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1-" — ■ '' ■ . M ■ ■ ' -I' ■■■"" « . ■ ■ The Morning Bee M O R N 1 N G—E V E N I N G—S UNDAY THK BEE PI BUHHINO CO.. Publisher. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press, of which The Bee is a member, la exclusively entitled to the use for rcpublication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of our special dispatches are also reserved. BEE* TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for the Department lantie or Person Wanted. For Night Calls After 10 P. M.: i aaa Editorial Department. AT lantie 1021 or AT. 1042. -B*vvv OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnam Council Bluffs—16 Scott St. S. Side, N. W. Cor. 24th and N. New York—World Bldg. Detroit—Ford Bldg. Chicago—Tribune Bldg. Kansas City—Bryant Bldg. St. Louis—Syndicate Trust Los Angeles—Homcr-Laughlin Bldg. Bldg. San Francisco—Hearst Bldg. Atlanta—Atlanta Trust Bldg. LONG DISTANCE WEATHER GUESSING* An early winter, and a long one, is being con fidently touted by a lot of seers who will give any listener ample if not convincing reasons for the conclusion. September is one of the turning points in the division of seasons, but beyond that fact its weather record compares year after year with that of any other month. Climate depends on certain i natural conditions, and these in turn are governed ■ by the movements of the atmosphere, which in turn responds to the amount of sunlight received. Anciently* the year began with the vernal equinox, which falls about March 21, the date for the beginning of spring in the northern hemisphere; this is the time when day and night are equal. Sum mer begins on June 21, the date of the summer solstice, when the apparent inclination of the earth to the sun is the greatest, and the hours of sunlight are the maximum; on September 23 comes the autumnal equinox, the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, and on December 21 we get the winter solstice, when the nights are longest, because of the seeming tilt of the arth away from the sun, and when winter begins. This schedule is reversed south of the equator, the vernal equinox there coming in Septem ber, and so on. Air warmed by the sun expands and rises, pro ducing a low pressure on the barometer; cold air comes in to take its place, and brings high pressure, for the cold air is heavier. , These exchanges in atmosphere are the cause of wind, all the wajf from zephyrs to hurricanes; even tornadoes and typhoons are born from the expansion of warm air and its rush to get out. All air carries moisture in the form of vapor, and this is condensed by the cold and rain; snow or hail follow. That is the mechanics of it. Our weather bureau experts have data which warrant them in predicting the probable weather a week in advance, although such forecasts are general and not particular in their nature. The shorter periods, 12, 24 or 36 hours ahead, are of greater accuracy. Yet they know fairly well what will follow when a “high,” which means a wave of cold air, starts for a region that is occupied by a “low,” or a stratum of well warmed air. But all this depends on the hours of sunlight, and the sunlight on the clouds, and the clouds on the air currents, and these In the end are not run on schedule like a well regulated railroad. People will still rely on the corn husk, the goose bone, the squirrel’s fur and other signs, and one man’s guess is as good as another’s on the point. It is good prac tice to fill the coal bin in August or September and get ready for what is coming. Some day the United States weather bureau may be able to tell early in the fall what the weather will be in the coming January, but it has not reached that point yet, and, being entirely scientific, it takes no chances. EINSTEIN WAS RIGHT ON TIME. A naval aviator drove a navy plane 238 miles an hour in a test flight at the Minneola proving grounds one day last week. For a part of the distance he traveled 283 miles an hour, or almost five miles a minute. His record corrected and tested, with due allowance made for wind resistance and assistance, carefully computed on all factors, checks just under four miles a minute. That just about establishes as correct the Ein stein theory that time does not exist; at least, it is as near to the abolishment of time as man has come so far. One other interesting feature is that the plane was not put together just for a speed trial, but bears the rather suggestive name of “Wright Navy-Fighter.” It is built for business, rather than for pleasure, end among its other attractive quali ties it is caculated to carry 2,000 pounds of bombs when equipped to go into action. No, it is a busi ness proposition. Army aviators, recently in a test off the Virginia capes, proved the deadly accuracy they havo at tained in dropping bombs by shattering the old bat tleships used as targets in record time. Outfitted with such a machine