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The Morning Bee MORN1N G—E V E N I N G—S U N D A Y THE BEE PUBLISHING CO.. Publisher. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press, of which The Bee is a member. Is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of ail news difkPatch^s credited to it or not otherwise credited, in this paper, and also the local news published herein. All rights of repu'blication of our special dispatches are also reserved. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask ior the Department iantic or Person Wanted For Night Calls After 10 P. M.; •< Editorial Department. AT-lantic 1021 or AT. 1042. -LvfvfvF OFFICES Main Offices—17th and Fprram Council Bluffs—15 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—Syndi. Trust Bldg. Los Angeles—Higgins Bldg. San Francisco—Hollrook Bldg Atlanta—Atlanta Trust Bldg. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL. At midnight, the tick of the clock, and one year dies and another starts. No motion of the heavens is disturbed, the inexorable march of all natural events goes on without interruption. It has been so for longer than any one imagines, and will be so to the end. Einstein was not the first to teach that t&ne is not; in the early dawn of the Grecian philoso phy that doctrine of relativity was deeply embedded in the dogma that sought to account for creation, for life, for matter. Yet man sets great store by the reckoning of time; less perhaps by its immediate passage than in anticipating the moments to come. A very few projects are undertaken simply for the moment; building is for fhe future, always, looking ahead to years that will come, even after the builder has laid down in that unbroken sleep that finally touches everyone. Still, a New Year is a great event in the life of any. So the one just commenced ought to be. Plans that were laid yesterday may be pursued today and accomplished tomorrow, but the great effort should be put on today. When Omar was complimented on having corrected the calendar, he replied, “Why, I did but strike out dead yesterday and unborn to morrow!" In a material way, 1923 held much that is nota ble, all of which has been chronicled and commented upon. Omaha made great advance in all substantial lines, showing a growth in all directions that is the occasion of real pride to the citizens. The year 1924, just begun, is big with prospocts and pro grams. Energetic men are planning many things to be done within the nex* twelve months, all of •which look to the increase of the city’s importance. Spiritually and intellectually Omaha kept prog ress in 1923 with the material advance. This is at tested by the new churches and schools that were cqC&pleted during the year, the extension of altruis tie and philanthropic efforts, of new and higher stftndards raised for esthetic endeavor, and a general fdtward movement in every aspect of the cultural lift of the city. It is indeed gratifying to retrord this, with full appreciation of the efforts of those wfco have labored so zealously and so effectively to it true. » Omaha citiSens should carry on in 1924 with bet taf spirit than ever before. No abatement in the healthy rivalry among the citizens, that wholesome competition which majees a city great should be nfted. Yet this rivalry or competition should not be pa^mitted at any time to interfere with the good of Factional advantage or domination should go | to^the discard. A good resolution for everybody in Ogiaha to make and carry out will be to put the wel fare of the city above that of any party or group, beyond the interest of any individual or clique, and ti^all work together throughout the year to make tbte city an even better place to live. 'We wish each of you: A Happy New Year. » I ** “ONE OF OURS.” ! y tIt was quite appropriate that Mrs. Luther Drake sfchuld use the title of one of the author’s most popu ]4| books when she referred to Wllla Gather in her rfcjparks Sunday afternoon at the unveiling of the portrait. That ceremony was of high significance, ev4n though it did not attract due public attention. pWilla Cather is a native of Nebraska, and it Wfp here she got the training that has proved so stericeable, laying the foundation of her success riiong her own people. Educated in Nebraska schools, she tried her hand at writing first for a Ne braska newspaper, and developed at least the princi ples of expression while so employed. She also got her first insight into human nature in that office, and from the people she came into contact with dffew the inspiration that has led her well up the htdghts to literary greatness. ^That she should have a wider field in which to spread her wings is natural, and she sought and fband in the circles of the east that response which bqg brought her to that development which makes her admirers in Omaha proud to place her portrait iii'lhe gallery at the public library. They honor her as/one who has achieved distinction, and who has given to the world a message it heeds. To quote 3r£m the words of Mrs. Drake: 'U “Because of Miss Cather's art the beauty and hardship of the lives of our pioneers will live, when tjjey would otherwlsehave been forgotten, fihe has bung the sagas of this new land. We praise her because she Is one of ours, but we praise her still more because we have reason to believe that she Is bmong the immortals, and that her work will live." .