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Omaha daily bee., 1921-07-11
Smugslers' Bargains.

Whatever satisfaction may have been obtain
ed by the recovery of several hundred dollars
from sellers Of bogus sealskins, still the fact
that they were feeced must still rankle in the
hearts OF those Omahans who paid out good
money for cat fur and rabbit skins The story
OF deserting from the British navy and of having
smuggled rare goods Of many kinds, from cloth
to Japanese knckknacks is almost as old as
that of the Spanish prisoner
Yet the five confidence men in sailor uni
forms are said to boast of having taken in $20,-
600 during short stay in Omaha They merely
took advantage Of the hope that rises eternal in
the most hardened human breast OF getting
something for nothing or much for little. Who
is not touched by the suggestion that he is be-
ing let in on the inside of good thing? Even
business men seem to have been taken in by this
swindle in furs, and the jolly tars, when seen
in Grand Island, boasted of having worked two
Office buildings here in addition to the stock
yards and automobile row.
1t is hardly to be believed that the purchasers
of these fake seaskins and silver fox furs con-
tributed to the income of the pretended snug
glers because of their devotion to the democratic
principle of free trade and opposition to the
tariff. 1t was simply case of putting one over,
but the next time any of the victims want tc
purchase furs, he will go to a reputable store
where he can conduct his dealings in something
more than whisper, and be sure of getting,
if not special concession, square deal.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-07-11
Adjournment, Not Settlement.

Agreement between the house and senate
on the naval appropriation bill means that at
present certain things that are very necessary
will not be done. 1t may be prudent to post
pone the action, but the future will demand
the carrying out of certain plans that are now
put over. We are not coming Immediately into
condition where the navy will be done away
with; for the matter Of that, the bill contains
ample provisions for the support of navy Of
considerable dimensions. What it has done is
to ignore the pressing needs Of that navy for
proper maintenance. On the Pacific coast from
the Panama canal to Puget Sound there is no
dock that will accommodate a hrst-class battle
ship. At Balboa and at Bremerton accon1rnoda-
tions are afforded the mighty vessels of the Pa
cifc fleet, but nowhere in between, and the dis
tance separating these ports is greater than from
New York to Liverpool Whether the navy yard
goes to Alameda very proper place for it
or to some other California city, one will have
to be provided. This need was made apparent
long before the war; it is not an outgrowth OF
the war, but experience has emphasized the
necessity of making adequate provision. Need
for saving money exists now, and always has,
but prudence and wisdom alike endorse expedi-
ture that means economy in the long run.
What is true of the naval base is true of some
other items that have been cut out. The agree
ment on the appropriation bill has only put off
a settlement.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-07-11
Stoking the Solar Furnace.

It is an interesting picture Prof. T. ]. j..
See presents for the contemplation of a world
that is hot enough without further cause tor
excitement He shows us how the sun is being
stocked BY Saturn and Jupiter, until it resembles
the Babyonian furnace which was prepared TOR
the reception OF Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-
nego. The meteorc fuel which, according to
astronomers, falls into the sun in an amount
equal in mass to that of the moon each cen
tury, is accelerated by the approaching conjunc-
ton Of the two great planets, whose majesty
causes undue commotion in interstelar space,
and there you have it. Sun spots be jiggered,
and the o1d-time notion that solar heat came
from contraction of the solar mass be blowed.
lust as the furnaces here on earth are kept up
to seryiceable heat, so are those of Old Sol,
and we may note further analogy. Even as
the inefficient or overworked fireman is inclined
to cram the firebox too full of fuel, and thus en-
gender too great degree OF heat so do the
celestial firemen, by union Of effort, build too
big blaze and sccrch the earth unnecessarily.
Having assrnilated this thought, the class may
turn its attention to wondering what will hap
pen when the supply of meteors runs short, and
the sun is required to look elsewhere for fuel,
even as the motor industry is now spying
around for a substitute for gasoline.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-07-11
Armistice for Ireland.

