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V j ©maba-Vliefe the'Msst is at its Best HOW THE FARMER HAS BEEN HELPED. . The more carefully the record of the present re publican administration is examined, the brighter it loolu so far as the farmer’s interests are concerned.. Our democratic friends continue to harp on the de flation that took place while their party still was in • power, and allege that the republican party has done I nothing to remedy the effects of the blunders of a democratic secretary of treasury under a democratic president. The Omaha Bee already has published some figures showing how the credit of the farmer was sustained through the War Finance corporation, ravived by the republican administration to check the ravages of the panic set in motion by the demo crats. * * * We now want to deal with certain other acts of congress that were for the benefit of producers, the effects of which are enjoyed by the agricultural in dustry throughout the country. First of these will bo the warehouse act, which goes with the agricul tural credits act. Its purpose is to provide “a uniform national system of public warehousing for the stor l age of staple food products and the fixing of stand I ards by which these products shall be graded and I known to the market.” The agricultural credits act L provides that the banks must loan money at a fixed I rate of interest to anyone who presents a federal ■ warehouse receipt. Not much, but enough to prevent ¥ the necessity of anyone having to rush his produce I to market. * The original warehouse law was passed in 1916, l but did not function because of limitations put upon it by the democratic congress. In February, 1923, the republican congress amended the law by remov ing these limitations. The liberalization of the law by the republicans produced the results expected, for it was found that it met one of the greatest needs of agriculture. These figures will give an idea of the growth of federal warehouses under the law. -April 1,1**1-May 1.1924 No. of No. of Ware- Aggregate Ware- Aggregate Products. house*. Capacity, houses. Capacity. Cotton. 238 429.975 bales 367 2,131,646 bales Grain. 68 2,108,400 bu 272 35,031,282 bu Wool. 5 24,376,000 lbs 10 25,801,600 lbs Tobacco ... ..None None 77 809,802,000 lbs Peanut*.Non* None 4 8,386 tons Authorization has been granted for the ware housing of beans, and regulations are being drawn for the warehousing of Irish potatoes and broom •cm. The benefits to be derived from the public warehouse have not been overestimated, and those producers who take advantage of the provisions of the act have found it of great service to them. « • • Along with the agricultural credit* act and the warehouse law goes the co-operating marketing or ganization. It was not until February, 1922, that any federal law was enacted recognizing these, in stitutions and providing for their operation. Asso ciations that had grown up in the several states had go right to engage in interstate or foreign com merce. This disability was removed by the repub lican congrass, which gave to the farmers’ co-opera tive societies all the rights of other domestic cor porations. The fact that co-operative marketing is re garded as one of the surest methods for reducing tile cost of reaching the consumer is beyond argu ment. It was this element that controlled In the enactment of the law. Much of the unnecessary ex pense of marketing has been eliminated wherever tile plan has been adopted, and that it has been deemed worth while by producers in different sec tions of the United States is shown by these figures: No. Eat. No. Estimated Rep'tlng Members Business Kind. 1924. Apr. 1924. 1923. Cotton.. 107 250,000 $ 100,000,000 Dairy products ., 1,01(1 200,000 400,000,000 Fruits and vegetables,, 1,232 200,000 300,000,000 Grain . 3,134 400,000 600,000,000 Livestock . 1,698 250,000 250,000,000 Nuts ....*. 51 60,000 60,000,000 Poultry, poultry pdete. 66 16,000 60,000,000 ' Tobacco . 26 200,000 160,000,000 Wool . 116 60,000 20,000,000 Miscellaneous products 729 70,600 180,000,000 Retlllng associations... 717 160,000 60,000,000 Miscellaneous buying., 430 100,000 60,000,000 Total.10,160 2,025,000 12,200,000,000 Here is the best possible proof that the repub lican administration did not regard the plight of the producer with indifference. Congress and the pres ident have assisted in all ways possible to restore credit to aid in proper and profitable marketing, that agriculture might take itz^rightful pluce in the world •f affairs. Defeat of the McNary-Haugcn and other relief measures in the last session of congress is due wholly to a combination of elements that are now mpporting La Follette oh Davis. • • • — The republican platform promises the farmer, that the party will continue its efforts to assist him. It will preserve for him the home market, and see that he has a fair chance in the world. Democrats only promise they will pull down American industry ether lines until all are in the same plight into which thafparty plunged agriculture by its deflation •ad free trade policies. 