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The Bee's Platform
1. Naw Union PaMnfr Station.
2. Continued Improvement of tba Ne
braska Highway, including tka Me.
rnant of Main Thoroughfare leading
into Omaha with Brick Surfaca.
3. A ihort, low-rate Waterway from tka
Corn Bait to tka Atlantic Ocean.
4. Horn Rula Charter for Omaha, with
City Manag r form of Government.
America's Definite Proposal.
After the' nations of the world have caught
their breath, they will realize that American
diplomacy still is of the "shirt-sleeve" variety.
The downright proposition made by Secretary
Hughes that the general topic of disarmament
be approached from the front and not from the
flank on either side, reflects the sentiment of
the American peope, and, we believe, will have
sympathetic support from all nations.
The way to disarm is to disarm; that is plain
enough. To limit armament to a point of safety
requires that by some reasonable method that
point be determined, and then the armed forces
of the great powers be regulated accordingly.
Some discussion may arise over this portion of
the program, because national views may justly
differ, and do differ, as to the degree of security
essential. Leaving this point to be settled by
the delegates in conference, Americans will re
joice that as hosts to the distinguished rep
resentatives invited to the gathering, our leaders
had a definite program to offer.
Its terms undoubtedly exceed expectations.
So far as the United States is concerned, it is most
generous; no account is taken of any factor save
the one great central idea of making sure of
peace and good order throughout the world.
An agreed naval construction holiday of ten
years duration makes liberal allowance for the
development of industry and commerce, the
working out of reconstruction plans, and the
creation of international relationships resting
on experience unmixed with rivalry tainted by
display of force. Competition will be not in the
realm of war, but of peace. The United States
can hold its own in either; might easily under
existing conditions outstrip any of its competi
tors, but frankly and freely offers to yield any
advantage it may have, and to stand flatfooted
with the rest. ,
Moreover, the terms of the offer give definite
and impressive proof of the sincerity of Warren
G. Harding, of Charles Evans Hughes, of Henry
Cabot Lodge and of Elihu Root, who have been
80 much maligned by political opponents. The
patriotism of these men has been challenged,
their public utterances have been grossly mis
represented and their devotion to the cause of
peace denied because they have stood firmly for
the ideals of Americanism.' Oscar W. Under
wood was never so subjected to unjust and un
merited criticism, his political opponents con
ceding to him worthy motives, a generosity
eeatots of his own party could not extend to
his republican colleagues. The American plan
rnust be the e-erlasting answer to the impetuous
partisans who are thus confuted.
Ulster Disappoints the World.
Announcement from Belfast that Ulster can
not accept the principles involved in the Irish
settlement proposed by Lloyd George must be
a shock to all who have watched the progress
of the conferences, hoping that a settlement that
will bring peace and quiet to the kingdom might
be reached. Chiefly, as we understand it, Ulster
objects to disunion, preferring representation in
the imperial parliament to seats in the Irish
council, where her delegates wilt be outnum
bered by those from the other provinces of
Ireland. Sinn Fein objects to dismemberment,
as do the English, a stand that is supported by
reason. We know that the fires of religious
bigotry burn fiercely in Ireland, but that is no
reason why they should be permitted to dis
turb all the world. Acrost the Irish sea, in Scot-,
land, England and Wales, Catholic and
Protestant dwell fn amity, and it is conceivable
they may do so in Ireland. Seats in a home
rule or dominion parliament will be as service-'
able as those of a negligible minority in the
imperial legislature, while Canada, Australia,
New Zealand and South Africa offer many il
lustrations of how dominion leadership may
Influence the course of empire. Sir James Craig
Is a sharp bargainer, but he will do well if he
stops short of forfeiting all by undertaking to
exact too much.
Only a Newsboy.
The wreath laid on the sidewalk news stand
of Paul Stadelman speaks the regret of the
whole city for the death of this crippled news
boy. His post was at a busy corner, and while
he lived there no doubt were many who hur
riedly exchanged their pennies for a paper with
out giving a thought to the bravery of the frail
young man who sat there in his chair, now and
then calling his wares in a voice which grated
harshly on tht ear.
This hero of the streets did not ask pity.
He was not a beggar, but a merchant Though
the spark of life burned feebly within him, yet
the will power which brought him out to serve
his trade in the very worst of weather, was that
of a giant. The reckless motorist who snuffed
ut this flaming soul bears heavy guilt
Newsboy as a 4as arc public favorites.
