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The Morning Bee MORN1N G—E V E N I N G—S UNDAY THE BEE I*C BUSHING CO.. Pnblleher*. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press, of which The Bee Is s memher, Is eiclulltelT entitled to the use for retnibiicatipn of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited in this paper, end also the local news published herein. All rishls of repuhltcattons of our special dispatches ere also reserved. BEE TELEPHONES Privcte Branch Exchange. Ash for the Department y^T lantic or Person Wanted. For Night Calls After 10 P. M.: lOOO Editorial Department. AT lantie 1021 or 1042. OFFICES Matin Office—17tn and Farnam Co. Bluffs ... 16 Scott St. So. Side, N. W. Cor. 24th and N New York—286 Fifth Avenue * ashington • 422 Star Bldg. Chicago - - 1720 Steger Bldg. WITH COURAGE TO THE FUTURE. One hundred and forty-seven years is less than a tick on the clock of time. Yet it marks the recorded span of the life of the American people. On that Fourth of July, 1776, when a group of earnest men, full of the thought of liberty and animated by a high devotion to the hopes and needs of the people they represented, set their hands to an immortal declara tion, they put the world on a new track. In the words of Abraham Lincoln, “our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceited in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.” Have we preserved that liberty? Have we been true to that ideal? Let the record speak for itself. Even the grum bling that is heard is proof that the freedom guaran teed by the constitution is enjoyed, as fully as it may be under the law. And the law is the expression of the will of the people, and not a mandate of a despot. What else have we done? We have kept faith with th« world, holding true to the high dedication set out in the Declaration of Independence. A prime val wilderness has been brought to a state of wonder ful development. Spiritual and intellectual growth has kept pace with material, and mankind everywhere has enjoyed the fruit of both. Years have added responsibility, and experience has sobered a great people, so that the duties as sumed in 1776 are borne in 1923 with a more fully realized sense of the obligation thus taken up. Yet there is no departure from the spirit of that obliga tion. Our gates no longer swing open that all the world may enter, for we have learned that danger is in that direction, yet we do not deny entry to those who are worthy of the citizenship we have to offer. Never did we “loose strange tongues that have not Thee in awe,” although we have been guilty of “Siuch boastings as the Gentiles use, and lesser breeds with out the law.” Even that has passed, though, and Americans are not vainglorious nor offensively proud before other nations today. Who doubts the future of the land, where liberty is preserved, and honest pride in great avhievements stirs every patriotic breast and gives new courage to individual and state as well? Patriotism is not dead in America, nor are we daunted by our problems. Per plexed, maybe, but courageous to go forward, just as did our fathers, when they were facing issues as momentous as any now before us, because the future is in the hands of the people, and the settlement of all issues will come from the collective judgment of the citizens, freely expressed, and not be the dictum of a ruler. All over America today, in foreign lands wher ever Americans are gathered, throughout the world, the birthday of the United States of America will be celebrated, not alone for what our nation has been and is, but for what it will be. Old Glory will fly today, as it has for almost a century and a half, the oldest of emblems, the symbol of a free people and a united country, disturbed only by the legitimate and natural contention of ideas for greater achievement* and a nobler destiny. LAYING THE BLAME FOR CRIME Chicago’s crime commission indicts the automo bile as an ally to crime. Let us look into this. For many months people have been talking of a “crime wave,” and many are convinced that never in all the history of the world was there so much wicked ness as now. It would be difficult to prove whether this is true, or to successfully contradict it, as re liable figures are not available. Yet what doe* it prove? If there is more crime today than ever, is the machine to blame or is man? That men have robbed, murdered, and otherwise misbehaved themselves in the past is no excuse for their doing so today, nor does the fact abate in any degree the wrong that is being done. Yet it is true that long before the automobile was invented, there was crime. Bandits escaped in some way from pursuers. Highwaymen rode on horses, robbers fled on foot, and generally the criminal relied on his dexterity to get away from the law. The automobile has afforded a swifter and more easily adapted method of escape, but the ma chine may as well be used by the policeman as by the thug. Telephone, telegraph, radio, all supply means for pursuit that were unknown a few years ago, and the criminal is either more daring or clever if he can elude the police equipped as they are with modern machinery and appliances. Another, reason must be found for the seem:ng success that attends crime against person or prop erty. Instead of blaming the automobile, why not put some of the responsibility on