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A singular, and not especially inspiring, specta cle is presented by Congressman Upshaw of Georgia in the house of representatives at Washington. Not that Mr. Upshaw lacks the support of right in his position, but that it should be necessary for any member to make such an announcement as he did on the floor on Tuesday. Wc may step over the question of one man’s right to regulate the habits of his associates or contemporaries. That, so far as liquor is concerned, has been passed upon by the American people. A more vital principle is at stake. The prohibition amendment was sumbitted to-f the people by a vote of congress; it was ratified by the legislatures of the several states with only three states declining to assent by ratifying the pro posed amendment. Congress then passed the Vol stead act, and on several occasions since has de clined to modify its provisions to permit the re newal of traffic in mild alcoholic stimulants or bev erages. Admitting that a considerable number of con gressmen and senators are opposed to prohibition, the question arises: Have they a right to select what laws of their own making they shall obey, and which they may ignore* If a member of congress is above one law, it follows very clearly that he is above all laws. Under the Constitution members of congress are immune from arrest “in all cases except treason, felony and breach of the peace," and for remarks on the floor, but this immunity is to preserve his integrity rather than to encourage his indifference to law. One gentleman,.accustomed to moderate use of liquor, on finding himself elected to congress, de clared his intention of giving up even the social glass. However lightly he felt the law touch on his own person, he could not conscientiously con tinue using even a slight quantity of liquor, be cause it is forbidden by law, and in his capacity as lawmaker he did not want to set the example of a law breaker. His attitude may be commended to others at Washington. Against this may be set the expression of an other member of congress, who said if a secret bal lot could be taken, the Volstead act would be re pealed. Her* is a confession that members of con gress shrink from voting their convictions. However we may regard the underlying princi ple, approval of the Upshaw crusade for honesty in congress follows because it is in accord with the high ideals of Americanism. Congressmen should obey the laws they make. THE BANE OF DELAY AND UNCERTAINTY. Is the ship subsidy plan dead? The importance of a definite decision, one way or the other, concern ing this bill is plain. It is hard for the public to understand why a vote should not have been taken on this question instead of merely shoving it aside. What America needs now is an end of doubt and the definite settlement of its problems. The de velopment of a merchant marine, w. .ch might have been assisted by the subsidy, has been hampered by the uncertainty whether or not the government owned vessel* were to be sold to private interests. Let it be clearly announced that there is to be no assistance from the public treasury to the private shipping business, and the great ocean transporta tion interests are at once placed on their mettle. Experience has proved that there is no handicap that American business ingenuity is not able to meet if it has to. To leave the shipping interests in doubt as to what conditions they will have to operate under, is an unnecessary handicap. This same thing is true of other great industries. The senate has also before it a number of proposals for a rural credit law that may be considered as a method of subsidizing agriculture. Though there have been countless investigations and reports on the need for this legislation and the form it should take, there is to be an extended period of debate on this proposal. Meanwhile uncertainty prevails, not as to the eventual passage of some credit leg islation, for the need is so great that it can not be ignored, but as to exactly what form the aid will take. More speed is needed in congress. Doubts that harass business should be removed and decisions made promptly and definitely. IT HAPPENED IN OKLAHOMA. Something like forty years ago an inspired Fourth of July orator, exploding on the greatness of the glorious west, spoke of “sky-bounded, horizon staked plains.” The figure of speech was good then, but “them days is gone forever.” That is what added zip and fizz to the ceremony attendant on the inauguration of Governor Walton of Oklahoma. The governor went decorously enough to the statehouse on Monday, took the oath of office, and assumed his duties as chief executive of the staid and well behaved state of Oklahoma. On Tuesday, he went out to the fair grounds at Oklahoma City, and had the whole thing done over again, in a fashion the aborigines might understand, and took part in proceedings that