The Morning Bee MORN 1NG—EVENING—SUNDAY THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY NELSON B. UPDIKE, Publisher. B. BREWER. G*a. Manas*r. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Th* As#.* uteri l>r«aa. ot Which Thw Be# it t member, is udutnlr entitled to tb« uso for rnubile.i'.m of all sew# dtstaichna crwdltad to It at nea ..trierwise credited in tins itvtt. sntl nls< ihs local news btthltshsd barwta. Ail rtabis of muhlH-silons of our spooisl dtstarcbss srs Also r—sresd. BEE TELEPHONES Prhata Branch Exchange. Ask lor th* Department AT Ian tie or Parana Wanted. For Night Calla After 10 P. M,: tnrtn Editorial Department. AT laatie 1021 or 1042. ,uu” OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnarn Ca. Bluffs • - - - li» Scott St. So. Side. N W. Cor. 24tli and N New York—246 Fifth Avenue Washington • - 422 Star Bldg. Chicago - - - 1720 Steger Bldg Paris, France—420 Rue St. Honoris %Si~T- m ..Jr--==rr .=--.-a»so IF SECRETARY FALL RESIGNS. Rumors of an impending cabinet change, affect ing the Interior department, do not contain any ele ment of surprise to those who have been closely watching proceedings. Secretary Fall has differed sharply with Secretary Wallace of the Agricultural department concerning certain matters of policy, and it now appears the president leans to the side of the secretary of agriculture. If Secretary Fall is so thoroughly committed to his views as to feel his use fulness is ended because he can not have his own way. his resignation will naturally follow. Chiefly the difference between the two cabinet officers grows out of the control of the forestry service. This bureau was originally organized and has been developed in connection with the Depart ment of Agriculture. It has been kept there be cause of its close alliance with certain other bu reaus or divisions of the department, from which it can not well he divorced. A certain amount of overlap in jurisdiction is thus created, but it has not presented anything in the way of complications that can not readily be overcome. In fact, the work has progressed smoothly enough, and with little if any friction prior to the coining of Mr. Fall as sec retary of the interior. Forestry is growing in importance every day in the United States. The several states of the union are taking it up seriously, and most of them now have forestry departments, in charge of experts, who look after the culture and propagation of tree growth in every way. In New England, Pennsyl vania, and the southern states, the work is carried along on a scale of great commercial operations, and is found to be exceedingly profitable. Public interest was aroused to protest when the removal of the bureau from the Agricultural to the Interior department was proposed, and it is quite in line with his general character that the president, after full examination, should decide against the change. Another thing that may in some regard affect Secretary Fall is the fate of the so-called Bursum bill, which was intended to open to settlement cer tain lands now in possession of the Pueblo Indians in New Mexico ami Arizona. It is not necessary to inquire into the merits of this measure, if it has any. Generally it is regarded as an untimely effort to deprive the Indians of rights that are theirs, to make way for what threatens to be a great specula tive enterprise in the way of reclamation. The gov ernment is in need of land to meet the demands for farm homes, but it can not afford to secure that land at the expense of further good faith with its wards. Too much scandal already has been created by the record of our dealings with the Indians to allow another threat of repetition to go without challenge, and so the Bursum bill has gone to a grave in' the committee archives. Secretary Fall may resign, or he may accom modate his own to the views of the president. 'If he chooses the latter course, he will find opportun ity for great service in administering the affairs of his department, which is one of great importance in the housekeeping of the nation. Certain great programs have been initiated, and President Har ding is inclined to carry them on. and the secre tary of the interior, whoever he is, will have em ployment enough in doing the things that are under way for the good of all the people. CUT LEGAL RED TAPE. A vast and promising movement is on toward the simplification of legal procedure. The mass of technicalities, designed one by one for the protec tion of the parties to legal action have finally so cluttered up the temple of justice as to constitute impediments. The process of law has become over costly and slow, but by no means no more certain than of old. Dean Henry M. Bates of the University of Mich igan Law achool covers the situation in the follow ing words: “General simplification of course must be sought if the courts are not to lose ground stead ily. Great advances have been made in this state, and while at each change there is a howl from some members of the bar, the%succesaive reforms have in the main been received in good spirit and every one of them is now heartily approved." These remarks were drawn forth by publication of a proposed