THE OMAHA BEE: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1922.
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REJECT THE PRESIDENT'S PLAN. '
Executive representatives of 148 railroads, meat,
i ins in New York, have rejected the third lection of
: President Harding's plan for settling the railroad
shop strike. These will not agree to receive back the
strikers on the basis of their status at the tine of
the strike. Other suggestions by the president are
acceptable that both sides agree to abide by the
' decisions of the Labor Board, and that suits started
since the strike began be dropped. Shopmen's rep
I resentatives have accepted the president's proposals
, in full . '
Reasons for holding firm to the position on
,j seniority Are set out in an advertisement published
by authority of the western railroad president, a
,: paragraph of which advertisement reads:
Not only Justice, Jbut the publio interest, de
I manda that in any settlement of the strike the
t seniority rights of all men who are now working
. shall be recognised.. If those who have struck
against the decisions of the Labor Board-and tried
to Interrupt transportation are favored In any set
tlement that may he made, the incentive of men
to stay at work in case of future strikes will he
destroyed and the difficulty of maintaining trans- (
portatlon service increased. The new men in many
. cases left other employment with the understand-
ins that if competent they would he retained in '
their present positions.
I Plainly any chance for early settlement now de
pends on cession by one side or the other of the
question of seniority. Judge Lovett,, head of the
Union Pacific, is quoted as saying to the executives
assembled at New York:
a that there was no moral reason why
the roads should budge from their position, nor
was there any practical reason inasmuch as the
country's raliroad service was generally satis
factory. President Harding's proposals were made in a
" sincere effort to establish a working agreement and
to end a situation that is not satisfactory to the pub.
lie, howeyer it may appear to Judge Lovett. ; We
' believe that public sentiment supports, the president,
and that now if ever is the time to stand firmly behind
the president. '
Those coming here from foreign land can aval!
themselves of these without cost to themselves other
than such behavior at shows them to be worthy of
the title of American eitlien, It is America's great
at triumph to be ensbled to share these with all who
deserve them.
TRANSCONTINENTAL MAIN LINE
The Southern Pacific company has petitioned for
a rehearing in the supreme court on the order that
requires divorce between the "Esspee" and the "See
pee. '? No" "need to look' far for the reasons that
actuate the Southern in its desire to control the Cen
tral Pacific. They rest on a desire to dominate the
transcontinental traffic.
When E. H. Harriman took over the Union Pacific
and later the Central Pacific, he found both properties
in poor physical condition. His first business was to
restore the roads to serviceable state, which he did
by rebuilding the lines all the way from Council
Bluffs to Truckee. He had on foot a great project for
tunneling the Sierre Nevada range, to cut off a lift
of practically a mile, over which all traffic must be
hoisted. This Was adjourned following his death,
and the plan may not be revived until another builder
with Harriman's vision and energy acquires a
dominating position in the affairs of the road.
Harriman left the main line from the Missouri
river to the Pacific ocean in first class condition, a
model railroad in its physical aspect. It absolutely
controlled in transportation. Disintegration of the
system this remarkable man had formed resulted in
the removal of the Southern and Central Pacific lines
from their connection with the Union Pacific. It is
rather ironical that the branches to Portland and
Los Angeles should have been used to cut the main
line in two at Ogden, but that is what happened.
Now, if the Southern can retain control of the
Central, it can put that line back 'to where it was
prior to the time Harriman took it from the Hunting
tons. The Huntington policy was to divert all traffic
possible to the Southern, and that policy will prevail
again. It is a longer and a more expensive route,
but it is Southern Pacific all the way from San Fran
cisco to New Orleans, and from there by boat to New
York. Elaboration of the effect of this is unneces
sary, for shippers know what it means. The transcon
tinental main line should be restored.
TARIFF At AN ISSUE.
Hon. William Jennings Bryan announces that the
tariff and the revenue laws art to be the Issues In
Nebraska this yesr. Which is as much as to say that
they are the things be proposes to talk about Ne
braskans are concerned In both these, and will greatly
rejoice to hear what the eminent democratic states
man has to say concerning them.
