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Tite Bee's Platform
New Union Peuenger Station.
Continued Improvement of the N
break Highway, including the pae
meat of Main Thoroughfares Uadiag
into Omaha with Brick Surface.
A hort, low-rate Waterway from tbe
Cora Bolt to tha Atlantic Oceav.
Homo Rue Charter for Omaha, with
City Manager form of Government. .
' Nebraska's State Seal.
A rnmmift? has renorted to the STOvemor
hhat the "old seal of the State of Nebraska is
t'.Mitiqtiated 'and nearly obsolete, in that it does
:ot shdw the present sovereignty of the state."
-jjust so. , Objection is made to the log cabin,'
" to the steamboat and the railroad train, and to
?'he mountains,- and generally to "the whole
Resign. . ' ,
Perhaps the esthetic notions of the , men
who adopted the design of the seal of the State
of Nebraska were not so highly developed as
those of today. " It is a difference in standards,
"jSpw.evcr. The sturdy men who laid the founda
tions of the; great commonwealth had vision.
JThey had lofty aspirations, and they were in
- Spired by a hope that is being daily realized by
s'th"eir descendants. And they selected a fairly
Comprehensive design for the state seal.
' TOfef prkdpal. figure in the foreground . is. a
jjplacksmitti, who typifies labor. Maybe a farm
IJhand trying to rest on a barbed wire fence
Jtvould be more up to' date, but usually the de
picted artisan stands undisputed as the type of
Ijhonest, purposeful effort ort which all "great-.
Jhess rests. If the steamboat has been super
seded by the airplane and the swift-moving au
tomobile truck, it is well to contemplate It' as a
. ijtoken of how far we have progressed. Justus
!the blacksmith is a symbol of labor, on which
!?all prosperity rests, so the steamboat may recall
the beginnings, and it ill becomes a people to
'look JfSajck from fortune's height and disdain the
honest way by which the ascent was achieved.
IJThe jiyr. and .the mountains show forth the
ijcasterV incJ western limits of the state, and
ijnone car? sij that .the wheat sheaves, the cattle
iind the'ilroad lack any element in telling' the,
Ijstory of the state's expansion. And the' log
Ijcabin reminds us of the pioneer's humble abode,
jjfrom which the rays of hope and faith lighted
lithe pth to sublime and solid achievement.
'These bmgii are' not, to be ignored. -: - V '
- v.,-.Jt-CMOt.ieiF'A(jf,4'ell too 'much ituthe jfosj.;
man must c;rlooK.'MJrwiru, uui uc suyujn (iui,
fnr that reason, fonret the lessons of the 'past.
Teachings many millenium in age still are vig-
lorous, both in theory and application, it mignt
pay Nebraskans to, recall occasionally the days
vhen that great seal ot tne state representee-
ivision, to revive not only the hopes but . the
principles that animated the fathers and to
practice some of the virile virtues of their times.
lOur progress has been notable and justifies
pride in recorded accomplishment, yet it should
not lead entirely to discard the enduring basis
Thi .simnl thinsrs renresented
the al of the State of Nebraska deserve
ijperpetua'tioii in the life of its people, and will
IJshine the brighter as we increase in wealth.be
icause they are simple. "Faith and honor and
Jgood intent" are shown in that seal, and no
Jlmodern design can set out more.
Further Signs of Improvement :
Fordnevitaififf
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Ijbill, tne wool maricei is recovering. ,jcpwu3
Ijpublished in Boeth last week indicating1 a gen
ijfcral firming fei tqne; as well as increase ..in
; Jactivity. Front New, York come s the ,riews that
ithe American Woolen' company has "sohTup
and withdrawn'- siiveral important classes' of
ifwool goods for the; spring 1922 trade." -Only
ifone inference may be drawn from this,"and "that
,!is easily directed by the supporting statements,
!also from New ,' York, that "predictions that
!August would bring vastly increased business
i'n the local apparel field were borne out early
'this week."
