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The morning Bee MORNIN G—E V E N I N G—S U N D A Y THE BEE PUBLISHING CO., Publiahar. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS rh« Associated F'rt’la of which The lie* 1* A member. :, exclueleelf er.iitlea to tbs usp for republlcatloo of *11 pews dispatches credited to It or '.•t otherwise credited In this paper, and also the local new* published ^eroiQ. All rights of republlcatUma of our special dispatches are also reserved. „ . BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for the Department 1TI OP Person Wanted. For Night Calls After 10 P. M.t A 1 Editorial Department. AT lantic 1021 or 1042. 1000 OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnam Co. Bluffs - - - 16 Seott St. So. Side, N. W. Cor. 24th and N New York—286 Fifth Avenue w »8°inBton - 422 Star llldg. Chicago - - 1720 Steger Bldg. PINCHOT’S PLEA FOR PEACE. ‘Back to the mines!” is the sentiment under neath the plain words spoken by Gifford Pinchot, governor of Pennsylvania, to the operators and min 1 rs of the anthracite district. Whether they will heed his admonition is yet to be developed, but there f no gainsaying the force of what the governor ex presses in these words: The public does not and can not see with your ryes and appreciate with your experience the hack ground anti the details of the present controversy. JUt It knows the essential facts. I express a truth none will deny when T say that the anthracite using people of the United States are losing pa lienro, and I ask you to consider the fact with '■are.” Public opinion may be potent to overcome pri vate greed, but never has it been faced with se verer test than is here presented. Owners and men ; like, feeling secure in their strength, have reso- j lutely refused to budge a hair'sbreadth in the direc- | lion of a settlement. In this the long suffering pub- i lie feels again the presence of all the danger that lies I :n a fuel shortage. Behind the contending parties stand strong groups of supporters, each convinced of he right of the cause espoused, but over them all, dominant though flouted, is the interest of the public. The American public is pretty well fed up on his continuous performance between the owners and he miners, between capital and labor, the constant interruption of industrial processes by strikes and lockouts that may as well be avoided. Last summer it was a combination of strikes of coal miners and lailroad workers that held back recovery of business. A repetition is now threatened, not so general in its cope, perhaps, but as serious in its consequences to those iffected. Eastern users of anthracite may learn what west • in consumers did twenty years ago, that other fuel can be substituted for hard coal, but that is not the ■luestion. Coal barons and labor barons alike should ie taught the lesson they need to learn, that they can not forever fight their battles over the body of i he people. No right is paramount to that of the nublic, no strike against the public safety ever is justifiable, and no employer should be permitted to take advantage of the necessity that keeps men at work. What other weapon Governor Pinchot has at hand besides moral suasion, supported by popular opinion, s not disclosed. W’c hope he has the means to bring these stubborn men to realize the obligation they are ■ under to others than themselves, to see the common cause and good of all the people, rather than the selfish ends and desires of only a few. In the end justice should and will prevail, but a strike will be more of a calamity than a blessing, no matter what ;ts issue. WHO OWNS ALL THIS MONEY? Folks who have been singing the blues over the msiness situation in Nebraska may find a little com 'ort in looking over the report of the condition of I lie state banks, as of date of June 30 for 1922 and ' 1*23. Some outstanding facts contained therein ught to comfort even the most desolated of crape angers. Principal of these is that, whereas on June 10, 1922. time deposits subject to check and certif icates of deposit outstanding in the Nebraska banks totaled $225,000,000, a year later the same items ,howed $241,700,000, a gain in deposits of over t16,000,000 in twelve months. In the same time oans and discounts of these banks increased from ■ 209,300,000 to $214,800,000, an increase in loans ■ f more than $5,000,000. All this is exclusive of he deposits and loans of the national banks. During this time Nebraska farmers have repaid $11,000,000 of the $12,000,000 borrowed from the War Finance corporation. Perhaps this does not argue anything, but on the. urface it shows that almost a quarter of a billion dollars of liquid capital is held by the Nebraska tate i c.nks. and the inference is easy that most of this -um is owned in Nebraska. That more than $200, 1,00,000 of it is loaned and at work is another good ■gn, for it means