procedural reform act by Hugh E. Willis, professor of law at the University of In diana. The proposal is to abolish the present and provide a new system of legal procedure, both civil and criminal, by authorizing the supreme court of each state to prescribe forms and rules, and gener ally to regulate pleading, evidence and practice. Mark well what Prof. Willis has to say: "The purpose of this act is to make legal pro cedure a means for the administration of justice instead of an end in itself. Today, as always here tofore, legal procedure has been an end. We are litigating procedure. Over one-half the cases ap pealed involve no questions except procedure. At torneys may be Interested In these questions, but clients certainly are not. Society (and that means clients) is complaining of the delays, uncertainties and expense. All of these are due to the fact that so much time is spent in litigating procedure. It is as though physicians should pay no attention to the question, whether or uot the medicines they prescribe are good for their patients. Society would not tolerate such physicians. Attorneys do not ask whether or not their legal procedure is good for their clients. Society la beginning to ask why there is this difference between physicians and attorneys." His proposal, which is endorsed by Dean Roscoe Pound of Harvard University Law school, Dean John H. Wigmore of Northwestern University Law school, and in principle by Elihu Root, the leader of the American bar, would require notice pleading instead of essential fact or issue pleading. It would also give judges greater control over the conduct of trials, and would abolish reversals for technicali ties. All rules of legal procedure would be directory rules instead of mandatory, statutory or common law rules. While these changes will be best under stood by lawyers, it is evident enough to the lay mind that they would cut a lot of red tape that now seems to hamper justice. There is, of course, opposition to the plan among many practicing at torneys, but there is also strong support from others. The general public will welcome any move far speeding up and simplifying justice. FIRM FOR CLEANER PICTURES. Nebraska and, Iowa exhibitors who have declared they will not attempt to show “Fatty” Arbuckle films display good judgment. They should be congratu lated. for their determination is not solely based on recognition of the protest that has been sent up from all quarters against the proposal, but has in it some sign of the general policy of these exhibitors to dis play only films of high quality. They cater to the citizens of states well known because of the intel ligence and high moral standards of general citizen ship, and know that to maintain patronage they must meet the requirements of people whose tastes are for the decent. One cynical distributer says it will be up to tl^ public entirely if Arbuckle is allowed to return; that unless the people want the films, they will not be shown. This is looking at it entirely from the wrong end. That man and every other producer and dis tributer kngws that films have been made and shown that never should have been put before fhe public, and because they have been patronised, as such things always are, the producer has salved his con science with the statement that was what the pub lic wanted. A heavier responsibility than this rest* on the producer, the distributer and the exhibitor. Each is part of a great industry and in a largt sense each is a keeper of public morals. Unless thej are eager to have rigid restrictive censorship laws en acted, they will heed the warning many times given, and be diligent in cleaning their own house. If the future of the moving picture depends on the showing of one or two so-called “stars,” who have fallen into eclipse through their own misconduct, then it would better shut up shop, and employ its capital in something else. Happily, there are plenty of moving picture actors whose records are clean and whose popularity is not challenged by malodorous private records, and these, as well as the public, deserve pro tection from the unworthy. LOOK AT THE PRINTERS. “A drop of ink makes millions think,” runs the rhyme so familiar to all, and another well-conned adage is, “Of the making of books there is^no end.’’ Just how many drops of ink are employed in making the 110,000,000 people of the United States think will never be known, nor is there a close and accur ate account of the number of printed sheets laid be fore them. However, the census of the printing in dustry for the year 1919 is at hand, and it contains some figures that may interest the public. , In 1919 there were 32,476 printing establish ments of all kinds in the United States, a decrease of 3 per cent since 1914. These employed 455,822 persons in all capacities, an increase of 8 per cent in five years. Capital employed was $1,150,505,2.47, an increase of 59.7 per cent over 1914. Salaries and wages paid amounted to $563,584,011,-an increase of 69 per cent, while the value of products from these plants was $1,699,789,229, an increase of 88.5 per cent. In the newspaper and periodical publication \ branch of the industry