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The Morning Bee MORNING—EVENING—SUNDAY THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY NELSON B. UPDIKE, Publisher. B. BREWER, Gen. Manager. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Prera, of which The Beo is a member, is exclusively entitled to the use for repablication St all news dif-piUchna credited to it or not otherwise credited in Ih'a paper. and also the local news published herein. All right* of republics! Ion ft of our special dispatch-'* am al*o reserved. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for the Department »-r* « «• • dr Person Wanted. For Night Calls After 10 P. M: -it” Editorial Department. AT lantlc 1021 or 1042. * OOO OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnam Co. Bluff* - - - lf> Scott 3F. So. Side. N. W. Cor. 24Ih and N * New York—286 Fifth Avenue Washington - 422 Star Bldg. Chicago - - 1720 Stcger Bldg, j AVOID A DEADLOCK. Translated into the mildest terms, the statement of Representative J. M. Pollard is to the effect that Governor Bryan is more intent on his political schemes than on the progress of legislation. Mr. Pollard is a farmer from Franklin county. Ht is no more a supporter of the old code than he is of xhe now code proposed by Bryan. With four other republican legislators he was drafted on a commit tee which drew' up a plan for simplifying the gov- i ernment of Nebraska and reducing expenses. This is known as the tri-department plan. It , differs from the Bryan code in that it preserves the ; finance department intact, thus safeguarding the | budget system and centralizing the business affairs | of the state. It also differs in not giving the gov ernor the full appointive powers that he seeks. The governor, in opposing the measure, resorted to the familiar political trick of charging that corporation lobbyists were working for its adoption. His claim that it was drawn in the interest of the corporations and not of the people naturally aroused the resent ment of the farmer legislator. “I challenge Governor Bryan to prove his dis honest statements, ’ Representative Pollard says. Certainly the people of Nebraska do not wish in any way to have their government subjected to out side control. If the governor has any proof of his allegations, he should make it public. If he has no proof, then he should forthwith adopt a less bel ligerent tone and buckle down to work out a satis factory plan of government with the legislature. There are no insurmountable obstacles between the governor’s plan and the tri-department plan. If one of these had been passed by the house” and the other by the senate, a conference committee could easily have arranged a compromise between them. Representative Pollard puts his finger on the real difficulty when he declares that the governor is playing the part of an obstructionist. The public is not much interested in forms. What the taxpayers seek is results, particularly lower j taxes. Governor Bryan was elected on a platform to repeal the code; instead he has advanced a new and complicated code of his own. The republican I legislature was elected on the pledge to revise the code to the end of economy and efficiency. That it stands ready to do. The plan would cost no more, and perhaps less than the governor’s. Instead of dictation, the legislative branch needs the co-operation of the executive. The expense of government must be lowered and relief given the taxpayers. This is no time for the “cheap personal politics,” of which the Franklin county representa tive accuses the governor. The peoplo want an end of propaganda. The Wilsonian method of domi neering over the law-making branch of the govern ment has never been popular, and has not even the advantage of obtaining results. HE CONQUERED FORTUNE. Michael K. Murphy, who has just passed on in Omaha, w^s another of several fine examples of what this country offers, hi men of energy and power. He started life with the equipment of a stout heaft and equally strong limbs, and he climbed pretty well up to the top of the ladder in his busi ness. “Mike” Murphy at 17 may have seen a vision of Michael R. Murphy at 61, but the chances are he did not. His first business was to drive hogs that somebody else had purchased for the Cudahys, yet before be was through he had purchased a billion dollars’ worth of hogs for the firm. If the record runs true, it will probably show that while “Mike" Murphy put his heart into driving hogs, he also em ployed his head, else he might be following the re luctant porkers up the chute towards the killing pens today. However, in the ; ani * Murphy learned some of those valuable lessons that were not taught at school, and the course he took between the ages