A respite for the Irish is gained through the
agreement reached between the royal authority
and the representatives of Sim Fein, by which the
acts OF violence that have disturbed the island are
to be suspended. No time is fixed for the expira-
ton of the truce, and all will hope it never ends.
What basis may be adopted for the final settle
mcnt will come out Of the conferences now pro-
crossing, between the Irish leaders and the Bri-
tsh government. Dominion home rule seems
to be most that is likely to be granted; autonomy
in all home matters, with the parliaments of the
north and south dealing with affairs that properly
belong to the divisions they represent, and gen.
eral Irish affairs directed by council which shall
have limited veto power over the acts of the two
parliaments and control of the general exche-
quer. Something short of this may be adopted
but the compromise between the republicans and
the unionists to be durable should have the
broadest possible foundation With measure
of home rule such as is granted the overseas
dominons of the empire, and the retention Of
the island as an integral part of the empire, Ire
land will have progressed to point of inde-
pendence that is fairly satisfactory to Canada,
Australia, New Zealand and South Africa Some
distinct advantages are discernible in this, for
both England and Ireland, and these may bulk
big enough to offset any sacrifice the republicans
are making in foregoing their program for abso-
lutte separation. If the Irish people are finally
agreed among themselves, and the British gov
ernrent finds it easy to grant what is asked,
most happy issue is at hand
Omaha daily bee., 1921-07-11
Atterbury Rocks the Boat.

Alongside the warning from union leaders
10 the railroad men, cautioning them agains.
runaway" strikes, the Pennsylvania railroad
management serves notice on all and singular
that it intends to deal with its own labor in its
own way. Decisions from the wage board or
the !. c. c. on the terms of employment will
not be needed. further than is for the convent
ence Of the company, and then only because it
is convenient and not as recognition Of the
right of the government or any of its agencies
to prescribe what may or may not be done by
the Pennsylvania in the matter of dealing with
its employees Especially does the great corpora.
ton decline to deal with any of its men as mem-
bers Of brotherhood, union or any other form
Of association, save as provided by the manage.
ment
Months ago General Atterbury complained
that Mr.. McAdoo had unionized the Pennsyl-
vania; this complaint is reiterated now by the
chief OF motive power of the lines, who says
that government control brought overnight
what the unions desired. These assertions war
rant the assumption that the objection on part
Of the management is to the union; that rules
and regulations are to be made, wage schedule
fixed and all the various details relating to ems
ployment adjusted in the Office of the manager,
and then handed down to the men for accept
ancc, the alternative being dismissal from the
service.
The Pennsylvania company may be the most
liberal of employers, its workers among the for
tunates who are we'll paid and we'll treated; this
point is not in dispute, and need not be debated
What is of concern is that all, nearly all, the
other lines of the country are cooperating with
the government in an effort to restore prosperity
to the transportation industry. Wages have
been reduced while rates remain unchanged; the
triAing favor of another half-billion of cash is
about to he provided from the national treasury
to rescue the lines from bankruptcy, and all
hands arc striving to bring about the resump-
ton OF activity, save General Atterbury, who
persists in his crusade against the unions. This
attitude is not especially reassuring. General
Atterbury may break the brotherhoods on the
Pennsylvania, as tom" Scott did A years ago,
and in doing so he may achieve another result
that attended the Scott experience, that of
strike that involved practically every line OF
railroad in the United States.
The country needs industrial harmony just
now, and the course of the Pennsylvania COM
pany is not contributing anything to that end
It may be highly desirable to have that road
operated without unions of any kind among
its employees, but at the moment it will be better
for the whole country if General Atterbury and
his associates cease rocking the boat
Omaha daily bee., 1921-07-11
"A Stake in the Land.