as the one used at Minneola last week, an aviator could do an immense amount of damage to a war fleet and get away scathless. Not a ship afloat anywhere could escape from such a machine. This may comfort some of those who are worry ing for fear the United States is being left behind in the use of the air. Our government has not put out so large a sum of money as some of the others, but what it has made available is being spent to mighty good purpose by the army and navy airt service, which is surely winning its way to deserved recognition. ROUND THE WORLD FOR ZR-1. Rear Admiral Moffett has a program for the ZR-1 that challenges attention. It is that a trip be made around the world, visiting all the principal cities, showing off tho air monster as a triumph of American skill and constructive capacity. Viewed from any standpoint, the stunt appeals. Just as an advertisement, it will equal the jaunt T, R. sent the fleet on, and will cost far less. As a test for the big dirigible, it will excell the first suggested journey to the North pole. What is the good of sending TOch a splendid vessel where nobobdy can see it? America does not especially need advertising just now, for all the world has heard of its people, its resources, and the like. Yet it may not be im modest, or rubbing it in, either, to remind the out landers once more that we aH a people are still con tributing to the advance of the arts and sciences on which mankind’s progress must depend. Some of our neighbors may be a little skeptical on this point, believing the old, old libel that the Yankees look only at the dollar. Nothing could be more appropriate than to have the ZR-1 sail from shore to shore, from land to land, visiting one after another of the proud cities of the globe, carrying the message of America, which is one of help and cheer, of comfort and encourage ment to all. Good will would ride with this mon arch of the air, the friendship of the mightiest of all republics, freely extended to all the peoples of the world. No finer mission could be devised for the great Rlr craft, which must be employed in some manner. WALKING SPANISH IN SPAIN. The merry, merry revolution in Spain has reached another stage, with Gen. Priraero Riveira acknowl edged as dictator by King Alfonso, with a cabinet made up of generals, and a platform of planks that promise much, but which may mean little. Dictator Riveira says first off that the generals who are responsible for the Moroccan disaster will be pun ished. This means that a lot of vacancies are about to occur in th«, Spanish army’s single list. Principally the dictator promises that the govern ment will be decentralized, and the constitution of 1876 will be strictly adhered to. This may or may not come true. Ostensibly, the government of Spain has been carried on in conformity with that consti tution since it was adopted 47 years ago. In reality, nothing could be further from the fact. One cabal after another has seized and held power, either through the pretense of an election or by virtue of a resolution. Alfonso XII was a despot, to whom the constitution made little difference, although it is true he was somewhat constrained by it, but more through dread of a revolution at home. He had been set on the throne by the army, and was at all times influenced by the military. His son was born after his death in 1886, and Christina had a long tefm as regent, during which she was also greatly beholden to the army, with such advisers as Campos, Castillo, Sagasta and Weyler. None of these will go down in history as a meek and gentle ruler. Americans were too close to Cuba not to have a notion of their temper. Sagasta was premier and Weyler head of the army when the war with the United States settled the Cuban issue so far as Spain is concerned. The accession of Alfonso XIII in 1902 found Sagasta still in office, but he soon was set aside, and an effort at liberal government was tried. * Riveira has a splendid chance to do something for Spain. He can be a savior to his country, or he can be a Mussolini, and lead Spaniards into still deeper waters. What can not be overlooked by any is that the Spain of 1923 is not the Spain of the 16th century, or even of the 19th. Her sun has descended very close to the western horizon, so far as worldly greatness is concerned. She has a history, and may have a future, but her present is not brilliant in any way. , RESTITUTION SHOULD BE REQUIRED. One phase of the holdup by Ruto bandits of a group of men connected with a construction camp in the west part of town is common to all holdups. The money secured by the robbers belonged to their victims; they had worked hard for it, and the ac cumulation represented many hours of toil and not a little self-denial. Each was striving to put some thing by for his use when a period would come when he had no work or could not work. All this is seized violently by men who disdain to work, preferring