THE SEE: OMAHA. THURSDAY. MAY 25, 1922.
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Issue in the Coming Campaign.
So far as the republican parly is concerned,
the issue in the 1922 campaign it clearly defined.
It it the record made by the party since it took
over the administration in March, 1921. So far
ai this is concerned, a few words from John T.
Adams, chairman of the national committee, tell
the story: " j
Ther l not on record another admlnla
tratlon In our own national affairs thai has
grown more steadily and surely In tha con
fidence of tha peopl as has this administra
tion. It Initiated and carried to successful
conclusion tha rateet single move In tha
world toward an end of all war, and tha es
tablishment of amity anions nations. . . .
No other government In the world has made
auuh drastic reductlona In expendlturea as
the United fitatee has made since wa elected
a, republican congress in 1 9 1 it. No other
government In the world has so nearly
chsnged Its deficits to a surplus ss hsa tha
United States under the present admlnlstra
tlon. ... No congresa of the Lntted
States In time of peace has psssed so much
conatructive and helpful legislation ss the
present one. No other congress In tha his
tory of the United Statea ever enacted a
greater percentage of legislation promised
by the administration.
There it the summary. The detailed record
is too voluminous to be reproduced, but it is a
matter of accomplishment, and done against the
efforts of the democratic minority, which has
resolutely opposed every step taken by the re
publicans in congress.
What about the democrats?
They want to get back, and are desperately
trying to find the way. In Nebraska they have
resorted to all sorts of political trickery, but
without avail, apparently. "The stars in their
courses fought against Sisera," and so it seems
events are against the democrats. The rain
broke the drouth, and they will not have a crop
failure to fall back on. The rise in prices on
farm products has silenced the hard times issue.
Their various attempts, in conference and other
wise, to produce harmony and bring forth can
didates, have not succeeded.
- Less than .two, months before the primaries,
the democrats find themselves with but a single
thing decided upon. They know who is to be
the party's candidate for United States senator,
for the senator himself decided that, but they
do not know what his platform will be.
Republicans in Nebraska are warming up with
old time vigor. They will gladly meet the op
position, especially on state issues, and will go
from the primary election in July to the general
election In November, confident of victory, be
cause they are fighting unbossed, but firmly
united, for good government, economically ad
ministered, lower tax rates, and responsibility to
the voters. '
Lakes-to-Ocean Waterway Gaining.
In the debate at Chicago Governor Miller of
New York, who has assumed the role of de
fender of New York City's port against the pros
pects of Chicago becoming in fact an ocean port,
disclosed nothing new in the campaign plans of
tha opposition. While the sentiment in favor'
of tha canal is gaining steadily, interests that are
against its construction continue a barrage of
generalities, and resolutely refrain from bringing
forward any concrete facts to support their argu
ments. Governor Miller begs the question when
he points out that the Mauretania can not uso
the canal; neither for that matter can .the
Leviathan, or the Majestic, and either of these
latter disturbs shipping in the Port of New York
when it goes into or leaves its dock. Governor
Allen retorts .rather neatly that the great bulk
of the shipping of the world is of the "tramp"
variety, and these vessels will go wherever cargo
can be found. No fear but the ships will be
found to carry grain from lake ports to trans
atlantic destinations. As for return cargo, im
ports to the value of more than a billion and a
quarter were received in Chicago last year. Car
riage of such quantity of goods from abroad will
provide considerable return cargo for ocean
going boats plying also on the inland waters.
New York's counter-arguments are falling flatter
each time presented.
Much Too Much Speed.
Seventeen speeders were fined or sent to jail
by one Omaha police judge on Tuesday.
That number ought to impress everybody. It
is proof that Omaha has too many citizens who
are careless of their own and other folks' safety.
For a speeder is a menace, a danger, a potential
murderer.. Ever since the automobile came into
general use, the world has been cursed by these
maniacs who persist in driving faster than the
law allows.
. What is to be done with them?