Most of them are young and sctive both in the
discharge of their work and their lesson at
school. As they grow into manhood they (re
quently take an Important part in the more
firmly established business of the city. Paul,
who was a cripple from infancy, had no pro'
pect of a rise in the world to sustain him. Year
in and year out he sat at hit corner, gradually
accumulating a fund on which he would be able
to retire and give hit body the rest it so badly
needed. He could have had that from charity,
but choie rather to work out his destiny with
his own palsied hands. Those whose path
through life is soft, and those whose way it
hard, alike may well pause for a moment to
respect the spirit of this newsboy.
Father Flanagan's Home for Boy.
How often does Omaha find such a gather
ing of all faiths and almost all races in support
of a single institution as are now grouped be
hind Father Flanagan's Home for Boys in its
campaign for a $300,000 building fund? Protest
ants and Jews, Catholics and unbelievers, have
joined in this effort to insure a refuge for these
youths who are left without shelter of roof or
parental guidance. Surely here must be some
thing worth while.
And so there is. None of the many who
have visited Overlook Farm in the last few
weeks can doubt the worth of the home there
being built. None who has talked with the
125 boy residents, who has felt the pathos of
their stories, can be unimpressed by the need.
None who has sensed the inspiration of their
boyish pride and ambition, who has learned of
the way in which they are being taught and
guided to a life of worth while things, can
deny that the need is being met
There are 12S boys at Overlook Farm. They
are living in temporary wooden structures, in
the nature of barracks. The facilities are ade
quate only for the bare necessities of the boys
already there. Yet every day boys are turned
away sometimes as many as 10 in a single day
boys whose need may be fully as great as
that of any within the gates.
The fund of $300,000, for which subscriptions
are being asked, will build permanent structures
sufficient to accommodate 500 boys. That is
the goal, in dollars and cents, in brick and
mortar. Yet the goal is more than that. It is
the realization, in one concrete instance, of the
brotherhood of man. These little ones are de
pendents through no fault of their own. They
can improve their status by no effort of their
own. Their only chance is the chance that
others may give them. Their only hope rests
on the ideal of humanity that the strong shall
help the weak.
The plea this week is not merely for the
125 boys now at Overlook Farm, nor even for
the 500 who may be residents at one time in the
new home. The' average residence of a boy is
approximately 11 months; then he goes to a
permanent home, found for him , in some Ne
braska community. Not one, or 125, or 500,
but thousands of boys will feel the influence
of this charity and be equipped to go forth into
the world as men fit to bear the burdens of
adult life.
Cancer and Its Probable Cure.
A letter writer to the press deplores the open
discussion of cancer, such as pertained during
"cancer week." None will consider that the sub
ject is a particularly pleasant one, nor is the dis
ease especially to be desired. , If information
with regard to it is made more popular, and
people are brought to understand something of
its nature, the good that will follow must bring
great benefit to humanity. Scientific research as
to the nature, the cause, and the probable cure
of cancer has made great strides within the last
few years. It is now known that the disease
is primarily caused by what one doctor , calls
"anarchistic cells," that is, cells uncontrolled by
law. How to control these, to subdue them
while yet they are benign, is the end sought.
Such cell growths are easily destroyed, just
as unruly persons may be destroyed, by attack
ing them. Radium and X-ray treatments are just
now the best known methods for attack. The
sooner these are got on the firing line, the better
the chance for recovery. Surgery, of course,
holds hope when resorted to in time. Greatest
danger lies in neglect either through ignorance
of the nature, of the growth or dread of its con
sequence. Any suspicious growth or swelling,
wherever located, should have immediate expert
examination.
Application' of radium and the X-ray has ac
complished wonderful results, and some advo
cates of the treatment assert that it is a specific
cure even in the advanced stages. Instances are
known where inoperable and medically hopeless
cases have been clinically cured by the treat
ment. This does not finally establish the abso
lute success of the treatment, but it does hold
out hope to a race that is terribly afflicted by the
scourge that has until very recently defied man's
utmost endeavors. As days go by, and ex
perience accumulates, the value of radium in
cancer cases will become better understood; for
the present it justifies the trial, and the doctors
advise above all early examination and prompt
care of any incipient cancer.
Water vs. Rail Transportation
Some Facts About Trade
Railroads Have Overlooked.
