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1. New Unloa Passenger Station. -
'.12. Continued improTement of the
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Ne-
braska Highways, including the par.
Riant of Mai Thoroughfares leading
into Omaha with a Brick Surface.
A thort, low-rate Waterway from the
Cora Belt to the Atlantic Ocean.
Home Rule Charter for Omaha, with
City Manager form of Government.
Can a Tax Be Made Painless?
'"iThc debate stated by Secretary Mellon's
j statements before the ways and means com
mjittee is taking the expected course. Mr. Green
. ojlovva and Mr. Mondell of Wyoming both dis
' "'aajjee witlJ the secretary of the treasury. It is
' cignforting to note that each of these gentle
' ireen is in favor of reducing taxation by the only
cqjtain method, that of cutting off expenditures.
I Nether has specified where the outgo, is to be
j clicked, save in a most general expression that
1 swings must be made, but each is sure that
wie features of the secretary s tax program
vvflH have to be modified.
iPWr. Green wisely opposes further borrow
ing! in peace times. Tax collections ought to
b&'made to cover the legitimate expenses of the
ROj-ernment, in his view, but he is inclined to
th view that certain notable reductions may be
mde in the forecast of expenditures. For ex
atjijple, he thinks that the amount awarded the
ralilroads may be spread over two years, thus
relieving the Treasury to the extent of more
thjjn a quarter of a billion of dollars daring the
pijsjsent fiscal year. Other economies are to be
effected in the lessened cost of the army, the
fiqSjy and the shipping board, which furnished
tMg greater items in. the outlay for July. Dis
charge of 50,000 soldiers, ordered by congress,
adtlcd greatly to the army expense bill, and the
. mfiry is being similarly touched. Savings here
wl be reflected in the August balance sheet.
' Ajji end must come to the drain of the Shipping
i Ejftjjrd on the exchequer. Here are some places
wfcre the government will save money.
JljtHeavier levies on incomes, both corporation
art9 private, and on. gifts and bequests are pro
pped by . Mr. Green to make up the loss that
isj&o follow removal of the excess profits tax.
Hk does not countenance an increase in postage
oifehe continuance of the "nuisance" taxes. Mr.
Mondell declares in favor of a general" reduction
in.axation, ignoring Mr. Mellon's washing that
ovjr four billions are seeded, to meet the gov
ernment's requirements for the year, and that
t'Hjiee and one-half billions of this amount must
beiraised by internal revenue.
itThe alternative to a continued high rate of
f taxation is further borrowing. To add another
b$kn to the1 existing debt will have the an-
tipjpated effect of further decreasing the value
ofeovernment securities, a thing that it is desir
aftp to avoid. The actual cost of running the
government for the year ending June 30, 1920,
w& $5,940,997,552.04,iand for year ending June 30,
.121, was $S,008,788,261.o0, an apparent saving
otf $932,209,290.44. Of this decrease, however,
$360,000,000 is in reduction of War department
expenditures, $80,000,000 in the Navy, and
4,90,000,000 in the Shipping Board, increases in
jtSer departments accounting for the difference.
Tjknsactions in Treasury certificates, or short
,. tijjiie borrowing were, decreased by seven billion
dollars in the year. These figures indicate a
rejl improvement jiri Treasury condition, and
yik they do -not hold great promise of im
mediate reduction of taxes to any considerable
CKjcnt.
.TThe question to be settled is what form the
tJI will take. It may he made painless, but it
will be presented in some unescapable form,
f&f the federal credit can be maintained only
( through the ability of the government to meet
ir obligations, and a great saving can be made
bjit removing the necessity of further borrowing.
Scindal at Camp Johnson.
