Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 18, 1916, Page 4

T, Holding the Negro in the South. Shortage of labor in the north and west parts\ of the United States has resulted in a very con- siderable “migration of negroes from southern states in the last year and a half. So serious has this movement become that the southern plantation owners see their supply of cheap la- bor threatened, and they are now energetically THE OMAHA DAILY BEE FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER. VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETOR. Entered at Omaha postoffice as second-class m-u-‘r, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. By Carri By Mail Phicns . por manth, pe:yu.r‘ bestirring themselves to keep the negro in the Daily and Sunday [ $6.9 | south. One of the noteworthy effects of the ex- odus is that it has led Georgians to admit the er- ror of their habit of lynching negroes on the least provocation. The Atlanta Constitption even sug- gests that for the future the matter of punishing offenders be Ielv! to the courts, so that a negro may feel sure he will not be hanged for some act that would ordinarily be punished by a few days in jail at most. At the same time we have the spectacle of Senator Vardaman offering a resolution in the United States senate, asking that the supreme court be requested to pronounce on the sufficiency of the vote' by which the Fourteenth and Fif- tenth amendments to the Constitution of the United States were adopted. The honorable gen- tleman from Mississippi, who will find the names of some negroes on the list that stretches between his and that of Jefferson Davis, doesn’t approve of the civil rights regulations under which the negro is assured of his constitutional liberties. He is anxious to have the negro remain in Mis- sissippi to till the fields, but not to vote. An industrial as well as a political emancipa- i 254 '’ Sunday Bee only.. 20e. y1¢ Daily ‘and Sunday fhreo years In advance, 31 .. Send motice of change of address or irregularity in " livery to Omaha Bee, Circulation Department. REMITTANCE. Remit by draft, expreas or postal order. Only 2-cent stamps taken in payment of small accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha and castern exchange, not accepted. OFFICES. Omaha—The Bee Bullding. r South Omaha—2318 N street. Council Bluffs—14 North Maln street. Lincoln—526 Little Bullding. Chicago—818 People's Gas Bullding. New York—Room 503, 286 Fifth avenue. St. Louls—503 New Bank of Commerce. Washington—725 Fourteenth street, N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Address communications relnlln{, to news and editorial matter to Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. NOVEMBER CIRCULATION. 55,483 Daily—Sunday 50,037. Dwight Willlams, cireulation manager of The Bee Publishing company, being duly sworn, says that the average circulation for the month of November, 1916, was 55,483 daily, and 50.037 Sunday. DWIGHT WILLIAMS, Circulation Manager. Bubscribed in my presence and sworn to before me 1 this 2nd day of December, 1 : a 4 RLSON, Notary Public. Subscribers leaving the city “.’.n;n‘, tion is awaiting the south, and when it comes a should have The Bee mailed to them. - better day will have dawned for Dixie. dress will be changed as often as required. Omaha and the Grade Crossings. One detail of our municipal life to which the visiting expert on city planning and management has called attention is the unprotected grade Speaking of food blockades, the subsea raid- ers are some blockaders. King Corn’s pre-eminence among cereal mon- | crossing. This, however, will hardly be credited archs warrants the higher distinction of emperor. | to him as an original discovery; others have noted — and deplored the fact for lo, these many years. § Washington, no doubt, will appreciate the re- | From time to time The Bee has raised a protest ' newed evidence of good will supplied by Villa's | against the unprotected grade crossing, and still ; firing squads. is persistent in its efforts to secure relief that is ’ e——— all too slow in coming. No town in Nebraska It is already evident that the state and county pie counters are unequal to the demands of the famished favorites. has been so neglected, either by its own authori- ties or by the railroads, as has Omaha. In no other community in the state will be found such crossings as those over the Belt Line or the Elk- horn tracks in the north and west parts of the city. For years these have stood without gates, flagmen, or similar devices to secure safety, and the public has and yet uses them at its peril, with now and then a fatdlity to denote the neg- ligence of some one. Nor does much of consola- tion flow from the fact that viaducts long ago ordered to carry roadways over dangerous cross- ings have been delayed by reason of the inter- vention of our city planning board, figuring with the railroad involved to secure something in lieu of the bridge the