THE REE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1921.
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The Bee's Platform
1. New Union Paaaengcr Station.
2. Continued improvement of the Ne
braska Highways, including the pare
ment of Main Thoroughfares leading
into Omaha with a Brick Surface.
3. A short, low-rate Waterway from the
Corn Belt to the Atlantic Ocean.
4. Home Rule Charter for Omaha, with
City Manager form of Government.
High Toll Taken by Railroads.
In days not so very long ago the farmer
drove or rode to the grist mill, carrying his
sacks of grain to be ground into flour or meal.
The miller dipped into the grain as it ran into
the hopper and took out certain measures as
his toll for service. This was recognized as
just, and the miller thrived and his patrons
stood by him, because his exact.tTn was not
burdensome. Frogress brought a change, and
now the farmer sells his grain to the miller and
buys flour from him, and still the transaction
as between the farmer and the miller remains
v on a basis that gives to neither especial cause
for complaint. Between them, however,
stretches the railroad, and however its charges
may affect the flour, they are now laid on the
grain in a way that justifies the indignation of
the producer.
At present the toll, taken by the railroads
for hauling a car of corn from a station 127
miles away to Omaha amounts to 392 bushels,
or almost one-third of the total, assuming that
th car is loaded to the maximum of 1,200 bush
els. This is over three times the charge for
the same haul in 1914. No need to argue this
point; the figures speak for themselves. As
The Bee pointed out long ago, money has lost
its capacity as a measure of value; we have
not yet been brought to the status of barter
and trade, but essentially measurements of
commerce are and have been for several years
made in kind. The farmer must adopt a sys
tem that permits the balancing of units to de
termine whether he is going forward or back
ward. No miller ever would have proposed taking
toll of one bushel out of three for grinding
grain. Yet that is what the railroad exacts for
hauling the grain to the market. In the in
stance cited, the charge is llyi cents per bushel
for 127 miles to Omaha and 11J4 cents more
for the 500 miles to Chicago. Here is an utter
lsrk of proportion of units in charge. If the
freight rate for the short haul is just, that, for
the long haul is too low; if the Chicago rate is
correct, the Omaha rate is twice too high.
An amendment to the Esch-Cummins act
has been introduced, the effect of which will be
to do. away with the absurdity of the long and
short haul rates, and put the tariff somewhere
nearer the basis of service performed. While
this is being brought about, the farmers are de
manding that they be given relief from a tax
that is costing them many millions of dollars
in the shape of low prices on the farm because
of the high cost of reaching the market, and to
this they are entitled.
A Man's Cellar May Be His Brewery.
Ever and anon the right prevails, and this
time it was in the house of representatives, Mr.
Volstead of Minnesota not participating, that a
decision was reached which emancipates the
home brewery. A righteous decision, withal,
and one whose roots go back as far as Runny
mede. As a man's house is his castle, so also
may a man's cellar be his brewery. His still
may steam and his vat may fume, and he may
have such malt or vinous or even spirituous
liquor as he may desire for his own consump
tion, the product of his own industry and ap
paratus. But, woe betide him if he seek to
vend any portion of his output. Then will he
become amenable to the law, and liable to suffer
any penalty that may be prescribed as a cor
rective or for punitive purpose.
One of the unreasonable aspects of the
enforcement of the prohibitory law has been
the invasion of the" home by officers, acting on
suspicion or assumption. Pursuit of a possible
crime has led to the commission of an even
greater, though such is the peculiar temper of
our courts that seldom is the violator of the
sanctity of the home even censured, let alone
visited with the wrath that should follow such
conduct Zeal for repression of the liquor habit
and the extermination of private plants for the
production of such concoctions as have been
substituted for the regularly ordained tipple is
now to be curbed to the extent that home brew
ing or distilling will be. interfered with only
when proof is present that the individual so en
gaged intends to violate the law by selling his
wares. That which is intended for his own
personal use, or for his family, is immune from
seizure.