For more than century there have been
complaints that too many immigrants to Amer
ca crowded into the cities instead OF settling on
farms. The census report which shows de-
cline Of $500 foreign-born farmers in the last
ten years clearly indicates the failure OF OF
fetal and unofficial agencies to cope with the
problem. OF obtaining stake in the land for
these newcomers. 1t costs money to buy a
farm, and even renting requires more capital
than is available to immigrants. whose funds on
landing in America average less than $780,
When land was cheap, immigration from the
north of Europe was attracted to the rural dis.
,ricts. Now that it is high. different class OF
Europeans is filling the steerage, and efforts to
enter agriculture are less persistent, in addition
TO being surrounded with more difficulty. In
face of this condition the increase OF 81 per cent
in the number Of negro farmers is fit subject for
admiration. There are now 9262s7 negro farm
ers, although less is heard about them than
about the 6.s99 japanese farmers over whom SO
Omaha daily bee., 1921-07-11
Our Steel 9n India

contract running into six figures sterling
for axles for the Indian state railways was Of
tered Tor proposals and taken by the American
bidders, whose figures were 80 per cent less than
those OF English firms. Now, what are the pro-
tectionists going to do with that? 1t knocks the
foundation out from under their whole pretended
system; but they will pay no attention to that
and they will go on piling up duties ito protect
American labor from the competition of the
pauper labor of Europe" while the manufac-
turers use the high duties to enable them to get
high prices at home SO that they can take low
prices, when necessary, abroad. 1t is safe to say
that the American labor employed in making
these axles is much better paid than the British
labor employed in the same sort of work. And
yet the American bids were 80 per cent under
the British bids, and for the first time the Indian
state railways have placed contract outside of
the empire.-Philadelphia Record.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-07-11
KEEP BABIES COOL.

When the weather Is excessively
hot the babies must be kept cool II
they are to keep healthy. The
mothers who live in the crowded
sections know this fairly well. That
is the reason so many of them take
their babies to the roof these hot
nights. A flat roof may not be the
coolest place in the world. but 1t Is
a good deal cooler even during the
day than a close room under the
roof.
Several Investigations have been
made Of the temperatures of rooms
In thin walled hauses and these all
show that the conditions are killing
so far as babies are concerned.
There is further proof in the null
titudes of thinly clad children seen
on the streets that the mothers
know. Perhaps we will be wise
enough to dress children in the "al-
together" during the hottest days
of summer. Somehow the negro
woman of the south hits it off about
right when she turns her young
ones out for the day naked. except
for a thatch of reddish sunburned
wool. and she thinks her child
dressed up when he wears cotton
slip. About the proper garb for a
baby in the continental United
States in July and August Is a diaper
and a simple light slip. Perhaps it
is best, as some claim, to add a light
abdominal binder to this costume IL
the baby lives in Porto Rico or
Panama.
The matter of heat regulation for
children should extend to the diet. A
mother is not justified in crowding
her baby's stomach during hot
weather. The eating of food makes
some heat, it's digestion makes more
and the use to which it is put makes
more still.
While cool temperature is an ad-
vantage for we'll baby, it Is a life
saver for a sick one. Many institu-
N. Y, they went out to the lake for
bies in New York City are taken
News built its baby sanitarium in a
trations could be multiplied many
fold.
Though I do not know where it is
or where they are, I am sure that
somewhere there are baby hospitals
where the wards are cooled by brine
pipes in the walls or other refrigerat-
ing devices. We grown people re-
fuse to patronize restaurants and
theaters where this provision for our
comfort has not been made. 1t
stands to reason that somebody
somewhere has built a hospital for
sick babies where this method of
saving lives has been put in opera
ton.
If the place where the sick baby
is has no air cooling device and no
Omaha daily bee., 1921-07-11

much stir is raised. Native white farmers, num-
bering 4,ol7,3os in 1920, compose IS per cent OF
the nations agricultural population. and foreign
born whites number only ssl,0s4. Undoubtedly
stronger dution of immigrants and negroes
on the land could be made serviceabe, both to
farm and city.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-07-11
Fate of Prohibition

Prohibition already has put dangerous
strain upon the respect for law. 1t is resented
by at least very large minority of the people
as an improper invasion of private right In
sive application and results will be serious. No
group Of fanatics and self-seeking agitators
should be permitted to bring this misfortune
upon the American people-Chicago Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-07-11
The Bees Platform,

I. New Union Passenger Station.
2. Continusd improvement Of the Ne.
braska Highways, including the pave.
msnt Of Main Thoroushfarss leading
into Omaha with Brick Surface.
3. A short, low-rats Waterway from the
Corn Belt to the Atlantic Ocean.
4. Home Rule Charter for Omaha, with
City Manager form of Government,
Omaha daily bee., 1921-07-11

