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"Free State of Ireland," .
A new political division has appeared on the
, map, the "Free State of Ireland," born after
many years of agitation, a result of careful and
prolonged negotiation!, and of earnest And at
times acrimonious debate. The decision in Dail
Eireanu was not unanimous, nor was it expected
that all would vote to accept the terms of the
treaty by which the new state is created. Op
ponents are earnest and sincere in their devo
tion to the Irish republic, and very likely will
continue into the future the work they have'
consecrated themselves to.. ,
This difference will be noted the rebellion
of the future will not be against England or the
British government, but against Ireland. " Gov
ernment is now id the hands of the Irish people;
they will make and enforce their own laws,
levy, collect and expend their own taxes, raise
their own army, set up and operate their own
courts, schools, and all other functions of or
ganized and orderly government. Partisan dif
ferences will always exist, and may at times
cause disorder, but the settlement of these dif
ferences is the intimate private business of the
Irish people from this time forward. If history
repeats itself, much of the present disappoint
ment will be forgotten as the business of man
aging the affairs of the Free State engrosses
more and more the attention of the leaders, and
local .issues will take precedence in the minds
of the people over 'the one Mr, D Valera and
his followers propose now to keep alive. During;
the debate over the treaty one of these said it
was war-weariness and not real content that
supported the sentiment in favor of the settle
ment. Even if tat be true, the peace that ought
to follow ratification may carry with it some
thing of advantage that will be appreciated, and
the substance will outweigh the sentiment to
the extent that any call to arms for civil war
rropably will not arouse so generally the fight
ing spirit of the Irish as has been manifest in
the last half-dozen years.
''Domestic concerns must now occupy the
attention of the leaders there. The unionist
sentiment in Ulster is to be. overcome, the
agricultural extension program outlined by Sir
Horace Plunkett, the educational and admin
istrative reforms purposed by Ersklne Childers,
r.nd numerous other matters of prime importance
are to be attended to'.- Ireland is prosperous,
money is plenty and is largely in the hands
of. farmers, who throve abundantly during the,
war, industry is reviving in- many ways, and
the months ju$t ahead promise to be busy in
Ireland. : ' ' ,
The outcome is a source of satisfaction to
friends .of the Irish, who have hoped for peace
with honor for the people of the island. The
Irish are now captains of their own destiny,
with all opportunity for working out their own
problems in their own way. The event is a
fine beginning for 1922 and with other elements
of importance forecasts a real and lasting peace
for the world. ' , ....
New Source of German Gold.
A' report from Germany that gold has been
discovered in the sand of the River Eder will in
terest a lot of people. If ever a nation needed a
gold mine it is- Germany, and if the story referred
to has any foundation in fact, the circumstance
is most fortuitous. No good reason exists why
gold should not be found there, the fact that it
never has been discovered in paying quantities
proving nothing. A report made by an able
" geologist to the United States government, at the
time of the Black Hills excitement in tb early
- 70s," stated that the idea of finding gold in the
shales and schists of the Black Hills was pre
posterous, but some millions of dollars have been
taken from that region since. Another authority,
looking over the same region, said it does not
pay to be dogmatic about anything. Therefore,
Germany may be able to get gold in paying
quantities from the Eder's sand, but it will take
an enormous clean-up to give money value to
the deluge of fiat paper loosed upon the world
from Berlin. -
President As Party Head.
. The activity exhibited by President Harding
within the last few days may warrant the as
sumption that he is about to take over the leader-,
ship of his party. He was averse to interfering
With congress in any of its actions; indeed, he
expressed at the outset a determination to re
store that 1ranch of the government to its con
stitutional position and prerogatives. Unfortu
nately for the country, the congress has exhibited
a tendency to split into "blocs" and to disregard
anything- savoring of leadership on part f any
ot its members. In neither house or senate is
there a man or group of men of sufficient prestige
to definitely forecast action on any matter that
mar be presented. This is a healthy sign of in
dividuality on part of the members, but it is dan-
geroui for the country at Urge, bscsut it has
th effect of delaying action on needed measures.
Mr. Harding hat declared himself st devoted to
the theory of responsible party government,
which means that ths party mutt have a head.