of | 17 and the day he cast his: first vote gave him train- | ing that fitted him for his after career. As a hog j buyer he was peer of any; as general superintendent and general manager of the big packing plant he i knew his business. His contact with men was j ample, and increasing experience extended his ; faculty of dealing with tho big things that came to j him to handle. His life was simple, democratic in every sense, , and his end came as lie would have wished it, in the harness. He leaves one glorious heritage to humanity, an example that is worth following. Such lives as that of “Mike" Murphy are the perfect an- j swer to those who say the young man no longer has a chance in this country', and who envy the rich “imply because they are r rh. GET YOUR I.AW FIRST HAND Ear back in the beginning of things, when courts were taking on form, certain legal fictions were es tablished, usually for the protection of the otherwise helpless. One of these was the equity power of the monarch, the right of injunction being peculiarly that of the king, and such orders being issued in his name. Another of the fictions that grew up was the "dies non," a day on which np court could sit or tako action. Sundays, saints' days, holidays, and certain other days were listed, and on these no order could he. made or execution levied. This practice has been modified by law, hut in the popular mind a considerable mist has persisted. For exajpple, a widespread belief that a debt can not be discharged or demand for payment legally be made on Sunday. An argument over th;s point resulted in a murder in Omaha on Sunday. As a matter of fact, the “dies non” exist only as a legal provision to protect the debtor or the creditor, a- the case may he, in certain specified circumstances. A check drawn on Sunday, a con tract signed on Sunday, a debt paid on Sunday, is as legal and binding in Nebraska ns any one of those actions done on a secular day. Many well informed persons are unaware of this, as they are of some other points of law. Safety lies in making certain, and when a question sufficiently -orious presents itself, it will be well to get the best •Urice obtainable BONUS TO EVERY FAMILY MAN. Humorists continue to make their little jokes about the income tax, just as some of them would go to a funeral and poke fun at the corpse. If the method of raising revenue for the uses of the fed eral government has had no other effect, it has taught a lot of people to keep books. In the dear old days the custom was to put the money into one pocket and the bills into another, and when they balanced the accounts were squared. Now any man who has an income, no matter from what source it is derived, keeps a strict account of what he takes in and what he pays out. Thus he is taught the first great lesson of orderly business methods, and it is possible that through this process he has found out where he can save a little here and a little there, and in the end is better off, because he has had this lesson. On Thursday of this week there will be a grand rush to the office of the collector of internal rev enue, and more than a billion dollars in cash will be paid to him. This payment will be accompanied by the full realization) of something that has been overlooked by the humorists. In the new revenue law, passed by the late con gress, the exemption has been increased to heads of families by $500, so that no married man begins to pay tax until he earns over $2,500; in addition he gets a deduction of $400 for each dependent aside from his wife, so that the father of five children will pay no tax unless he has more than $4,500 a year income. The increase in exemption to heads of families was • equivalent to the addition of a $20 bill to ! the savings of each. Careful estimates put the num- , ber of family groups with annual income of $2,000 or more at 2,250,000, so that this single item of tax reduction amounts to $42,500,000. Of the total 1 group, 1,3JT5,000 fall into the income bracket of $2,000-3.000, which means that practically half that many will be exempted from payment of tax at all, because of the increased exemption. These will be j added to the 21,375,000 family groups whose in- | come falls below $2,000 a year. The republican party promised to reduce taxes ! in the nation. It has done just that. A WAY TO BUILD BOULEVARDS. Drive out the road to Blair, and the poorest I stretch will be found between Florence and the city I limits. This piece is still unpaved, although once the boundary of the city is passed there is a fine \ brick highway. The explanation is that the country 1 does not pave within the city, but only out in the | country. This particular pavement was laid through funds obtained by the inheritance