Five hundred Korean revolutionists are re-
ported to have been killed in clash with Japan
ese troops The worlds sympathy nclines to-
ward all people fighting for political independ-
ence, though it sometimes is difficult to believe
that exploitation by ones own countrymen gives
any greater industrial freedom than does ex-
ploitation by foreign power
Omaha daily bee., 1921-07-11
"A Pessimistic Ontin,ist

STILL by the time humanity gets the guns all
smelted, it will have found other ways to vent
its hatred, wreak its vengeance, indulge its
selhshness and give rein to its predatory in
stinct. We are optimistic, but the sons OF
Adam are tough lot-Houston Post
Omaha daily bee., 1921-07-11

The campaign to remove the obstacles to a
resumption Of building appears to have resulted
in laying as much blame on material dealers as
on labor. San Francisco is the latest scene OF
arrests under the antitrust act.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-07-11

That new gun that shoots a hve-ton projectile
800 miles will be useful in war if they can only
induce the soldiers to stand back that far.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-07-11

Announcement that two-thirds of the men in
western camp desire to quit the army indi-
Gates that Secretary Of War Weeks will not have
the difficulty debating his forces that he antici-
oated
Omaha daily bee., 1921-07-11
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Disarmament and The Bee

Omaha. July 9.-To the Editor
OF The Bee: The World Herald. in
discussing the recent international
prize fight in Jersey City, concludes
Its observations by calling attention
To the fact that this is indeed a
'hard world, in which two and two
| always make four, and the battle.
first defining your terms accurately
and comprehensively, is to the
strong and the race to the swift"
The worthy democratic organ,
which has labored long and hard to
discredit the stand of this paper on
the question OF limitation OF arma-
ments, thus voices the basis Of The
Bees contentious in that important
matter.
The Bee longs for disarmament,
and will go to any length to bring it
about. 1t believes that by disarma-
ment, and only by disarmament, the
peace of the world can be assured.
Unfortunately, however, the only
feasible disarmament proposal Is one
which includes all the nations Of the
world. For any one nation, no mat
ter how powerful, to limit its own
ornaments while the other nations
continue to construct large navies
and equip armies of unprecedented
strength, would be suicidal.
The Bee joins Vice President Coo
lidge, in his statement to the New
York World few days ago. wherein
he said that "the army and navy
are two OF the greatest burdens of
this nature now faced by the people
of the United States" Like Patrick
Henry, however. we know of no way
to Judge the future but by the past.
and history has been very unkind
indeed to those nations which have
not provided military establishments
in keeping with their international
i'm mportance.
Limitation of armaments is per-
haps the one thing most desired In
all the world. No sane man opposes
it. Neither does any sensible man
desire to rob the United States OF
the only means it has of maintaining
it's prestige among the great powers
Of the world.
Because this is "a hard world. In
which two and two always make
four, and the battle. first defining
your terms accurately and compre-
llensively. is to the strong. and the
race to the swift" The Bee stands
steadfast in the belief that this coun-
try must remain as strong as the
strongest, and as fleet as the swift
est.
And when international disarma-
ment becomes fact, as 1t eventually
will, The Omaha Bee will be among
its most enthusiastic SUPPORTS.
OPERATOR.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-07-11

That convention in New Orleans which called
for protective tariff on southern products indi-
Gates conversion to republican ideas that must
alright the democratic party.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-07-11

One thing we know, and that Is
that eating yeast is beneficial to the
yeast cake Observation-Disclosures
News.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-07-11
Bring Them to Omaha.