that farmers and others are busy. When capital is employed, activity naturally fol lows, and our people arc active. Nebraska is hard hit by the situation in wheat, but is not knocked out by any manner of means. Wheat is only one of several strings on the state’s fiddle, and. while that one is a little slack now, the others are producing considerable melqdy, and it is not “The Tune the Old Cow Died On.” OUTDOOR SPORT AT LEAD. Up in the Black Hills the folks have some inter esting notions of what constitutes sport. Once upon a time the favorite indoor exercise was draw poker, and now and then a little stud or faro bank to varv the monotony, and the nnnals of the region will show that qUite a fair percentage of the population be • ame at. least moderately proficient in the practice of the sport. As time went on, trap shooting and baseball were added, a horse race being occasionally sandwiched in to keep touch with the older civiliza tion. Hose races between rival volunteer fire com panies added zest to the summer days, and other in nocent games were practiced. The one great event, however, was the drilling contest, in'whhich the hard rock miners put forth their strength and endurance in a mighty effort. You • an tell your folks it takes splendid team work for two men to drive a five-cighths-inch hole 42 inches into sold granite in 15 minutes, but it has been done. ' This year at Lead a new sport is to he introduced, a bit of real play, so to speak. A string of dump cars will he lined up along a heap of ‘‘spoil." Bnd each contestant will be given a long-handled shovel and told to go to it. The one who fills his car with hits of broken rock in the shortest time will be given the honors and emoluments of champion mucker. The winner will earn it, too, for the hoys who will enter that competition arc accustomed to han dling the implements it calls for, and they are mostly he-men. To be r champion of anything in the Black Hills calls for both development and preparation, and this game, though it may not get as much publicity ts a prize fight, will surely demand as great an ex pense of brawn and brain as a boxing mutch, and will he sneered at only by those who do not know what is going on. ' Nebraska is also to have a bigger giupe crop than »\et, a matter of some concern to the jelly makers. LIBERTY LOSES TO LAWLESSNESS. A most impressive lesson for all American citi zens is contained in the story that comes from Penn sylvania. All the world will wonder why, in a land which is so completely devoted to law and order, such things can be, that a body of marching men can be assailed from the darkness by a gathering op posed, and a pitched battle ensue that brings death to one and injury to a number of others. All of this perhaps is not to be charged to the “klan,” although it will have to bear the brunt, for it afforded the provocation by its presence. The na tional head of the organization insists that the klans men were in enjoyment of their constitutional rights of peaceable assembly, and that the display was not one of disorder or menace. Against this will be set that announced program of the organization, which holds considerable of menace to a portion of the citizenship of the country, because of announced pro scription of certain classes divided by race and re ligion from the klan’s beliefs. They who take the sword need not be astonished if they are called on to perish by the sword. One group of citizens can not expect to overawe another in this country without resistance. Preservation of law and order should be left in the hands of the officers selected by the people. Klansmen who arc patriotic, and who do sincerely love their country, and this should include all of them, may serve the God, their country and them selves, better by remaining within the lant at all times, and leaving its execution to the authorities. If outrage is committed, if wrong is done, or crime occurs, the law should be allowed to deal with it. Secret organizations of any sort, no matter how con stituted, should never be entrusted in free America with the enforcement of law or the preservation of order. Let the klansmen march, if they will, but let them not march as the hooded terrors of the night, but as American citizens, with faces uncovered and eyes to meet the eyes of any critics. Whether the klan is justly blamed or not, the fact is that all over the land lawlessness has sprung up in its trail, and its presence has produced just the opposite effect of its announced reasons for existence. As we said the other day, let all men openly' practice what they privately profess, and there will be less need for public government and less than none at all for se cret control. i POST’S DEATH REVIVES MEMORIES. In the death of A. M. Post Nebraska loses an other of its honored citizens. lie will, of course, be long remembered because of his eminent services as barrister