These are not mere conjectures, but reflect
ijthe judgment of experienced observers, who are
;Jpresent and keenly noting every sign of trade.
jftVleletrade begins to improve, and
jit is improving, tV; general revival of business
!& not likeryto b long delayed. Just as wool
-.i-Jnr. mi' Wur life.'' so also is cotton. The
.13 l.ni" ' J J - (
tv.;. ... ic' 4h khnrte.ct harvested in manv
.l.)V)r nua j w
seasons, but the carry-over from 1920 is more
IShan enough to ;supply domestic demands and
;! provide a considerable amount for. export.
' Therefore there shoirld be no shortage, and with
: increasing request er the staple at the mills,
, the improvement in business that must follow
' i inevitable.
X If prosperity depends on the exportation of
foodstuffs, then- it is at hand, tor tne surplus
liuheit-'inH corn is crossinz the ocean at a rate
fitlmost equal to the banner season, and the de-
Imand for meats is improving. Many millions
fcf dollars have come west since the harvest be
tean in June, and other millions are coming. The
:jhome marjtet;. js the best in the K world, the
"domestic consumptive -demand exceeds ..that of
r 'jany othitatjio.n,,and as it never fails, it takes
;o "prtfghet .to foretell good times at hand.'
,. Vie; Wee, Wee. '-""v.-
' ;; "This little pig went to market." .And he,
Ijrode in a rubber-tired truck, my children.' Rail
road rates are eo high,. you see, that new
'methods of transportation are coming into use,
J3ack east two short line roads have closed
x Ijdown because the motor truck took away, their
ijbusiness.
it; . Every live stock market is receiving heavy
'consignments of hogs, sheep, calves and cattle
'k fhe eaoline route. The records of the
itOmaha stock yards show more than 20,000
is
and a lartter number in June. The railroad
may convince themselves that the long haul
still theirs, but the oossibihty loom Of a great
deal of industry being localized so that there
will be less and less shipping of products back
and forth across the continent.
Readjustment in Meat Packing.
Addressing the American Institute of Meat'
Packers, its president, Thomas E. Wilson, told
his hearers that their line was more nearly re
adjusted from the effects of the war disturbance
than any other industry. Profits were com
pared to the disadvantage of 170 non-packer In
dustries, indicating a greater propensity to
achieve inordinate gains, while, the decline of
prices was shown to be to a point below the
1913 level on aome of the by-products, with a
lessened domestic demand for lard.
All of this is interesting, as coming just at
the time that the packer's control bill has passed
congress and is about to become law. Oper
ations in the immediate future will be under the
new law, and a real test of its merits will afford
a basis for solid judgment as to its need. Chief
of the reasons set up in its support were the
allegations of centralized control of the meat
packing industry, made by the federal com
mission. These allegations were challenged in
detail by the packers at the time they were
made, and in this connection it is Interesting to
read in a report made to the British Parliament
by a subcommittee of the standing committee
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on trusts. This committee, under date ot April
5, 1921, in the course of a lengthy report, said:
The Federal Trade commission reported
that a combination exists in the United
States, between, the five large companies
named. Our witness, who had bought in the
United States, assures us, however, that they
had never perceived anything but keen com
petition among the large packers, and the
representatives of the independent packers
stated they had not met any unfair competi
tion on the part of the Big Five.
If this is true, and the assertion of the Fed
eral Trade commission, in the Colver report,
is also true, then the conclusion must be that
the "meat trust" reserves its evil doings for
home consumption exclusively. Folks will be
loath to believe this, but, row that the: modi
fied Kenyon bill has gone through, it will be
worth while taking note of what its effect may
be. That will provide the surest proof , of the
truth .or falsity of the Colver charges.
"Search and Seizure."
