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The Omaha Bee M O R N I N G—E V E N I N G—S U N D A Y THE BEE PUBLISHING CO . Publisher N. b. UrDIKE. President BALLARD DUNN. JOY M. HACKLER. Editor in Chief Business Manager MEMBER OF 1rHE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Assnciated Press, of which Ths Bee is a member, is exclusively entitled to the use for repuhlicstion of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of our apecial dispatches are also reserved. The Omalis Bee is a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the recognized authority on circulation audits, and The Omaha liec’a circulation is regularly audited hr their organizations. Entered as second-class matter May 28, 1008, at Omaha postoffice under act of March 3, 1870. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for A X 1 1 Aflfl the Department or Person Wanted. lantlC 1WW oFFicii Main Office—17th and Farnam Chicago-— Steger Bldg. Boston—Globe Bldg. Seattle A. L. Nielz, 514 Leary Bldg. Los Angeles—Fred L. HalJ, Ban Fernando Bldg. San Francisco—Fred L. Hall. Sharon Bldg. . New York City—270 Madison Ave. MAIL SUBSCRIPTION RATES DAILY AND SUNDAY 1 year t6.00, 6 months $3.00. 3 months *1.76. I month 76o DAILY ONLY 1 year 64.60, 6 months 62.7.x, 3 months 81.60, 1 month 76e SUNDAY ONLY 1 yesr 63.00. 6 months 81.75, 3 months $1.00, 1 month 60c Subscriptions outside the Fuurth postal zone, or 600 miles from Omaha: Daily and Sunday. $1.00 per month: da:ly only. 76c per month; Sunday only, 50c per month. CITY SUBSCRIPTION RATES . Morning and Sunday.1 month 85c, 1 week 20c I Evening and Sunday...,.1 month 66c, 1 week 16c I Sunday Only .1 month 20c, 1 week 6c - --— -—— -' OrnateWhefe the W?st is at its Bes ( NO INCREASE IN CAR FARES Whatever may be found necessary in the solu tion of the traction problem in Omaha there must be no increase in street car fares. The company faces a real problem. It is the city’s problem as well as a company problem. It is a problem for all the citizens of Omaha. The situation calls for a business-like settlement. Boiled down, the street car situation in Omaha just now is this: The general manager of the con cern notifies the city council, that revenue has fal len off, until the earnings are not sufficient to pay returns at the rate permitted by the State Railway commission. He asks that the company he relieved from the occupation tax, amounting to something like $200,000 a year. Also that the city bear the expense of paving between the rails, now charged to the company. As an alternative to these concessions, Mr. Leussler proposes an increase in fare. Patronage of the company has fallen greatly during the present year. Most of the loss is ascribed to the extended use of the automobile. The plant of the company" is capable of taking care of much greater business than it now handles. As the investment in tracks, rolling stocks, power generat ing plant and other equipment is fixed, the com pany naturally asks that it be permitted to earn on its full value, and not merely on that portion which is daily used to meet the reduced requirements. In other words, readiness to serve applies here in its fullest sense. I A tramway of some sort is as necessary to a city’s life as is water, gas or telephone service. It is a common public need, and the agency that meets it has a right to expect compensation. This is ele mental. Certain other elemental factors deserve con sideration. In his letter to the council, Mr. Luessler icfers to the fact that the present rate of fare was adopted as a temporary expedient. That is true, but j it is also true that in the public mind there was an expectancy that, the fare would he restored to the 5-cent basis. This was just as reasonable as that of the company, which looked in the other direction. Agreeing that the company should have suffi cient revenue to make its operations profitable, and facing the fact that patronage has been far from sufficient to supply this revenue, the question of ' remedy comes to the front. Which of the two pro * posals made by the company for relief, if either, is to be accepted? * » * . An increase in fare will throw the entire cost of the relief on the patrons of the street ears. Those who ride in their own conveyances are not eon eerned in this, but the folks who use the trolley ear would feel the effect immediately. Such a step would mean that the shop girls, the clerks, the work- i ingmen, and such others as customarily ride on the j street cars would he required to make up the total loss. On the other hand, to relieve the company of a J portion