and judge, particularly while he was a member of the supreme court of Nebraska. His elec tion to the place on the Supreme bench in 1891 was at the end of one of the fiercest contests ever waged lor that honored position. In those days nonpartisan nominations were unknown \n Nebraska, and Judge Post was selected by the republican convention to head the ticket in the “off-year” election. Against him the populists named J. M. Edgerton, and, sus tained by the success won in the great campaign of 1890. put all their energies back of their candidate. Old residents of Nebraska will recall the bitter ness of that year's campaign, and the energy ex pended by both sides to get out the vote and to support the party’s nominee. The success of the re publican party was due to the revival of its spirit under the pressure of the democratic and populist success of the year before. Judge Post served his term on the supreme bench wdth credit, and when he retired it was with a record for work well done. His federal service under Presidents Grant and Garfield was not the least part of his busy life's work, and he was called upon by the governor and the people of his district to carry other burdens. He took a quiet but important part in the counsels of his pnrty as well as of the community, and leaves a record for probity and patience that will shed a de served luster on his name. The moochers of free publicity are not a present clay activity. It seems that the publicity man of a cigaret manufacturing concern got in his work sev eral centuries ago. In Genesis 24:64 we read: “And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac she lighted off the camel.” Lord Birkenhead goes back to Jeremy Bentham lor support in his declaration that the world can not he governed by idealism. However, no one will know until the plan actually has been tried. The president congratulates the postmaster gen eral on the success of the night air mail, but wait until they hear from Tincher of Kansas. “All water used for drinking purposes should be boiled for at least three weeks,” says one water story. Seems rather long to boil it. - > Nebraska republicans certainly appreciate the deep interest shown by the democrats in the party’s prospects for 1924. Being an official in the Balkans has its draw backs as well as its compensations. Jazz may be classic some day, but it will never be more popular on that account. Furthermore, Pennsylvania was named for a man who believed in peace. “Peaceable assemblage” in Pennsylvania is not always safe. Homespun Verse —By Omaha's Own Poet— Robert Worthington Davie THE OUT-OF-DOORS IS CALLING. Wish my books beside me lying, with my pen before my eyes. , With my dreamt within me soaring to the zenith of tho skies, With my heart devoutly beating nnd with longing dear and true— I am lost and 1 am lonely and I know not what to do. The big. open fields sre rslling. snd my hooka emir* me not: I would trend benenlh th» maples where life's trouble* are forgot, Where the rivulet Is rippling, where the grasses kiss the shade, Where tho bumble bees are buzzing, nnd exquisite the tirade Of the zephyrs rising, falling- failing from the sense of sound To return from hlirflen cello with tlielr melodies pro found I,!ko the Houl in muster music—touching, charming nnd sublime. And Imbuing painted Nature with the harmon> of rhyme. Books are ever dull and hackneyed, and the best of them aru rife, There In hut n single story in tin out of doors of life I And the out of -doors Is calling to the itching heart of no To depart nnd me th* working of the great realltj The approach of th«* state fair season, with the Kreat exhibition at Lincoln, make* timely the reproduc tion of « discussion that followed the atAte fair half a century ago. Cn Thursday evening. September 4. 1873. Mr. Rosewater published an interest ing editorial concerning the future of tha state fair. "STATE FAIRS—WHO SHOULD MANAGE THEM.” "In the address delivered by lion. J. Sterling Morton before a very slim audience assembled at the state fair grounds Tuesday, the orator quoted Webster's definition of 'Patrons of Husbandry' as embodying the true fundamental principles of the Granger organization. " 'Patrons of Husbandry,’ says Web ster. ‘are those who specially counten ance and support the business of the farmer, comprehending agriculture or tillage of the ground, the raising management and fattening of cattle and other domestic animals, the man agement of the dairy and whatever the land produces.' "Now. agreeing with Morton in the propriety of this definition, we arrive at the conclusion that the alms, ob jects and purposes of the Patrons of Husbandry as organized in local and state granges is virtually Identical with the aims and purposes for which the various boards of agriculture and horticulture have heretofore been or ganized. In the practical accomplish ments of these objects and