, when this
is blocked, runs through the next available out
let. Even when individuals themselves do not ex
ercise this fighting characteristic, they satisfy
their elemental emotions vicariously as specta
tors. The fight between Dempsey and Carpen-"
tier was as good as a war. Brutal though it may
have been, it did not fail to satisfy an important
psychological necessity. None of the millions
whose attention was centered on this match was
killed. And yet their nervous systems went
through the same processes, registered the same
thrills, and experienced all the joys of battle.
Sitting in comfortable ringside seats, standing
before bulletin boards or reading the paper at
home in the bosom of their family they shared
in the fierceness of the conflict of the scapegoats
of their intellects.
To a considerable extent man has become" too
intellectual to engage personally in physical com
bat. In a better day, as man acquires larger. in
terest in civic reform and cultural progress, en.
gaging his pugnacious impulses against hostile
conditions of life rather than against his fellow,
championship bouts in the prize ring may cease
to fulfill their present purpose. It is neither ad
visable nor possible to suppress the . time-long
human inclination to match strength against
strength but its diversion into more noble and
practical channels may well be contemplated as
a certainty of the future.
The Husking Bee
It's Your Dau
Siari ItWiihaLauh
BOBS.
In summer time the style of dress
Is quite essential, I confess,
To comfort and a maiden fair
Is w ise indeed, to bob her hair
Which but adds to her comeliness.
For tresses bobbed but do express
The will to fling aside distress.
And leave the neck-nape cool and bare,
. , ' In summer time.
The hours spent in combing yes,
Would be a saving more or less,
Then why should any maiden care
If fashion gives her locks the air?
' For bobs should be a grand success
In summer time.
PHILO-SOPHY.
Time may not heal a broken heart, but it will
always remedy a bobbed head.
Why is it that the banks insist on you being
identified when you want to cash a check, but
they always seem to know when you wish to
make a deposit?
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BOY, PAGE CONAN DOYLE.
. In re- realism the movies a film shown last
week depicted an abandoned engine running away
tiicre was no one in the cab.
As the train neared a crossing spurts of
steam were seen to issue from the whistle valve
and an inspired musician in the orchestra imitated
the toot of a locomotive.
OVERHEARD ON THE CORNER.
" "Guy driving a big 'Cad' out on West Dodge
last night, wide open, and I passed him in my
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"How come, you passed him?'
' "I was going iu the opposite direction."
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' NOT IN JULY.
. I may be benighted
And diizjr, 'pon my soul,
But I can't get excited'
About the price of coal.
One swallow may not make a summer, but
it doesn't usually take very many swallows to
bring about a fall.
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Well, how much jack did you win on the
fight? By georges, neither did we.
THE GLEE-ORIOUS FOURTH.
The Fourth will come, it's 'most here now,
With all its smoke and noise,
And fathers all will show you how
They did when they were boys;
Tomorrow father 11 burn his hand
And when he gives the sign,
MotherU rush around with band-
Age and iodine.
July 5 is a day set apart for meditation on
the blessing which might have accrued from a
safe and sane Fourth. When father and son.
alike, nurse their powder burns, take a shot .of
tetanus serum and wish they had been satisfied
to read 1he Declaration of Independence and call
it 3 diiy.
Next year, if all goes well, father will' putt
precisely the same stunts on the 4th and 5th, in
the order named. You tell 'em, cannon. You
started the report.
That girl who boasts that she is afraid to re
turn to America because she has 11 fiancej wait
ing at the pier, would be rather taken back if.
upon her arrival, a dozen or more of them failed
to show.
A Story as Old as Humanity.
From several sources lately have come the
assertion that joy-riding in automobiles is in
creasing "delinquency." Perhaps that is true
to some extent. But yesterday it was alleged
that the bicycle was the instrument through
which Satan was luring young persons from the
straight and narrow path. And the day before
it was the side-bar buggy. So it can be traced
back through every age of man. No matter what
the vehicle, or where the occasion, so long as
youth of opposite sex is brought into propin
quity, the possibility exists. Maybe in the days
before Noah, the gilded youth with the well
trained pterodactyl or the docile pleisiosaurus
was the subject of more or less caustic comment
because of his wild ways, and the maidens of
that day were warned not to go riding with him.
