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Omaha daily bee., 1921-10-15
How to End Unemployment.

Some practical suggestions came out Of the
unemployment conference, which adjourned
without day OH Thursday. Difference OF opinion
between the employer and the labor group as to
how TO approach readjustment Of production
cost need surprise no one. All will agree whether
the disputants reach that point together or
separately. that certain factors in the problem
have not been brought to proper relation with
the Others Contention as to the causes for the
persistence of these peaks and the presentation
OF counter-claims, mainly academic in their ma
ture. will not materially assist in the arrival at
the level on which industrial activity may freely
move.
Fortunately, this unsettled debate is not the
entire work OF the conference. Many really
worth while suggestions are returned with the
endorsement OF the conierees, and are being
promulgated with the whole hearted approval of
Secretary Hoover. Chief among these is that
one which relegates to the communities the task
Of giving first aid to the jobless. 1t should be
under the direction Of the mayor. How this may
be carried out is outlined by various tentative
proposals. all having to do with temporary or
part time employment. To carry out these
recommendations the mayor must have the
wise the proposed remedy fails.
Definite recommendations include one calling
for repeal of the Adamson law and the aboli-
ton OF the railway labor board, presented by the
majority or employers" group, while the minor
ity or labor members oppose this. Develop
ments in railway management within the last
decade have shown the necessity OF some ma
chinery for the adjustment of general employ
ment questions, and it may be doubted if the
government ever will entirely relinquish its con-
troll in this regard That the Adamson law is
defective in many regards, has long been clear,
but its princinple has been upheld by the su-
preme court OF the United States. The labor
board as constituted lacks something OF being
entirely scrviceable and modification OF the laws
is unquestionably needed
Another r C lmendation will fasten popular
attention on a question long considered by econ
omists, aud particularly employment managers.
1t has to do with what is commonly defined as
seasonal employment" Some plan for rear
ranging the operations Of industry to expand the
employment period over greater number of
days. using fewer workmen but giving each a
longer time on the pay roll each year, is the aim
sought here.
Only those who expected too much or too
little from the conference will be disappointed.
No magic formula has come from it, but some
sane and worth while methods for relieving the
present condition are offered. On how they will
be applied depends the benefit to come.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-10-15
Re-Married2

From Lincoln comes an account, given the
support of much circumstantial evidence, of ef-
forts being made by Senator Hitchcock to bring
about harmony in the democratic ranks in Ne
braska. 1t is planned, the story goes, to run ].
N. Norton for governor this as sop to the
progressive Bryan wing of the party, with the
understanding that the Bryanites will accept this
much as enough and will give the senator an un-
disputed denomination.
How times do change. In 1910 when Sena-
tor Hitchcock first won his present title, and
when the Hitchcock Shallenberger machine con-
troled the democratic convention at Grand Is
land, there was no concession to harmony. The
Bryanites and all others who disagreed with the
machine were right royalty rolled. In 1916, when
the senator was up for reelection and Mr.. Bryan
was seeking one of several places on the Ne
braska delegation to the national convention,
there was no offer of . split Of the spoils. Mr..
Hitchcock insisted and Succeeded in annexing the
whole ticket in the primary-senator, governor,
national committeeman and national convention
delegates.
But in 1921, preparing for 1922 the watch
word is harmony" And why this holding out
of the olive branch7 Can it be that the old
steam roller is not as sttrdy as once it was? Can
it be that the defeat of King Arthur" Mullen
in last years race for national committeeman
and the victory of an nti-Hitehcock delegation
to the national convention--ean these things have
inspired belief that discretion is the better part
of valor?
Harmony" in Nebraska democracy What
wonder will woman suffrage and prohibition next
bring to pass!
Omaha daily bee., 1921-10-15
Japan IN Siberia


