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THE BEE: OMAHA. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1921.
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' iht world U operating; oo a bssls of less than
half Its pre-war standard.
1 Consumption ( foods by 900,000,000 people
la Europe has baen reduced almost 30 per cent
They have been starving themselves and going
without proper clothing and other comfort! In
order to eupport the million, of men who are
now under arm. To take the weapons from
tha bands of any considerable percentage of
these and give them productive tool instead
will mean everything to the recuperation of a
poverty-stricken world. There is one hope of the
disarmament conference, and that it" is within
reach is indicated by the new high marks of
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Continue Improvement of the) Me
brash Highways, lasludtag the.
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Thoroughfaree leading lata Oaaaha.
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New Revenue Law.
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senators that a bill satisfactory to an couia not
be framed and passed at this time.. Without
doubt this will apply to any revenue measure at
any time. A wide variance of opinion exists, and
particularly among deep students of the theory
and principles of taxation, as to methods for rais
ing revenue for a government The world's his
tory is an unbroken record of experiments, and
as yet no painless process of taxation has been
.devised. '
The bill just enacted reduces the total amount
to be collected by $835,000,000 in round num.
bers. This will relieve the taxpayers to that ex
tent Most noteworthy of all is the increase in
exemption to heads of families having incomes of
less than $5,000 a year. With the basic exemp
tion of $2,500 and $400 for each dependent, this
class of taxpayers will find its load materially
lightened. The controversy that has raged around
taxation of great wealth is not settled, nor are
any of several other important problems solved,
but the new law will provide the money needed
to carry on the government under the economical
managemeent now enforced, while the elimina
tion of many of the irritating features of the
democratic measure of 1918 will lessen com
plaint to that, extent. : ?
Nebraskan are especially interested in a pas
, sage in the senate during the closing hours of the
debate. Senator Hitchcock' laid himself out in
I criticism of the republicans, and in doing so ex-
posed himself to the counter-attack from Senator
Norria. "The letter deftly -but directly showed
' the insincerity of his democratic colleague, ert-
V II tP1"" "vcora m prove inu nc nau voicu
one way in 1917 and another in 1921 on the same
questions. A more complete exposition of the
shifting moods of the democratic senator from
Nebraska could not be asked than that provided
; by Senator Norrls, who has done the state a real
service In thus disclosing the course of Senator
Hitchcock..
A Husband (or the Princess.
So Princess Mary is to become the wife of a
British viscount This is a departure from the
custom of intermarriage between royal families,
. but still not to surprising as marriage with a
commoner would be. The British people are
said to be quite enthusiastic over the match.
Tim was when the democratic ; instincts of
'Americana wouia lesa mem to express pity tor
the hard necessity of marrying' off the boys and
girls of the royal line for reasons of state instead
of allowing the course of romance free play.
Now, however, in view of the mounting per
centage of divorce) among couples who have
' mated by their own accord, there will scarcely
'. .'. a a. ' a a . . a .
oe as mucn criticism aevotea to tne domestic
affairs of the king of England. Royal mar
riagea seem to turn out somewhat better on the
whole than a third of American marriages. Prin
cess Mary appears to the world as a rather plain,
very competent young woman, and it wishes
aer weu. - :-
Even though the princess has been betrothed
to one no higher than a viscount it need not be
believed that love haa had its way. ' There are
not so many kinglets to choose from as for
merly, some of them; as in Germany, having lost
their positioe, and others sitting very insecurely
m their caatka. During the war unkind remarks
were made that the British royal family was purely
Teutonic and had in its veins no drop of British
Mood. This had to be countered, and ft would
not tl surprising if tha nrinM nf Wibi fctmiMf
should be mated to some English girl These
are indeed democratic days, and the influence is
even reaching into the royal palace.
- Toward a Subiliied World;
The recent rise in Victory bonds to par, and
the new high records made by the Liberty issues
can only be taken as an indication that the na
ttons of the world are bade on the right track
Similar increases have also occurred in the prices
- of many European securities, and some of them
are quoted at a higher figure than the bonds of
the United States.