* SCIENCE FOOLS WITH NATURE. * Every now and then some scientist bursts out w|^i the announcement of a triumph that Is going t^evolutionize the whole scheme of things. Making Di|tne Nature do stunts is pastime for them. Prob ably the most interesting of recent disclosures in this lfat* is that one Carnegie investigator has changed a female dove into a crowing male. On this is built U|T • speculative edifice that lends into the realm of t|M fantastic. It is a wide open game, and anybody c|m exercise his imagination in trying to determine w$*t will happen when science can make the little gM’s wish come true and turn her into a man. i In very truth, the wish almost has come true, fOt long ago the dear things began taking over what h«il been considered as exclusive belongings of man. Naw they vote, hold office, wear breeches, smoke, run their own business affairs, practice law, medicine, aied other of the learned professions, swear and do ahdut everything a man can do. How science can extend this activity is hard to see. £Nor is it easy to understand whnt the gain would 1>X- were woman to give over the attributes that set hg£ apart ns the last nnd most perfect of created things, and assume the lesser characteristics of man. Why should she doff those chnrms of person, of ten derness and soft allurement, of femininity to wear thp coarser and far less attractive qualities of the n^lxculines? She dominates the brutes now, nnd the sjufgested change would he a step backward. Hut, nfxybe the scientist is wrong. What may work on a c$l»g dove may fait when applied to a woman, 0 ONE CLASS DID NOT SHARE. Produced more, spent more, saved more. That is the record of the United States for 1923. It can not be touched, or even approached by any other nation. Cold figures sometimes become ex citing, as in this instance. Americans have so often been told they are favored above all others they have come to take it as a matter of course. Yet they do not always recognize the blessings they enjoy. One of the greatest contributing factors to the result of 1923 is that the American market is pre served to home producers. The only ones who are not fully protected are the wheat farmers and live stock growers and they are pleading right now for justice that is due them. Canadian wheat is pout ing over the border at a price that holds down the selling price of wheat in the United States, and to the detriment of the farmer who raises wheat on the great plains of the middlewest. It is stated that the combined value of the farm crops for the year is $900,000,000 more than for 1922. This, of course, is encouraging, but the wheat raisers share very lightly in the sum. Well enough to tell them not to speculate in the raising of wheat. Unless wheat is raised the country will go without bread. And the farmer in Nebraska, using high priced land, can not compete on an even basis with the farmers of Canada, where land is cheap and taxes low. The United States generally is prosperous, and the outlook for continued prosperity is good. Au thorities state that wages will continue high, and even advance. Factories will run full tilt, making goods for home consumption, and in this way the producing, consuming and saving will go steadily on. But the depression among the farmers must be lifted before any genuine prosperity can be enjoyed by all. One section of the groat agricultural industry can not be kept in subjection while all other industries go ahead. Such a condition is unnatural, and unless something is done to relieve this situation, it will affect in time all others. This is the chief argument in favor of the re quested increase in tariff on wheat, the best possible reason why it should be granted, and a fair glimpse at what may be expected if the remedy is not ap plied. Wheat growers ask only what they are en titled to, a square deal. GOOD FELLOWS IN POLITICS. It happens so often. He was known as “Honest John,” or “Honest Sam,” and he was known as a good fellow. He made friends wherever he went because of his open-handed generosity and his will ingness to go to the front with his friends. And sooner or later some friend whispered to him that he really ought to run for office because everybody knew him and liked him, and most of them wTere under personal obligations to him. So “Honest Sam” succumbs to the lure and runs for an office of tremendous responsibility, an office requiring him to handle large sums of the taxpayers’ money. Elected by a handsome majority, often in the face of an adverse political majority because of his social prominence, “Hones^ Sam” Is inducted into office amidst the acclaim of his ad miring friends. And of course his friends are legion after he is elected. Then trouble begins. “Honest Sam,” long ac customed to handing out his