purposes there is, in fact, a derided advantage In favor of the granges. "The granges are wholly composed of practical farmers. The agricultural and horticultural societies contain among their members a large propor tion <>f ornamental Individuals who know absolutely nothing about prac tical farming, fruit culture or stock raising. Numerically, the Patrons of Husbandry, as • organized Into granges, also enjoy decided advan tages over the present agricultural and horticultural societies. Now, In view of the fact that the great mass of the farming population of the state are also embraced in the grange or ganization. would it not be advisable to let them manage the local and gen eral exhibitions of their products? Ir the care and management of the state and county fairs were exclusive ly entrusted to the grange organiza tion. a healthy and desirable rivalry would spring up among their mem bers to excel each other nt these pe riodical exhibitions of their skill and industry. “Let the individual pride of each member of each grange once be aroused, and our state and county fairs would soon assume the charac ter of great farmers’ tour laments, in which individuals and localities would strive for the recognized and properly awarded mastery. "The lamentable failure of the Ne braska state fair for 1873 must In the mam be ascribed to the imperfections of the present board of agriculture system. A few persons, representing half a dozen counties in the state, take upon themselves the grave re aponsibiity of the entire manage ment of our annual industrial ex hibitions. These managers, their Im mediate persona! friends, and a few nurserymen and stock dealers usually furnish the great hulk of the sped monts and products exhibited. Thus the state t* actually disgraced in the eyes of disappointed strangers, who a£e naturally led to look upon the meager collection as a complete repre- j sent at ion of Nebraska’s resources and products. "To make our «tatc fairs what they are expected and intended to be every inhabited county, and in fact every precinct, should he represented by its cereals. vegetables, live stock and other natural and artificial rcsouces. | Wo believe that this object can be no-1 com pi i shed more successfully and economically by the grangers than by any other organization. It comes legitimately w ithin their province, nnd the present state board of ajrriculturc ought to he willing cither to unite and co-operate with them, or surrender the entire responsibility of state fair management into their hands.” -----— Daily Prayer Martha wo* cumbered about mgrh ■ «rvtn ic. *nd rarn« to Hltr. mid **M Lord, float Thou not r*r# that my *:*ter hath loft me to »rrv« *lon«? hid her tharofor•* that ■ he help'me And Je*u* anwaorod and aald unto her Martha. Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things. Uut on« thing la needful: and Mary hath choaen thm good part. which ah«n not be taken away from her.—Luke 10:40-4?. O merciful Savior. Who didst hiss* tho lift I ft horn* it Nazareth with Thy mock and lowly Ufa. Inspire in us this day n willing puri>o*p to is- aliout our Heavenly Kather's business, that we may find no task too small fir our patient regard, nor any burden too irr*wr for our earnest endeavor. Hear us and help us, we bceaeech Thee, that so each day. In home or temple or in our daily work, our live* may !m* consecrated to the loving service of Hod and man. ami that we, like Thee, ma v go about doing good, through I hy sufficient grace. Whose -trength Is made perfect, in our weak ties— and Who ranst make us good nnrl faithful servants, through Thlm almik'tily power, to bliss and to help to seel, anil to save Wo ank It in Thv nam«. Who art our Redeemer our F • cjnplo and mir Ki-ii nd lUSM.if „ VAN ni'iujjj. In/liwnapoHB, ^nd net average CIRCULATION for July, 1923, of THE OMAHA BEE I>aily . . .72,472 ! Sunday .75,702 > not include return*, left* over*. 'Ample* ,.r paper* "polled in printing and include* tv *t>«ciaI "•I*". B. BREWER, Gen. MKr. V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. MRr. Sobtcribad and .worn In hafora me this 4th day of Anyii.l, )•].! w M QUIVFV | ,S**" Notary Public. _I “The People’s Voice” Editorials from road era of TM Morning Boo. Rcaderi of Th« Morning Boo aro Invited to um thin column frooljr for oigroulon on mattara of publlo lotoroot. Asks Council to Co-Operate With Howell. Omaha.