Whatever the ultimate result, a thing now
clouded by the jockeying of diplomats, the con
ference at Washington offers every opportunity
for getting tha world beck to sr condition of sta
I2ty. This possibility for the removal of some
f the causea of war and for decrease in the
wnsesfal jexpesdhnrea for tffasBsneat has the in
aUt eect of stfc&tiktirjf tike credit of an
araaaiBta. "With fee prim wfckiB reach, to fail
to grsap k noV wotdd U trsape.
A Kat wata the Earopeaa coeatries which now
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Propagandist! at Work.
The success of the Washington conference Is
not secured si yet! a definite effort to counter
act the effect of Secretary Hughes' "bomb" is
being made: propaganda of a peculiarly insidious
nature is being poured out in great waves on the
land, the purpose being to prepare a triumph
for Old World diplomacy.
. From Europe, where the principle of self-determination
Is being misconstrued, and where
"nations" are multiplying and moving as do
amoebae, comes H. G. Wells to daily dispense
quarts of his treacle of "internationalism," much
of which is sticking and some penetrating. He
might far better employ his time in an effort
to extend his beliefs at home, where the Irish
parley is about to break up because factional
groups can not agree. .
Also from Europe comes Paul Scott Mowrer,
able and doubtless conscientious critic, but thor
oughly indoctrinated, because of his long resi
dence abroad, with Old World ideals. He points
out how America is to be asked to accept re
duction in naval strength and acceptance in
"principle" of settlement of the Chinese and
other Far Eastern questions, thus disappoint
ing the hope of the nation. ' t
, Colonel Reppington, most acute, perhaps, of
all the military critics of Europe, writes of the
allies as victorious, but ill because of thr fa.
ability to digest victory; of the vanquished as
exhausted, and of the neutrals as disgusted with
their alck neighbors all eager for relief, hut nnnr
willing to make the sacrifice needed to restore
neaitn, and looking to Washington for a miracle.
AH this tends to one focal mint? the hroatr.
ing down of the Washington conference, as the
rans conference was swerved from its high
purpose and diverted into the old srame of
chicanery and duplicity in statecraft. - Balfour,
Kato, and the others who are like minded, may
believe they are showing cleverness, but they are
really moving to their own destruction. The
people of the United States are in earnest in
the desire to help; it is idle for either England
or Japan,, or both, to talk of competing with
the United States in preparation for war. We
are not ready to abandon China to be broken
up and looted by imperialistic or bolshevistic
plotters. .Jt".;j'. ' ; : , , -
t AH over . the world sentiments similar to
those of our own country have sway. ' Australia,
New Zealand and Canada are for the square
deal and against the Anglo-Japanese alliance. The
Washington conference will not fail if the Ameri
can people remain staunch against the persuasive
propaganda that is now being employed to break
down the morale of a nation united behind its
president in an . effort to secure world peace.
A most generous offer has been made in good
faith by our country to other nations, and we
ask in return far less than we give. Should
the unbelievable ensue, the United Sta tea: ran
again take up its "splendid isolation but with
out giving over its devotion to liberty and its
mission to a bedeviled world. -J , ,. .
Omaha'a Postmaster. .
The appointment of a new postmaster for
Omaha is something more than the notation of
a change in national administration. . An effort
has been made to place the postal service on
a plane above, mere political expediency, and so
party service is no longer looked upon as a prime
requisite when selecting an incumbent How
ever, in the case of Charles E. Black party
loyalty goes along with the other eminent quali
fications that fit him for the rsponsible position
to which he has been called. .Mr. Black has
long been a resident of Omaha, where he has
built himself up to the position of a successful
business man by honest effort and enterprising
methods. Never noticeable for his prominence
in local politics, he has been a staunch republi
can at all times, and has quietly done the party
some service. " , . ,
For W. G. Ure, who was Mr. Black's leading
republican competitor for the nlacc' the same
things may be said, except that Mr. Ure has
served tne citizens several times in official ca
pacity, and always with credit to himself as well
as usefully to the community. , ' v . '
Herbert G. Daniel, who his been acting post
master since the death of Charles E. Fanning
more than a year ago, will retire with a splendid
record. He has not only maintained the service
at high efficiency, but haa extended and im
proved it in many ways. In stepping out, he
will leave to his successor a well . organized
force of competent employes, with a great post
office functioning accurately and up to the min
ute. Mr. Black will find a good mark to aim
at m what Mr. Daniel has done.
