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THE BEEt OMAHA. MONDAY, OCTOBER 17. 1921.
The Omaha Bee
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The Bee's Platform
1. New Unioo Psttsagsr Statloa.
2. Continued Improvemeat of tlt Ne
braska Highways, iasluallaf Ik pava
mant of Mala) Thoroughfares leadlag
into Omaha with a Brick Surfat.
3. A short, low-rate Waterway fret ika
Corn Bolt to tho Atlantic Ocoaa.
4. Homo Rulo Charter for Omaka, with
City Managar form of Government.
The .Threatened Railroad Strike.
"We are a patient people," taid Secretary of
Labor Davis in one of his recent addresses. The
implication is plain public patience has a limit
The Bee now repeats in substance what it said
(-even years ago, that if a general railroad strike
should occur, the side which brings it to pass
r.ccepts a responsibility it might well shrink from.
It is not a time to quibble or split hairs over
the question , at issue. President Harding,
clearly recognizing the danger that presents it
self in the crisis, has moved with celerity to
take whatever step is necessary to avert the dis
aster. He may be relied upon to 'deal with the
situation fearlessly and efficiently. His powers
arc great, not so unlimited as those which
clothed W'oodrow Wilson in the case of the coal
miners' strike in 1918, but sufficient, as was
proven by drover Cleveland, when he took a
hand in the A. R. U. disorder in 1894.
Close-mouthed as are both the men and the
managers in regard to the details of their plans,
enough has been said to justify the conclusion
that the wage question is merely a pretext. A
. struggle for supremacy between the masters and
the men impends. So far as they alone are con
cerned, they are welcome to make any test of
strength they may deem expedient or necessary
to decide the issue as it affects themselves. They
are not alone; the continuous and effective op
eration of the great railroad systems is vital not
only to public comfort but to public existence.
When the welfare of all is concerned, private
quarrels must take a back seat. .
The great railroad unions stand committed
to, "public ownership and democratic manage
ment of the railroads. Just, what that meant
is not so clear that it may be stated in a few
words yet. So vague and inclusive a formula at
tracts great public attention, but does not sat
isfy the real demand for information. The men
may be assured in advance, however, that if the
government does take over control of the rail
roads once more, the operation of the lines will
not be on the happy-go-lucky basis that pre
vailed under Mr. McAdoo and his successor.
Private management has not redeemed the
promises made in its name when the Esch-Cunv
mins law was being enacted. Instead, of restor
ing the service to a point where- the public
would get benefit from the existence of the
greatest system of railroads in the world, con
ditions have grown more and more oppressive.
A more direct challenge to management could
not exist than the record made by the roads
since they were restored by the government to
corporate control.
Neither group comes with, clean hands to
complain of the existence of the railroad labor
board. That agency for securing the uninter
rupted operation of the lines, while wage ques
tions and similar disputes affecting employment
were adjusted on broad and humane principles,
has been hampered and obstructed by the atti
tude assumed by .the unions and by the manage
ment. It is the one place to which the public
can turn for relief, short of the might and
majesty of the police power of the federal gov
ernment. If the sovereign authority of the peo
ple must be invoked, the result probably will be
calamitous for both the contending factions.
Perhaps it will be well to have the test made
right now, that the threat of revolution involved
in the continuous presence of a general railroad
strike may be removed. If the Plumb plan Is
to prevail, "little is gained by postponing Its
adoption; if the managers are to have the full
and final say about the service, then that fact
should be established without delay; and, if the
public has rights that the unions and the oper
ators are bound to respect, these should be set
up once and for all time. That is why all turn
to the president at this time with such confidence.
- Heading Off the Home Brewer. '
Conceding for the sake of argument that the
home brewer has done a great deal to nullify
and set aside the main purpose of the Volstead
law intended to make the country bone dry so
far as alcoholic beverage is concerned, the latest
move of Enforcement Officer Haynes opens a
wide vista. Some months ago it was held in con
gress in effect that a man's cellar may also be his
brewery,- and that in it he may make such decoc
tions or concoctions as his imagination may in
spire or his lack of chemical training- permit
, He is not, however, permitted to vend the out
put of his vat ,
To obviate the effect of this Mr. Haynes now
fironnse to shut off the snnnlv of raw material.
r i i e j
He will forbid the sale of malt, hops, or similar
ingredients from which the domestic substitute
for beer is derived. This includes a number of
articles of common use, not all of which are ex
clusively devoted to the production of intoxicat
ing liquor. Just how the prohibition enforce
ment officer will go about to . differentiate be
tween the permitted and forbidden use of any of
the substances in question is not made clear.