Babylon and Ninevah, Tyre and Sidon,
Athens and Rome, even Jerusalem, all repeat
the tale. Whether it was a boat ride on the
Nile, a sail on the Euphrates, or a drive around
the city walls, the moralists ever found grist for
their mill in the meeting of the boys and girls.
Cleopatra and Antony, Ben Bur and the seduc
tive Egyptian at the tent of Ilderim the Just, it
has ever been the same. Hellespont's rushing
tide did not avail to keep Leander from Hero's
side, and convent walls nor the barred gates of
the monastery were insufficient barriers to
separate Heloise and Abelard.
Whatever of sympathy or bias may exist one
way or the other, it seems unfair to blame mod
ern ways of life for what is admittedly a ten
dency as old as humanity itself,
The height of ingratitude is exemplified by the
jury, which drank up all a bootlegger's supply
and then found him guilty of possessing intoxi
cating liquor.
Carnegie almost accomplished his aim to die
poor after giving away $360,000,000 he left only
a paltry estate of $25,000,000.
The fiscal year has ended, although some of
us did very little fiscing.
It is almost hot enough to thaw those frozen
credits
Now. now. Clarabefle. you don't mean to say
that you wish that would happen. Tut, tut!
' Moderate drinkers of light wines live longer
than other people as a rule, a doctor tells con
gress. Yeah, and the dodo used to live to be a thou
sand, but it, too, is extinct.
DAD NOAH'S MISTAKE,
In Noah's ark the little fly
They tell us with all verity,
With other animals got by
And came down to posterity;
But what a boon it would have been
In all that world of water,
If Noah had, like modern men,
But known about the swatter.
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When Hon. Volstead chirps that the farmers
can't make cider out of their surplus apples, it
looks like an infringement on the freedom of the
Press r 'J .u
- And when it comes to a question of cider, the
farmers are apt to take it hard.
We've been awfully busy this week going
over our ten-dollar bills, which the government
warns us may contain counterfeits.
To the Editor-HUSKING BEEr
GO SLOW.
Helen drives the big car.
' And Pa, he drives the Ford,
While Ma. she always runs 'em both
The minute she gets aboard;
That might sound very funny
To the guy that didn't know.
But vou ought to hear her holler,
"Oh," for Lord's sake, let's go slow!"
She looks so inoffensive.
With smiles so bland and mild,
When four miles per hour's the pace
She's as happy as a child;
But just attain a speed that's sane,
i Like twenty miles or more
And oh, my goodness, gracious,
- You ought to hear her roar.
D. M.
Scarcely had our invitation appeared in print
than the above timely contrib. appeared in the
mailsthus bearing out our contention that
amonar the thousands of intelligent readers of
the "Bee," there are deep, untapped wells of
latent talent but seeking a medium of expres
sion, and ere long, we wot, our genial friend.
Will Hayes, will have to add a truck or tw;o to
his delivery system to transport our mail to
the office.
Thank you kindly, D. M. You started old
Pegasus, even if he is gasoline propelled. Great
indoor sport, isn't it? Come again. You win
the doughnut holes, which are now being packed
for shipment.
For the next contrib. suitable for the col. we
offer your choice of a self-winding, invisible sig
net ring.
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"There is at least one thing I like about a
pessimist."
"What is that?"
"He doesn't bore us to death with ' funny
stories."
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Science invented the thermometer as an in
strument by which to regulate the price of ice
and coal.
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ISNT IT THE TRUTH?
" The happiest day in most men's lives,
When they've no trials nor sorrow
Is that vague day which ne'er arrives,
That unreal day tomorrow.