The discovery of tuberculosis in twenty-eight
cows in north Nebraska calls attention to the
highly necessary work of eradication. These
cows will be lofted so that they may not spread
the infection to human beings or other animals.
It would be unjust and impossible to make their
owners bear all the loss, so the state, the nation
and the fanner each bcara third. -
Armies and Armaments
Cost ef Upkeep ef Fighting
Force as Expressed in Dollars.
One thing the food investigation has de
veloped, and that is that some folks' in Lincoln
have not heard that peace haa been declared.
One of the vital questions at the conference
is whether shirt sleeves diplomacy shall be re
placed by the top bat variety. "
A few moments darkness were enough to
eoBvisjce Omaha folks of the blessings of a
complete electric fight service. - -.
- This will probably be thanksgiving day in
many hoBsehotds, because the foot ball season is
over for another year. ? " i '
ScBBtor Norris evidently has kept dose cases
oa Senator Hitchcock.
Now, do row Christinas shoopasg early.
(By John Lothrop, in Leslie's.)
In the United States today from 2,000,000 to
3,000,000 are idle, in Great Britain from 1,500,000
to 2,500,000. Just the other day Arno Dosch
Fleurot cabled that unemployment in Germany
had fallen to 300,000.
If, as estimated, two men must work to sup
port one soldier, France has in her land arma
ment the economic equivalent of 2,400,000 men;
Poland has the equivalent of 1,800,000; the re
mainder of non-Russian, non-German Europe
the eeonnmle eauivalent of 4.800.000 men a total
of 9,000.0001 Do you contest these figures? All
right I am for peace; let us cut it m half. It
leaves us the economic equivalent of 4,500,000
men's labor canceled from the world's economlr
ledger. At the ratio of five of population to each
unit of man-power, that means that the equivalent
of a nation of 22,500,000 is economically canceled
every year from peace-time production equal
to more than the entire population of Poland
outside of Russia and Germany. "
Assume the low average yearly productive
value of a workman in France to be 5,000 francs.
The French strength of 800,000 in the army,
plus two men to support each soldier, means
that 12,000,000,000 francs ($1,200,000,000) re
wiped out annually. Or if you still object and
we halve the sum, then we have 6,000,000,000
($600,000,000) for France alone, the exact amount
which France is to receive from the German in
demnity. ' '
The 600,000 men In the Polish army and the
men to support them give us the economic
equivalent of $900,000,000 economically canceled
each year.
The remainder of Europe outside Russia yields
us the result of an added cancelation of $2,400,
000,000; or $4,500,000,000 land armament cost in
r.on-German, non-Russian Europe. At least it
would be $2,250,000,000 if we stick to the 50 pcf
cent reduction in the estimates.
Great Britain has 380,000 men in her army for
the entire empire. Her army will cost about
$1,000 per soldier a year perhaps more. The
soldiers and the men to support them total 1,140,
000. If we cut it in half, we still have $570,000,
000s expense, or more than two and one-half
times the $220,000,000 per year Great Britain is
to have as her share of the German Indemnity.
Add the huge cost of the British navy, and
Great Britain's armament expense will be above
a billion dollars.
Compute the American expenditure for arma
ment, land and naval, on the basis of last year's
expense. In the forty years the German in
demnity is to run our armament costs on this
basis would be more than the total $40,000,000,
000 of the German indemnity. ; , "', ,
How to Keep Well
By Da. W A KVAfta
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ta Or. ui ay waSsriaf Tha So, dl ta aaawarai sirsaaalh,. aaaiat a
wuTaot mJkt a atafaMi an'siimwt tar saatvtaaal BIhmm!
Aaaraii Mtars sa care al Tha Soa.
Cavrrlsht t. r Dr. W. A. aa.