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: It seems that K. B. How ell, general manager of the water company, has been first to take steps to ascertain whether our water is now pure. With on eye to lessening the annoyance caused by an unavoidable occurrence, ho evidently decided to find out whether it really Is necessary to boil our watpr now and we can de pend on him to let us know at the earliest possible moment when the water becomes pure. One cannot help but admire the clear and concise manner In which he answered the city commissioners In regard to the city "hydrant rentf’ po litical game, which it seems is being played. Perhaps If Mr. Howell could secure a little more co-operation he Would he able to give even better serv ice in the water department than he has clone so far. ROY A. COAD, 409 South Twenty-second street. Censure* Council on Busses. Omaha—To tho Editor of The Omaha Bee: I haye sent the follow ing letter to the city council of tho city of Omaha: I, one of the citizens of the city of Omaha, wish to comment upon tho steps just taken l>y you councilmen. It is with great regret that a group of men, who are working for the wel fare of the city, should take such a step forward as that of stopping she Boulevard Transit company from run ning the Minne Lusa busses, which were such a benefit to the people of Minne Cush and the northern part of the city who live a great distance from a car line and where the service, when rendered, is very poor. In the morning paper of August 24. 1»23, Commissioner Hopkins States the fol lowing: "I do not believe that the actual difference in the raise of the insur ance and bond required by the com pany would make it necessary for the i ompany to stop its busses From what 1 have heard f believe the raise has only increased the payment to the bond company about $100." Mr. rtopkins also states that he feels that the new ordinance was only in keeping with public safety. I would like to ask Mr. Hopkins wnere the phrase "public safety" would re fer to the safety of the street cars. 4 no may he injure,! by the street car* through their negligence and still not receive any money, through a law suit, for fighting a corporation as large as the street car company is in this city, is like an Individual figlplng a brick wall. It seems to me that it is just as safe to ride in one of tho busses ss it is In the street ears, as I was, and always will tie, if tho busses are reinstated, a daily passenger of the bus company. Just a word with reference to the rainy day which Omaha saw a few weeks ago. Did not the busses run while the street ear service was delayed at different parts of the city? I was on the bus that day and saw no ilanger whatso ever. so I am talking through experl cnee. •lust a word with reference to the drivers of these busses, as I have rid den with all four of (he drivers at different parts of the day. I have ridden In the busses after dark and feel just as safe as If it was In broad daylight, as they exercise extreme caro while driving their machines, and al«o slow down before crossing intersections. I have seen street ear motormen who would just as soon run into the bus and kill the driver and tho occupants as nny other desire, or it looked mighty like that was what he was thinking about at that instant, for this incident happened at Seven teenth and Harney streets one eve ning. about two weeks ago. at about 5:05. Why should a rnotorman feel that way toward the public Just because they are patronizing the busses and not the street cars, as they are not ore of the corporation. If the driver sees you running for th- bus. he does not drive right on. but he waits for you, that is. if you are not too far off. and a person who is appreciative would thank him for it. ns I have had that courtesy ex tended to tne more than once and have seen It extended toward others. If i rnotorman sees you running fora street ear. he does not wait for you. that is, jf you are not one of his friends. I have had that happen to me more than T can remember. This happened one morning when I waited" frocn S until ? 14 for a -street ear and during that time, three cars passed me up and none of them were crowded. Do you call that good service to the public? I certainly do not. 1 live ton far north to have them make the excuse that the ear? were too crowded to take on more passen Rere. If that Is their exruse, why don't they put on more cars. That Is the thing to do. I never saw the time when the bus would not stop and take on passengers, even though they were behind time sn dernwded too. That Is what 1 call service. I)o you not ngren with me’ Tho discourtesy of some of the cm ployea of the street car company and the language used Is beyond endur ance. You never heard a vulgar word from any ono of tho bus drivers mid they were behind time and crowded One of Hie drivers showed courtesy w hi. li |s more than a street car con* duefor would show, when lie helped a woman oil with a baby and putting tho cart In the bus and also taking It out when she got off Should he not ho thanked for his good deeds and I* rewarded by someone? That !« what I rail courtesy! Do you not agree with me igalu commissioners'" Tho busses of the Hotilevard Tran sit company were safe convenient, comfortable and healthful. Their drivers wire extremely careful mid courteous, as 1 have shown. Provide us with transportation and courtesy and comfort that were fulfilled bv the bu« company, if von fulfill your duties of ottlco. which we reasonably expected soil to fulfill xx hen we HtftM you V CITIZEN' «>r NORTH OMAHA, Kiirl,\ Hays in Nebraska. Knit Culhoun. Neb To the Bdltor <’f The Omaha lb • Our father settled In Calhoun on a homestead in All those that are still living In Cal lioun that went to school with ua In the pioneer days of the 60s are James Vaughan Charles Clark. C.eorga Koli " er, W ill 1'rahnt. Miss Carrie Clark. Miss Knnna Hlx. and Mrs Minnie Kruse. Calhoun In the frontier days was known as Knit Atkinson. There "us a post of soldiers here In 1SI!> to ,y: Orest honor Is due to those hardy, brave and venturesome soldiers, for they . uae out here Into an un known wilderness to settle tip a conn trv for future generations to muke • heir homes Now that Hood curdling Indian war whoop Is heard no more, that so thrilled I lie early pioneer set I 'I' l1' c| I A I; 1,1 ,S s n I| .Tl .Mt| |;i; NO CURE NO PAY ') Chlmprwctlc l.xxminalion f •«» DR. FRED B. PHFIPS 2I2KARBACIIBIX AT H7KI ISlh, Nwir Dou|lai “From State and Nation” —Editorials from Other Newspaper*— Automobile* and Good Koads. D K. I)o1«n in Tran«mi»«lon The matter of cheap and rapid transportation between our cities and the open country is of greater im portance than is generally given to this subject. The scientific construction and maintenance of our highway* should receive universal support. Good roads are better appreciated now than ever before. The automo bile for transportation and the mo tor truck for hauling freight and live stock to market have helped very much to convince tho public In sup port of good roads. An impassable mudholo in front of one's dwelling will react unfavorably on the dwell ers there. It creates a tendency to ward neglect in the appearance of all home surroundings. It is of great im portance to prevent, the depletion of the country population toward the cities. The auomobite and good roads have contributed largely toward retaining life in the country, improved trans portation between the country and the cities has already conferred great benefits on both. People can live under better circumstances in the country than in the city. Land is much cheaper there. People can have better homes in the country. Rapid transportation by automobile and bus lints carrying passengers will enable our workers to live in the country. The only reason why people should go to the city would be to find env plnyment but not to live there. Nearly all of the wealthy people reside now far out In the suburbs, in the open spaces, but within easy reach of the business sections. The auto enables them to do this. The working classes cannot afford this because they haven't the means of transportation and therefore must live near their work. It is greatly to be regretted that hundreds of thousands of people must be huddled together iu restricted areas in our cities. The density of popula tion In parts of New York City is so great that if the same proportion were carried over ail of Manhattan Island, New York City would have a population of 200,000,000 peoplp. The city of Cleveland is huilt on an open prairie, yet the density of population is so great in some sections of the city that if it were carried out over the entire area Cleveland would have a population of 10,000,000 people. The automobile and the passenger bus line and to some less extent the railroads enable people to have homes in the country. The construction of good roads and their maintenance in con junction with the automobile bus line and motor truck for hauling freight will materially help to prevent the depletion of country population. It would he of great benefit to the work ing classes if they could have their homes in the country away front tin* crowded tenement houses of the cities where rents are high, made so by the profiteer landlords, and all the neces saries of life being ardd on the basis of ground rent: the butcher, the baV.cr and the candlestick maker and the landlord take about all that the workingman can save. The workers could raise a good deal of the neces saries of life on a few acres adjoin ing their homes in the country. The Pale Cast of Thought. From th# tlrooklyn East*. It is something of a gnock to read that recent political controversies l,e tween Poland ami Czechoslovak.a may have been duo to a mentally unsound diplomatic envoy. The Czech minister at Warsaw has Just been confined in an asylum. It is sug gested that his irrational dispatche* may havo provoked diplomatic eom pla-ations. It will not exceed the limits of taste to remark that here is a situation fit for the pen of Ana tolo France. Croat power for good or evil is placed In the hands of foreign min isters ami their ambassadors. We naturally assume that their minds are in good working order. Yet can we now lie quite sure that Kuropean diplomatists uro quite normal men tally? Kecent events on the conti nent have flll-sl us with dismay. We have found them d tticult to explain on any sane premise. How com forting it would la- to r> fleet that Premier A is after all a little distrait, that F.-feign Minister H is some what abstracted, that Field Marshal C lias taken leave cf his logical pro . osse«’ We should at least expect nothing ami be prepared for any thing. And indeed if sound thought had vanished from diplomacy therg could be no more curious manifesta tions of policy than those to which Europe is now exposed. Vet the tenao ity with which these gentlemen cling to their delusions must Indicate that "there is a pleasure sure in being mad Which none but madmen know." The People's Savr. From I he Xew Haven Journal-Courier, j The people themselves are not con tent to let the president confine him self to this task. They insist upon seeing iiim and hearing him talk. They take it as their right, since they honored hitn with their favor, to de mand his presence in their communi ties. It was this demand that led Mr. Harding to cross the continent and visit Alaska. Had he been permitted to make the trip as a private citizen can, It is a hundred to one In the mathematics of chances that he would have improved his health and renewed his physical vigor. It was not the trip that brought on his death. The exactions of it accomplished that. He could not avoid public appearances or the preparation of public addresses. From the moment he left Washington until his return to .San Francisco he was under a strain. Even the idle moments at sea where not wholly his to enjoy. He was constantly in touch with Washington and other centers by wireless. Is there any practical wav of reaching the great mass of American citizens with the fact that they contribute heavily themselves to the burden a president must bear, and all with the best of intentions and good will? We fear not. while the president himself in determining to forego these kindly receptions must take into consideration the effect of his refusal upon the fortunes of the country as he sees them. Roosevelt prospered greatly by Ids comraderie, to thus express It. while Wilson lost in public favor by his exclusiveness. What's the answer? -Mr. Wilson, an intellectual recluse by nature, served his eight years with an Inferior cabinet. He was the gov ernment in all of its manifold respon sibilities. Mr. Harding fell In the bat tle though reenforced by one of the ablest cabinets Washington has seen in years. This contrast In methods seems to get us nowhere in attempt ing to apply the lesson. Mr. Harding was essentially folksy and was willing : and glad to trust his official family in tiie discharge of their departmental duties. But the answer is: 'This sort of thing cannot be tolerated. We cannot knowingly kill our presidents in thiK manner." True. But there must be a remedv. The finest talent In the country will have to lie enlisted in the search l>efore it will be found, but it must lie found, must it not? There the troublesome case rests. FINEST IN THE MIDDLE WEST On# of the Beatty Co-Operative Sy»tem w. Mil I BEATTY’S Henshaw Cafeteria In Henshaw Hotel. A Book of Today "TIIK IIOPB or THK VARIANT." Or Inhu Urorge (iebrliiii. < hmrlnt Fcrit> ner'i Sons. New York an*1 larndor in these days of Couelsm, New Thought, Christian Science and other c ults, it l» refreshing to read a vol ume by one who takes into account the principles Involved In these cttl'iS and uses them In a regular practb of medicine In a sane treatment of dis ease or fancied disease • The writer has striven to show that there is a continuous reaction between mind and body and that any attempt at self-Interpretation would fall that did not take their funder mental law constantly Into account.' The variant is one who through in proper training, morbid Introspection or digestive disorders, is larking in wholesome health. This ,i» the type upon which Ur. fJehrlng has worked for 30 years, and the "Hope of the Variant" relates the result of hi* treatments. The clarity of this volume is mnn> d by long sentences of an involved ra lure, One has to re-read some para graphs in order to grasp the writer * thought. CARL A. GLCV KH. "KNTHROXED. a atory o? the Chr at, by V. D. Seward The Htratfurd com pany. Mr. Seward ha* takei from th** Bible the material with which wrote a beautiful atory of the life of Chr.*!. He logins hi* book with a reference to the days of the second Caesar, when Rome had reached the zenith of her power. The author tak*'« the reader through a chronological ord«*r of event* and quite a complete summary of the gospel is presented. Mr. Seward h »* preached many years and is.a firm believer in the Jlo^k of Holy T\ rlt. Many interesting BRde characters are in the story and the hero is the Man Taken Tern Seriously. 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