ISShockinir disclosures are made in connec-
tn with donditions .prevailing at the Johnson
Cy home for tubercular soldiers. Such laxity
aK absolute lack of discipline as is indicated by
tji reports is incredible. This may be cleared
tift however, by investigation, by removal of the
ii&ompetent or dishonest persons who are re
sponsible for the scandalous lack of control that
has converted the hospital into a national dis-
ce. A more serious fact is that the Sweet
bffl, which was hurried through congress, lies
oil. the table in the vice president's office, wait-'
ii for some one to sign it. The president and
vtte president both are in New England, the
president pro. tempore of the senate is at At
14tic City, and the law is held up, while the
" eservice men who are to be benefited by it
aft dying. Soon, within a week or two, the
tteile will be at their places, and the relief
nHasure will get the signatures that are required
tJTmake it. a law. The hospital at Johnson City
cfji be cleaned up, but the soldiers that are
dng because of the delay at Washington will
sift care a great deal. Our great and generous
government does some things in a very pecul
iar! way. "
'I To Avoid Coal Shortage.
Household consumers are not the only ones
'Wio have been slow to lay in a winter supply of
' cal, and government officials and others familiar
wfeh the situation are advising the larger con
sfmers to buy now. If these business concerns
delay their fuel purchases much longer the only
thing domestic coal users can do to avoid a
shortage is buy now. ,
Anthracite prices are said to have declined 25
piei cent from the peak, while bituminous is down
otfper cent High freight rates have absorbed
s&me of this .advantage, but no immediate pros
tfet of smaller transportation charges is seen.
vOfficer of ths Ufiite4 Um WeLkerj of Amer
ica report that 150,000 miners are now out of em
ployment. This is due to the lack of market for
fuel. From all angles it appears advantageous
that preparations for cold weather should be
started now.
Feeble County Government.
One of the noticeable things about the mat
ter of the Lincoln highway paving is the agility
with which blame is shunted from one official
to another. There is no central authority to
whom the various county officers are responsi
ble. Each one goes his own sweet way, hav
ing been elected by the people and secure in the
tenure of his office.
No business could be successfully run in that
way. NFarmers used to try to conduct co-operative
ventures in a loose fashion such as this,
but now they hire managers who are responsi
ble for the carrying on of the enterprise. A
similar tightening up of administrative affairs
is seen in many cities. In Nebraska as a whole
responsibility is now largely centered in the
governor, a thing displeasing to many poli
ticians, but on the whole satisfactory to the peo
pie. . " . ,
County government, through the nature of
its organization, and not through any fault of
the men filling its posts, is quite generally in
effective and blundering. There are too many
elective officials, each independent of the other
and often quarreling between themselves over
questions of public or partisan policy. Blame
can not be fixed nor efficiency assured.
Jt is time the people began Ie examine this
situation. The natural solution would then be
plain. The only county offices that need be
filled by election are those of the commis
sioners. With them sitting as a board of di
rectors, a county manager should then be
chosen, to organize the county business on a
practical plan, under civil service.
It is nothing in the life of an average citizen
that he is afforded opportunity to vote for the
numerous minor county officials. He does not
know them and can not judge their qualifica
tions. Considerable technical skill is required
in many of these positions, and this is a quality
that does not often take men on the stump or
propel them into public office. With the county
commissioners sitting as an advisory and direc
tive body, and with a manager in con
trol of the .entire executive end, completely
responsible for the actions of his subordinates,
the business of county government might be
put on an economical and efficient plane such
as is demanded by public opinion.
Russians Must Be Fed.
Sparring for points with the Soviets is not
going to solve the real question that confronts
the world. It is important, to be sure, that we
have assurance that the irresponsible who
make up the present substitute for a govern
ment in Russia mean to respect engagements
they enjer, and to keep promises they make; it
is far more important, however, that no effort
be spared to get food to the starving millions
who are now facing horrible death. Authentica
ted news coming from the interior of Russia tells
of more than 25,000,000 people, men, worsen' and
children without foqdfof broken down and en
tirely inadequate methods of transportation, so
Jthat tven when supplies are landed at the sea
ports means must also be provided to take the
food to the interior. Accounts are given of a
march of six millions from the famine district
towards the capital, where Lenin sits, impatiently
ordering the famished people to remain quiet,
threatening with military extinction if they ap
proach Moscow. Unless these can be cared for
they must die of hunger. German estimates set
down 200,000 tons of food grains as a preliminary
requirement. Secretary Hoover is organizing to
give relief. Doubt is expressed as to the sincer
ity of the soviet government in its promises to
release American prisoners, but this doubt should
not keep us from sending food and doing what
we can to lessen the misery in Russia. Millions
will die in spite of what the world may do, be
cause of the physical impossibility of getting re
lief to them. There should be no politics in our
share of the work of salvation that must be done
without delay.