Mr. Bryan, when a member of congress, wss one
of the ways and means committee that framed the
Wilson tariff measure of 1894. Ho was in charge of
the Income tax schedule in the revenue bill of that
year, win he remind his hearers or what followed
the enactment of the tariff law, that year? Do the
farmers of Nebraska want to go back to 80-cent
wheat and 13 hogs? And do they want to see fac
torles closed, railroads In receivers' hands, industry
paralysed, soup houses and bread lines set up, hun
dreds of men sleeping In the corridors of the post
office, the court house, the city hsll and the city jail,
as was the case in Omaha ?
Mr. Bryan is a wonderfully gifted orator, especially
versed in talking about the tariff. He may even re
vive his old tale about the wire nail, which he made
so much of when he xan for congress in 1890. But
he knows that what he said then did not come to pass,
and that what he promised In 1894 was not redeemed.
He knows that wire nails were cheaper under the
McKinley tariff than ever before, and that the worst
depression this country ever underwent came with
the Wilson tariff law that Mr. Bryan helped to frame.
Nebraskans are interested in the tariff, and will
give Mr. Bryan close attention while he talks about
it, just as they always have. Most of them will won
der, though, if he thinks they have forgotten what
happened when he made his .famous expedition into
the realm of free trade twenty-eight years ago. He
is a persuasive talker, but the facts are against him
on the tariff issue.
BABE RUTH A MENACE ?
What did you want to be when you were a boy?
Your parents may have dreamed fo a career high,
wide and handsome for you, but the standards of
childhood are not those of maturity. Perhaps you
did wish, as you tinkered with wires and batteries, to
be an inventor, perhaps you dreamed of being a presi
dent or Icing, but more probably you just wished for
the time to come when you could drive the grocer's
wagon.
The point is hardly to be missed that your long
ings then had little or no influence on what eventually
you developed into. Merely because boys play pirate
or train robber they are not headed for a life of
crime. It does seem that the united states commis
sioner of education, John J. Tigert, is unduly alarmed
at the lack of proper ambition among the oncoming
generation. As long as the boys think Babe Ruth
is the greatest man in America, and neglect their
school teachers, Mr. Tigert says, the country is in
danger.
This is plain bosh. If any such juvenile charac
teristic as idolising physical skill or prowess is an'
index of degeneration, then the 'world would have
gone down in ruin long before this. Not even in
maturity is this respect for athletic success an un
wholesome thing.
Mr, Tigert professes regret that the people are
not paying enough attention to education, which he
seems to have erected as a sort of religion. Possibly
we might have a better sort of , education, but not
withstanding that, the people are now paying the
greater part of their local taxes for schools. If the
proper results are not obtained, that is more the fault
of the educators than of the public..-
AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP.
Advice given the Italians at their picnic is good
for all foreign born residents of the city. "Get your
citizenship papers," was the first section of the ex
hortation. Those who were born abroad and now are
living in this country are making a great mistake if
they do not proceed without delay to secure full citi
aenship. , A new value was placed on American citizenship
by the war, and it has been growing ever since. So
jnuch has it enhanced that a strong move is under
way to make even more difficult the process of se
curing naturalization. It Is harder now than prior to
1917, and it is worth more. No longer can the alien
vote on his "first papers" or declaratory statement
But, if he starts right, observes the law and lives as
a good citizen should, he can acquire all the privileges
and rights of an American in five years after estab
lishing his residence. Advice to these is to proceed
without delay.
The second section was to secure for their chil
dren all the education possible. That is a pretty big
order. In Nebraska schools are free from the kinder
garten to the degree of doctor of philosophy, the end
of the list The state supports, pays for and super
vises the training of all the children, and insists on
their attendance at school up to the age of 16, or the
completion of the eighth grade.
Two priceless boons, free education and the
franchise of a freeman, are within the reach of alL
HOTELS AND HOSPITALITY.