man? Juries that free criminals in face of conclusive evidence, or that inflict minimum punishment when tho serious crime is certainly proven, are doing more to en courage the evildoers than any machine that ever was invented. Shrewd and unscrupulous lawyers also help, and these are more to blame than the automobile. ON THE SUNNY SIDE. The very caution with which business is proceed, ing leads many financial observers to believe that a period of genuine prosperity is on the way. Ex periences of two years ago have led to a general distrust of inflation, and all care is being taken to avoid another such explosion. Before any boom makes its advent Americans want to he convinced that it is solid and not of the sort that is in con stant danger of collapse. “We want stability rather than alternate booms and depressions,” is the way George E. Roberts, once a country banker in Iowa and now a famous banker-economist of New York, expresses it. “We want steady employment for everybody, at good wages, rather than snowball advances followed by unemployment." The modern Industrial organisation, as he views if, is like a great orchestra, although in orchestras there is seldom found an individual “disposed to bust up the whole show because he doesn’t like the tune.” There is indeed much harmony in the busi ness world today, although some of the players are inclined to perform a soln. As soon as the farmer finds his music and begins blowing his horn, the ensemble will be perfect. i MAKING THE MOST OF OUR RESOURCES. Mr. Harding’s first hand contact with certain of the great economic problems presented by the west has left him cautious and thoughtful. It is not surprising that he does not blaze forth with a suddenly conceived plan for doing all the things that should be done. No man who has not given the matters involved in a comprehensive reclama tion program close study in all their details can speak definitely for any of them. So the president confines himself to general expressions of opinion. One of his statements, however, embodies more of the truth than is usually admitted. He says: "Development must be Rradual; a business of the decades and the centuries. It should, indeed, be given wise direction and supervision. "We want the west to be a land of homes and of the freest opportunity for the establishment of the families possessing independent means of live lihood. It Is recognized that the very different conditions of the plains and mountain areas com pel many modifications of the policies that have served so well In other parts of the country. Those modifications are being wrought out gradually with a view to promoting here that wide diversification of industries and occupations which Is nivlted by your variety of resources and which is the Ideal state of a modern society." Those who have given most study to the prob lems of reclamation, forestation, irrigation, and other features of the general problem, are aware of the truth of what the president says. That is why federal or state authority, rather than private enterprise, is called upon to bear the load through the years that must pass before all the work is done. Visions of great things to be accomplished are easy to outline, but rather difficult to materialize. Proj ects must be dealt with in terms of decades, rather than of years, some perhaps in centuries, yet out of it all rises the future of certainty, because human genius and industry have been patiently applied. Mr. Harding suggests that these resources must not be permitted to fall into the hands of companies of men who will exploit them for private gain. Un fortunately, the natural treasury of the west has been very carefully combed and shredded by just such corporations for just that purpose. What is left, aside from the water power, is of a nature that will require the co-operation or entire control of the general government to bring it into use for society. Only the whole people can provide the means that will be needed to restore the devastated forests, and water the waste lands from the streams that now are doing less than no service at all. What is most encouraging is that President Hard ing evinces his sympathy with the general problem, and this implies an intention to give it closer atten tion. Eastern statesmen are slowly coming to un derstand why the people of the west are persistent in bringing these matters to the attention of con gress. and now, with the president actively enlisted, better progress may be made than at any time since the days of Roosevelt, whose sympathy and support rested on actual knowledge of what is needed. LIVING WITH A NEWSPAPER. If we were inclined to add materially to 'the noise of this glorious national birthday, we would open the exercises by firing a salute of 101 guns in honor of James Stapleton of Blair, Neb. What has he done to be so singled out for at tention? W’ell, he is probably the oldest living subscriber to The Omaha Bee. He has read the paper daily and faithfully since it was established in 1871. Mr. Stapleton has had a distinct advan tage, in that each day he has been given not only the news of the world, briefly but amply and truth fully told, but has had as well intelligent and hon est interpretation of that new's. During all those fifty-two years has has been in touch with the big as well as the little things of life, for he has daily