Perhaps he will proceed in this matter cs in
others on the simple formula that, possessing the
quality of being turned into alcohol, its use
' necessarily implies that it is to be in violation of
law, and therefore it must be forbidden.
In this and in other ways the prohibition en
forcement officer shows himself to be highly
qualified for membership in what the late B. L.
T. called "The Society for Making Virtue
Odious." A clamor vis set up by the dry law
chaniploni tha other day aain.t witticiam on
tht tfe and in print directed at prohibition.
V would sugge.t that theit complainants go
into fierutivt session with Mr. Haynes.
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Bringing Peace to the World.
Mrs. Fried will undoubtedly have the last
word in her "argument" with the president, be
cause Mr. Harding is too busy with other mat-
tert to carry on a bootless correspondence with
her. How has the helped to bring about dis
armament? She evinces a decided unwilling-
nets to follow the lead of the president, and
equal insistence that he follow hers. We know
in Omaha an advocate of the League of Na
tions who positively refutes to concede any
merit to the other tide; he knows he it right
and the rest are wrong. George M. Cohan hat
just left the United States to end hit dayt abroad,
self-exiled, because hit business associates and
friends would not admit that hit plan wat the
proper one and their wrong.
These instances can be multiplied, but are
enough to illustrate the point Difference of
opinion it composed in most instances by seek
ing a middle ground. "Positive" minds reject
compromise, and controversy and frequent strife
follow. Just now hysterical champions of the
plan to completely disarm the world are busy
with their propaganda; tome of it it tincere, but
much it directed solely to the end of embarrass
ing Mr. Harding for purely partisan purposes.
How does thit tend to aid the cause of peace?
War is not abhorrent merely because it takes
human life. Americans complacently face an in
dustrial situation that takes a greater toll of hu
man life than wat exacted from our army in
France. War doet deserve the tternest con
demnation of all, but it will not be done away
with through the process of hindering or inter
fering with reasonable efforts to reduce arma
ment by insisting on programs that are im
practical or unworkable because they do not
give full weight to the human factor that in the
end will decide the problem.
What Omaha Would Like to Know.
This has to do with the appointment of a
postmaster for Omaha. It is not to make a
choice between candidates, but to inquire why a
peculiar course is being pursued. Dispatches
from The Bee's correspondent at Washington
say the selection is being held up because Sen
ator Hitchcock is taking his time about making
a recommendation. Out of this grows the won
der. For what purpose is Senator Hitchcock
consulted? A commission from the Civil Service
bureau visited Omaha and examined any per
sons who made application for the appointment
to be postmaster. After each aspirant had been
thoroughly questioned,- so that his fitness for
the place might be determined, then an extensive
inquiry was made among leading business and
professional men, that the standing of the can
didates in the community might be fixed. When
this data had been assembled and analyzed, the
Civil Service bureau recommended three names
to the postmaster general, from which he is to
select his nominee. Now we are told that Mr.
Hays is waiting for Senator Hitchcock to de
cide. No especial reason for hurry exists; the
Omaha postoffice is going along very nicely un
der Mr. Daniel's administration, and might con
ceivably continue to give service for some time
were the situation not disturbed. Yet, if the ap
pointment is to be made on merit, why consult
the politicians? If it is to go as a political plum,
what reason is there for asking the opinion of a
democrat, least of all one who named two post
masters for Omaha without talking to the re
publicans about the matter? Finally, if Senator
Hitchcock is to decide who is to have the place,
what need wat there to go through with all the
elaboration of inquiry in Omaha?
Farmer "Bloc" In Senate
Ita Aims, Its Methods and
Itt Achievements Reviewed.