Sergeant York's Farm.
A note for a little more than $4,000 will fall
due on the farm of Sergt. Alvin York in Novem
ber, and unless it is paid the land will be sold
out from under his feet Although his corn
crop is good, his income will not be large
enough to meet the payment. Other farmers
have been in this situation, but Sergeant York
is one of the heroes of the world war, and his
case is attracting an interest that is larger than
that usually devoted to the vicissitudes of agri
culture. Instead of going on the stage or commer
cializing his military reputation, this Tennes
sean came back to his native state to buckle
down to useful labor. The Nashville Rotary
club bought a farm in his native county, at
$25,00Qand announced that it was to be given
to him. The first payment of some $6,000 was
made by the club, and the first note for, about
$5,000 was .likewise taken up last year. . It has
been the belief of the club that York should
make enough this year to meet the next note.
This represents 15 per cent on the invest
ment, and it may come as a surprise to some of
the Nashville benefactors to discover that such
profits are not made in one year nor in two by
agriculture." The farm, which is on the Wrolf
river, near Pall Mall, Tenn., is a fine one, but
not even in the capable hands of a farmer born
and bred can it be mide to pay. There is re
ported considerable sentiment in Nashville tO(
meet the obligations on this place. That would
solve the problem for Sergeant York, but not
many other farmers in this condition will find
such an easy way out.
Installation of city incinerators for burning
up garbage will be an improvement, but more
economical in the long run would be a reduction
plant to extract and save the grease and oils
and to render the residue into fertilizer.
Doesn't that Colorado state treasurer who
suggested to a certain manufacturer of motor
cars ,that he ought to buy good roads bonds
realize that a certain make of car is designed
especially for riding the bumps?
Any American community not fortunate
enough to receive a cannon or other war relic
may remind itself of the conflict by looking at
its tax bills or at the wounded veterans.
. A bank of nations in which the United
States would exercise the controlling interest
resembles a league of nations in which England
has controj
Democracy In Production
Some Ethical a Well at Practical
Considerations Involved in Problem.
(From the Boston Transcript.
Anyone who supposes that complete or all
around industrial democracy can be achieved
simply by democratizing the relations between
labor and capital will, of course, miss his bet.
Many other relations enter into the proposition,
such as the relations between the consumer and
both labor and capital, between different kinds
of industry, and between industrial organiza
tion and the state. Yet so far as it goes, a
mutually satisfactory system of relations be
tween employer and employee is an objective
not to be despised in these days of discord
organized capital and organized labor, and
every sincere experiment in that direction is
worthy of the most earnest attention of the pub
lic. Right co-ordination of functions between
these two partners in production, and a cor
respondingly hearty co-operation in fulfillment
of their common mission, would spell a genu
ine and a long step in the progress toward in
dustrial democracy. .
Hence the public doubtless will welcome the
co-operative plan of industrial management just
adopted by Swift & Co., packers of Chicago,
whereby it is hoped that such probems as
wages, safety and sanitation within the plant
may be dealt with in a way satisfactory to both
employer and employe. In" is way. the Swift
project is pretty broadly conceived according
to' reports thus far received. For example, the
system will not tolerate any favor or prejudice,
either on the part of the company or of its em
ployes, oa account of race, religion, political
belief, or membership or nonmembership in any
labor or other organization, in dealing with an
employe. The whole proposition is simply one
between the two collective industrial parties,
represented by appointees of the management
on the one hand, and by selected representatives
of the employes on the other, co-operating with
and eye single to their mutual relations.
