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The Omaha Bee| MO R N 1 N G—E VEN1N G—S U N P AY THE BEE PUBLISHING CO.. Publisher N. B. UPDIKE, President BALLARD DUNN, JOY M. HACKLER. Editor in Chief Buainesa Manager — ■■■■■ ■ ■ ■ '■■■■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ .. 1 ■ 11 MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press, of which The Bee is a member, is exclusively entitled to the use for lepublication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and aiso the local news published herein. All rights of republication of our special dispatches are also reserved. The Omaha Bee is a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the recognized authority on circulation audits, and The Omaha Bee's circulation is regularly audited by their organizations. Entered as second-class matter May 28, 1908, at Omaha postoffice under act of March S, 1879. BEE TELEPHONES Priv.tn Branch Exch.nge. A*k for AT Untie 1000 the Department «»r Person Wanted. OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnam Co. Bluffs—IS Scott St. So. Side—N. W. Cor. 24th N. New York — World Bldg. Detroit—Ford Bldg. Chicago—Tribune Bldg. Kansas City—Bryant Bldg. | St. Louis—Syn. Trust Bldg. Los Angeles—Higgins Bldg. San Fran.—Hollrook Bldg. Atlanta—Atlanta Trust Bldg. I- —-> Omaha Vhefc tho^bst is at its Best BROOKHART, THE PROTEST. Smith W Brookhart we still have with us. What has he done to merit renomination? Chiefly he suc ceeded in keeping his name on the front page of the newspapers during the pre-primary weeks. He was not particularly careful about the methods he employed, but whether through the use of the slimy Ciaston B. Means or the recital of hearsay against dead men, he kept his name in the head lines. Unfortunately a great many believe that noise means action. Truth is Brookhart has done nothing constructive, and what is more never will. He has on* of those peculiar minds that does not know the toil and tears it takes to build an organization. He sees a ghost in everything he does not under stand. Therefore his delight is in tearing down. • * * Brookhart is a protest. In his person Iowa in supporting him is also a protest. And, too, it is a protest that somehow must be heeded. Politics, particularly in the west, has fallen upon strange days. It groans and creaks under a weary load. Chiefly this is true because politics has ceased to be politics—it has become economics. That is, our problems are economic. As we have no method of unit expression save through politics, we seek to distill all our economic woes in the alembic of po litical action. Laws and more laws—curbing of business, and more curbing—government as the savior. These are the things men turn to and seek through them to solve their problems. It is a groping in the dark. Brookhart is the blind leader of the blind. * • • President Coolidge, who is the very antithesis of Brookhart, carried the west triumphantly because he stands definitely for principle. He will carry the west in November for the same reason. And yet we will doubtless have at the same time the paradox of Brookhart and Coolidge winning together by the suf frage of the same voters. Surely politics has fallen .upon strange days. Confused, inexplicable! The great work of the future is to provide a forum wherein we ran solve our economic problems through unit action. « » » Until that day comes the tides of politics will continue to be inexplicable, Brookharts and Cool idges will continue to win on the same ticket. Until that day comes business—big business and little busineos, the boast of our American system of indi vidual initiative—will continue to be buffeted about by government interference. It is the natural re sult of trying to solve economic questions through political action. Until that day comes, however, it is well to re member Brookhart, the protest. There he stands ami he ran not be ignored. In himself he means little, as an expression of the protest of Iowa, he means much. COLLECTING A LIVING FROM THE WORLD. A foolish adventure has just come to a sorry end ing in New Jersey. A young woman, garbed in an evening gown, silk stockings and pumps, set out with a male companion, to wrest a living from nature with their bare hands. The girl had been told she could not even catch a rabbit, and so she wanted to demonstrate her prowess in woodcraft. However, when a man accustomed to life in the woods, found the pair hovering around a small fire, the girl was barefooted, her dress was torn to rags, and she sob bingly asked to he Liken to the nearest telephone. She is now resting in the