Not a sentence handed out in the police court
on Tuesday appears to be adequate or propor
tionate to the offense. Nor has any punishment
yet administered here had the effect of discour
aging the offenders. They still "step on the
gas" and defy the law. ''
Some day a police judge may arouse to some
thing like a realization of what a reckless driver
means, and administer a punishment that means
something. Then a great protest will go up, but
it will not be from the public, the people who
have to use the streets. It will be the speeder,
complaining he has been unjustly dealt with.
However, such protest will probably sound
good to the public, if it only comes from inside
the county jail.
Perhaps, the police can not control murderers,
highwaymen and bootUiters, but they ought to
miVe sit imprenion on the utomobil dritert
who have no irgtr4 for the Uw or turtic irgu.
Istions,
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Cut in Freight Rates.
Antiiipitinf any avium that might ht uUn
by the railroad presidents fa rrpon to Pr
dent Harding's request for a reduction in freight
utes, the Interims Comment commis.ion has
ordered horitonul cut of 10 per tent, effective
July I. Undoubtedly this action Is the re.ult of
consideration long under way, and totally unre
lated to the conference held it the While tfoute
lut week.
Agricultural products will get no further
benefit, the order ai it stands including the cuts
ordered or concrdrd and already effrcth en
grains, hay and other farm commodities. I low
ever, the reduced freight rat should be reflected
in the lowered price of what the farmer ha to
buy, and thus afford him greater relief. Cenrr
ally, the selling price of the entire li.t should be
affected, and so the entire country will have
benefit from the order Just issued. The next
step should be a revision of passenger tariff and
Pullman charges, which remain executively high.
The commission fixes ilt rales cn the basis
of permitted earnings of J Jj per cent, in lieu of
the 6 per cent named in the Etch-Cummins act.
Mere is a point that needs to be cleared up. The
law is permissive, not obligatory, and did not
contemplate maintenance of rates to ensure earn
ings of 6 per cent. Recovery of business has
proceeded so far that the net railway operating
income hat very closely approached the 6 per
cent figure. For the three months ending March
31, 1922, net railway operating income for the
Class I roads was $160.9).429, as against $-7,-574.407
for the first three month of the calendar
year 1921, an increase of 48J.9 per cent. The
operating ratio, that is, cost to revenue, had
dropped from 91.61 per cent in 1921 to 80.45 per
cent in 1922.
This indicates that the railroads are again
doing business. The earnings for the first quar
ter of the year will pay 4 51 per cent on the
tentative valuation adopted by the Interstate
Commerce commission for rate making pur
poses, while for the month of March the roads
earned at the rate of 5.83 per cent. Naturally,
all lines are included, those that show an operat
ing deficit as well as those that show a surplus.
In the totals are carried the earnings of 235,
216.17 miles of track operated. Only 36 out of
201 railroads included in Class I report a deficit
for March, and these are among the weaker lines,
and the adverse balance is generally small.
If the condition of the railroads is an indica
tion, prosperity is with us once more.
Solving Mr. Skiles Problem.
Charles M. Skiles, declining to seek the demo
cratic nomination for governor in response to pe
titions filed in his behalf, makes caustic reference
to "those men who assume the power to make
and unmake candidates." He does not believe
that these would-be king makers have done a
good job of its Else why this request that Mr.
Skiles enter the lists against Mr. Norton and Mr.
Butler? Apparently there must be democrats
who prefer to do their own thinking and pick
their own candidates, democrats who do not
want to have to choose between Mr. Norton and
Mr. Butler only. Mr. Skiles is for them, but not
for himself. Let them agree, he says, upon
Charles W. Bryan as the champion of the un
bossed democracy. ' ' ?
The Bee sympathizes with Mr. Skilesand
with Mr. Bryan. As good democrats they should
have a right to vote for whomever they please,
wtihout asking the consent of anybody. But why
talk to much about it? Why do not do as re
publicans do make a filing and get in the race?
Up to date there are five candidates for the re
publican nomination for United States senator,
four for governor and goodness knows how
many for minor offices. There hasn't been a
glimmer of a suggestion of anybody being shut
out of the republican primary. The republican
way is to let everybody in and the voter make
his choice.
