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The Bee's Platform
1. New Uoioa PaMeaier Station.
2. Continued Improvement of the Ne
bretka Highway, laelueNaf. the pae
meat of Mala Tboreuiaiere laadiag
lata Omaha wilb Brick Surface.
3. A thart, lowrata Waterway from tka
Corn Ball to Iba Atlaatla Oaaaa.
4. Harao Rule Ckarlar for Omaka, with
City Maaaftr form of CovoramoaU
Who Did Win the War?
Outside of a number oi patriotic, religious,
wcret and tcmi-ecrrt, benevolent nd fraternal
organizations, stveral million soldier, and a
fleet of mh dimensions at never before was
assembled, with sailors to match, the claim that
labor won the war may be fairly well accepted.
It is equally true that any of the many other
organized or unorganized social groups has a
similar claim, similarly substantiated.
This matter is brought forward by a little
passage at the Lafayette-Marne dinner, where
General John J. Pershing -took exceptions, to
certain words of Samuel Gompers. General
I'mliiug did not deny to labor its full and just
share in the victory; no man will do that, but
lie did not withhold from all the patriotic people
of the I'nitcd States the credit that is due to
them. He recognizes, as must any, that what
ever our contribution to the winning of the war
may have been, it was the effort of all our pa
triotic citizens, and not the exclusive privilege
of any of the divisions.
America's entrance into the great conflict
was fortuitous; that Samuel Gompers was an
advocate of preparedness is unquestionably true.
All organized labor bodies did not favor pre
paration, nor did all at the outset give absolute
support to the movement. .This, however, is
true of the nation as a whole. Woodrow Wil
son was elected in 1916 on a pacifist platform.
Martin Glynn's keynote speech at St. Louis
s.ent forth the slogan, "Thank God for Wilson I
He kept us out of war." It was that which
turned millions of votes to the democratic can
didate, those who abhor and dreaded war hop
ing that a miracle might prevent our land be
ing involved. That spirit prevailed until after
the actual declaration of war. If events were
sufficient to prove the need of a united effort
to save the country and the world, the fact
attests the willingness oi all to go forward with
the greatest enterprise on which the republic
ever set out.
Who won the war is not now a matter of
prime importance. As was said by a gallant
ship captain at Santiago, "There is glory enough
for all." Americans will not be permitted to
ever forget the part they had in the proceed
ings, and may look with pride on what was
done. It is not so certain that they will always
listen with patience to the claims of any par
ticular group that it alone is responsible for
the victory; too many took part, too many
made sacrifices, strained the utmost nerve, to
bring about the consummation, all longed for.
The decision will better rest where General
Pershing has "placed the laurel, with the pa
triotic citizens of the Ignited States, no matter
what their station. '.:',
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Suit That Should Be Welcomed.
The Board of Regents of the University of
Nebraska and Governor McKelvie are going to
court to obtain decision in a dispute, as to au
thority. Cpntrol of expenditures is involved,
the board resisting the governor's attempt to
require that 10 per cent of all appropriations be
held in reserve. We believe the only point in
controversy is whether the executive hag au
thority over the board; only unreasonable par
tisans allege that the one is trying to cripple
or hamper the great educational institution, or
that the other is looking ahead to an orgy of
extravagance, planning to squander the money
set apart for its uses by the legislature. A rea
sonable difference of opinion as to the inter
pretation of the law has arisen, and has as
sumed such shape that only adjudication by the
court will answer. Such a settlement is de
sirable, not only for the present, but for the
future, that governors and regents may know
hereafter how far they may go and where final
responsibility and authority for the expenditure
of state money is lodged.
Two Legs and a Moral. .
. While in Geneva is meeting the League of
Nations, at The Hague is assembled an interna
tional gathering of another kind, the World
Poultry congress. Queen Wilhelmina herself
opened this convention and iS reported to have
shown great interest in a model poultry farm
shown by the United States. The cables do not
tell of. the nature of her opening remarks, but
the royal Hollander certainly had a beautiful op
portunity to draw a comparison between this par
liament of fowls and that of man. The hen, she
might welf have pointed out, produces first and
cackles about it afterwards.