The reported break in the parleys
between the japanese and the chlta
government OF eastern Siberia sud
denly and dramatically focuses
world attention on the fact that To-
000,0 white men and women arc
now under the military, political and
industrial control Of the yellow men
nom Toxic. Japan has cut the
white race on from tho western
shores OF the Pacific,
On the eve OF the conference on
the limitation OF armamants and the
problems OF the Pacific and far east
the curtain IL rolled up over the
old Russian far east. disclosing any
where from $4,000 10 100000 Jap
anese troops In eastern Siberia.
Siberian Industries are In the grip
OF Japan. the railroads. highways.
postal service and telegraph lines
are In Tokio's hands, Tho white
population is disarmed. Vast
amounts of property have been se-
qucstered durins the Japanese mill
tary occupation.
II Japan has had In mind the rails
Ing OF the issue OF racial equality"
she need go no further. She has
raised that issue beyond the shadow
OF question by this Siberian manou-
YER. Toxic has brought IL forth In
the aggravated form OF the domina-
ton OF white race by yellow men
This will intensity the apprehen-
slons OF Australia, New Zealand and
the western coasts OF America. The
ono great issue In Australian foreign
policy Is to keep the commo nwealth II
a white mans country" Australia
sees In the Japanese Siberian move
coming events in Australia casting
their shadow over other men OF the
white race. For. has not Japan
actually done in Siberia what Pre-
mier Hughes fears that Toxic will do
In the Antipodes Of the future?
This will stir our own west coast
when II Is understood. 1t cannot be
kept out OF the conference where
four white powers and two yellow
powers will be represented. And IL
cannot fail 10 draw the dominions of
the British Empire and the United
States closer.
All summer long the world has
been watching Japanese attempts To
straighten out Japanese adventures
In Asia before the conference meets.
Toxic has failed with Pekin In the
matter Of Shantung and the 81 de-
mands On the surface of things
she has failed in eastern Siberia.
In the last days Of the war Amer
lea sent troops In Siberia. Our
Omaha daily bee., 1921-10-15

troops came out long ago, The jap
anfsa remain, Needed there or not.
they stay, .,
Failure Of the negotiations atd
the presence OF Japaneses troops ~
siberia raise this Russian issue 10
equal Importance with tho chinese
problem. Secretary Hughes has as
sur.d the chita officials tho confer.
enee will respect Russian territofiai
integrity, Japan shows little inniea-
ton OF respecting IL, IL may Dc ina,
chita officials. faced by some such
far-reaehing demands hs Toxic
knows so well how 10 make, have
walked out OF the parien meeting
and will throw the whole matter
into tho lap of the six powers.
II II possible that Japan holds
tho siberian coast for Grading pur-
poses" Toxic In strong for "com-
p.nsalory concessions" While Japan
holds Siberia she may be looking az
Manohurla. Timo will tell. and that
time II not far away, In the mean
while tho racial issue has been raised
and racial feelings will bo stirred
10 u point where that issue will be-
come undoubtedly mighty factor
In the parlcys NJ Washington.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-10-15
More Interest IN Books.

People in Omaha are reading more, reports
from the library show. The increase IN eireula.
ton of books for home reading this year has
been 30,245 over last year. 1t is to be regretted
that figures are not At hand on what was read,
for quality here is more important than quantity.
The assortment of reading at the Omaha
public library is large and representative. One
could 60 among the stacks bl;ndfolded and be
n small danger Of picking out book thAs y
Omaha daily bee., 1921-10-15
What Mr.. Meixhen Uphoids.

protective system. She is young country,
mostly undeveloped. She lies alongside great
big country tremendously developed The United
States has every advantage that Canada has and
tremendous advantages besides. 1t surely follows,
to the mind of every reasonable man, that to
abandon the protective system in Canada would
be simply to invite the absorption of Canadian
industry in the far vaster industries OF the United
States. The principles of the protection of Cana
dian industry have been proclaimed by practical
ly every statesman who has shouldered the re-
sponsibility of government in Canada. They are
sound and they are right and the vast mass of the
people of Canada know that they are sound and
right. Meighen's Portage Speech.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-10-15