From State and Nation
Paying Off the. Bonds. .
The brief announcement from the court house
that the county commission will retire $268,
000 of bonds maturing this year is the last chap
ter of a long story, a story typical of the bond
issuing pitfalls into which a community may fall.
Away back in 1877, Douglas county had a
bonded debt, embracing several varieties of
bonds and drawing 10 per cent. The county
commission refunded this' miscellaneous col
lection into a single 8 per cent issue for a total of
$268,000. .This was a step in the right direction;
interest was lowered and the bond account sim
plified. But the county failed to take a second
step. It made no provision fbr paying the bonds
when due..
' In 1887 these bonds were refunded a second
time, this time at 5 per cent. In 1902 they were
taken out of the vault once more and again re
funded, for 2i per cent interest.
By the time this debt is discharged next
month it will have cost Douglas county tax
payers $884,000. .
Contrast this with the practice on bonds for
the erection of the present court house. By a
provision incorporated in the bonds? this issue is
being retired at the rate of $50,000 a year. That
is as it should be.
One of Gus Hyer's sleuths was out over night,
causing great anxiety to all hands. Gus should
caution him against such conduct.
So Gerard is persona non grata in Germany.
He was. not very popular there in the time of.
the kaiser.
Omaha visitors over in Iowa failed to locate
the gloom the democrats are talking about.
Democratic Economy
We received in France after the armistice,
944 75 mm. guns and carriages of the old 1897
model, 198 155 mm. guns, carriages and limbers,
700 155 mm. howitzers, carriages and limbers,
and 200 English 60-pound gun, 100 6-inch guns,
355 8-inch howitzers and carriages, and 40 9.2
inch howitzers and carriages. When one re
members that the cost of one 8-inch howitzer
and carriage was $54,000 and the other mater
ials above named in proportion, it can be ap
preciated what expenditures these contracts en
tailed. - ,
Not only were these contracts continued,'
but moneys of the government were used to
continue and complete other projects such as
by-product coke ovens for private concerns. In
some cases the contracts were so unskillfully
drawn as not to be subject to cancellation when
the war closed. Congressman Enslow of Illi
nois at, Lincoln. '
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feling aid'limar, who mi4; 'Utaguase ntt
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profound ho!rhip, ( iheta ntea hava Imia
txYuiun in mh uI utiarrdurca la gua eudeiu-e of
l heir learning er tt get Che o4il whi. h i due
ihoni fur innr iininij knol.l.. They find
ten-it far their uv and careful training al
Uti eaylmuvely in thoir leboraiurie or e -
Hut i he man who ty thorough study has
mastered the t:ngtMft Untuaga r wnatetrr
language ha spak us his knowledge every
day and impretMg and pleases with it trery
peraun friend or sirangrr wh heart htm
apeak. In fit. he makea valuable um at hia
training and culture every moment of run
atiou.ncaa. Try to think wnhuut wards, with
out tha aid of language. It tan not ha done. A
proper undemanding of these worda. of their
relationa and their esatt meaning, make for
riearne of thought, and thought la tha moat
dynamle agent In tha service of a man.
The teaching of language of accurate and
sufficient ereaion ehoutd not be limned to
the schools, livery boy learns mora language
away from school than within school walla. The
child raiaed by cultured parents has a great ad
vantage over the others, Kvery child flr.l learns
to talk by Imitating tha talk ha heara, and If he
la started in the right road he has made a greHt
gain. Hu h a child not only learns to speak cor
rectly, but doe so In an esy and natural man
ner. II also acquires a greater number and ac
curacy of words, which are Ilka so much am
munition In hi belt for use In tht battle of life.
America, Decline With Kusgctons.
tnm tU ikkM Ptitr N
To the superficial view tha Important feature
of h'eTury Hughes' reply to the Invitation to
tha I'nlted Plates to participate In tht projected
meeting at Tht Hague of a commlMlon on lttis
sian affairs la, no doubt, the fact that tha In
vitation Is declined. In truth, however, there Is
greater eitnincance In tha very positive hint
that tht I'nlted States Is prepared to co-operate
In the search for a solution of tha HumIsii
problem, provided that search la undertaken In
all earnestness and under hopeful preliminary
conditions.