' Western hospitality is a byword, and one of the
best ways in which a town can express it is by main
taining a good hotel. Beatrice is to be commended
for the earnest way in which it is proceeding to the
erection of a new hotel to cost 8300,000.' It is worth
noting also that local capital is financing this structure.
This is evidence enough of the wealth that is con-,
centrated in the agricultural capitals scattered about
the state.
Fremont previously did this same thing. Norfolk,
with a fine building partially completed, is expected
to resume operations, though it may, call in the aid
of outside capital. York, Hastings,' Columbus and
Scottsbluff already have splendid hotels that draw
trade to their merchants and provide a haven for
overland tourists and for traveling salesmen at week
ends. , . '
The old Paddock hotel at Beatrice was famous
for its accommodations and its cuisine. President
Harding never meets a citizen of that town without
mentioning the banquet he enjoyed there. Its succes
sor, under the same auspices, will fill a long felt need.
How long before such thriving communities ss Su
perior and Alliance will be graced with such modern
provision for hospitality.
. WALKING ON HIS RIGHTS.
The chorus of complaint that too many laws exist
to limit the personal liberty of citizens is joined by
a business man of Iowa City. Warned by a police
officer not to cross the main street in the middle of
the block, he not only refused to turn from his course,
but defied a threat of arrest.
Jaywalkers are found in every town, though they
have not yet organized to maintain their rights. Up
to this time there had been no hint that their ven
turesome manner of crossing the streets was due to
anything more than carelessness of their personal
safety. Now, however, it begins to appear that jay
walking is a matter of principle. All eyes will be on
Iowa City if the question of the constitutionality of
the traffic laws is taken into court.
Somehow we can not refrain from commending
the action of the judge at Los Angeles, who is hold
ing the Obenchain jury to its work. More such
judges and we will have fewer such juries.
Roald Amundsen is going where he will not be
troubled by questions of fuel or transportation for
several months.
At that, a girl shows pretty good judgment when
she declines an invitation from a stranger to ride in
his car.
Now would be a good time to put the swimming
hole question to a vote.
Omaha can look at Chicago, and feel thankful for
something. ,
Dog-day sensations are coming fast enough.
On Second Thought
What Other
Editors Say
By B. V. BTAyHirm.
Some people complain because of poor health, but
manr more bave poor health because they complain, -
No ttouJemcnt of Dlahonor.
F- Ike haw Tarfe Herat.
It was the United States railroad
labor board Itself which gave notice
when the striking shop unions
walked out, that the old men that
stuck to their posts and the new
men that came In to fill vacancies
would become the recognised shop
(raft organisation entitled to every
light, privilege and benefit the strlk
Ins unions and striking men had
enjoyed.
The railroads confirmed this an
nouncement of the board. They
pledged themselves that should
there be a settlement of the strike
every competent old man that
stayed and every competent new
man that Joined the force would be
sept on his job.
And the railroads pledged them
selves that when these men retained
their jobs, after a poaalble strike
settlement, they should retain all
the benefits golnar with the ioba. oar
ticularly their seniority rights. This
latter fact was iterated and reiter
ated In all the newspapers and bla
zoned over the land. There Is no
shadow of doubt In the mind of any
man, whatever hi interests or
whatever his station, what this
Pledge said and what it meant.
For the United States railroad
labor board or the railway manaae-
ments or anybody elae to bring
aooui a settlement or the ahop
unions' strike on a basis that would
cost any of the competent men now
at work their Jobs, cost any of them
their seniority rights or cost any or
them any other benefits belonging
ie mem oouid be nothlnr mora and
rothlng leas than a betrayal of the
men wno, reiyinr on tne Diedran t
the board and the pledges of the
railway manaa-rn. mtnnA hv th
poara, stooa by the roads and stood
oy tne public. Tha United fltatea
railway laoor board, in n.rntintin
such a settlement, would have
oroaen raitn with the loyal workers
and with the public. The railroads,
in agreeing to ana accepting such
terms of settlement, would have
committed a moral wroner an abhor.
rent as the legal wrong.