of the taxes it now pays would mean that. , much added to the general tax roll. In the matter j of the paving charges, this appears fair and just. No good reason exists for carrying on that, relie of *he horse car period. The occupation tax is more of a debatable subject, yet if the company is to be relieved at all, argument in favor of requiring everybody to contribute to that end outweighs that, which would place the enti'e burden on those who j iile on the cars. They already pay what they con rider a reasonable charge for the service. • * * While these points are being considered, another and a greater one is looming right ahead of us. The <ity contends that the franchise under which the tramway company is operating expires in 1928. That is just three years off. Between now and then de cision must be reached as to the terms under which a new franchise will be granted. Until it is settled, the company will very properly refrain from any extension expenditures for betterments. New lines will not be built, old equipment will be made to serve, and the physical status quo of the concern will remain just what it is, subject to the wear and tear of the service. Sections of the city that await street car service will have to continue to wait. General inconvenience will be endured until these matters are settled. The citizens of Omaha can not longer blink at the tramway situation. It has reached nn acute stage, und must he met one wav or the other. A PLEASING PROSPECT. Much has been said in praise of the bumper wheut crop and its effects upon our social and eco nomic life. Much has been said, and is being said, about the corn crop and its prospective benefits. Comes now the time when this Great Family News paper shall insist that due and proper attention be given to another factor which should play a more prominent part in the social structure. Wn refer, and with all possible admiration, to the golden pie pumpkin now approaching it ■ rich perfection. The cow pumpkin has its place in Mother Nature’s scheme of things, but it is un -~.r«hv of Heine given a place alongside the pie I pumpkin of blessed memory and anticipatory de light. No reference is here marie, nor will he made, to the canned pumpkin of commerce. What we would dwell upon is the pir pumpkin as it is sliced for the stew kettle, or dried in long strings under the rafters, preparatory to being manufactured into the sweet, aromatic, spiced and golden-hued pie of old-fashioned home manufacture. As viewed from the roadside these crisp Septem ber days, the pic pumpkin brings visions of family reunions around the Thansksgiving table, of roast turkey flanked by mountains of creamy mashed po tatoes, and oodles of savory gravy. It brings memories of happy laughter, of fatherly and moth erly greetings, and of sweet communion of kindred souls. At sight of the golden, globular pumpkin one seems to catch the odor of sugar and cinnamon and spice; the aromatic incense of frankincense and myrrh. Come visions of delightful days long dead, and of other delightful days yet awaiting their dawn. The plain and unassuming pie pumpkin is de serving of more attention, of more praise and adula tion, than it has yet received. No fruit richer in gustatory potentialities grows on vine or limb. It is one of the crowning glories of the waning year. SOUNDING THE SURTAX DEPTHS. One of the seeming mysteries brought out when the Mellon plan was under fire in congress was the disappearance of considerable revenue as a result of the high surtaxes. None of the explanations of fered to congress was entirely satisfactory. Least of all that which suggested thnt great wealth was hiding to escape the law. A billion and a half going into tax-free securities did not account for all con gress wanted to know. Therefore an inquiry into the operations of the internal revenue bureau was ordered. About the time this committee was getting ready to function, its chairman, Senator Couzens of Michi gan, was taken sick. He has now so far recovered as to be able to resume his duties. Instead, how ever, of there being an explosion at the White House and the Treasury building, Senator Couzens finds the mat with “Welcome” on it at both doors. He has just concluded an arrangement with Secretary Mellon whereby all the records since 1916, affecting incomes of $100,600 or over, are placed at his dis posal. Three investigators named by the committee have been authorized hy the secretary to receive, examine and copy whatever they wish from the archives of the Internal Revenue bureau. President Cooolidge approves this. Just what will be