comforts of civilization to which she was accustomed. It is all well enough to talk of the untutored savage. He knows little of books, but much of na ture. His earliest lessons are those that will serve him well in life, and all his days he is taught how to provide from the wilds for his creature needs. He learns how to outwit the birds and the beasts, what plants, roots, berries and hark are good for food, and a lot of other things civilised man has no need to learn. Many a traveler in the Australian waste ilied from thirst, because the unfriendly natives kept the secret of the eucalyptus tree, in whose bole a store of water is carried. Only recently has any proper method of preparing acorns for food become known, yet Indians ate them for many generations. So the tale might he extended. Stefansson may thrive in the Arctic region, because he knows how to take the game found there, but he has not had many imitators among white men. One who knows how can collect a living from the world almost any where, but the true secret of savage life is not taught in Greenwich Village. OLD SETTLERS’ PICNICS. The season for Old Settlers’ picnics is at hand, and Palmyra, down in old Otoe county, leads ofT on June 12, weather permitting. Senator Norris has been asked to officiate as orator of the day, which invitation may or may not meet with the approval of the unusually large numbpr of kissable Nebraska maidens resident of thnt section. If Senator Norris finds that his official duties prevent acceptance, or lie fears dire political results from facing the ruby red lips of the handsome cornfed maidens of Otoe, we understand that Governor Bryan will he invited. It is not likely that the governor would allow official duties to prevent him from an opportunity to make political hay, and still less likely that he would falter before a battery of sweetly puckrrrd feminine lip". There hould he more interest shown in the or L.inizal ion of Old Set tiers' societies, more interest taken by the pioneers in getting together to talk over the old days when the land was young, more cultivation of the social side of life. One day in tha year is little enough time to give to living over the old days, cementing old friendships and making new ones. The younger generation needs to know more about the toil and sacrifices that have made possible the comforts and advantages of today. Whether it be Senator Norris or Governor Bryan who addresses the old timers at the Palmyra picnic, we hope the weather is propitious, the old timers feeling good and everything in line for a grand time. Knowing more than a few things about the culi nary ability of the good housewives down Palmyra way, we feel at liberty to remark at this time that we know one or two, in fact three or four, news paper workers in Omaha who are merely waiting for personal invitations to attend and demonstrate their good judgment in the matter of edibles, to say nothing of their capacity. COME ON WITH THE BRIDGE. Whatever the obstacle may be that is holding back the bridge over the Platte river between Saun ders and Douglas county, it should be removed or overriden. People of both counties want the bridge. It means an outlet to market for the farmers of a considerable part of Saunders county. It means an outlet to trade for Omaha business men. Both coun ties are agreed on the need for the bridge, and stand ready to meet the share of the cost that falls to each. That would seem to be a simple proposition, one easily enough adjusted. Yet a dispute over which of two possible sites is to be preferred has held back the construction for many months. Douglas county has paved a highway leading to the water’s edge, on the supposition that one site would he chosen. Saunders county authorities favored the other. Each has sup ported its position with dignity and some insistence, until the deadlock has reached a point where it is likely to result in forfeiture of the state aid, which amounts to half the cost of the bridge. Now, the state engineer declines to settle the dispute without time to consider. This might be all right, but the merits of the case have been very gen erally discussed, and any arguments one way or the other have been answered by either side. A decision is called for, and should be forthcoming. All who are interested in the bridge, even remotely, are anx ious to have it built. Somebody ought to decide without any further parley as to where the bridge is to be built, and then set in motion the machinery for building it as soon as possible. Personal interests should not pe permitted to longer delay a sadly needed public