to get what they spend in dis sipation by force and at the expense of the honest men who do labor. One of the great weaknesses of our law is that should these criminals be brought to face the court, be convicted and sentenced to serve terms in prison, i tio compensation will be offered the victims. Their earnings are taken from them, and they are just as bad off as if the robbers had not been caught and punished. This case is another argument for adding to the penalty for crime of any sort the obligation to restore property taken or destroyed, that the victim may not suffer loss because of his helplessness at the hands of a robber. The man who steals should be made to restore all that he steals; the man who ; damages property should be required to repair all he has harmed. When criminals or those inclined to adopt crime as a substitute for work are made to understand that they can not profit, even temporarily, by such a course, it will lose much of its attractiveness.' All sentences should carry an order for restitution, no matter if it calls for a lifetime of effort on part of the criminal. The commissioner’s Saturday night venture re minds us of the remark of the old Nantucket captain, who came home from a three-year voyage to the Arctic with an empty hold, but, he said, “We had a darned fine sail.” Spain has a new cabinet and an old army. No body can tell what will come next, but the war in Morocco probably will be settled one way or another very soon. Between coal, gas, freight rates, the democratic convention and the recall of the code law, Governor Bryan is about to earn another vacation. Things do not look so bad for Nebraska after ^11, w'ith the prospect of $150,000,000 more for crops this year than last. Everybody has at least one good nature story that is not a nature fake. The Omaha Bee wants to print them all. Omaha will welcome the announcement that a bandit has been put out of business, by arrest or otherwise. A nice little fist fight settled one point in the Oklahoma war. Why not try that method for all? Japan could have gotten along very well with out that visit from a typhoon. / - - -- ■ You can tell the rider by his colors, but not the winner. The battle of the duck ponds is now on. Old King Ak does not mind a bit of rain. Homespun Verse —By Omaha’s Own I’oet— Robert Worthington Davie WHEN I)AD STAYS HOME. Every time I don my dress up duds and plan on going out I see the beggar coming and I hear a cherub shout; I feel the little finger* quite n* sticky a* Is glue A-tugglng at the crease that makes my trousers look like new. And before I can escape them there are blotrhea on my clothes—■ There are marks aeros* my collar, there Is sugar on my nose, And It seems a hopelesa prohlem, nnd a hapless one— but none Of the style of this existence can deny a child her fun. Think, O, you who have no children and avoid Pro voking muss,' Of the trials and lamentatlo^ suffered by the rest of us! It Is pleasant to bo spotless when you venture forth to roam, But I wonder Is It gloomy when a sticky dad stays home? TIalf a century ago Omaha was looking forward to years to come as eagerly as It la today, and v*as meas uring the future by progress already made. On Wednesday evening, Sep tember 24, 1873, Mr. Rosewater pub lished a retrospective review, that being the 10th anniversary of his ad vent »o the city. He noted changes that had taken place, compared prices of property, and asked what the citi zens might look for in another 10 years. ‘•TEX TEAKS AGO.” “Ten years ago this day we first set foot within thejclassic precinct* of Omaha. At the’personal solicita tion of Edward Creighton, Esq., then superintendent of the Pacific Tele graph, we had resigned a position In the United States Military Telegraph corps, and come all the way from Washington to share the perils and reap the benefits of frontier life In the trans-Missouri territory. "It is only 10 years age -md yet there was at that time not a railroad within 160 miles of Omaha. Traveling by rail to St. Joseph, we embarked thence in the steamer Emily, with the reasonable expectation of reaching Omaha within three or four days. The shiftful Missouri river happened, however, to be quite low, and after seven days' tedious pad dllng and scraping numerous sand bars, the Emily finally broke down 16 miles below Nebraska City. Hear ing of our mishap, Mr. Hibbard, then assistant superintendent of the Pa cific Telegraph, promptly forwarded a carriage to our relief, which, after 12 hours of furious driving, landed us in a few hours at Nebraska City. There we re-embarked in one of the Western Stage company’s schooners, which, after 12 hours of furious driv ing, landed us in comparative safety at what was then considered Omaha's principal hotel, the Douglas House. We,say in comparative safety, since we narrowly escaped breaking our precious neck by the upsetting of (hat stage within two miles of Omaha. We had