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The Morning Bee MORN1N G—E V E N I N G—S UNDAY THB BEK PUBLISHING CO.. Publisher*. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 7b# Aaanoiated Freaa. «f which Tba Be* la * manilwr, ia exclualaalx antltlad to tha ua* fnr recubllmion of *11 n*«ra diapatrbta cradttad to u "r not ntbarwta* credited In thla pap*r. and alan th« local nawa publiahad harein. All Mhta of i*cublioatlona of our apccial dlapatchra are alao raaerred. BEE TELEPHONES Privgt* Branch Exchange. Ask for the Department AT lantie or P*r»on Want*d. For Night Call* After 10 P. M.: ,ntu\ Editorial Department. AT lantie 1021 or 1042. *UDU OFFICES Main Office—17th and Famam Co. Bluffa - - - 15 Scott St. So. Side, N. W. Cor. 24th and N New York—280 Fifth Avenue Washington • 422 Star Bldg. Chicago - - 1720 Stager Bldg. t wr-rani, ; ■■■■,■• ■ ■ , — fc the future of farming. There is only one way in which to interpret the warning of Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, that unless farmers adjust their production in accord with the consumptive demand they face a discourag ing outlook. Put in plain words, this is advice to limit agricultural production. It is a bold stand, al though evidently taken somewhat gingerly. So many hold the fruitfulness of the soil as a sacred thing that the mere thought of causing only one blade of j grass to grow where two might have been produced j with a little more labor and expense seems flying in the face of divine purpose. * * * A farmer from Merrick county came into the office of The Omaha Bee on the day the aecretary of agriculture’s advice came out. These men of the soil are careful and not given to expressing themselves hastily, and this one was not inclined to take a strong position cither for or against the idea of Mr. Wallace. It was plain, however, that he had been thinking over the same question. "Agricultural output is the only output that is not controlled today,” he began. "I mean, that while the owners of mills and mines practice the policy of ■hutting down their plants when the price falls below the cost of production, the farmer has never done this. He keeps on producing no matter what the price, for his business is not organized in the way other great industries are.” “During the war,” he continued, “it was treason able not to raise the biggest possible crops. That was all right, but a good deal of the same feeling exists even in peace times. It is a hard thing to do, even now, to advise a farmer to plant his crop and raise what he can without going to the expense of cultivating it with the usual pare. Yet, it is possible that he would make more profit if instead of hiring s man at $60 a month to cultivate his field, he gave it what attention he could with the assistance of his boy.” • • • This farmer had a good deal more to say. For years he has watched the course of the markets. He has observed how a few years of fair prices for one farm product will stimulate production to such an ex tent that they will be followed by years of low prices which mean heavy loss and discouragement to those who staked everything on the chance of a good mar ket. He compared the situation to a cottonwood board that serves as a walk from his pump to the dairy house. First it will warp one way, then he will turn it over and it will straighten out, but in a short time it will be warped just as far in the other direction. It is his experience that he loses money about two years out of five on hog raising, but he never risks his suc-_ cess on any single product, and he says that there has never been a year when something that he< raised did not make a profit. The clamor and propaganda that induces so many farmers to turn simultaneously into one line of endeavor has never swayed him—and al ways he has milked a bunch of cows. One thing this farmer sees elearly is that the farmers who are producing for the home market have the surest future, fn that he would agree with Secretary Wallace, but not with ex-Secretary Mere dith, who looked to the development of a bigger foreign market as the hope of the farmer. Mr. Wal lace has the figures which indicate that farm exports since the war have been 18 per cent larger than dur ing the war, and even larger than that as compared with the years before the war. The foreign market is there, but it has not been able to afford a price that benefits the exporters. And with the recuperation of Europe, the foreign demand will fall as these nations restore their own agricultural production. It is easy to exaggerate the importance of the foreign market, which takes only 8 per cent of America’s farm out put. • • • It will not do to assume that the secretary of agriculture is suggesting that the farmer allow any to go hungry for the sake of farm profits. Nor would he suggest a decrease in all commodities. Of some crops America might raise more, and of some less. The main thing is to avoid a surplus