Almost alone among the industries, that of
egg making has gone ahead without obstruction
cither by the war to end war or the peace to
end peace. It is true that for a time authentic
specimens were sold by the karat and the price
reached 10 cents apiece, but it is doubtful if full
responsibility for this can be placed on the
chickens. Given a mild winter, they set to
work with unflagging industry and by increasing
production brought prices down to 25 cents a
dozen. In contrast to this conduct is the action
of those fcatherless bipeds who, when they saw
prices stipping, lowered their outpnt in the ef
fort to maintain war-time rates and profits.
Two-bit eggs are a matter of much more im
portance to the breakfast table than is the par
tition of Turkey or the erection of a new nation
in aoiue European or Aaic hinterland. Al
though this price has been ri4 somewhat,
everyone know that the hen are doing the best
they can. There ought to be a monument erected
to the race of chicken or perhaps they hould
be given a mandate over the backward human
race.
Leaky Prisons Need Attention.
When au offender is tent to prison by the
law, two objects are in view. One it that lie
may be interrupted in hit criminal purtuiti for
a time and the public thereby have a little pro
tection from hit annoying practices; the other
it to convince him, by punitive methods, that
he really it an offender, and mutt submit to
tome tort of penalty because of hit mitdoingt,
and at the tame time to undertake hit reforma
tion. So jailt and other similar enclosure are
provided, that the sequestration of those who
have been brought under the law'a displeasure
may be made secure. Current event almost
warrant the conclution that neither of the great
ends of the taw i being met at present.
A group of forger operating from within
the walls of Sing Sing turceeded In floating
$40,000 in ipuriou checks. Who will say these
have in any moral tense been affected by Im
prisonment, or that the public it safer because
they are locked up? From one end of the land
to the other come account of escapes made by
pritonert, singly and in groups, to the apparent
astonishment of the authoritiet and turely to
the dismay of the law-abiding elements of to
ciety. Oregon affords the most astounding evi
dence of trustfulness on the part of officer
charged with safekeeping of prisoners. A
bandit, who has a long record of escapes, and
who boastfully declares no jail can hold him,
was permitted to view a base ball game inside
the penitentiary enclosure, and now is again at
large. From that on down to the comparatively
insignificant vanishing of a hobo from a country
town calaboose, the tale runs unbroken.
We suggest to prison authorities, reformer
and all, that they give a little attention to the
first requirement of a lock-up of any kind, that
it be strong enough to hold whoever is tent
there for confinement Then impress on those
who are responsible that one of their duties is
to see that the prison does not leak. After
these provisions are made, the matter of making
life in jail so attractive that the culprits will not
care to leave may be taken up for whatever con
sideration it deserves.
Omaha's Visiting Nurses.
We had no "V. A. D." or "W. A. A..C." to
puzzle people while the war was on, and to re
main a pleasant memory forever after. We do
have, however, the "V. N." and it is with us all
the time, an ever present help and solace to
those who might otherwise be very unhappy,
indeed. Why waste time in trying to tell what
the Visiting Nurse stands for in Omaha? It is
enough to say that since its organization the
society has never shirked a duty or evaded a
responsibility; that it has been a missioncr of
mercy, of comfort and live-saving to hundreds
who had otherwise suffered and perhaps died.
As the city has grown, so has the society, and
it has extended its work until it is now looked
upon as one of the community's well established
institutions. In 'all . save one essential regard.
"Charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,"
and the Visiting Nurse closely resembles Char
ity in this. So, when on Thursday you are asked
to contribute to this worthy service by buying a
tag, you may invest with the absolute assurance
that your money is going to tfie service of hu
manity through an agency the nobility of which
is unchallenged. Tag day comes but once a year
with the Visiting Nurses, and the devoted women
who look after the affairs of the organization
deserve the most liberal encouragement. Buy
a tag.
The Jewish Task in Palestine.
Gathered from all over the world, and speak
ing a very Babel of languages, delegates to the
twelfth Zionist congress are meeting in Carlsbad,'
Czecho-Slovakia. When the last assemblage was
held, back in 1913, the resettlement of Palestine
was only a dream, but now aspiration has given
way to some degree of realization. . ' :
In the last six months 10,000 Jews emigrated
to the home land, which is declared to be ca
pable, under proper development, of absorbing
millions of additional inhabitants. Its popula
tion, which includes now 75,000 Jews, 77,000
Christians and enough Mohammedans to make
up( the total of 700,000, averages 75 persons to
the square mile, while that of Belgium, for in
stance, is 658. Oniy 10 per cent of the soil of
Palestine is under cultivation, and the methods
are almost as primitive as those of Bible times.