tax. Wealthy men have died in Omaha, but the tax on j their estate went entirely for county road building. It is thus with all the road funds in Douglas county: j though the citizens of Omaha supply most of the money, the country districts receive the greater ’ part of the benefits. The county bridge fund, the liability for most of the $3,000,000 highway bonds, and the license fund all fall mainly on city tax payers. Down at Lincoln the senate is considering a bill that would give the city half of the revenue from automobile licenses collected in this county. Sena- I tor Saunders, who is pushing this measure, points out that of the $420,000 raised by licensing auto- I mobiles in Douglas county, all except $4,000 is paid by residents of the city. Yet the whole of this sum is turned over to the county commissioners for maintaining the county roads. There is justice in the proposal for a change. It is, of course, to the interest of Omaha as a trad ing point that there should he good highways throughout the county. Omaha welcomes the mo torist* who drive in from around the state, ami the people of Omaha, moreover, find pleasure and profit in being enabled to drive out along good country roads. However, inasmuch as the city pay* 90 per cent of the fees for automobile tags, it is no more than right that it should receive 50 per rent of the fund so raised. Omaha needs well paved boulevards. Many of these are in worse shape today than some country roads. The proposal to give the city half the license fund, this portion to be divided 75 per rent for boulevards and 25 per cent for other streets, is one that could be fulfilled to the henefit of the city and with no injustice to rural Douglas county. Practical jokes, such as that by the clerk who locked another in a safe, where he almost smoth ered, differ from other jokes in that they arc more often serious than funny. There, now, if you thought congress hsd wasted its time. Frank W. Mondell says that an average of one and one-half laws a day were parsed. Better still, 144 bills failed. Marriage is not a failure, as Isadore Duncan as sert*; rather it is that some husbands and wives are failures. Homespun Verse By Robert Worthington Davie THE PIONEER. I ve been turnin’ out at four o’clock nigh on to sixty year. An' doin’ chore" afore 'twn* time to htiatle to th» field; I’ve cleared a hundred acres since I settled over here. I've sent some gloomy seasons, an! I v* ranped a bumper yield, Of corn an’ wheat and rye; I've raised tl-e t>»*t of swine— I've fed some, sheep an' cattle on this little farm of mine. I’ve done without th* luxuries that many people buy; I've sighed—I've cursed the trial" that come from workln’ with the clay. At times I've heen so weary that I hoped an' prayed to fl| fr— I ulmoal saw my locks of brown • hange to a silvery gray. I’ve felt the swelterin' heat of summer, the winters bit In’ cold. An' the primeval plain and woodland did my youthful eyes b»hold. I've weeded corn fields with a hoe, an' cradled wheat an’ rye. I've herded on on a crude and clumsy fashioned plow. I've scythed the meddar swath by swath—a pioneer was I, An' feel a heap of gladness that It s changed completely now; I s g,it recollection of thr flail- Hint measured beat— Mv heart (i throbbln'. throbbln' an' n keepln' llrn* my fee I Year nftei yon t vr struggled on the farm it times to grope III blindness an' discouragement vto fuller an' regain My confidence an’ courage, an' that elevatin’ hope Has kept rpc ever dingin' to the homestead an' the plain. Now that decrepitude has gripped m< an' the promised regions glesm ' I if vs my last days gladly lu the sweetness of a dream. 9 “brom State and -Nation” Editorials from other newspapers. (lass Legislation. From Tin Gordon Journal. A bill has already passed the slate senate and is being considered by the house of representativea which, if en acted into law, will bo the first break down in tile autlfreo railroad pass legislation which was made a law In Nebraska in 11)07. The bill will give the railroads authority to allow’ min isters and religious workers to travel in Nebraska at half fare. We cannot think but that this Is very poor legislation. It is purely and simply class legislation—perhaps benefiting a very worthy class, but, nevertheless, if will be a matter of the balance of society paying for a favor to a small group. Years ago the public decided It was a poor policy to have anyone in a pub lic position under obligations to the railroads. Tbc passes were therefore taken away from the legislators and even the poor newspaper men had to give his up. Ministers of the gospel si'relj do not want to place them Solves in ft position where they will bo accustomed of being afraid of al way. speaking the truth about