A pretty little passage at arms occurred in
the senate on Monday, when an amendment to
the anti-beer bill was adopted.. It provide for
the punishment of any prohibition agent ' who
undertakes to search; a home for liquor un
authorized by. a warrant. Such immunity , is
guaranteed, by the Fourth Amendment to the
Constitution of the United States.' Advocates
of prohibition argued vehemently against the
measure' proposed, contending if would defeat
the purpose of the act. Senator Lodge an
swered by pointing out that the citizen is as
strongly bound to observe the Fourth as the
Eighteenth amendment. To ignore onet an
effort to enforce, the other is to bring ori con
fusion. .. Enforcement o the Volstead aqtis de-
sirable but it ought not to be undertaken at the
expense of the safety guaranteed a citizen in his
home. Prohibition will gain its ends soqner if
its proponents observe all tfte laws. ;'J
FouV-Piece Suits Coming, flj
fMere man.is coming' into his ownJfr.Sar
?orial genius at last has. set a standard that
amounts nearly to emancipation. Hereafter the
suit is to include four pieces coat, vest, trous
ers (or pants, as the case may be), and knicker
bockers,, These latter will be worn oiv such
occasions as are appropriate ' to their substitu
tion for trousers (or pants) and will probably
"fill-a lojig-felt want The golfer, for example,
will no. longer be unique or conspicuous, should
he come down town attired as for the links;
Some of the ex-service men who shudder when
they '.think of the spiral puttee may become
reconciled to the abbreviated nether garment
when the latter is re-enforced and supported by
pair of proper stockings. Yet even that will
not produce half the joy with which they
climbed back into the long trousers (or pants)
of the citizen garb. Come on with your knick
ers, and watch the men folks' expose their
shanks. ,'.''; '!
General Wood- is telling the Filipinos that
the United States will do whatever is "best for
the people.. No doubt he considers the interests
of the islanders arid of the people of the main
land as identical, but it is just as well to admit
that if the welfare of the United States required,
retention of the Philippines, they would be kept
irrespective of .their desires or1 even of their
private welfare.
Somehow, the endeavor oi the University''
of Wisconsin to study and comprehend the
forces making and actuating the migratory
worker and the. I. W. V. seems more sensible
than merely settling the problem with a club
or driving it on from one town to another.
According to the United States Department
of Agriculture the value of Nebraska's farm
products in 1920 was $689,169,000. This is
quite a sum until interest on mortgages, wages
of labor and other expenses of operation are
taken out of it.
Nebraska's state seal may be "antiquated,"
but a similar complaint has been made against
a lot of things that survive because' they arc
worthy. '''
Some day a coroner's jury will bring out the
fact that the pedestrian killed by an' automobile
really committed suicide.
;ss3tiiaght in by automobile truck in July, j
One would think the Pacific ocean wide
enough to allow for avoiding reefs when sail
ing on it . ;
Wonder what part' of the United States
Emma Goldman is longing for West Vir
ginia?
"Blue sky" law enforcers are indulging in
"heap talk;" A little action might help.
They do say the dye makers were out to
make a killing. J ;
Chief Dempsey is' right about the thefts.
Air Travel Seems Safe,
Dangers Attendant Slighter Than
Supposed by Those- Not Familiar. -
(From the Baltimore American.)
While the British sovernment has at last an
nounced its intention to abandon the operation
of its dirigible balloons, it appears that passen-
. .' t .. 1 . 1 f.Am
gers are noi ISKing regular anyiauc nip jium
London to various parts of Europe. Airplane
lines run from the British capital daily to Paris,
Brussels, Rotterdam and Amsterdam. From
these places, with a change of planes, the trav
eler may extend his journey to almost any point
of the comoass. A French passenger air line will
carry him to Morocco. New French lines are to
be opened to Madrid, Rome, Constantinople and
Algiers. In Germany intercity air service is al
ready arranged on a time-table oasis, i ne nying
mail is being rapidly developed. A letter posted
in Berlin at 7 o'clock in the morning for the fly
ing post reaches London by 5:30 the same eve-
"""ng- ...