disclosed may not be ventured in anticipation of the committee’s report. The pub lic, however, may rightly look for some important disclosures. No one thinks that any extensive frauds will be discovered, or any frauds, but if there has been wholesale shirking of taxes, as insinuated, the inquiry should disclose the fact. Information may be gained which will lead to the further and better revision of the tax law, and if this does happen, it will he one investigation that has accomplished some good. HIGHER PRICE FOR WHEAT NATURAL. Herbert Hoover, secretary of commerce, sinks a harpoon deep into one of the favorite stories of the opponents of Coolidga and Dawes. It is a frequently repeated sneer that the price of wheat was arti ficially boosted, in order that a fictitious prosperity could be created for the delusion of the farmers of the country. As soon as election is over, the props will be knocked from under, and down will come wheat. Even were it true as the calamity howlers allege, the farmer is getting a rather beneficial reaction from the experience. However, it'is not true, for the good reason, as the secretary of commerce sets forth, that the world situation justifies the higher price of wheat and other farm commodities. A short age of 300,000,000 bushels is noted in the world crop. This is something. Foreigners are buying \nierican wheat, despite the assertion of John W. Davis and the democratic platform, that America is 'hut out of the world market by republican policies. Within the last six weeks, 35,000,000 bushels of wheat has been sold out of this country, a much greater amount than was exported in the same time last year. At this rate, it means that America will sell for foreign consumption almost 300,000,000 bushels of this year’s wheat crop, or considerably more than is available for exportation, making al lowance for the normal home consumption. The only danger that really menaces the Ameri can farmer is the return to power of the free trade group, who want to take the tariff off everything. They would open the American market to the com petition of the world. With American workingmen competing with the underpaid toilers of Europe, the American standard of living correspondingly low ered, the American farmer would have the pleasure of selling in the “competitive” market. He would he on » level with the Russian moujik, the French peasant, the Indian pariah, and hay every b!e"ing they enjoy. Free trade, you know, means free trade. Over in England it also means bread lines. “Battling Bub'1 is having quite n time to sup press his followers in Washington, where a lot of reformers are determined to put a tate ticket in the field labeling it “La Follette." So nonplussed is the senator that he has actually invoked the aid of the courts. Fancy that! The prince of Wales has joined the pressmen’s union. This will now make it a triangle. The print ers had Harding and the firemen Roosevelt, l.a Follette ought to qualify as a hodcarrier now and square the table. Henry Beal has a duty to perform in connection with the reckless drivers. r-> — By Om«h«'» Own Pont— Robert Worthington Doric __-—— -J ONK P\TII \l.\\ \\S Forsake not Service, non f,f mine, whnte'er Hie tnek iriny be! The name olrl ahip'* rif mc.i, my boy. upon the *c If Maine »ea; The name old faith fnveterute In every nimrfHt londe; The name old world i( in, mv buy, neklng the name old deeds. I'*»*i’mjil»*■ ru>t the ol.l f 'hloti**«t ihlik though 0bev til* tattled lie; Begin tnd.iy'M endciVM’ with the « l of daf* gont by. And with the mime pet Helence which 'nine's inlrroi'H ndW dlnoloMe, And to which I*h»k» ph.h fur H“ flight the debt «if being own, Go forth lu gall the deep m> bt»> 11 n niyRt'rlen «re no mart. But H If Jurt ,»m far .i»-|‘o*f unto the further *Hnr*. Tht path i* not another one ihoiiRh now the romp*** guide*. It t« the * ime old Journey, *"11, again?! untaiinv tide*. t | A Fine Opportunity for Some Candidate to Win th3 banner Vote. _A Letters From Our Readers All letter* miinf be dirtied, but name will be withheld npoti reqneat. r«mmnni mt lop* of 200 word* and lee* will bo *iren preference. _ — ■ .. ■■ l ■ ■' . - l- . .M»/ Action on the Language Law. Omaha.—To the Editor of thr Omaha Bee—My attention was railed to a letter from W. H. Green in The Omaha Bee of September 17. The letter purports to show that Mr. Norton is opposed to the teach ing of foreign language*. I h vs no quarrel with that part of his letter, setting out the Hou.se Journal; but if is apparent that the manifest, object of the article is to prejudice soni' voters against Norton and make his opponent, Mr. McMullen, the firiarv. That br ing the r tse. the vot ers should know* the entire story. Having been one of tHe attorneys in most of tbe foreign language liti gation. trying to set aside those un constitutional laws, naturally I kept myself informed on the record of th*4 legislators. 