private funds with lavish hands to impecunious friends, soon becomes unable to distinguish between public and private funds. Of course he is honest at heart and never had any intent to rob the taxpayers of a penny. Every dollar taken from the public till is taken with the firm intent. V> return as quickly as the friend gets back on his feet. But friends of this caliber seldom get back on their feet, and it is altogether too easy for them to decide that because it is the taxpayers’ money and they one of the taxpayers, there really is no reason why it should be returned. The result is that sooner or later “Honest Sam” is caught short by an examiner. He is a defaulter and must take his punishment. It has happened time and again. It will happen again and again because human nature is weak. The victim is disgraced, his family disgraced, and a community suffers financial loss. It would seem that the time has come to keep the “Honest Sams” in private life, for bitter experience has taught us— or at least it should have taught us—that the “Honest Sams” and the “Honest Johns” are usually the ones who get caught. A letter on which 60,000,000 marks postage was paid contained a 10-pfenning gold currency piece, worth 2.38 cents. If you get hold of the right kind of money in Germany, it is easy to get along. According to Grant Shumway, the state fish hatchery at Valentine planted 160,000 fish during the year. Nothing is said about suckers. Football was a very popular sport in Nebraska during the fall, but it will now give way to snow shoveling, which is not so attractive. _I Dakota wheat raisers know what is involved, and therefore they are in favor of the 50-cent tariff to protect the home market. Now that we know who the Bryan brothers are not for, will they please let us know whom they do favor? One of the things we do not fancy is being marooned in a big balloon, unable to go up or come down. Other things beside hootch come from Canada. Homespun Verse —By Omaha'* Own Poet— Robert Worthington Davie LOOKING BACK—THE NEW YEAR. Tn looking back as the Old Year lice In the lined to Be of the dreamer's eyes— There were those among us, faithful and dear, Who soothed our aches and sorrows hers. Who lessened our trials and cheered our way. And gave us ardor and made us gay— Of them we dream and their lives revere, And count with our loss of the faded year. Tn looking back on the Old Year dead. We cherish rapture and pleasure fled, And link with them the joy that goes Fleeting on through the year's repose, And leads us up through "miles and teais, While eunset graces a score of years— But new years dawn with resplendence true Of Joy for the deed* we strive to do. In looking hmk we lament to see The Bast In the shape of Memory; Wo yearn the return of sweetness gone, We're lonely a while as we travel on - But scattered along our paths we find Signs of the war and year* behind And gladly learn, as we forward tread That Past Is a part of the years ahead. Your Might Have Been --By CAROLYN RENFREW. It leans from the clouds of the future, From the ghostly aisles of the past; And will glide appealing beside you As long as life’s journey shall last. It shines with the light of high purpose— Voicing a power to win— In the uprush of spirit through matter— The face of your Might Have Been. Through the rush of life’s strife and turmoil Steals a voice that is never at rest. Through the hush of the whelming silence It moves on its saving quest. Into the soul’s secret chambers— ' Stealthily creeping within— It is calling, imploring, calling— The voice of your Might Have Been. The pathways of wrong have their turnings Leading up to the highways of right. t And every valley of darkness Has an opening toward the light. And a voice is ceaselessly calling, Come up from Self’s byways of sin; Come from your ceaseless self-seeking And be what you Might Have Been. “THE PEOPLE’S VOICE” Editorial from readare of The Morning 8ea. Readare of Tha Marolni Baa ara Invited to uia thla column freely for axpraaslon oo matte^ at public interact. Suffering In Germany. Andernach, Rhine.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: Hunger and pov erty rule in Germany, but nowhere to a larger extent than in the densely populated, occupied territories of the Rhineland and the Ruhr. Hunger is a daily guest In numberless families, as the available food is beyond the reach of the average means, due to the tremendous depreciation of cur rency and the lack of work. These conditions unfortunately cannot be expected to be remedied in the near future owing to the present political and economical conditions prevailing in this section. Also in the territory formerly occu pied by the Third American division —the "Marne division"—comprising Andernach and Mayen county, where the American soldiers' were billeted and lived on very agreeable terms with the German population, heart i-ending conditions exist. Nine-tenths of the population do not know where to get food and how to combat the undernourishment which has made such frightful strides In the last few months. Children are lacking