will give great impetus to the mov ing picture conception of the wild and woolly .west A barbecue and all that goes with it was pro vided to keep alive some of the things made famous by “Bill” Cody's great galaxy of wild west riders, shooters, ropers and the like. The “101 Ranch,” Col. Zack Mulhall and a few eminent statesmen and diplomats gave zest to the affair, where food was provided for 200,000 hungry, and nobody has yet stated how many thirsty were looked after. It was a glorious reminder of a time that has gone l>efore the open world was all cut up into little patches by barbed wire fence, and when a man whefi he wanted to go any place just rode across the coun try till he got there. Millions will never know any thing about the life of that day, save as they glimpse it in such exaggerations as the Oklahoma inaugura tion festivities, but here and there linger men who took part in it, and to them it will be the most cherished memory. Something wrong somwhere when a woman who feeds stray cats dies of hunger herself. Yet such a case is reported from New York. GETTING THE ARMY OUT OF EUROPE. Orders for the removal of the remaining American troops from the station on the Rhine are issued at a time when the effect will be the most pronounced in Europe. Our men were stationed at Coblenz in the beginning to give moral support to the com missions that were working to restore peace. A treaty between the United States and Germany has been signed and ratified, and that ended our mis sion on the Rhine. If our soldiers have remained there, it has been to give evidence of good intent, rather than to overawe anybody. Conditions have arisen that require that the United States do one of two things—either with draw its few soldiers from German soil, or accept tacitly the implied support of a French policy, the details of which are unknown to Americans. France has been warned that the United States is not ready to support the attempt to enforce collection. The Hughes’ proposal t# call a financial conference be fore invasion of Germany remains unanswered from Paris. Withdrawal of troops from the Rhine is not scut tling out of the country; it is solemn notice that America will not consent to be drawn deeper into European entanglements; that assistance from this nation will depend on better efforts by France, , Germany, Belgium and Italy to come to an under standing that does not employ force. The effect of the French march on the Ruhr valley must await the issue, but France certainly now understands that the move has not the ap proval of either the United States or England. FACTORIES BEHIND THE BARS. The proposal of the Farmers’ union for a twine plant at the state penitentiary represents a praise worthy move toward putting this penal institution on a self-supporing basis. The cost to the people of maintaining prisoners in idleness is growing too heavy in Nebraska. At present a part of the con victs at Lincoln are given employment in a furniture factory, and a few more in Jhe manufacture of work clothing, but there is no reason why the en tire population behind the bars should not be put to some useful task. In a number of wheat growing states the pris ons produce large quantities of binder twine. An official of the Minnesota state penitentiary told .the farmers’ meeting in Omaha of the successful oper ation of a twine plant at Stillwater. That prison is run as a factory, whose product is not only twine and other material things, but men trained to sup port themselves. Part of their earnings is sent to their families outside. Furthermore, when men are released they are in good physical condition and skilled in some useful occupation. Some such humanitarian and economical arrange ment is needed in Nebraska. The state legislature, which is now in session, should consider this question when it comes to the matter of appropriating money for the penal institutions. NEBRASKA IN THE LEAD. A survey of the general situation so far as busi ness prospects are concerned is encouraging. . In The Omaha Bee on Monday was published some statements from Nebraska editors as to the out look in their communities, all but one full of healthy optimism. What reason is there for this? The December report of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, in which district Nebraska is contained, carries a comparative summary of the money values of eight principal farm crops in seven states, as follows: 1922. 1921. Nebraska.$248,693,000 $ t#l .885,000 Kansas. 245,747,000 199,992.000 Missouri. 220,106,000 163,208,000 Oklahoma. 111,305,000 94,390,000 Colorado. 76,662,000 54,935,000 Wyoming. 21,988,000 18,264„000 New Mexico. 10,681,000 16,766,000 Totals.