Woodrow Wilson set food tumptc for him
la taking on th leadership of hit party while
prttldeot. and it Is quits likely that Mr. Harding
will find it advisable to follow bis predtccttor'io
ths matter. Conference! around the Whits Houts
dinner table may tern to brinf a little order out
of whtt it now a ditturbed condition, and securt
action on tneaturet for which ths country Is wilt
ing. Whatever is to be done thould b completed
without unnecettary delay, and If ths president
can accomplish definite result, he will b serv
ing his country at well as his party,
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Work for the Cannes Conference.
One of the things proposed to be set up at
or before the coming economic conference st
Csnnes wss the alliance between France snd
Great Britain. This will definitely be omitted.
Lloyd George declining to have any of it. That
out of the way, the preparation of agenda, ssid
to be in the hands of the supreme council of ths
allies, should be simple. One outstanding ques
tion looms above all others: How Is Europe to
be restored to health? Around this all the other
problems of the nations revolve.
Germany will turely, and tfuiila very likely,
be invited to seats at the . Cannes gathering.
American representation Is assured, although
President Harding declined to take the initiative
in the move, because such action would have hid
the effect of binding our government to a share
in the muddle we are at present most anxious to
keep out of. Sitting as the invited guests of the
French government, American delegateswill not
be bound to accept any share for plans that re
late exclusively to Europe, an advantage not to
be ditcounted.
Germany is progressing rapidly on its restora
tion campaign. Whatever there is of Russian
external commerce at this time, Germany has it.
Internal improvements, reconstruction and ex
tension of Russian industry and transport is
largely in German hands. German commerce is
rapidly reviving, and under the new order con
siderable trade that once was handled through
London now finds Hamburg the most convenient
depot. These facts are familiar to all the govern
ments. France is engaged on a great domestic
program of rehabilitation, while England has
wrestled with grave questions of trade and poli
tics at home and abroad, and is patiently making
headway. A definite understanding s between
these leaders, and with some arrangement to re
lieve the lesser groups from their present dis
tress,4 will do much to stabilize - conditions in
Europe and the world. 1
So far. as the United States is concerned, a
writer in a popular magazine , has fairly well
summed up the situation. After recounting the
.things that are coming to the front in industry
and commerce, new ways of doing old tasks, new
avenues for humanity activity, more efficient
methods for applying human energy, he con
cludes: ' ' 5''
Never in the history of the world has there
been so much real work to be done, and un- .
less it is true that we are suffering from a
-shortage of minds big enough to deal with
man-size problems, the next few years will
reveal the United States acting in the princi
pal role in the most amazing business drama '
ever enacted on the stage of this old "
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The economic conference at Cannes ought to
be the curtain raiser on that drama. Our position
is secure, our opportunity is present, and our
destiny clear. Even with - all Europe united
against us in the competition for trade, Ameri
cans should succeed, for they possess every ad
vantage in the .race. '-
Another "Outlaw" of War. '
The limitation of arms conferees have added
another method of offense to the list of things
forbidden in warfare. Poison gas goes tft the dis
card, at least so far as agreement among civil
ized nations can send it. Like the submarine,'
gas warfare is too terrible and deadly to be en
dured in calm contemplation. Its use in the late
war sprang from a determination to win at any
cost. The German war lords believed that war
would be shortened by being made terrible; how
mistaken that view is established by the issue.
In all lands engaged in the conflict are wrecks
of sturdy men, blighted and broken by the in
sidious gas, whose further effects can not ye"t be
more than guessed at. Not alone on the field of
battle, nor in the hospital after the conflict, but
months and months after peace has been de
clared, the victim of the gas attack breaks down,
thus continuing into civil life the terror of the
war. It is not possible, short of absolute preven
tion, to rob war of those features that shock the
quiet mind; so long as men will turn to force to
determine disputes or disagreements, blood will
flow, homes will blaze, and family circles will be
broken. Yet, if it is not possible to rid the earth
of the curse of warfare, it is possible to lessen its
awful consequences by forbidding the use of such
weapons as poison gas and liquid fire. Having
put these out of the list of lawful weapons, and
restricted the use of the submarine, the confer
ence ought to go ahead and set up regulations for
the airplane, that will prevent bombing of hos
pitals, school houses and unfortified villages, as
happened during the world war.
