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The Omaha Bee MORNIN G—E V E N I N G— S UNDAY THE BEE PUBLISHING CO.. Publisher N. B. UPDIKE. President BALLARD DUNN. JOY M. HACK I.ER, Editor in ChiefBusiness Manager * MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press, of which The Bee is a member, * Is exclusively entitled to the use for republieation of oil «»ws dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In thle paper, and also the loeal news published herein. . AD rights of republication of our special dispatches are g - also reserved. 5 The Omaha Bee Is a member of the Audit Bureau sf ♦ Circulations, tha recognised authority on circulation audits. J and The Omaha Bee’s circulation is regularly audited by { their organisations.__ • Entered as second-class matter Mag 28, 1901, at Omaha postoffice under act of March 8, 1879. a “ BEE TELEPHONES ; Private Branch Exchange. Ask for * T I s- ) non ; the Department or Perscn Wanted. A1 lantlC IUUU 1 OFFICES < » Main Office—17th and Karnam J Chicago—Steger Bldg, e Boston—68 Dovenehire St., Room 8 Seattle—A. L. Nielr. 514 Lary Bldg. Los Angeles— Fred L. Hail, San Fernando Bldg. San Francisco—Fred L. Hail. Sharon Bldg. » New York City—270 Madison Ava._ « MAIL SUBSCRIPTION RATES • DAILY AND SUNDAY . i year 86 00, 6 months $3.00. 3 momna 81.76, l month 76c DAILY ONLY 1 year 84.50, 6 months $2.75, 8 months $1.60, 1 month 76c SUNDAY ONLY " 1 year $3.00. 6 months $1.75. 8 months 81.00, 1 month 60r ' Subscriptions outside the Fourth postal rone, or 600 miles from Omaha: Daily and Sunday, $100 per month *1 daily on'y. V5c per month. Sunday only. 60c par month J’l CITY SUBSCRIPTION RATES a Morning and Sunday.1 month 85e. 1 week 20c •'! Evening and Sunday.1 month 66c, 1 week 16c l Sunday Only .1 morth 20c. 1 week »e j • «■ ■ ■ - • 1 • - f * | Graaha-Vhefe the^st is at its Best i-i manage and direct that great railroad, let’s remem ber that what Babaon has said of the railroad, he has also said of them. WILL LABOR HEED THE MESSAGE? "In order to give wage earners reasonable ad vantages, their right has been established to or ganize, to bargain collectively, and to negotiate through their own chosen agents. . . . Com pulsory arbitration has sometimes been proposed, but to my mind it can not be reconciled with the right of individual freedom. Along with the right to organize goes the right to strike.’’ Sounds like the utterance of a “labor skate,” doesn't it? Well, it is not Samuel Gompera speak ing, nor Robert Marion La Follette. ’ It is Calvin Cooolidge, president of the United States, laying down some of the views he holds with regard to labor. How much plainer could he make his attitude? What could be added to this utterance of the president and the declaration of the Cleveland platform, that would make the case stronger for labor? The platform declares for the child labor amend ment—for the relief of women employed in indus try—for high standards of wages and conditions in all industry—for the short work-day—for the con tinuation of the rehabilitation of workers under the vocational training board—for the restriction of immigration—for free federal employment agencies, and for assistance to the casual or migratory labor ers. On the railroad labor question, the platform says: "The labor hoard provisions of the present law should be amended wherever It appears from ex perience that such action is necessary. Collective bargaining, mediation and voluntary arbitration are the most Important steps in maintaining peaceful labor relations, and should be encouraged. We do not believe in compulsory arbitration ut any time in the settlement of labor disputes.’’ Workingmen, organized or unorganized, should note that. The republican party does not believe in compulsory arbitration. The president says it can not be reconciled with the right of individual Remember the Poor D_>g That Tried Too Hard to Better Himself? j __ ______-J SUNNY SIDE UP' c.lakjt Comfort, nor forqtt 9*g/ j Forty years as an observer of men and events in Nebraska enables us to recall much of political history that 1s Interest ing, and some that is Instructive. We have seen the greenback craze rise and fall. We were on deck when anti-monopoly was the guerdon and watched with Interest the pass holders and corporation lawyers enlisting In the ranks. We managed to restrain our then youthful enthusiasm while the Farmers Al liance was causing the old line politicians sleepless nights, later to see that struggling for the light swallowed up by designing men who thought more highly of the loaves and fishes than they did of human rights. We became part of the maelstrom that whirled and boiled when free silver