(Washington Correspondence of the Boston
Transcript)
What the farmer bloc in congress already has
accomplished and what it intends further make
a significant story. Immediately upon the at
tembling of the new republican congress in extra
tession the farmer bloc proceeded to take charge
of that body and to serve notice that itt own
program of agricultural relief must be put
through. I he headquarters of tint new leader
ship are in the tenate, although the hotie has
performed strictly in accordance with the farmer
frogram. The leading spirits are Kcnyon of
owa, Norris of Nebraska, La Follette of Wis
consin and tapper of Kansas. Kenyon, La rol
lette and Norris are the more experienced of the
new group, but tapper wields a peculiar iiiflu
ence at publisher of Capper's Weekly, which cir
culates all over the west and ts one ot the most
outspoken and enterprising of agricultural
journals. Others of the group include Ladd of
North Dakota, Nonpartisan leaguer, Gooding of
Idaho. McCumber of North Dakota hitherto a
regular but now fighting desperately for re-clec
tion and Norbeck of south Uakota, a former
governor of his state, but new in the senate. A
few other republicans perhaps might be listed,
but the foregoing represent the most aggressive
who do the thinking and planning. (Jn the
democratic side men of the type of Harrison of
Mississippi and Ileflm of Alabama are always
ready to make a trade with the republicans from
the farming states. Acting alone, particularly if
the discipline of bygone days were in vogue, the
republican farmer bloc might not be able to ac
complish much. Hut the senate is necessarily
without discipline, which in a measure is an ad
junct of the election of senators by legislatures
controlled by state machines; and as the demo
crats have nothing to lose and everything to gain
by combining with the republicans, the Kcnyon-
Capper group has been able to attract to itscit
a large democratic vote which might any time
threaten to overwhelm, in addition to its own
votes, the regular republican control. In pass
ing, it may be said that the conditions just de
scribed explain the common remark that "Leader
Lodge is not leading. Ihe truth is that no
man today can lead the senate. Mr. Lodge is
not leading in the sense that he is not dictating
the senate policies, but he has been wonderfully
successful at times in harmonizing differences be
tween the republican factions. His work on the
peace treaty was monumental; and only this week
he rendered exceedingly useful service in bring
ing about an agreement on the tax bill.
How to Keep Wei!
By DR. W. A- EVANS
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Copyright. t:i, br Dr. W. A. Evaaa.
IN NEBRASKA
Fact and Fun As Seen
In the Old Home Paper
Tha path of knowlt1 Irada
throuifh tha kitchen. acurdlnif to
tha Vurk Time, which reports that
muny girl attending the tai uni
versity ara supporting themselves
y domestic service.
As John Kesrnes of tha Auburn
Jli-rald Improves on tha dictionary:
A RArdener Is a muii who rni
TONSILS AND X-RAYS.
Tii orJinnrv everyday cltltens
have ten connMersbly nonplused a few thins, a farmer Is a man who
over the tonsilitia situation. Asioe raises ninny thinss, and tha middle
from what they are told vy me imy- man profiteer is one who raises
slrlans too many of them nave netn everything."
cured of neuritis, neuralgia end I And the consumer raises several
rheumatlam to be upset by the state- kinds of csln and ends up by mis
nienta of the croups wno are tryins mg the r-asn to pay, en jckt
to build themnelves up ty puiunf ,T. .
down the -medical profeaHlon. Oth- Kmokil.a, Powder.
era can appreciate foe th'inisclves, Years aco when one sot a, real,
independently of what any physl- honest klaa, It mated like all srlrl,
clan tolls them, that their diseased nnd the Btver didn't hitve to hurry
tonsils and adenoids are harming and make up again. tiothenburg
them one way or anoiner. independent
Hut. on the other nnmi. many nnve
(The Ba affara Ha Ue fraalr la Ha
raaaara aaa vara n aiaawa aa avail
aMMwa. ntawi Ibal Mlava M
IMaiuliI) Srlrf, mut ata Su atMOa.
ox
il
tha ImM thai i ha aaaae af llta ttrilrt
aaaiar vara I'll, eat rrrmill
fee aablirttlaa), Sal thai I ha rdlt aa
baw Hk h-N la aValm. Tha Haa
Sua aa uarlaaS la) ladora a aMt
Ivaa a iIhmmi aipfraaad af aaffa-
eimaaVaia la la Ia4t Pol.)
had uni)lcnant experiences with
toniill ooerntlons. They ore cohtly.
They necessitate nunu-s and ho-
pltuls, and hospitals are expensive
Institutions. They sometimes lend
'A prophet Is not without honor
stive m his own country." too au
thor of this sentiment never visited
Pawnee county. The "Holand High
way" Is named In honor of the road
to severe hemorrhages or otner supervisor wno im nuiuo 11 m muui-i.
vet-e nnd perhaps fntnl accidents, ... ! . . .
ti.v io..v a sore-iheont-for-a-week a woman wno snuts ner eyes
' . . I ivitn hf.ii-nt. ...Ml I mtt ah. tiu-nta a
In the r wnke. I'l srs nave oeen --
-i, ,h. vnloa fly. l"ed her enulne four times yes-
h. i,..n haneed in some eases, terdajr and said damn before she
finally got the blamed thing going."
fr'alrbury Journal.