had a careful and interesting chronicle of world events. A wonderful epoch is contained in that span of a little over half a cen tury. Nebraska has grown from an immigrant’s dream to the realized prosperity of a progressive statehood. The world has advanced in every way, and Mr. Stapleton has noted this day by day as he read his favorite paper. He also has voted the republican ticket steadily for all these years. In this he exercises the judg ment of a free man, holding firm to what he con ceives to be the right policy for the good of his country. Politics in Nebraska has seen many changes and upheavals in the last fifty years, and it has taken a man of courage and firmness to stand by his guns and refuse to be swept from his moor ings by the gales of passion that have lashed our prairies and stormed the citadels of established party organizations in that time. Therefore, if we fire a salute at all this morn ing, after we have done obeisance to the flag, it will be in honor of “Jim" Stapleton, soldier, pio neer, builder, republican, and good citizen. Ellis island is clogged with aliens, seeking to make their bow to America on time to participate in the Fourth of July celebration. The disappointment that will follow the dismissal of some ought to have an echo in the offices of the steamship companies that bring them here on a gamble. Six hundred delegates are meeting in t hicago to form a “third” party. It doesn’t say which serial number. Mr Harding took part in an Oregon Trail celebra tion at Meacham. Ezra Meeker was not present. Picked the winner yet? Neither have we. Homespun Verse —By Omaha's Own I’oet— Robert Worthington Davie THE OLD TEAM OF HORSES The old team of horses My uncle endorses; He'll take ’em. lie snvs, every time An auto—he hale* It, In value he rates It As small h* the worth of a dime. He hitches together In all kinds of weather The team that he treasures so dear. And drives to the city, And thinks It a pity That cars are so popular here Uncertain he calls 'em. And oftentimes hauls 'em Over the marsh laden way In the flood stricken season. Which gives him a reason To shout for hla sorrel and laty. They canter to fit his Deal I #, snd It Is As rapid as one ought lo go The old team of horses My uncle endorses Is sure ths old fashioned and slow r A Railroad President’s View Chicago—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: An editorial in The Omaha Bee of June 20 on "Nebraska Pays the Freight” discussea the busi ness in which I am engaged. 1 have read the editorial with interest, dis agreeing with the writer, however, and this letter is written to discuss with you the points brought out therein. The editorial asserts that the mid dleweat “pays heavy toll to the trans portation Interests.” The statement is open to possible misinterpretation. Who are "the transportation inter ests?” Out of every dollar they took in last year, the railroads paid out 44.4 cents for labor. There are a4x>ut 1,750,000 railroad employes. They constitute a good-sized block of the consuming capacity of the country. Their wages are used— as is the farmer's Income— to buy clothing, food, fuel, shelter, edu cation, amusement. A large part of the railway payroll finds its way im mediately into the channels of trade (all of it eventually does), and a good part of It goes to the farmers. After paying wages, the railroads had 65.6 cents of their 1922 dollar left Of this, S5 cents was used for the purchase of fuel, materials and supplies, pay ment of loss and damage claims and Insurance charges and for similar ex penses. All of this 35 cents went Im mediately into the cannels of trade. This left the railroads with 20.6 cents. Df this 6.4 cents went to pay taxes and 1.5 cents went for rentals of equip ment and joint facilities. Out of the original dollar, the rail roads hail left, after paying these various charges. 13.7 cents, represent ing an annual return of 4 14 per cent on properties worth upward of 120. 000,000,000. Out of it had to be paid interest on indebtedness and kindred charges before the stockholders, the owners of the railroads, had anything left for themselves Hlnce virtually all of the revenues received hy the railroads go to pay the costs />f the service performed, the "Interests” that exact what the edi torial calls a "heavy toll" upon the middlewest are American industries In general. They in turn frunish the farmers with a market for farm prod ucts. i our editorial asserts that the farm er pays the freight both ways—on the products he ships and on the products he has shipped to him. I question that. To the extent that the farmer is a consumer, he does pay freight '■barges, just as he pays charges for all other services rendered in supply ing his wants. The ultimate consumer of any article pays for the production and transportation of the raw mater ials that go Into the article, the manu facture of the materials Into a finish ed product and its distribution. That being true, it must foltow that the farmer, as a producer, does not In reality pay the freight on what he ships. The farmer receives for his products a stated market price which rests upon a great many factors, chiefly the operation of the law of supply and de mand. The difference between the price at the market and what the farmer might receive for the product at his home ntation represents the cost of part of the