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Word for General Wood.

| Geneva. Neb., Jan. 13.-To the
Editor Of The Bee: Max Scott
writes against the candidacy of
General Wood for president on the
republican ticket, and like many an
other. bases his objection to the
general on the fact that he. is a
military man. Now il General Wood
Is military man, then almost any
man that could be nominated would
De military man. President Nc.
kinley was then military man. So
| also was the greatest president this
country has known for many, many
years, Theodore Roosevelt. Gen
eral Wood began his career as a
practicing physician, and in that he
made great success, He began his
military career as a medical officer
in the army, and his ability was
soon recognized by Roosevelt, and
ne was advanced rapidly. General
Wood has shown his administrative
ability In Cuba, and if he is nomina-
ted for the presidency, which l sin
cerely hope he will be, he will be
elected by great majority and the
country Will then have a man at its
head who Is 400 per cent American
and q man who will consider Amer
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fact, we will have a man similar in
every respect to Roosevelt, and one
who will fear no man and who can
not be dictated to by any group of
poiitlcians. W. NJ. PURGE.
Does Not Agee With Mr.. Baker.
Edgar, Neb.. Jan. IS, 1919.-To the
Editor Of the Bee: I have been read
ing an article in The Bee written by
Ray Stannard Baker, headed "Un.
healthy Condition Among Workmen
the Real Cause for Unrest" Now it
looks to me that MFR. Baker is writ
ing more in the interest Of the sa.
loon and the liquor interests than to
better the condition Of the laboring
man, and his article has the tone Of
radical, for he says deportation of
the radicals Is not a cure, [ suppose
he would leave them here to work
up conspiracy to overthrow the
government I say il these ignorant
foreigners cannot live here and be
peaceable they should every one of
them be sent back where they came
from.
Speaking Of the workmen at Gary
ne says few are Americans, highly
skilled and we'll paid, own
ing their houses and have a few
shares Of stock, in the corporation,
but the majority are unskilled for
e1gners-there are AZ different ma
tionalities. speaking 20 or 80 diff
ferent languages. The majority of
them work II hours day and seven
days in a week. would ask Mr..
Baker how many successful farmers
there are in this country that does
not work ~ hours a day and seven
days in a week? He says the work
in the steel industry is hard and
they cannot stand it to work so
many hours day. Well. II after
they find that the work is harder
than they can stand let them quit
and get out in the country where
work is easy and be a producer in
stead Of consumer. I know of
poor foreigners who have come to
this state with no money and in
few years have got to own so acres
of land and were we'll fixed But
they made 1t by hard work and
economy, not by laying around sa-
looms spending their money during
the days when they were not at
work.
Mr.. Baker says prohibition is a
cause of unrest. Here Is where he
gets In his work for the liquor in
terest. He would have plenty of
saloons In these manufacturing
towns, so the WORKMAN would have
a place to spend their money and
drown their trouble and their chill
dren go in rags. He says alcohol
is the great deadener Of human
trouble and human ambition. I
agree with him on this one point,
but the workman that gets soused
with it is not in shape for the next
days work.
A READER OF THE BEE.