the railroads because they are granting them favors. Ministers of late years have been getting good salurles. and even if they wero not, we believe the best way for them to raise their calling as a busi ness proposition is by refusing special favors and doing us other business men do—pay the/r money for services jendeied them and demand the proper return for what they get. Congratulations (o Yankton From The Sioux Falls Pr***. Yankton is ready to definitely an nounce that the Missouri river bridge at that point will be ready for traffic by January 1, 1924. The annals of tthe state will con tain the account of no more valiant struggle than that which has been put up by the people of Yankton to carry the bridge construction project through to a successful issue. Under taken when business conditions were puls..'trig with unnatural life and dragging over in the time of depres sion, the task seemed at once almost Impossible of completion. Yankton men of vision, however, refused to ad mit defeat. They kept up the fight for the sale of stock under the most trying conditions. Pledges made In good faith in easier times have since proven uncollectible. Discouragements of every kind have presented them selves until many did lose their cour age. ,\'ow it is announced that bonds to the extent of $300,000 will be sold to make sure the immediate comple tion of the huge task. Residents of Yankton who have been in close touch with the situation recently told the Press that, there will be no trouble In disposing of the bonds and it seems that the last obstacle has been re moved. All South Dakota will Join In ex tending congratulations to those men who haVe borne the brunt of the bit tlo and whose scars from the fieroe ntsa of the In are many. It has been an undertaking which has fired the Imagination and called for tho exercise of mucii patience, hut Yank ton should deeply appreciate their efforts and should take some steps to publicly show it. Just what the bridge may mean to tne city of Sioux Falls has long been a matter for conjecture. Th'.-e bus been a conviction that when the bridge Is completed the Great North Vn railway will proceed at one* to ..... n by the construction of but a few in! I as of ’ :.ck to intercept what is known as the Ashland C it-off. running from Sioux City to Lincoln. Neb., thereby Vi".ng thst road through trackage from the Twin Cities to Denver. It Is freely slated that such a move has istrived the attention of the Cheat Noithfrn officials, and there nr’ those vin eiy that there Is but little doubt of favorable action. Naturally enough this would mean the opening of s considerable rich ierf/ory to tlie city. Tile Heirs of the Pharaoh. From the Manchester Guardian. If the 4'alr* rlnimsi to direct de scent from Tutankhamen '.an produce the light dm uments there will b" some long faces at the College of Heralds For nfcr a pedigree going 1 a< k 3.090 years has been established, it will hardly seem worth while to bother about family tins rooted no deeper in t,m* than the Norman con quest. Perhaps in self-defense the • 'ollcgc ,.f Heralds will return to a habit once fashionable among English chroniclers, who used to preface their more or lea* trustworthy biographies of the great with a genealogical iable that tracked then- hero < ano-s try up to a son of Noah nr to some other becomingly remote figure Rut It Is more likely that Lord t'arnarvon will continue to be referred to by tho wit* as the man to whom Tutank hamen left his estate. In this there Is a minority of onlookers that see* Daily Prayer j Its knoweth enr frame It« reniemteretti thst m srs Oust—F*. 1*1.14 O Lord, wo come to Thee In the name of Jesus Who is th« way, the truth, and the life. Thou art a great *iod, and we would approach Time with feeling' of reverence and holy fear. Rut Thou art also our Fathrr. having created and redeemed ns, amt we come with the love and confidence of children. W« thank Thee that we haven friend and advocate In flravm. ever our Savior, Who was tempter! Ill nil points like we sre, yet without ■on, mid Who can be touched with the feeling of our Itifiitnltles We adore Thee, the Triune God, Father, Son. and Holy Spirit. Every good gift Is from Thee All mtr hopes sro In Thee. Cast us pot away from Thy prraenre Look with compassion upon us, and blot out nil our sins. Teach us Thv will, and lead u» In a plain path. Malta us willing to be used In Thy Kingdom Forbid thst v« should lay • stumbling block In the wav of another Prosper Thv 1 'hurdi In this and all lands Speed ily bring all nations to accept desus as Lord and Savior. We ask it In Ilia Nam*. Amen. CHAtu.M p wti.nce. nr rbtiA<t»tphta, r». * Songs °/&>urage John G tyeihardt Ncbraskas Toef Caurea io EROS. Lured as the Earth lures