4 great many chlldhen IL years
OF age and over have goiter. II
one will watch the lines OF pupils
IN the upper grades OF the gram
mar schools and the high schools
he will be astonlshed TO ind 50 many
with big necks.
In an investigation Of 1895 school
children In Bath, England. II was
| found that ohe boy ont OF each 200
had goiter and tho eondir.on was
three times as prevalent among the
girls. None was found In boys un-
der 8 and another study showed
none In infants.
A similar study In Milwaukee.
| Cleveland. Detroit or Chicago would
show the condition more prevalent
than that among the older schooi
children OF those cities.
When II comes 10 explaining tho
existence Of these enlargements ply
sicians are at sea. One explanation
of the great prevalence OF the con-
dition In adolescent children and
children Just below the adolescent
period is that the very rapid growth
Of the body calls on the thyroid
to do the great amount of extra
work the gland enlarges. To meet
the requirements Of this theory the
soiter should fall back to something
like the average size when the child
gets a little older. and the rate OF
growth has slowed up.
This happens almost aa a rule.
but with many exceptions. Also II
10, ri n
boys with enlarged thyroids should
not have projecting eyeballs. great
nervousness. tremors and other 81 MS
of too much thyroid. AS a rule this
requirement is met.
All In all thyroid enlargement
among the school boys and girls is
rule for engagements of the thyroid.
before prominence Of the eyeballs.
nervousness and other symptoms
make their appearance.
DR.. Plummer of Rochester has
worked out the average interval be-
tween the appearance Of the tumor
and the development Of other symp-
toms in the many thousand cases
that have gone on to development
for treatment at the Mayo clinic.
too lightly even the apparently
harmless though somewhat deform-
ing golfers seen in school boys and
school girls.
To prevent the development of
golfers in school children. Mulligan
says the hygiene and sanitation must
be Of the best. Perhaps II may be
caused from polluted water. There
fore, give the school children water
free from pollution. The same holds
true of milk. Perhaps there is here
an argument against bad ventilation,
foul dust. hot air in the school room.
There Is some proof that Vermin
In the hair may cause 1t. Therefore,
the hair should be kept free from
lice. There is some proof that some |
cases are due to intestinal parasites. |
Therefore II there are any indica-
tons of worms the children should
have worm medicine.
It Is quite certain that many cases
follow in the wake Of persistent sore
throats. diseased tonsils and enlarged
adenoids. All such conditions should
be attended to. There is proof that
many thyroid engagements follow
Of various kinds. These
should be guarded against. The di-
gestive organs must function prop
crly. One theory is that the gland
needs more iodine than it gets from
ordinary food during this period of
rapid growth. Therefore some au-
thorities give school children little
iodine for two weeks during the
year and others permit a little iodine
to vaporize In the air of the school
room.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-10-15

Senator Hitehcock's claim that lower grain
prices are connected with the farm tariff is re-
markable for its failure to take into considera-
ton any other factor. That is the trouble with
so many theories-they would work we'll in a
vacuum, but where other matters enter in they
90 awry. Would the Nebraska statesman be
willing to affirm the belief that free trade in grain
and wool would result in higher prices to
growers?
Omaha daily bee., 1921-10-15
%Aee;yM
.&Asr9o2N

tfhs Nee offers its columns freely te ~
Ieaders who cafe 10 discuss ANY public
question. lis reau~sts that l~ttess be
reasonably brief, Dat oses 500 ~assis, u
sisa in.isis that the name af the writer
accompany each letter. net nec~sssrliy
Tor publication. but that the ~ditar may
know With whom he 10 dealing. The bee
does not pretend Ia iaderss or Accent
si~~s az epinians expressed By eorre-
spondsnls 10 the Letter uoA,b
Omaha daily bee., 1921-10-15
The Bees Platform

I. New Union Passenger Station.
z. Contisssl impvevsms.t Of lie Ne
braska Highways, Including the pave
meat Of Main Thoroushfsrss leading
into Omaha With Brick Surface.
,. A short, Iow.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., 1921-10-15

Lexington writes: my baby is a
boy of II months and weighs 81
pounds. He walked at the age Of
about II months. The results are
that he is bowlogged and pigeon
toed. Could you please tell me If
he will outorow it or must I have
something done? I am working
woman and have not much time"
REPLY.
!. Probably your baby is somewhat
rickety. Keep him in the sunlieht
as much as possible To burn him
as brown as an Indian is about the
best treatment. Feed him properly.
There Ia a fair chance that his legs
will grow straight. If this does not
happen and the deformity warrants
1t you can have him operated on a
few years from now.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-10-15
Naturalization.