started out with no great ex pectatlons about Omaha, hence we were agreeably disappointed even in what we saw and found here at ttvt time. Ten years ago Omaha, although designated on the maps as Omaha, city, was nevertheless, a straggling village of about 3,500 inhabitants. In cluding transients. Farnham street was then as now the principal thor oughfare. but was then considered the very center of the city. Jefferson Square was virtually out of town, and the space north and west of It did not contain 30 dwelling houses all told. The chief pride of Omaha 10 years ago was the rickety architectural abortion known ns the Territorial Capitol. It occupied the elevated site of the present high school building, and its white-washed walls and tinned cupola were visible to the traveler ap proaching the city at a distance of from 6 to 10 miles. “Ten years ago Omaha had two banking houses, both located on the corner of Twelfth and Farnham streets. One of them. Barrow*. Mil lard A Co , occupird the building now known ns Caldwell. Hamilton A Co.'s hank, and the other. Kountxo A Bro's Banking House, was commodl ously cooped up In a *quatty one story frame structure about 20 by 40. Omaha may, for aught %ve know, have had public schools 10 years ago, but they were visited only by the children of the poor, who were hud dl'd together In comfortless. Ill ven tilated shanties. The children of I ho wealthier rlasscs were mainly sent abroad for their education. Ten years ago the most ornamental and sub stantial rhurch was what now form* the courtroom wing of the I'nttee opera house. The Douglas county courthouse was then as now the same building, but 10 years ngo It had the only respectable hall In Omaha, and was therefore used promiscuously for public dances, minstrel shows, church festivals and political harangues “Ten years ago our prominent at torneys were not quite ns wealthy ns they now nre. and one of theHc lead ing attorneys, Mr. Poppleton, used to go nbout our streets clad in a red woolen shirt, which at first sight de ceived us Into the belief that he was a butcher. "Talking about butchers reminds us that Sheeley A Bros, were then the only butchers In Omaha, and they occupied but one stand In a small frnmeshop, near Caldwell A Hamil ton’s hank. "Ten years ago. when we entered the telegraph service in Omaha, we found Just three wires running into and out of the city, and that wo con frtdered an extraordinary exhibit for Such a frontier town Ah we said be fore. Omaha was at that time at least 160 miles distant from any railway, and its communication with the outer world was by river, stages, and ox teams during the summer months, and bv ox teams and stages exclu sively during tbs winter months. Ten years ago a telegraph message of 10 words or less from Omnhn to Chicago cost $2 62. and to New' York $2 60. while flu* fare to Pan Franc*«co by overland stage was $220 in geld. "Ten years ago business lots on Farnham street could he readily bought at from $200 to $1,000, while the best lots on Iiomrlns street were f * r m)i at from $1 I to I Of feet front. Residence 1 *ts In what Is n«*wf known ns the fashionable part of north Omaha, were plentiful in the mnrkef nt from $10 to $1f» c.nrh. while Dnd In Douglas county could be bought *■' *n thn government at $1.25 an acre. I Ten years ngo there was only one dallv and four nr five weekly news I papers In the then territory of No hrnska. and those publishers were not getting rich very fast "Wo cite tbe^e incidental facts to exhibit the extraordinary progress of this city during the past decade If Omnhn eh ill do ns well proportion ntely during the next 10 years and there ts everx* reason fo prognosticate that ft will, what changes will there be In the voar 1*82 •" .lust Tickling WRH « Feather. When a defenseless town is bom* bant, d 4>y warships and 15 people are killed, it must rcoulre prof tv expert diplomacy to comply with the bom* harder*' request put to regard it ns a hostile net Indianapolis Now's. Will Block Their Finn*. The country run get along without an extra session of congress better than the blocs can. Cleveland Times ! Commercial. I "THE PEOPLE’S VOICE” Editorial from readers of Tho Hornln# Boo. Readers ot The Moroihv Bee are Invited to use this column freely for expression on matters of public Interest. -—__ : The State of Agriculture. Omaha—To the Editor of The Oma ha Bee: It is Interesting to learn from the apparent observations of a real estate'Tnan quoted In the Sunday paper, that farming is on a sounder basis than other industries. This is good news and should be accepted with 1001*6 than ordinary concern due to the fact that farming—agriculture as it Is appropriately termed—Is the foundation upon which every other Industry stands. Also, wa are told that 95 per cent of the farmers are making money. It might be well to fling statistics to the wind, if they are at fault, and obtain facta directly from farmers who