While the talk is of armaments, it must not
be forgotten that warships are but the symptoms
of the world's disease, and that economic causes
of international friction must yet be dealt with.
Perhaps it may not be out of place to call
attention to the fact that all those awful things
"Tom" Watson complains of happened while the
.rmy was under democratic control
An American Legion post in Mississippi pro
poses that Tom Watson be impeached if he fails
to make good his charges. Leave it to the
senate.
"I regret that I have only one head to offer
you," the French "Bluebeard" screamed at his
prosecutor. Whether sent to the guillotine or not,
the gentleman seems already to have lost it
- Delegates to the arms conference at least
know what they came for.
Not even Carpentier attracted as much at
tention as Briand.
Who told the weather man the armirtice
had'expfred?
Hughes' plan will save the taxpayers a lot of
real money.
Mars may yet become a truck driver.
(From the Boston Transcript)
How ci.enthl it is that railroad freight rites
come down n.; be estimated by an extraor
dinary use of v ater-and-rail shipment this year.
Attention first was called to this need in the
spring, by our own Boston wool trade, which
took territory clips from inland western states
to the Pacific coast and thence through the
Panama canal to Boston, to save expense. Next
we heard of it recently in the lumber trade, the
American Lumberman of Chicago reporting a
movement similar to that in wool supplies going
from the Pacific to eastern points via the Panama
canal. On June 2 the Transcript noted that Irom
Jericho, Utah, to Boston, all-rail, freights were
$3.46 per 100 pounds; while by water-and-rail,
via San Francisco or Los Angeles, they were
$2.58, with an additional charge of 10 to 15 cents
per 100 pounds to cover the expense of handling
the wool irom car to snip, ana tor marine insur
ance, canal tolls, etc Thus a saving of approxl
mately 75 cents per 100 pounds was possible.
It followed that a large proportion of the ter
ritory wool from the far west came through the
canal. H. A. Davis, secretary of the transporta
tion department ot the Boston Wool irade as
sociation, estimates that 60 per cent of the wool
grown in the district west of an imaginary line
drawn from Butte, Mont., through Salt Lake to
Phoenix, Ariz., has been shipped via this "un
natural route. It is a poor route for wool deal
ers, under normal circumstances, but it in reality
had its advantages this year because a delay in
the receipt of supplies was not without its bene
fits when stocks already in hand were going
slowly, In other words, it was not a normal time,
and it ii to be interpolated here that he delay
in readjustment of wages and freights should be
held responsible as much as any other factor.
As to lumber, the Lumberman of the middle
of this month said: "A significant feature of the
situation is that lumber from the Pacific coast is
being sold in rapidly increasing quantities in the
eastern market, but this increase is largely taken
care of through water shipments via the Panama
canal. The effect that the high rail rates from
coast to coast have had on lumber transporta'
tion is graphically shown in the reports from
one concern on the Pacific coast Records of
this company show that, for the first eight
months in 1920 it shipped to the Atlantic coast
22,590,672 feet of lumber, all of which went by
rail. For the first eight months of 1921, under
the existing- high freight rates, this concern
shipped to the Atlantic coast 4,807,617 feeet by
rail while by water it shipped 21,096,863 feet.
Now we read in the Manufacturers Record
of this week that a new movement of traffic,
already considerably developed, and which is in
creasing, is that between middle west points and
the Pacific coast by way of Atlantic and gulf
ports and the Panama canal. Here is the same
condition as that of the shipment of wool to
Boston, except for the reversal of direction, and
perhaps for the carrying of the idea to a further
limit. A Mobile correspondent of this Baltimore
paper writes that the intercoastai steamship
lines have brought about a readjustment ot the
trade between eastern and western states, and
commodities which formerly would move from
interior points, and in which the eastern states
or the gulf would not be interested, are now
moving from the Atlantic seaboard and from the
gulf via the intercoastai lines." Elaborating on
this letter, the Record makes the statement that
"shipments from Cleveland, O., via rail to Balti
more, and thence via steamers through the canal
to San Francisco, can be carried at a rate 40 per
cent less than the all-rail rate westward from
Cleveland to San Francisco."
This and other cases mentioned indicate the
distortion of business conditions due to the war.
