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The Morning Bee ^ MORN ING-EVE N I N G—S UNDAY _ TITO MB PUBIJIHPQ CO.. Publisher. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Th. Associated Praia, of which Tho Bee l> • member. !■ exclusively entitled to tho tree for npubliution of .11 »». dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published herein. Ail rights of republlcation of our special diapetchea ere also reserved. „ „ bee telephones Pnvate Branch Exchange. Ask for the Department AT or Person Wanted. For Night Calls After 10 P. M.s iAAA Editorial Department. AT lantio 1021 or AT. 1042. OFFICES Main Offiee—17th and Farnam Council Bluffs—15 Scott St. S. Side. N. W. Cor. 24th and N. York—World Bldg. Detroit—Ford Bldg. Chicago—Tribune Bldg. Kansas City—Bryant Bldg. i“U,“TSynd|; I™11 »» Angeles—Higgins lildg. San p ranciaeo—Hollrook Bldg. Atl.gta—Atlanta Trust Bldg HOME MARKET BEST IN THE WORLD. Mr. H. E. Miles, head of the Fair Tariff league, comes all the way from New York to tell the farm ers of the middlewest that they are paying ?100,000, 000 too much each year for their farming implements. Owing to the tariff on steel, for example, the farmer is compelled to absorb this additional cost. While Mr. Miles did not say it in so many words, the rea sonable inference drawn from his address is that tariff rates must be lowered to a point where Eng land and Belgium can compete in the American mar ket with American manufacturers. What is the inevitable result of such ^ policy? Just as sure as our home market is opened to for eign manufacturers on equal terms with the home producers, just that certainly will the selling price of home-made products go down. If the selling price goes down, production cost must follow. Reduction in cost of manufacture can only be achieved by low ering wages in all branches of industry. When wages are cut, the buying power of the ^meriean people is reduced, and where does the farmer come in then? If Mr. Miles sensed aright the proceedings of the convention he addressed, he must have discovered that the American farmer is not in a mood to de stroy his own best market by destroying the pur chasing and consuming power of his own best cus tomers. Our fanners have unrestricted access to the greatest market in the world, that of the United States. For longer than half a century the manu facturers of Europe have vainly tried to break into this market, from which they have wisely been ex cluded by the protective tariff policy. Fair tariff leaguers are really pleading for foreign manufac turers, not for the home farmer. If the price of farm implements is unfairly high, it is due to some other cause other than the tariff. Automobiles, made entirely of steel, have steadily gone down in price for several years; this may not be a fair comparison, yet it appears to illustrate the >oint. Full investigation of the farm implement and machinery industry may disclose another reason for he complaints made, and such inquiry should not be delayed. Demands for a sufficiently high tariff on wheat to adequately protect the farmer’s interests indicate 1 hat the food protlucers of the land are not longer de luded by free trade promises. They are awake to the fact that the buying power of 110,000,000 pros perous Americans means more to them than the doubtful privilege of competing for the small share of European trade that is open to them. If our ,'armers and stock raisers, orchardists, gardeners and dairymen are to be preserved from falling into the tatus of peasantry, it will be because the home mar ket is preserved to them, and sustained by keeping he buying power of the American people at a high -ndard. This can not be done if the free trade olicies advocated by the Fair Tariff league prevail. OLD DOC COOK’S FINISH. The victory won by the government in the oil j took frlsud cases at Fort Worth is notable, and will j 1.3 hailed as such throughout the land. It lacks ..oiv.e hing in completeness, however. Sentencing one culprit to 14 years, another to eight, and others to various terms, with added fines, does not entirely meet the situation. To make the punishment fit the crime, these men should be compelled to restore to heir victims every cent of money gained by fraud end deception. That would make the penalty ade quate. Lit'tle sympathy will be wasted on Dr. Frederick Cook. Here is a sad example of a good man gone delib erately wrong. He had a good start in life, was ener getic and full of initiative. A scholar with a solid foun dation of university training, an intrepid explorer, he chose to deceive the world by making false claims to distinction through feats he never performed. His assertion that he was first to reach the North pole won for him many honors and world-wide at tention, but it was proven that his claim was false, i hat he had boldly attempted to seize the credit that belonged to Peary, his former chief, and in all ways had acted as a mountebank. Later his claim to have ascended Mount McKinley was also proved to be as empty as that he had found the pole. It is not surprising that he should be convicted of carrying on what the presiding judge described as ‘‘a cold-blooded, deliberate confidence game.” It is sorrowful to see one who has ability, and who did have a chance to do great things, sent to prison because he prostituted his talents. Dr. Cook should stand as an example to others who think they are smart enough to beat the law. 