The America of J efferson
In his address last night at the reception
given to American and foreign newspaper cor
respondents covering the armament conference.
Prince Tokugawa quoted from President Jeffer
son, showing familiarity with the state papers
of the latter. And doubtless the prince is familiar
with the writings and the records of the other
men who figured in that period the early period
of American history. "'.-
We may wish that all the delegates from
whatever nation in attendance at the conference
may take that history into account at this time.
It is full of1 matter necessary, indeed, to an
adequate understanding of what America is and
at present stands for. As a nat;on we are still
operating on foundations laid at that time, and
which seem to us as substantial and usable now
as then. ' , '' .
' - Mr. Jefferson, though quoted so often on what
has since come to be known as Americanism, is
quoted for no feature of the subject oftener than
for that bearing upon our foreign relations. - It
has a swelling American rinsr. to if. "Peace, com
merce and honest friendship with all nations;
entangling alliances with none." The adjuration
is so fine, it is sometimes attributed, even in this
country, to Washington. : - ;7 i
America is still America, notwithstanding her
growth, the changed conditions of the world,
and the part she is now playing in world affairs.
She is an individual in her own right, and has
no thought of becoming a cog in a world machine.-
Washington Star.
Wide Swing Around Circle
Governor. Reilly. on his visit home, will invite
the president to visit Porto Rico and take a look
around. Would it not be a good idea for -the
president to accept? The visit would yield him
pleasure, and be construed as a high compliment
by the people of the island. Even those who
have been figuring on independence might change
their notion and cultivate a taste for. permanent
American control upon witnessing an exhibition
of so much interest in the island's affairs by the
president of the United States.- -
And from Porto Rico why should no J the
president pusn on ana pay nis respects io me
Virgin islands, now American territory, and im
portant in the calculations about safeguarding the
route to the Panama canal on the Atlantic side?
Indeed, as it may be convenient, why not "a
swing around the circle" for fair, and take in the
overseas possessions On the Pacific side Hawaii,
Guam and the Philippines? That would be a
long journey, but it might be made enjoyable
for the president and profitable to the govern
ment The flag means a great deal to those is
lands, and the presence of its chief representative
on a tour of inspection would greatly quicken
the pnlses of the inhabitants. . - "
The old rule limiting the president in his
travels to the mainland has been broken and dis
pensed with. - Why should not Mr. Harding avail
himself of the new rule, and view the flag flying
with honor at long distances from base? Cn an
American ship he would still be on American ter
ritory. Washington Post. -
HATRED AND JEALOUSY.
The tenth commandment differs
from any of the othar nine In that
It prohibit something which harm
th individual himself primarily and
society only Indirectly.
It prohibits covetousneas. A
proper deal re to possess obviously Is
proper; a desire to poasaas wnien re
sults In energy, Industry, thrift,
training, acquisition of learning, ob
viously la proper. A desire to pos
sess, which leads to lying;, stealing
and other Improper activities Is
made the subject of other com
'mandmenta.
The tenth commandment la not
aimed at deslr to possess which
leads to effort to acquire, but at de
sire which rankles In one, engender
ina hatred, envy and Jealousy.
Just as hatred, envy and Jealousy
may grow out of covetouinesa, so
fears, anxieties, phobias, worries. In
somnia, neurasthenia, and hysteria
may grow out of hatred, envy and
jealousy.
Bad mental habits, suoh as covet
ing;, enjoying hating, being jealous,
indulging in fears, anxieties, pho
bias, worries, Insomnia, neurasthe
nia and hysteria do about as much
harm as do bad phymeal habits.
They induce some mental
diseases, such as Insanities, which
are costly to the people who sup
port proper institutions for care and
cure.
But what I think is far more 1m
portant is that they bring about in
efficiency, incapacity and unhappl
nesa among men and women who
are doing the day's work.
Although the Old Testament was
given to man thousands of years
ago, and men studiously read It
dally, this proscription of a bad
mental habit, fundamental for other
bad habits, has been almost over
looked. Although most persons, even chil
dren, are able to repeat the 10 com
mandments without error of any
sort, the significance of this tenth
one Is rarely understood.