The facts also emphasize the new disposition of
the individual and the corporation to look' for
something "at a price." Sellers become ac
customed to setting a value according to de
mand. They can continue to do so, but must
realize that they are looking for the demand
rather than condescending to it. It is evident
that this applies to the railroads as well as to all
other branches of service. - .. "
"The Voices Are Here"
(Philadelphia Public Ledger.) 4
: Mary Garden, returning from Europe, rangr
irigf over a variety of topics with her radio-active
wit to interviewers; isv very serious when it
comes to American versus foreign voices.
She goes so far as to say that "only in this
country have the women voices;" she makes the
bold assertion that she stands ready to hear any
woman who thinks she has a voite for grand
opera; she proclaims her disappointment in
dozen of foreign divas who trilled and corus
cated before her, and finally she says:
"American singers need the foreign finish,
but the voices are here, here, here!"
The school .for American students .of music
at Fontainebleau the last summer disclosed real
ability on the part of a number of singers. Such
institutions as the Settlement Music school in
this city are finding promise constantly and giv
ing it all possible furtherance, with frequent re
port of most encouraging results.
The apology that we are a young country is
not going to serve us in place of a persistent
effort to ' develop our native resources not
merely in musical art, but in literature, in paint
ing, in sculpture to keep pace with the rapid
strides we are making in applied science and in
varied industry. '
Do It Now.
Each of us can help to hasten recovery in
business and in employment. How? Well, there
is that little improvement you have long wanted
to carry out around your home or your place
of business: do it now. There is that purchase
you have had in mind for quite a while but
have held back because the price was too high;
make it now. Your long-cherished dream of
building your own home has heretofore not
been realized because of this, that or the next
reason: build it now. There is that money you
have been saving in the hope of being able to
invest it safely and profitably: invest it now.
You have been waiting for the1 right opportunity
to launch that more aggressive plan' for de
veloping your business: do it now. You have
been feeling pessimistic for many months but
find yourself half inclined to adopt a more
cheerful and courageous attitude: do it now.
Forbes Magazine. ' .
Our Poor Waiters.
An American never realizes fully how poor
a' lot of waiters there are in the hotels and
restaurants of the United States until he goes to
Canada and is served by a trained servitor in
one of the hotels or dining cars of the Canadian
Pacific railway.
The Canadian waiter is trained for his busi
ness; the American waiter is not.
Just as far superior to the American waiter
as is the Canadian, so is the high-class Canadian
hotel superior to the American hotel. "Men and
Business," in the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
How to Keep Well
DR. TV A CVANS
Qveellaa aaacaralaa fcygleae, Malta.
Ilea) aaet aravanileai al disease, bub.
mrraaa ta Dr. Eveaa ay reader al
Tka Baa, avail aa aaavareaj eereanally
aearaal la ar.aai ItatiuMea, where a
euaaa.a, aSktreeeea eaveleae ta aa.
claaaa. Dr. Evaaa aril I aa raake
diagaaal er araacrtaa far taelvleual
ai.aa.aa. AaaV.aa la tiara la care el
Tee Baa.
Ceprtakt, 1U, by Dr. W. A, Eraaa.
CALIFORNIA'S LESSON.
In the course of the campaign In
California laat year the people were
told aome plain facta about the
amallpoa situation In that suite. In
conaeiuence a propoaa! to prevent
voccinauon waa aereaied by 110,000
majority at a referendum.
The facts told by Prof. Force of
me atatc university were these:
Elfhty per cent of the school chll
dren of California are now unvacct
nated. in cosequence smallpox
analn has become a children's
dlseaae, as It was In the days before
vaccination. California has tone
dock zuo years and now is In the
condition that Scotland was In when
mat country did not protect its chil
dren asalnat smallpox.
In HIS the total number of cues
of smallpox registered with the
state health department was 91. In
lvis, zs; 1817, S29; 1918, 1,100:
1919. 2,081; 1920. 4.436.
Of the 1920 cases 29 per cent had
never vaccinated, 7 per cont had
been vaccinated, but more than five
years before the attack, while but
1 per cent had been vaccinated
within five years of the attack of
smallpox. '
But our story relates principally
io me vaccination' or school chil
dren. In 1916. 1918 and 1919 it
was children between 5 and 8 years
vi age wno naa most or the small
pox. The second high water mark
waa In persona 88 to 40 years of age;
but this soup had only about half
as mucn smal dox aa did iha nmnii
kiddies. .
In 1919, 855 children of school
aire and younger had smaiinnT.
Twenty-one babies under 1 and 25
babies between 1 and 2, 88 children
8 years old, and 47 4 years old had
the disease. The remainder were
kindergardners and children of
scnooi age.