'Other defendants are as little entitled to sym pathy as will go to the chief offender. Setting about with cautious, cunning calculation, they spread their snares to.catch the unwary. They practiced on those gullible investors who sought easy paths to wealth. The lure of the “black gold" was potent, and with the delicately balanced traps, baited with appealing phrases and specific promises, the swindlers callously look the earnings of small investors, knowing there was no chance, or only the remotest probability of any return ever being made. Such out and out robbery can not be countenanced anywhere. Utjcle Sam nor anyone else sets out to protect -uckcrs against their own folly, but the seeking out and punishing of the swindlers who take advantage of the trust reposed in them by inexperienced in \estors is one that rests with the authorities at all times. In this case the Department of Justice and the Postofflce department have co-oirerated with great success. Government attorneys declare they have a sure-fire combination now, and such of the remaining group of indicted oil stock operators as do not plead guilty will face a certainty of con viction on trial. It is good for business of all kinds, and especially for the oil and mining business, that these harpies have been caught and stand in the shadow of prison doors. While investors will continue to be wary for a long time, the clearing away of the criminal block ade to honest enterprise will tend to restore con fidence, and give to a legitimate business a solider foundation, establishing its respectability because of its integrity. COMMON SENSE FARMERS. By the comparatively simple device of increas ing the tariff on wheat, immediate relief to the downward pressure of prices can be secured. The farmers who have been meeting in Omaha this week were quick to see that. The splendid endorsement given this proposal, both by the Farmers’ Union and the Nebraska Farm ers’ Co-Operative Grain and Livestock association, may be counted on to have its effect in accelerating action at Washington. News from the national capital is that the federal tariff commission is sidetracking all other business to study ways and means of putting a 50 per cent in crease on the duty on imported wheat. The farmers who in their resolutions urged this prompt action, put aside all partisan political considerations and voted for the thing that seemed best from a pure business standpoint. Conditions would soon be better in this country if time-worn political prejudices could more often be discarded and decisions made, not on the basis of political theory, but on that of common sense. NO NEED FOR ALARM. Now and then a political Or social storm breaks somewhere in this broad land, whereupon many people wring their hands and groan, fearful that the people are losing their power of self-government and heading straight towards the rocks. There isn’t a bit of use worrying about things like that. There isn’t the least bit of danger that anything perma nently bad or wholly disastrous is going to swamp the old ship of state. A few short weeks ago Oklahoma was an armed military camp. A militant governor was going to suppress free speech and a free press, and prevent the sovereign people from holding an election. It was predicted that if the people insisted on voting in defiance of the governor’s mandate there would be oceans of blood spilled and the commonwealth strewn with dead and dying men. Nothing much happened. The militia didn’t shoot, the people did vote, and there was neither bloodshed nor death. Election day passed quietly, and later the legislature met and transacted its business, part of which was ousting the militant governor from office. A few short years ago the Nebraska capitol building at Lincoln was patrolled by armed guards while one man clung tenaciously to an office which the people had decided another man should fill. There were mutterings and threats, and prophets of disaster told us that when the warring forces met there would be fighting and blood-letting and