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The Omaha Bee] ilDR N l N G -E VLNIN G—S IINDAY _ _ _✓ THE BEE PUBLISHING CO.. Publisher N. B. UPDIKE, President BALLARD DUNN. JOY M. HACKT«ER, Editor in Chief Business Manager 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 ia 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 ot Circulations, the recognized authority on circulation audits, and The Omaha Bee’s circulation ia regularly audited by their organizations. Entered as second-class matter May 28, 1908. j at Omaha postoffiee under act of March 8, 1879. BEE TELEPHONES Priwate Branch Exchange. Ask for AT lantic 1000 ♦he Department or Person Wanted. OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnam Co. Bluffs—15 Scott St. So. Side—N. W. Cor. 2 4th 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. J Oraahd Vhoie iheV'st is at its Best ••SO THE PEOPLE MAY KNOW.’’ American citizens will pay perfunctory attention to what went on in the committee room when the republican platform was being framed. It is of little moment whose voice was raised, or whose knuckles thumped the table to give emphasis to words. What rame out of the committee room will be closely read by the voters between now and next November. It is in the platform they will find what may be ex pected if the republican party is given power to put its plans into operation. . Voters in Nebraska are chiefly concerned in agri culture, and taxation. On these point* definite pledges are made. The republican party stands com mitted to the restoration of agriculture to an eco nomic equality with other industries. This does not mean maybe. A sincere effort was made in the last congress to secure legislation that would be helpful to the farmers. That it failed is not the fault of the administration group. Democrats persistently op posed every attempt to enact any measure that would be of benefit to agriculture of the west, and they had sufficient help from a group that was opposed to the president to defeat all such measures. But Coolidge is committed to the program, and the convention has pledged the party to extend every effort to set the farmer in his rightful place and give him his full share of prosperity. One of the chief arguments used in behalf of the so-called Mellon plan for reducing taxation is that it was scientific. Admittedly, our system of raising revenue, local, state and nation, is not scientific. Methods of makeshift nature have been adopted or changed from time to time, as expediency might sug gest. Always the true principle of taxation has been ignored or very warily recognized. A com mission to study the entire question, and to propose such reforms as will more evenly distribute the bur dens, permitting none to escape and at the same time oppressing none, is the remedy proposed by the plat form. This is the rightful way to go about the big job. When the tariff question became so acute it was necessary to take it out of politics as far as possible, n nonpartisan commission was established. Just as toon as the democrats came into control of the gov ernment, they abolished the commission, and resorted to their free trade theory. So serious did this blun der prove that the tariff commission was restored, i.nd now it functions, to the relief and satisfaction of all industry. Something of this nature may rea sonably be expected from a tax commission. * * * On prohibition, the klan and suchjike questions, Ihe platform states a policy that can not be ques tioned. Law enforcement is pledged, and the main tenance of freedom under the Constitution, both re ligious and political, is guaranteed. In other regards the party declaration of principles is one that will appeal to the thoughtful. From now on it will be debated in detail, and we feel that as it is given close attention it will seem the more potent. Frank Mondell, in his shbrt speech as chairman, asked that the republican party be given a majority in congress, that it may carry out its pledges to the people. The last congress was unfortunate in having a considerable division between groups of repub licans. The convention has solved some of the ques tions then raised. Henry Cabot Lodge, for example, will hardly be regarded ss an "insurgent,” but he opposed the president as steadfastly as anyone in the senate. He is but a small figure at the convention. So far as the Cleveland meeting has gone, its every step has been in fhe direction of closing up rift* in the party. A new leadership is developing, and a new birth of freedom may be looked for. The republican party eontinnes without serious dispute I the party of the people, firmly devoted to the best in terests of America in all sections. OWED TO THE STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE. , t No, tha Caption is not an orthographical error. It was so written with intent, and a* an intimation of what is to come. No poet could possibly indite an ode worthy of the real, genuine, fresh-from-the-oven >trawherry shortcake, and no orator, though he have the eloquence of a Demosthenes or even a W. J. B., could fittingly paint a word picture worthy of the subject. We refer not to the spongy and tasteless straw berry ahortcake of commerce, but to the artistic creation of the inspired household artist who dis dains all culinary rules of measurement, and with a pinch of this and a pinch of that, concocts, com pounds and creates that toothsome delicacy in all Jtg everlasting glory. Were