4 % MUD GUNNERS TO THE FRONT. John W. Davis has, so we are informed from Kansas City, taken off his kid gloves. From now on he will call a spade at least a spade. His decision is , reached after a day spent in consultation with "Jimmy” Reed. An intimation of this was given at Topeka on Saturday, when Mr. Davis squirted eil in every direction. Followers of his fortunes prophesy a general onslaught on republican names and repu tations. Thus has the high resolve of July become not even a memory in September. A polished, eourtly gentleman, a trained lawyer and a diplomat, will adopt the methods of the rabble-rouser. He was too tame to appeal to the passion which must be stirred up. Cool judgment is not enough for the demo crats. They must have hot blood. For example, Davis couples Denby with Fall. As a lawyer he knows a dog would not be convicted on the testi mony against Denby. As a politician, he knows that Senator Walsh in his report to the senate, yet unacted upon, exonerates Dehby and Roosevelt com pletely. As a democrat he must ignore all he knows, and tear into the good name of members of the ( cabinet who were marked for lynching by the sena torial mob leaders. It is the mud gunners to the front again, with John W. Davis leading and Reed, Harrison, Heflin, Carraway and all that crew following. Folks of 1 sober mind will regret that Mr. Davis could not ad hera-io his resolve expressed in his first speech, to revere the presidential office and its occupant, and to seek it only with respect. WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH BILL? Now what’n the world has come over ol’ Bill of Empory? We know what was the matter with Kan sas a few years ago, for Bill told us. Now, what we are worrying about is what ails ol’ Bill. For years on end ol’ Bill has been looking to- ] ward the rising sun and seeing good in nigh oivto i everything. He has held aloft the palladium of our 1 .liberties and has also proudly borne the gonfalon of progress. Now he is off’n the reservation and emit ting loud and raucous war cries. Something the old republican party has done, or failed to do, has set ol’ Bill dancing a ghost dance, applying the war paint and sharpening up his tommyhawk. Just because the republican candidate for gov ernor hasn’t gone, went and done"just what ol’ Bill thinks he should have done, Bill jumps the reserva tion. He’s a going to run for governor of Kansas all oh his own. Land o’ Goshen, Bill, hasn’t Kansas suffered enough from the activities of the ghost dancers without your joining ’em? Hasn’t the state of Old John Brown of Osawatomie ensanguined her soil sufficiently in days gone by without you unsheathing your snickersnee and seeking to spill more gore? Kansas used to have plenty the matter with her, but we had taken the sweet unction to our soul that ol’ Bill had pretty much fixed things up. Now here he comes emitting wild war cries and carving the cir cumambient atmosphere to ribbons. Nothing a-tall the matter with Kansas that we can see, but some thing dreadful seems to be the matter with ol’ Bill White. What’n the world can it be? Until we can have a proper diagnosis of ol' Bill’s pecular case we simply can not arouse any interest in world courts, around-the-world fliers, tariff talks or attacks on the constitution. This suspense is simply awful. What’s the matter with ol’ Bill White of Empory? WHY VOTERS SHOULD VOTE. Estimates as careful as can be made on the basis of data at command place the possible vote of the United States in November at not less than 60,000,-' 0000. If the experience of 1920 is repeated, only about 29,000,000 votes will be cast. In other words, fewer than one-half of the qualified voters of the country exercised the franchise four years ago. In Nebraska it has been a political maxim for many years that the result of the election depends on who stays at home. We have never had a full poll of the state’s vote, not even when the issues presented were the most vital to the welfare of the people. Part of this may be ascribed to indifference, probably most of it. The question is how to arouse the voters to a due sense of responsibility, and bring them to exreclse the most precious right of Ameri can citizenship. One view of the general situation Is contained in these lines from the Christian Monitor: "Americans are learning that It Is they who must safeguard and protect their sacred liberties. They are realizing that they can no longer safely sleep upon their rights. Falling to vote for them selves, they have discovered that the newly natural tzed Immigrants are voting for them. The result la not always what they might wish." We do not believe the nation is menaced by the votes of newly-naturalized Immigrants, whose right is unquestioned, and who generally are well quali fied to vote. Danger more desperate lies in the in difference of the native citizen. The Monitor says the appeal should be made on the score of patriot ism. It even should be made on the score of selfish ness. but whatever it is, the voter should take the trouble to vote. Some democrats believe In sticking to sn asser tion whether it is true or not. That is whv they persist in the oft-exploded yam that it was the re publicans who started the 1920 deflation. Clem Shaver says there Is no electoral college majority in eight. He has evidently confined his inquiry to Davis’ chances. The democratic national committee says hsrd times are upon us. So their party wants to make a bad matter worsei C. A. Sorenson may have some other reason for living, but his main business now seems to be to stir up etrlfe. Omaha eaw a sight it will never see again—the first glimpse of the first fliers to encircle the globe. Ducks prove scarcer than hunters so far. Homespun Verse —By Omaha's Own Poet— Robert Worthington Davie v...