milk: the grown-ups fat nnd meat. Only a very few families have been able to procure their winter supply of po tatoes, owing -to the scarcity caused by the crop failure. One loaf of bread often Is equivalent to the aver age weekly wage of a workman—pro vided there Is work. Parents do not send their children to school, keeping them in bed to alleviate the pain of hunger. Besides, a deplorable shortage of fuel has to be faced. The winter Is about to sot in. Cold. Joins hunger. Both create for a vast majority of the popuation a pitiable situation. In which there Is no chance for these destitute people helping themselves by their own means. The proverbial Russian famine has already been sur passed by the appalling • living" con ditions the inhabitants of the Rhine and Ruhr territories have to put up with. We therefore venture to beg all those who happen to rend this appeal, especially the former American sol diers of the army of occupation, who spent happy days at Andernach, which they called "The Nizza on the Rhine," to help them and to give of their plenty what can he spared, be It check or food. A prompt donation will relieve much distress The feeding stations of the Quakers, which are such a blessing to the poor, chiefly center In the larger German cities, so that our town does not bene (It by them. Donations will he cheerfully ac cepted and acknowledged for the re lief fund by the r>l*conto Oesellschnft bank, Andernach, Rhine, Germany F. B Money for the Bonus. Kansas City. Mo.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: In considering the bonus, the writer believes there are Just two questions to be decided: Do the majority of the people favor it. and is it just? This is a government of the peo ple, and the opinion of the majority, should prevail. In alrr/'Ht every case where the question of the bonus has been submitted to a vote of the peo ple, It has heen endorsed by a large majority. Take for Instance Illinois, this might well lie called a represen tative stale, and the bonus carried here by over a quarter of a million majority: It also carried by a decisive vote In Kansas, and in fact the writer does not know of a state where It did not carry, when submitted to a vote of the people: In any event, there is ubundnnee of evidence that It has overwhelming popular favor. We then pass on to the question: Is it Just? The writer was not parti cularly enthusiastic about the recent war, and might he said to he eon slderably prejudiced ngalnst a grent deal thut was passed off ns patriotism. However, he will concede, speaking from the atandpoint of pure patriot Ism, assuming that It Is the virtue that It Is conventionally held to be, It would he a violation of this principle for the soldier to accept a bonus for oerfnrmlng recognized patriotic duty —all other things being equal— but all other things were not equal dur ing the recent war; far from It. While the soldiers were making the greatest sacrifice, presumably In up holding the rights of democracy, many of their countrymen were at home, playing a very selfish part, gathering enormous wealth, some of them profiteering, viciously so; and the writer cannot see that there would he anything dishonorable now In proposing that at h ast some of this excess profit be passed on to the soldier, who was accorded only a very meager living during these v« ars of hardship and suffering, The people of America, If they are patriotic, are surely also practical and business-like, and II will lie violating tome of their principles to have their soldiers paid for work well done, under the mod trying circumstances, even though It may have been voluntarily offered and rendered It would he a very easy matter for government auditors to detern ae Just what firms profiteered during the war. particularly the larger firms- say those Incorporated for a half million or over. If those firms did not have the ready funds to |uy for the bonus, then assessments could he made and spread over a term of years In the following manner: First determine whst the yearly cost of the bonus would he. Then ascertain what the yearly net profits of the corporations are, that It Is proposed sb ill I - nases ed. Finally, fix a rate of > . ismcnt, based on these profits, that will In sure the required yearly Income to meet the amount of tha bums V'aj nients. This, nf course docs not cuvei the delalls, but, in the writer’s opinion, It forms the basis of a plan that ran be worked out Justly and practicably. In this connection, the writer be lleves that the soldier Is unjust In his claims, often amounting to criticism, that the stay-at-home wage worker received abnormal pay. Report $274. Issued by the United States govern ment, shows that even union w-iges. taken collectively, when at their highest peak, were only 85 per cent above prewar level, while the cost of living soared over 100 per cent; In other words, the more unscrupulous corporations profiteered even on their labor. WILLIAM H. FARLEV. Demanding What Is Right. To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: The Bee of the 2Gth Inst, contained an