If, after all the pledges that have
been given and after all that has
nappenea in getting- tens of thou
sands Of men to leava nther. mm.
ployment and go to work for the
nuiroaas unaer those pledges, the
men now on the, inh ahnnM h.
thrown out or should be deprived
Of any Of their ria-hts nrlvii...
"" u-.raniea to mem by those
men. aner a settlement of
such dishonor, there would bn no
reason wny union men or nonunion
men, why the man who stuck on nig
Job or the man who quit his Job,
why railroad worker or the general
public should have a shred of faith
left in the United nHim n.n.j
labor board or should again trust
the railroads in nnvthinr .t
time. : " " "v
Let there be nn atrilr. ..fft.m.nt
of dishonor!
Changes in Nebraska.
From the Salt Lake Tribune,
The recent Nebraska primary elec
tion has resulted in a complete and
interesting realignment of the demo-
SJSiV.0 Po'lt'eH clana in that state.
William Jennings Bryan is to cam
paign for Senator Gilbert M. Hitch
cook, for 20 years hie political en
my. Charles w. Bryan, brother of
the Commoner, become the Rmn
of Nebraska, seelnar that wmiam
Jennings has betaken himself to
Florida as a cltisen. Charles W.
Bryan won the democratic nomina
tion for governor in the Nebraska,
primary.
William Jenninea Br van rannnt
campaign for hia brother withnut
also campaigning for Senator Hitch
cock. The statement was made
some weeks ago that should Charles
W. Bryan win, the gubernatorial
nomination. William wnnlrl n,mn
the atate for hint. At the same time
Hitchcock will be found faithfully
working for the elentinn nt C oxi
date Charles, also his long-standing
yviuicai enemy.
Another curinun turn in h
braska situation is that the prohibi
tionists will Drobablv
against Charles Brvnn. iif.u..
prohibition leader. Superintendent
High of the Anti-Saloon learns
nnounced some time th. .
league would oppose anyone nn the
san ticket with a wet advocate.
This is understood to have had ref
erence to Senator Hitchcock, who is
credited with sympathizing with the
movement for modification of the
Volstead act, although he has an
nounced that he favors the enforce
ment of that law and nn inn.- in
siders the prohibition question a fac-J
lul pohucs. huh later, High an-
..uuiicou ma opposition to Hitchcock,
S statement of previous
"' counts, ne win have to op
pose Bryan for governor because his
"" appears on the democratic
v;.ei iuong witn that of Hitchcock
Y 17 J II YVI.a .
i wstory Kanit Folncare With
the Kaiser?
From the New Republic. '
The French chambers have ab
solved Poincare from all responsi
bility for bringing on the last war.
in miure generations it is possible
that historians may ascribe a trifle
of weight to the vote of the cham
bers. But they are more likely to
find their energies absorbed in an
alyzing Polncare's responsibility for
wio next war, or ratner, or the next
great plunge of Europe toward an
archy. It was the political menace
of Poineare that prevented Briand
rrom joining with England in mak
ing common sense adjustments un
der which a republican Germany
might live. In the interest of the
profiteering industrials of the Creu
ot group Poineare practically
spiked - the Rathenau-Loucheur
agreement, by which the Germans
would have been permitted to pay a
substantial part of the indemnity in
the only form in which they can
pay it, their labor and industry.
Poineare killed the Genoa confer
ence and has succeeded in turning
the Hague conference toward futil
ity. His record before 1914 might
be lily-white although it is not
and yet his chances would be excel
lent of being enrolled, alongside the
kaiser, among the great architects
ot human woe.
Youth and Crime.
From the Peoria Journal.
The statement of a Massachusetts
Judge that he has discovered "more
skill in crime in boys of IS, 17 and
1$ years of age than was formerly
found in old men who had spent
their lives in criminal pursuits,"
would be alarming were an obvious
explanation not discernible in the
trend of the times.
This is not a sophisticated age.
Even a Massachusetts judge might
be expected to appreciate this fact
and e therein a logical, if some
what unpleasant, answer to his ob
servation." No doubt, his honor is
correct. Judges are not usually
given to exaggerate statements.