convenience. IS SWAPPING A LOST ART? Two young women and a boy, claiming to be horse traders, but held for investigation by Dodge county authorities suspected of stealing animals in their possession, recall memories of a day when the inter esting vocation of swapping was almost an art. In early times, particularly in newer communities, rash was scarce, and payment of debts was almost uni versally made in kind. This practice developed into a considerable industry. It was not only the country editor who took his pay in stove wood, edibles and such, hut professional men, doctors, lawyers and ministers, were similarly compensated. The dona tion party may easily be recalled by some preachers who have not yet reached the retirement age. Merchandising involved much of swapping. Gro ceries and supplies of various kinds were exchanged for butter, eggs and the like. Peddlers made periodical journeys over regular routes, trading tin ware and other articles of househld use for farm produce. Kvpn dry goods and cloth for clothing, boots and other necessaries were handled by these peripatetic merchants. Naturally, this form of doing business sharpened wits on both sides, and the chaffering that accompanied a trade was a most es sential part of the transaction. One of the outstanding features of the custom was that of trading horses, which soon came to be something entirely apart, and amounted almost to a separate industry. Some, like David Hamm's prototype, had great success, but others gained their reward chiefly from the excitement the game af forded. Plenitude of currency has effected such a great change in the methods of doing business that barter is almost forgotten. The market report ami the bank check have taken the place of the old-time swapping meets, so that the presence of two girls who hope to revive an ancient custom is interesting if not a hopeful sign. Democrats who for years sneezed when Mr. Bryan took snuff are scandalized by the rumor that Presi dent Coolidge will he nominated without opposition and allowed a considerable voice in the making of the platform. As usual the democrats are building fheir hopes upon the lack of harmony in republican ranks, which fact should be sufficient to close up republican ranks without further loss of time. “Poincare's Position" is editorially discussed by the Milwaukee Journal, although we have been la boring under the delusion that it was recumbent and somewhat bruised. Congressman .lost of Missouri, who declines re nomination because he is tired of blocs and combines, may he a man of discernment, but he strikes us as being a quitter. California will not object to hari-kari as a pro test against Japanese exclusion, provided it. is Japanese and not California doorsteps that are all mussed up. One way to stop the growing disrespect for law is to stop the enactment of so many laws of the damphool variety. -I Homespun Verse —By Omaha'i Own Poet— Robert Worthington Doric \ OBSERVATION. f,It 11* one* T name them now. Hot my dream portray* them when There 1* Kray shove my brow, And the little one* sie men . I.It tie one* whose wholesome Joy* Take* the rare* of life sway, Vnd they are the Utile tiny* » Who will he IPs men some day. And their whim* ami gesture* bring Pleasures niimheiles* ami denr, While their reaaeles* rnllh king Fashion* life delightful h*i*. oh! the hlis* that they endow. And nihievement* promised when I'liev have grown, enthuse me now. And I pintle them a* men The Ineligible Daughter " " ] v_____ - ---—- " fpapjfcyPi 1.._.I r-- ' Letters r rom Our Readers All letter* vntiaf He airbed. Hut name will l»e witliliehl upon request, t'om iiiuninitiiuia of ‘!*>0 worUn and lea* will be fiirn prrferener. --—--^ About the Mcuif Creed. Omaha.—To the Kditor of The Omaha Bee: Often men discuss mat ters they do not understand, or. possi 1*1 v, we may he "lopsided" in our views. For instance, in The Omaha .Morning Bee of May 31 someone, signing himself. "The«Truth Dlstrlbut ing Company. P. o. Box No. 7." In referring to the Methodists proposal to change the "Apostles* treed." after making some statements I should call "lopsided." asked: "Why not insert the words -The Holy Met ho dlst church?" May I say in our friend of "Truth:" We could honestly say that, in like manner, could the Bap tist. Presbyterian and other churches, hut that would not he ‘'catholic.