courts said must be built. No matter from whence comes the impetus, the city will be the gainer when the dangerous grade crossing is eliminated. l Those would-be bankers whose applications for bank. charters were turned down evidently neglected to “see” Art Mullen. The sudden and sweeping trimming of stock gamblers reminds the spectator that peace car- ries a few horrors in its pockets. The first and biggest job awaiting the coming food dictator of Great Britain is to insure the freedom of the fodder on the seas. Omaha’s pull as a convention city grows as its charms and . hospitality become more widely known. King Ak and his handmaid, Publicity, perform wonders in that line. More power to their glad hands. Future Source of Oil. For those who foresee the exhaustion of the oil fields of the United States a recent bulletin from the United States Geological survey con- tains some comfort. Investigation made of the great shale bodies in western Colorado and east- ern Utah has established the existence of a source of oil supply that is beyond that already dis- covered. It may be that future finds will post- pone the utilization of these shale beds, but when the time does come, they are waiting to be tried out and put to use. Careful tests made show that kerosene, gasoline and all other derivatives of crude petroleum may be distilled from the shale, and that the residue is of great value as a nitro- genous fertilizer, Results are easily obtainable, and the only thing that holds back recourse to this supply is that oil from flowing wells is pro- duced cheaper at present. As to the supply, | 1f Germany had tipped off that peace message to the sports of the pits, appreciation of Teutonic foresight would have made the tickers hum with joy. As it is the exhaust of gas from the balloon smothers every thought of compliment. — . The shower of bouquets tossed at the city commissioners in the anti-Water board resolu- ' tions insures the authors reserved seats around the municipal Christmas tree and tags the prin- cipal prizes. Less than that smacks of ingrati- tude. The Russian Duma unanimously shoos the Teutonic dove out of Petrograd. For a thou- sand years the Romanoffs dreamed of an open port to the Sevén Seas. The hope of realization through the Dardanelles forbids a rude awaken- | ing at this time. it is estimated that the shale of Colorado alone will produce twenty billions of barrels 1t is pleasing to know that railroad men are | of oil, or more than five times as.much as has beeen produced in the United States up to date, while the deposits in Utah are probably as ex- tensive and just as rich. It will be some time before the United States runs out of fuel oil or gasoline, but the price may go up a little higher when it becomes necessary to distill the supply from the rock instead of having it gush forth in smelly geysers, beginning to see ample middle ground for the . settlement of disputes, If both sides put away their goggles the area of middle ground available for cultivation with reason would surprise man- agers and workers. A group of inventive congressmen propose a simple and speedy solution of the living cost problem. Raise the salaries of congressmen's secretaries from $1,500 to $2,000 a year, or give cach member a messenger at $75 per month. Either plan will fatten the congressional larder and radiate joy among constituents. S——— Elements of Cost. Chancellor Avery, talking to the farmers, made a startling showing that 2.75 cents worth of wheat is finally sold to the consumer for 25 cents when properly done up in a package of break- fast food. This looks like an enormous increase in price, but if the chancellor had traced the wheat through all the hands it passes on its way from field to breakfast table, perhaps he would have shown a reason for the addition of 2225 cents to the price, The journey begins with the local elevator, continues through the central elevator, to the factory, then to the whole- saler or distributor, to the retailer, and finally to the one who eats the food. This trip includes a railroad joarney to and from the mill or factory, interrupted several times; it involves handling by team or truck at different stages of the route; wages and taxes must be paid and profits taken by each of the several agents or “middlemen,” and to these items must be added others, such as in- surance, the cost of promotion and the like, be- fore the total is completed. Al the intricate organization of society, from the government down, is paid for out of the difference between what the farmer gets and what the eater pays. When the extent and complexity of the service requirtd is given full consideration, the wonder will be at the efficiency of the organization that achieves the result at so small a toll.