And the machinery of the system appears to
be at once simple and bradly promising. The
plan provides for an assembly composed of
equal numbers of the employes representatives
and of the employers' appointees, with com
mittees for action in details. The assembly is
both deliberative and, in a provisional way,
legislative in functions, for its two-thirds vote
on any measure is to bind both parties, unless
within two weeks after its decision shall have
been communicated to the management either
the company's board of directors or the em
ployes' representatives shall request the assem
bly to reopen the matter. If, after uch recon
sideration, no collective agreement can be
achieved, both the management and the em
ployes shall be at liberty to take such action as
they please outside the plan; but that privilege
will not annul the . plan itself nor, theoretically
at least, impair its potency with respect to other
measures than that disagreed upon. .
I he swift company s system is but one more
of a variety of experiments in the cmploye-man-agement-sharing
direction, and some of them,
like that of the International Harvester com
pany, with its joint monthly council to discuss
factory conditions, seems to be proving suc
cessful. The idea of employe representation,
considered in itself, has probably come to stay.
But how far that idea can be carried in he
councils of industrial production, and how. far
the collective employe can be granted or invest
ed with functions hitherto performed by capital
and regarded as naturally belonging to the 'pro
vince of capital, remains to be seen, .r'
For in this connection, even if .we waive the
question of the consumer's equities and continue
to consider industrial democracy solely from the
viewpoint of the mutual relations between capi
tal and labor, what would constitute true in
dustrial equality and equity as between the lat
ter? If, for example, in some form of equally
representative council or legislature, the joint
vote on measures should be made absolutely
binding on each collective party so that labor's
part in. the matter would connote true and real
power, is the collective employe to be held
equally responsible with his employers for the
effects of -jthe measure? And" again, if so, what,
should be the scope pf measures thus jointly
determinable? If labor is really to add to its'
present functions of performing certain directed
work a share in the cares of directing that work
and of management generally, if his co-operation
is to be developed so far as ultimately to
render him joint operator of industries, two
things would seem equitably to follow. First,
the collective labor in question would be en
titled to ah added compensation,- supplementing
wages for labor performed with wages of super
intendence; and second it should, in fairness to
capital, share' in the latter's financial resposi
bilities for the standing of the industry, and
share to the same extent as it should have
acquired 'the right and power to mold the
career of the business. The glory of the work
man is one thing, and the honor of operating a
great concern is another; but if we add a share
of the latter to the former, do we not also pre
sume a share in the burdens as well as in the
profits of capital as naturally devolving upon
labor's new state? .
Nor-, is the ethical the only side of the prop
osition. ' For from the purely industrial point
of view would not such a form of democracy
in production presume that equal competency,
as well as equal responsibility, -must accompany
equal sharing at any hitherto capitalistic func-:
tion "by the? employe? The query thus natural
ly arises: Why, if collective labor is competent
to perform certain functions of operation, in
addition to those of the workman, has the de
velopment of modern industry so persistently
differentiated the one class of functions from
the other class, and the respective agents or
agencies which perform each kind of industrial
function? Man for man, the employe may equal
his employer in natural capacity for business;
but can the same body that is organized spe
cifically for the ends of labor fuse those func
tions successfully with those of operation This
is a question. of kind rather than one of equality,
analogous to - the phenomenon of division of
labor, and even more emphatic. And the idea
suggests itself that possibly, after all, the be
hests of true democracy as to the. relations be
tween employers and employes point rather to
a co-ordination of existing collective functions
and agencies on the existing basis of due separa
tion, than to sheer or partial merger .or fusion
of the two respective kinds of industrial func
tions and agencies. If we do not keep each duly
distinct, how can we preserve'" the industrial
mission of each or its social or industrial dig
nity ' as a special factor in the great common
mission of industry? Collective agreements?
Yes. Collective representation? Yes. Due
and hearty collective co-operation? Yes. But
to what extent collective fusion or transposition
of distinct industrial functions? Does not col
lective equality involve collective individuality?
How far, in short, is this an open question?
How to Keep Well
By DR. W. A. EVANS
Question concerning hygiena, aanlta
tion and prevention of dUeaae, eub
mltted ta Dr. Eve.nl by feeder of
The Bee, will be answered personally,
subject to proper limitation, where a
stamped, addressed envelope is en
closed. Dr. Evana will not make
diagnosis or prescribe for Individual
diseases. Address letter in car of
The Bee.