A childhood friend recently placed
in my hands a book which we read
in our youth, but the truths of
which went by me much as did the
meaning of , the tenth command
ment. -
It Is the "Philosopher in Paris,"
and from it I quote some philoso
phising showing that the author
knew the potency of good and bad
mental habits, though he may not
have connected them with the tenth
commandment
"Work supplies the dally bread,
but it is cheerfulness which gives
it a relish,"
"The two saddest secrets of the
age we live in: The envious hatred
of him who Buffers want and the
selfish forgetfulness of him who
lives in affluence."
"Pray lor the wretched who give
themselves up in despair, for the
unhappy who hate and envy, and
for the unfeeling into whose enjoy
ment no pity enters."
"The happy child is changed Into
the anxious man," . v..
"The man in power gives up his
peace, his affections and his honor
to the cruel bites of the mob whose
motives are born of their envies and
other baser emotions." j
"Two-thirds of human existence
are wasted in ' hesitation and the
other third In repenting."
"The ideal. he pursues continually
disgusts him with the actual." '
"Generally we are too indulgent
Two Minutes With
. , Eternity
with those who Indulge la secret
wrongs toward their neighbors."
Oona-blng Notice Ooiighers.
W. W. glegler writes: '"I recently
have noted, more than ever before,
the large number of people who are
being greatly troubled with a bron
chial oougn. x ror one am a victim
and have been suffering tha worst
coughing spells for tha last few
weeks, beginnliur at about 4 o'clock
and until 6 In the morning before
relief can be had, before I can again
go to sleep. Kor the beneflt of
others who msy now be suffering
tha inconveniences or this maiaay,
kindly advise through your columns
what can be taken or done for per
manent relief."
REPLY.
Having a certain symptom puts
us on the alert for that symptom
in others. Cough Is a symptom.
When a person haa this symptom
tha first thing to do is to find the
cause. Among tha more Important
causes or a persisting eougn are
consumption, heart disease, diseased
tonsils, elonrated uvula, aneurism
of tha aorta, varloos veins in the
bronchial tubes, pressure from en.
largad bronchial glands and chronic
bronchitis. where the symptom
persists, no cause can be found, and
the disease progresses slowly or not
at all, the best remedy is to spend
the winter in a warm, moist climate.
It'a Not Anti-Pat Rrmcdy.
Obese writes: "Reducing and am
taking three saccharin tablets datly.
Ia saccharin for obesity or just a
substitute for sugar, as I do not
use sugar In any form in my foods T"
REPLY.
Saccharin is a substitute for sugar
in that it is sweet without being
fattening. In no other sense is it
a remedy for obesity.
Doprads on Oond'f i:is.
Mrs. V. B. writes: "I should 'like
to know what are proper foods to
eat while child bearing in order to
prevent becoming swollen. Also,
would batha be harmfu.1T" .. ,
' - REPLY.
Eat ordinary, every day, simple,
wholesome foods. If by "swollen"
you mean dropsy, have your urine
examined, it you nave ungnti
disease follow your physician's ad
vice minutely. He will tell you to
eat meat and salt sparingly. -
If you are in good health s
bathlmr will be good for you. If
you have dropsy follow your physi
cian s directions. .
Concerning ;
Economic Crime"
A Happy Omen for New Year
President Harding in reviving the custom of
receiving the general public at the White House
on New Year's day is making one of the biggest
strokes toward the return to normalcy, in the
estimation of Roger T. Bresnahan of Chicago,
who sees in this revival a return to the good
feeling that once characterized all persons in the
United States. 1;
"Such a little thing as this," said Mr. Bresna
han, "may appear trivial and insignificant at first
blush, but it really is a big thing. It is a mat
ter of mind, a psychological thing, if you will.
There is not a man, woman or child in America
who will not feel thrilled when he learns that
thousands of fellow Americans passed in review
before the president of the United States on New
Year's day and shook the hand that is guiding
the ship of state.