Modern science is unafraid in its task of restor
ing the barren hills, marshes and dunes to their
ancient productivity, repossessing Galilee with
its former network of towns and turning the
Jordan valley back from its fever-ridden and de
serted state to a district teeming' with life and
labor. .
A fund of $100,000,000 is to be raised among
the Jews of the world in the next five years to
accomplish this. Skilled specialists are at work
on problems of irrigation, reforestation, and the
development of waterpower with which to over
come the lack of fuel underground and turn the
wheels of industry. Mortgage banks to extend
long term loans to small farmers and home
builders are to be established, and the com
munity itself may undertake commercial and in
dustrial enterprises which will bring in public
revenue.
Palestine is now governed as a mandate by
Great Britain, and the governor is a British
Jew. All the rights of the minority population
are to be fully guaranteed, and nothing but
benefit to the world can come out of the re
demption of this backward and . unpromising
land.
Looking backward, the present status of
Zionism records a triumph over tremendous ob
stacles. Today new stumbling blocks arc in the
way; there is a schism of considerable extent in
the ranks of the Zionists themselves. But to
Jew and Gentile alike, regardless of the final
outcome, the story to far is one of rare devo
tion to an ideal
Postmaster General Hays may be right in his
view that the square deal will solve the problems
of the world, but it is necessary to understand
that the aforesaid rectangular course of conduct
would necessarily cut off certain privileges and
arouse considerable outcry. -
The Husking Bee
Iis Your Day
Siart It With a Laugh
TAG DAY.
If Tag Day came but once a ear
Like ChrUtmat. let' tupposr,
Or like the Fourth, which doe appear
For one day and then goe
We'd gladly greet it with (mile
And thell out iron men,
For we would know 'twould be tome while
Until it came again.
If we had grace to tet the date
And Tag Day to aign,
Methinkt that we would let it wait
Until February 39
And yet a new thought give ut pause
And counsel what to do,
Each Tag Day boot a worthy cause,
Let u be booster, too.
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FHILO-SOniY.
Bread cast upon the water will return. You
may need a vuiting nurse yourself tome day.
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Pride goeth before a fall which translated
into modern United State, mean that pride
driveth the automobile that cautc the humble
pedestrian to fall.
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The man who it never on time often misset
an unpleasant engagement. ,
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GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN'.
The ttraw hat now
Upon our brow
No longer show decorum;
And yet the heat
Upon the treet
Oft' makes us wish we wore 'cm.
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The hay fever victim is provocative of a
heap of alleged humor, tuch as it is. and yet
anyone who ha ever been afflicted will tell you
that it is nothing to sneeze at.
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"Can your peaches now," advises a fruit ad.
And that s what some employers who object to
bobbed hair and a touch of rouge seem to be
doing.
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Prices on some commodities are expected to
come down this winter. Yeah, at least we can
expect to see the mow fall.
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"Women's Feet Are Inspected, by London
ers." Bee Headline.
But why confine it to the English?
Modern version: If at first you don't suc
ceed, get a divorce and try again.
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Life's strangest whimsey a girl who is
pretty and .doesn't know it.
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SEPTEMBER.
September days
Get meed of praise,
And make the gourmand smile
The calendar , '
Shows there's an "R," '
And oysters are iii style.
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BR-R-R-R.
O. F. weather prognosticators see signs of
a long, cold winter. Squirrels are storing up
nuts and some nuts arc storing up their winter
coal. . -
v Frails and other furbearing animals are get
ting the little old last year's near-seal out of
the moth balls.
Taking their cue from the weather predic
tions, a few migratory birds are preparing to
flop south for the winter which is expected to
cause a brisk flurry in the wardrobe trunk mar
ket. ,
Speaking of storing up coal if a bin full of
black diamonds is a sign of cold weather, a
look into our basement convinces us that we
won't have any winter at all. At least not for
some time to come?-,
Buying coal is 'such a thankless job de
stroyed by fire no insurance total loss. All
you have left to show for a ton of coal is a ton
of ashes, a couple of hands full of callouses and
the soot" on the lace curtains. ,
Lincoln was supposed to have ended all
barter in human beings, but every time you buy
a load of coal you buy a driver, and sometimes
a helper.
. Now the, summer days are waping,
Matrons pick their autumn hats,
Spend the interim explaining
Why they're moving into flats, z z z
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k-, : ISN'T IT THE TRUTH?