*' rather, it would he narrow, sectarian and possibly selfish. The word ''cath olic," according to an old hook I refer to sometimes, usually called "Web iter's Dictionary, ’ means "universal or general, not narrow minded, par tial or bigoted: liberal ... a per ron who accepts the creeds which are received in common by all parts of the orthodox t'hristlan church.” Methodists do not say "I believe In the Holy Homan Catholic church," though we believe there are many good folk in that vhuri h and in other ' 111!ri fles as well. The t ‘hrlstiaf! man has a pure heart, clean hands and is a man of love, service and sacrifice, and he may lie found in any denomin.i tlon. and some!lines none. The uni form does not make the man. .1. A. JOHNSON. Must Have 'Em. "P», what a the difference between a luxury and a necessity?’’ "Very little, my boy. these days they ate considered about the earn* thing.Boston Tranacrlpt. 'l Martin \--—-—-«' I I Suppose one does become an ex pert golfer, then what? It takes a feller quite a while t’ act natural in an automobile, but his women folks sink inf’ th‘ cushions like they wui born an’ raised in a ear. i • op V r Igtit, 1114 ) NET AVERAGE I PAID CIRCULATION for M*y, 1924, of THE OMAHA BEE Dally. 73,980 Sunday. 76,373 l)oai not Intlud* rotnrna. I#ft nvrra, aamplra or papm apoilod in printing and (ntludra no aperial aal*a or fia* circulation of any kind. V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. M*r. Nubartibad and aworn tn brfor* ina thia Nth day of Jiin*. 1R24 W H QUIVF.Y. (Saal) Notary Public 1/-p “From State and Nation” V__> The Coining Campaign. Krum the Toledo I A few days ago congress laid aside ! business in older to pay tribute to 'lie inemorv of Warren (» Harding. ! Very many beautiful things were j said of the late president. His manll ness was praised and his simplicity. It was told how he was without ar rogance or any claim*to superiority.' lie was brother to ali whose striv-l ings in countless communities, whose: eagerness, adaptability, energy, ven 1 tiresomeness and common sense gave him the stamp of the American character." Many circumstance* mad® the scene touching and impressive. And yet. in th® case nf numl>ers of persons w ho j were present, if is like to he forgot ten. We hav® entered upon a political j campaign which promt*** to be! marked by little good temper and few , i scruples. Already, the oil scandal hasi been seized upon to ruin the reputa tions of citizens, remotely connected with the petroleum industry, but hav ing the misfortune to belong to a po litical organization opposed by their critics. This hunt for damaging tes timonv, a good deal of it damaging only by the ugliest of inferences. ma\ go farther than any one now may guess. There at* even hints todav that it may i>*ro h ns far as th® tomb of the d®ad. Mr. Frank Vanderlip! Indicated what passions may control men who engage In such pursuits after evil. To them, th® most hum rent a< tions may come to seem to b® t proof of th® devil’s mastery. The end of the campaign in Novern her will be also the end of the frantic scramble to get “something" on p«dlt j leal opponents and opposing political I parties Then there will he a *ob®« j separating of rumor frqm fact, of j guiltlessness from guilt of wild guess Ing and wilder charges from that; which deserve* the prison cell. The strong common sense of the! people can prevent this campaign j from becoming merely a period of | filthy muckraking. It can do this by. checking th# fervor of those politi When in Omaha Hotel Conant 250 Rooms—250 Balhs—Rates $2 to $5 \ns KitTim.siKvr. Mr* MIRTH V STRAYKR ARE YOU A SUFFERING WOMEN? Health is Most Important to You Lincoln, Neb.—“At one tlm* I been me very miserable with weakness from which women suffer, 1 suffered all the time, one of mv neighbor* urged me to take Or. Pierce’s Favor ite Prescription because tt had cured her of similar symptoms, so I decided to try it. The first bottle made me fi*< I so much better, T took four more, and fret certain that in that one ex parlance ‘Favorite Prescription' saved me from the operating table and the surgeon’* knife. Two years after wards when the turn of life coni menced, I took the 'Prescript ton' again with the result that l came through strong end healthy and am still maintaining wonderful health.” Mis Martha Shaver. ?l* Ho. 19th St S' nd 19c to Hr. Pierce s. Puffttlo, N. Y , for trill pkg Prescription tab lets. I ciana who have the habit when speaking of working themselves Into the hydrophobiae emotionalism of the flying dervish. There will he need of but. a rebuking word. If this be not done, t lie campaign may he some thing to hark hack to only with shame—the scene in congress when the tale of Warren Ilarding was told wilt lie only a mockery. Occupation and Longevity. Prom ths I'olunibu* J<l*p»n h. There is »n old saying that It is lietter to wear out than to rust out If one prizes length of years it is en couraging to lie told that the rusting of idleness cuts life away more rap Idly than the wear of productive work. The Heartiorn Indejiendent quotes fig urea which give to IDS picked men of action an average length of life of over 73. On the other hand, a list of 125 supposed to represent the con templative rather than the active life —"artists, authors. scientists and saints"—shows an average of little over 64. The general conclusion is probably [sunny side up <lake Comfort, nor foroet y <7Aa/ sunrise net/er failed us yet _ J €•!