. "It will be like old times in Washington to
see the great crowds at the White House wait
ing for the opportunity and the privilege of
greeting the president at New Year's time. While
soma 10,000 persons only will be enabled to pass
down that line, in spirit the entire population of
the United States will be there wishing godspeed
to the man destined to guide us out of the
wilderness. Washington Post
Reliable Quantity.
"What, in your opinion, will be the outcome
of this big discussion?" ,
"Well," replied Senator Sorghum, "it Is sure
to develop a large number of splendid speeches.
But yon can't be sune of the outcome. Alt you
can rely on is the output" Washington Star.
'. (Front, the Churebmaa.)
In Tolstoy's "War and Peace"
there is a scene which burns itself
into the memory, though it Is as
calm and consoling aa thoughts of
the Judgment day. It was after the
battle of Auaterlitz, Prince Andrey
lay wounded, out , under the- open
sky." He was only a boy and Jtfapo
leon had been his hero. The em
peror, radiant with victory, was sur
veying the battlefield,; and as he
passed "the VRussian prisoner, he
stopped to praise his bravery. 'The
boy stared fixedly at the emperor.
All the Interest which actuated Na
poleon at this "moment seemed so
Insignificant to him and his hero
himself at that moment appeared
so petty to him, with his petty van
ity and Joy of victory, in comparison
with that which was now taking
place between his soul and this high,
endless heaven with the clouds fleet
ing over it"
Our president has bid the nation
to pause on Armistice day and in
memory of .those who died in the
war to spend two minutes in com
munion with God. It is a .noble
proclamation, and the American
neonla will, with solemn and grate-
ful hearts, next Friday, thank God
for our soldiers' sacrifice and ask
Cod's blessing upon tha nation. Are
we sure that we know what to pray
for? Can ' our statesmen tell us7
Are there uny , fitting words that
come to our lips when we thank our
Maker for the suffering and death
of the men we send to battle T Mas
ter, teach us to pray! -Well might
we all, churchmen who know the
language of prayer, and men and
women who never kneel, spend
hours and days of meditation before
noon of- November 11 that, during;
those two sacred moments, when a
whore people will lift up its voice
to God, we may know what we
ought to desire and pray for. One
wonders, for ons cannot be sure,
whether, when the hour of interces
sion comes, we should, if our medi
tation profited us, say to God
just the things which our president,
quite fittingly, named. Perhaps the
mood of the dying prince in Tol
stoy's greatest novel was the mood
of the many battlefields of the war.
"AH seemed so petty to him in com
parison, with the high, just heaven
which he had seen and bad . come
to understand." Oh, God. teach us
to see our own little lives and the
life of the country which we love- in
the light of those eternal thing
which Christ taught ua to know and
understand! The things that seem
petty and vain under God's high,
just heaven for citizens and soldiers
as one by one we come to die, can
not b other than petty and vain
when governments achieve them.
America Is In the heydey of her
making. What things shall our peo
ple pray for In her behalf T Prince
Andrey turned his tired eyes from
the iubilant "victor to gase up at
the high, just heaven, to commune
with a more enduring- greatness. The
churches must teach America what
gToatnew she ought to desire. Two
minutes on our knees may show us
the face of Christ. And then, what
if we try to bring the vision out into
the streets where our countrymen
work and suffer and laugh and sin!
What transformation there would be
in the councils of the great in Wall
street. In the cabinet. In the confer
ence in Washington, and. perhaps,
in our churches, too. If on Friday
next we prayed for tha things we
ought to desire and God answered
our prayer! ,
(From the Villager.) . j
Pretty soon the phrase "economic
crime" will be universally accepted
for what . is a contradiction r in
terms. - Crime means a certain sort
of things right and wrong. Eco
nomics means an entirely different
sort of thing, wise or unwise
maybe,? but with no relation, to the
right and wrong. Tne worm naa
just had an evidence of the impell
ing force of this fact For a year It
has been cried out all over Europe
and all over America that to parti
tion the highly Industrial district of
Silesia would be an ; "economic
crime," and after a year of this talk,
very learned. and witn nan tne
world depleted of fuel and food and
clothes, the league or nations nas
gone ahead and partitioned Silesia;
with all the reformers asseverating
that' nationalism and politics are of
the old order, the organ of the new
order has considered Silesia as Poles
and Germans, not as coat mines and
electrical plants and water supply;
the league has cut this Indivisible
industrial unit square. In two and
for political reasons, out of concern
for nationality. It could do no other..