was the shibboleth, and were a passive on looker when Imperialism reared Its horrid fr >nt to frighten divers and sundry politicians into conniption fits The war cry of "Let the People Rule" aroused ua to some degree, but as time w-ent on It became Increasingly difficult to arouse our enthusiasm, IWe have seen so many yarba and roots boiled up into nauseous concoctions and offered to the people as a sure cure for ail their Ills, that we have l>ecome suspicious of all political (doctors offering cure alls for what alls us. Political voodoolsm : no longer appeals to us, though in timeri gone by we were con I jured more than onre by the Juba makers. From the window which lets In the blessed September sunlight we Took calmly out upon the political ghost dancers, and feel not the slightest urge to join therein. We are now enjoying an employment tftat affords us ample time for ruminat.on and reminiscence, and v.e utilize it to hark back and take a calm and dispassionate review of four decades And the more we ruminate and reminisce the more we are con vinced that it is a waste of time to follow off after ghost dancers and Inimical to mind and body to swallow the eoncoc tlons of the root and yarb doctors of political economy. - Forty years of It, and we are reminded of the old colored woman whose husband spent {he entire holiday riding the merry-go-round. “You's done spint youah money an’ you’s been ridin' all day, but wh»r you bin?" 9 We've been going 'round and ’round in Nebraska for 40 years, but where have we been? And where are we now? We "have decided In our own mind, and offer you the de clslon for what It Is worth, to decline further following of the political ghost dancers or more swallowing of the root and yarb concoctions. We are firmly sot ac la any more reforms until we have had time to catch up with some already forced upon us. We shall oppose further legislation to make us ail rich and prosperous until legislation already enacted has beer, given a chance to show what It can do. And henceforth and forever the candidate who can arouse In us enough enthusiasm to cause hat waving and wild gyration will have to reach fur ther heights than any candidate of days past. WILL M. MAUP1N. I THE CASH REGISTER—IV. I Let us all for a moment keep our eyes on th< {cash register. Let us stand with President Cool •idge in the presence of that great national casi 'register on which he fixes his eyes, and fortunately 'from whch he does not let them stray very far. * Here is what we will see, as Coolidge sees it {and as he referred to it in his speech of acceptanc< "When we come to realize that the yearly ex I pensee of (\11 the governments In this country have * reached the stupendous sum of about $7,500,000,000 , we get some Idea of what this means. Of thi; 5 amount about $3,500,000,000 is needed by the na * tlonal government, and the remainder by local gov I ernments. Such a sum Is difficult to comprehend l It represents all the pay of 5.000,000 wage earner; * receiving $5 a day, working 300 days in the year * If the government should add on $100,000,000 of ex * pense, It would represent four days more work of * these wage earners. These are some of the reasons * why I want to cut down public expense." {. This is a stupendouo record. And we may {say to our democratic critics, can only be discov Jered by keeping our eyes on the cash register. No &ill gazing will show it to us. Tho man who “lifts Jup his eyes unto the hills” misses the tremendous •story of the cash regster. * * * * \ President Coolidge, after reading these figures the cash register had this further to say about j'hem: "These results are not fanciful, they are not ♦ imaginary; they are grimly actual and real, reaching ■j into every household In the land. They take from * each home annually an average of over $300. And •’-‘taxes must he paid. They are not a voluntary con t—.rrfbutlon to be met out of surplus earnings. They .ware a stern necessity. They come first. It is only •ajifrt of what Is left after they are paid that the neces mStlof, of food, clothing am! shelter can be provided. 