1 have nl«o examined the House and Senate Journal for a "ou ia« ’• and the following a*-e the 1 On March 26. 1P1X, the governor called the legislature Into a special "war’ session. Mr. Norton was a mrmbfi of the hor«e snd Ms oppo nent, Mr. McMullen, was a member of thr senate. Tlw sess n r. a c.iUrd only a few days after the start of the famous attack In France. The fat*4 of the allies hung In the balance. Th< legislature was1 called to enact cer tain specific measures deemed necep sary ns war measures. The governor and the council of defens* recom mended the repeal of the Mockett law and other similar measures, it was understood that the Legislature was merely to ratify the mentire" recommended and popular temper was hiii'Ii ns to expect it. The Mockett law' was repealed hy a practically! unanimous vote. Both Norton and McMullen voted for the repeal. An other of the recommendations of the administration was the discourage ment of teaching foreign languages, not so much because inherently bad, but because It was causing commo tion in certain localities. As the leading member of the session. Mr Norton whs asked to offer the re«o- I A be Martin : __/ Somrhuddy pot a hot flop sand wirh, a rup o' coffee art' a over roat for 10 rents at th’ I .it t In Gem cafe t’day. 'Squire Marsh Swallow is confined t' his home from drink in' evidence. < y NF.T AVERAGE PAID CIRCULATION for July, 1924. of THE OMAHA BEE Daily .74,010 Sunday.74,792 Dom not Inctuda rftiirm, IMt BVfri, «antplr« nr papain »p«IIH In prlnllni and im hide* no ipadal aalfi nr fra* circulation nl any Wind. | V A BRIDC.F. Cir Mfr. |itliei t iLrd <ii»d iWO tl t<» h'lm*» m« line *lh H-av "I ^ »8 • '» I MM W M Ql'ivr.v. i (laall Nntary Public I ---—, - lutlon mentioned in Mr. Green’s let ! ter and without being discussed, as a matter of routine, the resolution was unanimously adopted. (House Jr., pace 180.1 At about the same time a similar resolution was offered In the senate by Mr. Oherlies. (Sen. Jr . page v2.) It was adopted in the senate by a v«»te of 18 to 14. Mr. M Mu’lrn being one of tlie 18. In tile sen.it • it was not treated as routine, but an issue was made of if and on the test Mr. McMullen voted for the resolution. After its adoption Senator Moriarty tried to palliate its force with an amendment advising against preju dice toward tho*** of foreign birth or descent Mr. McMullen raised a point of order and the amendment on his objection wm ruled out (Sen. Jr., rages 91 and 92>. The senate resolu tion. and for whi< h Mr. McMullen voted, reads ns follows: Resolved, That we approve the request of the state council of de fence that public and private authorities in Nebraska discontinue using foreign language as a med ium of instruction for secular or religious subjects t<> pupils of grade school nge." You will note that the resolution adopted iR very similar to the resolu tion adopted In the house. However It will tte noted that In the resolution adopted in the bouse, the same is made to apply "during the war." These words are not found in the senate resolution. So much for the record of th* two candidates. I present it here to keep the record straight. As a matter of fact the action of either one can hardly he criticised. To each one may properly apply the explanation of fered by Senator Mattes when voting for the repeal of the Mnrkett law. Ha said' ’ In He fulness of h • consider.-! tlon and decision, the governor in his message, found warrant to s.»\. ‘The enactment of laws upon the i subjects will materially strengthen the effect!veness «>f Nebraska’s co operation with the federal govern ment.' ? believe the governor wrote tins sentence after due deliberation I believe it to be his honest opinion based upon a thorough InvestigH- 1 tiua This sentence alone governs mv present action, therefore I vote ‘Aye* (Sen. Jr . pages t»9 and ?0t.