Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-18
Dual CitisenshIp.

OMAHA. South side. Feb. Ito the
Editor OF The Bee: Having been a
reader OF your paper for more than
twenty years, may ask your indulgence
for a short space In your Letter BoxT'
For the past year OF more have read
this column with much pleasure, and not
a little awe.
Some OF your correspondents. II under
stand them correctly. have infused into
their writings the principle that dual
citizenship was right and proper leaving
IL 10 each individual 70 be the solo
Judge in the matter. Let us analyze
this a little and see II II will bear out
such theory Webster says that dual
means two" and citizen" amy ma
tive-born or naturslized inhabitant OF n
country" Putting these together we can
formulate but the one definition TO dual
citizenship: viz. native-born or nat
uralized inbabitant Of a country, who
believes in the theory OF holding citizen
ship In two countries at the same time
Applying 20 this great commonwealth,
what can be said in its favor7 The four
teenth amendment TO the Constitution
says. who are citizens natural and by
naturalization, and gives power to con-
gress TO make all laws necessary TO carry
out It's provisions. Congress has seen lit
TO say that all naturalized persons shall
renounce all allegiance to king prince or
sovereign TO which they have been a
subject. But what Is meant by renounce?
Our same authority says. ITO declare
against, to reject. to give up" In view
of all this. can any citizen, even by i'm
plication. support such a theory and say
he Is a member of and belongs to this
commonwealth? ] for one am forced to
say nay; for I see In It the breeding and
fostering OF discomfort. dlscord, lawiess-
ness and enarchy. which will finally
bring about untold trouble to this
country. CIINKER.
OF Prices Hero aid Abroad.
NORTH LoUP. Neb.. Feb. ITO the
Editor Of The Bee: Some OF our political
antagonists were telling us a couple of
years ago that the electrical water power
resources OF this state do not amount to
much. The independent oil companies
have been swallowed up by the big oil
trust and to force congress to open more
oil fields for speculation and exploitation
by those spectators. they are trying to
horOo SFuue OIL up 10 " per barrel. making
price on gasoline of 20 cents per gallon,
thinking that the many people who are
using automobiles will universally de-
mand that the new fields shall be opened
to supply that demand.
That Is another trick of the oil trust
and the so-called independent companies
to drive the people peil-msll to the sup
port OF that issue. before the real trick
may be discovered.
We have been told very recently that
the increase in the consumption of oil
in 1915 over 1914 was quite large per
cent. and with the excessive exports the
price has gone up. Have you ever thought
OF It. that the oil that is being exported
represents a surplus, and In selling that
surplus the price at home IL raised suffi-
GENTLY TO purchase the surplus twenty
times over? That is. while the oil trust
lie selling 81 worth Of oil abroad in dis
posing OF that 81 worth the reduction Of
that surplus raises the price at home and
they get $50 OF profit here because Of
selling the surplus abroad.
WALTER JOHNSON.