8Bc comforts of home secured, or tho yearnings of w£e soul for a broader and more abundant life gratl When the government effects a new economy, grants everybody a life pension with which to ‘^^jSjlse the standard of existence. It Increases the -{^ialus of everybody's property nnd raises the Hcale of everybody’s wages. One of the greatest favors that can be bestowed upon the American people la economy In government." Lift the burden of taxes is the great goal Presi dent Coolidge has set for himself. “When the gov ernment effects a new economy,” he saVs, "it raises the standard of existence, it increases the value of prosperity, it raises the scale of wages.” * • * To the man in the shop, in the store, in the fac tory, on the farm, all of whom know how closely they must watch their own cash registers, this analysis of government expenses is the most elo quent speech that will be delivered during the cam paign. They can understand, too, the hope for the fu ture, expressed by the president who keeps his eyes upon the cash register. "I want the people of America to he able to work less for the government,” he says, "and more for themselves I want them to have the rewards of their own industry. This is the chief meaning of freedom. Until we can re-establish a condition under which the earnings of the people can he kept by the people, we are hound to suffer a very distinct curtailment of our liberty." "The chief meaning of freedom.” Those demo crats who prefer a president gazing at the hills may not understand the man who keeps his eye* upon the cash register, but those who pay the taxes un derstand him. They understand, too, that 'at this time the greatest demand is for that freedom of which Coolidge speaks. OMAHA AND THE UNION PACIFIC. We are often too dose to the things around us to get a proper perspective of them—and therefore, often, we'do not realize their importance. Many of us are so close to the city of Omaha - we are so used to it and Its Institutions that we do not realize its importance in the family of cities. It 1* the duty of a newspaper to recall these thing to mind. The newspaper occupies the position of a show window for the city in which it is published. Too often it shows the dark side of city life, and leaves the big things, the constructive things, the things that build, unexpressed. We say this by way of introducing attention to one of the really big things of Omaha that is recog nized outside the city, but to which our own atten tion is not often directed, because we are so close to it that wo have grown accustomed to it. We refer to the Union Pacific railroad wth its head quarters in Omaha. Roger Babson, business engi neer, maker of business charts and analyst of busi ness, says this in a recent bulletin: "All In nil, considering the record of earnings, able management, strategic position, excellent con dltlon or roadbed and equipment, and especially the large revenues from huge Investment which are n veritable treasure house, Union Pacific must be con aldered at the forefront of American railroads.” This Is a splendid picture for the people of Omaha to hang on the walls of their memory. And while we look upon this picture of the !n jfctxtion that stands "at the forefront of American railroads,” let us remember that It has bren(hu!lt largely by Omahana. When we meet the men who freedom. The Barkley-Howell bill, on which such stress is laid by the railroad unions, did provide for com pulsory arbitration. Moreover, it made the award of the arbitration board the order of the federal court in whose district the proceedings were had. All the power of the United States government was back of that award. Where is there any liberty or freedom of action in that? Arbitration supported by the bayonet is not what labor wants. We believe the workers of the United States have intelligence sufficient to enable them to distinguish between promises that can not be fulfilled and the pledges of a responsible party that has a record of redeeming its pledges. The right to organize, to strike, to bargain collectively, to choose representa tives, and to arbitrate voluntarily, all are guaran tied by the republican platform and the candidates stand on that. What does the worker, organized or unorganized, skilled or unskilled, ask more than an even break? The wonder-workers promise more, but can they deliver? Is it not best to play safe when fooling vrith your bread and butter? GOSPEL ACCORDING TO “FIGHTING BOB.” “From him that hath shall be taken, and unto him that hath not shall be given.” The ant shall toil all summer In order that the grasshopper may live in ease and idleness through the winter. The honey bee’s accumulated store of wealth shall be divided with the potato bug, and the chipmunk and the red squirrel shall share with the weasel. Thus will a balance be struck and everybody made happy. The idle, incompetent, the frivolous and the prodigal may go their ways. Content in the knowledge that they will be permitted to share the fruits of the efforts of the industrious, capable, frugal. Those who pursue pleasure may do so with out worry as to the future, for those who are so stupid as to engage in production will be required to divide with those who produce nothing. Nor will their efforts