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AFTER-THOUGHT: A landlady isn't necesT
sarily a gossio iust because she. sometimes starts
a roomer. PHILO.
How to Keep Well
By DR. W. A. EVANS
Question, concarnlnf byiloao, sanitation and prsvontion of diarata, aiibmittad
to Dr. Evans by loaders of Tha Bee, will bo anawared personally, subject to
proper limitation, whore a stamped addraaard envelop is endoaed. Dr Evsns
will not make dlai noeia er praacrib for individual diaeaaas. Addreas letters
la car of The Be.
Copyright. 1921, by Dr. W. A. Evans
ON FEEDING THE BABY.
The use of sweetened condensed
milk has the advantage of conven
ience. A can of sweetened con
densed milk need not be kept on tee
after it has been opened, although tt
3 wiao io Kf pn if in th r.V.nv it
there is one. It enn be kept several
days after having: been opened. In
other words, the contents will not
spoil in the ordinary time required
to use thixt amount of milk.
Tne disadvantages are several.
The food elements are out of bal
ance. There Is too much sugar for
the amount of fat. protein and min
eral salts. So far as we now know
sweetened condensed milk is de
ficient in that vltamine which nrp-
vents scurvy.
The babies fed on swttfnerf mk.
densed milk are generally fat, chub
by and have plenty of dimples. In
the old time baby show they had a
way of taking the prizes, for
bedecked with lace and ribbons they
were good to look at. But the phy
sicians say they easily got bowel
trouble, especially in hot weather,
and when they did they crumpled
up quickly. Babies fed on cow's
milk have less resistance than those
fed on human milk. Those fed on
sweetened condensed milk have even
less resistance. In spite of these dis
advantages of sweetened condelised
milk, Its convenience, esneclallv In
homes where ice is not taken, causes
it io De widely used.
evaporated milk has the advan
tage over sweetened condensed milk
as It Is very much better balanced
rrom the nutritional standpoint
Therefore physicians advise . it in
preference to the sweetened product
Its disadvantage is that it does not
keep well. When a can is opened
it must be kept in the Icebox or used
up quickly.
The baby foods have a conslder-
able following. In every community
there are a number of mothers who
advocate one rood, talk it among
tneir mends because their babies
thrived on it, ofttlmcs after having
rauea to thrive on other foods. There
is another group that talks up an
other brand, a third group that talks
up a third brand, and so on. All are
honest, earnest women speaking out
or tneir experiences.
The various baby foods are con
venient, they keep well, they do not
require to be kept in the icebox, they
do not go to pieces in any way rapid
ly. A package kept anywhere near
right can be emptied before the con
tents spoil. These foods have had
severaf scientific boosts In recent
years.
The scientific approval of milk
powders reacts favorably on them.
as most of them have milk powder
as a base. The proof that milk can
be dried without loss of vitamines
has helped them, so has the proof
that the anti-scurvy principle is
kept intact when it has been dried.
Some experiments made at the Uni
versity of Illinois which proved the
value of one of these foods have re
acted to - the advantage of all of
them. Finally, since so many of
them contain malt ingredients, all
the advocacy of malt soups and
other malt preparations has helped
them.
The disadvantages of the baby
foods are several. They are ex
pensive. In using them we are- apt
to try to make the baby fit the food
and not the food fit the baby. In
other words, they are inelastic.
In some particulars they are not
well balanced from the standpoint
of nutritional elements. But the
main objection is that they lead us
farther away from the basic proper
methods of feeding and that is
mother's milk flowing directly from
the teat into the baby's mouth, un
handled and unfabrlcated.
water. Of course, he needs milk
and butter for their growth principles.
Hives Is Hives.
J. S. writes: "1. What are hives?
2. Is the eruption on the skin caused
by the ejection through the pores of
a germ, acid, or what? 3. Are al
kalies, taken internally, helpful
such as milk of magnesia? 4. What
can be applied externally to relieve
the itching and swelling? My di
gestion seems perfect, am healthy,
bowels in first class condition. 5.