Russia wants huge credlta and tubstantlsl
loans, and says to. But loant and credit ar
rangements presuppose adequate guaranties and
satisfactory security. Russia alont can furnish
the required guaranties. At Genoa no propowil
that could be considered definite or businesslike
has come from the soviet delegntlon. Tchltcherln
and his asitociatea have played to the red gal
larles and have sought always to save the face
of the communist clique nominally in control of
Russia. Were a nonpolltlcal committee ap
pointed to talk bualness and lay down the con
ditions of constructive co-operation with Russia,
the I'nlted 8tatea would probably send repre
sentatives. If tht Moscow government ponders
this requirement and decides, in good faith, to
meet it. consequences of a truly momentous and
Inspiriting nature might ensue. If not, Moscow
cannot blame tht United States or the allies for
the tragic consequences of Its own blindness and
obstinacy.
Our Own 'Middle West
From th. ywpte't Popul.r Slnstbtr.
Sometimes one wonders just how long It will
take this country to awaken to the full apprecia
tion of the beauty and Importance of this, our
middle west. It is Interesting and often highly
entertaining to listen to tht views of certain
people in districts outside the Mississippi valley,
who still believe that Indians and buffaloes yet
flourish rampant upon the prairies.
However, many of the mistaken Ideas con
cerning tht midlands of America are due to the
failure on the part of those of us who dwell
within their borders, to express tht appreciation
we feel. We who know the beauty of the
prairies, the wealth of tradition which forms
the background for present progress In tht mid
dle west and the strength of vision that now
prevails, owe It to history and to our own gen
eration to advertise with our own faith the
region which does so much for the world.
Hamlin Garland, one of the few great writers
who has caught the spirit of the middle west,
has set down some of his splendid history that
has contributed to tht fa brio of present day
strength In the valley lands. Anyone who has
not read "The Son of the Middle Border." as
well as "The Daughter of tht Middle Border,"
has something In store.
Leaving the Show.
Willi im Allan Whit. Is JuO.
Twenty thousand people committed suicide
last year In the United States; which fact seems
to be a reflection upon our well ordered life.
It would seem that the great panorama which
history is unfolding before us day by day, for
ever beckoning with lta tomorrows and luring
us with big events just around the corner from
today it would seem that that gripping
panorama ought to hold us all in our seats upon
this planet. Wo may be forsaken, we may be
cold, sick, unlovely and unloved, and yet it
would seem that the daily story of life about us,
the great tragic events that are looming before
us in Europe and in Asia, and the great comedy
that should cramp our sides with anguisMed
laughter here in America,, should hold us tightly
upon the planet. Yet 20,000 of us have volun
tarily got up and walked out, left the show cold
and flat, and for what? Perhaps they are going
to the big show, perhaps they are only going to
bed. But they are missing a mighty good thing,
nevertheless. The spinning world never before
has held so much to charm the eye and engross
the soul as It holds today.
"Pittsburgh plus" and the Fanner.
From Capwr'i Wwkly.
Mr. Todd of Deere & Co. says what is known
as "Pittsburgh plus" costs farmers $6.88
extra for every grain binder manufactured by
his concern, SI. 93 on every corn planter, $1.89
on every disc harrow, $3.61 on every horse
drawn gang plow, $6.28 on every tractor plow,
$3.06 on every grain drill, and $19.80 on every
tractor. '
The practice of selling steel throughout the
country at the Pittsburgh-steel-mlll price plus
the freight from Pittsburgh - to destination,
whether tht steel has been made at Gary, or at
Duluth, is estimated to cost the country as a
whole about $75,000,000 a year. Adding the cost
of freight from Pittsburgh to the price of the
product wherever It may be made or shipped,
the Chicago Tribune figures, would cost a Chi
cago man putting up a building requiring a
thousand tons of structural, steel, $7,000 more
than it would cost him to put up the tame
building in Pittsburgh.
' Say it With sincerity.