Remembering how that arrest in Omaha Of
a man suspected of setting off the Wall Street
bomb proved a fizzle, the recent, silence from
Warsaw over the arrest of Wolfe Lindenfeld
may seem to indicate that once more some one
has been barking up the wrong tree.
" The reluctance of those American soldiers to
leave the German area of occupation where their
pay meant wealth suggests that the height of
prosperity would be to have a United States
income and a German cost of living.
The value of farm crops in America this year
has been estimated at $5,675,877,000. This figure
would mean more if some estimate of the cost
of production were available.
Mayor Hylan knows what he is there for.
His first business was to reappoint all the Tam
many district leaders and promise everybody an
increase in pay. ,
All that remains for 1922 now is to make
good on the prophecies made in its name.
It is pretty hard to get a democrat seeking
office to approve any republican policy. ,
Nebraska Compensation Law
Mora Than 1600,000 Paid to
Injured Workers Last Year,
Warren G. Harding appears to be some fixer
in parry affairs. ' ' ' ,
Ireland's day seems to have dawned.
Frank A. Kennedy, secretary of labor and
eomoentstion eommiioner for Nebra.ks, has
just mads bis annual report to Governor McKel-
vi. It is lull 01 interesting iniormsuan ana com
ment on the working of the compensation lw,
Following is a condensation of the report coo
tsining the salient tacts regarding me years
The amount of compentation, medical tnd
hospital expense paid to injured workers of the
tie under the compensation law during the
last three veers' sdministrstion, totslt $l,5o6,022.
49. In 1921 the amount paw was jo.U.JJJ.i: m
1920 It was $540.21108, and in 1919 it wss $345.-
476 24. During the four years previous the total
of $462,934,91 wis paid to the Injured workers of
the stste under the law.
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Five unlawful "bsrgs'ui" settlements were
made during the year by adjutters of insurance
companlet and a jwlf-Intursnce carrier. Then
cases total an amount approximating $5,000 that
the injured workers were due to lose. Two ol
these cstes were protested and reopened. The
full amount due them under the law will be paid.
Within a few days It will be determined whethet
or not two inturance companies will comply with
the law or hsve their license to do business In
the state revoked. In one of the latter cases the
injured worker was cheated out of $2,569.50, and
in the other about $700.
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Eleven thousand three hundred and fifty-six ac
cidents were reported to the department during
the year. Industry was respontible for 30 deaths
during the year, as compared with 50 during
1920, snd 28 during 1919. During 1919-1920 the
commissioner heard 170 contested esses. During
1921, 228 cases were heard. The supreme court
decision, in the Ulaski against Morris company
case, settled for all time the dispute between ad
justers and the department as to the interpreta
tion of paragraph 3, article 3662, section 112, ot
the law. The question was in dispute from July,
1920, until the recent decision was handed down.
The department held that an injured worker was
entitled to compensation from the date of the in
jury up to the time it was determined he or she
had a permanent injury, and in addition was en
titled to compensation for the permanent injury.
This interpretation of the old law was written
into the 1921 law by the last legislature. This
is a very important matter to the injured workers
of the state; its importance being fully under
stood by the adjusters and our department, if not
by the workers.
...;
. Followlns is the statistical report of the activ
ities of the division of compensation for the
year 1921:
First reports of accidents.... 11, 358
Final reports of accidents.... 8,673
Cases pending- ' 2,688
Complaints received 637
Personal investigations 637
Lump sum settlements ap- ". .
proved 17
Amount involved .....$ 24,047.86
Petitions for hearings filed.... 221
Hearings held ' 214
Awards made 228
Appeals from awards ...... . 78
Total compensation paid 1481,696.18
Medical and Hospital expense 1138,736.99
Total i 1620,333.17
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Following is a comparative statement from
the' records of the department since the com
pensation law became effective in Nebraska:
MOREHEAD ADMINISTRATION.
1915.
... 4,082
2,222
...$24,923.62
... 26,243.75
1916.
10,823
5,411
$ 78,143.50
50,814.84
Number accidents
Cases closed ......
Compensation ....
Medical expense .