which must be sold abroad at a sacrifice, and which sets the price for all the rest of the crop. The United States is the leading country in the world for agricultural production. With about 4 per cent of the world’s farmers, it produces 70 per cent of the world’s corn, 60 per cent of the cotton, 50 per cent of the tobacco, 25 per cent of oats and hay, 20 per cent of the wheat and flaxseed, 13 per cent of the barley, 7 per cent of the potatoes and 6 per cent of the sugar, but only 2 per cent of the rye and rice. Six end a half millions of farmers, assisted hy a somewhat smaller number of farm laborers, about one-fourth of our gainfully employed population, do all this. They produce about one-fourth the world’s cereals. A good idea of their efficiency is gained by comparison of the production per person engaged in agriculture in America and elsewhere. The Amer ican farmer averages 12 tons of cereals while the farmers of the rest of the world average 1.4 tons. * * * Science and invention have made the American farmer the most efficient in the world, and he is pro ducing more per acre and per person than ever be fore. Each man in the fields is feeding nine people other than himself in this country, and one more person living in foreign lands. The increased pro ductivity in the last decade is estimated at 15 per cent. It would not he aurprising, in view of these facts, that American agriculture shpuld have pushed production farther ahead than consumption. Every year there are districts in which some crop Is left, to rot in the fields because the price set by demand will not pay for the gathering. It is such farts as these that the head of the United States Department *f Agriculture has in mind when he urges the fnrmers to study the consumers’ needs and not to produce blindly, but to adjust their output to the demand at a fair price. * TAKING THE FLAG FOR GRANTED. When the average American citizen toddles down the street, ort business bent, he will not notice whether the American flag is displayed or not If it is, it excites no curiosity, for he is familiar with its colors and design and so takes it for granted. Set that same American on a foreign shore, and he can see Old Glory 20 miles out at sea, and his heart will swell with patriotic pride, because there is the em blem of his country. It is not lack of patriotism, or indifference to the flag, that accounts for the neglect apparent on the streets. Folks are not in the habit of paying the def erence due to the banner of their nation. In war the salute is enthusiastically given; in peace it is for gotten. This is a cause for annoyance to some, and the habit has come in for considerable censure at different times. The American Legion has just adopted a “code” for flag observance, in line gener ally with the military code, but varied in some re gards to meet civilian requirements. Chief of the provisions to be kept always in mind is that on no occasion should the flag be permitted to touch the ground, and that when it is worn or soiled, from ex posure, it should be burned or disposed of in some other suitable manner, but never washed or torn up. Nor should it be used as a table drape or part of a personal costume. Other regulations for the display of the banner are easily observed, and it is suggested that citizens provide themselves with copies of the rode, to the end that they may know how properly to use the great emblem of the oldest and greatest of all the earth’s republics. Respect for the flag is merely re spect for one’s self, for the flag represents the re public, and the republic consists of its citizens. SPLITTING BELGIAN UNITY. While the trouble in Belgium at present appears to be over the language question, it really has a threefold root, and goes very deep into history. Language, religion and industry, all are concerned and In a broad way are closely connected, the differ ences going far back into history. Part of the popula tion of Belgium speaks the Flemish language, a mix ture of many but in which Dutch and French predom inate; the other half uses the French language, but both are recognized by the government and instruc tion in both is required in the schools. Just now the row is over the question of using Flemish in the uni versity at Ghent. Review of the history of the region brings up some interesting pictures of the past, and some notable personages parade across the scene. Caesar paid a high tribute to the people he called Belgians, although they are quite as well known as Batavians, whom he failed to conquer and so concluded an hon orable peace with them. Baldwin of the Iron Arm, Charles the Bold, Philip II, William of Orange, Napoleon, Bismarck, Leopold II, and Albert stand out as epoch-making figures, and around them roll the clouds of strife, lit up here and there by flames of war, and now and then blown away that the sunshine of peace might bless the land. Bruges, Ghent, Ant werp, Brussels, Liege, Valenciennes, all