dying. But there was nothing of the kind. Some keen-witted citizen merely turned off the steam from the rooms held by the tenacious official and froze him out, where upon the legally elected official walked in and took possession, the steam being turned on later. Just about the time a lot of people are scared pink lest the republic is headed for the demnition bow-wows, and they go to bed confident that the sun is going to rise upon complete chaos and everlasting destruction, they wake up in the morning to find the sun shining brightly on a world as serene as a May morning, and everybody going about their busi ness as usual. Now and then there arises some prophet of politi- ' cal disaster to predict widespread ruin and utter desolation unless his panaceas are swallowed and his dietary 'formula adopted, and if he is vociferous enough and long enough he often manages to have quite a considerable portion of the populace running around in eccentric and concentric circles. But after one or two of his panaceas have been tried out in a limited area the disturbed portion of the population slows down and begins wondering what it was all about, anyhow. Then they laugh, as Americans are wont to do when they discover they have been led astray, and make up their minds that things are go ing along fairly well. Whereupon the panacea ped dler fades from the public eye and everything is serene until another political spasm grips the country. Viewing with alarm is such a popular pastime that it would be cruel and inhumane to prohibit it. Some people are never so happy as when they are miserable, and if it entertains them to prophesy dis aster or follow off after those who do, why deny them the pleasure? The republic is all right in the main. It does not stay wrong for any considerable length of time. Its sober second thought always saves the situation. The great majority of us are not worrying about the political future. Now and then a gale may make the olrfc ship of state rock and maybe ship a few waves, but it always answers its helm, the compass is always reliable, and to date there has always been a helmsman worthy of trust. What do people use their cars for, inquires an ex change. Well, most of them use their cars to get to some place where they do not care to go, in the short est possible time because they have nothing else to do. What’s your explanation? Again the city commissioners hang up their re port on the water situation, but the people are get ting the pure sweet water at the tap and are not much concerned about anything the council may have to say on the subject. The London Mail calmly informs us that Kipling gets his best ideas before breakfast, and Wells his best ideas after dinner W’e get our poorest after reading such outpourings. Richard Bennett has found a problem in hi* own household—or wa* it just to get a little more pub licity for the Bennett family of actor*? Homespun Verse —By Omaha's Own Poet— Robert, Worthington Davie CELEBRATING YESTERYEARS. Somewhere you've met a friend of yore, And lived again the days before; You’v# gone In dreams beyond 5 our Strife, And reveled In the youth of life You hare recalled the erstwhllo Joys When lie and you were little boys. And you have laughed and you hare smiled W'lth all the fervor of a child. Such meetings make us wonder where Are others who were with us there, And when we re old and when we're gray Ineffable is Yesterday; And ns we slowly older grow More of the past at heart we know. And dearer than the days to be Are those beheld In Memory. You who arc far from realms of <nre, And see comrades of old no more, Hut eorne by chance upon the street Aii old familial face to meet — Will know the thrill and sweetness tins As All t|i» dead conies hack to you, And with sad aniil»s and happy tears You'll celebrate your > estei yeurn. j “THE PEOPLE’S VOICE’’ Editorial fjpm roadora of Tho Moroiof Boo. Roadora of Tha Moralnt Boa %ro Invltad to oaa thla column trarty for oxproaaloo oo mottara of puMlo lotaraat. Huy Nebraska Potatoes. Omaha.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: If Minnesota potatoes are no better than Nebraska potatoes (and I defy any man, woman or child to show me that they are), why, if they sell in Omaha wholesale at $1.40 per hundred pounds, why, I repeat, should the poor Nebraska potato raiser be compelled to take for his potatoes, which are just as good, $1.15 per hundred pounds? Why should any potatoes from Minnesota, Idaho, Utah, or from any other foreign state be sold at nil in Omaha when it de prives the home grower from market ing his own? Let Minneapolis and St. Paul, the two big cities of Minnesota, take care of the marketing and consumption of potatoes frotn their own state; let Denver, Salt Lake