What do you think of that for a
darn age record 7 And yet it Is Just
that condition in which any state
will land that trifles with human
health and lives in the wav the
California law of 1911 does. -Every
such state is headed for
that badge of shame smallpox
among scnooi cnildren. That law
provided that school children would,
be excluded from school unless they
showed a certificate of one of the
five following .types:
1. rora a physician that the
child had been successfully vacci
nated within seven years, or ;
2. From a health officer show
ing evidence of a successful vac
cination within seven years, or
3. From a physician that vac
cination would endanger the
health or life of the child, or
4. From a physician that the
person had used due diligence and
cannot be successfully vaccinated,
or,
6. From the subject or his
parent or guardian, that he or his
parent or guardian is conscien
tiously opposed to the practice of
vaccination.
The fifth provision in th list ant
the third one, for the evasion of
the law, were speedily knocked out
legally. The courts promptly de
cided that it was unconstltuti
The fourth Is null because, as Force
nas proved, everybody who has not
been vaccinated can be. There is
no such thing as natural Immunity.
And yet it is the conscientious ob
jection clause which is responsible
for the fact that 80 per cent of
the children are unvaccinated. ,
A parent who wishes to escape the
trouble and expense of vaccination
merely signs a ticket that he 1s a
conscientious objector. Not .that
anyooay can see; at least the rec
ord does not Show it. The reporrt
shows that when smallpox threat
ens, so tne more ignorant can see
the danger, eleven-twelfths of those
who have placed conscientious ob
jector certificates on file get their
children -vaccinated.
OX
High Mark in Marriages.
More than 1,000,000 marriages will be the
record of 1921 in the United States, establishing
a new high mark, according to indications in re
ports received by government bureaus. The
number may go as high as 1,500,000 by Decem
ber 31. New York Herald.
Why They Feed on Beans.
The per capita cost of government in Boston
is 35.6 the highest of any American city. And
we haven't noticed any Boston paper claiming
that it waa worth the most Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Computing Mood Pressure.
H. L. N. writes: "1. Vrnm tVi
layman's viewpoint what is blood
pressure and what is the value of
knowing about it? 2. Is there a
rule for computing it whioh is prac
tical for a layman? , A says it is
twice, your age Dlus 70. whiin -r
says it is 100 plus your age."
REPLY.
1. The pressure of the"' hlnnrt
against the walls of a blood vpsspl
in which it is contained. It is de
termined by the force of the heart
beat, the elasticity of the vessel wall
and the fullness of the stream.
After making certain corrections it
is taKen as a measure of the plas
ticity of the vessel wall. -A virile
young person has elastic tissues and
especially elastic vessel walls. A
senile person's tissues are quite in
elastic. Other causes beside aen
operate to lessen elasticltv in thn
tissues.
2. Yes, theTe are several. A sim
ple one that is about as good as any
is as follows: Start with 120 at age
20 as normal. Add one-half of one
for every year of life in excess of 20.
Don't It Her Be Frightened.
Mrs. J. S. R. writes: "Twice you
have sent me baby feeding schedules.
I wish to thank you, as they were
quite a help. In return let me tell
you how our little girl, nearly 7
years old, stopped stammering. She
began to stammer nearly a year ago
and grew worse all winter. In the
spring I took her out of school and
tried to use what advice I could from
'Speech Training for Children.' This
helped some, as she began to pro
long the words instead of repeating
them. For instance, she said
ni-a-a-a-a-ma Instead of m-m-m-m-mama.
However, one day when she
was talking better than usual I
offered her a reward of two privileges
that I knew she desired more than
anything else if she would quit stam
mering. That was at least two
months ago. She rarely stammers
now, having conquered the habit
immediately on being offered the re
ward. She received the reward
after one week of good speech. Do
you think she will ever stammer
again?"
REPLY.
Continue the training until her
mental equilibrium is well estab
lished. Should she undergo a pro
found mental shock, such as fright,
she might begin stammering again.
Guard her against that.
Ambitions at 17.
J.. M. writes: "1. Is it dangerous
to drink tea morning, noon and
night? 2. I am almost 17 years old
and would like to know if I can
start smoking a pipe or cigarets.
If so. which do you think advis
able?" REPLY.
1. You might stand it a long time,
but it would be too much for you
and would do you no good.
2. Neither.
An Incomplete View.