When successes of life you are after,
: Have cheer and don't give 'way to fears,
Remember a ripple of laughter '
' Is worth a whole flood of tears.
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Afterthought: It makes the average man
growl to bark his shins. . PHILO.
Wonder if the 8&-year-oId Nebraskan who
has just taken hi first ride on a train had faith
enough in the gol-dinged contraption to buy a
ronnd-trip ticket?
Meanest Thing Yet
It appears as an incident of the muddle of
closing up of the war, if it is to be closed up,
certain enlisted men of the army were promoted
to be sergeants and corporals without due author
ity of law. They have now been demoted back
to privates and the department demands that they
shall refund the extra pay illegally drawn.
We are heartily in favor of economy in na
tional affairs, and so are the most of us, but we
do most vociferously protest against anything so
utterly contemptible as compelling these men to
pay for the blunder of some commanding general
or less august official who authorized the pro
motions. If the auditing department insists on the re
turn of the money, as is very likely its duty, let
it be deducted from the pay of the. higher-ups
who made the blunder. .
At the close of the war, when there had just
been opportunity for men to show what stuff
they were made of, it must be assumed that these
men were promoted for merit They must have
been performing the duties of sergeants and cor
porals and are entitled to pay for these services.
If there was anything wrong it was not they
who are to blame. They put on their chevrons
and performed their duties in pursuance of or
ders. Had they refused they would have been
court-martialed.
To now flemote them and collect the extra
pay from their reduced pay as privates is by far
the most contemptible thing of which any human
government can have been guilty.
Unless a congressional investigation is desired,
this order had best be revoked p. d. q. San
Francisco Chronicle.
Hard to "Get the Case."
There' one weekly newspaper in Chicago
that set by one woman compositor, who
is a member of no union, never strikes and
has noa substitute. It is the Shang Ming, and
Miss K. C Mui, an Oberlin Chinese student,
does the setting. Her abbreviated Chinese
alphabet give a case of only 4,000 characters,
instead of the orthodox 40,000. Mr. Gompers
should investigate her case at once. Brooklyn
Eagle.
Clock Watcher.
Men who watch the clock for "quitting time"
have not the right industrial spirit. All em
ployer desire the honest industry for which
honest dollar are paid. Cincinnati Enquirer,
How to Keep Well
By DR. W. A. IVAht
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SPRUE.
The pMple who Ik In tli aouth
rn aiaiea art liiiinlitf .o hear vt
a ilinenwi which ia new to thrui.
It la c-uIIimI uprue, and la a Unit
coimln to pallugr.
tioyil report awing B""1 ninny
eauaa of It In Ten. WihiJ rport'd
unit ranes In North Carolina and
MU'hel nw a rate In a man In the
houih who hail navxr been out of
the t'titi-d Kuu-a.
And why not? It l very preva
lent In Torto It too ami Caribbean
countries It In t'ontaK'.mit, and It
la apread by people who ara walklc
ii round, many o( thcmi :nlderlna
themaIvea well. Anhford of the
United titatea army mtlmatea that
3 per cent of tha people In the
tropica carry tha imrnnlie which
I'lMiaes tills dtaeuiie, Thit tiring the
eae how are you aolng t) keep It
nut of thla country 7 ,
Briefly, It la due to a kind of a
couitln to the yearn germ. Thla or
Rnnlain nun been funned on bnker'H
bread and In milk. Infection, in all
probability, la duo to eating food
containing it. It la a white man's
(Unease, rarely affecting nrcroea, In
dian, or half breeds. It unVcU
women three tlmea aa often as man.
It prefer the welt-to-do to the poor,
tlioee who live in clean surroundings
to tha carelcaa and dirty, and the
city dweller rather than the coun
try man.
It generally stuns with a sore
mouth. A red burning tongue Is an
early symptom. So a I no are cankera.
When a ranker cornea on tho under
side of the tongue it nlvra a lot
of trouble. I am aure there are
10,000 people In all partn of the
country who could read this fact
In the description, who If they atop
pod here would awear they hnd it.
The redneaa and burning of the
tongue extends to the back of the
throat and down to the utomach.
A burning feeling Is felt behind the
breast bone. Lota of people with
pellagra who read up to this point
will say: "Just my symptoms. Kits
my case exactly."
It causes a light, foamy diarrhoea.