transportation service to the consumer of ths prod uct. To say that the farmer pays It would be equivalent to saying that the farmer pays for the milling of his grain into flour, the baking of the flour Into bread and the distribution of the bread to household consumers. These are services to the consumer, Just as Is the transportation of the wheat from the country elevator to the flour mill. What tlie farmer gets for his wheat is the price paid for bread less the coat of all the services back along the line, including baking, milling, transportation, and so on. There Is no tenable ground in logic for the statement that freight charges are a tax. or toll, upon anyone. It would be just as logical to say that the 2 cents paid for postage on a tet ter is a tax It is payment for a service. Transportation is a service— an essential service. It is asserted in the editorial that a reduction of freight rates would bene fit the middlewest. That implies that a reduction could be effected without running the risk of impairing trans portation service. Itats reductions made at the expense of the service performed are not economy, but cause losses to shippers far greater than the difference between adequate and In adequate rates. Going back to 1913 as a normal pre war year-, we find that there has been an increase of 100 per cent In the railway payroll, of 150 per cent In railway taxes, of around 200 per cent In the cost of railway fuel and of simi lar large percentages In the prices of materials and supplies generally. Take equipment, for example A Pacific type passenger locomotive cost about $23,500 in 1913; it costs $62,000 now A Mikado freight engine cost $25,000 In 1913; now It costs $54,500. Chair cars that cost $13,500 tn 1913 now cost around $31,000. The cost of other equipment has Increased simi larly, averaging around 150 per cent. On the other hand, the service per formed by the railroad* is one of the cheapest commodities on the market In comparison with prewar prices, and it is a well known fact that the cost of American railway aervlre before the war was extraordinarily low. In 1913 the railroads received .719 rent for each ton of freight carried one mile, in the first three months of 192$ they received 1.104 cents, an Increase of about 64 per cent. In 1913 tlie rail roads received 2 002 cents for earh passenger carried one mile; In the first three months of 1923 they receiv ed 3 104 rents, an Increase of 55 per cent According to Professor Irving Fisher, the economist, the weighted average of wholesale prices of 200 representative commodities for the first qunrter of 1923 was 61 per tent above the average for 1913 In thus presenting the <ase of the railroads, 1 am not unmindful of the agricultural situation. The re-estab Daily Prayer A ■ J#«uM pray<*4 thu hravmt w#r» opened —I,uka 3 21 O I/ord, our Heavenly Father, an Thou hast graciously spared us to the llglit of another morning, accept Thou our glad thanksgiving for this and nil Thy countless mercies to u* Pardon us wherein we have grieved Thee in the past Grant unto us, we humbly beseech Thee, nil such bene fits for body, mind and spirit «a Thou seest beat for us this dsy. Show us Thy will, and may It bo our pleasure. Impart unto us such faith In Then that we may successfully meet all the testings that swalt us. May ours h« the patience, the ('outage, and the joy of those who know Thy love and have learned the secret of the Ford. Mas* Thy blessings to us to lav through us. Thy gifts to our world Remember In Thy mercy, our loved ones in the espo« ml needs Comfort and heal the a filleted. Floss all who toll. Give through Thy Chun h. salvation to our nation and to nil people, and speed the time when earth '•hall he done with evil and over all shall tic established the scepter of Thy Son, our blessed Savior. Am* n JOHN upw ard m snNKi.v P i» . Minneapolis. Minn f Omaha felt a rtpfp interest In what waa foln? on In Philadelphia on July 4. 1176, wh*>» the flrat hundred year* rf the nation waa commemorated by a great expoaitlon. Something deeper than that stirred In the boeom of Ed ward Rosewater, whoa* Fourth of July editorial for that memorable year follow*; "THE FIRSK CENTURY OF THE REPUBLIC.” "Th# American Republic closes the first century of its eventful life today. One hundred years have elapsed since the Fathers of the Republic promulga ted their immortal declaration, which proclaimed to all the world their de termination to establish and maintain a government by the people and for the people. This declaration not only made Americans a free and Indepen dent people, but It has moulded them into a powerful nation, which during the first century of Its historic life has achieved more in spreading the bless ings of civilization than had been achieved by the Roman Republic dur ing all the renturles of her existence. "Beginning with s confederation of thirteen sparsely settled colonies, the American Republic of the United States enters upon th* second cen tury of Its existence with thirty-eight states, containing a population of nearly forty-five millions. Having achieved Independence by the conflict of the Revolutionary war, the republic has achieved national unity by the war of secession. It Is not our pur pose in this brief article to review the marvellous march of progression which has transformed Washington s fragile union Into one of the most