City, etc., take care of the marketing and consumption of the potatoes raised in their respective states, for Denver, Salt Lake City, etc., enjoy the trade of these potato raisers; Minneapolis and St. Paul en joy the trade of Minnesota potato raisers, while Omaha, enjoying the trade of the Nebraska potato raisers, should take care of the consumption and marketing of their potato raisers' potatoes. Just suppose that the people of the west half of Nebraska, In retaliation against Omaha for Its lack of co-oper ation with the farmers, would band together and say to all of Its mer chants, In its hundreds of little towns and cities: “If you buy anything made in Omaha or handled through Omaha, you must sell It to us for 21 per cent less than goods bought by you from Denver, Sioux City, Minne apolis, Chicago, or elsewhere, or else we will not buy It, and if you do not respect us in this matter and keep a supply of foreign goods on hand which can buy we will boycott you entirely.” How long would Oma ha goods be on sale In the western half of the state? Could Omaha pro duce its goods so that the retailer could meet that 25 per cent under Chi-1 cago, Denver, Sioux City. Minneapo lis, etc.? No, of course not, and! neither can the Nebraska potato j raiser produce potatoes at 25 per cent under the price' paid the farmers of Minnesota, Utah, Idaho, etc. This stuff being published about the Nebraska farmer rapidly getting on his feet and his great prosperity, etc., is all bosh and bunk. Fifty per cent of the farmers of the state scarcely know where their interest payments are coming from. The other 60 per cent may know where the Interest Is coming from, but 90 per cent of them could not pay a dollar on princi pal unless he borrowed It and “robbed Peter to pay Paul.” Whoever writes that stuff about the farmers making money knows nothing whatever about It* or else he knows and ia willfully misrepresenting, for every bushel of wheat that the farmer has raised in the past three years he has sold it Rt a loss; every bushel of oats that the farmer has raised in the past three years he has sold at a loss: every bushel of potatoes that the farmer has raised In the past three years he has sold at a loss, and so on down the line except this year on corn. Farm crops and Its various products (except corn and that only this year) are down to prewar prices and below yet, the same help that Is required to day as was required In prewar times costs as much again today; the board for that help costa as much again today; every piece of machinery that wears out and has to be replaced costs as much again and up to two and a half times as much as It did In pre war times. Where do they get off on the theory that the farmer Is getting on his feet agnjn? However, Omaha could help Its farmers of Its trade territory If It would be honest with them and use their products here instead of leavtng it to rot in the cellars while they send their money to Minnesota, Utah, Ida ho and other states. It is not too late yet to do some good. Better late than not at all. Thousand* of farmers in the west half of Nebraska have their cellars tilled to overflowing with excellent grade potatoes that will keep and cook second to none, no matter what sec tlon with which they may be asked to compete, while from 85 per cent to 90 per cent of the 100,000 pounds or more that Is being consumed daily !n Omaha are potatoes shipped tn from states foreign entirely to the trade territory of Omaha and from which sections the money sent them by the Omaha commission men for the pota toes consumed In Omaha will never again, any part of it, return Into the ■trade rhannels of the city of Omaha, but will go to the upbuilding of cities of foreign states. "Hit the farmer and you hit them all.” I contended this years ago. Many then did not believe it. but to day you must reckon with It. Tou are hitting the farmer of your own state. They will stand for It for a while, but not always. Take the farmer trade away from Omaha and, though judging from your present at titude. you do not think that It would hurt much, hut. take It from a farmer, you will feel It If it happens The writer Is fresh In from the country and knows conditions. His own particular product he can market through personal acquaintances, at though the expense Incurred In com ing and having to do It Instead of being able to ship to ttie distributing centers and hRVe them distributed. Is almost prohibitive, but hundreds and hundreds of his brother tillers of the soil have no outlet. Thousands and thousands of bushels of excellent early Ohio potatoes, the kind that cooks up a" mealy and white as any potato ever cooked; the kind that hakes the finest In the world; the kind that French fry the most de