« — Railroad managers are more profoundly grate- ful for federal regulation than they put into words, Its direct value is shown in uniform de- murrage charges which increases revenue any way it works. QOnly a central power could bring about uniformity and a raise of such importance to transportation companies and the public. em—— All Friendly to America | St, Louis Globe-Democrat=———— Wi recently commented on the fact that his friendliness toward and his understanding of America were assigned among the reasons for the np})oin(ment of Alfred Zimmermann as min- ister of the German foreign office to succeed Von Jagow. It is significant that the same reasons are being urged by Lord Northcliffe's papers to proye the fitness of David Lloyd George for the place_of unprecedented prestige and power he 18 to hold in the new British government. There seems to be considerable inconsistency in Lloyd George's accepting the premiership and also a place on the war council, after his insistence on the ability of Asquith to serve in both capacities, We may argue from it that the new premier is not mo&elt’overmych. But then his phenomenal career justifies his concluding that he is the natural leader in his country’s crisis. It is absurd to assume that either Lloyd George or the other three bi' men in the new cabinet have been chosen solely because of their irindliness to America. This country could pick several noted Englishmen for whom it has a ater fondness and who understand America better. But it is flattering to have the friend- liness of the chief cabinet members for America emphasized by the British press. The fact that Admiral Beatty and Earl Curzon are “sons-in- law” of America is not lost. It is always gratify- ing to know that our neighbors are trying to be considerate of our feelings. Nevertheless, these particular manifestations of friendliness will cause some anxiety, In the case of Zimmermann, for example, we are more concerned about the future submarine policy than about the amiable pers ‘V of the official who is to it with us, ¢ are also prone to think more about whether Great Britain aims 10 persist in its violations of our rights under ‘international law than about the sympathetic - understanding of our institutions manifested by . pnew cabinet members. The belligerents ow a disposition to speak politely t i ‘&h“" iy politely to America, vior, A little belated, perhaps, but still pertinent bit of advice to Christmas shoppers is to keep in mind always the established home merchants, whose shops are open the year around, to serve the needs of the community. Omaha has as fine retail stores in all lines as may be found in the country, and from these can be procured always any of the myriad things of any quality needed for holiday uses as well as for the year around. Moreover, the satisfaction of Christmas shopping will be the better for the savor of having bought from the dealer who is with you in all the other enterprises in which the city is concerned. The fund for Brownell Hall has received sev- eral substantial boosts in the last few days, and bids fair to see the campaign crowned with suc- cess. Such an undertaking might stagger a community with less of determination than Omaha, or an organization that did not feel the impulse to victory, but the committees in charge | of the work know only how to win. ; ¥ signify a great alteration in L R e HE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, ———ceeeF rank Bell, in Colliers: An observing man in a middle western city consulted a real estate operator. The real estate man advised him to put his money into a flat building three stories high containing twelve four-room flats such as were renting for $30 a month, The real estate operator offered to pro- vide the prospective investor with plans for just such a building, from one which he had himself put up and which he belicved was superior in arrangement to any other building in town be- cause it rented so readily. The thoughtful man took home a blue print of the floor plans. A few days later he came back with a maodification of them. He had figured up that each four-room apartment contained slightly more than 500 square feet; the largest room in each was ap- proximately 10x12 feet. He proposed that the architect get up a floor plan of one-room apart- ments with kitchenette and bath, and suggested that if this one room was 12x16 feet it would be possible to pat two one-room apartments into the space of one four-room apartment. The real estaté man demurted; the thoughtful man per- sisted. When the building was nearly finished the thoughtful man had the finishing touches put in one of his twenty-four apartments ahead of the rest. He went out and bought a table, a reading lamp, two chairs, a grass rug, a coffec pot, a soap dish and a bath towel and arranged them in the finished apartment. Finally he inserted an advertisement in the local paper which began something like this: “Why live in a furnished room when you can have one of our individual apartments with built-in wall bed, kitchenette with gas plate and ice box and bath for $30 a month.” There followed a sketch of the interior of one of the apartments finished. Then this conclusion: “You peedn't worry about the cost of furni- ture. We should say that at a pinch one of these apartments could be furnished for.