"Doctor, I'm sure getting all the
exercise I need."
"There's' no indication of it-"
"No -wonder. You have only
looked at my tongue. But you just
ought to see the soles of my shoes."
Boston Globe,
(Tha ta offara Ita aulumn. fraaly ta Ita
raadara who cara la dlaeaaa anjr publls
anaatlan. It rauitoMa Ibal lallara
rMiiahl brtrf, nut avar SOS word a. II
alaa Irtalala !aa Iha Kama ot Iha writ
aecamiiaay cn Irltrr, not iiraaarlly
for ouhll.-atlim. but tlial tha adltor rnaf
know wrltk vjwbwi ha la draliof. Tha Uaa
aura bo. prearan ta anaoraa ar acnt
tiawa or opinion. aiprai ay
simnaaala la Iha Latur Ltoi),
NoMlor Kttlnuito of Waiaoik
Genoa, Neb., Nov. 8.To the
Editor of The Ilee: Benator Watson
of Georgia, who has centered his
activity on the illustrious Gen. John
J. Pershing ia liable to And he has
undertaken a big job when he
charges that soldiers were hung
without trial In the A. E. F. Sena
tor Watson has, in my opinion, no
proof, nor will he be able to pro
duce same to substantiate the
charges set forth in hla resolution.
It 1 the most despicable assault
that a man could make when he
says our boys were hung without
fair and impartial trial, and to
charge that our honorable general
waa in any way responsible for such
an alleged outrageous crime ae
Senator Watson states, which state
ments are and will be proven un
true and a dastardly lie.
Then he goes further to state our
nurses were used as courtesans for
the officers in France, which is an
insult to those ladies who worked
In mud and under the most trying
conditions. It makes my blood boll,
as an American ex-soldler to blas
pheme our nurses In that , manner,
when I know that he tells a dirty
infamous He about those nurses who
labored unceasingly and cared for
the buddies while in the hospitals,
and gave in many instance their
lives through overwork that a bud
die's life might be saved. Those
girls should be held as our nation's
saviours. They were ladles in
France and they are ladies in Amer
ica today. I hold them as high In
glory as a world war hero. They
are ready to serve in peace as war,
and the person who states they were
courtesans for A. K. F. officers is
the most vilest-minded person I
could picture. And when the senate
gets through with Avatson and the
charges he has asserted the country
will know- that these charges are
based on prejudices and untruths.
and the scoundrel who has sought
to blacken the honorable character
of our general and those nurses
should be called to make an open
apology and not be worthy of being
called an American. -
As an ex-A. E. F. soldier, I hold
with highest esteem and honor the
general and the Red Cross nurses.
.V V. A. BRADSHAW.
" Irish Linen Industry.
Omaha, Nov. 12. To the Editor
of The Bee: "Buy Omaha-Made
Goods" is a noble motto, although
the inconsistency of our merchants
in selline foreim-made eoods is be
yond my comprehension.
To prove my assertion, I see that
Irish linen is advertised for sale in
Omaha. r
Why go to any foreign country
for material that can be produced
In the United States and at the same
time give work to the unemployed?
Perhaps there is a financial motive
behind the importation of these
foreign goods.
It is unfortunately too true that
labor has been exploited in Amer
ica. I have never witnessed any ex
ploitation, however, ' by the packers
or anyone else equaling the way the
labor class has been exploited by
the millionaire linen manufacturers
in Ireland.
During my recent tour through
the Emerald Isle I investigated I
labor conditions thoroughly. I found I
more poverty and suffering in Bel
fast where linen is manufactured,
than anywhere else.
I inquired the cause of such des
titution and was told the reason was
that the millionaire manufacturers
did not pay living wages. I asked
why they did not organize and de
mand better wages. The answer
was that whenever they formed
a Jubor union emissaries from
the factories would inject religion
Into the organisations ana break
them ud.
My informants further stated
that the rank and file of the. work
ers were beginning to see the light
and that the day waa not far dis
tant when they would cease to
break each other's heads for tha
love of God that If the pastime of
breaking head was to continue it
would be carried on through hatred
of the devil and the multi-million-
aire manufacturers.
"Buy Omaha-Made Ooods"
every phrase of this noble motto
snouid be strictly adnered to. l
therefore hope that our merchants
will ceuse buying foreign goods and
will patronise home Industry and
put American workmen back to
work. JERRY HOWARD,
Prlilblud by Nebraska Laws.