$938,182,000 $709,440,000 The hopes for the coming year have a substan tial basis in fact. An increase of $225,000,000 in farm crop values for the seven states, with $80, 000,000 as Nebraska’s share, is impressive enough to attract attention anywhere. Business is good and will be better in this region. Nikolai Lenine is gravely ill again, according to reports from Moscow. His companions are more worried about him than the outside world, for they will have to pick his successor should he not recover. John J. Stream having been elected head of the Chicago Grain exchange, the daily quotations ob viously will consider whether it be upstream or downstream. Vilhaljmur Stefansson may find that aelling town lots at the North Pole is different from dispos ing of stories about his adventures in the Arctic region. It’s a little early yet, but the base ball magnate is crowding his way to the center of the stage, just the same. “Better homes for Omaha” is a good slogan. Tradition of Empire Not Broken '1 Dr. Gilbert Shaw In Review of Reviews. ■ ■ Sums thus squandered by Europe, In provoking dis cord and retribution in the near east, would have paid the Interest on the American loans with the utmost ease, whereas that interest has been wrung from the Ameri can taxpayers, with a. continuance of war-time levies and severe pecuniary sacrifice. It would be mere idle ness to reproach the people of Great Britain, or France, or Italy, or of unfortunate little Greece, for these costly mistakes made by their governments. It is very hard to break the tradition of an obsolete and harmful im perialism. There is no such thing as foreign policy in the United States that is apart from the things that are popularly decided at the polls. But the structure of imperialism, as the rival European nations have i reated it. began several centuries ago; and, although that structure seemed at first be going down to wreck and ruin in the great war. the sequel shows that it sur vives. It is true that reigning dynasties were over thrown in four great empires—Germany, Austriu-Hun gary, Russia and Turkey. But it is by no means cer tain as yet that the Turks—returning to Europe with Europe's disgusted acquiescence—will not endeavor In due time to re establish themselves in Egypt and across North Africa as well as in Arabia and perchance in Persia. There is no satisfactory evidence that Russia, under new leaders, is not aiming at the earitest oppor tunity to re-establish control over all of her former dominions. It is true that Germany's present posi tion is difficult, but it would be hard to make any in telligent Frenchman believe that Germany will cease to be imperialistic at heart, for so long a time as what were once German colonies are in the control of other imperial governments which have taken them for im perial motives and are using them for commercial ad vantage. To put it another way, what well informed person is there who believes that the Germans will be content to live on nonimperialistic principles In a world that tolerates imperialism in general? The Ital ian revolution which brings the facista into power is distinctly imperialistic in its mental state, if not in any definitely expressed program for Immediate ful filment “From State and Nation” —Editorials from Other Netvs/Miiwrs— Tax Reducing Talk. j From th« Clay Center 8un. Notice that head! “Tax Reducing i Talk" is what one !• hearing on all I hands, and if you are at all like tlie | rest of us you are probably indulging 1 yourself in a bit of splenetic oratory, j What is the outcome to be? Candidly we do not think there will be any outcome for the agitation, though honest In many cases, is in the majority of cases without war rant. I do not mean to be understood as I arguing that taxes are not high, but I 1 do wish to be understood as believ i ing emphatically that taxes aro only | higli because of a people gone mad in j their spending to a point that they j have so committed themselves that j no stef! backward may be taken with out danger of consequences more dire than would be the completion of the things now under way. Reform In the hands of an angry or dishonest tnan may prove anything but a benefit, and we believe that the men at the head of many of the tax reform meetings and the advocates of many of the tax reforms are actuated by desire to ride into favor on a popu lar fad or a desire to vent their spleen on some person rather than a desire to benefit a people who are but pay ing the price of a debauch upon which they entered with their eyes wide open. The duck who coined the expression ''dollar matching” as applied to fed eral aid road work placed an easy mouthful Into the face of lots of peo ple who have not inquired into our road building program at all and who discuss the matter with other like un informed persons and with no other argument decided for themselves and all who will listen to their dangerous slogan that the government is robbing us—that our county is robbing us— and so on down the line until they ar rive at tho people who are. really rob bing themselves. If overspending with knowledge of one's own extravagance can be called