bring especial reward to those who devise improvements of any sort, or in vent means for bettering the condition of man. All such achievements will be for the benefit of the whole of society, and consequently society will enjoy them. The inventor will be amply compensated by the reflection that his genius has made existence more pleasant for those who never think save fo; their own convenience. The sole incentive to effor! will be the thought of doing something for another Plato’s Republic, the ideal state of Pythagoras. More’s Utopia, the dreams of II. G. Wells, the dogma of Karl Marx, and the aspirations of Nicolai Lenin, all are to be realized. If you doubt this read very carefully the addresses of the La Follettes, father and son, made on Monday. They do not say so In that many words, but the inference is unavoidable. And as the sage long ago remarked of strong drink, “Whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.” i'**r Pollen plead* pnthetica'ly with John M Paul not to rock the boat. Floyd, you understand, is standing precariously on both tlyr democratic and progressive state tickets. Maybe the wets are glad to see the dry* going after (he governor, but (he governor '•ertninly. hopes to got the dry vote. He knows he will have the wets. Wheat yields of 60 bushels to the acre give little encouragement to the party of discontent in Ne braska. Will Omaha be there to give “Charlie” Dawes a welcome home? Watch the parade Friday night. Judge Caverly is at least winning respect for the quality of patience he is showing. King Corn Hoes not mind a scorching that does not last too long. /■ *• ■■ S ■■■ -- —■ ■■ -w t Homespun Verse — By Omnha’i Own Pocf — Robert Worthington Davie v------— YOUR MOTHER. When you haven't a friend. And with woe you contend. And your thought* eeein to burden each other.— Put aorrow away A* fndeth the day, And go horn* for a vlelt with mother When dleeenalon and etrlfe Make n quandary of life, And you ycnrn to confide tn another.— Remember thnt you Have a friend ever true And fain to console you—your mother When you dtHtantly roam And nro lonesome for home. And are tempted to falter, my brother,— Think then, and abide With the virtue aupplled In the beautiful teachings of mother. For eh# I* a friend Who I* true to the end. And nothing her fervor can amother; And love never die* For a boy In the eye* Or the heart of a wonderful mother. f---T“-) Letters From Our Readers i All letter* mn«t he *igned. hat name w III he withheld upon request. Co«bu*1 ' ration* of 200 word* and lea* will lx- clren preference. —----«-' How Tall Wan Buffalo Bill? Omaha—To the Editor of The Oma ha Bee: I have seen him probably 20 times—first In 187(1 In Davenport. la., Scott county being"hls birthplace. On this occasion he was playing on the stage with Texas Jack who so favor ed him that they might have passed for twins. Cody a little the taller. As dressed then and as I again s iw him In Chicago in 1888 he looked over 6 feet. Later I saw him on the street In Hurlingt'n, In., when he looked less than ti feet. I was Introduced to him at the time he was given the rank of colonel. Being Introduced as Captain Cody, he promptly said I will "go you one better" and pro duced hls commission. At this time I do not remember having gained nnv lasting Impression ns to hls height. I saw him In hls show at Chicago the day of the "cold storage fire, he was on his horse, looking rather stocky; remember well his riding In front of the grandstand and saluting General Sherman. I have seen him several tlrr's In street parades The lust lime 1 saw him was at the Albany hotel. Denver, In 1910. where I stocyl on a level with him and had an op portunlty to estimate hls height: 1 figured that hls eyes were about on a level with mine, and t am lust 9 feet, 10’i Inches; so I figure he wa* not less than 5 feet 10 Inches nor more than 5 feet 11 Inches. If It could be learned that he ever had life Insurance, the Insuring com pany would have a record of hls measurements. ,T. T. DAILEY, 2020 North Thirty-first street. Why Waste Your Y’nte? Kansas City.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: I have often wondered— why Is a democrat? 