Melons, are stored In cellars await Ing a buyer, hut with no takers or hldders, while Oinslia people are eat Ing those from Minnesota, Idaho and Utah and other slates. If the Nebrss Daily Prayer J i*v a tha t.ord, hinuo Hi hath h«ard mv voice and my supplications Because H» hath Incllnad Mia Mr unto me. there fore win I call upon Him if long n* 1 live Tha sorrows of death compared me and the rsliyof he|| gat hold upon me 1 found trouble and sorrow Then called I upon the name of tha Lord. • i l^rd t + Thee, deliver mv soul tlracloii" la tha Lord, and rlghtaoua; yea. our Hod la merciful Pa 116-1 b Our Heavenly Father, we thank Thee for this new dav, with If* pilvll egvs and opport unit in*. May we In gratitude for Thy love and mercy. aervn Thee today with sincere heart* Hive us grace to do Thy will, and to accept Th.v purposes for us In the spirit of Joyful obedience, believing that Thy will Is always best Keep our hearts from sin. our minds pure, and our motives tin* Forgive us when we fail. Grant that we n.«v consecrnt* the commonplace duties of the day with the consciousness of Thy presence Whether tin* dnv brings prosperity nr h*ss. sunshine m shadow, blessings or bereavement. may our faith ranui n Ann. our 1o\* unfailing, our hope undaunted Through us today may mankind !»** blessed, and the mining of Thv King dom hastened, foi Ills name's sake Amen ItfflV ft It mNOHAM HA. London, ui t . Canada. » ka raiser attempts to ship to Chicago where his product Is appreciated, the freight rate is prohibitiive anil there Is nothing left—not even enough to pay him for sacking and the sack required. A. L. HUNGERFORD. Saving and Earning. Lincoln.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: On November 12 I gave out an item to the press wherein I stated that a new area of normalcy with prosperity is near at hand on account of Nebraska having such a large corn crop, many cattle, hogs and other resources. I also advocated precaution in our dealings, thrift, sane investments, sensible In our borrow ings, etc. To this an editor replied by an editorial in his good paper of No vember 15, wherein he says that rr/y statement "smacks very strongly of extreme and hurtful caution." He also used the words "calamity howl ers,” and the "role of the prophet is a dangerous and unpopular one." If this language is directed at me per sonally I do not care, neither do I care to accept his Joking proposition of a new silk hat, because I am not in the silk hat wearing class. How ever, if I do accept his proposition I would not allow him to choose the af firmative side. Inasmuch as I first originally chose that side in my state ment. Savings, thrift, precaution In our dealings, sane Investments, sensible borrowings, etc., has been the teach ing In advertisements of banks, trust convpanies, building and loan associa tions for years. Many young men and women have become independent, conservative and wealthy by adhering to one or more of the above subjects. These people did not save or become thrifty and cautious in their dealings because they were successful. They are successful because they have adopted such saving, thrift and pre caution. The tramp, the hobo and the never-de-wells generally have no bank accounts, while the successful man of affairs has several and uses every one of them in various ways for better ment of himself and, as a consequence, for the betterment of his fellow citi zen by placing his money in circula tion. The miser and the pessimist who can only see mistakes of the past or hides his treasure a»d daily complains of the present and future is a menace to any community. The same editorial reads: "That the injury seems to come from the fact that my statement is very likely to be misinterpreted in many sections of the country where Nebraska has been represented to be on the verge of bankruptcy." If there are such sec tions, a little optimism of prosperity will be welcome, while thrift, savings and sensible borrowing is necessary. Nonessential things and luxuries should bo eliminated, regardless of how attractive easy looking terms may be offered. Wall street and the money power may not desire to have such sections of the country placed back into the column of prosperity. Too much sav ing. thrift, sane Investments and sen sible borrowiings may reduce their future profit earnings, We as Ne braska citizens have more opportuni ties 'end a grater future before us than we ever had. It is up to us to grasp it and for us to make the best use of it. A bulletin lately issued by the United States treasury reads: “A country of thrifty citizens makes a strong and healthy nation. National thrift Is a protection against war; an assurance of lower living coats; a guarantee of good employment. Why? Because