we charged with the work of providing legal enactments for the people, one of our first chores would be to Pass a Law making it a penal offense to fnlst upon the public a bit of spongecake ornamented with a few fragments of strawberries, under the cognomen of "strawberry shortcake.” And nothing less than from now on at hard labor would adequately punish the offender. What we have in mind, and what, we yearn to have placed In front of us at any old hour of the day or night, ia the strawberry shortcake consisting of a largp, light portion of highly sweetened biscuit dough well baked, then split and delicately soaked in fresh butter, piled high with an amplitude of frash and frapped strawberries, accompanied by a .bowl full of finely granulated sugar and a sizeable pitcher full of thick, rich cream. No, not. the cream *>* commerce, but the cream that memory recalls a* having covered the c/eck of milk in the old spring I ;\ house, so thick and so firm that a spider could skate across its surface and never leave a track. On such occasion we ask only that we be the only one upon our side of the table, that we miy have ample room, and that we be not annoyed by desul tory conversation about politics, the weather, the Franks case or the dope on tomorrow’s races. With such a strawberry shortcake confronting us, flanked by the concomitants mentioned, it is treason of the rankest kind to obtrude with thoughts of sordid and earthly things. It is not given to the victims of the delicatessen, the cafe or the cafeteria, to realize the delight* of the genuine strawberry shortcake. To such there is given only the wpak and feeble imitations of the real thing. It is to be found only in those homes where the housewife gives more thought to culinary skill than to expertness at mah jongg or bridge. The building of strawberry shortcake is an art, a science. It may not be accomplished by rule of thumb, but only by inspiration and genuine love of the good, the beautiful and the true. It is to this sort of strawberry shortcake that we bow down in humble adoration, and to which we in dite this feeble, though heartfelt, tribute of praise. KEEP THE GOOD’ROADS GOING. June rains, more than the spring breakup, em phasize the need for good highways in Nebraska. Travel by roads just now is anything but easy. All but the best of hard-surfaced thoroughfares are in worse than bad conditions because of the rain. True, Nebraska’s porous soil soon takes up the excess moisture, and it will not be long until all the main highways are in good condition. When all have been properly treated, they will be in good condition all the time. Secretary Wallace, in apportioning the $75,000, -—000 government road fund, has apart $1,577,155 for Nebraska. This sum will make possible the com pletion of a considerable mileage in Nebraska, and gradually raise the total of well-built roads to the 8tandard that ought to be maintained. At the end of 1922, the la«t year for which figures are avail able, Nebraska had 496 miles of hard-surfaced high way outside of cities and towns. Of this total 160 miles were constructed during the calendar year 1922. Federal aid road* to the extent of 604.6 miles were completed in 1923. This indicates that at the beginning of the present year 1,100 miles of dependable highway existed in the state. Nebraska has 86,556 miles of public highways outside of in corporated places, so it will he noted that there is much work yet to be done. Douglas county will share in the government al lotment this year to the extent of 12 miles of brick paved highway. The determination to locate the bridge over the Platte river to connect with Saun ders county at the Center street site brings it in line with a road built by government aid. Slowly the state system of all-year round highways is growing, nnd it should be kept moving steadily, until every county and every town in the state is connected by a road that can be used at any time, no matter what the weather. WHAT DID WILL SAY TO CHARLIE? What really took place when the Brothers Bryan met in Chicago last week may have some bearing on the proceedings scheduled to start in New York on June 24. All along it had been supposed that Brother Will was in Brother Charlie’s confidence, but now no less a prophet than George E. Hall sug gest* that the Nebraskan’* boom has been inflated without the consent at least of the Floridan. Under the gentle influences of the Florida pri mary, William Jennings Bryan is reconciled to the candidacy of William Gibbs McAdoo. He has so publicly announced, which is taken to mean that he is not his brother’s keeper, so far as the democratic national convention is concerned. What handicap this will prove to the governor’s prospects must be developed. The consultation held in Chicago may or may not have brought them to an understanding as to a course of conduct, mutual or otherwise. Each is the head of a state delegation, and that is a fart not to be overlooked by the convention. Florida has in structed for McAdoo, but Nebraska democrats go to New York unhaltered, unless the shadowy aspirations of Governor Bryan may be regarded as in some way binding the home boys to stick together. The list of possible candidates still stands at 22 all told, so far as those in the open have been counted and catalogued. This leaves considerable room for scattering, and a deft and able manager may cover ^p his strength and mask his intentions for quite a while behind