Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-31
Rice as a II. G. L. Reducer.

Grand Island, Neb., Jan. 29,-To the
Editor Of The Bee: And now comes
your Mr.. Groh, Of The Bees able staff,
with his Galleries." but never word
for our southern neighbours great
cereal, rice. l have been advocating
the eating of more rice, not so much
to the lowering Of the high cost of liv-
ing, but so as to live better, conse-
quently happier and longer.
While rice Is the staple diet Of
three-fourths of the earth's inhabi-
tants, this cereal is one of the most nu-
tritious of dishes. Most people, and
especially children, like rice with
cream, and sugar and both of these
contain calories galore.
The last seasons crop was the
largest in years and the growers re-
ceived less than for three years, so
rice is really one of the cereal foods
that should retail cheaper.
In conversation with Richard
Adams, manager of PARROT & Co.,
brokers Of Portland, Ore, a few days
ago he said he had pushed rice the
last season as one of the good cereals
to cheaper the high cost Of living, but
he found that the consumer would not
take hold of 1t and that no more rice
had been sold in his territory this sea-
son than in former years. He said our
people want something already pre-
pared and partly digested, as many of
the so-called breakfast foods, and
whether they are heavily charged with
calories or contain none at all 1t Is
the preparedness that they are partial
too-no trobule to get ready the break
fast handout. MONROE TAYLOR.
. Gender Help Wanted.
z Scottsbluff, Jan. $50 the Editor
Of The Bee: II hen is an ut" and
she's not She" how ever on earth
can a rooster be "he?" Pm sorely
perplexed and my soul is much vexed;
/ appeal to the grammar class, reading
The Bee; inanimate things that do not
have wings get mixed in my gram.
mar and causes stammer. / have
loved the old hen since l can't tell
you when; If we do her injustice,
then who will defend her, II we don't
know a "she" from an old neuter gen.
der. J. F. WEYBRIGHT.
More on the Subject Of School Land.
Oxford, Neb., Jan. 2s.-To the Ed
tor of The Bee. There is an honest
difference Of opinion as to whether 1t is
best to sell our school lands and there
is no doubt that q majority who favor
the sale as we'll as those who oppose
are actuated by what they believe to
be for the best interests of the state.
1t is a noticeable fact that most of
the opposition comes from a commu-
nifty where there are no school lands
for sale, where they have not the OPP
portunity to feel the wrong of the
state holding those lands out of the
market On the other hand we find
that those favoring the sale are mostly
those who know something first hand
of the blighting effects, especially on
the school districts wherein those lands
are situated, of the state becoming a
land speculator.
L. j. Quinby suggests that the sale
of school lands would be in the inter-
est of land grabbers and advertise the
state as backward in civilization. The
reverse is true. Where the present
method encourages that the school
lands should bring to the renter all the
profit possible without conserving their
future usefulness the sale would en-
courage home building. prevention of
soil waste, school Improvements and
more populated community.
That the state should hold land for
speculation is no less harmful to the
community where the land is situated
than for individual Spectators to hold
land out of the market There is an OPP
portunity to tax and well tax the in
dividual while the states goes free. The
states prosperity lies in numerous and
prosperous home builders who are
gladly willing to contribute to Its sup
port.
1t is claimed by those opposed to the
sale of the school lands that they have
the good of our public schools at heart.
The very same argument is made by
those who favor the sale. This shows
there can be an honest difference of
opinion. The legislature two years
ago did much to strengthen the farm
ers' demand for sale, when they, after
dividing measely one-fourth of the
state money among the school dis
tricts- opportioned the three-fourths,
together with all fines and licenses of
the county, according to the daily av-
erage attendance in our schools To
illustrate its working my school dis
trict, with twelve high school students,
had their tuition raised SO is per
cent and then the opportionment for
those twelve students was confiscated
by the town school, Nor Is that all.