were listed 17,362 establish- 1 ments. as againSt 19,317 in 1914, a decrease of 10 per cent. Persons engaged were 228,630, on 7.8 per cent more than five years before. Salaries and wages paid were $228,198,701, an increase of 60.5 per cent, and capital employed was $614,045,344, an increase of 59.6 per cent. Value of products was $924,152, 878, an increase of 86.4 per cent. Nebraska had in 1919 541 newspapers, devoted to news, politics and family reading, 36 less than in I 1914, and 17 fewer than in 1909. Ten papers de voted to the printing of agricultural, horticultural and similar information were published in Nebraska then; 15 college and school periodicals, and four devoted to commerce, finance and insurance; 11 for fraternal orders, clubs and societies; four for the. Boy Scouts; three labor papers; 11 religious, seven trade journals, and three classed as miscellaneous. In the other classifications Nebraska is listed among “all other states.” In 1919 in the United States a total of 20,489 publications had an average circulation per issue of 222,481,983, a decrease in number of publications of 2,265, and an increase in circulation of 17,087,086. Daily newspapers numbered 2,441, with an average circulation of 33,028,630 each day. Nebraska had 29 daily newspapers in 1919, with a daily circulation of 371,309 copies. This was a decrease of five in num ber, and an increase of 41,469 in circulation. These high spots will afford a notion of how well the American public is supplied with reading matter, particularly in the way of daily papers. In Nebraska, for example, it means that more than one paper for each four of the population is printed every day. No excuse for not being informed exists in this state, and mighty few people who are not informed, for the average Nebraskan is a persistent reader. Surprise is expressed that a factory hand did not “bite" on the fake turkey his companions pre pared for him. The real wonder is that the plot ters thought they could get away with it. The Burlington is wheeling into line with orders for motive power and rolling stock on a large scale, keeping up the Hill tradition of being ready. » It is all very well to expel bootleggers from the senate restaurant, but where does that leave the senators? , The British debt commission is on its way to America. Here’s a hope it brings along the check book. Press Agent Hays From the Louisville Courier-Journal. 1 In reading Mr. Hays' reasons why, in his judgment, the ban against Arbueklo should be lifted. Americans with a fine sense of the fitness of things can not fail to regret that the disposition of this case could not have been intrusted to the director of the American stage rather than to the director of the American screen. It is difficult to imagine that a man of Augustus Thomas' irreproachable taste could concur In the maud lin sentimentality or specious reasoning that equally mark the Hays pronouncement on the subject. It may be argued that an applicant, for dommuta tion of sentence deserved consideration by reason of alleged reformation, but It is none the less true that a decency loving public merits equal, if not greater, con sideration from the director of the motion picture business. That public should be safeguarded against the pos sibility of having revived in its daily consciousness things connoted by the name of this forbidden figure in filmdom. Very willingly, and without the faintest trace of lingering malice or ill will, the decency loving public would consent to have all that Arbuckla represents speedily effaced. Millions of movie patrons will not share Mr. Hays' leniency. The importance of taste, as well as of executive capacity, in positions like that now held by Will H. Hays has seldom If ever been so strikingly illustrated as by this decision. Reintroducing Arbuckle, Mr. Hays" will figure as having been the alert press argent of the screen when he declared him banned, and the alert press agent of the movie clown when he reintroduced him. Mr. Hsys is, by training, a press agent rather than a re former A fr “From, State and Nation” —Editorials from other newspapers— _ • f^»te Parks. From th« Plmtte V»ll«y N«w«. Plans of the state park board to recommend to the legislature the ac ceptance of various tracts of land in iftiTerent parts of the state, to be per manently cared for and preserved as state parks, will meet with welcoming interest by Nebraskans everywhere. We pay too little attention to beauty, in building a commonwealth* It is the experience of every large city tfcat after it has attained ma terial prominence it finds that it has neglected to provide for spots of beauty, and the result is that it be comes necessary to condemn, at large expense, blocks of city land to be set aside for park purposes. City plan ning. in the first place, would have prevented this waste. What is true of the city is true, in a larger sense, of the stats and the nation. Whilo our national park sys tern is being developed along splen did lines, there has been a neglect of a state park system, and this neglect should be remedied before Nebraska becomes much more populated. We of this wonderful valley know that for scenic