robbery, but they do not damn tho people—they pity them— they say. Ask them what they mean by "dollar matching" and If they are unable to tell you more than that the federal government puts up BO per cent of the cost of public highways built under their supervision, pass up the balance of their argument, for they are not Informed upon their sub ject. Sinco 1014 we have steadily ad vanced as a people who talk much, but say little. The hlp-hurroo of war times pushed thinkers aside and gave spellbinders the floor, and they are holding It still. Until this condition is changed we will not get much relief from situations which we now find difficult. To stop short on programs In school work now under way or to stop short In our road building and maintaining plans would be the height of business folly, but the opporunlty is ours now, as It has been at all times, to consider well the consequences before we enter into new contracts calling for money which must be raised by taxation. No Power to .Know the Facts? From the New York World. The act of congress creating the federal trade commission gave it power, nmong other things— To gather and compile informa tion concerning, and to Investi gate from time to time the or ganization. business conduct, practices and management of any corporation engaged in (interstate) commerce. When the commission accordingly tried to gather information about coal mining it was enjoined by the District of Columbia supreme court on the ground that coal mining was not interstate commerce. When again it tried to gather information of costH and so on from certain iron and steel companies it was again held up, and by a two-to-one decision of the circuit court of appeals for the district this restraint Is affirmed on the same ground that in itself manufacture is not interstate commerce, however much the raw material and product may enter into such commerce. It is announced that this decision will be appealed from to the United States supreme court. It ought to be. Congress has power to regulate inter state commerce. This is admitted. The question here raised is whether con gress, or the federal government by act of congress, has a constitutional power to inform itself of the facts in relation to the production of com modities entering into interstate com merce with a view to the regulation of such commerce. Did congress, in other words, exceed its constitutional powers in so authorizing the federal trade commission? To answer this question In the af firmative, as the high District of Co lumbia courts evidently do, is extraor dinary. It'Is like saying that an ad mittedly regulative power of govern ment has no business to know or find out anything about what is going on in matters which may be Intimately Daily Prayer Th» faithful Ood, which keepeth cov enant.—Deut. 7:9. Our Heavenly Father, we come to thank Thee for Thy many mercies, and to invoke Thy protection and guidance for all the way of life. We rejoice that we may know Thee and love Thee and serve Thee and be like Thee. Grant us grace to please Thee in all that we think and plan and do, Help us to live in such Fellowship with Thee that Thou canst not only dwell in us, but work through us. Help us to share our blessings with others, and to find in our privileges an obligation to minister to those who need what we have. Bestow upon us strength for our daily tasks: courage in the face of fears; comfort in sor row; quiet in the midst of tumult; hope, in the presence of uncertainty; high motives for humble as well as high deeds: self-control in the hour of provocation; gentleness and for giveness when tempted to revpnge: and the peace which passeth all un derstanding. Hold in Thy holy care all our loved ones, and keep guard over our interests in life. Give us to see the speedy coming of Thy King dom among all men, nnd let us have an increasing share in its establish ment. Fill our hearts with songs of expectation, and flood our faces with morning light, and when the day Is done, let the weariness of work make welcome the rest of home, we beg in our Redeemer's name. Amen. JAMES I. VANCE, Nashville Tenn. NET A V E R A G k CIRCULATION for DECEMBER, 1922, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily.71,494 Sunday.78,496 B. BREWER, Gen. Mgr. ELMER S. ROOD, Cir. Mgr. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4th day of January, 1923. W. H. QU1VEY, (Seal) Notary Public related to the Intelligent exercise of that power. If thnt is the fact, both congress and the country cannot know it any too soon. No Nik li Thing as Overwork. From th« Sioux Falls Press. No person has ever suffered from overwork, according to Prof. William Palmer Wynne, noted nerve specialist, and in the same edition it is an nounced that Ur. Emile Coue, French exponent of auto suggestion, has sailed and Is getting nearer the United States day by day. Well organized propagandists, It may be, have de termined upon a great iinal offensive to make man “master of his fate and captain of his soul.” It is easy to prove that there is such a thing as overwork. An en gine can be run at maximum speed for a long time if it is given the best care, but eventually there will be a breakdown. A furnace can he fired to produce seemingly unlimited heat, but a little too much heat will melt the instrument or cause an explosion. It must be admitted, however, that man seldom is overworked. Nervous breakdowns and Illness usually come from dissipation and worry. There is a tendency to drive the human ma chine beyond its limit, to start It suddenly and stop it quickly, and to fail to make repairs. Prof. Wynne would give everyone an opportunity to have a clean mind, a clean body and a clean home, and consign to the hangman those who failed to take ad I vantage of it. A healthful environ ment, he believe, would wipe out dis ease and morbidness. Cone's “day by day In every way theory Is an old Idea In a new dress. J’rayer, in all religions, is a form of auto suggestion. The theory is dan gerous only when Its importance Is overoxaggernted. It is possible to at tain self-discipline by auto sugges tion; possible for the grouch to be come genial; but it is not possible to cross tho ocean by that means. Oth erwise Dr. Coue would not have both ered to board a ship. Fads, theoretical and mechanical, come and go, and still the race lives. Too much enthusiasm at the start usually brings a quick death. Fads also can be overworked. Still, the dew school is preaching optimism, and giving humanity confidence and strength. It is much better than psychoanalysis and other subjects for polite conversation which In the past have been inflicted upon society. To Cure Crime. From Lhe Albuquerque Journal. I)r. Vernon L. Briggs, expert on criminology, wants to "fight the crime wave exactly os we tight dis ease epidemics.” He suggests three steps ns part of the process: 1. Abolish capital punishment. 2. Sentence criminals guilty of cap ital crime to life imprisonment and let science study their cases. 3. Establish "habit clinics” in every city for subnormal and abnormal chil dren between 2 and 7 to prevent pos sible future criminality. It is a suggestive program. Mani festly present methods of crime pre vention are not effective, or murders, tjir instance, would not be three times as common today as they were 20 years ago. Points 1 and 2 are possible steps toward reform. As for the third point, “Olive me a child until he is 7 and 1 eare not who has him afterward," said the philoso pher. Train him in those early years to good physical, mental and moral habits, and the development of orim inality later will be far more rare. It is significant that those w’ho have made a study of crime are seldom vindictive in their suggestions. Experience has shown them that what is vindictive is seldom constructive. That is why their advice is worth heeding. The Secret of Success. From E. W. Howe's Monthly. Look around you and note the grpat number of common men who are mak ing a success of life. There is plenty for those of us who have no great genius; all we need do is to take advantage of abundant op portunities. Examine into the his tory of any man who is ‘‘getting Along" better than the average, and you will tind the secret of his success is no secret at ail; all he does is to bo reliable, work hard, watch out and practice politeness. And the itn- 1 portance of these things have been dinned into our ears since birth. Almost every day I meet a very successful man who does not seem to know any more than I do, but on in vestigation I conclude he more stead ily practices a few of the more neces sary good habits. Common Sense Don't Think Yourself Into Old Age. If looking at yourself in a mirror causes you to feel that you are get ting oli^, refrain from using a mirror, any more than you have to. Do not think yourself into old age. Just because some other person of your age is crippled up with some ail ment do not begin to worry about getting into the same condition soon. At times you think you may be too active, too enthusiastic, too carefree acting for a person of your years. You feel that you ought to be more sedate. Get rid of such thoughts. Be young in spirit, quick in action, spontaneous in manner' as long as you can. Why hasten the days of a drab old age? Just because some one you know is slowing down account of age Is no reason for you to slucken your speed to settle down to a prosaic old age. “You are ns young as you feel." and the someone who said it tells the truth. Keep happy, young, free, buoyant nnd enthusiastic as long as you can. Keep your heart young. (Copyright, 1922.) “The People’s Voice’’ Editorial! tram readers of The Morning Bee. Readers of The Mornlag Boa are Invited to use this column freely for gxprtMlon on matters ot oubUe interest. A Reflect ion on the Town. Howells, Neb—To tho Editor of The Omaha Bee: I read an article In The Omaha Bee of January 1 about Arbudkle, entitled "Faithful to Fat ty,” anil would like to know who wrote this letter. I have lived in this locality all my life, hut never heard that a party by the name of T. P. Board lived here. Nor did anybody else; and, if it is a stranger that sent this article in, then he put a stain on our town. We are against Ar buckle and his kind. R. M. F1AI.A. Begins Debate on Taxation. Kimball, Neb.