For a hundred years and more, the
world haa been endeavoring to make
a Supreme Good of Things, a very
god of Raw Materials, an End-All
and Be-All of Trade Balances. And
it could not do it not when the
f pinch came. No nation ever really
worshipped tne uoiden catr, legend
to the contrary; Individuals may
have -bowed down before Mammon,
but never deliberately nations. This
age Which is passing made the best
effort of any to do so; the phrase
"economic crime" is an evidence of
the struggle to put the economic
laws aa high as ths , highest the
moral laws. Yet the moment the
pressure was put on, the whole
world came to its senses or went
mad, according aa you are an eco
nomic expert or not Men left the
economic verities to shift for them
selves and demanded the defense of
what they held dearer, not the
things they had created with their
hands, but the things they had cre
ated with their heads. ( The trouble
with all these realists who argue that
it la at bottom material considera
tions which make the world go
round, ia that they Identify the In
stinct of self-preservation with the
desire to be rich. Reduced to star
vation,' mankind would put food and ;
drink before all else; merely being
poor, however, has in frequent caaea
seemed ths lesser evil, and there
are many dial res which now and
then push aside, the eternal hanker
tor wealth.
(The Hm affare Us eeteasas treaty Re
er ears ta 4lara ear aaall
- CENTER SHOTS.
What ought to be unknown ia
war. New York Tribune.
It has been determined that an
elephant; lives 400 years. . Aren't
some people observing? Detroit
Isews. . .
The Bookman says America has
no H. G. Wells. And England has
no Kins tardner, either. Florida
Metropolis (Jacksonville).
Bleeping outdoors is said to make
one beautiful. A glance at the aver
age hobo provea it St Joseph
News-Press.
Whan the swords are beaten into
plowshares perhaps we can beat the
Sam Browne belts into fan belts.
Baltimore Sun.
Columbus' tame lies in the fact
that he was ths first man to grasp
tha advertising - value in - seeing
America first Philadelphia North
American. ,
Senator Underwood says politics
ends at the three-mile limit Wa
don't believe it Politicians are too
often at sea. Arkansas Gazette.
Another thins; we have yet the
pleasure to see is a woman sweep
ing; up cigar ashes from tha rug
smiling like the lady in the vacuum
cleaner ads. Kansas City Star.
The Bookman -aara America has
no H. G. Wells, No, but she haa
nt h rwiut i n tr ' CX i n ir ft. '
C) Piedmont
If you are not careful of your
enunciation. It sounds as though
you were saylne this ia a freak
countro-Xafavette Journal and
Courier.
II rasanla that Mtara h
briaf. bus avar SSS wards. II
ha bjalata that the Basse al She wrltrr
aaraaittear vac Mtr, aa aatwaeerllv
far aahllaaMaa, bat that Ike reitar wag
knew wita wham ha k) esalla- The Be
aaaa aa prrlaad la raawae er accent
views ar ealakuM eaerwuS by eerra.
pun rata la the LcMar Das.) ,
' Grain Growers' Contracts.
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. SI. To ths
Editor of The Bee: In the Novem
ber 11 issue of your paper a letter
appeared over ths signature of O.
V. Patrick, manager of the Farmers
O rain company at Koaaiie, in wnicn
ha charges that his elevator was
falsely included In ths list of eleva
tors reputed to have afllllated with
the U. 8. Grain Growers, Ino., In
material sent out by our publicity
department. Mr. Patrick further
charges that the board of directors
of his elevator considered ths con
tracts of tha V. S. Grain Growers
and "decided to have nothing; to do
with the organisation," and Infers
that other elevators may be falsely
Included In the Hat
The elevator contract of the U. S.