—■ , . —. -- J WATCHING THE WHEELS GO ROUND. It’s kinda queer, when well wo know last spring how farmin’ wux. What one advance In timothy er wheat er clover does. Prosperity comes purty awlft—observers hev to eay, An’ ever'body ought to seek the country right away. I've watched the wheels turn round an' round, an' see son* eorpe an' fade,— Prom hilltop I hev aeon 'em turn, I've watched 'em from the ahade,— An/1 dnnno. If truth be said without a waete of toll, But what tha speculator gets the profit from the soil. It 'pears to be unfortunate ns one by lightning struck— If, really Is a pity when a man Is out of luck,— Rut wreaths pay homage to the hopes that young wore wont to be. And many a kindly word Is haard when gone Is Misery. I If-"I The Overheated Teapot v.---> /" ' " 1 i — ™—■ — - V Letters From Our Readers ill letter* mnet bo ilpei. hn» boom win he withheld upon reaneet. Communi cations of *00 words and less will be siren preference. ---.■-/ Re: The Kn KIux Klaa. Omaha.—To the Editor «f The Omaha. Bee: An unusual laaua haa been Injected Into the present na tional campaign by the organisation known as the Ku Kluz KJan. We cannot be patient with the menace that tramples on the Declaration of Independence and the constitution of the United States, It Is a cowardly assumption to make, that such a grievance should be complained of. It is a better tactical position to stand up against bigotry and Intolerance. IVhen a member of this organization becomes a cltlsen he takes a solemn oath to uphold and defend the constitution of the United States. When he becomes a Ku Kluxer he takes another oath to nullify the constitutional one, a very serious matter. All tolerant Ameri cans, whether Catholics, Protestants or Jews, whether white or black, should corns out openly against this attempted control of American politics and government. There are thrse principal mental attitudes maintained by different men and women on these matters. There Is the attitude of Intolerance, that haa blackened and marred the his tory of the human race through all the ages. Thar# Is the spirit of tolar ance that has grown all too slowly and only among the most advanced nations. The spirit of appreciation of others has unfortunately been the least practiced, chiefly because It calls for a higher and nobler spirit In man. When you »ee In your fellow citizens what Is best In them, al though It may be associated with Ignorance and wrong, you should ap preciate the good as exemplified In the beet. The good In the other fel low la the object that should be sought for and cherished. The spirit of Ideally appreciating others, of eas ing them In their possible best, has been the doctrine of the best charao I 0 —1 mm Abe Martin A Sotne folks are on th' dot an’ others use wrist wntchas. Mr*. Til ford Moot* called on Mrs. Tipton Bud t’dny an* put her card under th* garage door. (Copyright. SaS4 ) NET AVERAGE PAID CIRCULATION for July, 1024, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily 74,010 Sunday .74,792 Don w«t Iwcltida roturna, lafl j #v#r», aamplaa or paptu apoilad in printing and inclodra no aparlal aalaa 01 Iran circulation of any kind. V. A BRIDGE. Cir. M|r. j Aukarrihad and iwora to bilora mi this Bth day of Augiiat, 1924. W. H. QUIV1Y, I - l*-- __Wyiiyit fukHa 11 f ter of the history. It waa the prinel pel virtue urged by the founder of Christianity, who said: “Love your neighbor as yourself." Since we must live in association 'with others, whose views on Impor tant questions of life do not ag-reewith ours, our duty is not to reconcile ,them to our viewpoint by force, but by tolerance and appreciation. It is regrettable that neither of the na tlonal conventions of the two great parties hag sufficient courage to face this new issue in opposition. The democratic candidate has told the peo pie where he stands without any equivocation. The candidate of the republican party has so far remained silent ae the convention that nomi nated him did. We%#lleve, however, that there le no other Amerfran citL zen more opposed to the purpose of the Ku Kluk Klan than President Coolidge. The reason for his silence, urged by expediency, will not be laid at his door. He will realize the logic of the situation and base his reliance for victory on no other means than the ideals of true Americanism, that knows no distinction in law pr gov ernment, whether of rare, color or creed, D. F. DOLAN. Word for the Klan. Ralston. Ia.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: The letter und»r "Ma", Ferguson's signature published in your paper on Sunday, September 14, Is enough to make any American's blood boll. It is very evident that "Ms" knows absolutely nothin* about tha kiwi. If the klan did the violence that ehe says It did. that klan had no Identity with the great national organization which Is springing up all over the country. I have before me the Klansman’s creed, which says "I believe In law and order. "I do not believe in mob violence, and I do believe that laws should be enscted to prevent the causes of mob violence.” So I guess "Ms” doesn't know what she's talking about. The klan is also a Christian or ganlzation. The creed says: ‘T believe in God and In th# tenets of the Christian religion and that a Godless nation ran not long prosper.” As the