Summer, Wooing as Sunlight the Seed— 1 am the mystical Comer, I am the Will and the Deed' Over and over forever The glad sad story is told; Fleeing, escaping me never I am your Shower of Gold ! Subtle as April creeping' j Flower-shod out of the South I 1 am the dream of your sleeping. ! Fever am 1 at vour mouth. I I 1 ant the sap-lift singing [ The hope of a last glad birth; 1 am the -May-Fog dinging j You are the Earth! And fnine are the pangful kisses That waken the Dream In the Dust; Bringer of aching blisses, Cruel 1 seem as Lust. I ertre like the wind of disaster, Flinging the whips of the tain; Oh, 1 am a pitiless Master— l am glorified Fain. This is the Story of stories— (The Rain and the Seed and the Sadr— Awful with glooms and glories. These are the rites of the god! But Oh! when the storm and its riot Sleeps in the after-hush, I am the dawn-filled quie^— I am the thrush. I am the sun to cherish, I am the dew to feed You with your blooms that perish, i Martyrs unto the seed. Ancient and ending never. This is the Law and the Plan, Oh, you are the Woman forever— I am the Man! something a little scandalous Only half-heard through the swelling har mony of excitement and approval that is heartening the archaeologists at Luxor In their labors comes this over tone of disapproval. Ry what right, it is murmured, do we disturb the phnroah, after he had taken such elaborate pains to secure eternal rest for his body? We may not share the religious beliefs that caused him to j set so much store on preserving his i mortal remains, but ought we not to 1 respect those beliefs? Is the desire ' for knowledge about the past bo ; righteous a passion that it may be i permitted to override all other con- 1 eideratlon*? And If It is. how are we j to jus'ify the pictures and the ur- i tides scattered among people who do not know one Egyptian dynasty from ! another, who have no real Interest in 1 the past, and who gaze with mere curiosity at this derelict strayed Into i their newspapers from the dawn of history? But. in fact, even the most casual follower of the excavations cannot escape some healthy mental stirrings. To have the antiquity and strangeness of our race brought home to us so vividly, If only for a mo ment. is an excellent tonic. In sup plying us with It, Tutankhamen Is more powerful than ever he was while his spirit Inhabited what Is now a numrny. His empire now extends be yond the frontiers of Egypt. There need bo no lawsuit* between his Cairene descendant and other claim ants. For he belongs to the 20th century. V Good Idea. A Missouri senator wants the con stitution taught tn all school*. It would be a good plan. If the children gr >w up in some knowledge of ths constitution they will know what to do with the demagogue* who are al ways trying to tear It down.—Hou» ton Post. Common Seme j ■'pring (leaning and the Domestic! Warpath. Fprlng house cleaning f!m« Is on the my and many h home syuabble will result. W ive# will resrrarre furniture and ■ h.< go the Interior id the house gen erally 1 ’ T* favorite ehair will be moved from Ha accustomed place and this will lie the first thing to displease him. Also he will object to many other changes m other rooms where he np< nd* hi* time when at home. Ho w ill f- *l like putting on h's hat anil going in the club nr elsewhere to let hts anger cool. There Is not enough give snd tike in this matter of spring denning. In these semiannual change* In i house arrangement, men should re member that women have to see the mine things in the same place all the time for six months, while they hava comparatively few hours at home. It Is In the Interest of eronnmv also 1 to change certain chairs ad that tha rugs may wear more evenly. Tint the wife should realise that her Ini-band h is a right to say In which chair he shall sit snd where, after hts ' day of toll. (Coprrlehi. ii-i > “The People’s Voice’’ £*i(arfall fro* rudln «f Tho Mbfnloa Bm. Ponton of Tko Moral*! Bm ar* liiylti* lo ■a tula Mian* frMly far axproulan an matton *1 *ubl*o loforoif. Reading and Character. Kearney, Neb.—To the Kditor of The Omaha Bee: "Will you go and gossip with your hoursemaid, or your stable boy, when you may talk with queens and kings?"