(ict Out the McdaR
C. W. Jiotkin, editor of the doth-
Independent, enys: "It
The farmer bloc already has got through an
unprecedented program of farmer aid bills.
Among them are the emergency tariff, the Cap
per grain exchange bill, restricting certain opera
tions; the bill reviving the War Finance corpora
tion to aid in the financing of exports, the bill in
creasing the capitalization of the farm land banks,
and the packer control bill, upon whose passage
Senator Kenyon has been determined ever since
he was assistant attorney general of the United
States. Senator Capper now announces that the
farmer statesmen will keep on. lhey have dis
tinctly served notice that they will not stand for
the sidetracking of what they regard as important
farm legislation, notwithstanding the adminis
tration may regard some other measures as more
important to the national welfare. The senator
claims that the bloc includes nearly one-third of
the senate membership, and he lists the following
as among the cheif measures desired:
1. The co-operative marketing bill, which
has been passed by the house and reported to
the senate.
2. Provision for the appointment of a rep
resentative of agricultural interests on the fed
eral reserve board.
3. A rural credits bill, so farmers can ob
tain lone-term credits. Senator Capper has
prepared such a bill.
4. Ihe truth in fabric bill, to stop the
enormous sale of shoddy clothing at wool
prices.
Make the Dollar Step Lively.
Close observers state that there is still
buyers' strike in those cases in which prices have
not been brought down to reasonable levels
William H. Rankin, nationally known as a sales
expert, declares that the concerns that led the
way in price reductions are today six months
ahead of those who have not made the necessary
concessions.
"I know also that price reduction has stimu
lated buying and that advertising is the only
way to let the people know where they can buy
goods at pre-war prices and on a basis where the
long margin of profit has been cut down to a fair
margin," he says. If the process of distribution
is being blocked by some middlemen who have
failed to meet the emergency in the right way,
theirs is a heavy responsibility.
The 400 factories in Omaha whose associa
tion is soon to embark on an advertising cam
paign urging the consumption of home products
are in line with the needs of the time. The city
with men or machines idle is losing the things
these might produce. Larger scale production
offers a way to reduce costs, and it should be encouraged.
One dollar now ought to do the work of two.
If this is to be accomplished, the dollar must be
made to step lively and advertising is the only
way to speed up circulation.
"At one of the theaters last week a woman-
in evening clothes went out between the acts
with her escort and smoked a cigaret on the side
walk. And she attracted hardly any notice."
New York World. Too bad, too, for undoubt
edly her object was to draw attention.
The farmer bloc has been keenly interested
in the reduction of freight rates and has urged
the repeal of the transportation taxes. It has
stubbornly opposed any reduction of the surtaxes
on income and the repeal of the excess profits
tax. The tax compromise just effected has won
the farmers some of the things they wanted, al
though perhaps they were no more desirous of
them than anyone else. The transportation' taxes
probably will be removed, but the farmers have
yielded in their opposition to a repeal of the, ex
cess profit taxes, although it is recognized as im
possible that this repeal can be made retro
active to January 1, 1921, as the manufacturers
had hoped. The farmers have stubbornly be
lieved that such appeal could bring no,-benefit
to business, or at least to themselves, for they
have argued that these taxes already have been
covered in the prices they have been compelled
to pay for manufactured goods and that to re
lieve industry of these taxes this year would be
merely making a present to the manufacturers.
This belief is deep-rooted, and no amount of
sound economic argument can overcome it. In
the recent compromise the finance committee un
willingly assented to a maintenance of the surtax
rates at 50 per cent in the higher brackets. It is
possible that this rate may be reduced either in
the senate or in conference, to the 32 per cent
provided by the house. The farmers as a whole
have been inclined to oppose the sales tax of
Senator Smoot, but they will support the Utah
senator heartily in his efforts so to amend the
constitution as to remove the admitted evil of
tax-exempt securities. The failure of the farmers
to appreciate the fairness and the benefit of the
sales tax plan is a great disappointment, for most
of their measures are worthy, from the economic
point of view, and are to be criticised chiefly be
cause they are less important than some of the
bills which they have supplanted. If the present
situation needs one thing a little more than an
other, it is a more thorough study of economics
and business by the agriculturists, a better un
derstanding between the captains of industry and
finance and the great agricultural class which
blindly and foolishly regards them as its enemies.
They come back after removal not
Infrequently.
To prevent them from growing
back tonsil operators say the entire
gland must be carefully dissected cnbura;
mu. nna yet w, .r, i.mi m,m- ukeg M nuch patrlotlgm t0 g0 nt0
lymph gland tissue i Is needed In the Llncton ond pay UxM M lt iUd ,0
throat to acta a filter for the mouth ,h. A ' and flcht ..
.! s K r minv 1 "
Ctllll I' lit I J II A I !. ,
It is not to be wondered at that Fashion N'otos,
many persons are trying to find some jr. jr. McGaffln of the Tolk Prog-
wny oui mner man y mw irau r(M establishes himself as a pro
mute. Young babies sometimes de- Br..HiVa kivIa rriiin-
velop large tonsils and naenoum ana "jt j, our cannd opinion that the
ine question wnai 10 uo ucluiuco nc.male that puts on a long face and
still more difficult. appears to be shocked at the annear-
T 1 . -......I .Vm 4h. I - ... "
ic mis ui-en buks-bicu mm mo i mica or a irlrl lit short sklrfa la a
lonsus db empuea oy Bucimn. n double-distilled hypocrite."
there ore suction pumps for this .
purpose on the market. The act of Evidently they "roll their own"
sucking out the crypts produces a In Blair. Don C. VanDusen of the
temporary Increased flow of blood Blair Pilot had the following lnfor-
and thnt helps. It has Deen sug- matton given him by the Girl Next
gested that the tonsils be massnged Boor: "Why not go bare kneed?
with the end of a spoon handle. Uriel Don t we have knee caps?
ohlp.cttnn to both of these oroce-
Hnrps la thnt tvvr throats are lnsensl- Business AS Formerly.
tlvo enough to stand much manipu- Beatrice, which combines agricul-
latlon. luI" Hnu 'uunuiaciunns io mane as
Finally It has been sugfireated that we'l a balanced community aa there
the tonsils be reduced by X-rays. ? In the state, sees a new slcn of
There is no question as to the effl- business Improvement In the fact
cacy of this method. X-rays have a that the Kees factory Is now working
way of picking out Just the kind of f"1' tilt on builders' hardware, husk-
tissue tonsils are composed of and lnB pegs and skates.
shriveling lt up. The basic dim-
main street in worrolK raced a
serious predicament. A banner
across the street announced a Sun
day ball game. Then came the Bap
tlst convention. The hnsoitalitv of
k -... . ot-o k manded a welcome banner. Some
culty in using X-raya to shrivel ton
sils is to keep from overdoing it.
Dr. H. A. Osgood has attempted
to evaluate the X-ray as a method of
treating enlarged tonsils. He says in
be reduced to a size desired by the
use of X-rays. Since some lymph
gland tissue In the tonsil region is
advisable the X-rays should not be
used to remove it all. Three to
wanted to hang It under the base
ball banner, but it was finally placed
on ANOTHER intersection. IWe
were going to say THE- other, but
inree xo ,rIi..4 - ,. . , '..:
four treatments given at intervals ""uV:".,,: .Y., "
of two to three weeks will suffice
for most cases.
Six to nine weeks after the last
and his hustling little city).
Despite its being so far Inland, the
lu milt? weeno aitci 1110 laaL nj , . .
t.,f. n ,.,m v tA r fierce County Call has made a nau
proper size and appearance. So Mical discovery, which lt announces
much for the favorable side. What's " wr?s: "yur ioretatners
acainst if used t0 waIt for tnelr shlP to come
ti,. Jr. Jo ,e, v, .n 4 in- But now their sons go out Dast
X1IC UUOC II1UOL IO (3 tl 11. "S. 11 UOU j. .. ... . . .
which causes reddening does more tne lnree-mne limit to meet It."
harm than good. The rays must be dj,.. m
i.. v. . J.110 i.v tin, viic iiijium aim
m if,wfOW, k Aiier peuuons naa Deen circulated
io Miimioi x icf,iuna niuok ud . . . , . .
shielded by protective plates. More i? a" sainst allowing a mu-
sklll and experience are required In "ZZJ , 10 a " was sus"
order to know what to do. what not . -""i""iik mirauunaoie
,n Ar. fnr. v, nA scenes ana improper lines, the house
when, than the average person who JT , X. .1 """"""V" was lm
owns an X-ray machine has Treat- .me"se.whi'n. the suggestive situa-
ing tonsils by X-rays will not be ltt,,cu 10 appear.
l!nilnmaM TImb lhr's Klnnit.
Ttkamsh. Neb., uct. I J. To the
Editor of The IW: I hesrtlly roni-
mend your editorial, "Itelirf for
Farmer Imperative." In the liue of
The He today, and rongratulnte you
for having so ably ttu-kled one of
the moat Important. In fiu-t. most
serious, questions confronting our
nation at tne present time.
Most of the stagnation in praill
cslly all lines of business Is due to
the deplorable, yes, criminal, condi
tion our rarniara are raring and rrnve
been struggling against for a year,
Thy have done their part exceed
ingly well and without reward Their
taxes have been inoro than doubled
st a time when their produen has
been depreciated to tho lowest point
since the financial panic. Hud other
commodities d roped In price st the
same ratio that farm products have
fallen the situation would be far
different from what the country Is
"up against" now. Most of our
present financial dlmculty Is directly
churgable to the m-tion that has
been pursued by Hut federal reserve
hoard. We do not wish to condemn
the federal reserve law, for we be
lieve it to be one of the best ennrt-
ments In recent yars. We do con
tend lt has been unwisely Interpre
ted and conducted by the present
federal reserve board. As conducted
In the past and now. the federal re
serve board has the power and could
make or break the business of this
country within six months or a year,
a dangerous situation.
Having published the Republican
at Valentine. Neb., for 80 years, I
naturally take a deep Interest In
reading live, up-to-date editorials,
especially when thoy discuss so ably
questions of such vital Interests per
taining to the welfare of the entire
national fabric. It also awakens in
me a desire to express my apprecia
tion to a brother editor and pub
Usher, believing such expressions
win help cheer him and be a source
of inspiration as he tolls to render
valuable service to and in the in
terest of tho public.
Hoping you will continue to welld
a trenchant pen along the line you
nave so worthily neRun, I am,
V. S. BARKER,
Rational View of Situation.
Omaha, Neb.. Oct. 13. To tho
Editor of The Bee: I want to en
dorse Benton Brown's letter In re
gard to the unemployment question,
but would like to set him right in
one respect. He seems to be under
the Impression, as many others are,
that the farmer is selling his corn
for 30 cents per bushel. While corn
is quoted at 32 to 35 cents in Omaha,
and I paid 45 cents yesterday and
the dealer would not deliver it, the
farmer is getting about 18 cents, and
has to deliver it to an elevator at
that. If lt were not sc. serious it
Senator Overman wants to look over the
pay roll of the Federal Reserve banks. Might
not be a bad idea, at that, especially when all
the other big pay rolls are being so closely
combed, 1 ,
Mrs. Ella L. Fried demonstrates her de-
votedness to disarmament by evincing a will
ingness to fight to achieve it. Thus does peace
come.
John D. Rockefeller is getting to be "loose
as ashes." He gav two dimes where one might
have answered.
Unless the farmers are given some substantial
encouragement, the rest of mankind may yet be
inquiring, "When do we eat?"
That thief who made off with 30 watches
need not have hurried; he had plenty of time.
One of the interesting questions of the hour
is the attitude the farmer bloc will assume to
ward the foreign debt refunding bill or, more
carefully speaking, the so-called McKellar
amendment to the tax bill where it is proposed to
cut off some $266,000,000 in taxes and make up
for them by demanding that our foreign debtors
shall pay the United States that amount in in
terest money. The administration has been striv
ing m vain to advance both the railroad and the
foreign debt refunding bills, regarding their pas
sage as fundamentally necessary to a rehabilita
tion of American business and the composing of
the international mind. Bankers, financiers and
manufacturers are practically a unit in regarding
this legislation as vitally necessary, but the' farm
bloc, or some members thereof, are bitterly op
posed at least to the railroad bill. Now an
ominous movement has ben started to force in
terest payments from Europe which presents
dangerous political possibilities. The adminis
tration rightly has regarded it as advisable that
the secretary of the treasury should be given a
free hand in dealing with the obligations of for
eign governments to the United States, in the be
lief that a wise and sympathetic policy would
help to stabilize conditions, whereas any drastic
demand for payment might cause a world col
lapse.
satisfactory if lt Is done promiscu
ously by X-ray operators.
Avoid Poultices and Salves.
F. R. W. writes: "I have been
troubled with what appears to be
carbuncles rather than bolls on the
back of my neck, the first resulting
from scratching Insect bites. They
kept spreading until I have had 23.
They vary in size and are accom
panied by a burning and throbbing
pain. After five or six days a small,
greenish core can be extracted with
a very little pus. After that, they
heal rapidly. I believe the, 'baa
blood' Idea has been displaced by
the modern one that boils and car
buncles are due to outside Infection.
Is this the sign of a rundown condi
tion and would medicine of any kind
be or benefit? '
REPLY.
Cause, Infection of deep skin. Con
tributing causes, diabetes, dirty skin,
irritation and scratching of skin, too
much starches and fats, certain oc
cupations. There is no proof that
rundown condition is a cause. Pre
ventive treatment, keep the skin
very clean. Avoid irritation, scratch
ing, or greasing of skin. Avoid shav
ing the neck, wearing scratchy col
lars, and such. Avoid poultices and
salves. Avoid excess of starches and
sugars in diet. Keep the bowels
open by taking a cake of yeast
three times a day. Curative treat
ment, sunburn the susceptible area
to a dark brown. Do this slowly.
If the carbuncles are lanced iodine
and carbolic can be used In the
crater.
The Chamber
Commerce at
Kearney, Impressed fiy the emer
gency that faces the agricultural
sections, has petitioned Nebraska's
senators and representatives 10 con
centrate all their efforts in congress
on relief measures. Though they
submit no plan, privately they con
sidered rail rates to be one of the
main obstacles.
The Alliance Herald reports a
timid young woman was awakened
by the sound of a mouse in her room.
With magnificent presence of mind
she did not scream and arouse the
household, but 'merely sat up in bed
and meowed.
Aurora is to be added to the list
of Nebraska towns having a country
club.
would hv born laufhabU ft fetv
vverks ago to read ff the riuat
a . . . .
Ihe farmer to srnd transportation
luonay for corn buskers.
!.t us do a luile flk-urln to see
why the farmer ln't offering more
than I cents a bushel for corn husk,
rs. rievonty-nve bushels Is a fair
averaiin day's work. At 3 cents that
is II. ti and with his board we will
say ll.la. At I cents per bushel
there is fit 60; after paying his man
the farmer has liu lett. lie ouitht
to t aatlsrted with that, you suy,
but wait a minute. It tuts taken
from one to two acres of ground ti
produce that T5 bushels. If he is
a renter paying, say, M an acre
thr Is tt to come out of It for rent
and he has a dullnr left to pay fur
Ms work In planting and cultivating
It and for his profit. If he owns hi
farm h paid from $160 to 150 per
acre. It doesn't require a mathe
matician to see how much Interest h
Is groins; to set on his Investment, to
suy nothing of wages for his labor.
A year or two ago when sugar was
selling around $25 per hundred 16
bushels of corn would buy a sack of
augur. Now with sugar at 17 It takes
nearly 40 bushels of corn to buy a
sack. We read such pitiful tales of
the unemployed In the cities, the
men who stand around with the feel
ing that the world owes them a llv
lug. refusing work ut good wages.
sponging off other people when they
could Pe seir-siipiioi't Inc. We read
of the manufacturers who. when the
markPt became overstocked, rlosi ;
their factories, throwing thousand
out of work, In order to keep prices
up. The middlemen and retailers
are making Just us much profit on
meir investment as ever, but we
don't get the farmers' side, because
he goes quietly on, currying tho
world on his shoulders, taking his
losses like a man, whining to no ono
for charity when ono crop falls, op
timistically preparing for another.
taking a chance on It being de
stroyed by hail, wind, drouth, in
sects or if brought to harvest, per
naps not being worth enough to puy
ror Harvesting.
A farmer over In Iowa ren
farm lust year for cash rent,
his crops were all harvested
landlord came to him and
"Well, how ore you coming out this
year?" The tenant replied that if
he sold all his crops and his stock,
Implements and everything he
thought he could pay his rent. This
landlord was one in a million. He
said, "You will do nothing of the A
kind; glvo me half the crop, you -
keep your stock and Implements and
farm the place another year for
half." That is the only spirit that
will bring order out of the chaos of
commerce today. When every man
Is willing to share the loss with the
other fellow things will adjust them
selves, and no government investiga
tions, no "unemployment confer
ences" can straighten things out
while retail prices are so out of pro
portion to the producers' price. The
retailers tell us the difference is
caused by the high price of labor;
labor tells us the high price of la
bor is caused by the high cost of
living, so there we are, and there we
will be so long as 'each man is try
ing to keep his profits up and make
the other fellow shoulder all the
losses.
"GOLDEN RULE."
. per-
o pay
Aftor
1 his
said.