early Christians were perse cuted and thrived In the old world, so ars these Christians, the knights and women of the Ku Klur Klan being rersecuted and will thrive in the new world under t'oc Ditins protection. I am not a member, but a strong believer in their principles. GLENN CLARK. Liquid Floats Stones. Of alt liquids, mercury possesses the greatest specific gravity, but another has been discovered which is also so heavy that atones of all kinds—gran ite, limestone, quart* and so forth— float on It. It is a saturated aqueous solution of tungstoborate. Its specific gravity la S.S, whereas that of ordi nary rocks does not surpass 2.7. Only a few precious stones have a specific gravity greater than that of this Iquid, for which reason It Is pro posed to employ It for the separation of such stones from the masse* of broken rock.—Rgchang*. Children Cry for WWWWWWWW^^.VW V VV Vwvww ____ MOTHER:- Fletcher’s Castoria is a pleasant, harm less Substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Teething Drops and Soothing Synips, prepared for Infants in arm* and Children all ages. To avoid imitations, always look for the signature of 1 Eiovrn directions on each r»ekaR£, Physicians everywhere recommend It Odd facts about Corns End them this new way SINCE man started to wear shoes his feet have hurt him. Scores of ways to end corns have been tried. Most arc alike. Blue-jay is scientifi cally different, quick, safe; the dis covery of a noted scientist. It stops the pain instantly. Then the corn loosens and comes off. That’s all —. paring a corn yourself is dangerous. Use it tonight, walk in comfort to morrow. Your druggist has it. Blue-jay —______ e HAinm ! r I SUNNY SIDE UP us Ljeir Cilia. Vh-Q-f-teir .. ==1 We had quite a aeeeion with a feUotrf craftsman of the old , daye recently. We pegged type by hand side - vears ago. By working aomethlng like three hours In the afternoon and about eight houre at night, w-e ln age right around $16 a week. He was pretty well sat Is fled in those days, and so were we. The other day he was disgruntled The whole scheme of things was wrong He pressed. A poor man no longer has a chance. All be_i" Ing now Is *45 a week, working 4* hours. Instead of hours for about $16. H# Is better housed than ever before, v. are better clothes, has more and better food to eat .sees more ishows ln a month than he used to see in a year drives to and from his work ln a flivver and smokes more and better cigars. But he thinks everything Is wrong and all things conspiring against him. He is going to try and better his unhappy condition by voting for a presidential candidate who never had a chance oi election, and whose sole appeal Is to the discontented, the so cialists, the communists and similar elements. We have been traveling through this vale of tears for more than three score years. We often refer to the good old times," but we wouldn’t trade the good times of the present for the good old times unless we could get youth to boot. lytng v ago we made the astonishing discovery that the only way to make a living was by working, and that the promises of politicians were not negotiable at the bank. e know right right now just who the fellow Is who is responsible for our not being worth more thousands of dollars than we have cents In our pockets at the present writing. We refrain from pun ishing the fellow because it would hurt us too bad. Our own weekly pay check, while by no means as large as we would like to have it. Is larger than we ever received, be fore. It doesn’t lasf any longer than the much smaller pay check of days agone, but that's because we are living better, having more real pleasure in life, and giving our children ad vantages superior to those afforded us in our youthful days. A good job, a good home, good friends—heavens to Betsey, what have we to grumble about? Not a blooming thing, we ll tell the cock-eyed world! Things governmental are not just to our liking, and we are confident we could better things if given a chance. But we'll be everlastingly golswizzled if we are going to try to better them by voting to upset the whole blooming thing. We much prefer things as they are to things as they might be with hare-brained theorists, experimenter* and pro fessional reformers In charge and running things. If at about 7:S0 this evening you hear a loud swelling noise coming up from the south, do not be alarmed. It will merely be the rapturous applause Interrupting our eloquent remarks after a Kiwanis club dinner at Auburn, to which the ladies are invited After dinner speaking Is one of the worst things we do, and one of the things we like best, especially after such dinners as we have had at former gatherings of Kiwanlans. , Time was when we sometimes made a hit as a post prandial orator, but that was when the guests usually were in such con dition that almost any old kind of speech sounded fine There is always one point in our addresses that receives the en thusiastic applause of the diners. You have one guess. That's right. WILL M. SIAUPTN’. > ■■ ■. _ You Will Want to Slap Him on tho Back and Shout “WELCOME STRANGER" Sunday's Paper Will Tell You When He Arrirao STUDENTS AND BUSINESS MEN! SAVE MONEY ON YOUR TYPEWRITER We have All Makes—large er portable. Attractive prices— easy terms. Special Rental Rate* to Student* ALL MAKES TYPE WRITER CO. 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