Youtha lead as gunmen and bandits.
Their ingenuity also provides them
with sensational trimmings in exe
cuting their crimes of which older
criminals were ignorant
But. it is also true that youtn
lead in other line of human en
deavor beside crime. Youth la e
eftmlnr mare sjid mart the vitalfziner
force in industry.' government, sci-1
ence and art. Modem life offers l
more opportunities for broadening
' eeeni-lea Is touch vouth than ever
before, liulh farmer and city boy
are lees Ignorant than boys of &0 or
100 years aso.
The Maaaat'huMtla Judge's obser
vation with Us Implied reproof of
the times is futile. Crime in youth
Is revolting, but it is leas reprehen
sible than crime In estreme age. In
the latter rase it show moral de
pravlty, while in the former It is
partially excusable.
The degree of skill in crime ti
which the judge refers is not an
alarming symptom. If we are to
have greater skill In honest men we
must expect greater skill in rrimi
Bale.
Where Amerknn Farmers Lead.
From the Cleveland Newa.
Statistics recently published show
that the value of farm machinery
used in the United States in 1920
was nearly three times a much as
it had been in 1910 and five tlmos
as much as in 1100. A part of thla
remarkable Increase was due, of
course, to the great advance In the
price of reaping machines, mowing
machines and all other kinds of ma.
chlnsry used on farme, but In the
decade from ltuO to 1910 there was
no great change In that respect, and
In the main the Immense expansion
of the Investments of American
farmers, in machlnea for use in their
business, must b credited to tho
possession of more such labor-saving
devices.
In that respect the farmers of this
country lead the world, and it Is
their great utilisation of machinery
which has enabled them to surplus
all rivals in the crops they grow, not
by the acre but In proportion to the
man-power employed. The agricul
tural statistics of the United States
look bad by comparison with those
of many European countries, if they
are measured by the area of the
land cropped, but they beat the
world if the base or measurement is
the number of workers who grow
the grain and other staples produced.
Farmers In this country use much
land and machinery, in proportion
to their harvests, but few men. In
Germany, France, Great Britain,
Italy and other European countries
it is quite otherwise. There more
men are employed on a Riven acre
age, and for a certain production,
but much less machinery.
Readers' Opinions
Trying to Put Something Over.
The senate now hopes to pass the
tariff bill by AuguRt 1, that being
the period of summer when human
vitality is the lowest. Kansas City
Star.
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Omaha Publio IJbrary.
Omaha, July :. To the Editor
of The Omulrn He: J note there Is
a movement on foot to vote on the
proposition to put two extra stories
on the Omaha, publio library, re
model the building and put In two
elevators.
If the Omaha publio library were
used exclusively a a public library
as It should be, there would be euf
flclent room In the present build
Ing to provide for the care and clr
cutaHon of all the goods that will
be bought by the city In the next
generation. It la neither necessary
nor desirable that the publio library
should house a museum or make
room for exhibit of pictures, many
of which are worse than useless in
their debasing of public taste In the
art line.
There Is no reason why the mu
rum material should not be ex
hlblted In the grade and high
schools of the city where the cull
dren, for whom these exhibits are
intended, rimy have access to in
same. All of tho good and desirable
pictures that the library will ever
receive can be shown to better ad
vantage In tho high schools or th
city. There Is no reason why the
rich and aristocratic Society of Fine
Arts should not rent wall space to
show its traveling collection or pic
tures. It is an outrage to tax the
city for such abortions and even im
moral mutures a are snown at
times by the art societies that bring
exhibits of olcturea here.
what would be more aesiraoia
and ia needed In the public library
is a passenger elevator. I am sure
we would be willing; to name it
after the donor. We would even go
so far aa to suggest a wealthy cltl
zen who is deenlv interested in
librarv matters ana has no neirs
aa the proper person to present that
elevator to the library, or nis Drotn
er, also wealthy and heirless, might
cresent it as a thanksgiving for
having secured the appointment of
his brother to the only position in
the public eye that he could ever
have acnievea.
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