Omaha, Neb., Oct. 13.--To the
Editor Of The Bee: In looking over
the lists of questions that are pro-
pounded to people Of foreign birth l
found questions that. In my opinion,
could not be answered by rs per
cent Of the voters of the United
States today. | do not believe 80
per cent of the questions could be
answered correctly by the native
born voters of America.
Then why should we require peo-
pie of foreign birth to know more
about our own institutions than we
know about them ourselves If we
require people from other lands to
know so much about our own insti-
tutions, it is high time that we would
know more of our own institutions
ourselves. No boy or girl should
come out of the eighth grade with
out knowing all about our national
constitution. That should be one Of
the requirements before they are
allowed to pass from the eighth
grade in our schools. In passing, I
will say that | do not think it is
good policy TO give what are called
diplomas to pupils comin~ out Of the
eighth grade, for many Of them
think they have really graduated,
and do not try to get further knOwl-
edge at school. No diplomas should
be given until they have finished
the high school course or a three or
four-year course in night schools.
A great English statesman said
that our national constitution is the
greatest document ever gotten up by
the hand of man. Yet millions OF
voters in the United States do not
know much more about the consti-
tuition of our country than the most
ignbrant natives of central Afri"a.
This may be q severe arraignment
of the people Of our country. but 1t
is needed. If our people in general
would take little less time at pic
ture shows and in automobile rid
ing and take little more time to-
know of the institutions IF our own
country. we as a nation would be
much better off. The constitution
OF our nation should be as industri-
ously studied in our schools as war
was studied in every school in Ger
many before the world war Tho
National Security league is engaged
in a movement to ceuse q study OIL
our national constitution to be one
of the requirements of every school
in the land.
In the list of questions submitted
to people Of foreign birth for an
swer ! noticed at least one error n
the reply. should think those in
charge of the naturalization burcnu
would see that no errors are allowed
to creep in.
FRANK A. AGNEW.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-10-15
The Price Of Coal.

Omaha. Neb.. Oct. i2.-To the
Editor of The Bee. You have In
your splendid editorials outlined In
n way how the unemployed can be
helped. and ! am going TO ask few
simple questions you can answer;
Why IL Il coal OF all kinds remains
at the present high pricesf
Is there no way that this matter
of coal can be settled without verg-
ing on the line of socialism or
anarchy?
| am neither but we are drifting
in this unwelcomo rut. l am not
personal In my crude commnnica-
tlon, but simply want to ascertain
the cold facts. Your paper circu-
late very largely among the work
ingmen. and they pay very close at
tension to your editorials along these
helpful lines.
GERE l.. ELLIS.
Answer: The price OF coal has
not gone down materially because
wages at the mines and freight rates
still are at the peak. When these
recede coal can be delivered at n
lower cost In Omaha. but not until
then. The miners union at its re-
cent national convention decided to
postpone negotiations for a new
wage scale until February. The rail-
roads are talking Of a reduction In
freight rates, to become effective
pbout the first Of the new year.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-10-15
How to Keep Well
nv DR W A EVANS

ousstisas sssesrains Ays,sss, santa.
sisa ss1 prsvsnsien ef tissass. sub
naittsd 20 Dr. Evans BY readers OF
Tbs Bee. wiil be answered personally.
subject 10 proper timitattoa, where .
stamped. addressed savslops 10 en-
closed. Dr. Evans sili not make
diagnosis or prescribe for Individual
lissssss- ASarsss Isttsrs In care Of
The Bee.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-10-15

Dairy farmers who have organized with the
expressed intention OF lowering prices of their
products probably are not unselhsh, but realize
that the cheaper prices will widen the demand.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-10-15

Too Much nf a Good Thing.
What we need is Society for the
Suppression of Advice.-Brooklyn
Eagle.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-10-15
Greatest Worlds Series

There will be worlds series this year be-
tween the Big Navy and the Disarmament teams.
st. Louis st-Dipateh.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-10-15
THE SPICE OF LIFE.

an honert landlord advsFtlses, Mod.
crate apartment at modern rent'-Ar-
kansas GAEclte
Omaha daily bee., 1921-10-15

When is jail like zoof When It is file
with wildcats and blind tigers, of course.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-10-15

The legal lights seem TO find considerable
difficulty in making the Aasse shot
Omaha daily bee., 1921-10-15

lie was more r-ngluua then educated and
so not tn be too greatly censurod for this
Testimony" at prayer meeting; II thank
IN. Lord that l have three wives In
heaven, The Epworth Herald.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-10-15
The HUSKING BEE
Its Your Day
Start II With a Laugh
CHILLY IN THE FLAT.