Would a change of climate, uch as
Kngland to America, be a cause of
hives?"
REPLY.
1. An eruption due to the effect
of certain substances on certain
skin nerves. Another name for it
is nettle rash. 2, 3, 5. No. 4. Soda
water and other alkalies are of some
service in giving relief. Preventive
treatment starts with finding the
cnuse and then avoiding it or mak
ing the system immune to it.
Deflation Turning
In Farmers' Favor
Give Child More Vegetables.
Mrs. C. K. writes: "My little boy,
who will be 3 years old in June, is
troubled with constipation. He had
the whooping cough during' the win
ter, and since that time has not had
a natural movement of the bowels.
I have been giving him nn injection
or a large dose of syrup of figs every
day. Sometimes even that brings
no results. He is large for his age
and in good health. . His breakfast
is usually an orange and some oat
meal. What should I feed him and
is there anything else I can do for
him? He has been troubled this
way oft and on, but not always for
so long a time, all his life."
REPLY.
A child 3 years old should not
have to take enemas or purgatives.
To overcome constipation feed him
bran bread, bran as a cereal, vege
tables, and fruit. Onions are quite
laxative He, should drink lots of
She Likes Crater of Stage.
Mrs. F. H. B. writes: "I am writ
ing you regarding my 20 -months-old
baby girl. A week ago today she
walked downtown, about five blocks,
and I carried her back. When we
reached home she cried quite hard
tabout 5 p. m.). About 7:30 she be
gan to cry and finally screamed at
the top of her voice for nearly 10
minutes, getting worse all the time,
and she kept tearing at her chest
with her hands. At the end of 10
or 15 minutes when she had quit
crying she was quite pale and weak,
t called in a doctor, but he could find
nothing wrong, but he would not
listen when I tried to tell him how
she had acted. She has had throe
spells since then Just like the first.
She was breast-fed until she was 10
months old and then Borden's con
densed milk seven months, and since
then I have given her an egg and all
the cereal she wants, such as oat
meal, cream of wheat, rice, and
puffed wheat for her breakfast. For
dinner she has rice, bread and hot
ter, and some potato. For supper
boiled potato, gravy, bread and but
ter, and sometimes a little cocoa.
She weighs 25 pounds and lias 16 1
teeth. Is iust cutting her eye teeth. I
Her stomach teeth are beginning to
swell up as if they would be through
before long. She has one good bowel
movement a day and sometimes two.
Her urine smells very strong."
REPLY.
I can see nothing in those spells
except temper. She tried . it first
whn she was very tired and there
fore irritable. Having worked it
successfully, she likes the center of
the stage which it brings and she
repeats. The treatment is discipline,
control, training. Feed her as you
do now in the main. She should
have at least a pint of milk a day.
She needs more spinach, greens, car
rots and vegetables of that kind.
About Birthmarks.
E. L. S. writes: "When I had
been pregnant for about three
months I fainted and bumped my
head enough to leave a slight
bruise. Would this account for the
mark, on my baby's head? It is in
exactly the same place as the bruise
was on myself. Different people
have told me it is a berry or bunch
of grapes and to rub the juice of
grapes or different berries on it and
it will go away. Is there anything
to that?"
REPLY.
No to both your questions.
Better Bo Examined.
F. K. writes: "I. What are some
of the causes besides consumption
for spitting blood? 2. Could the
wearing of tight fitting collars or
collar buttons which press against
the windpipe bring this about? 3.
Am always spitting blood after
coughing, but do not cough up blood
from the lungs. My generalhealth
is good and I am gaining w-elght"
REPLY. .
1. Among the causes are bleeding
from the throat and nose, varicose
veins in the air passages, vicarious
menstruation, scurvy and purpura.