powerful and populous among the civilized na tions of the earth. Nor could we In the limited space devoted to this ar ticle do justice to the great achieve ments of the American Republic in the arts and sciences. America Is pre eminent among the other nations as the cradle of scientific discovery and mechanical invention. "To the American Republic the world is indebted for the useful and moat marvelous inventions of the present century. The steamboat and the electric telegraph were the crea tions of American genius. In enter Ing upon Hie second century of the re public it la eminently titling to ihuae who enjoy the blessed heritage trans mJtted to us by its revolutionary sires to mark the natal anniversary of the nation by a celebration befitting such an occasion. "The centennial exposition of our industrial and productive resources, now in progress at the birthplace of our Independence, is Justly pronounced a grand success. It Is In fact th# most complete exemplification of all tho achievement* of human Ingenuity that has ever been attempted. "These are doubtless the most sub stantial evidences of the fruits of the first century of the Republic. They demonstrate beyond all doubt the ca pacity of a self-governed people to keep pace with other nations whose peoples have little or no part In their government. They also commend our democratic republic as the noblest model of human government The people of the United States have Just cause for jubilation over the fact that they have safely crossed the first cen tury ns the republic In face of the predictions that the republic can not survive a hundred years. And well may we congratulate ourselves that we as citizens of this great republic, which challenges the admiration of and enforces resjieot from all the great nations of the globe " Ilshment nf farming operations upon a secure basis Is a problem in which the country should he tremendously concerned Agriculture Is our great est Industry. It represents an invest ment of 178,000,000,000, extends Into every part of the country, and furnishes the raw materials for hun dreds of allied trades and Industries. We cannot have a prosperous country without prosperous farmers. That goes without saying. Railroads furnish a service that is absolutely essential to farming, and It Is to the Interest of the farmers and the country at large that there be proeperoui railroads, nhle to furnish an ample supply of that serv-hx at all times, and furnish it efficient:/ I n less rates r an he redur ed without threatening the efficiency and ade quacy of railway service, they should not be reduced. The mistake In our past treatment of the railroads has her n that we have looker! at the BO'C.illed "railway prob lem ' as the problem of lower rates 1 think there Is a grsid di al of mlsun derstandlng nttarhrd to the phrase, "railway problem." hut. If we do con sider transportation as a problem, our first concern should he the assurance of adequate efficient service. That kind of service Is cheap at anv price at all commensurate with Its cost, l-et us first assure good service, and after that cheaper service will follow Constant agitation for a reduction of freight rates does a great deal to unsettle the railway situation. T be lieve there is an opportunity for grrat constructive leadership offered to those who will lake a stand for fair treatment nf the railroads—a stand demanding Hist the railroads he show ed In charge rates sufficient to pay the osts of service and to yield a return Upon the value of their properties sufficient to attract Investors with new •ipltsl for Improvements and exten •Ions to the properties. In all earnestIiess. I would like to iee you lake this stand In The Omaha lee I make lids suggestion realising 'lie high standing vour valued paper enjoys Its wide Influence throughout the mlddlewral. and believing In your 1#s(re to make It a factor In conatrue tiv* prngrrsa C II MARKHAM President. Illinois Central Railroad That's Mil Right, Then Smith "Oeiinls claims not to have heard the horn What's the mstter w Ith his hearing ’ ' Hmllhris "Nothing: It s to he held Sattiidav American l,»i;ion Weekly, GOD’S MINUTE Cunf mntnir th» Dull* Truy*!** puh ! Sed tn Jhff It** SH5 of lh»m Pi tea fUW Kietarr’a Book Store 221 N. lath Omaha The First Plow -\ Rhyme of the Old Frontlet \ bunch of old-timers Used to come to tawn, With hair and whiskers That nearly reached the ground. Said one old-timer, "It gits so durn dry And moisture's so scarce We can't afford to cry." They told ubout a feller What moved out a plow And lowed he'd go farmin', Said he'd show 'em how . So he yoked up his oxen. While his neighbors stood 'round, But to save his pesky hide. Couldn't start her in the ground. And them pesky neighbors Stood a grlnnin' and a waitin’ While the man with the oxen Couldn't keep the plow from skatin'. Said one old timer, "You ride on the beam And let us fellers Haze along the team." So they went to his dugout And brought out a pick. Hayin’ if they could only start her They could sure make her stick. Well, he climbed on the beam And he yelled, "l.ay to 'er. Buck.” But they hit some black root. And there they stuck. And that there new-comer Got so durned sore. That he vowed right then He’d stay here no more. So he left the country As fast as he could get. That was back in in the eighties. But the plow is here yet. You see, the boys got together. And built a high fence About that old plow. And she's been there ever since. But since it's got to rainin' These last few yearn, Even the old-timers Can afford to shed tears And. don't you know, folk* I believe even yet Most of those old timers Eook with regret Bark to those old times When they never owned a plow. But made their livin’ Kollerin’ the long-horned cow. —Walt Nye, Ogallala, Neb Center Shots A baby * idea of heaven is a place where It Is against the law for Its rather to sing—Appleton Post Cres cent. We know what the Fourth of July is for. It 1* so they cgn hold a big prize tight somewhere.