the nation is but an aggre gation of individuals, whose personal habits become national habits,” My purpose of giving out my Item on November 12 to the press was to have what I consider these very im portant subjects discussed. Whether they meet with favor or criticism should make no difference, because the result will be the same, namely: Educational, beneficial and profitable I am pleased and herewith extend my thanks to the many editors and other ctttzena within our state who have beeen so liberal in giving it space as well as to make comnwnts on It. Let the good work go on, and I would very much like to see the banks, trust companies, building and loan assoda tlons put on a special campaign for savings, thrift, sane Investments and sensible borrowings. K. O. KNUDSON. Deputy Secretary, Department of Trade and Commerce. Against Hiram Johnson. Gard, Neb.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: So Hiram Johnson is coming to Nebraska to capture the republican delegation to the next na tional convention. Hiram is a dis tlngulshed citizen of a great state. He may be able to convince our vot ers that he is the best qualified as pirant for the presidency. Our citi zens will receive him gladly and listen to him with due courtesy and respect, hut it will be rather difficult for Hiram to convince republicans that he is In any way entitled to their vote for party reasons. There Is nothing In Hiram's record which would entitle hlin to the sup port of republicans of Nebraska. He belongs to that Hass of politicians who pay very little aMentlon to the party or party prlncitdc* except when he wants to use the party label to be elected to office. K. M. CURRIE. Center Shots An exchange Halm* that if hair cuts gn to It ** la threatened. they wilt go hark to batting on Bryan again.— Ohio State Journal. New Jvtaey has a water famine, but from all w« ran learn about that Mat*, nobody will b* Inconvenienced by It. —Cleveland Press Think how confusing it will be when patriotic societies begin to preserve (h* hospital wards where great men are born.—Bridgeport Star. Recently a newspaper In antiotmc Ing the death of a bootlegger gave him credit for hiving “good pints ns weir as h oi " Tulsa World. Gas will d«-< m»» future wars, savs an xrniv expert It already his derided manv ,i political little Da 11 as Times Herald. NET AVERAGE CIRCULATION for October, 1923, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily .72,205 Sunday.70,995 | Doe* not Include return*, left over*, mmplci or paper* spoiled »n | printing and include* nr *pecia< aale*. B. BREWER. Gen. Mgr. V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr. Suborrihrd and *wmn to before me tin* flth day of Novemhei, ID2.L W II QUIVEY, (Seel) Notary Public I_______ _______ “From State and Nation” —Editorials from Other ISetvsfHifters— Hiram Swings Into Action. From the 6ioux Falla Presa. The Hiram Johnson presidential candidacy must force Coolidge Into the open on the issue of co-operation with Europe. For that, if for nothing else, the senator's swing Into action Is to be welcomed. Some years ago the late Henry Wat terson In characteristic fashion re ferred to Hiram Johnson as "the wide-mouthed, deep-lunged, flat-footed Californian." The senator's latest manifesto recalls "Marne" Henry's ad jectlves. The Californian is nothing if not forthright. His geese are all swans. He has no time for finely drawn distinctions. .It is all one thing or all another with him. This aspect is illustrated in the manner in which he denominates him self a progressive—a progressive of the genuine sort tainted neither by reactlonaryism nor radicalism. One might challenge that, in view of the senator's record during the past few years. Indeed a canny observer re cently remarked that if the republi cans were looking for a safely conser vative candidate they could do no bet ter than choose Hiram Johnson. The revelations contained in the famous purloined letter last summer go far to Bupport that idea. Another Illustration of the Johnson ian forthrightness is the unqualified assumption that President Coolidge and the administration are reactionary. Here again one might challenge the senator's facts. Throughout his of ficial life Coolidge has never given evi dence of possessing reactionary ten dencies. On the contrary he has ever appeared to be a forward looking pub lic servant, conspicuous for his ability to do well the tasks assigned to him. Senator Johnson's little declaration of Independence suffers from the fail ure to give adequate treatment to do mestic Issues. Perhaps there Is no more pressing question before the people today than tax reduction. Yet the senator has Ignored it entirely. The oversight Is made all the more emphatic by the fact that