We lay aside the b. Y. D.'s.
We can the old straw hat.
We shiyef IN the autumn lsseze
Aud futter like a bat;
We wouldn't mind such things as these
Such trlfing things as that,
But as our ease we hate 10 freeze.
And. gee, It's chilly in the fiat!
At hustling our days are spent,
The sun is warm at that,
We fear the cold 10 small extent
Though we're not over.fat;
but when the landlord boosts the rent
We'd kick him in the slat.
When 10 the rooms no heat is sent
And. see, its chilly in the fat!
Omaha daily bee., 1921-10-15
On Road to Asylum.

Broken Hearted Wife writes:
What would you think Of man
who has drunk whisky for the last
10 years at the rate of a quart
day, and for the last year about
two quarts day. He always let's
up enough to work eight hours
day. From Friday to Monday morn
ing he never stays in the house, but
in the saloon. He never takes a
bit Of food from Friday until Mon
day; then he gets HUNGRY and eats
twice as much as any time when he
Is sober. He starts talking and one
would think the house was. an asy-
lum. He curses and swears at the
rate of two to four hours at a
stretch. know the whisky now is
not good. Is it that or the long
drinking that Is affecting him?"
REPLY.
You will not have to put up with
him much longer. The combination
of poor quality whisky in large guam
tity and no food and alcoholic in
sanity will land him before long.
The hot weather will help. Either
the graveyard or the asylum will
get him.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-10-15

E,hel--."You can't Judge . man by the
way h. dresses"
Mnry-"uh. ! don't know 7 can tell a
gentleman by his get.up IN crowded
ccr."-Judge tNew York;
Omaha daily bee., 1921-10-15
About Heat Troubles.

About Heat Troubles.
J. A. L. writes: Il. Please ex-
plain the physiology of sunstroke or
being overcome with the heat
"2. What and where are the optic
thalami?'
REPLY.
I. There are three varieties of
heat effects-sunstroke, heat ex-
haustion and heat cramps. In sun
stroke there Is supposed to be
paralysis of the heat center in the
brain. This causes an excessive pro-
duetion of heat and at the same
time defective elimination Of heat
In consequence the body tempera-
ture becomes excessively high. The
pulse is fast and bounding. There
may be convulsions. The face is
fushe0. In heat exhaustion there
IL paralysis of the nerves which con-
troll the size of the blood vessels
and distribute the blood throughout
the body. The skin may he cool.
The face is not flushed. In heat
cramps there are cramps In the
muscles, principally in the leg mus
cles. This develops among men
who walk into the cooler air after
working for hours in a hot place.
2. Two gray nerve centers, one
located in each side of the case of
the brain. They help to make up
the floor Of the lateral. ventricles
and in them are important nerve
centers-
Omaha daily bee., 1921-10-15

Glofla--'Wh where hra those wonderful
talks or"
FiayiR--"Oh. my dear. Don't you know
Why. They're having servant troubles "
their n,"-London Mail.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-10-15
GoITER AMONG CHILDREN.

Copyright. 1891. By DR.. ". A. Evans
Omaha daily bee., 1921-10-15
PHILOSOPHY.

4 knoekeT y usuAlIy pesSlmisuc but there
IL a cheerful note to the knocking OF a little
steam in the radiators these mornings
In looking over volume OF the Congress
sonal Record We note that il contains a fund
OF humor.
We know this is so because after almost
every paragraph, IN brackets, is the word tlaugh-
teri.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-10-15
ROOM TO THINK.

See where hotel has added thinking room.
Darb place Tor senators and auto speeders.
Cuckoo!
Look at the skirts and consider that few
short years ago a man could hide behind one
OF EN-.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-14

excellent opportunity for starting a campaign to give it nationwide pop ularity.
 The citron preserve made from watermelon rind has no superior. Many prefer it to the imported cit ron because it is softer, more easily masticated and more quickly di- gested. It can certainly be made and sold at a profit much under the cost of the imported article.
 The guava jelly of Florida became famous because it was regularly made, standardized, advertised and placed on the market as staple product.
 Alabama citron" could be as pop ular and as famous. It is just a matter of making it an Alabama business.