are big for the political and industrial grandeur they shed over the golden age, when the provinces of which they are capitals were leaders in commerce and statecraft. Belgium has a wonderful story. The present struggle became acute preceding the war, when propaganda for the division of the country was rife. Patriotic devotion summoned by the war held the land together then, and may now, although the factional bitterness is intense. Industrial recovery in Belgium has been rapid since the war, and agriculture has kept pace with the factories, yet these interests are no closer knit than in the past, when the agrarian feeling was suppressed by royal devotion to manufacturing. Politics and thought in Belgium include all grades of belief be tween the extreme communists and the equally ex treme conservatives. Rise of Flemish feeling might indeed lessen Belgium's friendly co-operation in the plans of Franc# and thus change the course of Eu ropean history. F. Edaon White tells us why the price of hogs has gone down. Now, if some brother will explain why the price of bacon remains up, the floor is ten dered him. The prince of Wales sends back to America the working plans for a new dance. Wonder if he is coming over to see if the girls have learned how to dance it. If we have our history straight Col. John L. Webster spent several years fighting for the liberty at which a contemporary pokes so much fun. ‘‘Boss” Croker’s second wife wins the law suit over the property, hut this does not answer the long standing question, “Whpre did he get it?” “Time at last sets all things even,” Mr. Lasker has canceled an order given Mr. Anheuser-Busch for near beer for use on the Leviathan. This country could well afford to spend the com ing Fourth of July with less noise and more reading of the Declaration of Independence. “Mother, believed insane, kills herself and two children,” wrote the headline artist. There were some indications to that effect. Omaha's postoffice will never look the same with out the smiling fare of “Jim” Woodward some where about. Homespun Verse —By Omaha's Own Poet— Robert Worthington Davie "TOUCH NOT THE FLAG.” The old man read from line to line, upon his face * frown Appeared as he turned from the tale and looked In tenlly down Aa solemn as a preacher In ecclesiastic cloak, And then he raised hie eye* to mine and passionately spoke: "My arm waa one among the hoys who fought across the ses. Mv fsther perished for the flag In 1 a.t. And neither epoke one word about Its 111 proportioned size. Rut ever praised the worthy creeds Its colors symbolize, "And here today 1 bow my head with reverence and pray That time has not perceived the flsg ungainly In dis play— Too wide or long to satisfy a scrutinizing gsze, For It waa fashioned d»ar to them In patriotic davr "Long may It wave just ss It Is th» selfsame flag of yore. Abovs the land It represents Its silken splendor pour. And he not altered to construe the paragon of art. And touch with griff the string* of many a sleeping hero's heart." A l “The People’s Voice” IdltorlaU from reader* af Tfca Meralat Reedera ef The Momlitf Baa are Invited te uie thli column freely tor eepreMlea aa nattera af awhile latereet. Work Your Own Way. Wilson ville, Neb.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: I have been read ing your editorial page for »ome time and have found it most interesting. 1 am sending a little article on "Work Your Own Way." Be somebody on your own account just because you want to be. and don't try to get along on the reputa tion of your ancestors. "Work like a man, but don't be worked to death." is a good maxim. But men were never known to have been killed as a direct result of hard work, It was the fun they had in the Intervals that killed them. If you would have success In any thing you must work you way to it. If things seem dull and business at a standstill, don't wait for luck to come along and help you out. She helps those who help themselves. If you want to occupy an honorable place in the world you must work your way to It. then you can look back over your life and feel that you have not sim ply lived but lived for something. Abraham Lincoln was once asked how he acquired his remarkable facul ty of putting thinga together. "You are quite right." he said, “I did ac quire it; I worked for it.” Bo if we are to make the most of this life and be of some worth to our community, state and nation, we must work for it, since we are a part of it. SADIE VAN ZANT RU8H. Memories of Old Harvests. Grand Island, Neb—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: The editorial, "Whirring Wheele," appearing in The Omaha Bee. will call up many a scene in the minds of the 50 year ago boys. In the backwoods of Ohio, the whet ting of scythes, the rhythm of grain crndeis In motion and the badinage and repartee of the sweating har vesters cannot pass from the memory of those hardy participants of those laborious