Total .$51,167.37 $116,958.84
- NEVILLE ADM1N1STKAT1UIM
v ;:i ... - 1917. '
Number accidents .... 13,293
il.. IS. 298
uwc. v. i ........
'Compensation $101,204.51
Medical expenae. . . . .
1918.
7,066
6,463
$102,540.48
39,231.99
; Total $153,031.73 $141,777.47
, M'KELVIB ADMINISTRATION.
1919. 1920. 1921.
No. ac- ' r -
cidents 11,273 13,676 ' 11,356
closed. 8,791 9,72 8,673
Compen- . , ...
sation $255,313.86 $402,780.94 $481,596.18
Medical
expense 90,162.88 137,432.14 138,736.99
Total ..-$345,476.24
$540,213.08
$620,333.17
Although this department has no power un
der the law to force the payment of wages due
working people, we did succeed in collecting
$829.59 on complaints made at the Lincoln office.
The department, early in the summer of 1921,
finally secured permanent headquarters for our
branch office in Omaha. The quarters are lo
cated on the ground floor of the Douglas county
court house. The equipment of the office is the
property of the department of labor of the state.
Contested compensation cases are heard at this
office., Whenever more than two cases a day are
heard, an idle courtroom in some other part of
the building is secured. To this office all work
ers with compensation complaints, wage com
plaints and labor law violations come. Fridays
and Saturdays are particularly busy days, "when
the commissioner is in town." There is no Sat
urday half holiday for the employes of this de
partment so long as there is one person in the
office in search of information or assistance.
When it is understood that half the accidents in
the state occur in Omaha, the importance of this
branch office can be appreciated. .
At the 1921 session of the legislature, this de
partment fathered an amendment to the com
pensation law providing for unlimited medical
attention to injured workers who might require
such attention on account of unusually severe
injuries. Some of the employers of the state
did not favor this amendment because of fear
that the medical expenses would run so high that
insurance companies would increase the rates.
Since the law went into effect, July 28, only two
cases have been reported to the ' department
showing medical expense in excess of $200, the
limit allowed under the old law. The total
amount in these two cases was $425.50.
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During the past year the division of free em
ployment, which maintains an office at 1019 ' N
street, Lincoln, has done very good work. The
department has also had for the last few months
a man in Omaha working on the unemployment
problem. . His duties are to co-operate with all
the free employment bureaus in the city to the
end that those seeking he'.p or employment may
be served. Following is the report for the year
of the Lincoln employment office: .
Regis- Help Re- Reported
tratlons.Wanted.f erred.Placed.
Male...... 10,223 6,030 6.074 3,460
Female ....... 771 544 473 267
How to Keep Well
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.10,994 6,574 6,547 3,727
During the year there were but two strikes
in the state, the printers' strike in the job print
ing plants in Omaha to secure the 44-hour week
and the packing house strike in the five plants in
Omaha and one in Nebraska City. The packing
house strike was ordered to resist a 10 per cent
reduction in wages. The Omaha packers report
ed 2,675 quitting on' December 5. The union offi
cials reported "more than 5,000 quit on Decem
ber 5." The printers' strike in Omaha to secure
the 44-hour week occurred May 1, 1921. Eighty
men were called out in the strike. It is an inter
national strike, the contest beinfr as stubbornly
resisted in Canada as in this country. Approxi
mately 8,000 men and women have been on
strike since May 1, 1921.
Their Need Is More Vowels.
Lloyd George will probably see to it that the
Welsh do not demand a free state. Shoe and
Leather Reporter.
INSOMNIA: WORRY ORGIES.
M. B, writes: "My mother has
been troubled with sleeplessness for
a great many years. For several
hour after arising each morning
shs feels miserably 111. Bh docs
manage to sleep a fw hours during
th wk. When she does, alraott
always she gets up with an awful
headache.
"She ha tried almost everything
suggaud to her as a remedy and
has taken madlcin and tablets pre
scribed by many doctors, but with
out any result. There seems to be
no relief for her."
REPLY.
When the watch Is held on people
who aay they only sleep an hour or
two a night it i always found that
they get a fair amount of sleep.
The complalners are honest In
what they sny. They do "hear the
clock strike every hour," as they say,
but they may, and they probably do.
sleep about SO minutes between each
clock striking.