editorial on the question of de fending the Interests of the middle western states which is deserving of careful reading by the public, and plainly gives good reasons why west tern representatives in congress are ffistlfied In making an aggressive fight on behalf of the agricultural In terests. It Is gratifying to note that most of the leading dailies of the ag ricultural states have become interest ed in the situation and are following a course which should cause the gen eral public to have a workable knowl edge of what the "farm bloc” mem bers of congress have undertaken to do on behalf of this great Industry, which after all Is the true founda tion of all wealth, and without which the human family would find Itself in a sorry plight. I have never known of n single reac son whv any man should be ashamed to make the same fight on behalf of the Industrie* of his region that rep resentatives from other region* make for the special interests of their local ities. I have never known a reason being advanced by a congressman why he should yield to the dletates of the favored criminal commercial con spirators whom the law has been after (and unsuccessfully) for so many years. Public servant* should be compelled to stand out and showVho they are representing In congress, and those opposed to the Interest of the general public* should he retired to private life at the next election. Hon est laws and honest government can not exist with dishonest official* In charge of public affairs. The contest now going on In Wash ingb.n between the predatory railroad an.l other force*, on one *!de. and the members of the "farm bloc” on the other. Is very interesting, and the pub lic is beginning to realise that those defending the section of the country to which your editorial refers, are reasonable in their demands and are only Insisting on a constructive leg. Islative program which will relieve the vicious siluation we all know to exist at the end of each season. This prop osltlon does not challenge the right of honestly managed industries to do business and grow to be large Institu tions—It demoods fair and s.|iiare treatment of the producing classes, and Is no more than right. \Ve have heard much about a "new day" In nur lives from the pms of "fourth dimension" writers, but unless If means we are about to enter .an eta of "square dealing" in our commerrlal aff iirs, it moans nothing, and the ex pression Is Just a mask used for the purpose of protecting the cause of fraud and deception In legislative af fairs. It looks at this time as though the arm blot had made the Issue which Will determine the outcome of the coming presidential election, .and It is so plain the average person can easily understand what is intended for the general good, and what is not. A. C. POTTER. What R.avenn* Needs. Ravenna, Neb—To the Editor of The Omaha lice The rrltic of mv Saturday night sketch works In one of the (too many) pool halls Ravenn* needs a night school, similar to the one In North Platts. Ravenna needs a k M. f\ A. and V. W. C. A similar to the Institution* In Lincoln not so large. Did ha* a fine duly house or com munity center, I have been told. 1 wish every town In the United State* had as fine n recreation build ing as in Lead, 8. r>. Unity of purpose, the devotion to nn i leal a* in < Iberammergau. Ger many, could )«• developed in Ravenna or any town. IDA SMITH HUTTON. ( ENTER SIIMTS. The average man's iden of Rlgolet to Is that lie was a woman dnneer In a sideshow.— Little Hock (Ark I Democrat. Just because that skull is half an Inch thick Is no reason scientists should think it ancient.—Marlon Star. If It doesn’t start pretty soon, the proposed German inquiry will t>, come nn Inquest.—Norfolk Virginian Pilot. NET AVERAGE CIRCULATION for November, 1023, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily.73,950 Sunday.79,205 Does tint include returns, left ovm, samples nr papers spoiled In printing and includes no special sales or free (Initiation of any kind B. BREWER, Gen. Mgr. V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr. Stibsr tilted and swmn to before me tins tlth day of December, W H QUIVF.Y, (Seal) Notary Fublle “From State and Nation” —Editorials from Other Newspapers-—__ Aluminum. From the Salt Lake Tribune. The metal we call aluminum was so rare 5b years ago that it was worth $100 a poun<* ami 'vas' Ior the m u part, used by jewelers. It is much cheaper nowadays, costing in the vicinity of a quarter a pound, and is made into a great variety of articles. Its existence was suspected long be fore the ms-tal becarnu known. It is obtained from a white powder, not un.ike soda in appearance, which 1» one of the commonest chemical, prop erties of the earth’s crust. Known as alumina, this substance !