days. As a boy I carried water, gathered sheaves and performed the interest ing stunt of cranking the grindstone. Thanks to the writer of that article. EUGENE WILEY. American Troops in Germany. Bedford. Va—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: In the "Brisbane column," I find the following: "Ger many agrees to pay us $245,000,000, the nmount we spent uselessly keep-' Ing an American army on German Soil after the war. Can anybody suggest any good that was done by squandering that money, and loading that debt on a beaten nation?" Our soldiers stationed along the Rhine had the best time of their lives, and $1 of Uncle Ham's money paid expenses of a brave soldier for a month and most of the time was In boating on the Rhine with German lassies and in dining at the homes of German lassies, and over 500 brought bark German brides After the war the German lassies far outnumbered the German suitors, so It seems that Germany gladly will pay the prize, and besides rovallv entertaining our soldiers while In Germany, the Ger man people shed tears of sorrow when the American soldiers left. All who know German people In our United State* Ithere are more of Ger man nationality than all others com hlned except English! will attest their kindness, goodness, and also willing ness to labor, and loyalty shown In the greatest of all wars as German American citizens followed our flag In great numbers to fight against Oer many. and this surely was a test of loyalty and showed and proved hon est American I am. H. N JEWETT. i.nncnines ni .smcriranlixllon. York. Neb—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee. I have sent the follow ing letter to Ed I. C. Fisher, state commander of the American Legion, at Reatrlre: Permit me to preface this eommunl cation with the suggestion that I am not now and never, was one of those who believe that loyalty to one's rountry, convictions, positions of trust, etc., la a matter of language. Judas no doubt spoke the Hebrew lan guage perfectly, yet when the test came he proved disloyal to and be trayed his Ood. Benedict Arnold was an accomplished scholar In the lan guage of the colonists, yet despite this fact when tempted with English gold he villainously betrayed his compan ions In arms, the "ragged continen tals ’ Jeff Davis and the other leaders of the rebellion were highly educated men In the language of their country, yet despite this fact for <our terrible years they employed every means they could command ti destroy the United -States of America. Men of those classed as "disloyal" during the world war to the t'nited States spoke and wrote their disloyal utterances In the best of L’nited States language. Too often "A m e r I c an associations” throughout the land pay too little at tention to the "big fish" obstructors of the commendable work of Atnerl ■ •mization. but grab (he minnows, lug to Jail the mucous blatant halfwit soap box exponent of some "new" Idea of government, fine a a. hool teacher or minister for foreign language teach ing, while the monkey wrenches thrown Into the machinery by some highbrow" housed In hig piles of brick Mtid mortar and garbed In the raiment of unctlous. hypocritical, sniveling, sanctimonious "respectabil ity" is passed unnoticed by American Ization organizations. Why are theae organizations "gun sby" at "Big Ber thss ’ this side of the Atlantic when they bad no terrors for the "boys over there?" What I desire to specifically call your attention to In this communica tion is this Home five or six weeks ago the school hoard of Han Jose. Cal., kicked oul of the schools of that city and Into the gutter so ( ailed and mis '.tiled histories of the United Htatrs Prior (o the action of the Han Jose school hoard other cities hsd tsken the ssme sctlon regarding these mo catlsd histories, while since then Wis consin's legislature has passed sod Oovernor Blaine has signed what la tersely termed the "court martial history law" of that stale and his lories used In all schools there must run the gauntlet of this "court mar tIni" law Several of these Wisconsin "histories’ ate mere caricatures of American history, much of their con tents having hern "lifted" bodily from teports of English subordinate com manders In the revolutionary war and •Its war nf 1*1? to their superior com manders and by them arht to Eng land giving their excuse* for the drubbings they were continually get ting nt the hands nf the continentals, and from ths writings of well known histories Much of the contents of Iheae histories Is taken Imdllv from the anti American writings of the English man flenrge Otlo Trevelvns, and much nf the contents of these his forles is fte\ole,t to otiestlnnlng the motives of the "rebels" In fighting to throw off ths nppiesslve soke of Eng land, while vile reflections on the pat sonsl characters of many of the leaders of ths revolution occupy large portions of these histories' pages The language In which ljijr< are