farm and know how rapidly or how steadily they are growing prosperous. Possibly the attitude of Mr. Real Estate man would change were he brought to the task of tilltng the srtil for some 20 yeprs. solving the prob lem of meeting his obligations, and by a prudent practice of thrift man aging to lay away $2,000 to $3,000. This ia the encouragement the aver age, poor in the beginning farmer re oeives if he is fortunate, and denies himself the privileges and luxuries that a successful real estate man can afford. Agricultural conditions on the whole are slowly improving, however, buy ing and selling is not farming, and a long period will elapse before the de pression following the world war has completely vanished. But let us forget the past for a moment and observa. the present with earnestness. What Is the best land worth to the farmer? What Is It worth to the real estate man? I.et the farmer sell It to the real estate man—if he ean—at the figure he would ask the farmer. Turn things upside down and Inside out and get a view from all angles. The vulue of city real estate bears no relation to the value of farm land. Two hundred per acre Is not an ex traordinary price to ask, but very few men are able to purchase land at this price, paying the average first pay ment which is oftentimes money ac quired through speculation or Inherit ance, or saved from years of strenu ous toll, and continuing to pay until the incumbrance Is lifted. Possibly, If an agricultural plight exists. It is the result of poor management, but the situation is not alarming because farmers are calm. They are listening to other voices, hankers, politicians, etc., and they are watching organi zation with scrutiny. R. I>. HUNT. Beginning of the Typewriter. Beemer, Neb.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: In connection with the 5»th anniversay of the typewriter it might interest you to take note of the following: "Peter Mittenhofer, born at Toell, Tyrol, September 22, 1822, carpenter, in 1864 made the first attempt at con structing a typewriter which he per fected In 1864. The patent office as serted that it would never be able to attain the speed of ordinary hand writing. ... In America a patent on a typewriter waa issued to two printers. Sholea and Soule, and to (Hidden, an engineer, out of which the Remington was developed. Peter (Hidden studied in Vienna and there had an opportunity to examine Mit tenhofer's model at the Poiyschinkim. lie got fame as the putative inventor while Mittenhofer died in poverty. Mittenhofer'* model t* on exhibition at the patent office in Vienna.” DR. JULIES LINOENEELDER. Government Owned Banking. Omaha.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: The trouble with our linking dtuatfon 1* not due to the fact that he have private banker*, for private banking, legitimately con ducted, is an honorable profession, helpful to the rank and file of our citizens. But the overlord* of our private hanking system, not content with doing & legitimate hanking business, have reached out and secured the con trol of those particular features of the banking situation which are essential ly the functions of government, and by means of this control have dictated the financial policy of the government itself. By adroit manipulation they suc ceeded in amending the federal re serve act so as to practically defeat lta original purpose. Instead of the federal reserve system being owned and operated by the ifovernment for the purpose of check'ng the super induced panics bv wh'rh the nrlv.atn hankers create onnortunlHes for nrof !'erring, a matnritv membershlw on the federal reserve board was re served fosthe nominees of 'be tVal* street banking groun. Private hank ing Is a verv nroOtahle Inves'ment This fact and the fact that the eon 'sol of the federal res|>-ve board bv (Vail street has made It even more nrofttatile Is well Illustrated bv a elr l ————— i Den hi Vraver I*et U* com# before HI* presence with 1 thanksgiving -Ps. it5 2. O Lord God, our Father, Saviour and guide, by Whose gracious and bountiful providence we have been nourished and sustained until this hour, nnd In Whose redemptive, all embracing love we greatly rejoice, ac cept, wo lieseech Thee, the sincere sand profound gratitude of our hearts for Thine unfailing mercy and good ness. Pardon, wo Implore Thee, all our fallings, faults and follies. Jty the Spirit dwelling within us, sweeten our dispositions nnd chasten all our nppo tltes nod desires. Sanctify our home, light It with the lamp of Thy prosenoe continually, and warm It with the fire of Thy love. Make Thy way plain before our eyes, and lend us onward nnd upward. Sanctify unto us nil our trials and difficulties. Help us over the hard places, and In the smooth places suf for tis not to forpet our constant need of Thee Quicken nnd Intensify our love to Thee, nnd help us to he com passionate nnd generous In all our dealings with our fellow