1 no longer wade In the fog of Ignorance A minister of the gospel has slated that the hu man, being Is sprung from the sss. Someone, probahly a lifelong democrat, made the donkey the symol of democ racy. He knew what h« was about. The donkey Is noted for thlckheadrd ness, hullheadedncss. chronic kicking sml much noise with hls mouth. As a symbol of the democratic party he Is perfect. Last presidential election, when Mr. Cox was i candidate, he Indulged In much vituperation and “mud sling ing." which helped a lot to roll up the Immense vote for Harding. Mr. Davis Is taking a much more polite method of slamming the republicans, but It will amount to the same thing In the end. He and “Brother Char lie" are urging Mr. Coolldge to etate hie stand on the Kn Klux Klan. To my mind he has already very plainly Stated It when he says he Is for living up to the constitution of the United .States, said constitution saying in flaln, unmistakable terms what the president's “stand" should he on re ligious or race questions. Mr. Davis has said that he is against the Ku IClux Klan, but lie has not said what he Intends to do with the klan, pro viding he is elected. Suppose we ask him to state his intentions In this re gard. Does he intend to abolish the klan or what? So far as I am person ally concerned. I do not care what he thinks he will do, because I don't have the slightest Idea he will ever have the chance to do anything, pres Identlally speaking. I wonder how any person who Is In business and wishes to have a fair degree of prosperity In the country ran vote the democratic ticket? I slso wonder how any man working tor wages can vote that ticket with “foreign Importations" staring him In the face, which Is equivalent to idle factories and several millions of idle labor. In the mi inwfalle foreign countries w-111 be flooding this coun try with products of cheap labor. ) was In the Cleveland panic and lost ail l had: I was out on the road in Wilson's first term when about S.OOO, 000 of Idle men were planning an other Coxey visit to the capitol at Washington. The war came along and saved the Wilson bacon. Being as I had no time to bother with politics. In the war time, I voted for Wilson to keep on keeping ua out of war, and Incidentally helped to scat ter broadcast vast sums of money which I now have to help pay beck We have the right man In the right place at Washington, where we aim to keep him. Keep Coolldge." Why WReto your vote on any other? Be fore you cost your vote get your men tnl apparatus In proper focus. I,el Alla'RK riSKMRNIV Free to Asthma and Nay Fever Sufferers Trial of Method That Anyone Can Use Without Discomfort or Lota of Tima. We hex e a method for tha control of Asthma. end we want vou to try It at our expense. No matter whether rour caae la of long atandlna or recent develop ment. xvhether It la prraent ae rhrontc Aal lima or llav Fever vou ahould aend for a free Trial of our method. No matter In what climate vou live, no matter what yoilr ape or occupation If vou are troubled with \iihnu or Her Fever, our trie: Inn I ahould relieve vou promptly. 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THE MAN ON THE STREET. Helping Bob. Omaha—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: I believe you are mak ing a grave mistake by fighting La Follette. Out In thp western part of the state SO per rent of the people are for I* Follette. Any tommyrot printed about La Follette Just makes matters that much worse for The Omaha Be# and a boost for La Fob lette. S A SEEK. Savidge at Central City. Central City—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: This Is Just a note In appreciation of one of your citizens whose name is widely known, and whose activities have recently brought him Into touch with this community. A short time ago Rev. Charles W. Savidge conducted services In thia city, and so stirring was his evangel ism that he was asked to repeat the visit. 8unday morning. August It, he filled th# pulpit at the First Pres byterian church. This largo edifice was fl'Ied to Its seating capacity. Mr. Savidge spoke on "Hypocrites. ' tak ing his text from Mathew 24 27 In the evening he addressed over 1.000 people at a union service of the Pro testant churrhes of the city at the North park. The subject of the eve nings discourse was “The Veracity -jf God.” and the text was Paalms ■i3-3-1. He speaks what is in his mir.d tnd sets many to thinking and pray ng. Sunday afternoon and Monday morning he visited many of the city's tick r.nd elderly persons, talking and praying with these Sir. Savidge is a itrong believer in the healing power 3f prayer and faith. Monday he was ipeaker at the weekly noonday lunch it the Lions’ club at the Have hotel. A R HALER. No Helf-Debascjnenl. "Smuggling and bootlegging," said William J. Burne, the noted detec tive, “are crimes that lote of people NET AVERAGE PAID CIRCULATION for July, 1924, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily .74,010 Sunday.74,792 >Ml not fnc’ude rot urn*, kft mi, umpld or ptptn ifoilrd In »rlntinf and includes no ipccial •alot or free circulation of any kind V. A BRIDGE, Cir. 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