Copyright, 1921, by Dr. W. A. Evans.
OX
Nation's Prize Slacker.
It seems impossible to keep the Bergdoll case
off the front pages of the newspapers. Few in
cidents of the world war have lent themselves to
such sensational exploitation as the amazing case
of the War department's prize slacker. The in
eptitude shown by the government in dealing with
this brazen and vulgar draft fugitive passes comprehension-
New York Tribune.
Give It the Right Name.
Evidently the president has taken his first
s'tep toward that "association of nations" which
has been somewhat wrapped in the mists of
cloudland heretofore, and given an earnest that
he had something very definite and practical in
mind when he used the phrase. Milwaukee
Sentinel.
A Good Word for the Mormons.
One thing you've got to say, anyhow, for
those old Mormons. No matter how many
wives they married, they stayed married to all
of them. Many a boasted monogamist of the
present day is rnerely a consecutive polygamist.
r-Brockton Times.
MAKING CHILDREN PERFECT
In a lecture before the New York
Medical society Dr. L. F. Barker of
Johns Hopkins university told the
physicians a lot about how to avoid
8Doilinsr the child, all of which
would have been better told to par
ents.
To' beeln with, he advocated a lit
tie spanking. One good spanking;,
Riven before the child waa 2. years
of ace. is about enough in most
ensps. Given at this age. it will es
tablish the parent in the mind of the
child as a disciplinarian and serve
as a basis for a system of rewards
and punishments to be henceforth
carried' out.
- He advocates the use of an allow
ance chart. On this chart there Is
a list of habit forming acts on which
the child scores himself on the basis
of performance. If his conduct is
above a certain figure in a given
week he 'gets a certain allowance,
If below that figure and above
another figure he is given a smaller
sum as an allowance.
Children should not be permitted
to be capricious about food. Tar
ents should know what is a good
diet for a child, should provide it,
and should-see that the child eats
what is provided. To begin with,
parents must not start their children
wrong by' being themselves capri
cious about foods. A general and
psychic hardening of children is
another Important matter. It is
wrong to coddle a child physically,
mentally, emotionally, or socially.
Children must not learn that they
can .have their way by emotional
outbreaks. To permit them to do so
13 a disastrous policy to pursue. The
rewards must be given for self-con
trol and never for lack of It.
Consistency in attitude and policy
on the part of parents Is essential
u the child Is not to be mislead and
confused. If in early childhood an
order is once- given- one should see
to it not" only -that It Is obeyed but
that obedience Is prompt.
The parents should set their chil
dren examples of cheerfulness and
good will. . Parents who complain
of their owrrtils, such as their head
aches, their, pains and their lack of
appetite, before children may plant
the seeds of hypochondriasis in the
minds of their children. There Is
danger of psychic contaanon
Parents, at least in the presence
of their children, should learn "to
consume their own smoke," as Prof.
tfaricer puts it. That is. they should
learn to bear their aches, pains, and
111s witnout talking about them
A child never should be permitted
to use invented physical symptoms
or nervous symptoms to escape from
duties.
If he wants to stay at home from
school on account of headache let
hfm stay in bed on restricted diet,
restricted companionship, and re
stricted activities until the headache
is better. If he is fabricating the
headache he will not Rave many of
tnem it nanaiea in this way.
Formulas for Sick Babies,
FINKELSTEIN'S ALBUMIN MILK.
1 quart milk.
2 tablespoonfuls ferment.
1 pint buttermilk.
2 level tablespoohfuls Of flour. -1
pint of water.
- Malt foody ... .
Heat one quart fresh whole milk
to 100 degrees F., add two level
teaspooniuis essence of pepsin or a
junket tablet dissolved in cold wa
ter. Place in a water bath 107 de
grees F. until clabbered (15 to 20
minutes). Put In a sterile clean
muslin bag and hang until liquor
has drained out. To the curd add
one pint of buttermilk and rub
through a strainer until well broken
up. Rub the flour into the water,
add the water with flour In suspen
sion. Boll 10 minutes. Do not let
large curds form. Add water to
make, one quart. Add from 1 to 5
per cent malt food. Do not overheat
preparatory to serving else it will
curdle.