Senator Borah Issued a bitter denunciation of high taxes and government extrava gance simultaneously with the publica tion of the Johnson statement. On many modern issues, notably that of world cooperation. Johnson's progressivism seems doubtful. This much, however, may be said for the senator. He is a man of courage. He is outspoken with his opinions. As such he is to be preferred as president to some pussyfoot expert, whose at titude, like a weathercock, veers with every breeze. President's Father Silent. Edward Elwetl Whiting in the AtlanMc i Monthly, Col. John Coolidge. the president's father, is as chary of speech as is his son. I sat one day talking with him in his home In Plymouth. I asked about Calvin as a boy. Was he a hard iworker on the farm? Did ha do a good day's work In those days? The father was silent for so long I thought he had not heard. Then the corner of his mouth twitched a bit. nt some memory of years gone, and his eyes narrowed to a twinkle. All he said was this: "Always seemed to me that Cal could get more sap out of a maple tree than any of the other boys round here." On the day when Calvin Coolidge was officially notified, at Northampton, of his nomination for the vice pregi dency, July 27. 1920, a day of much honor for the Coolidge family, a day when the mind of the father must have overflowed with pride for the son —I saw Colonel Coolidge standing silent and alone at a little distance from the crowd. The formal cere monies were ended. Groups of per sons were talking and visiting. But Colonel John stood alone. I approach ed him. “Colonel Coolidge, this is a wonder ful day for you. We all expect great things from your son." The father said: "I hope you’ll never be disappointed.” The Coolidge kind does not slop over. LISTENING IN On the Nebraska Press The Schuyler Sun. after carefully scanning the political horizon, an nounces that it would be well pleased to have the senatorial nominations close with C. H. Sloan representing the republicans and A. C. Shallenber gar representing the democrats. • • • George Burr of the Aurora Register says the country is shocked by the accounts of the Incompetence. Inactiv ity and corruption among prohibition officials.' George Insists that no man who opposed prohibition In the first place shall be placed on guard. # • • The Ravenna Nezi tells of a Lin coln man who stood in line at the White House to greet President Cool idge. and thoughtlessly rammed his hands into his coat pockets. In stantly a secret service man snarled. "Take your hands out of your pock ets." Some day that secret service man will forget to smile when he ad dresses a western man. and then there will be a temporary vacancy on the force. • • • The Norfolk Press seems Inclined to laugh off the motto of the state, which Is "Equality Before the Law.” The Press can't see it when the son of a rich family can get off with a small court fine while a poor man has to go to jail for the same offense. • • • "Nebraskans will never come Into their own until they adopt the white Abe Martin How’s it happen that stone face grouches alius have peachy wives? Who remembers when juries wuz nearly all whiskers? coal system," asserts Adarn Breed* In the Hastings Tribune. This ia, we believe, the first time in years that Adam has advocated the larger u*e of water. • • • Joe Alden of the York Republican Is a most cheerful optimist. The fol lowing from his trenchant typewriter ought to drive away the political mul lygrubs: "We do not look for any tidal wave of radicalism to sweep over the country, neither do we think that greed and selfishness will rule the election. We expect, a* usual, to see two strong parties contend for th* mastery and when the verdict Is given to have the affairs of the state and nation move on 1n about the same way they have always done.” intern After reading some of the utter ances of senatorial and other Investi gators who have returned from Rus sia, John Sweet grows a grouch, dur ing which he grinds out for the Ne braska City Press the following choice bit of sarcasm: "Isn't It a shame the poor American workingman must live amid the squalor and filth and men tal depression of the United States while the blessed Russian basks In the sunlight of the red soviet and sings the Third Internationale?’ ” A Handy Place to Eat Hotel Conant IMh sod Harney—Omaha The Center of Convenience “Goose that laid GOLDEN EGGS” • * Andrew Carnegie, who landed in America a penniless boy from Scotland, and became one of the richest men in the world said, “Investing is the goose that lays the golden eggs.” Of the time when he first dis covered the benefits of Investing, he said, “I never forgot that lesson as long as I lived. 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