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: 1 believe Mr. Luken biU's article in The Omaha Bee of Monday needs answering. It seems that he would like to bring the Amer ican public schools down to their old standard, especially the high schools, and discontinue free tuition. He doesn’t realize that many an am bitious boy or girl could not attend without that free truition, that many are having a hard time getting through with it, that in the present day it is very hard to get anywhere without a high school education un less your foremost ambition is to be a day laborer. Why discontinue most of the nthlotles because In your school days you did not indulge In such “nonsense.” You wish to kill all the joy of the present school-going generation. A very foolish idea, Mr. Lukenbill; it would never bring down tuxes. These taxes are the artermath that follows each war. Everyone thought ho was rich, went too deep: towns of less than a thousand paved and put in sewerage systems that would have been a credit to any city; property valuation was tretded; so, of course, taxes went accordingly. Tax property at its real value and your taxes will be much lower, but don't lower the present standard of the American public school, if any thing must he done, raise it by con solidating all country districts and spare these children three-mile walks on wintry mornings. Give them busses. It will be higher at first, but In the end it will pay. As to donat ing road work, that has been tried without much success and would t»e out of the question now. The motor car must have good roads and to keep them in proper repair would take more time than a man would be willing to donate. Taxes must be re* dueed, but through a different chan nel than the preceding subjects. I heartily agree with Mr. Luken bill on the subject of church taxation. C. O. BAUGH. A Book oj Today Two remarkably fine books for chil dren have been Issued for Christmas oy Milton Bradley Co. One of these is “Evangeline.” the famous poem of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, with a prose version by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey. The illustrations are from scenes in the moving picture version of this tale of the exile from Acadia. The other is "Lorna Doone," fhe novel of R. D. Blackmore, abridged for young minds and beautifully 11 lustrated. "The Wonder Story,” by M. A. Taggart Is designed to give the chil dren the story of the nativity and childhood of Christ in picture and story. The illustrations are in color and the text is simply written. It is published by Benziger Brothers, aj 35 cents. CENTER SHOTS. Civilize and civil lies are part of the product.—Greenville Piedmont. Edison could make a big hit with the girls by Inventing a hair un bobber.—Nashville Tennesseean. The farmers might as well lock up and move to the city; the house failed to vote an appropriation for free seed. —Little Rock (Ark.) Democrat. You never can tell. A man may have his ups and downs, and still be on the level—Springfield (111.) State Journal. Income tux blanks are one of the things that may confidently be ex pected early in the new year.—Canton News. ‘‘Jackin Coogan, in ‘Trouble,’ ” says an advertisement. Jackie is getting to be a regular movie actor.—Little Rock (Ark.) Gazette. The K. C. Star has started an ‘‘an noying phrase" contest. “Please ro nilt” will doubtless be an easy win ner.—Greenville Piedmont. That Chinese heir upparent was re fused permission to see his bride until he was married. Wonder if he can "see her" now?—Springfield News. Smoke Up, Old Friend Smoke up, old friend. ’Us winter now; Hut wintry winds are naoght When richest blend consoles the brow And smoothes the wrinkled thought. Ignite your pipe with pleasant fire, And I shall light my own To smoko with you where dreams conspire Till cares are overthrown. Old friend, the snow is on your head, And snowy is the year. Hut. pipes, with good tobacco fed So oft upbraid the tear. I Till runs the laughter from the heart, Though hearts bo over-ripe— Smoke up, old friend; the cares depart When mellow glows the pipe. ' The cushioned chairs wherein we drowse Are thrones beneath the sky; And while the pleasant pipes carouse. The dreams come drifting by Till snows decay, and. sorrowbss, Arise the trees to sing. Hmoke up. old friend: let lips caress The pipe that crowns a king. —Jonathan Johnson. 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