Engel's albumin milk Is prepared
like KInkelstein's except that butter
milk and wheat flour are not added
and the heating is somewhat dif
ferent. MALT SOUP.
11 ounces warm milk.
2 ounces flour.
2 ounces malt soup extract.
20 ounces water.
Rub the flour Into a paste with
cold water. Stir this into the milk,
strain through muslin. Dissolve the
malt soup In the warm boiled water.
Mix the two solutions. Boil the mix
ture for two or three minutes, stir
ring constantly.
ARTIFICIAL MILK.
1 ounce suet.
, 1 pint thin barley water.
Vt ounce gelatin.
1 teaspoonf ul milk sugar.
12 sweet almonds.
Chop the suet into very fine pieces.
Tie loosely in a muslin bag. Add
the gelatin and milk sugar to the
barley water. Into this put the bag
of suet and boil for one hour. Add
water to offset evaporation. Pound
up the almonds and pour the hot
solution on them slowly. Strain be
fore using.
SPINACH SOUP.
4 tablespoonfuls of boiled spinach.
1 slice onion.
1 quart milk.
M tablespoonful butter.
M tablespoonful flour. '
Salt.
Wash the spinach in three or four
waters. Boil in just enough water
to keep from burning. Stir frequent
ly. Boil 10 to 15 minutes. Drain.
Hub through a sieve. Slice the
onion. Put in water. Bring to a
boil. Boil the milk, add the onion.
Let simmer for two minutes. Strain
out the onion. Add the milk to the
spinach. Salt.
If it is thought the curd disagrees
give whey.
WHEY;.
1 quart milk.
1 teaspoonful essence pepsin
Curdle milk with pepsin at 104 de
grees F.
Let stand for half an hour. Put
in muslin bag and save the whey
It can be served hot or cold, flavored
with two tenspoonfuls sugar and two
tablespoonfuls of lemon juice or un-flavored.
Junket can be made
densed milk.
1 can condensed milk.
1 can hot water.
junket tablet. .
V4 teaspoonful vanilla.
with con-
Moro About Pnssos.
Omaha, July 29. To trie Editor
of The- Bee: I just want to write
a line in reply to Mr. Duvail s letter
in which he voices his dissatisfac
tion in regard to what he terms the
lailroad free pass evil.
It is generally conceded that rail
road men and their families are
justly entitled to free transportation
as a part of compensation for their
line of work. Mr. Duvall suggests
that no passes be issued for any one
except actual employes or tne ran
road. I wonder if he realizes that
a railroad man's family must move
from Dlace to place when the for'
mer must change runs. Many people
do not realize a railroad man some
times must change his residence
several times In a single year when
different runs are made from dif
ferent terminals. It would surely
bo rank injustice If a man in the
service of a railroad should have to
pay fare for his Immediate family
from place to place. It often hap
pens that a railroader must live at
some very small place whore there
are no good schools for his de
pendent children, and by bting able
to get transportation for them he Is
able to give them a real education
in a better school or college at some
more distant point
It hardly seems reasonable that
people will travel, even though it is
tiresome or Irksome to them, just
to use up free passes, as is stated
by Mr. Duvall. He also says that
passes are sold to people who have
no right .to use them. If this is
true, both the vender and the pur
chaser are putting themselves liable
to at least a large fine as this is
strictly against the national law.
So have them prosecuted, Mr. Du
vall. Also if passes should not be
issued on account of being counter
feited, then we had ought to also
stop minting and the coinage of
money, as we know someone is
constantly trying to counterfeit it.
Is it really showing favoritism to
allow the railroad man and his de
pendent family the privilege of
passes? I hardly think so. Em
ployers in almost every line make
some small concession to their own
employes and Immediate families,
and why can't he railroads do the
same for their men. I can't but
wonder if Mr. Duvall would not see
this matter In a little different
light if he were also eligible to the
pass privilege.