Many ot them are fat and with un
lined faces, showing that they get
much sleep.
Many of them are neurasthenics,
and neurasthenics always exaggerate
their ills.
Where there Is evidence of mental
fatigue tha probability is that worry
during the waking periods Is much
the largest factor. It is not so much
belnir awakened that hurts as it Is
worries, anxieties, and wild, disor
dered thoughts while awake.
Of course, much of the mental
fatigue present in such cases is the
result of the same kind of emotional
thinking carried on during the day
hours.
Some years ago a Wisconsin wom
an wrote me her method of overcom
ing lnsomonlo. She went to bed re
signed, willing to accept whatever
the night brought her if she slept,
all right; if she did not sleep, all
right. . If she must stay awake she
would keep oulet, calm, and free
from anxiety.
Of course, as soon as she looked
at it that way she went tb sleep.
Insomnia phobia is a form of worry
and anxiety which perhaps leads all
others as a sleep destroyer.
There are all kinds of tricks for
induoing sleep. A quiet, carefree
evening is an excellent curtain raiser.
So is a warm bath; warm pads to the
xeet and abdomen are aids. Some ,
Prefer cold to the abdomen. Among
the methods which are classed as
Dure tricks are counting sheep, re
calling the pleasant experiences of
the day, calling up memories, day
dreaming all are helpful.
via people generally do better if
tney eat no suDner. Some must
leave oft coffee and tea. The sleep
producing medicines have a place.
They are used with advantage by
some physicians, provided their pa
tients are under close control. Ex
cept under these circumstances the
use of sleen producing medicines
should not be Indulged in.
rrmaiiy, insomnia is the result of
bad mental habits. It is usually the
result of lack of emotional control.
The best and most abiding curative
agent is mental training.
- Infected by Stable Fly. .
II. P. B. writes: "STour letter on
'Jack rabbit fever in today's paper
leads me to write you an experience
of mine which occurred this sum
mer. I was in the habit of sitting in
the porch swing much of the day.
One day I experienced considerable
annoyance from what I supposed to
De a mosquito's continually biting
me. The bite seemed much more ir
ritating than any ever experienced
Derore, ana I aid not eeera able to
catch the insect For several days
when sitting in the swing this seem
ed to occur and the spots were so
Itchy that I'll confess to severely
rubbing same.
"One day. finding the same pecu
liar bite on the front of my foot, I
held the foot perfectly still, and
looked down, thinking, 'If only I
catch you now I'll surely kill you.
TnBtead of a mosquito it was a fly
about the size of the housefiv -with
striped body. It had such a good
start that it didn't let go until killed.
"jnow this happened about two
months ago, and the parts bitten
Itched so much that I would rub
them frequently. After a week or
two I found that itching spots began
io garner in places surrounding the
original bites. On rubbing these
small red spots would appear. It
seems to be spreading, but only on
the spots that were very much rub
bed. ' . . i .
"One place on my arm. Just at and
below the elbow, is a place about
five inches long which seems to be
Infected ,and another on my left leg.
These were the first places bitten,
and later, when it seemed that rub
bing did no good, I did not rub
fresh bites and they have not spread.
"Have subjected these to many
extra soap baths, but without appar
net effect. Have never had bad
blood. Went through a severe surgi
cal operation, gallstone trouble, a
year ago, and was In Al condition
tor such operation.
"Here in this town there are many
different forms of eczema on differ
ent people and I have sometimes
wondered if Infection could have
bnen carried by this fly.' Do you
think this can be cured in time? .
y ' . REPLT. , ; :,
The fly was probably an ordinary
stable fly. Probably its probocis
carried some kind of infection.
However, my guess is that the in
fection was not severe, and that
your symptoms stopped when you
stopped scratching. , ',
Prize Cow Makes Record
of 19,200 Pounds of Milk
Morprantown, W. Va., Jan. 8.
West Virginia's record milk cow is
Johan Potter Belle, a prize Holsteia
of the herd of L. V. Harner, a dairy
man ot near babraton, which has just
completed a year's registry test with
a record of more than 19,200 pounds
of milk. The previous state record
was held by Nellie Wayne Uilkje, a
Holstein cow of the same herd, which
completed a year'stest this month
with a record of 16,863. pounds of
milk. The previous record was hela
by a West Virginia university Hol
stein, with a milk production record
of about 15,000 pounds.