The fares seem to be about twice the sum in
volved in surface travel. The time saved is very
great. One can go from London to Casablanca
by air in less than two days for a little over
43. By train ana Doat tne trip lanes six uays
at a cost of iU.
The daneeis attendant on aeroplane travel on
regular passenger carrying planes are perhaps
rather sliarhter than is popularly supposed. In
Great Britain in the twenty-three months ending
March last there were only eight pilots and
eleven passengers killed in civil ".non
government! planes. Among passengers the mor
tality was 14 per 100,000. In France there have
been only five fatal accidents in the last two
years among the 450 private and public passen
ger machines in operation. In Canada in the past
year only one fatal accident in civil planes has
been reported.
In the United "states during the past six
months, according to figures gathered by the
Manufacturers' Aircraft association, nongovern
ment machines have flown 3,250,000 miles with
fifteen persons killed and forty-three injured.
This is an impressive record for 1,200 machines,
particularly as the officers of the association
maintain that most of the accidents were among
the so-called "gypsy flyers,'' who take up pas
sengers for small flights in unregulated and un
safe machines.
It wou d appear that civil flying had reached
a stage of safety far beyond that .attained by army
and navy flying. During the past year seventy
one persons are said to" have been . killed by
American army planes. This is a large mortal
ity, but in their development of the ar the army
and navy fliers have to take many chances. The
government s air mail service, in tne recent trips,
showed nineteen fatalities in some 1,300,000 miles
of flying. ,
In Europe air transport has already arrived
and is being rapidly developed. The poor condi
tion of the continental railroads has propaoiy
stimulated this progress. Thus far we are lag
ging behind Europe. But it may be that the time
is at hand when the air traveler will look down
at the crowded limited train on the ' landscape
much as the early railroad passengers looked at
the Ox-cart plodding over the plains.- , ?
Harding's Simple Remedy.
The president's recommendations to con-
o-res for leflrislation extending;, relief to the rail
roads in the financial stress in which they find
themselves has the merit of simplicity and prac
ticability, while at the same time avoiding the
necessity of imposing added taxation on the pub
lic tp meet its requirements. In reality, it merely
amounts to a thawing out of frozen securities
and applying the money derived therefrom to the
present needs of the railroads for a resumption
of their normal activities. '
To a considerable extent it involves a matter
of bookkeeping, in which settlements between
the roads and the government will be hastened
by an offsetting of the indebtedness of the one
against' the other through.the agency of the War
Iflnance corporation, which already, has an au
thorized revolving fund of $500,000,000. To meet
the roads' requirements for credit, which they
now are unable to obtain except at excessive rates
of interest, the corporation would be authorized
to issue securities of its own ana noat tnem, se
curing itself for the credit thus extended with se
curities based on the assets of the railway prop
erties. This method of relief, as before stated,
will impose no extra burden of r taxation upon
taxpayers, and besides making avauaDie to we
roads the money they need to improve their
properties and increase their activities, will impart
needed stimulation to an lorms oi industrial en
terprise. .
As the president succinctly explains the work
ing of the plan, it means "no added expense, no
added investment is required on the part of the
government, there is no added liability, no added
tax burden. It is merely the grant of authority
necessary to enable a most useful and efficient
government agency to use its available funds to
purchase securities for which congress already
has authorized the issue, and turn them into the
channels of finance ready to float them."
The remedy is simple, the need urgent, and
congress will cbnserve the public well being by
giving prompt, sanction to the plan. Likewise,
the suggestion that authority be conferred on the
same agency to relieve the plight of the farmers
by a like use of government credit to finance'
their undertakings seems to possess the merit of
feasibility. Richmond Times-Dispatch. ; r
How to Keep Well
By DR. W. A. EVAMS
QuMtion caaearninf hriin. unlutioa and ravntian of ubmlttwl
to Dr. Evan by raadara ol Tha Baa. wUI aa aoawarad paraonallr, ubjact to
propar limitation, wbare a aUmpad addraaaad anvalopa ia anc)oad. Dr
will not maka diafnoaia or praacriko iar individual diaaaaaa. Addraaa lattara
ia care af Tka Baa.