interest, and for his torical significance, 'this region is without an equal in the slate—but how many other Nebraskans know that this is so? By setting aside tracts of land in various parts of the state, and by gifts that may be ex pected to he made from time to time, the state in a few years will have a state park system that will not only be attractive to Nebraskans who are vacationing, but will also prove a magnet to bring tourists from other states to us. The move toward the creation and maintenance of state parks is a move that will meet with cordial response from Nebraskans everywhere. The Akron of Swat. From the Washington Siar. This is a news note: Plans for a republican meeting In Akron, O.. In February “for the pur pose of aiding and encouraging the republican parly in Ohio to get back to first principles,” were an nounced here yesterday by Repre sentative Knight, republican, Ohio. Fifteen or twenty, “progressive” representatives, Mr. Knight said, will be there to hear an address by Senator Borah (republican), Idaho, on “The Necessity of Rededicating the Republican Party to the Service of the People.” The meeting," said Mr. Knight, “will not be for the purpose-of launching, aiding or en couraging any third-party move ment in Ohio, or to encourage the candidacy of any man for the presi dency.” Vi notices of this kind it seems al ways necessary to assure the public that a third party is not in the cal culation. Whether democrats or re publicans gather separately or to gether for a conference as to the fu ture the project of a third party is In variably denied. Suggestions are multiplying thnt "the lady doth protest too much.” If the democratic party, as some demo crats assert. Is Indistinguishable from the republican party, and the republi can party, as many republicans as sert. has become the mere tool of the "interests," why should not both be scrapped and the way cleared for a new party, or two new parties, to serve the country In the present emer gency—the greatest it has known In 60 years? This Akron meeting will attract at tention because Ohio is the president’s state and the Buckeyes who’ will par ticipate in it supported Mr. Harding In 1920. If, as they claim, therefore, tho republican party now needs a "rededi oation" to the service of the people. Mr. Harding in office has failed. As a matter of fact, however, Mr. Harding, in a message to cogress, has Just delivered sentiments as forward looking as any the country *»as heard and far more practical than many for which his critics are known. Why move against him, directly or in directly? The Force of Consistency. I'rom the St. Louis Globe- Democrat. Someone has said that a man who makes consistency his god never geta anywhere. That may be. but con sistency adds weight to an argumeht and force to a criticism. A\ hat "William J. Bryan says about the rule of wealth is true. The mere possession of money and property in vast quantity is given entirely too much consideration by our governing agents, including lawmakers. But since the same heady consideration is accorded it by tho individual citizen, by Mr. Bryan himself, one wonders. how the matter can he arranged sat-1 isfactorily until human nuture is chang/d. Mr. Bryan is not only a wealthy man, hut he has always selected his intimates and associates from among the wealthy men of his day and vic inage. His Florida home is found in what is denominated as millionaire row, and his Intimates nre nearly all men of exceptional wealth. Consistency should begin to make demands upon the great commoner. It is recalled that Mr. Bryan sprang into the limelight as the champion of the masses against the classes, and enunciated an alarming doctrihe of sectionalism wherein he attempted Daily Prayer Giving thanga always for nil thing* unto God and fhe Father. In the name of our Lord, Jesu* Christ.—Eph. 5:20. But thank* he to God, which giveth u* the victory through our Lord, Jeaus Christ. —I Cor. 15:67 Our Heavenly Father, for all Thou hast given and all Thou hast forgiven, we thank Thee. For every gift of nature, and Thy favoring provi dences, and Thy great salvation through Christ, we thank Thee. For blessings within us and around us; for everything by which Thou hast brought good and drawn ns to Thy self through all our lives and tho lives of our kin; for our power of un derstanding, of loving, of homemnk Ing, of sharing friendships; for the good hope concerning loved ones who have gone from the ways of earth, and for our own expectation of shar ing heaven's Joy with them through Christ's saving merit—we thank Thee. Help us, O Father, to live and work with the cheer of a grateful spirit, overcoming all trouble by the pati ence of hope and the wisdom of love. So may we share the fellowship of all who follow Christ, both near about us and In all the world. Amen. REV. WILLIAM ALLEN KNIGHT. LLD, Boston, Mass. to array one section of tha republic against the other. But he, himself, has never toiled, nor even associated on terms of equulity, as did Tolstoy, with the classes he made pretense of serving and applauding Mr. Bryan has accumulated a for tune. how great we c-annot say. but sufficient to enable