From tlii Chleuo. Journal of Commerce ' . '
' "Say it with dollars," is the cry of a group
of Philadelphia chufches out for a drive for a
community benevolence. It is all right to say it
with dollars when dollars are necessary for the
purpose In mind. But there is reason to believe
that many persons are saying, or trying to say,
their duty In dollars when personal service is
needed. Many useful and noble enterprises in
religion and community aid can be accomplished
only by liberal money talk. Cash speaks then
for the heart and for tht conscience.
But a father can not do hit full duty to his
family merely by keeping them abundantly sup
plied with money or the things money buys, as
many a liberal family head has learned to his
sorrow and sometimes to his 'shame. So far has
the "say it with dollars" Idea Invaded many
churches that a considerable portion of their
membership are almost In the attitude of those
who purchased indulgences before the Reforma
tion begun by Luther.
Paternalism.,
From th. WfchiU Etl-
Uncle Sam will not permit Congressman
Manuel Herrick of Oklahoma to fly an army air
plane over Washington. He may sit In a plane,
provided he is firmly strapped in, but he may
not put his hand on tht controls.
Uncle Sam is concerned lest the noted bach
elor congressman perchance dash his foot against
a stone. Herrick may advertise as the dare
devil congressman all he pleases. His beauty
contest adventures entitle him to his dare-devil
reputation. And he may go on daring the devil
but not as a pilot of a government-owned air
plane. It maye be that Uncle Sam doesn't want the
plane smashed up. It may be that the chances
of the plane'a fulling upon the heads or houses
of the great In Washington are too numerous to
risk. And It may be that Uncle Sam is jealous
of Manuel's rapidly growing reputation that he
will not permit such a remarkable career to end
in a blaze of glory and gasoline,
How to Keep Well
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FOR BRIGHT? DISEASE.
K subject it more frequently In.
quired k.ih in iht mail bag ff
eftl.a than tht one wnwii ia inw
tub).! of Ihie par,
Mnslit s die is not killing
duwaae ia the aanaa that aoma die-
mmi art. It i a dM which una
van live- wiih. or In H or. wnun
ever way you want to iut it, for a
long tune, provided one learns the
art. and, having learned It, prac
IUs II.
All the facts art understood by
a great many roi'le. Many of them
have i ha idea ihot ih art of living
with Hright'a diarsM ia a matter of
reguUtmg lha diet. That under
standing is about 0 per vent faet
and 6 per rent fiction.
Her is a page from th book of
facta; ,
In any rase of Hrtihl't disease,
accompanied by droiy. th diet
should Ih salt free. In dropsy an
f ! of water Is held in tha tlaauee.
Halt In the tiaauet holda it there. If
iht dirt contain, a minimum amount
of salt It will be easier to get tht
auti'lua water out of th tliwura.
But a ealt-free diet cannot be long
continued, for ntor reasons than
on. Therefor, after a period of
Mlt-free diet th menu should bt
changed to on low in salt.
In acui fright' dieae It la
proper to set a period of low diet
almost starvation diet aay. ont
limited to fruit julcea and water.
On la: Put four ounces of raisins
in a pint of water. Stew for SO min
utes; add enough water to make one
pint.
Or sugar water: Kellocg'a for
mula is to dlsnlve two ounces of malt
sutar in a pint of water.
Th water used with fruit Juice
should be plain wnter. or. at most, a
carbonated water low In mineral
matter.
After a few days of this it is al
lowable to pass to a diet of milk and
water.
Although sugar and water, fruit
Juice and water, and even milk and
water are easily digested and furnish
a fair allowance of calories, they are
not complete foods, and a diet of
this kind cannot be continued for
more than a few weeks.
Presently the patient becomes
pal as well as weak.
At this stair roods containing Iron
are needed. Among the best of theije
are spinacn, an iorma or greens,
whole wheat bread, cereals. There
must be plenty of vegetables and
fruit and a fair allowance of milk,
a fair allowance of fats, and especial
ly cream and butter are advisable.
And, finally, the patient with
chronic Brlght's disease, slowly pro
gressing and without much tendency
to dropsy or disturbance of vision.