CopjriBht, 1921. by Dr. W. A. Evana
UNIFORMS IN HOT WEATHER
Some weeks ago I discussed this
subject.' 1 got my data for that ar
ticle from a health Journal which
recorded some very scientific work
on fabrics, textures, weights and
colors of clothes and their relation
to temperature and comfort when
worn In the African subtropics.
But along comes my friend Moyer
asking for another article on the
subject when I told him of my ar
ticle based on the experiments made
in South Africa. He. exclaimed, in
language not exactly suited to the
pages of a family newspaper, "Why
drag In Africa!" or words to that
effect.
In substance, his criticism was
"why talk about the Ideal or the
ultimate when there are so many
windmills to joust against right at
hand."
Then he handed me an editorial
which he had recently written for
the Chicago Medical Recorder. The
subject was "Uniforms."
He called attention to the folly
of dressing Irish policemen in Prince
Albert coats popularized by and
named for the husband of a British
Queen. If the atmospheric heat does
not give him sunntroke he dies from
apoplexy caused by anger.
Moyer has a few kind words to
say about the people who compel
soldiers, sailors, mail carriers and
policemen to wear heavy uniforms
in hot weather. Since so many com
mercial houses have their men in
Uniform, the kindly medic might
have included them in his list.
The body is a tremendous heat
maker. The eating and digesting of
food, all kinds of muscle work, every
process of life results in the produc
tion of. heat
The skin is one of the two great
agencies for getting rid of this heat.
To cover It with heavy clothing pre
vents heat loss by evaporation of
sweat and by the displacement of
the hot air lying next to it
Men who are forced to wear heavy
clothing in hot weather must have
their efficiency greatly lowered. They
must suffer strain on their vital or
gans -and run considerable risk of
heat prostration or sunstroke.
Their sktns being macerated by
sweaty garments for hours, they
must develop skin troubles. , -:
How far does the right to impose
the wearing of heavy uniforms in
hot weather extend?
Worms Like Candy.
C. E. writes: "What causes pin
worms? Also, what Is the remedy?
Does eating candy cause them?
REPLY.
Plnworms hatch from plnworm
eggs. They are due to vatlng con
taminated food or drinking con
taminated fluids. As a rule they
can be cured with salt enemas.
Worm medicine taken internally
helps somewhat. It is said that eat
ing candy, other sweets, .nd excess
of starchy foods makes the intes
tinal tract somewhat better suited
for worms. Otherwise, there is no
basis for the theory that eating
candy causes worms, and even that
is more conjecture than proven fact.
She's Bromo Seltscr Addict.
Mrs. S. G. H. writes: "I have a
friend who has been taking bromo
seltzer for years in ever increasing
quantities. She takes two two
pound bottles in eight to 10 days.
She ts irritable, very forgetful, al
ways complaining of being tired.
She is large and heavy. She has
conBtipatton. She takes purgatives
constantly. She has headaches.
"1. Is bromo seltzer a habit form
ing drug? , ,
"2. Will habitual use cause head
aches?" REPLY.
t. There could be no better illus
tration than the case you cite. The
lady has the habit.
2. The coal tRr pain allayer wheu
used habitually brings about changes
in the blood and nerve cells, which
cause headaches.
Not Adequate Remedy.
' O. M. P. writes: "Would you
consider gr. ampoules of cacodyl
ate of soda as a destroyer of the
microbes of syphilis? Twelve were
given intramuscularly at intervals of
three days."
7 REPLY.
This ' was extensively tried out
nearly seven years ago. The con
clusion is that it cannot be relied on
to replace arsephenamtne or mer
cury. '
Don't kid Yourself.
Mrs. M. S. W. writes: "Please
publish the. use of epsom salts for
reducing. '
1. How much to put in the water?
2. Hot or c61d?
3. How long to stay in and how
often to take?
