Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-06
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sympathy Mixed with Nationality.
BRUNING, Jan 6.-To the Editor Of
The Bee: In the letterbox column OF The
Bee ] read a letter signed Caesar
RegazzL" ! did not read George GOWNS
letter therein in question, but from the
tone Of Caesar Regazzrs letter it would
seem that both these gentlemen have
too much nationality mixed up with their
sympathy. II we as loyal citizens OF
the United States would not set national
ity aside. what would become OF our
families where there Is a German father
and an English mother or vice versa?
As true citizens of the United States we
must set all nationality aside when we
want TO talk about European troubles.
and must form our opinions on the past
for q foundation.
! an OF German descent. born i'm the
stste of Illinois, before this country was
a united government and to bring this
about has cost the country many a
young mans life, left many a poor widow
with helpless children to mourn and made
many men cripples for life, while the
cost in dollars and cents could not be
estimated. What stand did Great Britain
take in that war? Why should we SYM
pathize with q country that did all It
could to keep us from uniting under one
government. Caesar Regazzi mentions also
that Great Britain has been friendly TO
us OF late years, but whenever Great
Britain has been friendly to us Il has
been like feeding a mouse with bait on
a trap. think the most sympathy in this
country for Great Britain is agitated by
English capital interested in corpora
tions here more than by the people.
IL Is also said that IL Germany had as
many Africans as England, she would
also make use OF them In this war But
It Is certainly no credit for a country to
rule over a large body of uneducated
people and. then use them In war, but
that is England's way Of doing. and had
Johnny Bull known a year ago what he
knows now, he would not have made
the slightest effort TO stop this war. As
II is. we can be thankful that we have
some one at the helm OF government that
will see that the United states stays out
and also that our commerce is not throt-
tied. l. DITIs.
wants Receiverships for Railroads.
HAMPTON. Jan. $50 the Editor of
The Bee; Who is this mysterious SYM
pathy solicitor for the railroads which
read in The Sunday Bee? 1t does not
sNem to me they should be so finan-
cially hard pressed with the enormous
grain they have had to haul. and stock
OF all kinds-more than ever before
Every train Is heavily loaded. both GO
ing and coming, and the same with the
passenger trains. except a few bobtail
local trains.
Now. IL the railroads could not make
goodly dividend in a good crop year
like 1914. when do they expect to? In
the first place they should learn to fol-
low Louis d. Brandeis' advice TO adopt
a more economic arrangement dare
say that II farmer would run his farm
in such a reckless manner he would
not have farm in less than five years.
Who are the railroads most bitter enc
mics? Their own employees. They have
agitated the general public all over the
whole kingdom in many different ways.
Did you ever know a Isilroad company
to do anything without the law to force
them? We do not have a state COM
fnerre and interstate commerce commits
sion to force the farmer to stay in his
place. These are all an expense to the
taxpayer. to which the railroads them
serves help contribute
II is fact that the railroads can
scarcely get a fair trial IN any court
any more. but this is all brought about
through their own employees. and the
company has upheld them in a great
many cases. If the railroads would
weed out this kind of employees and
adopt some kind Of profit-sharing plan
and q merit system they would not
have, to come TO the public on their
knees and ask for olemency.
Furthermore, IL more of the railroads
we're managed by receivers the public
would have better service. for IL has
ever been known that the receivers
which the courts have appointed have
pulled them through the greatest diff
culties, and yet the public wonders why
railroad managers at great salaries can
not do the same I'm for receivers for
railroads so that we may get better
service. STEPHEN S. BITTICK.