Grain Growers was offered to the
board -of the Farmers Grain com
pany and the members refused It
For gome time In ths past the Farm
ers' union at Rosalie haa maintained
a shipping point for .farmers' grain
and they accepted the elevator con
tract thus giving us the proper con
nection at that point'. Not only did
the board accept the elevator con
tracture) agreement but So farm
ers in the Rosalie trade torrltory
signed the grower contracts.
At the present time the U. S.
Grain Growers has made elevator
connactlona at ltl points and 188
of these are with strictly co-operative
elevators, incorporated under
the co-operative laws of Nebraska.
I shall be glad to submit a detailed
list of these elevators to any per
son who might csre to set In touch
with the different presidents or
managers to verify my statement
I challenge Mr. Patrick, or any
member of the Omaha Grain ex
change, to show, where facts rela
tive to tha number of elevators affil
iating with the U. S. Grain Growers
have been deliberately misrepre
sented. ' F. M. RUSSELL.
Field Representative, U. S. Grain
Growers, Inc. .
Endorses McXnnghlin's Vote.
Oxford, Neb., Nov. vJJ.To the
Editor of The Bee: I have Just read
Congressman McLaughlin's reasons
for voting with tne 39 statesmen in
the house who had the moral cour
age to vote against the Sheppard
Towner maternity bill. I want to
sav that every one of the 39 are
entitled to a medal for fighting the
battle of the common people to re
duce exorbitant taxes,' cut out tne
propagation of high salaried
bureaus and squelch the female lob
byist as being more dangerous than
the male. Our government has no
more need of this money-squandering,
nuisance-creating law than a
toad needs a tail; and any one who
haa followed the debates on this
bill In both houses can feel noth
ing but disgust for men who, In
stead of standing for economy in
our hour of need, fall' for any
nostrum if it is only championed
by a fair or popular bunch. Ne-
braskans should fee) proud that they
have one congressman who believes
that the way to cut down govern
ment expenses Is to stop creating
expensive, meddling bureaus
get back to sane business methods
in administration. The contic .-
man is absolutely right when he
says the people are not asking for
this bin, Dut tne people nave asxea
for relief -from extravagance and
waste. They want leea maternallsm
and less government in business and
better ' business methods in govern
ment; yet this congress, as never
Fixing Packing House
Wages
(Frees the WeaMagtea feet.)
Clected representatives ef 11,000
amployaa In one of ths largest pack
Ing houses In Chicago have, after a
survey of tha company's books,
agreed upon a seals of wage reilun
tlona that will become effective
November tl. Thla ia the first time
in the history of the packing in
d us try that such a movs has been
mads. Great Interest is manifested
In the attitude of tha employes upon
tha action. of the plant government
committee. If they are accepted a
definite advance will be mnde in the
establishment of right relations be
tween employes and smployers In
American Industry. If they are re.
jected a troublesome series of nego
tiations and possibly a strike may
follow. If the same procedure Is
applied to all the chief parking
houses about ltd, 000 man and
women will be Immediately affected,
and In the final result a far larger
number will be concerned, Inasmuch
as wagea In several hundred smaller
packing houses are based upon ths
scales of the "big five."
. This action resulted from an an
nouncement by the chief packing
companies 10 days ago to the em
ployea that wage reduction would be
necessary. Tha plant government
committee representing the Armour
employes held a two-day conference
with company officials. The books
were opened and the financial sltua.
tlon was explained. The question
waa then put to a vote and the scale
was adopted, involving reductions In
all lines of work, with a minimum
wago of 15 centa an hour for adult
female labor.
. Of course, there Is a reverse elds
to this matter. If wage raductlona
are to be fixed by the vote of rep
resentatives of operatives, why not
wage Increases? It logically fol
lows that when the financial sltua
tlon of the packing companies Im
proves the workers should through
their chosen delegateg be allowed
to vote on an upward revision as
they have Just now on the down
ward. And It the spirit of reason
ableness that has been manifested
in the present procedure prevails in
the matter of restoring wages to the
higher plane the companies would
have no more ground for objection
than the employes have today in
matter of curtailment
before, is spending Its time hatch
ing all manner of schemes to Rus
slanize our government.
A. C. RANKIN.
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