men. Knahle us to do justly nnd to love kindness, and to walk humbly with Tine May we not he overcome of evil, hut may We overcome evil with good. <> let the wickedness of the wicked come ta an end, hut establish Thou the righteous. And may the whole earth Pe filled with Thv glorv' Amen, tv tt rt.ivrc. iv n Oeo-'S1 * W I) nfd <> n A ft a ._ NET AVERAGE CIRCULATION for August, 1923, of THE OMAHA BEl Daily .72,114 Sunday .75,188 Do#* n«»t Include return*, left over*. sample* or paper* apnileti tr printing ami include* nr special •ale* B. BREWER. Gen. Mgr. V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr. Subscribed end (Worn to tiefnr# me tills 4th day of September, 1023. W H QUIVEY, (S#oi) VMary PM cular letter recently issued by a prom inent financial firm In New York, which says: "It Is Interesting to note that out of 57 New York active bank stocks, with par value of $100 per share, 28 are quoted above $300 a share, eight over $500 and three at more than $1,000. Last year, an unprofitable one for many industries, 8,147 national banks paid dividends averaging 12.42 per cent." In addition to this they receive a 6 per cent dividend from the Federal Reserve bank system. The remedy for the banking evil lies In restoring to the government those features of the banking situa tion which belong to the machinery of government, and at the same time protecting not only the farmer, but i he business man against the degra dations and dictation of the financial autocrats who now hold the country In the hollow of their hands, through the operation o; the Federal Reserve bank system. Government should not pay Interest on its own obligations, for the simple reason that they are used as security for note issues, them selves an obligation. Why not let the government issue the money on Ils own bond and thus avoid paying interest? To accomplish this purpose the government must go into the banking business, not theor etically or indirectly, but actually. It must establish baryta for the purpose of conducting its own financial affairs, ' and for the purpose of accommodating the public who desire to do their banking with the government direct. Under the present banking system the banker decides whether or not a ' business man or farmer may remain In business. If the banker refuses the privileges of deposit and check drawing, the business man or farmer ' either has to go out of business or ' move somewhere where he can find a more accommodating banker. Such power is too great, too permeating, to ' remain in the hands of an individual banker seeking solely and selfishly his ' own personal profits. But banking ' power Is much greater than that. Banking power alone has made it , possible for the enormous debts of nations, debts which governments ‘ make but which the people must pay j out of production, out of their profits or labor. Under government banking . government may. by simply drawing cheeks, wipe out its indebtedness com pletely and forever. Government with a properly organized system of banking may function without taxa tion. A system of banking owned ex clusively by our government may hon estly liquidate the national debt of $23,000,000,000 without taxing Its peo ple 1 cent. ROY M. HARROP. Prosperity and Philosophy. Omaha —To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: What la te money stringency and business depression that now prevails? My personal opinion is that it is the automobil? erase. According to a recently pub lished estimate, there are now in use in the United States more than 12. 000,000 motor vehicle s, most <m. them In the cities. If we compute the aver age cost at $1,000 each, we would have the stupendous total of $12,000. 000,000; or we will say $500 each would average $6,000,000,000. w'hich colossal sum has been withdrawn from every other interest and industry In the United States. This large sum of money would cause a depression In all lines of business. No one will dispute the fact that the automobile is a fine thing for those whP require rapid means of transit, and can af ford to own them. Some doctors say the more a human being walks the letter it Is for them, but my T>*»r sonal opinion is not 1 per cent of all the automobiles in this country pro duce any revenue for their owners. AH the rest are purely pleasure con* vey.incea. P.ut. worse still, 75 per cent f,f them arc in the possesion of these who can ill afford them, because the cxnense of upkeep and operation is heavy and continuous. Now. a real honest farmer—one who knows what he is about—reads and studies and makes a business of tilling the soil. Ho knows that the more he knows th* more there is to know, and that If he lived to he «s old as Methuselah he never con'd know It nil. Yet he gets the essentials, the fun lament a]**, <>f the sc‘ence and art of agriculture He w^orks fairly hard, k**ens the soil rich, practices crop rotation, raises hleh class live. «tock for our market, sows noth ng but the best se*d. buys labor-saving mach’nery. keen* his eves onen for new things, keeps In good healthy condition, doesn’t let his enthusiasm run away with Ms judgment, makes a litUe money every year, and is rea sonsbly happy and contented. What will the near future be? Will people soon adapt them? Ives to ne\t rendi tions?