written is tha language of lh« United States. Edward rosewater never left anyone long In doubt as to where he stood on any Issue worthy an opinion. Politics In 1872 had many angles, and some of these were shown in the city government of that day. That it did not measure up to the standard of the editor of The Omaha Bee may be noted from the following with regard to the situation on February 16, 1872: "Coming City Election." "The general neglect which has characterized the management of our municipal affairs during the past few years, to the material detriment of our citizens to the material detriment of our citizens and taxpayers, renderea the coming city election, on next April, more Important than any which has preceded It for several years. "Our finances have been shame fully mismanaged, and*h* consequent loss to the city for the last five years can be safely estimated at $200,000. Until recently our public books have been a mass of farcical accounts. The records are In a distorted condition; not even a map of the city or official notes of the dimension of our street* are In existence. A committee called Streets and Grades has existed on a diminutive scale of the Tammanyites, and has manipulated contracts and expenditures to their own individual advantage. Members of the Council have directed Improvements at the city’s expense In the vicinity of their personal property, snd the city char ter. which they were sworn to obey and carry out. has been purposely and openly violated by them. City war rants, excepting during tax season, have been at a discount of from 15 to 25c on the dollar, and the city charged upon all contracts, this additional amount, though the Interest being paid Is upo nthe full principal. “Under all these circumstance*, and the fact that no effort has been made to terminate this suicidal financial policy, it hehooves the citizens to elect to the office of mayor and city coun cil. men who have the will, public spirit and enterprise to take these matters in hand, and regardless of the few whose private interests It may ef fect. remove the causes which lead to men enough In office whose most emi nent claims to position are the attri butions to their wealth or personal success in business. That class of men are good enough when they have sufficient public sympathy and spirit to desist from the temptations which the acquired power their position af fords them of manipulating public In terests. merely to the satisfaction of their personal avarice. It Is about time that the citizen* elect a city council whose time will be devoted to something else besides carrying out personal spites snd legislating themT "elves Indirectly into fat contract* or for the sake of popular or political ef feet, enact ordinance* which sre not calculated to be enforced. We need men who dare do right snd oppose a wrong, even though It temporarily of fend a few political or persona! friends: snd It 1* to be hoped that the people will take this In eonsderatnn when thev nominate men tn office next April ” Running VMoks Mandy—Howdy, sistsh! I saw vo* hushan' down de road a wayg an’ he was all tore up! What happened to him’ Liza—T happened to him' Dat’s what! He aln t done a stroke of work fo* six month* an’ he cam* into de house a singing a rhun* an' w.f a flower In his buttonhole an’ wanted to know why de debbl! bis dinnah wasn’t ready! De worm wtll turn sis tah! De worm will turn—Life. Getting Even With Wife. Rinks—My wife always borrows the money from me to get me a birthday present. Jink*—So doe* mine But I ret even with her by taking If out of her allowance when 1 buy her on* —Tin clnnsti Enquirer. A Few of l a. The widow of Igird Northcllff* |* reported to hav* relinquished a for tune by remarrying. But perhaps the new man Is worth It. Horn* of u* srw, you know — Philadelphia Record. Somewhat Puzzling. We can understand how a girl could dance for 9u hours, but don’t see how she could carry enough powder to last that long — Arkansas Gazette. hut It Is insidious, insinuating, pois oning to the minds of ths youth of our country, disloyal to the last word and a strong neutralizer of the efforts of ths Americanization work of tht American Legion ,nd other American ization organizations In commenting on the action of the San Jose (Gal I Me hool board for kick Ing into the gutter where they belong histories,'' inaccurate, incomplete and teeming with open or covet 1 at tacks on the motives of the colonists for their rebellion against England, and on the private characters of some of the heroic revolutionists who did their full duty to free ths colonies from English oppression, the Nebras ka Stale Journal closed Its editorial comment with these word* "The San ■Iore school hoard need* Amertcanlza tlnn." I did not think then that the San Jose si hool board needed American ization" for Ms action, hut 1 did think then and think so now that the throw er* of monkey wrench** Into the work of Americanization by Hit Rerihs*" with their disloyalty camouflaged In th* garb of smug respectability should get the asms dose that th* half wit soap boxer I* suhlected to .1. K CARLIN. NET AVERAGE CIRCULATION for MAY. 1923. of THE OMAHA BEE j Daily.73,181 Sunday. 