Rosalie, Neb., Nov. 11. To the
Editor of The 'Bee: During the
past 10 days several weekly papers
in tne state have publhhed
list of towns where the co-operative
elevators are said to have
signed the contract with the United
Slates Grain Growers, Inc., and
among these Is Rosalie.
The only "co-operative elevator"
In Rosalie belongs to the Farmers'
Grain company, its-board of dl
rectors has studied the contracts
presented by the United 6tates
Grain Growers, Inc., and has de
cided to withhold their signatures.
Its plans are deemed unwise, un
safe and unsound, and besides that
the contracts provide for the use of
grain marketing methods that are
prohibited by Nebraska laws, and
cannot be put in operation until
those laws are repealed, without in
currlng fine and imprisonment for
every person concerned. No repeal
can be hoped for before the winter
of 1923, unless a special session of
the legislature , is called for that
purpose.
Since .our ce-opcrative elevator
was wrongfully included In a list of
elevators that were sntd to have
signed the United States Grain
Growers'" contracts, the question
naturally arises, "How many others
have had their names falsely in
cluded in the "143" that are said to
1 have signed the contract?" Did the
signers realize that they were agree
ing to set at defiance the laws
of the state? (See Sec. 8858 of Re
vised Statutes.)
W. N. PATRICK, Mgr.
Colored Soldier Speaks.
Omaha, Nov. 11. To the Editor
Of The Bee: I was asked what I
thought of Mr. Harding's speech.
From many angles I heartily appre
ciate and approve of Mr. Harding's
speech. The negro has the same
right to be highly educated as any
other race, and should be given
the same rights and privileges as all
other Americans in this land of the
free and the home of the brave, if
there be such a place. The negro
has no problem it is the white
man's problem. The negro does not
want social equality, but he does
want equal educational opportuni
ties, justice of the law and the
privilege to go in any public place
where he is able to pay his way,
the1 same as all other races. When
the negro is allowed his rights,
given him by the 14th and 15th
amendments, there will be no negro
problem.
Politically I do not believe there
ought be a solid south and a solid
north, pretending they are fighting j
over the negro problem; there
should be no race problem. Every
voter should vote for the party they
think would look after all the peo
ple and the interests of the United
States. . '
One word for the Ku Klux Klan:
You say you are for 100 per cent
American. If so you should consult
the negro first for your organization.
In all battles or all other placet of
trust the negro has proven himself
100 per cent American.
SERGT. I. BAILEY.
A Demoted Hero
(Warn Iha Naw fork Harald.t
The designation of Samuel Wood
fill as the moat herolo American In
fantryman of the war brings out
something beyond th remarkable
story of Woodfllle exploit. Il re
veal the astonishing stupidity ami
nealect of the Amsrlcan army sys
tem. System, we say. because no
fiartlmilar official can be blamed for
t. It la on of the sins of our old
enemy, Red Tape.
Woodlll waa a first nontenant of
the Sixth Infuntry on October 12,
1918, when he went out Shrad of hla
first line with two prlvatea to take
a German machine sun nst Four
of the enemy attacked him and ha
killed three at 10 yard and finished
the fourth In hand-to-hand fight He
rushed a second nest, silenced the
gun, shot several Germans and took
three prisoner. Attacking a third
mntr.lne gun position, he killed five
men with his rifle and falling to
llnish two resisting gunners with his
revolver, killed them with a pick.
Somo aSvrnture!
For his heroism Woodflll was pro
moted to a captaincy and he re
ceived the Medal of Honor and two
French decorations.
But what happened to Woodflll
after th war? Well, like most men,
h went back to his business. But
in his case that business was being
a soldier. It was being a regular;
for Woodllll had been in the army
a dozen years before the war.
After the armistice Woodflll re
enllMed in the army. But the bent
rank that the army would give
Woodflll, who had put up the great
est individual fight that is of Amer
ican record in the war and who had
won in succession a lieutenancy and
a captaincy, was that of sergeant!
Samuel Woodflll was good enough
ta be a commissioned officer In the
war. He was great enough In tho
war to inspire every soldier who
heard of the exploit which mado
Coeur de Lion look like a mollycod
dle. But after the war he was not
good enough for a commission.
Woodflll could kill 10 Germans in
half an hour, but he couldn't kill
Red Tape, the invulnerable old para-
lyzer of the War department.