_OSCAR MKI1NER. “From State and -Nation” Editorials from other newspapers. A Great Com Crop. From the New York Herald. The latest monthly estimate by the Department of AKr,culture of th® probable crop yield contains at least one striking change. This is the raising of the estimate of the pros pective corn crop from last month by no less than 94,000,000 bushels. The present outlook Is for a corn crop of $3,076,000,000 bushels. If that esti mate Is fulfilled it will mean the larg est yield on record with the exception of that in 1920. This is Important not only because corn is our largest crop, but because this great yield comes at a time when the price of corn Is relatively high. The present price, around 85 cents a bushel at Chicago, compares with only 62 cents at this time a year ago. Some idea of the relative impor tance of corn and wheat may be ob tained by a comparison of the unoffi cial estimates of their values on Sep tember 1. The value of the wheat crop is placed at $699,843 000; that of the corn crop at $2,663,816,000. Corn at Chicago is selling closer to wheat than it has for a number of years. A remark sometimes made among traders is that two bushels of corn ought to sell for about the same price as one bushel of w'heat. This ratio was nearly reached a year ago. when wheat soid at $1 a bushel and corn at 62 cents, while the ratio was much larger two years ago, when wheat was $1.30 and corn 54 cents. But at present a bushel of corn at 85 cents compares with a bushel of wheat at $1.02. One explanation of why corn does not get the advertising that wheat does. In spite of its much greater im portance, is that only about one-fifth of the corn crop ever leaves the farms and a very negligible amount of it Is exported. While one-quarter of our wheat crop figures in exports, and while most of the crop is sold on the central markets, corn is largely fed to livestock. The farmer, therefore, is less likely to think about the price of his corn than about the price of his Abe Martin • f It must make th’ easy payment houses feci like steppin’ in when they see how Germany is tryin’ t’ ?it out o’ payin.’ The National Hairdressers' association has gdven bobbed hair a year t’ leave town. (Copyright. 1923 ) -————— livestock, and particularly about the price of hogs, in which form from 30 to 40 per cent of the corn crop is sold. In recent weeks hogs have gone to their highest price for the present year and are selling at a substantial advance over their price a year ago. However unfortunate may be the position of the farmer who specializes in wheat, the latest crop estimate and the latest prices indicate that the posi tion of farmers as a whole is by no means a hopeless one. Conservative. ‘'You are always opposed to a third party." "Always,” replied Senator Sorghum. “If a man can't manage an old party that has been broke to harness for years I don’t see what he can expect in trying to tame a new one."—Wash ington Star. ip The Lengthening Shcdcw of the years that have gone be fore paradoxically enough serve to bring into prominence the vari ous features of our service that have given it its distinctiveness. % * Since 1864 we have been build ing, stone upon stone, the struc ture that today is at the sendee of those who require a funeral director who UNDERSTANDS. HULSE&RIEPEN FUNERAL DIRECTORS 2222-24 CUMING ST. (23rd »m/ CUMIMGSTS ) JAcksoit 1226 Money to Loan ort Omaha Real Estate ^conservative SAVI NOS & LOAN ASSOC! AT ION / ^ A? <s r* n e y W^mnter Gomes Jqain You’ll bemad ^ /^Ordered L ANTSNE The Hard Soft-Coal" f There’s nothin# quite so comforting when the first chilly blasts of autumn send folks scurry in# for overcoats, as the kno'vbtt#e ot a bin of ( AN 1 INK ( tin) in the basement T at is the assur ance of winter contentment of a cozy hominess which makes the humblest home a palace. Prepare now' Order C ANTI NT. ami tin » let \\ inter do its wor»t. \ ou It find vour coal just as hard and an late in the fall a* the day you put it in. You'll find that the aitnc ha* resulted in drier burning qualities, less smoko and less soot. * The following dealers are ready to fill ynnr order AOlt. I'hotte the one neatest you. <»M \»l \ llmfr>Van Kurun 1 A ComI ( o, 11 Mr in on A M im*( h ( XX Hull Co. MH nf(m lli'o*. Co, l piilkf I uni *rr A ( m| Co. : nIon \ url Co. X Ictor XX hit* Cool Co. I.ln.uln. \Vhllfhrp«| ( .ml «v I uioOcr t «%. • ('«n*unm ( miI l a. Hut. Mm- A 1*0 nu i hi i rrn l>r.*c«» I (o. 1 mlvn-11 >»■WtkHm ( >»U i o. Krfd^K Itnift ri ”nrr l hr A ( iwil lw. far Safa la CarlftaJ* Oaly ly j InmagW Coal Co., 1123 W. 0. W Bidg., Omaha I