such a bunch. Some day one of the Bryans may tell what took plare at their conference. Just now a lot of democrats are won dering. We trust that at the most dramatic moment of the New York convention no practical joker will megaphone an announcement to the effect that the 12-mile limit blockade has been broken. French scientists claim to have devised a method of extracting fuel from palm nuta. Would that they could extract some foolishness from the too many nuts who sit behind steering wheels. A large number of men will visit in New York during the convention, hopeful that the 12-mile limit will be contracted about 24 miles. Closing fire house* will not prove popular as a measure of economy. The council might think of some other way to save money. The fuss now being made by the Japanese Is an other reason why the exclusion law was passed. Even from dawn to dusk will keep a flyer busy crossing the continent. One dead burglar is north a hatfull of clues. ----—— Homespun Verse —By Omaha’s Own Poet— Robert Worthington Davie VIVACITY. It seeme se we go forth acroae the vtsia of the years That amllea are not deserved until we've shed «ur share of tears- - Nor ia their worth eseiupllfled ere gloom has had Its sway. And we have faltered as we va tried to lead our forward way. A few of ua e'er cheerful are and show no signs of pain; The weariness that grown with Tim# appears to grow In vain— Bui underneath the aprlghlllneas life's rates are Just as dsep As Minus It we t hose to tell our thoughts, sod often paused to werp How wise, tt la to feign the truth when truth reverts to tears— • To keep the spirit of fre# youth with which to cross the meera, And when decrepit w# have grown, he young enough to share „ The gratitude that lives Peybnd the limits of despair. t ... ".. Somebody’s Liable to Be Crowded Out Onto the Floor If They Aren’t Careful S___—_._—_._ ■ ■ ... '■■■—/ /l&g; i L __ -- “From State and Nation” —Editorials from Other Newspapers— L.-- J con g resunen from southern states which passed the prohibition amend ment with a whoop to declare that state rights are violated by this new amendment. , The makers of the con stitution framed their Instrument for 3,000,000 people, mostly on farms, without factories or industrial prob lems. They would be the first to cry out against the absurdity of fettering legislation for a great industrial na tion of 110,000,000 people by strict ad herence to the letter of 17*8. Whatever injures the health, morals and education of small children in jures national welfare, and when It occurs on this scale and with this per sistcncv Is a subject of national ac tion. The house vote. 3S7 to 69, holds out hope that the necessary two-thirds ran he obtained In the senate. Harmony at Home. A manufacturer of automobile ac cessories was hiring a factory superin tendent. "There's Just one thing more." he I Forests as Friend* to (‘lierish. From tb« Minneapolis Tribuna. This is a good time of the year for vacationists of 1 '*24 to resolve firmly that if they go up into the woods of .Minnesota for an outing they will he exceedingly careful where they build campfires, and even moye careful to put out the fires to the last ember when they are through with them. If It were practical, every resident of the statp and every visiting tour ist who go lo seek recreation or sport in the forests should he supplied with written fore warnings against careless ness with fire, whether it be fire for cooking and warmth, or fir* on the end of a discarded cigar or cigaret. The potential destructiveness of either ifc Incalculable in many instances. Most forest fires are caused by sparks from passing locomotives or are traceable to human thoughtless ness. Some are charged tip to’ brush burners. who take unwarranted risks with their own property and the prop erty of others. Very Infrequently does lightning start a forest fire. The vast destructiveness of fires to th# forest resources of the 1'nlted States Is an old story. Th# hill in dollars and cents runs far into the millions each year. The laying waste ot timber lands has far-reaching ,ef feet. It levies unnecessary frlhut* on every iqan who builds s home for himself. It increases the cost of every article or structure Into which wood enters as a principal materia!. It has its adverse effect on elimate and water fiowage. It tends to dry up lake* and streams, thereby inflirt lug a hurt on the farming business and lessening th# wealth that Is to he found In water power. Still other costly con sequences might be mentioned. Minnesota citizens themselves ought ----\ A be Martin --—h to tie rareful not to cause forest fires in their own state, If they believe it Is economic good sense to cultivate and develop the summer tourist bust ness, iieercationists like the woods In their normal condition, but they do not relish a smoke-laden atmosphere Thev are not attracted by the charred remnant* of dead trees. T ie so la te wastes, either of field or forest, soon pall on them. There are so mane reasons for safe, guarding the forests that it seems every man. woman and child ought to make It a personal matter to lie careful of them, hut unhappily not all are so impressed. That being true, the fire protection laws should be rigidly and impartially enforced. There is so much at stake that excuses are no longer in order. The States and I Wild l abor. From th* New York Sun. It ts almost rtl years since John Spsrgo wrote The Bitter I'rv of the