Whether this amendment to the law will
stand the test of the senate is yet to be de
termined. Sound reason supports it, however,
and the cause of prohibition will lose nothing
by its enforcement.
and mice. In other word's, what a real farmer
needs is a corps of bull snakes, about one to
the acre, to rid the place of vermin. One big
drawback to the arrangement is apparent. Most
of us are inclined to get excited, just as the ice
men did, when we see a snake, and the average
man is not prepared to draw fine distinctions
when he encounters a reptile casually. Either
he beats a hasty retreat or he sets about to ex
terminate the snake. Therefore, however val
uable a bull snake may be as an exterminator
of the pests he thrives upon, until he is pro
vided with an easily distinguishable identifica
tion mark or tag, he is apt to find that the war
fare commenced just after the original farmer
and his wife were expelled from Eden is going
on yet.
Looking Toward World Peace
President's Formal Invitation to the
Conference a Promise of Its End.
(From the Boston Transcript.)
The broad and eloquent terms of President
Harding's formal invitation to the principal al
lied powers and China to join in a conference
at Washington on disarmament reveal the
Keep a Little Bull Snake on the Farm.
Considerable excitement was created in an
Omaha home one day lately when the mis
tress discovered an intruding bull snake mak
ing himself more than comfortably familiar
about the place. A couple of icemen dispatched
the reptile, and thereby did a deed that de
serves reprobation. Down in Kansas a farmer
with a bull snake on the place accounts him
self in luck. One who runs a farm near Man
hattan says such a snake is worth at least $2.50
a month in an alfalfa field, because he destroys
pocket gophers, a peculiar and particular pest,
and, in dull seasons, when gophers are not
plentiful, the snake will go up around the
eranaries and corn cribs and clean up on rats
Relief for Nebraska Butter Men.
An opinion by Attorney General Datigherty
with reference to sour cream butter will bring
great relief to the Nebraska butter men. It is
held that the addition of a neutralizer to correct
the amount of acidity in the soured cream is
not an adulteration in the meaning of the law,
and so will not be forbidden by the revenue
department.
One of the remarkable opinions coming
from the office of A. Mitchell Palmer under the
last administration was to the effect that the
process of making butter employed in Omaha
and elsewhere in Nebraska would subject the
product to a heavy income tax as well as re
quire that it be labeled "adulterated" when put
on the market. Protest was promptly made,
and the execution of the order was postponed
until after the Harding administration came in.
Collector Blair again postponed the order, and
only a few days ago extended the postpone
ment until November, in order that the attorney
general might have time to complete his ex
amination and give an opinion. This opinion
came down on Tuesday, and amounts to giving
the Nebraska sour cream butter a clear bill of
health.
At no time was it shown that the butter
made in this state is lacking in any of the
qualities that go to make up a high grade arti
cle, or that the addition of the slight amount of
alkali required to neutralize the excess acidity
had any deleterious effect on the butter. The
opinion was hung onto a paragraph in the law
passed almost thirty years ago, which is rather
loosely worded as to its definition of adulter
ants. An industry whose annual output runs
high into the millions of dollars was threatened
because of the unexpected application of a tech
nical point. This danger now is removed by
the opinion just rendered by the attorney gen
eral, which will be followed by the rescinding
of the order in the revenue department, and
Nebraska butter can go to the table, untroubled
by any taint of illegality.
How to Keep Well
By DR. W A EVANS
Questions concerning hygiene, sanita
tion and prevention of di tease, sub
mitted to Dr. Evans by readers ot
The Bee, will be answered personally
subject to proper limitation, where a
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closed. Dr. Evans will not make
diagnosis or prescribe for individual
diseases. Address letters In cars of
Tha Bee.
Copyright. 1821. by Dr. W. A. Evans
Another View of the Klun.
ISoono County, Nob., Aug. 16. To
the Editor of The Bee: Maybe it
doesn't behoove a woman of the old
fashion like me to jump In print, but
I noticed some letter regarding the
Ku Klux Klan in your paper; bo
while 1 am one of these old-fashioned
American women, I would appreci
ate if some one of these muslin
canned kniehts of the dark who
For some necessities of expression claim to be 100 per cent Americans
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thought and hand of the secretary of state, who
has long had this important subject deeply at j BABIES 'F. O. B. PITTSBURGH
iicari. inc invitation is maae to rest nrst ot
n r. k' : the men of the street have coined tell me what a good American must
irr jav omnia rnnn K.i
competitive armaments. t nis unrest ot the ls vampod." a woman is "psyched." i Forty years ago, when I attended
world s labor under the heavy load of war and There should be a popular term for (he little sod school house on the
of preparation for war is indeed the chief com- : use when a city is surveyed since
nellin? motive in the effort tr reach snmc sort that term is too "highbrow." How
George L. Tilden.
Probably the most eloquent tribute that can
be paid to George L. Tilden's memory will be
contained in the statement that he was a doctor
of the old school. This does not mean that he
did not keep abreast the progress science made
in the healing art while he was actively en
gaged in the practice of his profession; nor is
intended as a reflection on the doctors of today,
who live and work under conditions far dif
ferent from those of fifty years ago. When Dr.
Tilden took up his work in the frontier town of
Omaha he entered on a career of service that
only ended when exhausted physical faculties
compelled his retirement three years ago. Dur
ing half a century he stood in the front ranks
of Omaha doctors of medicine, and for forty
years of that time he was at the head of the
board that handled all the cases of mental dis
order which required attention from the state.
This, and his activity in connection with the
pension service and other public activities kept
him before the people, although his own nature
was retiring and he did not court the distinction
that came to him as a consequence of his abil
ity. His contributions to scientific annals were
notable, too, especially his reports on mental
ailments. As an intellectual leader, he had a
full share in the development of the city of his
choice, and lived to see much of the seed he
helped to plant bear fruit. Omaha can well af
ford to honor his memory and give him a
proper place among its builders.
"Come On; Let's Go!"
Postmaster General Hays was looking at
Omaha last week when he was making his
speech to the Rotarians. "We need fewer
thou ihalt nots,'" he said, "and more of the
come on; let's 'go."
A few days ago The Bee called attention to
the expansion of retail trade as indicated by
the extensions being made by big firms to take
care of their business. Just at present the
Board of Education is taking steps to im
mediately start work on the erection of a
$3,000,000 high school building, to take the place
of a collection of unsightly shacks that now
house one of its most important activities. Two
of the biggest jobs of grading and paving ever
undertaken at one time by a city in the world
are being driven to completion.
These things are not evidence of decay, are
they? Nor were they brought about just for
the fun of doing something exciting. The Dodge
istreet and St. Marys avenue changes in grade
came because they were needed. The costly
high school building is going up for the same
good reason. Do these things indicate stagna
tion? Omaha is a long way from being dead, or
even moribund. Throngs on our streets, busy
men and women passing to and fro on their er
rands, activity in every direction, leave little
room for the croaker. And on all sides may
be noted the signs that what has been done is
only a good start on what is going to be done.
If you doubt that this city is alive and grow
ing, look around and see proof to the contrary.
Wake up. Come on, let's gol
The governor and the Board of Regents are
to submit their points of difference to the courts.
This is better than undignified bickering, and
ought to settle an important question concern
ing which there is now room for difference of
opinion.
Des Moines contributes a victim to the list
being gathered by the policeman who "fires in
the air" to halt a fleeing man. Some day this
sort of thing will receive a check from the
courts.
Those thoughtless trusties are likely to make
things a little tough for the prisoners left behind.
of plan of armament limitation. The govern
ments of the world have themselves created an
argument for revolution in the enormous debts
and crushing taxation which the process of na
tional protection, answering to the threat of
national aggression, has involved. The de
fensive walls that the nations have built threaten
to fall upon the nations themselves and crush
them. It is indeed a situation that commands
the attention of all conscientious statesmen; and
it is to be doubted if the practical as well as
moral aspects of the situation could be better
stated than they are in this memorable invitation.
But naturally it is not enough to state these
grounds for common action not enough that
the nations, by their acceptance of America's
invitation, should acknowledge them. The na
tions must do something in the matter besides
talk and confer and proclaim their good will.
As the Hughes note pointedly says, "There can
be no assurance of the peace of the world in
the absence of the desire for peace;" and again,
"The spirit of friendship and a cordial apprecia
tion of the importance of the elimination of the
sources of controversy will govern the final de
cision. The frank utterance of these senti
ments is in itself a guarantee that the United
States, which is responsible for the invitation
is ready to make sacrifices in the interest of
world peace. And America pledges a sacrifice,
indeed, when, in the formal invitation, her gov
ernment stresses the need of the limitation ot
naval armament and suggests the desirability
of controlling the use of new agencies of war
fare, for it is easily within the means and re
sources of the United States to create the
greatest and most powerful navy in the world,
while our men of science and our laboratories
are capable not only of dominating the air but
of organizing the most terrible poison gas war
fare. The resources of civilization, including
civilization s destructive resources, are within
our grasp more notably, more completely, than
thev are within the crraso of anv other cower.
Emphasizing the need of limitation and controf
within these lines, our government indeed
stresses its willingness to take the lead in the
benevolent rivalry of renunciation of warlike
advantage.
But a warning, too, is implied in this lan
guage of the Hughes note. No one power can
do all the renouncing. The desire for peace,
and the spirit of willingness to eliminate the
causes of controversy, must be general. Con
cession, based on the spirit of mutual tolerance
and zeal for peace, must be matched by con
cession. America can not justly be called upon
to pull up and withdraw the stakes she has
driven down merely in order that another
country may advance hers. We are not pro
posing to weaken ourselves merely that another
fnay be relatively strengthened. If that were
the game, we should have to go on playing it
in the same old way and we should have the
assurance that through the bounty of Provi
dence we could go on playing it longer than
anybody else. It is time for mutual balance as
well as mutual sacrifice. We have, at least, no
aggressive intentions as against any nation in
the conference. That makes a good beginning
for the "desire for peace." Starting upon that,
and exoecting from other nations a similar
spirit, we have indeed the promise of a noble re
sult from the first real world conference for
real peace that ever has been held.
would "slammed" do? It is descrip
tive, if that is a quality desired.
Fittburgh has Just gone through
the throes again this time on the
way babies are cared for. In a list
prairies of this good state, Nebraska,
I was taught that for all things a
true American had to be above board
in all his doings and dealing.
Good old daddy told my brothers,
of whom I have four, that whenever
they carried a chip on their sholder,
of eighteen cities Pittsburgh is said it had to be in bright daylight :ind
From Farm to Table.
How to span the gap between producer and
consumer is a vital subject these days, espe
cially vital in the case of the farmer and the
housewife. Once upon a time the coming of
summer brought to the table fresh fruits and
vegetables to refresh the jaded winter appetite.
Now there is very little difference between the
winter and summer menus, for the reason that
canned foods are much cheaper than those in
the original state. Fresh produce from the
farm and orchard is more and more difficult;
to get and more and more expensive as the
summers roll around.
It is not only the country and seashore ho
tels that are guilty of depriving the summer
table of its share of fresh garden '"sass" be
cause the farmers ship it all to the city mar
kets. It is in the city restaurants and home
kitchens that the can opener is in constant use,
summer as well as winter. Who eats the ten
der green peas is a mystery. Apparently, the
canner, a highly useful conserver of the sur
plus of perishable foods, is the only consumer
who can afford to buy them.
High prices for fresh grown produce do not
help the farmer if the public can not buy. The
farmer blames intermittently the railroads, the
middlemen and the consumer. Now comes
the spokesman of the California co-operative
marketing movement, who says that the farmer
has the remedy in his own hands. Quantity
production followed by a co-operative system
of distribution of the entire crop, cutting out
speculation, with the consequent waste due to
the periodic glutting and shortening of the mar
ket, is the method suggested. Because the
farmer produces individually is held to be no
reason why he should attempt to distribute his
crops the same way.
There seems to be sound sense in the ar
gument. Certainly, present methods are not
satisfactory, and the farmer no less than the
consumer will benefit by an improvement. Mr.
Shapiro admits that most attempts at co-operative
merchandising have failed, but he believes
that lack of intelligence in differentiating in
kinds of produce and localities was the cause.
If the experiment is worth trying in California
it should be worth trying here in the east.
New York Tribune.
Man's Duty Today
The important thing now is that men should
think peace, talk peace, demand peace, and
realize both the immorality and irrationality of
the old normalcy as far as it was concerned
with foreign relations. What men should seek
to do is to make peace, arbitration, co-operation
and reduction of armaments normal, and to
turn the thought of the world into a new chan
nel. Indianapolis News.
A Pretty Petty Way
Lord Northcliffe's stabs at Lord Curzon,
British foreign minister, drew blood. "He is
not particularly fond of Americans," he said
in one interview at Washington; and in another
interview he phrased it more severely: "He
(Curzon) is hostile to Americans in general."
It is Northcliffe's pretty way of undoing a for
eign minister abroad. Springfield Republican.
"But Always to Be Blest"
President Harding tells us that we are on
the verge of a new era of peace and freedom.
Maybe so, but we seem to be always on the
verge of these new eras. What we need is
some statesman who can teach us to make a
sudden jump and land right in the middle of
cue. Charleston News and Courier
to have the worst record of the
group. Furthermore, there has
been no material improvement in
the rate during- the five years the
table covers. According to the fig
ures a Pittsburgh baby stands just
half the show of living to be a year
old that tho average Seattle baby
does.
One reason was the very large
proportion of foreign-born mothers.
The foreign-born whites make up
one-fifth of the total population, yet
the mothers of that group bore more
than one-third the babies. The
children's bureau, which is responsi
ble for this survey, has said in other
publications that along with 'he
babies born to foreign-born mothers
we should count the babies born to
the children of the foreign born.
If this be done, in all probability
more than half the Pittsburgh
babies would fall in the combined
group.
The Hebrews and the Italians were
successful In keeping their babies
healthy in Pittsburgh. The Poles
and the Slavic group in general and
the Austro-Hungarians were least
successful among the white groups.
The negro babies had the lr-an
chance of all. The negro population
had Increased 47 per cent in 10
years and had become a considerable
factor in the baby situation.
A good deal is being done to pro
tect babies, but it was not always
wisely done. Too much money was
being spent on milk. The Infant hy
giene division of the health depart
ment spent three-fifths of a certain
sum for distribution of milk, four-
nrtns of the milk being given away,
and only two-fifths for salaries.
a pnnantnropy gave away an
equal quantity of milk. Presumably
tnis was good milk, of a better mial
ity than the milk of the neighbor
hood. But the report thinks the
money could have been better spent
on nursing service,
A chart shows that the death rate
of Pittsburgh babies in July, August,
and September is very high. Among
health officers this is known as the
summer peak. One thing we know
ls that this summer peak can be
leveled. If the general milk sunnlv
is good ana tnen Is pronerlv pasteur
ized: If a large proportion of mothers
breast feed their babies, and if there
has been much education in mother
craft, this peak dwindles. We do
not know so well how to stop the
iuarcn peaK. due to Dneumnniii.
tuius anu cougns.
Diet a Little Rich.
Mrs. W. L. W. writes: "T hava a
bahv 4 mnnrha nM oya a . . , , ,
ne&un, cannot nurse ftef altogether.
uunng me day stie irets mod fieri
milk in these proportions: 10 ounces
oonea water, 9 ounces top milk
t pasteurized), l-z ounce lime water.
and 2 1-2 tablespoonfuls milk sugar.