« the basis of day, and Its Identity was first established not quite a century ago oy a German named Woehler. Developments soon became rapid. A French scientist named De Ville suc ceeded in producing aluminum on a considerable scale, though not in suf ficient quantities to justify its use out side jewelers' shops, where it was made into ornaments. Eor 50 years after this the chemists of the world concentrated on the problem of ob taining aluminum in bulk, an Ameri can scientist, Charles Hall, whose laboratory was in the back kitchen of his lodgings, finally being successful in the quest. Hall carried out nu merous experiments, and was on the point of giving up when he found at the bottom of his crucible a tiny disk of the new metal, produced by a meth od that was both simple and cheap. The discovery was made 37 years ago, since which aluminum has been put to an astonishingly wide variety of uses. The part which this wonder ful metal will play in the future is in calculable, for its lightness, durability, strength and cheapness render it one of the most valuable substances of the kind known to man. 4j4tm.'inum will neither rust nor tafflish, and it is so adaptable that it can be hammered into sheets no thicker than cardboard, or even drawn out into very fine wire. One iif its most remarkable characteris tics Is that it is a rapid conductor of heat, while it is also nonpolsonous. Our preserves, including meat and fruit, will one day be packed in aluminum containers instead of in tins. Aluminum cooking utensils are already becoming a feature of mod ern domestic life, and aluminum tea and dinner services are being put on the market in rapidly increasing num bers. Experiments are being made with motor cars built almost exclusively of the metal. Recently an aluminum built car was tested at high speed on a railway track—a grueling trisl for any form of vehicle other than a rail way engine. The oar emerged from the ordeal as if it had been Turning on the smoothest of roads’ AlrpU m s of aluminum nre likely to be common very soon, Ln the case of a crash the machine built of the metal will not only he less liable to suffer complete wreck gp. but the pilot and passengers will be more safe, since risks from fire will be re duced to a minimum. Aluminum has made it practicable for cehmists to make certain precious stones notably rubies and sapphires. I Considerable numbers of these gems are manufactured by adding coloring substances to powdered alumina and annealing it by means of a specially charged blowpipe. The metal also plays an important part In the means of purification. Small quantities of aluminum ad ied to steel in the furnace disperse the gss and insure the elimination of cer tain defects which at one time greatly hindered the production of first class steel. Conference on War Debts. From the Brooktvn Eagle. Continental Europe owes the United States more than IS.000,000,000. The Interest, none of which is being paid, is increasing this total at the rate of H00.ooo.ono yearly. Unless some ar rangement Is made soon for funding this debt, establishing a lower rate of Interest and evolving ways and means of payment it will have mounted to a point where any rea sonable settlement las- rues in.possi ble. None of our continental cred itors has even suggested a settlement. None of them has ever asked us to name terms on which we would be willing to settle. None of them is taking any account of what thov owe us in the financial budgets which the governments are prt eniing to their legislatures. Practically all of them are spending on armaments a large proportion of their national incomes and are faking no steps to meet that expenditure out of additional taxation. This means that their present policy of ignoring thrlr debts to us at the same tins- that they are increasing their obligations to others is Steadily diminishing their ultimate capacity to meet America's just claims. . . , America might a* well send a note to tile pi vvi wli h i in i ur lb ht. .f. plaining to them that wo would wel come a preliminary conference on the question of these debts. It is to their interest ns well ns our* that their debts should not mount to an absurd and impossible figure. Their credit in the world's chief financial markets depend* open recognition and pay ment of these debts. Our relief from excessive taxation also -dejienda upon It. Thus both pat! tie* to the transne Hon cun only g in from a fl scansion of the problems involved. Let us have a d- id . 'nfe;. ru *■. New Year Greetings It is mir hope that Pros perity a n d Happiness may attend you in 192-1. and that your reserve account in the bank of good fortune may ever be larger. To this good advice let us add our* thanks for your past fa vors and friendly regard, with a true resolve that our institution shall al ways continue to merit y o u r confidence amt valued patronage. At.et. Over $12 600,C'»0 Reserve Fund 455,000 Increase in Assets for 1923 $2,199,152.54 uimoiNc "HOvi ASSOCIATION Pays 6' ( Quarterly 18th and Harney Streets 35 Years in Omaha New Year's Soliloquy ! Hy Catherine Elizabeth Hanson. .Same old promise to be good— Wouldn't keep it if X could. Same old music, same old song, Same old work the whole day long Same old struggle day and night. Same old bills I have to pay, Same old salary all my life. Same old fashions, same old wire. Same old friends and same old foes, Same old clubs and same old clothes: Same old habits I must shake, Same old promise—made to break. Same old sorrow to be drowned. Same old world—Just turned around. Same old promise to be good— Wouldn't keep it if I could! Daily Prayer | Giving thanks always for all things unto li. ,1 and the Father, In the name of our Lord, Jeaua Christ.