Sure Case of "Mark Time,"
Anyone who believes that in time
the German mark will regain Its
value, or at least a part of it, , has
opportunity now to lay in a stock
at about a cent apiece, and hold it
for what may happen. Albany
Journal. ,
Dear Cool Prevents Fires. ,
The price of coal ought to present-
good many of the fires from over
heated furnaces that usually leatukp
tne nrst coia snap. ieiron rrr
Tress.
For Use in Hot Air Furnaces, Heaters,
large and small, Hot Water Heaters,
Ranges, Grates, Hard Coal Stoves
(remove magazine)
Who will wave Old Glory now, since George
M. Cohan has gone abroad to stay?
Nebraska votes wet on the Great Lakes ship
canal.
Gipsy Smith is off to a good start.
Getting Down to Business.
An encouraging sign of increased confidence
in business is the gain in new corporations apply
ing for state charters. A company engaged in
assisting incorporators reports that business has
shown definite signs of betterment recently. A
large number of corporations have increased their
I capital stock. Philadelphia Ledger. t
Compress May Cure.
Mrs. P. F. R. writes: "1. My
baby's navel protrudes, although for
six months he has been wearing a
compress, win it disappear as he
grows older? Does exercise tend to
irritate it? No discharge Is present.
2. Are bouillon cubes suitable for a
6-month-old baby? Are they as
nourishing as soup?"
REPLY.
1. Keep up the use of the com
press. It may not cure, but then it
may. If it does not it can be oper
ated on later. The baby will attend
to the exercising. No way to stop
that.
2. Let your 6-month-old baby
stick to milk and fruit Juice or
strained canned tomato Juice. At 7
months add thin cereal and gruels.
At 8 months vegetable soup strained.
Nudgin' Elbows.
There Is a real flavor of Ne
braska in this piece of prose verse
from the Emerson Chronicle the
homely sort of theme that lightens
the way: t
When a feller nudges elbows, as
you know a feller will, that's a
doin' his very durndest to scram
ble up life's hill, I never stop to
jaw him, or to envy him his speed,
or disturb a feller feelin' that we
both are sure to need so we keep
a nudgin' elbows, as in friendliness
we trudge each one a feelin' bet
ter'n if the other didn't nudge. .
It never hurts my feelin's, nor
affects my mortal pride to have a
feller-traveler sorter nudge me In
the side; when my corns have got
rebellious, or my breath's a gettin'
short, the little nudge reminds me
that I've got to be a sport. . . I'll
leave it to a court house full of
solemn circuit Judges, if it don't
improve a feller's nerve, to spur
it up with nudges.
No Soot
No Ashes
No Odor
Matt.
.CLOSES
KEfPTHRKWio,
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ONCMXl
Hunting Same Kind of Game.
We can't very well reproach Eng
land (or not bringing the kaiser to
trial, while Eergdol! is running
around loose in Europe. Portland
Express.
General Directions for Using
Petroleum Carbon
PETROLEUM CARBON will kindle readily
if broken up in small pieces. Use about
the same quantity of kindling as in start
ing1 soft coal.
After fire is well started fill the fire-box
with carbon and regulate the fire with the
, drafts.
The best results will be obtained if the
grates are covered at all times with a layer
of ashes. This not only protects the gTate
bars from the heat of the carbon, but pre
vents the fire from burning too freely and
results in a slow steady fire with lots of
heat.
To Fix the Fire for the Night Pack carbon
in fire-box as closely as possible and cover
with a thin- layer of carbon slack, then
regulate the drafts. A little experiment
ing in this direction may be necessary as
the local conditions are different in every
heating plant
Petroleum Carbon is by far the
most efficient fuel in use today.
It gives up more heat value, re
quires less attention, practically
smokeless and contains less ash
than any other solid fuel. It is
a fuel that is especially adapted
for domestic use and has been
used in all kinds of heating
plants. .
Petroleum Carbon is a by-product
of crude oil. It is almost pure
carbon, as is shown by the fol
lowing analysis:
Carbon 97.74
Oil 1.75
Ah 51
Absolutely No Waste
Petroleum Carbon contains from
5,000 to 7,000 heat units per
pound more than anthracite.
Petroleum Carbon all consumes
. and any particles of unburnt
coke that may fall through
should be shoveled up and put
back in the fire pot. Should the
fire become too hot open the air
draft or slide in front door and if
necessary the door may be left
open with no effects from gas.
Bay It and Try It
If your dealer can't supply you, telephone
THE SHERIDAN COAL COMPANY
Wholesale Distributors
W. O. W. Building, Omaha Douglas 2226
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