—Ruskin. A young man, who is employed in a book store, made the following rtate ment a few days ago: "I can tell what kind of a book, or magazine, a per son Is Intending to buy just as soon as he enters the store." And the speaker rnight truthfully have added: “When the customer has made Ills choice, my opinion of his character is confirmed." A new way of reading character! We judge people by their clothes, ihclr amusements, their associates. Why not by the books they read? The average person in choosing a book demands one essential—thut the book be exciting, at least interesting. Is this the one test that he applies in choosing his occupation, his recrea tions, his associates and his friends:' Perhaps this is bis one standard of choice. Most of us will then con clude that he is not the person we want for an intimate friend. And yet the books We read, if we do read, have practically the same influ ence as our associates and friends. Vet some of us associate with charac ters in fiction that we should not recognize, if we were to meet them on "Main Street" Of Our owu home town. The mother, or perhaps the father, tells the child he must not read a cer tain "best seller," for it is not good reading for young people, and yet when the hoy has left the room the careful parent will devour the book hungrily. Is this a good reading ex ample? But how shall we choose our books.’ What Is a good book? Of course, the librarians can help us, but the read ing tastes of the librarians do not al ways correspond to the reading tastes of the ordinary reader. Our library shelvep are filled with good books, books of travel, biography, politics and fiction. The choice of the reader should depend on aA affirmative an swer to the following question: “Am I getting something worth while from this book—something that will help me to live my life in a better way?” If the reader can say "Tes," he has chosen a good book. Are you willing to be judged tv the books you read? TEACHER. Tuberculosis Eradication. Omaha.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee; MInn»'Ota, third in rank among the dairy states of the I’nlted Somebody Call Hi* Station Mates, has recently started an active campaign for the area testing of cat tle for tuberculosis. The decision to adopt the area plan for cleaning up the state came after a thorough in vestigation by leading breeders of ’.ho state On the best way to,combat the white plague among the cattle herds. The legislature is I" be asked for $500,000 per annum for the work. The three big dairy states. "Wiscon sin, New York and Minnesota, are now all taking up the area work, which has become the pri-dominant plan for the eradication of this great cattle plague among the states of the union. The farmers of Iowa ate -.ek ing the legislature for $500,000 er annum to carry on the area plan in that state, and the farmers of Illinois are back of a bill asking for $050,000 per year fur th" area, work ther This news is of interest to Ne braskans interested in tbe tubercu 1 losis campaign in this state in the | face of the fact that Governor Brvt states that this same plan, the area^ plan, is class legislation ;fhd favors the packers, not the cattle owners. Let us hope that Nebraska, proud of her prowess as an agricultural stab will not show herself a quitter in the work of fighting tuberculosis but take her lightful place among the states whose farmers are behind the sam» plan that the governor of Nebraska 1* opposing. H. HOWARD BIGGAR. One's Own Business When reached by representatives of the press who asked him If it were true that he had, as some papers r>* ported pledged his life to Christ Fred .stone, the actor, said that h» was not looking for publicity and added: It is a simple and natural thing, much too sacred to be used as copy We agree with him.—Hart ford Courant. Commercial Banking THE commercial banking resources of the United States are 20 billion dollars. The commercial loans of banks are 11 billion dollars. These vast sums repre sent the wealth invested in merchandise on its way from producer to consumer. Commercial banking is essential to business. It con tributes greatly to tne prosperity of this communitj'. This bank is proud of its share in this great business. The Omaha National Bank Farnam at 17th Street Capital and Surplus - - - $2,000,000 You Can Order By Mail For years investors in many states have been buying our securities, ordering and remitting by mail and receiving their dividends twice a year. We now offer a limited issue of Real Estate First Mortgage Bonds, owned and recom mended by Home Builders (Inc.), yielding 7', maturing in one to ton years, tax free in Nebraska. Each issue is secured by a large, new’ business property, yielding ample income to provide for annual interest payments and sinking fund. These bonds are in denomina tions of $100, $500 and up. If desired, the pur chaser may pay in installments. Ask us for free description of the several properties. Call and see us. American Security Co., Brokers 18th and Dodge, Omaha, Neb. How to Invest $1,000 to Earn $70 Per Annum We are offering the 7^f Bonds of a Corporation which last year earned 13* « time* interest requirement*. If you ora interested in placing your fund* aafaly at 7%, write or call for detailt of tViit issue - f