ROBERT M. COOK.
Mr. Carroll Indulges In Irony.
Omaha.'Aug. I. To the Editor of
The Bee: Mr. S. J. Woodruff is a
man after my own heart and I want
tc thank him.
The great trouble with too many
people like Father Judge is that
they cannot be brought to realize-
as hundred percenters like Wood
ruff and "myself do that this
United States of America is (strictly
speaking) an English colony. Yet
strange as it may seem Mr.
Woodruff does not understand
Judge's blindness, for he tells us
that men like him who radiate for
eign propaganda should be summar
ily dealt with. Have pity on him,
Mr. Woodruff, for he doesn't know
much. Why, he did not even know
the last time I was talking with
him that this earth was made by
God for the English, that is. I
mean, for England's use and bene
fit. He did not even know that we
sent Sims over to apologize to
Mother England for the insult of
fered her by George Washington
and fellow mischief-makers, and to
explain to his majesty that Wash
ington was not so much to blame,
as he was egged on in the revolu
tion by a lot of Irish fanatics. Why,
sir, he didn't know that, having
duly apologized for the revolution,
v;e then crossed the Atlantic to pull
England's chestnuts out of the fire.
Why, perish me pink man, he didn't
know nothing.
MAURICE CARROLL,
SS08 North, Eighteenth Street.
the Penrose bill. Wall Btreet and
"the Morgan interests, always true
to themselves, are plcaaed with the
proposal. That measure, though it
nmv defeat the payment of the
$10,000,000,000 of ' principal and
$500,000,000 annual Interest owed
the American people, will assure
the collection of lesser sums owed
the banking house of Morgan and
company.
Why should Wall street and the
Morgan interests, the American
financial agents of England and
France, worry over so favorable a
proposition as that? If payment of
the 110,000.000,000 is deferred the
American people will in. the mean
time carry the load; if reduced, the
American people will pay the dlf
ference; If remitted, the American
people will pay all. The respective
naval And military programs of
England and Franca can then be
brought more readily and easily to
completion.
American 'business men, farmers
and workmen, not favored by the
tax exemptions designed for Europe
In the Penrose bill, may shortly ask
of congress the reason why, and
Wall street's sophisticated evasions
will not be accepted in reply.
LOUIS D. KAVANAUGH.
Europe's Debt Discussed.
Omaha, Aug. 2. To the Editor of
The Bee: Defer, reduce or remit
the debt Europe owes the Ameri
can people has been whispered for
some time past in polite circles. The
movement IS now on Jn dead .earnest
in congress- with the introduction of
America an
Associated Power
ALMOST HOME.
Morning;, noon and evening.
The evinlnir. far irone;
And I await the coming
Of the new dawn.
Thouph the morn and noontime
Arn paused. I will roam
Until the Hauler rails me
Unto my home.
Passing, crossing over.
The distance, I know.
Will be but a short Journey
For ma to go.
T-A M. HOPEWELL.
(From the New York Herald.)
The State department's announce
m'ent of the recognition by the allies
of American rights and powers in
respect of the League of Nations
and treaty of Versailles mandates is
Illuminating in the matter of our
rights and relations with Germany.
The very essence of our position
with regard to the Island of Yap was
that no. Allied-council, "no League of
Nations, no treaty of : Versailles, no
anything could deprive this country
or what .rights we possessed in Yap
before the war and what additional
rights we acquired, along with' those
powers associated with us In the
war, byhe defeat of Germany and
the separation from Germany of Its
facinc territories. And this conten
tion of the United States, if we un
derstand the State' department an
nouncement, is now conceded by all
the allies.
Our position as to the Mesopo
tamia oil fields rests on the same
fundamental principle. It is that
what we gained in Mesopotamia
through the war by the principal
allies and associated powers, we be
ing one of those principal associated
powers, was not gained for one of
them but was gained for all of them.
What belonged to all of them could
not be appropriated by or allotted to
one of them with the eaual claims
and rights therein of another or of
others of them ignored or denied.