Sinn Fein Clubs are Urged
to Smoke Irish Cigarets
London, Jan. 8. The Dail
Eireann publicity department re
cently issaed a circular, drawn up by
the minister of labor, calling upon
members of the Sinn Fein clubs to
smoke Irish cigarets and cigars
only and stating that hands are be
ing dismissed from . Irish factores
"in consequence of an attempt by the
enemy to recapture Irish trade."
A list is given of Dublin. Cork and
Dundalk manufacturers and brands.
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All Blame on Banker.
Omaha, Jan. 6. -To th Editor of
Tha Bee: Your editorial, "Bankers
Saving tha Situation," to tha writer
It looks as though ths bankers savs
some situations of their own making,
It cannot b contended that th
bankers ar not entirely In control
of money and credit and have th
sol power to lu and contract
th country's supply of credit cur
rency. Therefor th bankers ar
responsible for th reaur . of Inflated
currency and tha rult of deflated
currency. Th "agitators' or per
sons who speak disrespectfully of
banker, as well as all common Deo
pie, respectable and otherwise, hsv
no vole in th matter of situation
arising from actions taken by bank
ers who nave tne power to expand
credit or contract credit Since the
bankers decreed to "curb credit'
and retire credit currency the asset
upon which bank' loans were based
deollned so rapidly that bankers
unable to find markets for their
debtors' assets are as unfortunate
as th unsophisticated debtors them
selves, who were unaware of the
credit curbing and its action on val
ues until it was too late; therefore,
th situations arising from tha-dras
tic deflation policy is making life
miserable for bankers as veil as de
flated debtors, who are trimmed to
the bone and pass on the deficiency
to creditor or banker, and they in
turn must save the situation if it
can Joe saved by pocketing the loss
as in the case of the clearing house
banks in Chicago, who combined in
sharing the loss if any after taking
time to linuldate the deflated assets.
People who owned the Inflated as
sets clear of incumbrance can stand
the drastie deflation that missed
taxes, freight rates, debts, officials'
salaries and production of financial
interests. The bankers themselves
did all the credit expanding and
credit curtailing and currency retir
ing. The federal reserve system is
in bankers' hands as well as the
member banks, stockholders, who
have majority directors, and are in
full control of the country's money
and credit. So, Mr. Editor, there is
no relief for deflated assets except
the one: "Increase currency circu
lation." If the bankers do not so
respond and thus relieve the present
situation the next congress will be a
deflated debtors' congress, and "pro
gressive" as blazea
T. S. FENLON.
. 309 North Forty-first avenue.
Give Common Folks a Chance.
Malvern, la., Jan. 6. To the
Editor of The Bee: Apropos to the
discussion of cutting th acreage of
crops the coming year In order to
get better prices, seems to us a very
unbusinesslike proposition, to say
the least.
With one-half of the world on
short rations and millions near the
staring line, while we on whom
Divine Providence has smiled, giv
ing us the dew, the earlier and lat
ter rains, and the warm sunshine,
so that our granaries are full, our
cribs bursting, our cattle and swine
with sides sticking out with fatness.
The question, it would seem then to
be, not to cut production, but put
our surplus on the market, put it
where it is needed, where there "is
a demand, for be it known there is
always a demand somewhere on
earth for any surplus that one part
of the earth may have. It is a law
of compensation that where there
Is a surplus it must share where
there is a lack, or if, the law Is not
obeyed it will react On the one in
abundance to his hurt. There is no
such animal as over-production, but
there is a very hungry animal, and
his name is under-consumption. We
loaned the warring nations $10,000,
000,000 for their work of destruc
tion. Why not loan them $1,000,
000,000 to buy our surplus of cot
ton, corn, wheat, wool and meats?
But never again one red cent for
war.
Uncle Sam has the major portion
of the world's gold, but is as useless
as the gold in Robinson Crusoe's
chest on the desert island unless it
is put to work. Put the war lords,
JunkerB and ninhead politicians out
of business that cannot see farther
than their own little horizon, and
put in statesmen with a world vision.
If "Just folks," the common, ordi
nary man, takes hold of the helm
of the ship oftate, and we believe
he is so mindld, there will be no
more sailing through "bloody seas,"
to be wrecked on the rocks of debt
mountain high on its shores. -
But if we loan the old world
money to buy our stuff, will they
ever repay?" They surely will, with
the warlords overthrown. The in-.
nate-honesty, the thrift, the econ
omy, the infinite patience they will
surely pay their just obligations. The
common man, everywhere only wants
a square deal, war for conquest
he will have none of it. - He only
wants to sit under his vine and fig
tree, where none may molest him
or make him afraid.
C. E. EACRETT.
State Ownership of Phones.
York, Neb., Jan. 6. To the Editor
of The Bee:. The governor is try
ing to bolster up his new proposed
sales tax by quoting from other
states. But it matters little what
states do or do not have a sales tax
on gasoline. The question is whether
the sales tax system is right or
wrong and whether we want that
system started in Nebraska under
any pretext.
A real contest is coming in this
country over the question of enact
ing federal and state laws for sales
taxation on necessary articles of
food, clothing, fuel, machinery, etc.,
for the purpose of shifting the enor
mous tax burden over to and upon
the ordinary people. And the time
to light the sales tax system is be
fore it gets a start in Nebraska or
in congress. :
Again, another contest 13 coming
over the principle of government
ownership of the means of commu
nication, such as telephones.
The attempted regulation by com
missions of such complete monopo
lies as telephones, telegraphs and
railroads has broken down. There
is a conviction among the people
that so-called commission regula
tion Is a shield protecting such mo
nopo'ies and has resulted in victory
for them.- .
It is no solution of the problem to
propose a return to local regulation
of telephones, as Brother Howell
suggests. Thst would be a step
backward. Telephone companies
have long since outgrown the local
unit and the people must follow
them into the larger fields.
The ordinary city council might
as well try to hang th Missouri
river upon a clothes line to dry as
to attempt to regulate auch a com
plete monopoly as the Bell Tele
phone company.
Even if a city council should have
the courage to reduce rates (and
that is not often) the first step of
this nonresident telephone monopoly
would be to go into ' tha federal
courts and enjoin them.
The city council could not pay the
to rate and follow th ras through
all th courts. And local regulation
of telephones wolud result in failure.
Th new progressiva party at
Grand Island dclurd for th gov
ernment ownership of th meana of
communication. And it is on this
prlnclpl alon that th qutlon of
such complet monopolies as tele
phones and telegraph ran ha solved.
It la absolutely ticrsary if w
hsv th lntrst of th peopl at
heart that this principle be put Into
operation In order that th people
(not th private monopoll) shall
own and operat th nw wirelaaa
phones which ar soon coming Into
us.
Urcat queatlons of taxation, public
ownership, economy, graatcr popu
lar control in public affairs, finance
and war are rapidly developing real
Issuea And it is important to Un
up now on th people's aid In th
oomlng contest
ARTHUR O. WRAT.
Income and Excise Taxes.
Omaha, Jan. 6. To the Editor of
The Be: Tou hav an editorial un
der th caption, "Tax on Official
SnIarle,, and In It you say the re
port from Lincoln to th effect that
the governor had In mind th
thought of aiklng that an lncom
tax be levied on official salaries paid
in Nebraska, Is interesting. So it is,
snd it occurs to the writer that th
other Idea of the governor to have
an excise law enacted in Nebraska
is also interesting.
You say that if Nebraska is to
consider the adontlun of a general
income tax-Jaw "the lasu should be
taken up boldly and openly dis
cussed." To properly do that would
renulre st least two or three months'
time, and it should be done befor
th election of members of the leg
lolature which does the enacting.
The same is true in relation to the
enacting of an excise law.
What the governors of Louisiana.
Massachusetts and Maryland think
of an excise tax on gasoline in those
states is of little concern to the peo
ple of Nebraska,
If Nebraska is going to adopt the
excise tax system, then the people
should be permitted to speak on the
question, and this innovation should
not be put in force by the governor
and the members of the legislature,
who have probably been committed
to the plan without having given the
subject any or at least proper con
sideration.