Omaha, July 9.-To the Editor OF
The Bee: Is Omaha shaking it's
own hand?
Is the Welcome mat turned upside
down on our door stoop?
Are we taking full advantage OF
the opportunities offered by the after
war reconstruction?
Or, in our own SNUG self-satisfac
ton are we overlooking opportunl-
ties knocking at our doors only to
be refused adnlittance?
Des Moines has been host to a
shriners' national meeting and a ma
tional convention Of school teachers
in the past 80 days.
Kansas City has likewise been en-
tertaining delegates from all states
in the union assembled at conven-
tions.
Minneapolis and Denver have also
been sending out word OF their prog
ress through the medium Of attend
ants at gatherings OF national I'M
portance.
The Northern Baptists in selecting
a location for their annual meeting
passed up Omaha with slight con-
sideration on the ground that the
MunlClpdl duultOEluiI was iilduS-
uuately fitted for a meeting of that
kind. Des Moines has invited the
world Christian Endeavor conference
there, and is pushing its claims as
a convention center.
An effort is being made to bring
a United States mint to Omaha, but
Fort Omaha was allowed to be dis
banded. Army officers continually
tell of unsatisfactory conditions at
Fort Crook and no remedy is offered
to enlist their support in keeping
the Seventh Area army headquar-
ters here.
Are we pulling ''small town" stuff
or is Omaha maintaining the stand
ard which it wants the world to
know Is Omaha progress?
Let us watch our step and be sure
we are greeting prospects in the up
building Of a real Greater Omaha
and not shaking hands with our
selves and listening to the echo Of
our own voices telling OF the great
ness of the Gateway to the Golden
West. WATCHER.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-07-11

The trouble with most motorists is
that they interpret the speedometer
as an incentive rather than a de-
terrent. - Cincinnati Commercial
Trihuna
Omaha daily bee., 1921-07-11

brine pipes. something can be ac-
complished by the use of electric
fans and wet sheets. An electric fan
throwing air against a wet sheet
hung near the crib is fine for a
sick baby.
Keeping the baby's food cold is
just as important. A home-m made
icebox costs practically nothing.
Health departments give away leaf
let's telling how to make such ice
boxes.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-07-11

paris Studying Reparation Snarls''
headline. They sounded more like
yelps to us.-Flint (Mich.) Journal.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-07-11

Bobbed hair may be healthful, but who ever
knew Of woman adopting style on that ac-
counts
Omaha daily bee., 1921-07-11
Eye Strain and Fatigue.

cS-NSS.
Eye Strain and Fatigue.
E. r. writes: For more than
20 years / suffered from insomnia.
No matter how exhausted l was
upon retiring, I would lie awake
often for two to four hours during
the night. During my student days
when / studied late into the night
this was especially true. had no
difficulty In reading. and though I
had frequent acute eye break
downs, in which l could only retire
to dark room for one to four days.
oculists told me had no eye trouble
acute enough to warrant glasses.
'About eight years ago I began to
fail in strength and endurance.
though otherwise in good health and
actually gaining in weight. Any
eXertion with my hands or the walk
of a block or two would bring on the
most acute exhaustion-so acute
that would have difficulty in keep
ing my feet. The same thing was
true about riding in a car. and driv-
ing my own car a few miles meant
exhaustion. To drive my car to my
farm 25 miles out of town and back
meant exhaustion for four or five
days, in addition to sleepless nights.
OF course l consulted doctors, but
my physical condition was so good
as to make most of them doubt my
statements, think. putting me down
as crank or hypochondriac. They
grudgingly gave me prescriptions for
bromide and other sleeping potions,
telling me at the same time of the
risk I ran in taking them. To my
queries as to what caused my sleep,
lessness and ever present exhaustion
they said it was just nervousness
btu were unable to suggest what
might cause the nervousness.
"One of my ld-time eye attacks
caused me at this time to go to an
oculist, and I was given prescrip-
tion for bifocal glasses. So little i'm
portance did I attribute to this pre-
scription that I carried it in my
pocket for three months, during all
Of which time 1 suffered with ex-
haustion and insomnia. One day
took the prescription out Of my
pocket and, looking at it, decided
to have it filed, and did SO. The
next day I had occasion to drive
my car so miles. I wore the glasses.
That night felt no weariness. The
next day / felt no fatigue. I called
my wife's attention to it, and as
Omaha daily bee., 1921-07-11

The demand OF Kansas for lower freight rates
on hay and grain is echoed from every corner of
the agricultural west
Omaha daily bee., 1921-07-11

The crossing signs might be effec-
lively amended to read: "Stop, look
and live" Boston Herald.