4. How soon the effect should be
noticeable? , ' ' , '
5. Is it a practical way of reduc
ing or can you suggest a better
one?" - :
REPLY.
Bathing in epsom Salts solution
as a means , of reducing is utterly
worthless. There Is no way to cheat
In the game. If you are fat, you
overeat To lose fat eat less. That
is the whole law. Live it. No use
trying to wriggle out
Ex-Governor Proves It.'
E. S. B. writes: "1. Is a man at
the age of 62 too old to have chil
dren if the woman is young enough?
"2. Would the children be apt to
be strong and healthy?"
REPLY.
1. Xo. A friend sends us a news
paper clipping which announces the
birth of a bouncing baby, the child
of an ex-governor who is well over
SO. This is one of several children
of his all born when he was older
than 70-
2. Ys. .
Religious Tolerance
Beating Congress to It;
Wt.;i rnnerrrct is rnheiHprinor legislation to
improve the farmer's Condition, natural causes
are operating to meet the trouble without wait
ing for the Norn's bill or any modification of the
war finance corporation act.
Although the object of congressional activity
is to make a market for products which it is said
can find no market without help, the fact is that
the market, so far as wheat is concerned, is really
very active. Exports of wheat this-year are run
ning millions of bushels above the average; and
farmers are now selling grain more rapidly than
they have for several years. For the first three
weeks in July the movement of wheat in this
country was more than double what it was in the
corresponding weeks of last year, and for the
week beginning July 17 all records except one
were broken.
The large export movement of wheat is due to
the disappearance of Russia as a factor in the
European market and, while it is not a fact to re
joice in, the American farmer has nothing to fear
from Russian competition for another year.
Quite to the contrary, the famine in Russia and
the efforts to arrange for sending American help
to the starving indicate that flour from this coun
try will go to Russia in considerable quantities.
Detroit Free Press. .
... The 'Bishop Lost His Bun.
There is the story of a bishop who, traveling
through Bath by train, gave a small boy 6d
and asked him to go and buy some Bath buns.
"That:will be - one . fof mei" said, he, "and one
for you." 'Presently the. boy returned eating a
bun and 'offering 3d change. "Sorry, sir," he
explained, "but there was only one left in the
shop." Glasgow Herald. , v
Objects of the Ku KIux Klan.
Omaha, Aug. 8. To the Editor; of
The Bee: Replying to the letter of
one who is interested, dated August
S, appearing in The Omaha Bee,
August .8, I wish fjrst to state that
the Knights of the Ku-Klux Klan is
Ja 100 per cent patriotic organization
composea . oniy , or m per cem
Americans! It most certainly is a
ritualistic society of national scope.
Qualifications necessary to member
ship are:
A man must be a native-born, true
and loyal citizen of the United States
of America. A white male person"
and believer in the tenets of the
Christian religion. The maintenance
of white supremacy and the princi
ples of pure Americanism. They
must not owe any kind of allegiance ,
to any foreign nation, government,
institution, sect, people, ruler or per
son. Any man possessing the above quali
fications regardless of his vocation,
in life or- his financial standing in
the community we will be pleased
to hear from and any other informa
tion you may desire, address P.. O.
Box CE8 and I will be pleased t to
answer all those I oan.
KING KLEAGLE,
i : He .Inquires to Know.
Omaha, Aug. 8. To the Editor
of The. Bee: I find In one column
of your paper :today the following:
"Did you know that the horse once
had five toes and was known to our
forefathers as the eohlppus? It did,
and was. jit took five' periods of
time for the -horse to evolute into
what- it is today."
I didn't know it, but really am de
lighted tot find it out. Now, will
the author of that immensely valu
able chunk of Information enlighten
us still farther. Did our forefathers
swap eohippusses, or did they con
fine their trades to eohlppi? Also,
how come the speech of that dear
old day was Greek ? Of course, . I
always have regarded Greek as a
dead language, but did not think of
it as being so dead as to have sur
vived five- periods of time, coming
down to the present By the way,
how long did a "period of time"
last? Is it as long as a piece of
string or as big as a chunk of chalk,
or would it reach from hither to
yon? Yours for Information,
OLD FOGY.
They Raised Big Families.
How V paltry 1,400 could adequately depict
the landing of the Pilgrims puzzles us who have
met no less than 1,000,000 hicks whose r.ncestoi s
fed the fishes from the storm-swept decks of the
laboring Mayflower. Buffalo Express.
Homeless Herrick.
Ambassador Herrick's inability to find a suit
able abode in Paris which he can afford has its
bright side. It should do something to dispel
the impression abroad that . "American" is short
for "millionaire." New York Evening Post.
Peace Hath Its Difficulties.
Hiram Maxim has invented a gun that throws
a f6ur-ton shell without making any noise. What
is more needed is a four-ton street car that will
turn acorner without making any noise. Min
neapolis Journal.
Anent the Blue Sky Law.
Omaha, Aug. 9. To the Editor of
The Bee: I have been considerably
Interested in the recent remarks of
Attorney , General Davis anent the
operation of the blue sky law or the
failure of that law to operate. The
fact- is- that every.! blue sky law on
the statute books of Nebraska has
been a; farce and the present one is
no' exception. It," should be repealed
as' quickly as possible. If Its terms
were strictly enforced a tailor could
hot sell a suit of clothing from cloth
in his shop without first getting a
permit from the blue 6ky board, nor
could a restaurant furnish a meal
without going through the same
process. ' This may sound extreme,
but a literal construction of the law
will warrant the statement.
Commissioner Taylor of the rail
way commission, who is somewhat
of a goat in the oolnlon of Attorney
General Davis, makes some very In
teresting statements sylth reference
to the prosecutions under the first
bhie sky law. He refers to the
prosecution of the Farmers' Oil and
Gas. company and says 'that that
company brought damage uit
against members of the board
through which they were exoner
ated. The Farmers' Oil and Gas com
pany never sued the members of the
railway commission. Don E. De
Bow brought suit against that board
In the city of Lincoln after he (De
Bow) had been exonerated by Judge
KedicK on -charge of violating the
blue sky law. This case was tried
before Judge Flansburg (now on the
supreme bench). At a critical point
in the trial Judge Fla-nsberg decided
that the members of the commission
"had no probable cause for "?nsln"
the arrest of Mr.' De Bow. Then at
another critical point he decided
that there was no malice In the ac
tion ot the board,, taking the case
from the jury. Previous to the time
of this trial I had always believed
that after it had been established, In
a case for malicious prosecution, that
the prosecution was without prob
able malice the question of malice
was for the jury.
Personally, I am pleased to see
an investigation of some of these
people who have deceived investors.
Just why a grand jury, with all of its
attendant expense and excitement,
is better than the generally prac
ticed method of filing informations
ia not clear. May we not save ex
penses and punish the rascals under
laws punishing those who obtain
money and things Of value under
false pretense. It might be well also
if state officers should be more care
ful in making statements for publica
tion, as much of the late printed
matter is full of error if it be not
Intentionally misleading.
H. H. CLAIBORNE.
From tha Loulavllla I'ourlar Journal.
Judea gave the world religion
the concept of unity in the God
head. Greece gave the world philosophy
"all philosophers are disciples
either of Plato or of Aristotle."
Rome gave the world Instltu
tionallsm. Spain inherited, and in the days
of its power illustrated, the Roman
idea of dominion.
France gave the world a sense of
beauty unexcelled since Attlo days.
England gave the world a con
ception of orderly liberty wisely
regulated by law.
What distinct contribution has
America, made to world civilization?
Popular education? In a sense,
yes. The democratic ideal that
"respects not merely what is
thought to be respectable, but only
what is respectable?" In a sense,
yes. Other things thought to be
peculiarly American may come to
mind.