Woodflll is not to go without
nonor. jor u is a nne aisiincnon to
represent the infantry at the Un
known Soldier ceremonies. But as
he stands there unless somebody
does something in the meantime
as a sergeant who was once a cap
tain, what will our guests from
Europe think of a nation which de
motes its heroic living?
The Working Man Knows.
The American Federation of La
bor is not only on record in favor
of suspending naval programs, but
even stands for disarmament on
land as well as sear And labor
bodies of England,Iapan, France
and Italy have taken similar posi
tions, other people can speculate
on what the workingman wants.
The workingman knows. Collier's.
' Paire Another Millionaire! I
Another prima donna has tired
of a millionaire husband. Husbands
are such a bother when one is an
artist. Birmingham Age-Herald.
When in Omaha
Hotel Henshaw
North Dakota 1 Reacts
(From the Washington Star.)
If as at present indicated the recall
election in North Dakota has resulted
in defeat of Governor Frazier, the
experiment in state socialism that
has been conducted there for several
'fc'ears will have been brought to a
nmsn. Tne margin between Nestos,
Independent candidate for governor,
and Frazier, is narrow, but the non
partisan leaguers do not 'claim the
latter's election. The state appear!
to have been overturned in a reaction
caused by the failure of the various
schemes started by the Nonpartisan
league and the close approach of the
state to bankruptcy.
The leaguers aver in explanation
of this result of the recall election
that the farmers have become afflu
ent and indifferent The truth, how
ever, seems to be that the farmers
have realized that "leaguelsm"
spells danger for the commonwealth
in general and for their welfare in
particular.
The eccentric projects fostered by
the state under Nonpartisan league
domination are not inherent in non
partisanism. A." C. Townley, founder
of the party, is a socialist, and was
the means of bringing the Nonparti
san league to the point of endorsing
his schemes and putting them into
operation. The essence of the Non
partisan league was revolt against
the old parties. That organization
may continue. It may return to
dominance. But it is doubtful if the
people of the state will again under
take the elaborate schemes of bank
ing and merchandising . that have
brought North Dakota into such
grave disrepute and to such, 4
parlous financial pass.
These experiments in state so
cialism are perhaps well worth while
as demonstrations of the futility of
what may be called collective busi
ness management on a large scale
by political organizations. The world
is Just witnessing the recession of a
tide of state socialism in Russia, un
covering as it ebbs a shocking sacri
fice of life and treasure. The North
Dakota experiment was on an ex
tremely small scale, but it was nev
ertheless along the line of the Rus
sian enterprise. There was no forced
labor in North Dakota, and there
was no wholesale exporpriation of
property. But the state undertook
to do things that should be left to
private initiation and administration,
and as a result of bad management,
due in turn to the employment of
inadequate agencies, the experiment
failed. The risk of such bad man
agement Is always present in a com
munal effort.
What Congress Needs.
Congress is sadly in need of
statesmen who will vote the way
they think Instead of the way they
believe other folks think. St Paul
Pioneer Press.
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THE UNKNOWING..
Five atara Upon the ribbon that he wore,
One a citation but he would not tell
What he had seen and done, nor how
ha bore
The rain of shot and ahell.
"No woman knows," he ald, "nor aver
rhould,
The horrors that we had to underre
There in the Arionne and In Belleaa
wood :
Thank God, yon need not know!"
We need not know tha hell in which
they earned
Those Blare, tha hell through which
they muet advance:
W". need not know what other women
learned
In Belgium and France.
We need not know, because they faylr
went.
Leaving behind them all for which
ther cared,
Nor aeklna; what their fata Would be,
content
If only we were spared.
We thouaht w. knew: w. drank nr
cup ot tea
Without much sugar, and we learned
to knit:
We danced with soldiers where the worhf
could aee.
And pr.rtled of "oar bit."
W. thoasht we knew; when they cam.
back again,
Wa crowded round and welcomed them
fn state:
We lionized them for a while and then
"War stuff went oat of data.
Whr should w. know that they ar. poor
and ill?
That ought to be th. government's af
fair. They eourht to spar, aa why not spar.
BB Still?
Whr should w. know, or care?
W. need not knowt ' We danc. along
our war.
Play golf and bridge, attend th. latest
show.
Meanwhile they die. God pity ss today
What ar. sot fit to kaow!
Maraaret King Moore,
la tha Kaw Tors Times, j
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