You take the position that an ex
cise law applying to public official
salaries would be unconstitu
tional, which is probably true, and
it is apparent that you are opposed
to uch a law.
The writer has not observed that
you have thus far taken a stand
either for or against the governor's
proposed gasoline excise tax law,
but in your said editorial you say
that which taken literally is con
vincing argument against such a
scheme, and as follows: "What is
needed is a revenue law that will
in honesty and decenoy carry out
the original provision of the consti
tution, that all property be taxed
equally on the basis ot its actual
value."
Governmental departments, state.
county, township, city, village and
school district, must be properly
provided ror by a system or taxa
tion, and the usual property tax will
not be greatly burdensome if Justly
and honestly assessed and not wick
edly and extravagantly used and expended.
The Blair farmer, whose letter la
In Wednesday's issue of The Bee,
apparently thinks he has answered
all that might be said against the
proposed gasoline tax by saying that
the tax would amount to only S
cents on a 50-mile trip, and the very
fact that the average user of gaso
line for road purposes will not have
to pay out a lot of money on ac
count of such tax is the renson why
the governor's idea is liable to be
enacted Into a law.
You say that if the state Is to
have an income tax law the question
should first be boldly and openly
discussed, meaning undoubtedly that
the proposition should be the Issue
ror a state campaign, so tnat
the people might decide for or
against. -
The principle or policy of a state
Income tax is not more vital or im
portant than the principle or policy
of a state excise tax, and no legisla
ture should attempt to enact either
policy into law until the people have
had an opportunity to be heard
through the medium of the ballot
The small amount which most
users of gasoline will pay under the
governor's proposed excise tax law
will be insignificant, but the result
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of th adept Ion of th exds '
prlmlpl In Nebraska will b tr
mndous, snd probably not for good.
One an r ! tas Inw ts enacted
In th state there .will b no limit
to th els of bin l hum which will
m r.r.,1. fa. , i . . I. iA,a!ii,.N m n
right now If th atat la to have aa
excli tax Uw ther ar ether lines
of ndeaver which any ur of an
automobile might say oufht to b
shot at flret.
Innovations ar oftn dsngerou,
especially In governmental iialtr
and Drydn haa aald. "llvryon,
therefor, Is not fit to Innovat. '
Why not let th popl rul in tn
prernlw? J. A. DOUGLAS.
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Omaha. Xeb., Jan. 5. To Iho
Editor of 1h Best In retard to
th article oS mln which you pub
llshd this morning, I was wron
whrln I stated city work with th
exception of My. Hummel's depart
ment paid only M0 cents pr hour, t
hsve since beA Informed that th
street cleaning I department as well
as the repair wrk dn t th city
hall raid SO pnVn. Hut that In tha
watur department as well In th
building work doi
the wages paid w
At tha Technical
Taking everythlnc
tlnn, there are far
Jobs. How can a
o on th to plant
ere only 40 cents.
High school siao.
into considers
too many 40-cnt
lnbortr obtnln or
pay for a home. ll"t alone maintain
the American stsiVlnrd of living on
such wages? Let i hsv. as Beer,
tary Davis says, noV only a living
but a snvlng wage. A sincerely hop
that suoh will soon beth caM' "P
dally so as to those who, like th
packing house laborer, how a dcslr
not only to help themVelves. but
their fellows by not only Joining, out
being loyal to the AmerlcaiX Federa
tlnn nf Tjihnr.
CLAUD F. ELLISON.
Ifatila n1.HiMI fit
umana, jail, o. xo ina tuuuur
The Bee: Citizens generally should
work to hav our publlo officials
salaries cut before another election.
Now when almost, all commodities
are falling as rapidly as they went
up, many commodities are now at a
prewar level. Business and work
ing people are now scheming and
saving to avoid bankruptcy on ac
count of no business and no work.
It Is not right or necessary to pay
officeholders more than before the
war. We do, not need to worry
about competent persons to take th
Jobs, for there will be plenty who
will want them at a rormal figure.
The' general publlo who pays tha
salaries should not spend much time.,
complaining about high taxes, but
should get busy with petitions de
manding strict economy with publlo
money. CARL JORGENSEN.
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