And this contention of the United
States, if we understand the State
departments explanation, is also
now making for acceptance by all
the allies.
What is sound doctrine as to Yan
and Mesopotamia cannot Be unsound
doctrine as to Germany.
Tnen. if what rights we had before
the war and what rights we gained
tnrougn the war are Inseparably
ours as to Yap or Mesopotamia, fail-
ng our consent to part with them.
no matter what the allied council
or the League of Nations or the
treaty of Versailles or the lot of
them together might meditate or at
temptif that is so, how can it be
that rights and relations with Ger
many which were ours before the
war, or which we gained through
the war, are now or ever could be
separated from us without our ap
proval ana consent, no matter what
the allied council or the League of
Nations or the treaty of 'Versailles
or the lot of them together might
contemplate or decree?
How can it be that any treaty of
peace mat tne united States may
rrcgotiate with Germany is now or
ever could be dependent upon the
authority and sanction of the treaty
Of Versailles?
The United States no more needs
to go to the treaty of Versailles for
license and permission to negotiate
and establish new treaty relations
with Germany, provided in so doing
we stay -within our rights, then the
United States needs the license and
permission of the treaty of Versailles
to be a free and independent
sovereignty.
Concerning tbc Bonus Bill.
Council Bluffs, la., July 29. To
the Editor of The Bee: By his atti
tude concerning the bonus bill Pres
ident Harding has taken the place
of heroic statesmanship and is
found to be far above the level of
the ordinary politician. With 4.000,
000 voters, each having a direct anid
personal Interest at stake, and with
every reason upon their side, if the
country were in a normal condition.
it required courage and honesty of
the highest type for the president,
in the face of all these consldera
tions, to oppose the measure. A
bankrupt national treasury and the
attendant dangers to all the peo
ple wnicn the measure would im
pose made it necessary that he take
tne position which he has assumed
What a contrast is afforded by
nis action, witn tne election of a
very few years ago only two weeks
in the future the railroad workers
demanded from the people an ad
vance of h0, 000,000 in their an
nual wages. In the belief on the
part of Mr. Wilson and Mr. McAdoo
that this bribe, for a bribe it was
and nothing else, made with your
money, mis stupendous sum was
given for the purpose, as they fully
expectea. or carrying the comine
election. It was supposed that the
railroad vote would form a balance
of power sure to bring the desired
result, and the people had been pil
laged and looted for two years
without a protest, which led them to
believe this stupendous piece of po
litical corruption would pass un
noticed, but it was the beginning of
the awakening, which had reached
its fuller proportions with the
8,000,000 majority for a change in
management registered last Novem
ber. Were It possible to do this every
person must favor added pay for
the soldiers far in excess of that
proposed by the bonus bill, but on
account of the legalized piracies
against our national treasury this
worthy action is now Impossible.
Senator Capper of Kansas, In
whom all people have confidence,
has stated that at least $7,000,000
000 of dollars were stolen from the
bond buyers and taxpayers of Amer
ica during the last four years, and
that the, actual amount is conserva-
i, ,n ms juasment more than
$10,000,000,000, in the most profli
gate combination of wastage, graft
and lootage which ever pillaged a
patient people. No such financial
saturnalia and debauch was ever
before staged on earth, and history
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Dyers, Cleaners, Hatters, Furriers,
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has no parallel fur such a dlspoll
nunt of any people.
We have at iHst begun to lenrn
that public treasuries are not inex
haustible, and with this enlighten
ment many thiiiKs which are in
themselves worthy and desirable
must be omitted. This is the fact
concerning the bonus bill, and Pres
ident Harding has Justified the con
fidence of those who voted for him,
and of our whole nation.
L. H. MONROE.
"Units In Vuliic."
Tekamah, Neb.. Auff. 2. To tin.
Editor of The Bee: Some one please
answer: How long can, or will the
farmer stand swapping two for one?
The farmer gives two units uf
value in foodstuffs and receives n;
return one unit of value In manu
factured products. A FARMER.
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