—Ann Arbor Times New s. A subscriber says newspaper para fraphers are too cynical. Having to write paragraphs made 'em that way. —Little Rock Arkansas Democrat. Sweet Marie says that her new flivver runs like a hole in a new stocking—Little Rock Arkansas Ga eette. Kmporia. Kan*, has revived the curfew. When It sound* the children make the old folks go to bed —Green ville Piedmont. Trouble with Laughing at all your troubles is continuous mirth and makes others think you ignorant — Ann Arbor Times New*. Just a few more weeks until gar dener* will l>e making two weed* grow where only one grew before—Nash ville Tenncsse^m 1LJ AVE The Omaha Morning Bee or The Evening Bee mailed to you when on your vacation. Phone AT lantic 1000, Circulation Department. Hot Weather Advice Set an old fashioned mint julep re cipe by the .side of a copy of the ISth amendment to the constitution and think intensely about both of them when the mercury goes to 84. If you do not go mad in the first hour you will attain n philosophic calm that will carry you through anything. Oo to a psychoanalyst and have your subconsciousness probed for complexes Probably something you heard yoor great-aunt say to the oat when you were 6 months old is what makes you think you are warm. Have your teeth pulled. Heat is largely a mental concept. Have your mentality removed ana you will not know that you are hot. Have your tonsils removed. f.'limb to the top of a 30-story steel building under construction and watch the men heating drivels and say to them: "Would you like to have some body bring you up a bucket of nice cool beer, real beer?" When tliey shout "Ves.'" you say “So would It" When you wake up you will be In smooth, cool white linen bandages, wjth a calm, soft-voiced nuts* put ting the bulb of a nice cool thermome ter und“r your tongue. Have your appendix removed. Put 12 pairs of false teeth on the Ice in the refrigerator and sit by the tefrigoratni door and change teeth every 20 minutes. Have your clothing removed. A great many persons are spending the heated term riding In airplanes tills year, but as this is likely to inter fere with the work of lawyers, coat and anit operators, literary men, coal miners, physicians and locomotive en gineers, these busy workers are ad vised to take with them to the scene of their daily duties cunning little artificial ire machines, to the opera tlon of which they can give many pleasant spare moment*. Have your skin removed. Heat, we repeat, is largely a men tal concept. Spend Monday poring over Dore's Illustrations for the "In ferno." think of eczema, all day Tues day and hive* and erysipelas on Wed nesday. imagine on Thursday that you are an early Christian being burned by Nero, persuade yourself on Fri day that you live in Philadelphia and devote Saturday to playing that you ire Job entering the boll zone* and then think of something else on Sun day. Sunday should prove a delightful day. if you keep off the automobile road*. Have your flesh removed and go,up and sit on the roof in vour hare soul DON MAP.QriS, fining Off Half Corked. The recent attack on the adminis tration for what appears to be gov ernment policy in attempting to de date market values of staple farm crops" turn* out to be Just another instance of groundless criticism. The secretary of agriculture makes it plain that no such policy i* being fol lowed. The author of the criticism that thus collapse* would have been .let right if he had directed inquiry to that department Instead of taking too much for granted But thi* seems to he the way with too many critic* Abe Marlin ! 1 .Tedgin’ by ther newpaper pic ture*, we'd gues* that champion girl swimmers break more records than hearts. Nothin’ aa funny t’ us as t’ see a felier leadin’ a poor, ole bony horse along th’ road an’ tryin’ t’ act like he wuzn’ with it. , C op1 right. 1923. when the government m concerned Apparently they ate willing to swal low anything that appear* to invi'e criticism and make their attacks be fore they ascertain whether or not the administration is really open to at tack.—Washington Post. What Is the Answer? If you should aee gome of the things that I have seen," said a promi nent business man the other day. "you would be appalled at the number of young boys and girls who are acquir ing the habit of drinking this damna ble ‘moonshine.’" If this man is ■ right, who is to blame for it? No self-respecting father wants his own •on or daughter to drink the stuff. but does he feel th« same way toward his neighbors' children? If he makes it possible for his neigbor s boy and girl to secure moonshine, has he any right to complain when the neighbor assumes the same attitude toward his children? 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