80,206 Poes not Ipclude returns, left, j overs, sample* or pspers spoiled in j prtntinv end includes no special •alea B BREWER, Cm M*r, V. A BRIDGE. Cir. M«r. j | Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2d dev of June, 192.1 W H QUIVEY. (Seal) Notary Public La---ill. The Eternal Railroad Question Newspapers See Prospect of Better Service, but None of Lower Rates. The primary purpose of a railway is (or should be) to haul good*. Of course it may do other thing* in addition, such as earn a profit or dabble in politics, but it is as a means of tians portation that its public importance comes. With the approach of the harvtst, the mlddleweat find* the railroads making unusual efforts to lie ready to move the crops. Since early in April they have been moving empty freight care from eastern terminals to the western wheat territory. "Trans portation conditions have not been more favorable for many years.” ob serves the Kansas City Star, which points out the manner in which car shortage is being reduced. It con cludes with the sage obseivation that, "Adequate eervice on the part of the carriers is the surest antidote against adverse legislation.” Apparently the realization has come to railroad managers that high rates and Inadequate service would form a combination that would shake the transportation system from top to bot tom. Shippers committees are being formed In all rail centers to expedite the loading and unloading and releas ing of freight cars, and every nerve is being strained to distribute thia fall's crop without a blockade or a breakdown anywhere along the line. The New York Journal of Commerce declares that by September 1, when the peak of traffic begins, cars and locomotives will be In the best condi tion since before the war. At the same time this Wall street publication predicts eflorts in congress to lower rates, a movement which It regards as a "real menace." • • • Commerce and Finance reports rail road earnings for April and car load ings for May are both the largest on record. Capper's Weekly seizes the occasion to demand a reduction of freight charges in behalf of the farmer To this the Cincinnati Times Star replies that. “The bad thing about the renewal of antirailroad agitation Is the effect It must have on railroad service. Constant nagging by demagogic 'politicians has been largely respon sible for the high rates and poor service of recent years. The Eech Cummins law was the result of an effort to give the public a square deal and at the same time to afford the railroads a chance for recupera tion. The past eight or lh months Indeed have been marked by a con siderable improvement In physical properties and by the purchase of much new equipment. But if the attacks sre to lie resumed, railroad tredlt will again go to the had. The railroads will be unable to borrow money and again will go through a period when their capacity for rend ering service will decrease as the eountry's need for transportation Increase*.” • • • There are not many newspapers, the nation over that venture to criti cise the railroads Quite the accepted view of the majority ia expressed by th» St Paul Dispatch, when It aavs: “It ha* been the sound contention that if the railways were let alone they would work out their own salva tion By that we mean not only their restoration to prosperity, but th* so lution of the high cost problem which has been carried into politics by med dlesome Matties of the government and the demagogue* of the radical blots By leaving the railroads alone we mean freeing them from the har assment of vicious political legisla tion and enabling them to serve their purposes and the needs of the nation w thout Interruption and embarrass ment. The April figure* indicate what will be the satisfactory result.” The Rocky Mountain News fulmi nates against Governor Sweet for at tending the rnnfereri.-e (n Chicago at wh.rh La Follette and a number of other radicals advocated reducing th# valuation of railroad properties from 120,200,000.000, where the Interstate Commerce commission has placed It, to $13,000,000,000. The latter figure Is based on th# market price of railway securities. The 1. C. C. has increased 11s estimate 11,300,000,000 since 1020. « • • The Washington Post is squally positive In Its edltorlsl view: "Not content with Indulging In glittering generalities on transports tlon and spending them against high rates, the so-called progressive radi cals take a fling at the railroads in their conference at Chicago that serves notice of coming attack. The onlypolnts worth consideration made by the "progressives" have been made already by President Harding in his address to congress and in his subsequent