— Lph ,-*0. Bui thinks he to God. wbirh glvtth us the victory through out Lord, Jesus Christ.—1 Cor, 16:67. Our Heavenly Father, for all Thou hast given and all Thou hast for given, we thank Thee. For every gift of nature, and Thy favoring providences, and Thy great salvation through Christ, we thank Thee. For blessings within us and around us ;for everything by which Thou hast brought good and drawn us to Thyself through all our lives and the lives of our kin; for our power of understanding, of loving, of home making, of sharing friendships; for the good hope concerning loved ones who have gone from the ways of earth, and for our own expectation of sharing heaven's joy with them through Christ's saving merit—we thank Thee. Hllp us, O Father, to live and work with the cheer of a grateful spirit, overcoming all trouble by the patience of hope and Lbe wisdom of love. So may we share the fellow ship of all who follow Christ, both near about us and in all the world. Amen. HEV. WILLIAM ALLEN KNIGHT, LL.D-. Boston, Mass. ■* A Family Practice. Jones—How Is your young cousin, the doctor, getting on with hla prac tice? Smith—Very siewly. The whole family is trying to help him out, but. of course, we can t be sick all the time.—Boston Globe. Abe Martin Ther may bo some controversy about who stopped th’ war, but no buddy won anything. Folks that hain’t got time t’ stop at railroad crossin’s ought t’ realize that may be someone hain’t got time t’ gath er ’em up an’ put ’em t’gether. (Copyright, 1924. > Everything Considered. “So you want to marry my daugh ter, eh?" “I do. sir.” "Young n an have you considered her farniiy in this matter?” "I hive, sir. I love that girl sc much I d t- willing to put up with anything!’—Birmingham Age-Herald Enlightened Minnesota. Minne-oa has forbidden advertising signs on the main traveled roads. Most of the other s t haven't ever got the grace to feel ashamed oj then.selves.—Cleveland Plain Dealer A Handy Place to Eat Hotel Conant jfctP «nd Harney—Omth* fhe Center of Convenience The Popular Book of the Year Is a Conservative Savings Account Book Popular because it means so much to one’*, welfare. Every entry nears so much more assurance that the years to come will NOT be LEAN years. It is a diary of one’s THRIFTY impulses. One Dollar or more will bring one of these books into your possession. ^Conservative Savings 6loan association 7 7T 7 *7' 77 c2 r n €> y South S.de Afcncy, Kratky Bros., 4S0S E;uth Twenty-fourth Street Railroad Rates and Transportation Costs Railroad Supplies Up 100% Freight Rates - 32 3-10% Passenger Fares 35 3-10% Freight rates and passenger fares on the Union Pacific System have advanced less than half as much as the increase in the cost of engines, cars and other principal items of raihroad expense. Comparing pre-war prices with those of today we find: P«r Cent of Commodity Pre-War Trice Present P: re Increase Rail, r<?r ton .$ 30 00 $ 43.00 436V Freight Locomotive.. 26.000.00 64,000.00 145rV Freight Car . 1,100 00 2,500.00 127cv Ties. each. .35 .84 llOr? Steel (bridges, tanks, etc.). per ton. 50.00 06 00 * 92r> Steel Pi> Fi'ngcr Coach 12.000.00 25.000.00 1 OS ' Cotton Waste, per lb. .05 .095 90c;. Block Signals, mile.. 1,200 00 2,500.00 108 Switch Ijimps, each. 4.04 8.40 108r»* Fuel, per ton . 2.11 3 8 60'v Average annual earn- (1912) (1922) ings, per employe. 894.01 1.808.47 104.6r Taxes . 4,668,878.00 13.251.552.00 280r. In the face of these increases, freight rate* on the Union Pacific Sy»lrm during the same time have increased only 32 3-10 per cent end passenger fares 35 3-10 per cent. In 1013 we received for hauling a ton of freight or. milo, 0 7 mills; for hauling a passenger otto mile. 'd’te. In 192:1 these rates were 1.285 and .3 035. respectively. The 1923 freight rate represents a redretion of about 11*. .•nder 1921 and passenger fr.ros about 8r, under 1921. In order to corn enough gro*s revenue to purchase a pint of ink, it is necessary for us to haul one ton of freight 12 miles; for n cross tie. 65 miles; a hand lantern, 91 miles; one freight car wheel, 1,117 mile!, and one monkey wrench. 97 miles. To pay for a day of track labor it is necessary to haul one ten or freii ht 236 nrles. For it day’s w ges of a freigh: train crew 2.680 miles. For a day's wages of a machine 461 miles. For a ton of fuel 263 miles. The railroads of the 1 r.ited States maintain the lowest rates and the lowest capitalization per nule, while paying the highest wages of any country in the world Fo long as the railroads’ cost of doing business remain* nt the present high level a genera! reduction of freight an passenger rates cannot safelj be made. Constructive suggestion* are always welcome. C. R. GRAY, Omaha, Nebraska, President January I, 1024. UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM