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The Moaning Bee MORNING—EV E NIN G—5UNDAY THE BEE PUBLISHING CO, Publisher. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tbs Associated Press, of which Tbe Bee Is s member. Is eieluslrelr entitled to the use for republlcstlon of sll bews dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited In this neper, end also the local news published herein. All riihts of republ I cations of our spaclal dispatches are alio resorted. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for the Department AT Untie nr Person Wanted. For Night Calls After 10 P. M.: mnn Editorial Department. AT lantic 1021 or 1042. OFFICES Main Office—17tn and Farnsm Co. Bluffs ... IB Scott St. So. Side. N. W. Cor. 24th and N New York—286 Fifth Avenue Washington - 422 Star Bldg. Chicago . 1720 Steger Bldg. RIGHTEOUSNESS AND PEACE. Mr. Harding has released to the public the ad dress he had planned to deliver at San Francisco, a reiteration of the views he expressed at St. Louis and, in some measure, a reply to those who have op posed his plans then outlined. It is, as have been all his addresses, a calm, dispassionate discussion of the question of peaceful relations with all the world in its broadest sense. He specifically disclaims the im puted desire to popularize himself by advocating ^peaee through a world court, but plainly states that he conceives it to be his duty as president of the United States to advance the welfare of his country! and believing that service can well be done through ensuring a future of tranquil and harmonious inter course with all nations, he presses for his world court idea. As a paramount reason for desiring to adopt some method for settling international disputes by other means than war, Mr. Harding says: “Nations ought no more need resort to force in the settlement of their disputes or differences than do men in this enlightened day. Out of this oonvic tion, out of my belief in a penitent world craving for the agencies of peace, out of the inevitable presi dential contact with the world war havoc and dev astation and the measureless sorrow which attended and has followed, 1 would be insensible to duty and violate all the sentiments of my heart and all my convictions if I failed to urge American support of the permanent court of international justice. “1 do not know that such a court will be unfail ing in the avoidance of war, but X know it is a s&p in the right direction, and will prove an advance toward international peace for which the reflective conscience of mankind is calling.” The president recapitulates what has been done by America to further the interest of peace in the world; the work of Woodrow Wilson at Paris, the settlement of the British and Finland debts, the con ference through which the Tacna-Arica dispute was settled between Chile, Peru and Bolivia, and the crowning triumph of all modern diplomatic under takings, the limitation of armaments conference. American influence at Lausanne also is referred to as helpful in bringing peace. All of these steps, the president says, are fur ther indications of the growing sentiment in favor of the sacredness of international obligations. Senators who oppose his plans contend for the preservation of the independence of the United States, its continued freedom from any form of alliance with other na tion*. Mr. Harding himself, when a senator, advo ' sated earnestly the reservations to the Treaty of V’ersaille*, as affecting the League of Nations, and supported his views with his vote. Nothing in his present or past utterances as president suggests that he has changed his mind on this point, but he does want something done to prevent war if possible. As to the “chinafying” of the United States, such a thing is not thought of. Our country has never waged an aggressive war; our people have only taken up arms in defense of their liberties and their government. No sentiment for war exists in this country, but reasonable readiness for defense is but the exercise of prudence. And when a man powerful enough to do combat in support of his con tentions goes into court, quietly to submit to the decrees of justice, he shows due regard for his own as well as for the rights of others. That is all the president has in mind in his world court plan. The United States is able to defend its rights, but is will ing to submit her claims to examination and right eous judgment. WARMING UP THE ORATORS. Everybody seems to be making some use of the summer before the next national campaign. All over the country echoes are heard of an expanding or col lapsing boom for some favored son or recognized statesmen, and the sachems and sagamores of all the tribes are busy concocting the medicine tp be brewed come June, 1924. Now wc discover by read ing the New York Sunday Times that the rattles and the war drums are being tested and tuned so that the dance will not be asked to go on without the in spiration to be provided by them. A special writer has surveyed the field, and tells us that we are to have a revival of oratory at the next national conventions. He reviews the efforts at Chicago and San Francisco in 1920, and finds them to be sadly lacking in the inspirational quali ties that used to mark such proceedings. Ingersoll's (effort at Cincinnati on behalf of Blaine is set up as in example of what such speeches should be. Just why he did not give space to Mr. Bryan's famous outburst at Chicago in 1896 is not clear, but that jpeech never was surpassed in its effect. It swept the convention from its moorings, nominated the man who made it, and wrote a new chapter of his tory in the United States. Unless the temper of the American people under goes a distinct and radical change between now and convention time, the present aspirants for oratorical distinction will do well to study the art of making it snappy. The four-minute talker is the popular one at a political or any other sort of convention these days, and leave to print is of no service when one is making a nominating speech. --—--/ KNOWS WHAT IS WANTED. One of the first duties of a good congressman is to lyiow what the people of his district want. Not that the service is to be limited to that, hut he will get along better and feel easier in his job if he has the first hand information that will guide him in looking after the welfare of the section he particu larly represents. When Bob Simmons goes down to Washington in December, if not before, he will be nrepared. He has just completed a 1,600-mile tour of his district, made in a "tin lizzie,” for the purpose sf getting a line on what was wanted. Bob made a 'rip all over the district last fall, but he was in luest of votes then, and did not have too much ime to devote to other matters. He did not make many promises, but one he did give out was that he vould do his best for the benefit of the Big Sixth, le got the votes, and his tour just over may be ..aken as proof that he proposes to make good on his campaign promise. Definite announcement of Oscar Underwood as a candidate may excite some interest in democratic •ircles, but will not draw public attention from the pennant races now in progress. WHO CUT THE TAX RATE? State Tax Commissioner Smith, announcing the levy for 1923, gives vent to the following statement: ■'Governor Bryan's proposal to reduce state taxes hns been fulfilled. The people of the state will bs charged with approximately *1,000,000 less ih 1923 than In 1922. To be exact, the reduction amounts to *935,597.” On the surface it appears as if the governor were making good on his promises, but let us look just a little closer. We have already pointed out that a considerable part'of the 3-10ths of 1 mill reduction achieved is due to the fact that no levy is made for the soldiers’ relief fund this year. The rest is due entirely to the increase of $11,473,905 in the total assessed valuation of the property subject to tax in the state. How can any credit for this be given *0 Governor Bryan, or anyone associated with him in the state administration? A much more interesting fact is concealed in the figures given out by Commissioner Smith. In re porting an increase of $11,473,905 in the total val uation of the state, he neglects to explain that in Douglas county alone the assessed valuation was in creased by $11,898,554, or almost $420,000 more than the total increase reported for the state. Lan caster county also reports an increase of more than a million, which shows that at least $1,500,000 has beeen cut off somewhere else in Nebraska. Instead of credit going to the democratic governor and his board, relief from taxation is properly due to the efforts of republican assessors in two republican counties. Furthermore, Commissioner Smith sets out that the amount of revenue to be collected through taxa tion this year will be $935,527 less than for 1922. As the .028 mills for the soldiers’ relief fund, now dropped, would produce on the 1923 valuation $898,890, all but $36,437 of the boasted saving is ac counted for by that fact alone. If the assessors of Douglas and Lancaster coun ties had followed the example of those in other parts of the state, instead of a reduction, the levy for state purposes would have been increased. As it is, the only reduction, apparent or other wise, is due to the fact that 0.028 of the 3-10ths of a mill cut off was because the levy for the soldiers’ relief expired by law. In figures, an increase of nearly $12,000,000 in Douglas and more than $1,000,000 in Lancaster counties produced a total increase in the state roll of less than $11,500,000 and a cut in the general fund levy of 0.272 mills. Taxpayers surely sec through this thin pre tense of the governor at redeeming his promise to cut taxes. ARMS AND THE TYPEWRITER Sleeveless dresses may not have been on view in Omaha when the inquiry recently was made, but they are coming into sight now. That is, the arms arc on exhibition, not the sleeves. Whether their present mood will lead the ladies to adopt this new style generally is something only the girls can an swer, and they probably will do in their own way. Then will come the other question: Will any Omaha employers follow the lead of the Chicago Federal Reserve bank, and forbid the bare arm and bobbed hair? Probably not, for very few Omahn employers seek their publicity in that fashion. If the girl can go about her work and attend to the du ties entrusted to her with her sleeves rolled up to the elbow or above, she probably can do the same work just as well with the sleeves entirely removed. Nor did the length of their tresses ever materially add to the ability of the girls at whatever work they un dertook. Most of the young women employed in offices nowadays take thimselves and their work se riously. Whether they must have the employment or not, they are of the opinion that they are helping to do the werld’s work, and they want to be recog nized for their ability rather than for any other reason. The office "vamp” exists chiefly in the thrillers, and seldom is found in real life. Good looks are no handicap, and the presence of a pretty girl in a working force is a refreshing note; but she 19 not there solely because she is beautiful. Employers know this, and most of them are human enough to understand also that the routine of a modern count ing room is drab enough, without adding to its dreary monotony by rules that require the workers to wear garments that depress the mind while they obscure the body. Books to the number of 880,000, used in army recreational and base work in France, are about to be disposed of in Brooklyn. Why not box them up and save them for the next war? They will be about ripe by that time, A failed state bank’s assets sold at auction for nearly enough to recompense the guaranty fund, which might lead to the conclusion that the bank was not in such bad shape when It closed Its doors. Luia Angel Firpo says he would prefer to post pone his meeting with Shipbuilder Dempsey for one year. Luis may be forgotten by that time. If President Harding’s transport had to run down a sister ship, the choice might have been made of some the navy can spare. Farmers stacking their wheat are showing good judgment, if they arc putting on tops that will shed water. The man who drove his auto into a police tar showed bad judgment as well as poor control. Mr. Ford is not the only citizen who regards his presidential boom e* silly. "Buy and hold” is the short version of a grand slogan. _ Homespun Verse —By Omaha’s Own To«t»— Robert Worthington Davie_ WONDERMENT. I wonder where the bunting sleeps When night I* robed In haze; I wonder where the tortoise creeps To spend his parting day*. I wonder what the zephyr* aav— The donga their whisper* form. I wonder while the tempeat* »way Before the wrathful storm. I wonder what the cloud* express In *llence a* they roam Across the' *kle* in gala dres* Beneath the blue of home. I wonder what the dower* gli* In wealth of words, and I ‘ an merely wonder while I Inc, And wonder when I die. We wonder oft; we wonder long And knowledge Is so small. That life I* on* Incessant song [ Of wonder to u* all. Political condition! in 1874 rt>sem ! bled so strongly those of today that the following editorial, written by Kdward Rosewater and published on March Is. 1874, might almost nave been written yesterday, so far as Its contents and conjectures aro con cerned. ••CAN THEV UNITE?” "The proposition to unite all the industrial and producing elements of the country into one homogenous co operative body is by no means novel or startling. Ambitious politclans and theoretical economists have very fre quently attempted to enlist the agrar ian and working classes under one banner, for political and cooperative purposes. "Some years ago the agitators of the political labor reform party sought to accomplish the same end in this country. While their doc trines appeared sound and logical tc many minds, the fact that they failed to accomplish their object seems to warrant the inference that there arc fundamental antagonism between the interests of the farmers and the in terests of the artisan- and laborer. The wonderful growth of the grange organization, which represents the farming element of the country, has again been the indirect means of bringing to the surface organizations whos avowed object is a union of farming and industrial classes. "Whether the originators of these ‘castles of American farmers and mechanics' or the new order of 'Sever eigns of Industry.' are sincere and dis interested in their efforts, or whether they have political axes to grind is Immaterial. The question that pre sents itself to the Impartial political economist i.st/Do the interests of these classes harmonize, or do they clash? The old and well established maxim that self-interest governs all mankind, must l>o applied as the proper criterion in this instance Admitting at the outset that an alliance between these elements may be wholesome and beneficial. In specific cases and under extraordinary circumstances, we must analyze the self-interest of farmer and artisan during ordinary times and accaslons. We take it for a self evident proposition that It Is the in terest of the farmer and produoer to sell his produce, such as gram. hay. cattle anti vegetables, at the highest price. In other words, it Is his in terest to realize as much as po-sible for the product of his Investment represented In lands, machinery and manual lalior. It Is the interest of the mechanic or laborer to purchase all the commodities necessary for his subsistence as cheap as possible. The farmer is Interested in reducing the cost of clothing, marhlnery. hardware, and even farm labor to the lowest minimum prices. The mechanic's In terests demand that these articles lie kept at the very highest prices, In order that he may lie aide to obtain good wages. Tx>t us illustrate. Farmer Smith comes to town with a load of ixitatoes which he wants to exchange for hoots, clothing or nuichlnerv. It Is naturally his Interest to sell his potatoes at the highest possible figures, while the mechanics who pur chase his potatoes want to procure thean at the lowest rate. "Farmer Smith calls upon s boot maker with a view- to purchasing shoes for has family. Is it not natural that he should seek to resist the high price demanded by the shoemaker? The same antagonism of Interest must Inevitably exist between the farmer and the wagnnmaker, tailor, carpenter nnd every other artisan. While the grange combination In the main is trying to dispense with mid dlemen. It Is nevertheless also deslr ous of reducing the original cost of agricultural machinery This can only be done by a reduction of w ages. And this Is why farmers and me chanics can not consistently unite into one harmonious body. In Greet Britain, where the principles of work ingmen's organizations have been thoroughly tried, no combination »f the agricultural and mechanical classes has ever succeeded While, as we have stated, such a combina tion may temporarily flourish, their permanent existence would. It scents to us. tie contrary to the Immutable laws of competition and self Interest "Designing politicians may for a time succeed In onmblnlng these ele ments for pulling their chestnuts out of the fire, hut they can never organ ize them permanently for mutaul benefit." He's Sure. "Jim. I sec that your mule has r. S. branded on his right hind leg 1 sup pose he whs an army mule and la? longed to Uncle (toral" "No, suh, dat f. S. don't mean nothin’ 'bout Uncle Samuel. Dat a jess a warning Dat U S n Jess stands to' Un Safe—'#t'a all."—HI I’aso Herald. Daily Prayer J««ub Mill), have faith in Oo<1 Mark 11:11. Our Father Who art in I leaven, we come Into Thy presence with full hearts to thank Thee for Thy many mercies: first of nil, that Thou dost permit us to call Thee "Father." and that out of Thy tender compassion Thou art ever ready to receive us In love, and to help iih overcome the evil In our natures. We thank Thee for Thy wonderful provision* "Who soever will may come and take of the water of life freely." and that the "whosoever" Include* us. and that we know that when we approach Thee In a spirit of repentance, wo are not turned away. o Father, may we <atch a clearer vision of what Thou .u*t willing to do for us. Grant that we may ever 1»e ready to respond to Thy call to bear Thy no sag*' to oth ers. and may we be able to bring t•* someone a definite conception of Thee and Thy love. May earn of us be a willing Instrument In Th\ band* for the advancement of Thy Kingdom, and we pray Thee to grant us an op* n mind toward th«* dullv npjHirtunltl* s for helping our fellow men. May the love of srIf 1h> withdrawn from our hearts, to be replaced by a full por tion of love to The*' M«v the time • non collie when all the world shall know Thee In the forgiveness of she Amen. i EDWIN It. Oft A HAM. Chicago. 111. r “From State and -Nation” Editorials from other newspapers. Agriculture in 193!. From the Topeka Capital. Secretary Wallace's yearbook of agriculture for 1922 is out several months earlier than usual this year, an evident* of the greater efficiency and hustling Introduced Into this de partment of the government under the present alert secretary. The year book is a volume of more than 1,000 pages and tells the story of agricul ture for 1922, with comparisons with other years In great fullness. Prices of farm products on the whole were considerably higher in 1922 thun in 1921, and while it is true as stated in this report that prices of commodities which the farmer buys were also higher and the advance was even greater than In farm prices, so that the farmer was relatively in that respect worse off rather than better, yet in practical effect be was letter off. since he was economizing rigidly and not buying other commodities beyond urgent necessities. Owing to extra large yields and beitter prices therefore the American farmer had something more than a billion dollars more actual money coming in. and he was able to reduce his floating debt. But his ex penses were heavy, there was little profit in production and only by ex treme parsimony in his own living was he able to show a surplus for the year to apply on pressing obligations. This improvement has continued. This year on the whole farm prices have further advanced, though still not In step with other commodities. But the farmer has cut down his debts. He is still not In condition to be in the market in a normal way for farm machinery, fertilizers and other proper necessaries. He is lag ting behind the procession, but he is pegging along with a courage and optimism which the secretary of agri culture praises in fit terms. Secretary Wallace credits the last congress with giving agriculture sav ing help, rescuing thousands of farmers front insolvency and tiding agriculture over a period of bitter ad versify. "Mo congress in our his tory,” he reports, "gave more ex tended. sympathetic and understand Ing consideration to agriculture than the congress which convened in March, 1921.” The understanding that congress showpd of agricultural conditions and ne^ls was greater than AVall street showed or than business Interests generally, which condemned much of this legislation without the knowledge that congress had access to of Its value Incidentally this report exposes the pretty widespread error to the effect that the wheat grower always sells at the low price of tilt year. Econo mists have shown the fallacy of this opinion, but many-informed writers on farm questions keep on repeat ing it One-half the wheat crop of the United States passes out of the grow er's hands in the three months of July, August and September It Is not true that these are the months of low price There is in fact no rea son why they should be. for while the American crop comes on at this sea son. yet wheat Is the most universal crop grow i in the world and there Is no harvest season in a world sense, but every month of the year some where !s a harw >r month for wheat The report shows that for the last 10 year* th* average price in July has been higher than in March or February and the average price in August higher than In October. No vember or January. The . average September price is higher than Janu ary, Octol>er or November. The high months, however, are May and June, and in those months for the last 19 years wheat has been 10 cents on the average higher than in harvest months in ^he United States. They are the two final months of the crop year, ami if the farmer held his crop to sell in May or June his hold ing charges would leave him probably a net price no greater than he re ceives by disposing of his crop nine or 10 months earlier. Wheat, It must be said, is altogether the best mar keted farm product, the machinery for marketing Is the most complete and it operates more smoothly and economically than In any other prod uct of the soil. Do You Know Fr°m Tr*n«Tit»*lon. That the railroads of Nebraska are valued at approximately U25.000.000? That the automobiles of Nebraska are valued at approximately *75,000, 000; and the amount Invested tn high ways Is less than *50.000,000; that these two Investments combined equal *125,000,000. or *200.000.000 less than Is Invested In railroads" That the amount expended In the maintenance of these two utilities must be In direct proportion to the amount of money Invested In e.n h? That the total railroad passenger mileage In one year In Nebraska is 1,1(00,0(10.000 nxiles" That the total automobile passenger mileage In Nebraska i» 3.000,000.000 miles? That we get three times as much service out of the automobile and highway than we get from the rail road. although the amount of money Invested In the former Is *?00.000,000 less than is Invented In the latter? That the most economic and best paying Investment that can be made is In the state highway system? Standing by the Flag From the \v«»hln*ton Feet. And again American labor refuses to play the "red." At the start of Its move to unlontxe the steel Industry tl rejects “red" Influence and refuses to be "Fosterlxed." Manifestly unionism realises the peril in radicalism and will have none of It. So has run Its rcjM-ativl answers to Moscow's over tures and tn communism's bids It has suffered front several attempts of radicalism to bore from within. Communism has shown Its hand— and that hand Is blood stained. The reds hate proved by their own acts that they court labor only to destroy It. American latter Is not to bo txd ehevlsed by foreign plotters nr native perverts. The hand workers stand by the dag. NET AVERAGE CIRCULATION for Juno, 1923. of THE OMAHA BEE Daily .. 72.799 Sunday.77,783 I Htan not inrtuda left over*, samples or panar» spoiled in printing and Includes no spacial salts. B. BREWER, Gen. Mgr. V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr. Suhsrrihad and sworn to bafora ms this 7th day ol July. 192.1. W. H QUIVF-Y. (Saal) Notary Public ■ “THE PEOPLE’S VOICE” Editorial from reader! of The Moraln* Bra. Feeder* of The Morale* Boo arc Invited to aae thla entamn freely for oxpreeelee oo mattera at public Interact. Ilow to Help the Farmer. Holdrege. Neb.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee; I notice in today's paper (Sunduyl you have a front page editorial address ^ to the railroad executives, appealing for a cut of 25 per cent in freight rates for the move ment of wheat a* an emergency meas ure to help the farmer. Help for the farmer is certainly a very commend able thing and is deserving of gen eral support from everyone. Your editorial states that in the past the railroad* have always helped gener ously in times of stress and calamity. 1 have no doubt that in this case the railroad* would be very willing to help out. but why ask them to do it ail? A statement recently issued by tho Department of Aglrculture shows the total freight charges paid on freight products in 1922 was only 1 per cent of their value. The Ameri can Farm Bureau Federation lias esti mated that for machinery, clothing, house furnishing and other commodi ties the farmers spend about $7,000, 000,000. A 2 per cent reduction on the price of these things would main more than a 25 per cent i-eduction on all thwr products, while you are only advocating a reduction on wheat only. According to the same authority the farmers of this country pay for in terest annually about $1,000,000,000 at an average rate of 7 per cent, which If reduced to 6 per cent would save them very nearly as much as a 25 per cent on all products. The same thing could be wild of taxes. In fact if a reduction of 25 per cent were put Into effect on freight rates of everything tho farmer shipped, it would only reduce their total expendi tures about 1 >4 per cent. I believe the people of this coun ry realize that as a class the farmers are In sore straits, for it seems that most everything they use is high in price while their products are low. We can’t allow this to go on indefinite ly or we are liable to find a severe shortage in food staring us in the face. We have in the past been faced with transtxirtation shortage, with all its inconveniences but a food short ng- would hit us where we live. By asking the railroads to share all the burden of rehabilitating the farmer, by so doing we would have the railroads in the same fix the farmers are now placed. Then we have the same vicious rlrcle started over again, the farmer prosperous with a big crop on hand, hut the railroads too poor to provide the proper transporta tion and then the farmer with the big crop and no means of getting to market has to borrow and pay high interest till he Is in the same fix before the rates were reduced. If the farmer needs help and it Is conceded that he does, let's all help him. Everyone who sells anything to a farmer give him a reduction of - per cent. This would include the newspapers, tele phones, in fact let all who have any thing to do with a farmer that costs him money waive a certain reduction for a designated period, and 1 believe you will find It will enable him to get on his feet quicker than any reduo tion of rates by the railroads if they were to transfer his products at a third of the going rate, and it would not cost anyone enough to hurt their business After it's all said, don’t you think It's Just a little unreasonable for vou to ask the railroads alone to shoulder the burden? While ail the rest of us are h-eling sorry for his condition, we are- w’llllng to pass the "buck"' to the exte-nt of trying to persuade someope else to do it. A general permanent reduction of prices in commodities that farmer* use would pp further toward stabliz Ing the agriculture industry than any temporary price setting the gov ernment cotild establish, You have started a “buy some wheat" move ment which Is very commendable and will help out temporarily. I say temporarily because it's got to l>e put back on the market some time, but a "reduce the cost to farmer" move ment would i>e fur nsort benofhcia] in the long run. I,. F. JAGGER. 319 Blaine Street. Mother Speaks for the Girl. North Platte—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: Swing in a recent issue or two, articles by criticising mothers and answer* by daughters who seek to defend themselves. I would like n> say a word for the daughter. I have! raised six of the very l*-«t girls that | ever lived and they are all In homes of there Own and each has a real man | for n husband, which speaks well for the girl as a real man looks for a real wife. Aa to fashion*, we find young and old like very much to be Just like other people. A very few go to ex treme*. some Just for fun, some lie cause they know no better, some lie cause they have no one who knows what is exactly right. Ia*t me say there are just as nice lovable girls now as there ever were, in either long or short skirts, long or bobbed hair. It Is not altogether the girl who Is sometimes found at fault who is to blame. It is more times than not environment, training, edu cation and home teaching I am like Father Flannlgan with his boys; there are no bad girls until by some un fortunate-circumstance of one kind or another they are made bad, and then nobody cares a lot of limes, and then comes the unfortunate event that brings some kind of a downfall and nobody cares or tiles to help. Her© is where the girl, nearly always griev ing and heart-broken, gives up and goes down. 80 I contend it Is nearly always somebody's else fault because a help ing hand was not extended at the right time and as ever since Eve committed the unpardonable sin of eating the apple, the woman "has to pay.” .May this little word of mine help some girl to hold fast to the right no matter who criticises her. There are a lot of good friends in the world. JULIA M. SIEBOLD. Equalization. , Mother—Derek, did you give Doris Ihree of those five chocolates, as I told you? Derek—No, mum I didn't thing i! would come out fair that way. so I ate one before I started to divide em!—London Mail. Regardless of the league. Dears of new wars In the Balkans ire reported to be unfounded. They ire going to carry on the old wars —Pittsburgh Gazette-Times. >, I Abe Martin _ Why don't they shoot a little ad vice into college students each da> instead o’ handin' it t’ ’em all in a lump when they graduate? When a consumer feels like he needs a double garage he goes down in hi pocket an’ pays fer it, but when a public utility wants t’ expand it makes its customers pay th' bill. C'opj right, 1923. HAVE The Omaha Morning Bee or The Evening Bee mailed to you when on your vacation. Phone AT lantic 1000, Circulation Department. Your Boy’s Success in business depends on his ability to save. Teach him that principle early in life by opening a sav ings account for him in this strong, conservative bank. As a boy and his savings account grow, his ability to handle > financial matters will develop him with them and at the same time he will have formed a valuable partnership that will be of value to him throughout his entire business career. < First National [Bankof Omaha Foot Lubrication Costs Millions Are your repair bills high ? [VE me a quart of oil" has cost automobile owners millions. It has sent tens of thousands of motors to the junk pile. Most bills for repairs and for the re-, placement of worn out parts and burned out bear ings are evidence of poor lubrication. With a new car, the experienced motorist may try several high grade oils. But he buys oil by name and grade, and standardizes on some favored grade. That's why his car runs quietly and smoothly and brings the highest price as a used car. Polarine is the name of five grades of motor oils, each of un surpassed quality. A grade to suit every make and sice of gaso line motor light, medium, heavy, special heavy and extra heavy. Polarine shows unusual resistance to injury by heat and it main tains a protective film of lubricant under all conditions. It does not wear out quickly. Consult the Polarine Chart and use the grade of Polarine that has been proved best suited to your car. It is the surest way to keep down repair costs. Buy oil and gasoline where you see this sign. STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF NEBRASKA ^polarine>