him to lead a life of luxury and ease. lie has accumu lated this fortune through the magic of his tongue. Ono searches In vain for a contribution of value he has made to the society of his time. A lawyer, it does not appear that he has practiced law in many, many years, ll/s own record squares per fectly with .he definition of parasite which the class he has championed and so frequently reprobates. The wealthy man that in particular arouses the eloquence of the common er is lie who tires the wheels of in dustry by keeping alive a great cor poration, thus adding to the achieve ments of his country and supplying hy his courageous daring profitable employment to thousands of cilizetui If the commoner himself ever pro vided a Job for another man it was either at the expense of the state and to a "deserving democrat," or as a servant in his own luxurious house hold. In the known circumstances, for William J. Bryan to prate about the rule of the rich is very similar to the brewing and distilling interests launching their attack on the non enforcement of the Volstead act. Voting for (‘resident. From the Gordan Journal. We believe that Senator Norris is r.ght in proposing to do away with the presidential electoral college by a constitutional amendment. People can just as well vote for the presi dent direct, and there would be a bet ter chance for an independent candi date to make a good showing. The Nebraska law does arrange for a vote for president direct, but it is tile only state that does this, and we have been told that it would be found to be unconstitutional If anyone was disposed to contest it. However. It is so logical that on one has ever felt like doing this. Weekly Street Car Tickets. From (he National Municipal Review. The weekly, interchangeable pass is one of the weapons being used by street railways in their lust gallant stand against bankruptcy and utter dissolution. The most recent user of the pass system is tfle Chicago ele vated railway system, but it has had its real tests in smaller communities. For example, in Terre Haute or 20 other cities, you ran huy a card good for the calendar week at the reason able price of, say. $]. It is good for any number of rides for the bearer. Walter H. Jackson, who introduced the idea, says, "We surely make 'em ride." _ _ * Seven Mistakes of Life. From tha Wichita Beacon. 1. The delusion that Individual ad vancement is made by crushing oth ers down, t 2. The tendency to worry about things that cannot be changed or corrected. d. Insisting that a thing is Impos sible because we ourselves cannot ac complish. i 4. Attempting to compel other per sons to believe and live as we do. 5. Neglecting development and re finement of the mind by not acquir ing the habit of reading fine litera ture. 6. Refusing to set aside trivial pref erences. in order that important things may be accomplished. T. The failure to establish the habit of saving money. Common Sense By J. J. MINDY. The Value of a Plan of Procedure. Maybe one of the reasons you do not have greater success, is due to the fact that you are in such a hurry to do the physical work necessary to the performance of certain tasks, that you do not take time enough to think out your plan of procedure. You dash into things and try to think and plan as you go along. If you do. then you have to spend a lot of time thinking how to get out of difficulties which never would have existed if you had planned out things in a way to have avoided trouble. Every successful man of big or little business does his planning ah gad. He has a definite course to pursue and considers ways of getting out of certain difficulties which are bound or likely to come up. lie is prepared. Planless rushers ure not the ones selected for big jobs. You may be ambitious, but you ex pend most of your time in muscle ex orcise just rushing around, and losing out in the main object. To keep your hands and your feet moving does not indicate that you are getting anywhere, unless you have a plan to start with and make your mo tions bend to its carrying out. Plan ahead and then make your movements count. (Copyright, 1121.) _I “7 he People’s Voice’* Editorial* from roadora of Tho Morning Baa. Raadars of Th* Morning Boo aro invited to uio thio column frooty for oxprooaton on matter* of public intormt. • Rural High Schools. Heartwell, Neb.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee; I read most of your editorials and find among them some real Interesting and truthful, while In others you are as badly mistaken and miss facts by far. The editorial I have in mind is the one in which you are condemning a Central City correspondent who criti cised our present high -school system. This Central City correspondent stated facts about as they exist. He did not say to keep them on the farm was to give them no education. It’s the free high school he was con demning, and It is one of the worst enemies the farmer has to put up with today. The man that has worked hard and has tried to make something out of this country Is taxed to bank ruptcy to educate his children and some good for nothing neighbor’s chil dren . free of charge. This free high school law should be repealed. Every parent should pay for the high school education their children get. You say. boys and girls do come back. Yes, many do; but the real farmer won't say they are the best farmers; far from it. If you elty farmers will come out and farm a while and find out what high school la doing to the real farmer, maybe they would not talk high school so much. The real dirt farmer does* not ask for any high.school advice. We have had enough' of that and think it’s about time we gave some advice. FARMER BEE READER. Must Standardize Farm ’ Products. Kearney, Neb.