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    THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 14. 1922.
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SOFTENING MEMORIES OP, WAR.
Down in Hastings this week half a hundred Span
lsh War Veterans are reliving- the dsys of '98. -
Tha state encampment of the former soldier
can not but draw a comparison between the three
living feneration of Uncle Sam'a fighting men.
The ranks of the blue and the gray are thinning
faster and faster each year. The ranks of those
who donned the khaki in the war with Spain and
Aguinaldo are beginning to ahow effects of time.
The Yanks, Gobs, Doughboys and Marines of the
world conflict have yet to lose the bad tastes of war.
But these will be aoftened by time. '
Already the blood of .Chateau . Thierry ia hal-
lowed; the mud of Varennes, once the wallow of dis
contented citizen troops, has assumed the cloak of
romance; the duckboards of St Nazaire have at-
talned their niche in the hall of humor.
But still within the breasts of these youngest
veterans of America, democratic at heart, rankles
,the memory of the salute, the "shave-tail," inspec
tions, passes, reveille, and "K. P."
These at best are but petty dislikes and, as Father
Time grinds down their edges and prickles on his
whetstone, laughter will crinkle the corners of those
hero eyes as youth's inventive genius in . getting
around these regulations is retold in tale and fable.
And, as the years roll by, the horror and hatreds
of the war daya of '17 will be turned into romantic
memory, even as with the veterans of '61 and '98.
; Twenty-four years from now, their ranks, too,
will be thinning as are those of the Spanish War
heroes; and fifty-one years hence, thinned as aro the
Civil War 'comrades of 22. '
' Then will the rankles and dislikes of '17 be sub
merged in oblivion. . . . . -.:..
,V FAMOUS HORSES OF OLD. . . .
Long ages before the dawn of history, the horse
abounded upon the earth and was man's best ally.
In the paleolithic age when our cave-men ancestors
roamed wild, almost like the animals, the horse lived.
But this ancestor of the wonderful speed ma
chines now to be seen at the Ak-Sar-Ben race track,
and of all horses of today, was a small animal, less
than four feet high, with a large head and rough,
'shaggy mane and tail. He was too small to be ridden
and was used by man for food. " . -
, .The horse's place in human history is right next
to man's. Bucephalys was the famed charger of
Alexander the Great. Roan Barbary was the favorite
horse of Richard II, and White Surrey of Richard
III. Incitatus, the horse of the Roman emperor,
Caligula, was made a priest and consul. It ate from
an ivory manger and drank from a pail of gold.
.Legend is full of the horse. Borak, which con
veyed, Mahomet to the seventh heaven, had such
speed that each pace was equal to the farthest range
of human sight, ; 1 Nr-y :.vv' ' ;v
The stud books of today go back hundreds of.
years. The histories of such horses as Roxana, born
in 1718; of Godolphin, of Cade and a host of others
are kept as carefully as the histories of human celeb
. ritics.' : ' ; :!
IN THE HANDS OF PROVIDENCE..
' There are not so many standard topics of con
versation that our serious talkers can afford to ignore
the condition of the crops. From one end of the
country to the other men who do not. know beans
from barley now assume a thoughtful air, impale a
victim on a piercing glance, and remark that, the
government forecast is for an increased harvest. If
they are fortunate enough to fall in with someone
from a country town or a farm they can talk of
nothing else. : ' f:.
; Charles Lamb, while riding in a coach through the
English countryside, was harassed by just such a
character. After a number of remarks had failed to
draw out the essayist, his fellow traveler pointed to
a field and inquired what sort of a turnip crop was
to be expected. . ,. ?,
"I believe it depends largely on the boiled legs
of mutton,". Lamb answered.. , ?
There is, of course, nothing more important to
Nebraska or to the remainder of the states than the
harvest. The Department of Agriculture may make
its estimates,' and the volunteer prophets may con
sider that it is all settled, until the time comes for
them to worry over whether the. corn has enough
moisture and if it will mature before frost catches it.
Before the contingencies of nature mankind is help
less. There isn't much more use talking about the
crops than there is in discussing the weather fa,te
will decide.
DIAGNOSING THE SCHOOLS.
Now that the educators of Nebraska are discuss
ing means of reducing school expenses, hope begins
to bloom. If this matter were to be left solely to
-the judgment of those outside the teaching profes
sion much harm might come from ill-informed efforts
at economy. . "
More than a score of tax-saving suggestions have
been obtained from a questionnaire sent to 108 Ne
braska school superintendents, asking three methods;
of reducing school costs. Thirty of the replies favored
abolishing special supervisors.. ' Seventeen' favored
dropping coaches for athletic contests. Elimination of
manual training was suggested by 38, and of domes
tice science, by 23. Fifty-four replied that nothing
should be dropped, thus lining up with C. Ray Gates,
the new superintendent of schools at Grand Island,
who asserts doubt that there is anything in the aver
age school system that can be abandoned without
taking a backward step. . . ' : . t
A surprising number of responses to the ques
tionnaire proposed an end for special instruction in
music; this probably will not find favor with parents,
who look to the schools for some cultural activity.
Very few of the answers advocated ' discharging
school nurses, closing night schools or kindergartens,
shortening the school year or ceasing to supply tree
text books, and only twelve mentioned readjustment
and reorganisation of the educational system. "
Discussion should not end her. The fat of the
children as well as the largest proportion of th
Pop!'s texts is involved in the school prc'Mm.
Watt in education mutt be lessened, and efficiency
mutt be Increased. Those who are engaged in teach
Ing, bs well bs these superintendents, should be heard
Irom.
Nebraska Notions
THE BROWN PAROLE AOAIN.
Not all of the blsme for abus of th parol sys
tem appears chargeabl to th state parol board, if
Warden ronton s statement reflect the record.
The new parole law, drafted originally by Attor
ney General Davis and passed by th last legislature,
provides thst no prisoner shall be paroled until after
published notice of his spplicstion and personal no
tification to th district judge, th county attomsy
and th sheriff of the, county from which th ap
plicant was committed. It is made the duty of these
officers to meke reeommendstion as to th granting
of the application.
Warden Fenton ssys that this rule was followed
in the case of Fred Brown, whose psrole turned loos
upon the community a criminal of desdly 'purpose
and fiendish cunning. He says that no objection was
offered to Brown's psrole. -
On that record, others than the parole board must
stand some of th blame for Brown's premature re
lease. The purpose of the law was to make certain
that the local officers most likely to be well informed
should be offered the opportunity end should be re
cjuired to advise the parole board. To the extent of
supplying such information and making a recom
mendation based upon it, the locsl officers have a
responsible part in the parole system.
The locsl officers, however, simply advise. Re
sponsibility for decision rests with the parole board,
as does also responsibility for investigation into the
criminal's past record as disclosed by the penitentiary
records. That the board can not escape. '
HOW TO DROWN. .
"Throw up both hands, shout, .'help' and
drown." That is the formula for suicide by the
water route, according to an ironically worded poster
issued by the National Safety Council
Having thus dramatized the danger, the bulletin
proceeds to 'more positive instruction, defining swim
ming as "reaching for shore first with ono hand and
then with the other." That is a good thing to re
member, when the impulse comes to collapse into
helpless floundering off shore.
'(Swimming is 99 parts confidence and one part
experience, taken in water frequently, the advice
continues. Beyond warning against needless risks
and bathing too soon after dining, there is not much
more that needs be said. ,
Twelve persons had to be rescued by life guards
at the Omaha beaches Sunday. One of the reasons
for this accident roll is that the season has just begun
and' bathers have not gained the knowledge or the
confidence that they will have by autumn. It's a fine
thing to know how to swim, for it exercises every
muscle. . But don't forget that the chief requisite is
keeping a cool head.
IV..'. WOOLGATHERING.
The- tariff question is not as simple as its op
ponents would make it appear. . Thus in condemning
the imposition of higher duties on imported woolen
goods the critics of a protective policy forget or
neglect to mention that a higher tariff also is to be
placed on the raw material. . The wool growers of
the west are. to receive protection as well as the mill
owners and workers of "the east.:...
Although the topic might be avoided, stilt if the
critic is pinned down he must admit' that wool
brought in from abroad would tend to lower the
price received for American wool. In April 22,800,
000 pounds of combing wools, valued at $5,827,000,
were imported into the' United States. This exceeds
the record for any complete years since 1910 except
1917, according to the textile division of the Depart-
ment. of Commerce. The Quantity of all classes of
wool imported in April was 38,655,000 pounds.
According to the argument of the tariff foes, the
wool growers are suffering ' from an oversupply of
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ineir proauct. it seems just possiuie mat a property
balanced import tax would bar out some of the for
eign competition and encourage the sheep industry.
But little things like this seldom are discussed by
the democratic spellbinders and organs.
. , ,. MAKE IT SNAPPY. '
Brevity is the soul of wit as it is the soul of
nearly everything else in the form of language.
Yet the human race refuses to learn this simple
fact. After-dinner speakers ramble on for an hour
or two while their ' auditors inwardly rebel. Con
gressional orators debate for many hours, muffling
their thoughts deep in a mass of useless verbiage.' '
The creation of the world is described in the
Scriptures in less than 600 words. Caesar sent back
word of his conquest of Gaul in just three words,
"Vendi, vidi, vici." And Sir Sidney Smith probably
capped them all as a model of brevity when he sent
back word of his capture of the city of Scinde in the
one word, "Peccavi," which is Latin for "I have
sinned."
; "Invisible Exercise" is a fad that may be expected
to grow. Gerald Stanley Lee, the author, defines it
as "the act of consciously relaxing one's neck and
pulling one's self, soul and body together." For our
part, we confess curiosity over the chapter! on the
exercise of keeping still, and the art of liking to
get up. 4 v - ' ;
Say what you will about the republican primaries
in Iowa, Indiana and-Pennsylvania, it still must be
admitted that whatever readjustment is taking place
is within the party ranks. The voters are doing as
theyvwish inside the party and have no reason for
going outside. .- -i .
There are not many poets in America who are as
well received in their home state as John G. Nei
hardt. His lectures in Nebraska towns will give in
spiration to no one knows how many boys and girls,
and lead them to look about them on the prairies for
their soul's good. ; '
Walter Lippman, in the Yale Review," castigates
democracy for being content with the "second best"
in political leadership. How many political contests
have been won on the theory of choosing the least of
two evils? ' ''
. It seems tragic that a poor family should be
thrown into debt by a thief taking a $12 pay check.
It seems tragic, too, the way renj:, food, clothing
and the bare necessaries of life eat into larger wages
"than that.
Small incidents such as the Dutch florists sending
cut flowers by airplane to London the same morning
they are gathered illustrate the way the world is
shrinking. V1 ". . '
Semenoff is on his way to Russia, and no doubt
he will soon be raising the lid in Siberia. .
Tork Naws-Timet: If It coats as
mucn to ft a nomination in Na
brsaka as it doaa In Pennsylvania
orotDoay is oinf oroK.
Grand laland Indepandent: Ban
ator Hitchcock nradlcta that tha
Unltad Butae will join the leue of
nationa oar or isi. it would aam
that th former prcaldent of tha
country is still haarlnc voices In
tha air, that th Nebraaka senator
la at ill Wood row's apokaaman and
that. Ilka Cos. h aniff another
"aoiamn referendum." Let 'er "ref
randr
Nebraaka City Prcaa: "Can
Crime Be Cured by Paycholocy?
rada a headline. Perhaps It can.
but a aawed'Oft ahotgun In tha
handa of police who ara not afraid
to do thalr duty will do more.
Edgar Howard In the Columbua
Telegram: I heard a man any that
witnin on year "Ford ror.Freai
dent" clubs will b organized In
ever state In tha union for th
purpose of maklnc Henry Ford a
candidal for president of the Unit
ed States. Some weeka ao I waa
down in Alabama, and dlacovered
that the people down there were
fsttlnc ready to organise "Ford for
freaident" ciuoa. And tha fever
haa reached Nebraska. Frank Whe
don of Kearney says that on "Ford
for Freaident" ' club haa already
ben organized In Buffalo county.
snd that others will follow aoon.
Keep an eye on the "Ford for' Presi
dent" cluba. They are already dis
turbing the peace of mind of many
politicians.
Grand laland Independent:' The
gentlemen of the district bench at
Omaha are advlaing all men to resint
the highwayman even though It cost
their Uvea, aa a means of eliminat
ing crime. May It be respectfully
auggeated that, In addition thereto,
there be more prompt proaecutlon
and conviction generally of the
criminals who are caught and not
quite so- many technicalities by the
defending attorneys or early paroles
after conviction?
The Tariff.
Hasting Tribune: There have
been all kinds of heated debates
and diacusslona In the upper house
of congress In the past three weeks
on the tariff bill and it ia doubtful
If the people throughout the country
flave been giving very much atten
tion to what waa said.
Party politics and the tariff sro
hand in hand.
Happy will . be the day when the
tariff will not be Considered a party
issue it. should be - taken . out, of
politics entirely.
just ao - long as the tariff is a
party issue, we will never have a
sclentlfio tariff bill properly con
structed and all efforts to bring
about such a bill by political debates
win rail.
The men who are candidates for
congress this year should be warned
against dragging the tariff issue into
the party the tariff must be taken
out or pontics it the people or the
United States are to be benefited
by it.
Grand Island Independent: Bank
er. Wentx of Aurora, only two years
ago looked up to, ' respected, and
enjoying the confidence and trust
of his fellow men. is now in the
state penitentiary as the result of
playing false to that trust, and per
mitting himself to be tempted by
the theory that the traditional pow
er of money to talk, could also orate
him out of any trouble should his
escapades be , discovered. Money
does talk; often its pleadings are
far too effective. But more often.
when the battle encompasses staid
principles of right and wrong..1 it
pleads ever so eloquently and yet all
in vain. 'The old proverb read that
wine, women and song took captive
many a man. Today it should be
changed "to hootch, flapper and
poker; but essentially it is the same
thing. Each one of these factors,
and each combination of them, con
tinues to ruin men, reputations and
business. And the first chapter al
ways reads something like: "Aw,
come on, be a good mixer, not an
old fogy."
Treaties Not Ratified.
Mnrfnllr TJowa: Americans learn
with surprise that the treaties re
sulting from the Washington arms
rAnffrrnrA r not vet in effect, and
are not likely to be for some time
to come. They do not become oper
ative until all of the signatory pow-
Viaim ratified them and ex
changed ratifications, and the Unit
ed States Is the only one or me live
big powers that has taken the neces
sary steps.
Tonon Via ratified the Shantune
agreement and is expected to ratify
the important five-power naval re
duction treaty and four-power Pa
cific treaty at any time. But when
Great Britain, France and Italy will
ratify is problematical.
wny tne powers snouia ueiay au
tinn n nnt ernliiined. They have
been busy with the Genoa confer
ence, but that hardly accounts lor
eA lAnff a rislav Thftv have had
time enough to ratify, if they wanted
in these four montns. ,
The Bee's Letter Box
to
Vshrsibn flrv Preaa. A man Who
iio iivaH in ntftA rnnntv for 40
years declares he never saw the
time when there was too much rain
in this favored section of Nebraska.
Thio (o mentioned luat now because
there has pome a recent complaint
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tnat rain, sent in ouncnes, is ui m
tle value to the hardy agriculturist.
The average rainfall In eastern Ne-,
braska, if the worm aimanac can
be trusted, is 24 inches per annum.
saMnm la that amount exceeded.
year after year. So far. for the
most part, farmers in utoe county
have not been driven from - their
h finnd: thera have been
times when a shortage of moisture
has burned up tneir crops, ariea up
the streams and made them radicals
in thought and example, on tne
other hand, this little sermon does
not apply to the tanner who lives
on the Iowa side of the river, where
a wide expanse of "bottom" offers
sustenance to the man who tills
the stubborn glebe, lowans wno
are "neighboring" Nebraska are not
keen abott moisture in wholesale
quantities. We must temper our
desires when we think of them and
the hillside Nebraskan at the same
time.
Tork - News-Times: President
Harding, who used to "make up" a
country daily paper at Marion, O.,
is going to make the government
employes in Washington work eight
hours instead of seven.
President Harding is a brave man.
His ears must burn fearfully, if
there is anything in the old saying.
In most offices and in nearly all
of the trades the workers put in
eight hours. It is true some of the
unions are pulling for shorter hours,
but they have not made much prog
ress. It -seems natural to work
eight hours, have eight hours for
recreation and eight for sleep.
President Harding will get abused
roundly for his attempt to make the
government employes at Washing
ton work eight hours. It ia nothing
more than right, but they do not
see it that way. They think they
should work aeven hours and get
eight hours' pay. The "Great
father" In'th White House thinks
otherwise. , -
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' Anyhow, Catch Drown.
Lincoln, Jun . To ,he Editor of
Th Be: Fred Brown, by grace of
tne ponce reporter's . Imagination
callad th "manacl man," la report
ed to nave again fled to Lincoln, in
an automobile atolen In Benson.
They say ha drove boldly down, only
a few rods back of State Sheriff Gua
Hyer. And, aa th rumor flaw, it
finally grew Into th story that Brown
rod the entire distance perched on
tha apare tire at the rear of Ous'
automobile. -Tha
Brown hunt I rapidly devel
oping Into an opera bouff. Officers
found a little bag of lollipops, or
"all-day suckers. ' in one car be
lieved to have ben abandoned by the
desperado. Another time It waa dla
covered that he had been feeding hi
desperate spirit en cinnamon buns.
Brown appears to b "playing"
Omaha Sundaya to Wedneadaya and
Lincoln Thursdays to Saturdays of
each week. JULIUS KRANZER. .
Poking Fun at Business Women.
Omaha, June 12. To the Editor
of The Bee: Now that women are
full-fledged membera of tha Cham
ber of Commerce, one wonders what
Is going on in the minds of some of
the staldeat male members. .
Whether rules will have to be
amended with respect to smoking
either less for the men or granting
carte blanche to the women to puff
their own.
i Whether a ladies' parlor, rouge
and Hp stick will not be added next
to the suite of smoking rooms,
equipped with cuspidors.
Whether attention will not be dis
tracted from the eloquent speaker
at the public affairs luncheon by
the atartling millinery or cosmetic
arrangement of the lady to his right
And mirrors! Dear commlaaloner,
go heavy on the order for more
mirrors!' . A GIRL MYSELF.
Lincoln County Reduction Meeting.
North Platte. Neb.. June 5. To
the Editor of The Bee: In spite of
the competition of a circus and a
commencement exercise comprising
several ' hundred people . from the
entire county, the tax reduction at
the court house at North Platte was
a rousing success. J. H. Edmlsten,
chairman of the progressive state
committee. Introduced ex-Senator
Otto Mutz of Lincoln, who for more
than an hour addressed the splendid
audience on the subject of tax re.
duction.
The people who heard the ad
dress were enthusiastic ror tne lm
mediate organization of a county
tax reduction club and the vote to
effect such an organization was
unanimous. W. M. Lyman of North
Platte was by unanimous vote
elected president. Mrs. Charles Per
kins of North Platte was elected
secretary and J. W. Shoop, cashier
of the Maxwell bank, was eiectea
treasurer. ' ;
Mr. Mutz address was full of the
most startling facts, taken from si
lent witnesses in the form of re
ports of state1 officers, and the facts
as they were written in the laws.
He stated that first direct cause of
high taxes will be found in the fact
that only haif or the property oi tne
state is being assessed. He said that
Douglas and Lancaster counties hide
more merchandise -than is assessed
in tlie entire state.v" .He also elated
that wVifla wa lanve tn the tate 44
district ludges at salaries of $5,oio,!
each rendering for 10 months, m tne
year, one of the justice courts of
Lancaster county has more live
judgments on Its dockets than the
entire state assessed in J920. :. He
also said that while the banks of
the state in their, quarterly state
ments returned under oath "depos;
its subject to check 'and time de
posits, 1513,458,755,' - tne- enure
state returned under " "money in
banks, trust companies or deposit
boxes" only $12,458,736,- and while
the banks returned under "loans
and discounts" $509,000,000 the en
tire state returned for assessment
under notes. $4,105,053. He said
that while the entire state assessed
under "secured . and unsecured
notes" only $1,963,432, the records
of the county clerks of the state
showed new mortgages assessed
$1,963,432 and the records of the
clerks of the state snowed new
mortgages filed during the last 12
months amounting? to S140.000.000,
He designated as the crime of
Senate File 65 the revenue reform
measure passed by the last session"
of our legislature that exempts
more than $2,000,000,000 of the best
property of the people of : Nebraska
from taxation. He explained that
75 cents out of every dollar of
money, stocks in corporations not
assessed in the state, building and
loan shares, notes, chattel mort'
gages and annuities under this law
is exempted from taxation ana that
the owner is required to pay tax on
only 25 cents. Under this law he
complains that the farm worth
. ' Opinion of State and Nation
drink
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Aak far Jattsr't al tfia
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drink atrlor.
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SSytan inOmaha,
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Say Ben-Gavaf an ,1rtt. I
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THOS. LEEMTNO & CO.. NEW YORK
THE LAW'S DELAY! BREED COX-
, TEMPT,
from th BirmiBiktm M
Tha other day one of th Alabama
papers carried, an ' account of th
third reversal of a rasa, snd there
was also another trial In which the
verdict of th Jury waa st aaid.
Four trials In thr yar In a horn!-
eld ca each trial a conviction
and th aceuaed still his not nn
sivn punishment! Is It any won
der undr such conditions that thr
i a very prevalent feeling that our
laws are but labyrinths into wnicn
the socuaad ntr under pilotage of
criminal lawyers, to emerge finally
st some unexpected and concealed
ntranc. and than to xprs thalr
uttar contempt and defiance at our
system 7
. In England a man who Is arrested
on a homicide eharse gate a trial
Inslda of two wka. Not a mere pre
liminary trial; but he faces th gal
lows If It is murder, or the peniten
tiary if It is a lesser crime. The eas
Is triad In leae than a wek; th work
la expedited. Ther ar two appeals
open to him, and both of the ar
usually oleared up Insld of three
weeks, and he Is either hanged, freed
or sent to begin his sentence- Insld
of another two wks.
Th result la there are fewer homl-
eldaa In all England than ther ar
In th Birmingham district In a year's
time.
Britishers ar noticeable for their
rerpect for th law. It la a vital, a
living and a sacred thing to them,
but the reason It Is thus regarded ta
because it has compelled respect for
it. It has refused to shackle tta
judge and practically turn th
court over to the lawyers. It haa
set at doing substantial justice, and
it accomplishes just that. over
there a man knows that if he kills
another man without mighty good
excuse his neck will pop at the end
of a noose, and pretty quickly.
THE RADIO LANGUAGE.
Fram tb Tolade Bind.
Said Mr. Jones to Mr. Smith:
"Wasn't the static fierce last
night?"
"Was it!" said Mr. tsmun to Mr.
Jones. "I'll say it was! Between the
atmospherics and the harmonics the
resultant jamming was ghastly. My
super -heterodyne receiver went
plumb . to the bad and I fiddled
away hours with the non-inductive
resistance and a variable Induct
ance." . Said Mr. Jones to Mr. Smith:
"I think - I'll have to get a new
beverage wire. I haven't had a syn
chronous spark for a week that was
$20,000 must be assessed at $20,000,
but if the owner had his farm con
verted into $20,000 In money the
money would be assessed for Just
$5,000.
Mr. Mutz presents his argument
for revenue reform on the highest
plane of patriotism.. He insists that
In spite of the fact that every mem
ber of the senate was a republican
and 26 of them voted for the law of
exemption it must not now be
treated as a political question. The
bill was passed in the house by a
majority of 57 votes. It waa signed
by a republican speaker and a re
publican governor and, . in spite of
the fact that the property exempt
by the law is the property of the
rich men of the state it must not
now be treated in a partisan spirit.
He says that there is a great army
of republicans who. are just aa de
serving of a revenue law. that will
bring every dollar -of the 'property
to the assessment rolls, and compel
every tax dodger either to reform or
move from' the- state as any citizen
of the state,'' and that because their
representatives' failed to represent
that this is no excuse, for partisan
r i . - i : .. . .
auuac. f - v," . ;
The exemptions under Senate File
65 absolutely exempt; more than
$2,000,000,000 from taxation. Seven
years ago a law was passed In Ne
braska that exempts from taxation
real estate mortgages amounting at
this time. to $509,000,000 and the
supreme court by a recent decision
exempted $73,000,000 of county,
precinct, village, city, school dis
trict, drainage, irrigation and other
bonds from taxation and the total
of exemptions in the state amount
to as much as the entire assessed
value of property in the etate. If
we will assess this property along
with the farms and the homes we
will divide every man's tax by two.
This is our purpose, It is the de
mand of every man who Will ap
proach the . subject in a ' spirit ' of
fairness. The right to protection of
government is support of govern
ment, and that support must come
through- the payment of a Just share
of the taxes of the state. There is
no room in Nebraska, where our
great seal is "Equality Before the
Law," for a tax " dodger, - and it
makes little difference whether he
dodges the payment of his Just taxi
by legal exemption or by refusal to
assess it. J. H. EDMISTEN.
decent. Quar thing, though, I waa
liatenlng for sparks about tl o'clock
and switched for continuous wave
reception, and who should I plrk up
but 7X11. I!svn't caught him in
era"
Bald Mr. Smith to Mr. Jonas:
"I've eome to the notion thst my
sntennae aren't reaching high
nough. My notion la that with a
fundamental of S00, excited with a
strait ht gap, I ought to get about
anything I want from tl up. Bay,
you ain't got an oaeillatlng trane
former among your xtra, have you?
Nor Well, so long, IGH."
Said Mr. Jonas to Mr. Imlth:
"8o long. Tl."
IXECTIOX DAY FATTER.
rr.n tb Ntiltsvlli (Wis) Tree.
Election day isn't whst it used to
be. Them osyi is gone forever.
Since women fot to voting there is
no pep in flection day. One can go
down the street snd see two or three
women stsnding on the corner iwsp
ping a line of convtrutioa some
thing like this:
"Why, hello, dearie. You do look
too sweet this morning. And where
did you get your new half It U a
darling and makes yon look so
young."
And "Call me up some dsy and I
will give you a new recipe for devil's
food. It it juit delicious."
A great line of talk for election
days. In years gone by the topic of
conversion wst; "Whst have you
got on your hip?"
"Have a little nip on me and vote
for John Jones. He is a good fellow
and a free spender." But those days
teem si far in the dim put at the
time when Nero tried to play jess
on b one-stringed fiddle.
Money to Loan on
Omaha Real Estate
At Loweit Intereit Rate
Six Per Cent has been our interest
charge since April 1st, 1917,' on all
loans.
Easy Repayment Plan
. $1.05 per month pays principal and
interest for each $100.00 borrowed.
. Reduced Cost of Obtaining Loan
,. $1.00 for each $100.00 borrowed.
Conservative
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