statements. "Everybody knows that there is need of correction In the transporta tion system. The executive ha* said so time and again. But nothing is to be gained by applying extreme theories and quack remedle*. The magic of transportation remedy lies In It* fair and proper application Those who seek for It In drastic and violent Irritants merely threaten to make bad matters worse. If the progressive radicals" are sincere In their professed desire for Improve ment of transportation, they should fall in behind the president, who has pointed the wav.” • • • Yet there is a powerful undercur rent. particularly In the agricultural state*, for the sharing of railroad profits In the way of reduced freight rate* The most extreme expression of this feeling i* that of the Oklahoma Leader, which says: "We. the people of the United States through our government, pre sented to the railroads 150,000.000 acres of land. At $100 per acre, this land has s value of $15,000,000,000. "We. the people of the t’nlted States through our state, city, town and county government* bonded our selves to the tune of J5.000,000,000 for th» benefit of the railroads. "We, the people, through our su preme court decided that the railroads are entitled to » fair and reasonable return on the $20,000000000 -we have pr»*en'ed to the railroad* "Therefore, we. the people are pay ing 5 per cent or Si ?oo Orta aaa p#r '•ear Intereet on the $20,000 OOOftflO ha - -«■ presented to the railroad* “X. or the unknown quantity In the above calculation, represent* the hr bee wh'cjt the rsdroed* paid to 'be politicians nf our federa1 state, el'y. town and eountv govern mqr-t* wbo "resented the rallr-ads wit# $20.000.. 000 OOOO of our mrmev. "By deducting X from $20,000,000. ooo and multiplying one bopehead with 110,000.000. we the people, can find th > root of our present freight and passenger rates "Caution: The above calculation may be a few billion off color, hut since we the great American people, have paid Intereat. on »hst present for the last 40 year*, a few billions one wav or the other don't make much difference.” Tbe Kentuckv derby was Insured against rain, hut th» straw hat car re* Its own risk—Little Rock (Ark.)| Oazette. Abe Martin f — - /ggSssSe IcLSVifWtSWMlMj • $4 ALL !>f Caterer Art Smiley o’ th' Elite Drug store is attendin’ a chefs convention at Bloom Center. Another peculiar thing about this life ia that th’ folks that do all th’ sweatin’ don’t wear th’ sweaters. (Copyright* 2 922 ) | Daily Prayer Me* ought always to pray and not to fain*—Luk# It.I. Our Heavenly Fattier, we roir.e to Thee in humble worship »hi* mom Ing. We thank Thee for Thy loving care while we slept. and for the sleep and re«t of the night. We thank Thee that, refreshed in body and mind. Thou hast brought u* to se# the beginning of a new day. Lord abide with us still. We ever need Thee. Prote<? us from hern, and guide us in all the duties of thi« day. Deliver us from evil and make us atrong to do Thy will Be pleased to remember w th X£v bleefirr all Mr I them are far distant from u§, but Thou art everywhere present. Be pleased to bless Thine own work Le* great gra^e be given to ministers of the gospel, and all Christian workers everywhere, that Thy Name may be glorified through their effort*. And now. blessed Lord we commit our loved one# ard ourselves to Thy care Pardm our sirs and guide us by Thv Spirit in the wav pleasing to Thyself this day. and all we a*k in the Nam# of Jesus our Savior A men. prv oorr.US l.AJSG. Kingtton. Ob! Canada THE SPICE OF LIFE. Wh'l* r»n h « #ec#»»t vi# t to this ##*• try. Marshal r*v-h made • ■•my reply *• • r*'»r. «rv- »hn on* r f the rvtfti a* a d — r—r r»rty In I>*nv*r giver by a party ef American# took exception to Frtsoh • Th#-* • ""•h'pf !r 1* but *:v! " fee •a*d »▼!»*' <ju#a* 'irj»h,« fj»»’ "V#‘*h#r t thrr* anyth nt '•fit wird in • pr#umat!'' - ' r#*er**d th# fa ast * • * < * • v• -•# i *■c ’*?#’# highway wonderfully. —Th# Ar gonaut. "Mr THriee.’* «»*d th# d‘.*,#^t o' ** # • hi# •'-•r# a }.*n wit! purau# you for 5f-* f#»' '* "F .# hundred ?##t*‘* 'ot#rrup*#d th# a^tor "T*a and no mere than that—-urdrr • ‘»’'4 * Th- h#r** «edd#* **T#« T «nd#’-»ta’' f hu* dA*»« • h# ’fli* ' — ard B -* J»t Money to Loan on^, Omaha Real Estate 9rfe CONSERVATIVE Savings 6 Loan associatjon / ^ Af & r> n o y “'Pioneers” fA Giant Oak From | a Little Acorn grows Capital and Surplus TwcTMillionlQollars And from a small beginning in 1SS1, the C. N. Dietz Lumber Company ** has grown into a giant of 1923. Founded as the St Paul Lumber Yard (C. N. Dietz, owner), later for many years this was Mr. Dietz’ unincorporated personal business: in 1901 it was incorporated under the present name. Today it has yards in Omaha and subsidiary yards throughout the state. Extensive advertising has made this company known throughout the Middle West Since 1886 this concern has been * customer of the Omaha National Bank. The Omaha National Bank Oarnam at 17thSt.