—To the Editor of The Omaha feee: The importance of grading farm produce, such as pota toes, is shown by the experience of the California Fruit Growers' ex change, consisting of 10,500 members. This is a nonprofit cooperative or ganization which sells nearly ♦100, 000,000 worth of citrous fruits an nually. To quote from G. Harold Powell, late general manager of the California Fruit Growers' exchange, who in one of his last statements on co operative marketing, said: “During the almost complete collapse in the machinery of distribution and marketing that oc curred in 1921 most of the California growers received prices for their fruit crops that returned more than the cost of production. “The establishment of uniform grades of agricultural produce is one of the most important questions af fecting American agriculture. It is equally important to the producer, the trade, and the consumer. The waste that occurs in badly handled, un graded farm products is one of the leading causes of the high cost of dis tribution. because this waste must either be deducted from the farmer’s price or added to the cost of distribu tion. It is important to the wholesale trade because the merchant can not sell at low gross margins unless food stuffs are uniform and dependable in grade and quality. It is equally necessary to have an equitable, de pendable supply of a food product In the hands of the retail merchant. If he is to add only reasonable margins in the sale of his products. “In the course of an experience of 30 years in the California fruit indus try the exchange has found no place for miracles in solving the farmers’ complex marketing problems. The former average loss of $1,500,000 an nually, caused by decay clue to bad handling by the individual grower, has been practically eliminated by standardized association methods of harvesting and packing. The cost of distributing the fruit from the pro ducer to the wholesale trade, exclu sive of freight, has been reduced from i5 per cent to 2 1-3 per cent. Including the cost of national advertising." Mr. Powell was one of the ablest minds on the subject of co-operative marketing. It was under his guid ance that the California Fruit Grow ers’ exchange became one orthe most successful co-operative marketing as sociations in the world, and at the time of his death had an annual turn over of approximately $100,000,000. finder Ills guidance the question of distributing the citrous fruits to the Consumer, including grading, packing and national advertising, was reduced from 15 to 2 1-3 per cent, and during the year 1921 they sold $69,000,000 worth of citrous fruit at a loss of only $9,000 of the delivered value of the fruit, and the cost of running this business was about 2.3 per cent. Their success has been laid wholly upon the one principle that oo-operatlon must take Into account the consuming pub lic as well, and their stand for a high grade product has won them this success. Here we have the cold facts before us from such an eminent authority as Mr. Powell, who has made good I with an organization that stood the | acid test during the greatest calamity ,-JBowm£_. Closing Out Sale CASH OR TERMS Now Is the Time to Buy Draperies and Lace Curtains While the Prices Are Down # On account of not being able to renew our lease we are compelled to close out our mammoth stock* of homefurnishings and have marked everything in plain figures, showing the big savings to be had. Easy credit terms will be given if so desired. Purchases made for future delivery will be stored free of charge until or dered sent out. CRCC Next Thursday at 8 p. m. we give away an eight t 1\ l-« i s piece Walnut Diningroom Suite and 45 other useful household articles. Come in and register. No purchase required. HOWARD STREETS, BETWEEN 15TH AND 16TH STREETS Have the Metropolitan Van and Storage Co. Move You k that ever befell the American prP ducer. Those producers who prot*#1 against being required by Nehrarfcl' law to grade th» lr potatoes are hetAlra in the wrong direction. The market for Nebraska potatoes will ho made tetter by establishing high standards fnr shipment, and leaving the culls at home to be fed to stock. It does not pay to ship poor potatoes. CO-OPERATOR. Real Object of Prohibition. Chadron, Neb.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee; John Davidson's letter In your Monday morning edi tion offers nothing to those of us who have voted for prohibition as provid ing better conditions for our growing sons than we suffered during the J6 years of pioneering here, I believe Sergeant Williams of the Omaha dry squad to be faithful an