$30. Come in between the hours of 9 and 5 on Sunday and see what can be done for that price.” This advertisement was inserted once. Before the plaster was dry every apartment in the build- ing was rented at $30 a month, with the result that the thoughtful man got $60 a month for every 500 square feet of floor space in his build- ing instead of $30 a month. It is only fair to add that the cost of the building containing twenty-four one-room apart- ments was slightly greater than the cost of a building containing twelve four-room apartments. All told, the percentage of return is slightly less than twice as great as it would have been for four-room flats. But a percentage slightly less than twice as great as other people are getting is not to be sneezed at. Why did the thoughtful man get it? The point was that he realized that the town contained an unusual number of young people earning good salaries and living alone. The ce- mand for furnished rooms was so much larger than the supply that rents were unusually high. He lived in a fourteen-room house himself, but he had the imagination to realize that if he were a young man earning $30 a week he would rather pay $30 a month-for a flat with a private bath and the opportunity of making his own coffee in the morning than $7 a week for a furnished room without these luxuries. By building one-room flats he was’ offering a substitute for furnished rooms. Four-room flats at the same price were not a substitute for furnished rooms simply ‘be- cause of the greater investment of furniture in- volved, By his object lesson he neatly emphasized the slight expense of the necessary furniture for a one-room fiat, On Producing More Boston Transcript “Produce more” is one of the various answers of Secretary Houston of the Department of Ag- riculture to the question presented by the high cost of living. Certainly if a good deal more food were produced there would be more food for the people, but whether or not the added supply would result in lower grices depends on a great many things besides the gross amount of food- stuffs produced. For the middleman, as well as for lovers, the longest way around is still the shortest way home. Tt would not advantage the consumer if production were to be increased, even greatly, if at the same time the farmer’s pro- ductions were to be made to climb the same golden stair of a dozen successive handlings and a dozen and one Rrofits on the way from the pro- ducer to the consumer, Besides, it is a great deal easier to say to the American farmer, “Produce more,” than it is to make him do it. To the considerations recom- mending superior thoroughness in cultivation and demonstrating the enormously greater production possible, a farmer has said to us: “It is all very casy for you to tell me that I should produce more to the acre than I do and for the good of the countrf' I really ought to produce more, but I will tell you what I am up against: I have to do the most of my own work on the farm, with the help of a single hired man. That involves ma- chinery to save the labor that I cannot get if I wanted to get it; this machinery consists of mow- ers, mechanical corn-planters, horse plows, cul- tivators, etc., and every one of these machines in- volves extensive, not intensive, cultivation. We two have got to spread ourselves pretty thin over a lot of land to make the farm pay. You say cultivate intensively. What does that mean? It means a row of men—or women—bending their backs over growing corn, potatoes and vegetables, It means lots of labor—and labor is exactly what we haven’t got in this country. Around the big cities you may have it, and that is where inten- sive gardening can be and is carried on. But for us fellows in about nine-tenths of the country extensive cultivation by a very few men, with ma- chines, is the onlir thing possible. Give us the labor and we will do something different.” There is a point in this objection, but our friend has not yet proved that American farmers cannot produce a great deal more, even with pres- ent resources as to labor. They are actually be- ing helped to do that by the farm management bureau of the Department of Agriculture, which Eoin\s out to farmers better varieties, better seeds. etter ways of getting crops out of the soil, all erfectly in harmony with a small force on the arm and the use of machinery. The model farms of high production, which this bureau always holds up to the farmer, are those upon which ex- actly the same force is employed that he is obliged to use on his farm. That excellent institution of agricultural advice and economy, the county agent, never advises a course which is out of reach to the farmer with his existing resources. It is not a question of labor, but of putting knowledge in the place of mere muscle. Say there is not a single additional hill of corn, and that one man’s machine prepares the ground for it, plants it, cul- tivates it, harvests it, but that single hill of corn roduces twice as many grains as before. That 1s increased production without increased labor and it is a matter of increased intelligence in man- agement. People and, Events J. B, Tattersall, who controls more cotton mills than any other man in England, began his ca- reer!.n a mill boy in Lancashire at the age of 9 ears. 3 A The oldest member of the house of repre- sentatives in the sixty-fifth congress will be Gen- eral Isaac R. Sherwood of the Ninth Ohio dis- trict, who is now in his eighty-second year. Rt. Rev. John S. Foley, Catholic bishop of Detroit, will celebrate this month the sixtieth anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood, which took place in Rome December, 20, 1856. As general manager of the London & South- western railway, Sir Herbert Walker has directed the movement of 15000 troop trains and several thousand Red Cross trains carrying the wounded since the beginning of the war. o 1916. Thought Nugget for the Day. For some must follow and some com- mand, For all are made of clay. —Longfellow. — . One Year Ago Today in the War, Ford peace party arrived at Chris- tiansand, Norway. German cruiser Bremen reported sunk in Baltic by British submarine. Great Britain sent single men of the new volunteers, from 19 to 22 years old, to the colors. Paris reported an intense bombard- ment againkt German trenches near the Oise river and effective fire in St. Mihiel region. In Omaha Thirty Years Ago. A delegation of Omaha Knights of Pythias lodge No. 26 went to Papil- lion to assist the local lodge in insti- tuting the third degree. The party was composed of Messrs. Krause, Heints, Otto Wagner, C. Brode, Gross- man, Tibke, Hartwig, Coptz, Kroege, Evarts and Boehm. The Bee acknowledges with pleas- ure the receipt of a handsome painting of Shoshone Falls from J. J. Cum- mings, manager of the Omaha Litho- graphing and Stationery company. The painting is presented as a premium to the subscribers of the Omaha Trade Review. The Board of Education has adver- tised for plans for a twelve-room school building to be erected on the high school grounds, an eight-room building at Twentieth and Izard and a twelve-room building at Twenty- eighth and Webster. Collins & Shantz, crayon artists, have made striking likenesses of Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald. Another that shows an excellent conception of light and shade is a portrait of Mrs. Belden. Mrs. Gilbert entertained about fif- teen of her friends at an old-fashioned candy pull. William Broderick of the Bmma Ab- bott company was delightfully enter- tained by Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Stephens at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Shipman, 630 South-Seventeenth. Mrs. J. L. Webster gave a reception in honor of Mrs. H. B. Willlams of New York. The women who assisted in receiving were: Mrs. N. Shelton, Mrs. Judge Dundy, Mrs. Wakeley, Miss Wakeley, Mrs. J. M. Woolworth, Mrs. Will Redick, Mrs. General Dandy and Mrs. E. 8. Dundy, jr. This Day in History. 1795—Henry Deitweiler, the father of homeopathy in the United States, born in Switzerland. Died at Easton, Pa., April 21, 1887. i 1845—8ikhs defeated by ‘British at battle of Moodkee. 1863—Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne, born. Assassinated at Sarajevo, Jume 28, 1914, 1870—Assembly of German princes presented the king of Prussia with an address requesting him to become em- peror. X 1874—An_ official reception was given King Kalakaua of the Hawaiian Islands by congress. 1887—Duke of Norfolk, special en- voy from Queen Victoria, congratu- lated Pope Leo XIII on his jubilee. 1889—Convention of delegates from Kansas, Towa, North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska met at Omaha to form a central prohibition organiza- tion. 1891—Guion Line steamship Abys- sinia, five days out from New York, burned at sea; passengers and crew rescued by the Spree. 1904—Japanese captured ‘Ki-kwan- shan forts at Port Arthur. The Day We Celebrate. L. M. Whitehead, chief clerk of the general passenger agent of the Bur- lington at Omaha, was born December 18, 1879, at Fairmont, Neb. He has been continuously with the Burling- ton since 1898. Charles L. Shook, president of the company by his name manufacturing jewelry, is today just 56 years old. He was born in Canton, O3 and has been active in lodge circles. Major Harry H. Bandholtz, Thir- teenth United States infamtry, who commanded the Plattsburgh training camp the last summer, born in Michi- gan fifty-two years ago today. Dr. Lyman Abbott, noted clergy- man, author and editor, born at Rox- bury, Mass, eighty-one years ago to- day. lybr, 8. Parkes Cadman, noted clergy- man and eloquent pulpit orator, born in England fifty-two years ago today. Francls Burton Harrison, governor general of the Philippines, born in New York City forty-three years ago today. P Nathan B. Scott, former United States senator from West Virginia, born in Guernsey county, Ohio, seven- ty-four years ago today. i Rt. Rev. John Grimes, Catholic bishop of Syracuse, born in County Limerick, Ireland, sixty-four years ago today. Tyrus R: Cobb, outfielder of the De- troit American league base ball team, | born at Royston, Ga., thirty years ago today. Mike Glover (Michael J. Cavanagh), well known welterweight pugilist, born at Lawrence, Mass, twenty-six years ago today. Timely Jottings and Reminders. Congratulations to President and Mrs. Wilson on their first wedding anniversary. Final décision on the route of the proposed Jefferson highway, from Winnipeg to New Orleans, is expected to be announced at New Orleans to- day. Carranza’s action on the protocol signed at Atlantic City by the Mexi- can-American joint commission will be submitted to the American commis- sioners by the Mexican members at a preliminary meeting to be held today at Philadelphia. Trial in the cases of Elmer E. Gal- breath, former president, and Charles H. Davis, former chairman of the board of directors of the old Second National bank of Cincinnati, is sched- uled to begin today in the United States district court at Cincinnati. Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary is to preside at a_dinner to be given to- night at the Hotel Astor, New York City, in honor of Ruth Law, who holds the record for the longest nonstop flight in America and the second long- est flight in the world. Storyette of the Day. The teacher was giving the school a little lecture on good conduct. “Avold criticising,” she said. “Don’t make a practice of finding fault with other people, or picking flaws in what they say or do.” “Teacher,” spoke up a little boy, “that's the way my father makes his livin't" “You surprise me, George! What is your father's occupation?” “He's a proofreader, ma'am.” Th teacher coughed. “Well, = George,” she said, “I make an exception in the case of your father.”—Youth's Com- panion. The Pee’ 2, LeHer: Sermonette to “Goodfellows.” Blair, Neb., Dec. 15.—To the Editor of The Bee: Once more the season is at hand when the Christian world is approaching a day that will be cele- brated. There are no days of celebra- tion or decoration that can compar with the one now drawing near be- cause of the spirit attached. of one who is'said to have “made him- self of no reputation, and took unto himself the form of a servant, made in the likeness of men and was found in the fashion of man.” The echo of this great call to ob- serve a holiday season has an agree- able effect on humanity, for it sets men thinking of others. It brings the life of the other fellow, who may be less fortunate, forcibly before us. In answer to this great call the great American hgart responds and the awakening is having its effect on the entire civilized world in a desirable and pleasing way. | Men may go forth with the best of | intent and purpose in a desire to stop carnal warfar®, but words are weak | in comparison to deeds, and the “‘goodfellow” who ‘‘makes himself of | no reputation” in assisting those less | fortunate will outshine the stars with| such action, because it follows in the| wake of the right spirit, representing | more power for good than all the| preachment of the greatest evangelists of the world. Then let us encourage this spirit of good fellowship that the newspapers | are enlarging upon. Beautiful indeed | is it to remember those less favored than we are, and may each and every reader of this paper resolve him or herself into a committee of one to do| some little act of kindness, however small, for as little drops of water make the great ocean and smallest particles of sand make the great whole of the most beautiful world of a ma- terial nature known to humanity, with action bubbling forth from the heart that may not stop wars, but it is believed will act as a powerful rac-i tor in its prevention. The heart-| beats of the goodfellow now appearing on the sarface has a mission in the business and social world of today as never before. May its vibration and pulsations radiate with the rising sun 365 times for 1917 clothed in a spirit of charity “making for itself no repu- tation,” and may the pathway of ‘“goodfellows” be strewn with flowers on the great wayside of human life, and the world will get better. Long live our “goodfellows.” T. J. HILDEBRAND. What Is a Veteran? Fremont, Neb, Dec. 15.—To the; Fditor of The Bee: The statement is| made in The Bee that an old veteran 60 years of age had cashed a check, etc. Something wrong here, sure. When your correspondent first pre- sented himself for enlistment in .1862 | and was turned down and told to wait a year or two, this man was only § years of age, and but 8 years of age when I was mustered out in 1865, at the close of the war. Something| wrong about this. Real old soldiers' are not liable to be engaged in that kind of thing and should not be charged up with such business unless an Old Soldier is guilty. The young- | est old soldier in the state is 70 years| old. P. H. WINTERSTEEN. | Wooster on Good Roads. Omaha, Neb., Dec. 15.—To the Edi- tor of The Bee: You comment this morning on the action of the Nebras- ka Farmers' congress in opposition to | the federal road law. Will you kindly | permit me to comment on the com- ments, prefacing my remarks with the statement. of the fact that L fathered | those road resolutions both in the farmers’ congress and in the state meeting of farmers’' elevator associa- tions held in this city about two weeks ago and presumably know what I am talking about. You say the farmer is the one “who pays the high cost of poor roads” and I am glad to hear you say it— not because it is true, which it is not— nobody pays for them; as a general rule our roads are good—but because you therein indirectly admit that the interests of the farmers are the chief factors in the case—the thing the farmers have always been insisting upon. I think you might now well go A spirit |- admit another truth quite evident to the mos namely, that the farmers are the st judges, at least in this matter, of what is to their in- terest. But no matter whether they | are or not, the fact remains that they think so, and no matter whether other which ou people who have been hammering them on ‘*good roads" for all these years and who live mostly in the sweat of the farmer's face like it or | not, the farmers are now acting and | will continue to act accordingly and hence these resolutions of yesterday nst the federal road law. Since you did mot publish these road resolutions of the farmers' con- | gress—though I trust vou may yet do so—let me give a brief synopsis of | them. They declare against any ap- | propriation by the legislature to meet the provisions of the federal road law; against the creation of any state high- | way commission with other than ad- visory powers; ask the legislature to { memorialize congress asking {or‘tho | repeal of the federal road law, and urge the farmers of the state generally | to send petitions to the legislature along these lines. I think the time has now fully come when these professional good roadists, from New York to San Francisco and from Omaha to Sidney, should accept the inevitable. They should have sense enough to know and to see that, 8o far as Nebraska is concerned, the farmers who have mostly been listen- ing in silence to their arguments— most of which are false or quite so- phistical—have made up their verdict and that it is against them. And, fur- ther, they will in due time find out, even if they do not now know, that the farmers of Nebraska not only do not want, but will not have, these hard surfaced roads that cost anywhere from $10,000 to $25,000 per mile, and that the consideration that they may have to help build the roads of other states without getting any of the plun- der for themselves will not shake their determination. In conclusion let me say that when the state association of farmers’ ele- vator companies two weeks ago in a practically full house declared in fa- vor of good dirt roads and against these so-called “improved,” or hard surfaced roads, there was not a dis- senting voice, and that when the farm- grs’ congress yesterday made similar declaration, though stronger and more comprehensive, there was only one dissenting voice and that of a man who was admittedly more of an auto- mobile man than a farmer. And though I am no prophet and hold no commission to speak for them, let me predict that when the Farmers’' union state convention meets here in Omaha about a month from now—an organi- zation of simon-pure farmers—they will make even stronger declarations on this road question—if that were possible—than have these organiza- tions above referred to. CHARLES WOOSTER. SMILING REMARKS. “Why did you add to that story I teld about my war bride profits?" added nothing.” hat's just it. I told you I elearod $500 and you made it $5,000."—Loulsville Courier-Journal “You seem to attach great importance to the secret ballot?" “I do. It's what enables a silent voter to claim after eclection that he voted for successful the Star. candidate.”—Washington TEAR MR.KABIBBLE, MY FIANCE,ON THE RoAD, HAS SIY ME A BOYTLE OF PERFUME. 1 ONT" P PULL ‘THE CORK OUY AND X DONY' WANY YO BREAK THE BOTYLE —WHAY SHALL ¥ Do? — LILLE- RARTHAN E ] PUSH ‘THE CORK IN TR ID‘I)D_?clor—Hn\'e you tried counting wp to Insomnia Patient—Yes, but st 40 I re- member that’s the amount of your bil, and at 80 my wife's new gown gets my goat!—Philadelphia Bulletin. Neighbor (who had heard a commotion in the Casey tenement)—What's the matter, Mrs, Casey? Are ye havin' difficulty wid yer husband? Mrs. Casey (with scorn)—Havin® difficulty wid him. Not much! He's dead aisy for me. —Baltimore American. Bo You Iiave fo from your bedside. the Stairs At Night to Answer Your Telephone? 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