2. No.
3. Be certain as to your diagnosis.
In consumption the blood does not
always appear to be coughed up.
ftfllIMM THE TIRE AND
limm ?l RADIATOR HAN
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When the Boy Was Born
his father's affection found
expression in the setting
aside of 3 $1,000 bond as
an Educational Fund. Ten
years later another bond
was added. These two
bonds with their accumula
tions sent the young man
comfortably through col
lege. Parental forethought is not
conferred by legislation. It
is deep'seated in the breast
of every father. It is the
result of emotion as well
thought.
Many helpful suggestions con
cerning the Trust Fund may be
gleaned from the pages of our
booklet, "Why a Living Trust."
Your copy awaits you her.
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Site Hnitril &iatru National Bank
(From the Iron Trado Krvlrw.)
The economic axiom that all trade,
In the last analysis, Is an exchange
of commodities is receiving ample
demonstration in the present plight
or me rarmcrs. The past 12 to 15
months have witnessed sweeping
price aecnnes in every direction, but
nowhere has deflation been so Urns-
tie as for the products of the soil.
Just how the farmer has borne
the brunt of deflation is vividly
shown by the latest index number
or wholesale prices compiled by the
bureau of labor statistics. This dis
closes that farm products are only
15 per cent above the levels of 1913.
On the other hand clothing is 86 per
cent higher; fuel and lighting, 99
per cent, metals, SS per cent: build
ing materlnls. 103 per cent; house
furnishings, 174 per cent, and miscel
laneous articles, 64 per cent. All
commodities are 54 per cent higher
than In 1913.
This means that ror what the
farmer has to sell he is getting pre
war prices or a trifle more, but for
what he buys he must pay from 38
t 174 per cent moro than 1913
prices, if he purchases at wholesale.
Hut while the farmer sells at whole
sale, the bulk of his buying Is done
at retail, which makes the score still
greater against him. The result Is
being reflected by mail order houses,
implement, stove and automobile
companies, and in fact all industries.
Since tho rural population comprises
one-half of the total of the country,
it constitutes the greatest single con
suming group. Inevitably anything
which affects the ability of this class
to buy will be reflected in all rami
fications of business.
Fortunately rifts are appearing in
the clouds and this Is a good omen
for all trade. Business leaders rec
ognize that one of the pressing
necessities of the moment is the res
toration of a parity in allies be
tween manufactured products and
the agricultural industry. As soon
as transportation and wage costs will
permit, lower steel and other indus
trial commodity prices aro probable.
The trend of all manufactured goods
Is downward. In the meantime the
recent rise of wheat indicates that
the common level Is to be found by
some appreciation In values of farm
products as well as further declines
in prices of manufactured goods.
Recently events have tended to
smooth away some of the wrinkles
from the brow of the farmer. In
the winter he was deeply pessimis
tic But the spring sun and the warm
rains are causing the new crops to
CENTER SHOTS. 1
If Georges Carpentier whips Jack
Dempsey the American Legion may
Insist that he be given the congres
sional modal, the thanks of congress
and a fourth-class postofflee. Chi
cago News.
Most folks send their intmls on va
cation about six weeks ahead of
their suit cases. Portsmouth (O.)
Times.
Exercise may be good for the com
plexion, but you can't buy exercise
for a dime a box. Richmond (Ind.)
Item.
That Detroit man who shot hi
wife through the car couldn't have
seen what he was shooting at.
Nashville Banner.
They call Italy the land of the
bootleg, because of its shape, but
look at the shape we're in. Arkan
sas Gazetto.
Wonder what the dear things put
oxer their pillows at night, when
they're too tired to uncomplexion
themselves. N o r f o I k Ledger-Dii-pateh.
appear. These crops, it has been es
tablished by a careful survey, will
bo raised and harvested at a cost of
only 40 per cent of last year's totals.
All present indications are for a large
yield of grain, which If raised at &
lower cost and sold nt t ;alr price
will exercise a profound Influence
in restoring normal business. Ample
credit this year for crop moving is
another factor of encouragement.
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