•*i 7kaJttr j H itemoval of the I’nlon I’s < f.<■ ticket office to the neighbor hood of .Sixteenth and Farnan in only of passing interest to us now. In times agone we couiu drop into any ot Ihe city ticket offices and exchange a pleasant emile for a ticket to anywhere within reason. Now only dire necessity or a desire to res-all I vanished memories impels us tsi visit them. A\ e never realized Just how rapidly Omaha is growls* until * we least in a down hill vontetnpoiaiy of a visitor from Ar gentina, flouth Omaha. ' \A e w ill not tie satisfied that ttie Ak Sar-Ben races are all that they should be until the two Charleys, Irwin and Oardner, render vocal duels Ijetween sprlms. • AVe give It out cold, right here and now. that If the two national plaiforma contain all the theories anil jier»onal opin ions voiced during the present session of congress, we are going to write one of nur own and lie the sole candidate there on. It will lie brief and to the point. "To Shoel wish the w hole b'llln’ of them:” After mature deliberation we ha-e decided that this nation can not jazz, joy ride and gin ricky its way Vsack to prosperity. Neither can it bridge, bootleg and borrow Itself out of debt. Neither can it weep, wail and whine Itself out of its gloom and depression. Intelligent industry and tirel c“s thrift are fore most factors and must be utilized. I _ At the risk of being called a "corporation tool” bv those who never have a good word to say for a public utility, we make mention of the fact that recently we rode from Forty third and Leavenworth to Flor ence, and back to Fifteenth and Farnam for the sum of 14 cents. This waa considerably less than 1 cent a mile, which, everything considered, strikes u* as being ttie cheapest transportation possible, barring riding I on a pass, which would be illegal. AVe have It figured out that we could not buy enough gas for the family flivver to carry us the distance. : - i A was a retired farmer, B a retired merchant, and C a retired banket. All were wealthy, and individually they were pointed to as exemplary citizens who had honestly earned their wealth and were entitled to spend the rest of their lives in leisure. But inaction palled upon men who had led active lives and they decided to get back Into the business game. It , struck them that by combining their fortunes they could lm- U ’ prove their little city and surrounding country by building an interurban railroad, installing a fine light and power plant and putting in a telephone system. This they proceeded to do, and no sooner were their great enterprises running than by com mon consent they were three of the oneriest, crookedest and most dangerous citizens that ever infested the community. This is exactly wshat has happened in hundreds of Instances all over this country. The only moral we can think of in this connec tion is this: "Invest your money in tax free securities and hold th» respect of the people." A friend Informs us that the most enjoyable vacation he hss had In years was when b* went to a local picture house Land slept through ' Three AVeek*.” AVILL M. MAUPIN. - true, but there is little evidence of a rigorous scientific method of getting at it. Men who. judged by their achievements, must be classified as ' men of action," are not Infrequently quite remiss in giving to their physi cal nature the advantages suggested In- the word "action,” On the other hand, authors, artists and scientists, who are classified in ttlie case as rep resentatives of “the contemplative life." are not infrequently devotees of vigorous bodily exercises, includ ing riding, mountain climbing, boat ing. golf, etc., as well as the indoor use of gymnasium appliances. ~~ TREE SPECIALISTS Vr»r« ef *rp*rtrnre hate mads as et [> x in the (retirees ef TKEE SX fl irt It Y. Pont attempt to tier trrr year trrr. toortrlf—it mar praxa fatal ta llirir i r. I all an at ta retrain anr tmirt ami to gits you adtira. COtli and Podge C F Baldwin. 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