Feedings, every three hours: amount.
t ounces. She does not take morn
than two ounces of water a day and
a small amount of oranere luice. Her
stools are very curdy and foul smell
ing. What causes this? How can I
remedy it? Weight at birth, s
12 ounces. Weight now, 12 pounds 4
ounces. Is this correct?"
REPLY.
Your formula seems to me a. litt?
strons. Rather too much top milk
and too much sugar. Why not
weaken it a little? Her gain in
weight is about right.
in plain sight, for he told them that
a good, square American lad need
not defend his honor nor his home
after the sun went down. Was good
old daddy wrong? I believe not, even
if tho Ku Klux Klan, who shy at the
beautiful light of the sun, say only
100 per centers can belong to the
Klan.
They say, "I am out to protect our
women and girls." That ls certainly
nice, but in my younger days I sure
would have had my hand on the butt
of a gun if I had been with a felloV
who was fraid to protect me in broad
fruit. He can have such simple des
serts as custards, bread, rice, and
cornstarch pudding, fruit sauces ind
jellies.
May Have Acidosis.
Mrs. T. M. writes: "My little boy
Is 2 years old. He has been troubled
with vomiting ever since he was a
baby. I have taken him to several
doctors, but all do him no -mod Te
leaves half his meals. His tongue
always is in a bad condition. He has
all his teeth, which are good. Ho is
very pale and thin. Bowels move
twice a day.
REPLY
Many children who vomit easily
have acidosis. My first thought is
that you do not feed him properly.
A child of that age should have a
pint of milk a day. He should not
eat more than one ounce of meat.
His diet should consist principally of
bread, cereals, soups, vegetables and
Have Child Examined.
Mrs. E. J. C. writes: "Is it ever
possible for a child to have infantile
1 aralysis and never know it? My
boy of 6 walks on his toes all the
time. One doctor told me he had
infantile paralysis when he was a
baby. He was never sick. His feet
are perfect, but he cannot let his
heels down well. He walkd at 14
months. What can I do about it?
Will it get worse as he gets older?"
REPLY
Cl.Udren not infrequently have in
fantile paralysis without the disease
being suspected. The illness may be
considered a passing fever, bowel
trouble or cold. Write the state
board of health and ask them when
the next infantile paralysis clinic is
to be held in your neighborhood
Take the child to that clinic.
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daylight, with uncovered face, and 1
believe that the girl of today would
be safer in the company of the boy
who haa the courage to carry that
much-coveted chip on his shoulder
In bright daylight as be at the mercy
of a Klan that takes the oath in a
darkened room and hides his fea
tures in a muslin cap.
They say we want to have the
Bible taught In the public schools.
What Bible? The Bible of the Klan?
My good, dear, old mother taught
us children the Bible, but she never
told us that great Nararene ever
called his apostles in a dark place to
tell what good Christianity was. Can
good Christianity be defended by
muslin-capped knights who shy at
the light of day? I have nine chil
dren, mostly grown up, but I would
not ask a teacher in tha public school
to teach them the Bible, for 1 teach
them what my good mother taught
me, and if they follow the path like
my brothers and sisters what good
old mother taught us, their Ameri
can citizenship need not be measured
by per cent for it will be all Ameri
can. MRS. S. S. XBRKY.
Prom Missouri.
Is It possible for the peach and the
grape to cross and produce some
thing dlrlerent from either? At the
home of John W. Gibson, near Oak
Grove, an Elberta peach tree and a
Concord grape vine grow close to
gether. This season the grape vine
has born numbers of clusters of
compact, queer looking little things
as closa together as hazel nuts. They
have the green skin of ari immature
peach and are covered with fuzz.
Opened they look like an immature
peach seed and smell like a green
peach, yet they are growing on a
grape vine. The vino will be closely
watched to see what comes eventual
ly of this strange mixture. Inde
pendence (Mo.) Examiner.
Too Much Praise.
The Danger in calling some
Lathrop men live wires is they are
apt to take It too seriously and go
out and shock the community.
liathrop (Mo.) Optimist.
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