America's unique contribution to
the net sum of human progress,
however, Is religious tolerance.
The first amendment to the
American constitution had this
point In view.
Jefferson enforced the idea in his
fight to disestablish the Church of
England in the state of Virginia. On
his tombstone, his epitaph, written
by himself, includes "the statute of
religious liberty In Virginia," as one
of the three things he. wished to be
know as the author of the other two
being the Declaration of Indepen
dence and the University of Virginia.
Is this precious deposit of Amer
ican faith religious tolerance be
ing properly safeguarded?
Are Americans as religiously tol
erant as once they were, or as men
like Thomas Jefferson would have
them be?
Not religiously "liberal," but re
ligiously "tolerant"?
The American boast is that Jew,
Catholic or Protestant may, in
America, profess and practice with
out restraint or criticism the relig
ious faith that pleases his conscience.
Is this boast justified by fact?
Propaganda aspersing various re
ligious faiths Is abroad In the United
States. Basically, the purpose of
this propaganda is political.
Through religious prejudice cer
tain vicious men seek power power
at the expensive sacrifice of Amer
ican institutions and in clear viola
tion of the constitution of the United
States each American citizen is ob
liged to obey and to defend.
The point needs not be either ar
gued or demonstrated. It is recog
nized by all sober-minded Ameri
cans. 1
The thing to do Is to reckon with
it promptly and intelligently.
Enemies of the American spirit of
relieious tolerance work covertly.
Friends of American Institutions I
Appeal From Moscow
(From tha Boatitn Tnuiarrlpt.)
Coincident with the report of th
release of all Americans who have
been confined in soviet prisons comes
tho pitiful appeal ot Tchltcherln,
"Commissary of the people for For
eign Affairs," asking, in' behalf of
the Moscow government, that the
nations of the world ccme to the
rescue of tho famine-stricken Rus
sian people. As might be expected,
tho picture ho draws is not so ter
rible a one as other observers, not
connected with tha Holshsvist bu
reaucracy, have recently drawn. He
denies the reports of large-scale dis
orders, and of the break-down of
tho functions of government The
migration of famine-sufferers, in
stead of being a movement beyond
the government's control, he de
clares, is being aided by the soviet
authorities. Hut Tchltcherln ad-,
mits the situation Is a gravo one, he
makes no attempt at glossing mat
ters over, and he frankly implores
aid from the nonsovlct peoples.
A state of famine, he declarci,
exists in 10 provinces, owing to t
prolonged drouth, and crops only
10 or 15 per cent of their normal
volume. The population of these 10
provinces numbers 18,000,000; and
these 18,000.000 people need, before
September 16, 17,000.000 poods of
whvat a pood being approximately
the equivalent of 36 pounds). Rus-''
sia herself, Tchltcherln points out,
can supply a certain amount of the
food supplies needed, but the exact
amount is uncertain, owing to the
absence of speclttc information as to
the size of the harvest In other parts
of the soviet dominions. Hence the
necessity the urgent necessity for
foreign help and succor, generously
and speedily given.
Tchitcherin's appeal to what he
would doubtless call the capitalistic
world is a confession that the bol
shevist type of government has
broken down. A government which
is unable to provide food for Its
citizens does not deserve the title.
Russia's present troubles arise al
most entirely from the vices inherent
in the political philosophy of com
munism. For the moment, , the
world has forgotten its quarrel With
the governmental regime of Lenine
and Trotzky, and desires only to says
as many Russians as possible from
starvation. When this humanitarian
task has been achieved, - we may
hope that the Russian people them
selves will replace their present
form of government with one more
representative, of the national
character, and . one more nearly in
accord with the Ideals of civilization.
and of American laws,- to combat
successfully this insidious propa
ganda, need to work openly.
- It is time to do so time to re
enforce throughout the country the
spirit, as well as the letter of the
first amendment to the constitution
of the United States. ; ,
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