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Show THE CITIZEN 4 be induced, to go to .church, but they cannot be driven. No one can conlegislate a man or woman to heaven. It must be done through version. If we must all rely upon law to make us good, then already we are lost. The place to teach religion is at the home and not in the police courts. Spme believe in religion and all those go to church'. There are others .who believe they will go to heaven without going work hard six days of the week like a little to church. People-whamusement on Sunday. Some go to the theatre, some to baseball games, and a big majority go automobile riding, but they are all good citizens. If the preacher does not believe in Sunday recreation there is nothing to prevent him from going to the homes of the nonchurch people and try to convert them to his way of thinking. A great majority would be convinced and accept the faith if it can be delivered in the right light. The preacher makes his money on a Sunday. If he is fortunate and can gather about him a large congregation he commands a fat salary; if his congregation is limited to a few he has a hard life before him. Why begrudge a poor movie actor a living on Sunday? We have already too many donts in our lw. Tyranny and an iron hand never makes a great nation. . soldiers, but now that it is going into commission anew, under the, Stars and Stripes, Americans will feel inclined to resent any effort to shut it out of a slip o nthe New York side, if that be more advantageous. Let Britannia rules the waves, if it will, but do not agree that it has exclusive control over the accommodations in a purely American port. Omaha Bee. o . FLY SEASON. The fly season is upon us and the city ought to get rid of all the flies possible by everybody doing his bit. A flytrap at the back door and near the kitchen will do its work effectively, and few flies if any will get into the home under such conditions. Flies spread disease among which are typhoid fever, diarrhoea, dysentery, tuberculosis, anthrax and cholera. Too little attention is being paid to this pest, and the people for their own good and their health ought to see that all flies in their immediate surroundings are trapped. Flies breed in filth, feed on it, live in it, and contaminate everything they lay their hairy little legs on. It is very good to swat, trap, or poison flies, but it is still better to prevent their breeding. This can be done by keeping stables clean, removing all manure at least once a week, keeping garbage in receptacles with close fitting covers, which should be emptied and washed out frequently, by buildsanitary privies when sewers are not available. ing only A pair of flies born in April may give origin to millions by August. Do not let these millions come into existence by keeping the first pair from breeding. Strict cleanliness and immediate destruction of all filth are the best measures against flies. Outhouses, homes, markets, bakeries, and all food establishments should be screened against flies. It is always important to remember that no filth, no flies, means less disease. fly-pro- of BRITANNIA RULES. While the navy of the United States is about to be called into action to deal with the rum pirates, a more interesting state of affairs is getting consideration in New York City. The following from the front page of the New York World, will partly explain what is going on: British shipping interests, it was learned yesterday, are waging a fight to prevent the Leviathan from obtaining docking space on the Manhattan waterfront when the big liner is put in commission this summer under the American flag. They are also seeking to drive from the New York shore the United States Lines, operating under the American and Panaman flags, and to force these vessels as well as the great Levithian to take refuge on the Hoboken shores, where they will be at a serious disadvantage in competing with the big European lines. We have often been told that not a flag but by permission floats, and now it seems that not a ship but by permission may tie up to a dock, even an American vessel in an American port. Conceding that the Cunard and other European shipping companies have acquired rights to dock facilities around Manhattan island that cannot. be questioned, there ought to be some place where a vessel flying the American flag can receive and discharge passengers and cargo. The Leviathan swung at moorings at a slip on the Hoboken shore for months, and went in and out of there with many a load of n: ASSESSING. Marlow M. Cummings, our present county assessor, has instituted a reform in assessing property. In other words, he is making every discontented assessed property owner assess his own property, apd of course when one assesses his own property there is no comeback. The other day a man walked into the assessors office and demanded to know why he had been selected as one of the big taxpayers when in fact he had very little to pay taxes upon. Mr. Cummings apologized for doing the man an injustice and informed him there and then that he could assess his own property which would relieve the county of all responsibility and blame. The assessor then produced a blank listing household furniture and personal property and asked the visitor to fill it out, and after the task had been completed it was found that the man who was making the complaint was under assessed by over $500. Assessor Cummings has tried to be fair with everybody and does not believe that people should pay taxes upon property they do not possess and he is always willing and ready to make adjustments. SUGAR. Facts About Sugar, a weekly journal of the sugar industry, is all worked up over the fact that an attempt is being made by the public and by some public officials who are endeavoring to lower the excessive prices charged for sugar. The journal takes to task Secretary Hoover and says: Do you realize that in giving official sanction to the boycott against buying sugar you are making yourself and your department a party to a conspiracy in restraint of trade of the most obvious kind that at a time when the department of justice is bringing an action against the members of the sugar exchange, charging conspiracy? Your position is certainly a most inconsist one and creates a painful impression upon everybody connected with the sugar industry whose patriotism during the war you will perhaps remember. It is quite natural for an attacked party to find fault with the attacker in order to divert attention. Secretary Hoover is a public official and he is trying to protect the public. The sugar companies are not in the business for their health. They are going to make all the money they can. Why shouldnt they? If they can get $20 a sack for sugar why not take it? The companies claim scarcity of the commodity, but according to reports Cuba could furnish this three million tons left. country with sugar and then-havWe also remember when sugar was selling from $25 to $30 a sack in this country just after the close of the war that the United States government sold to France 20,000,000 pounds of sugar, or 200,000 sacks, for two cents a pound. Why was not this sugar returned to the United States and our people given the benefit of the low price? The sugar companies can probably answer this question better than anyone else. There is only one answer to the sugar question. The sugar factories are controlled by an organization and the price is fixed every few days and the same price prevails all over the country. If the people want the sugar they are compelled1 to pay the regulated price, or do without. If an independent sugar factory opened up and attempted to sell its product based upon the cost of production it would soon be forced out of business. .However, if we had state laws which prohibited outside sugar selling under our home product, the home factory could easily get by. Under our existing laws, all- firms are controlled by national organization and they must follow the dictated prices. Sugar made e - |