There may be eight or 10 bowel
movements a day or there may be
only one but wbat there is will be
loone, waters, white, foamy, and
with lots of gas. One name for the
disease given by those who had It
is white, diarrhoea. Another Is
foamy diarrhoea.
Emaciation is progressive and
may become extreme. The liver
shrinks in size, because, although the
chief function of this organ is to
destroy poisons, the poison of the
germ of sprue Is too much for it.
However, sprue is not a very fatal
disease. Only one-tenth of the
caaes die, while nine-tenths recover
more or less completely.
The symptoms of the disease are
much the same as those of pellagra:
that nobody will deny. How nre
they to be told apart? In Sprue the
germ can be found in scrapings from
the ongue, particularly in Bcrapings
from those cankers. The yeastlike
organisms are found in the bowel
discharges.
The little red, cherry-like places
on the tongue are not found in pel
lagra. Sprue does not give tho
eruption of pellagra. The diarrhoea
is not the same in the two diseases.
The outlook for recovery is better
in sprue.
The treatment of sprue consists In
getting the sick one into a colder,
higher, dryer climate. The diet
should contain little starch.. The
medical treatment is up" to the doc
tor. , r
Try Bicycle Cure.
Mrs. B. F. J. writes: "We have a
13 -year-old boy. He ha grown very
fast and is tall for his age, wearing
clothing to fit a 17-year-old.' He
wears an 8 men's size shoe. He
has falten arches and haa worn sup.-
Our Dead in France
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' (From tha w York Time.)
The report of the commislon of
fine arts on American cemeteries In
Europe must give comfort' to those
whose dead still lie in France, Bel
gium and England. It certifies that
the "existing cemeteries are excel
lently cared for." and that even in
the case of small cemeteries and of
isolated graves there .was evidence
ot respectful and reverent care. So
far as the commission observed
and its inquiry covered the entire
area of battle there waa "not one
single instance of neglect." This
comprehensive report is confirmed
by every American who has visited
the graves of our soldiers. A repre
sentative of the Times found the
graves of the American soldiers
furthest to the east, on the edge of
Alsace, in the Vosges mountains, as
neatly, gratefully and tenderly
"kept" by, the people of the hamlet
a mile away as the graves of their
own French soldiers. Further south,
at the foot of the same range, in
Lorraine, a larger number of Ameri
can graves was found, not only well
cared for, but decorated with flowers
by the school children of the neigh
boring city. These instances arc
typical of the attention that is uni
versally given the graves of our sol
diers who lie in France.
The commission, however, looks to
such permanent and adequate care of
the American soldiers burled in
Europe as shall justify the action
of the relatives who elected to allow
the bodies of their dead "to remain
in the soil for which they fought
and died." And the plan which the
commission proposes, if adopted, will
mean that those who are left yonder
will be assured a care lasting beyond
the lives and special ministries of
those who now mourn their loss, out
who can pay their dead no higher
honor than that which their country
and the witnessing world can give
them where they fell. The proposed
plans are of the simplest, but are
appropriate and impressive: (1)
Grounds, ample to give an appro
priate space for each grave; (2) uni
form headstones of marble and of
such size as to allow (3) the "green
grass to count," and (4) trees to
cover the entire area. The chief
dependence will not be on architec
ture, but on the planting of trees
and almost every tree will grow in
France that will grow in America.
(It is interesting to note that for
the Canadians in their cemeteries the
maple is used, and fpr the Aus
tralians the eucalyptus?) Trees are
also to border the roads leading to
the cemeteries from the neatest town
or highway. Finally, the plans con
template an acreage of such size as
to allow areas for monuments mark
ing America's valorous participation
in the decisive battles.
Our government has been at an ex
pense of $10,000,000. it is stated, in
bringing back the bodies of the more
than 60.000 whose next of kin wished
them placed in home cemeteries. It
should not hesitate for one moment
to give as generous support to the
proposals of this commission, involv-
I insr less than one-third the sum, for
i the lasting caro of the more than
1 23.000 who hare found immortal
sepulture among the millions from
I other countries who gave their lives
I In the same cause.
porter for a year, but they did no
Hm4. Uutfc fret, but on ekpei'lwlly,
lain tilm. and Ma mtklo IojU Jursn
ut the Joint and ho tlrea aaoily,
What can ba done for hi feel?"
llBI'LY.
Have him walk plguon-ioid for
one hour a day. Mtraigbtcn Ilia foot
iiiuw'U'B by bending hie ,ret down
ward and Inward. lUpenl many
timee a day. Have him ride a bi
cycle. Health O'U'ti I uiitipulrvd.
f. l. writes: "I. la a girl of IS,
fully developed, who ha a curvu
ture of the spine since childhood
lonaldrred aa well phyklrally as a
prtnon whoke body la not dformdT
"3. Would such a deformity hinder
one's health or shorten life in yfuia
to coma?
"3. Can such glrla bear healthy
children T"
REPLY.
1. Such person frequently enjoy
very good health.
3. Many of them live to a rlpo
old age.
3. Tho answer would depend on
the amount of deformity in the
Iiilvia and in the lower half of the
t.lnul column.
Preparing llahy'n Food.
Mr. A. M. writea: "How should
this baby's bottle be made? He Ik
10 weeks old and weighs only
9 1-4 pound and is very thin."
It E PLY.
Ho can take 14 ounces of milk In
the 34 hour. Dilute it with 16
ounces of boiled water and add two
level teaspoonful of sugar. Feed
about four ouncea every three hours
and about seven times in ?4 hours.
Give some water to drink also.
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rauomihlr brlrf, not iivn See wurdk. II
aluo limlKts that the nam nf the wrllrr
arrompanjr neb lellrr, not nrrrntarUy
for publication, but that the editor may
know with whom be Ik clfullnf. The Hr
dor not prrlrnd to ladorae or crt
vlewa or opinion exprpoMd br corre
spondent! In the Letter Hoi.)
Russia's Famine.
Omaha, Sept. 6. To the Editor
of The Bee: When failure of crops
is said to be the cause of famine in
China, the explanation 1h universally
accepted and aid is given liberally.
When failure of crops is said to be
the cause of famipe in Russia, the
explanation is rejected or given scant
attention, and most of the world be
gins to mumble mysteriously about
a strange red blight that threatens
to overwhelm everything.
Is it because there is much more
thinking and planning in Russia
more looking ahead than in China,
Because a nation is intensify ideal
istic, should it be condemned without
a hearing?
Is such fn attitude worthy of
America?
It so, then we in America should
burn down our school houses and
churches, deport or imprison the
teachers and preachers, and forget
tlhat we ever pretended to hold ideals
ourselves and to stand for progress
and' civilization.
The conference on Russian relief
at Labor temple next Saturady eve
ning is an opportunity to chow where
this community stands. Other oppor
tunities will be given, but our im
mediate concern should be the pres
ent opportunity, for upon it largely
depends the success of the work that
is to follow. The best intentions,
unless well directed, can avail little.
EDMUND R. BRUMBAUGH,
About Deflation.
Omaha, Sept. 6 To the Editor of
The Bee: We now have it from first
hands that when the power that is
deflated the farmer over 100 per
cent, that of all the money that the
reserve bank in Kansas City had
loaned, that the Kansas City and
Omaha bankB had three-fnurthn of
it It might of been a case of tail
ing them up, or take a loss.
We also have it that the Omaha
banks refused to aid tho farmers in
their deflated conditon, but helped
the fellows in business to continue
profiteering, to the detriment of every
citizen in Omaha that was compelled
to buy a' dollar's worth of goods. Is
this true Americanism?' It might
of been another case of tailing up,
or take a loss.
This program carried out as it is
now, has 'Worked a hardship on every
man, woman and child in the city.
But had the bankers kindly Informed
business that they should voluntarily
deflate, at the same ratio that the
farmer was compelled to deflate, or
they would receive no financial help?
It appears to one looking on that this
would of solved tho problem that
is now confronting the people.
From a righteous standpoint, they
have helped the questionable fellow
and turned a deaf oar to the honor
able needy. They have backed the
business man and gave the farmer a
look of sorrow, which waa not ap
preciated. They have financed the
fellows that are taking the last dol
lar of the people's savings and have
forever lost the confidence of the
producer and consumer.
A. M. TEMPLIN.
120 South Thirty-fifth Street.
CENTER SHOTS.
The greatest navies of the world
contain several hundred thousand
tons of obsolete harmless and in
nocuous warships, all of which the
nations concerned will be glad to get
rid of. Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
It's not so bad for wives to shoot
their husbands in the arms and le?s.
The real trouble will besm when
some Infuriated wifle shoots husband
in the flask or some other vital spot.
Nashville Tennessean.
T. I. S. wants to" know how to
keep the rising generation from
saying "I cen" so extensively. Get
them, to say "I lamped." St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
Little Food; Big Profit.
Figures printed by the .'ommission
on the necessaries of life would seera
to indicate that a sandwich consists
of very thin slices of food between
very thick slabs of profit Boston
Transcript
Joy in 300,000 Watermelons.
More than 300,000 watermelons
came to Baltimore from Maryland
and Virginia farms the last few
days. Baltimore Sun.
Hot Yet Prohibited.
We don't know what's in the book
called "The Mirrors of Washington."
but from the roar it is causing, we
suppose there is much truth in it
Houston Post.
I tram lb fbllsdrlpkla ledsrrl
The lu of a trMboi.k i " It
impartUlity. It aim khou'.l be to
tell ilia truth inipeiaoimlly, without
t'i'iiurd lo partlMim or f,uiloii. That
in why any proposal to rewnU' text
book In hlkiory or economic from a
IsrlicuUr viewpoint i Hkly l bo
regarded aa iiielioimblo by lhor
w ho flikt liitritkt la nut fui llun but
1 4.1 f
Complaint I mud by thu execu
tive council of the American lilia
lion of Labor Hut in Ihe mi'm.l ttxt
books there Is "a tul nlnenco of
Inbor'a point of view;" niul an effort
la lo be mad to remove "the fill'
conception of exUtlug thcorlea of
indiiKtriul, poluU-ul and eoiinl econo
my." ltnimla I n.. iy offers nil outklMildiiiK
example of Uoiirln ilie .xtbookK,
forced upon leitchrrs and acholiirs
and tiaed to diivn homo lUn triU'tx
of boUhevixm. Even puhllo Ic.-tu tc
on chemistry and mlrnnomy iiiiiNt
reiterate boUhevlst luin.'iplen or
they are nut satisfactory to un il
literate censorship, In cur own
country cveryono who hus an l"in
or an olugy to propoMO wUhea nt
once to Invude tho m'hoolr.iom with
It and reach the permeablo minds of
young people; and no we Imvu ihe
desire frequently exprehsiMl fur tin
amendment of all thu hooka in use
for the Mike of including the lut l
whimsy.
The kind of revision thai counts
la that w hich h'ts no partlctiiir biis.
Uy all means lot us have the point
of view of honest labor reprcsen'ed
In the books used in tho schoolroom.
It will be the same point of view um
that of every true Amerlcun patriot
who puts the welfare of his country
above every selfish private advan
tage. There will be no ut'empt made,
in any textbook that deserves to lie
put in tha hands of an American
child, to color the f.icts for thu xukv
of propaganda of any sort
1
I "business is coop thank you"
ment ofYhe twentieth
century is (lie
UlAivvlttinfm
its supremacy is
sclfr: violent to he dts
criminating musician,
and easily demonstrable
to (hose not versed irv
piano values.
we show yoixt
Other classy I'innos are Kranich
& Huch, Sohmer. Voso Sons.
Brnmbach B.iby Grand, Kimball,
Bush-Litne. Cuble-Nclson, Wer
ner and llinzu. '
Brand New Pianos for $275
Eatiett Terms Posiible
1S13 Douglas Street
The Art and Music Slore
May
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German Embargoes.
Two exports are forbidden by
Germany: Chemical trada secrets
and Grover Cleveland BergdolL
Ne.w Orleans Tlmes-Iicajune,
IV. Nicholas Oil Company
Tha Omaha Baa ia pre
senting its readers
with aa unsurpassed
Sport Page all ' tha
news in the world of
iport.
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Savings Account
No. 7873
This account was opened August 30,
1917, by a young lady employed here
in the city. The account was opened
with $1.50.
She deposited small amounts monthly, ,
never failing to save something each
month, although some months only $1
was saved. At the July interest date
this year her account had grown to
$558.83.
It will pay you to open a savings ac
count at the First and keep it growing.
"pirst Rational
IBank of Omaha
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In September
Golf at Banff
Take a deep breath of Alpine ozone then beat Colonel Bogey at
Banff on a sporty mountain course. "Drink in" the gorgeous autumn
colors which make the Canadian Paciric Rockies so wonderful in
September. See also, lovely Lake Louise, reached by the
Canadian Pacific Railway
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