Is very much disposed to go too far
in his dieting. As a rule he is pale
because his food does not contain
enough iron. If he watches his diet
closely he probably eats less meet
than he needs. He can eat a small
dally allowance of meat provided he
obeys certain laws.
Ht should avoid constipation.
He should not eat meat extracts.
bouillon, meat soups, very highly
seasoned meats, high cheeses, sweet
breads, kidney or liver, or condi
ments of any kind.
It la doubtful if he should drink
coffee or tea in any quantity. He
hat no business eating cranberries
or pieplant or sorrel.
The best meat is bouea meat ana
soup stock meat.
Above all, he should avoid neavy
meals-r-gourmandlzlng.
Bays Kellogg: "Many a Christmas
dinner or Thanksgiving feast has
been the introduction to a tragedy."
1. Clark's "Character Training of
Children" tells you what to do with
tht youngest. You will hav to try
the, secondhand book stores, as the
first edition is exhausted and the
second is not ready. '
2. Continue your present plan.
Five meals a day at her age is bet
ter. Have you a copy of "The Right
Food for the Growing Child"?
3A. Average weight, girls 15
months, - 21 pounds; average
height, 30 inches.
B. Write your state board of
health.
A. Tes.
B. I am muchly married.. I am
sorry to say I have accumulated
"them mature years."
6. Tes, it is good.
. The plan is all right provided
you do not take liberties with the
noon meal.
Food Containing Sulphur.
J. B. writes: "What are the vege
tables rich in silicon and sulphur?"
REPLY.
Among the foods richest In sul
phur are oatmeal, eggs, whole wheat,
meats, flour, peas and beans.
I do not know what foods are
rich in silicon. What good does it do
to eat foods rich in silicon, since the
human animal has no gizzard?
Hall the Bathtub Hero.
W. A. G. writes: "I am a man of
33 and am strong of body, but very
nervous at times. I take a cold bath
every morning upon arising, while
the body is warm, which seems to
make me feel better.
"1. Are such baths in the winter
injurious?
"2. Would you advise me to con
tinue same?"
. REPLY.
1. No.
2. Yes. '
She Waxed Wroth, She Did.
B. K. writes: "I had my cheeks
filled out, with liquid paraffin about
15 years ago, as I was very thin at
the time, but now there is more in
one cheek than the other and it
looks fierce: so could you advise me
whether I could have that taken out
from the inside without any dan
ger?'
REPLY.
Yes.
Left spread the news so that oth
ers may not make the same mistake
you did.'
The Middle-Aged
. Flapper
THERE IS NO HELL.
Hoor.h. hooroo. th.r. I. no Hell,
W. need no longer dread;
Sir Conan says In spirit land
Th. bad are put to bed.
No matter If we steal and drink.
And smoke and cheat and curat;
Whan we wak. up beyond th. (rav.
Wa ll aaya, "Good mornlns, nur.e!"
A cool, sweet lady, all In white.
Will aoothe our tullty fear.
And aay "Youre merely sick, poor soul,
Ther. Is no Devil, dear."
We know that over red hot coal.
W ought to burn and stew;
Instead of that we will bo fed
On apirit cake and dew.
No Imp will stick hi. pitchfork sharp
Risht through our sin-atalned hide;
On razor blades and burning rail.
W. will not have to ride.
Tat In our new found happiness
Is .till one single woe;
If there, no. hot. old fashioned Hell,
Wbar. do bomb thrower, so 7
er-H. H. U in Chleuo Tribune.
FrM k m Tub,
A rorrrnn4i( find In middle.
g.4 (ispperi.ni a trait which di.
Hnaui.h America from th Old
Woild, Tht peach-bloom rheefca of
emh nuy fc roused and its petal
lips Incarnadined, "but." write
Mary Churchill Humphrey, 'when
on look into young r ont aeea
drilling daw ii nusta. while in Ihoir
thadowa iwinkl paling star." r'ar
nherwiae th mlddla-s4 flapper.
Not lit but movement i what ah
-eke, "It i li who does over Iht
old hou.a or build a new one
her her husband la deposited
wliil ho tor. nut In starh of
'lUltMr'." Aa a rr.uU of so much
movement and so nii living, our
nisturer folk lack th inner re
source of affection and of mind
whii h tha M. World cull lire a
oothina- background, a middla-dle-t
. tire that at one ntlmulatt-a ami
fatt.flr. This difference la art
down largely to our early marriage
and the prminenct f ouih lit '-clt-iy
and luain. Tha young folk
lake tlie center if th ta even
though thrir parents can uU beat
them at tennis,
Except for th new name, this
dlagnoata la pot unfamiliar, dating
buck to "I'nli'aveneil Hread." and
li. fiord l "tMly Miller." Tha dis
quieting fii.'t today la that not only
ciiHur-liu)ng women, but huln
men and reputed statesmen flap
along I he am (ure, vainly Imagining
a flight that cleave, th empyrean.
Tim wa when economic fallacy
and political nostrum affected only
th embattled farmer and the aspir
ing trade unionist. Krom greenback
l (i i to tha single tax. political flap
I'Tlam was a phenomenon derlnlble.
Then Rryan emerged. To his stand
ard flocked not merely tht Ignorant
multitude, but politicians, econom
ise and educators. No candidate
waa ever an often defeated or ao
Indestructible. Today hia economic
doctrine. In a form only slightly dif
ferent, ia espoused by Henry Ford
and Thomaa A. Edison both far
from flappers when they are on
their ovn beat. Darwinism also has
lelt the pressure of web feet, the
besting of ambitious wings, and
there are wid regions In this coun
try where those who stand true to
Adam and Kvt are barely short of a
majority. In local elections the
riupper Is your only bird. Mayor
llylsn hat blood brothers In Curley
of Boston. Schwnb of Buffalo, Koh-
Icr of Cleveland. Oles of Toungs-
nwn, Lew Shank of Indianapolis,
Tlilmpson of Chicago. When Honest
John preens himself as a presiden
tial candidate it is not he alone who
has reason to look foolish.
The time Is at hand when we shall
hnve to consider whether w are a
nation of flappers. The army Intel
licence tests showed that only 13 H
per cent of the drafted men were
"capable of a college education," of
whom only per cent were of the
"first-rate college material." Such
statistics as we have indicate that,
so few are the children of gradu
Atcs, our leading institutions would
be obliged to close their doors in
six generations, except for acces
sions from the ranks of the hitherto
uneducated. At Princeton lens than
one-half of the students are from
families In which either parent is a
graduate. From all sides comes the
report that, though numbers art
Increasing, quality is on the decline.
If there were an inexhaustible
source of new life In our popula
tion, the case would not be so bad.
but the same army tests indicated
that 47.3 per cent of our population
art what is technically described as
morons, being of the "mental age"
oM2
The tests were of necessity made
In great haste and under unfavorable
conditions. Prof. T. S. Baker, acting
president of Carnegie Institute of
Technology, says that he "cannot be
lieve nearly one-half of our fellow
citizens are morjons." let ne ad
mits that tests lately made in de
partment - stores and industrial
plants "tend to confirm'' the army
teHts. Europe has not even the be
ginning of a mental census, but no
less an observer than Viscount Bryce
has noted a falling off in political
intelligence, and especially in politi
cal leadership, precisely similar to
that from which we are suffering.
Cntil we have a new and complete
mental census, giving the nation an
Intelligence quotient considerably
higher, there is little encouragement
to resort to abstruse social analysis
to explain the middle-aged flapper.
CENTER SHOTS.
That PrlnpAtnn nrofessor who has
found a new source of light without
heat should tend some to Genoa at
once. Detroit Free Press.
That TJbw Mamnshlre freshman
who hypnotized his roommate, but
couldn't bring him back, has nothing
on the average politician, wno Knows
that Druin.f nr later thav awaken.
anyway Pittsburgh Sun.
Again the superfluities of Journal
ism. . Here's the New York Times
speaking of "a New Yorker of au
thoritative manner." Schenectady
Gazette.
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