Children.'' snd H. fi. Wells In his book on America gave a scathing chapter to child labor. It Is seven rears since congress "Invaded the lights of the States" by the first of1 its two Sttempts to prohibit child labor, both found unconstitutional. Backward stales have had ample warning that public sentiment w-as determined to stop child labor by na tional action if It was not ended by ttate laws. Yet when th* child labor amendment tossed the house recently I he same old try was raised of "Iaet the states alone; they will soon act." In (he senate th# opponenfs will rely upon southern members rallying to the state rights cry. Actually the states will not lose the right to legislate on child labor. The federal amendment rails for a law whlrh will fix minimum standards, but will allow- any state to enact fuller legislation of Its own. The one right that a few- laggard commonwealth# will lose Is the right to ahos* small children snd to carry on n cut throat competition with more enlightened neighbor* on the basie of this cheap labor. It !• th* h*lcbt of lnoon*!j«?#ncv for j When in Omaha Hotel Conant 250 Room*—250 Rath*—Rites $2 tt» V Th' ole time bride that used t bring her husband a little dowry on th' side now has a danshtrr who’ll nped about ninety dollars' worth o’ denial work done t’ begin with. Nothin’ turns a house upside down like a sirk fat man. (foiirruht. 11:4 )_ NET AVERAGE PAID CIRCULATION for May, 1924, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily... . 73,980 Sunday. 76,373 Data n«t include returns, left- j ovtri, Mmplr* nr pap#* * npniUrf in I f print Inf and tnrludoa no apcrUI talaa nr fra* rlrrulatlnn nf any kind V. A. BRIDC.F,, Cir. M*r. Ju'.sacrthrd and a worn In Kafnrt ms thlt Sth day nf Jtmn, 1f»?4 W H QUIVEY. (Snal) Nniaiy Public • Disc Wheels • Nickeled Radiator Nickeled Headlights Now regular equip ment on Durant Cars : The most powerful 4-cylinder car built. Here 54 year*. Andrew Murphy & Son 14th and Jack»on St*. 11 I Sunny Side up! cJaJce Comfort, nor forget </Ant sunrise nener/ui/eJusv^t^ j /— ===■ ■' T-~ ■ ^ RECOMPENSE. When the work is done snd the toil of day Brings time of rest in the evening gray: When the cares and trials that sore heeet 1 have laid aside, for a time forget, And 1 start for home with a heart elate With thoughts of welcomes that there await— A smiling face at the open door And the kiddies calling to me once more! With the world shut out, and my world within,* 1 can close my ears to the world s harsh din. Forgetting the worry, and stress, and strife In the quiet hours of the loved home life. While others may scheme for power and place, I am well content that a smiling face Shines bright for me 'neath the warm home light, * And my very soul sings, "Right, all right!" O, the light* of home where the loved one* wait Are the boundary marks of my vast estate. The lares and penates are now snugly located In No. 6 of ' the Winona apartments, and, as a result, the skies are a bit bluer, the sun a bit brighter and the present a bit rosier. We , icgret that conditions are such that we can not make proper acknowledgements to certain thoughtful friend*. They are as sored that the latchstring is always out for them. We were awakened on our first morning by s concert, the like of which he had not heard Iri many years. It seems that a convention of song birds had been called for this especial morning. In the huge maple tree that shades our particular apartment's windows. The attendance was surprisingly large, and every delegate was in splendid voice and spirits. None ex hibited a temperamental streak, and there was no professional jealousy. And shortly after the close of the matutinal sym phony of the birds, a bunch of squirrels disported themselves smldst the branches of the old maple, chattering what we took to be a welcome to the city. "Who made Coolidge?" 1* a question now going the round* While not posing a* an authority on such matters, we venture the opinion that Cal had something to do with it. We are quite certain that while a young man he didn't spend hia time loafing In joints or on the street corners and cussing because ** there wasn’t no chance stall for a young fellow nohow. Equally certain are we that he didn’t rear back and declare that the world owed him a living, and loll around waiting for the world to come along and drop his wages In his hat. Why all this ado over the fact that the prince of Wale* tskes an occasional tumble from a horse? Right here In Omaha we can point out. just as capable young men as his princelets dare be who fall off the wagon oftener than he does from his equlnea. but we never see thlr picture In print. Among other thing, we Insist on Passing a Eaw about this thing of toadying so much to British royalty. "When Summer Come*" is heralded s* being one of the popular books of the day. It must be s futuristic novel. WILL M. MAl'PIN. said to the applicant who appeared to be satisfactory. "Could you run a house organ In connection with your other war)!?” "House organ?” said the man with a puzzled expression. "What's the idea of music In a factory?-Everybody’s Magazine. flEK WANT ADS BRING RESULTS . -* 4 Bee Want Ad* produce result*. Good Enough for Grand father, but— A SLATE and a cash till were enough to keep track of a business—a hundred years ago. They have given way to comprehensive auditing systems, cash registers, adding machines and fre quent audits. 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