Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-05
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street Car Suixance.
OMAHA. Feb. a-To the Editor Of The
Bee; Omaha is not getting the full ae-
vantags Of its pay-as-you-enier street
cars. ami Il is the fault. not Of the street
car company. but Of the people The
chief fault is that 80 many people. as
soon As the seats are filled. enter the
car and plant themselves near the rear
door; that is. those VINO do not stand
in the vestibule do this. The result Is
congestion at the entrance and q va
cancy In the aisle and thu front Or.
perhaps. the aisle win be filled half way
up. Some one has come In with a COM
panion. the latter gets a seat and the
other stands by as II on guard. stopping
up the way and holding the pack OF
people in the rear.
As . matter Of fact the front Of these
cars should invariably be filled first
Passengers should walk to the front on
entering and fill the seats and standing
room there. so that II any crowding has
to be dons II will be more equally dis
tributed. The company has gone to the
trouble Of hanging signs about the mid
die Of the cars requesting patrons TO use
the front exit. but here again people
often refuse to avail themselves OF these
facilities and discommote. not only
ethera but themselves. by plowing their
way out through the rear doors
The conductors as a rule display re-
markshle patience In vainly trying to get
passengers to step up in front" or use
the front exits. These cars are very con-
venient end very popular. but they could
be made doubly so IL only the people
would use them properly.
FAIR PLAY.
why People Can't Buy at Home.
KEARNEY, Neb., Feb. 2-To the Editor
of The Bee: ] believe that it's about
time the merchants of the towns and
cities get together for the purpose Of
trying to find a reason why 80 many
people. especially the laboring class and
farmers. do not patronixe the home town
instead Of mail order houses. II Is high
time that they should look into this. TO
find the cause. then set about to remedy
It. II In this next decade or two Of
years people continue to increase In
patronixing the catalogue houses the
business men will gradually lose out.
The backbone Of the towns are the
isboring people and the farmers. II Is
they who generally have the large faIni-
lies to provide for.
One reason why so many people send
off TO mail order houses is because of
H. "a -. rxs1a.s
seeing their customer Is not rs up-to-date
as could be. forget to be courteous and
kindly. They perhaps think 1t makes no
difference. but that's were they get
fooled. Rather than be treated that way
they send their money off to catalogue
houses. s. z. NJ.
Jcstifying the Taft Administration.
LINCOLN. Neb., Feb. Ito the Editor
of The Bee: In q recent Issue OF the
Ainsworth star-Journal. John N. Cotton.
It's editor. gives his reasons why he Is
for La Toilette and against President
TAFT He attempts to Justify his stand
and starts out By saying, This paper
has given to President Taft most loyal
support. We believe that In the main
1.-The history Of the future viii justify the
lTaft administration. but the people Of to-
day do not" And after such a declara-
ltion Mr.. Cotton acknowledges that he
proposes to help defeat the president
In the present political controversy one
fact stands out prominently. and that Ia
that II In President Taft against the
field. In this fight the field believes that
President Tan "a wrong and that they
are right am surprised that any news
lpaper man. admitting that President
Taft 10 right and that the future will
justify the Taft administration" VIII ar
ray himself on the side OF wrong and
attempt 10 defeat what he acknowledge
lis right just because he thinks the ''peo'
lple OF today do not justify the admin
istration Of President Taft
The country press Of Nebraska have
lbeen frequently alluded to as ''the mould
lers OF public opinion" and Il has beer
with considerable pride that have beer
lone Of them. but when a newspaper mar
of the standing OF Mr.. Cotton comes ou
and says that he win go back on a mar
whom he believes right just because the
: people think he Is wrong. feel thai
: newspaperdom has been given a black
eye in the region Of the solar plexus. II
Mr.. Cotton believes that President Taft
has given the country an administration
which ''the future Will justify" IL Is biz
duty as q '.moulder OF public opinion" tS
attempt to educate the readers Of his
paper to the same belief. No newspaper
man can believe one thing and publish
the opposite and retain the respect Of hi
: readers p. o. HAhkoWs.
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