** The above explanation is given so, H, »f the voters may know the entire 1 6% NO COMMISSION 6# ^1 REAL ESTATE LOANS l § 6% INTEREST g s NO COMMISSION E p £a«j/ Repayment* ^ o The Conservative Savings & Loan Ass’n p 2 161*1 H»rn*jr Street 6% NO COMMISSION S% He will be here Wed. “Welcome Stranger” A Photoplay Hit w\dn«7.r I i k I NEBO Unlike Aspirin ftT‘ 1 J a docs not «lC' kninkf I'lin the heart aiHT .vTJ 25 «■ a box .WliV, III I \\ \M \|ls lllll Nl. 1(1 M II S . I ■ II 111 . Buy Your Coal Now! CARBON LUMP $8.50 The Most Heat for the Least Money Y T r> Y > I \I YP Lumber and U I 1/1 lYlL/ Coal Company ^history. My own views are that if the voters base their choice on these matter* and not on such substantial issue* as taxation, economy in gov ernment and the like, they should not lat>r ci-npluin If the administra tion that they do eet is found to ie*r on mere prejudice and nothing more. Tours very trulv. JOSEPH T. VOTAVA. < ivic Pride. Omaha—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee As I study those two words 1 wonder how many really stop to think wherein his duty lies.’ lie think* It means voting right, sup porting public enterprises, establish ing schools and churches and pro moting public welfare and. *•> far as It goes, tie Is right. But look at our commercial life in this city alone. Is it consistent with civic pride that there should fail in our midst busi ness houses the closing of which shocks the public, when If every housewife, every man, every boy and girl would stop to think a* he goes out to buy What store or shop, or auto con- ern needs my money most to tale over a hard time, he he Jew or Hentile?'' Is it to the credit of a public-spirit ed man that he goes to a cheap con cern and usually buys heap goods where his brother is on the verge of ruin and a concerted effort would save him? 1 am daily In fear that our l>eauti ful commercial houses may cease to exist Bet each put In his mite to turn the tide. HOUSEWIFE. Fundamentals. Reginald," said the Sunday school tea< her, during a lesson on the bai> tismal covenant, "can you tell me the two things necessary to baj> tl!*n" "Yes, ma'am," said Reginald "Water and a baby."—Everybody's M .in jslne Would Never lto. "What sie the excavations for?" "U.i* main* " ' Couldr t »e also install tlie water | piiie* while the street i* still open"" We could, but It wouldn't be ethi cal Louisville Courier Journal. When in Omaha Hotel Conant 250 Rooms—250 Baths— Rstrs $2 to *.1 [sunny SIDE UP1 lake Comfort.nor forget, lhat Sunrise ne\/er/g^eff us^etr^ j taw we are in hJrty svmpathy, hMt It falls to work out that wav. It merely sends most of -ur young Kansas Wyoming and South Dakota to get marr ed. Tha wouldn’t l.e so bad if they took their local pastors along with them to tie the knot*. But they don t. Thing* being as they ■ are we resent the discrimination against our own preachers. Besides we may have to dig a little deeper for our favorite j>astnr in order to make up the defiecney caused by the loss of marriage fees. We have always taken an active Interest In politic*, but right now our attention Is diverted therefrom We are so In tent on watching the race between King Dorn and ol. Jack Front lhat all else must take second place. If a r-hlgger were bigger, Kay big as a cow: Hay it? digger had vigor. Like a sub noil plow; Can you figure, picknicker. Wh*»!P you would be, now'? — | foldres*» Citizen. Let's banish the rhlgger, The tnig that can figure The way to molest one the most. Ills bite Is much bigger. Than the end of his digger. And this is not meant for a boast -—Orleans Chronicle. As a digger the rhigger Cuts a wonderful figure, lie Imres with an infinite zest " hen his luncheon he snatches He institutes scratches That banish both comfort and rest. This is thp season of the year when we experience a great difficulty in keeping the collective mind of the feminine con tingent of the family fixed upon the ultimate destination while walking jmst the display windows so gorgeous with fall and winter finery. tarter in the season tlie Ad-Sell rJuh is to tie addressed by Strickland Giliiian, and we stop the press right here to insert ■ noth e that the Hub member who misses Sti ■ ad dress will have left a large chunk of re l pleasure out of his life A poet who plays upon the heartstrings with master hand, n philosopher who looks out 'in life cheerfully, and a humorist who scatters sunshine, Chilian i= one of the grea'eet inform attractions of this generation We know, for we’ve heard him time and again. His new book. ' I^augh It Off.’’ is worth its weight in gold. Strick says he wanted to name It To Hell With Gloom.” but his publishers were too pernickety. But that's the message, and it su< < eeds in putting gloom just there. , ' WILL M. MAUPIX. LISTENING IN On the Nebraska Press. The 1 'oleridge Blade tells of a quilt 71 years old that was exhibited at \V« s!«r>’ under one that old in a country hotel not long ago, and don't think It had been off the bed since it was first made. The Wakefield Republican reports that Dixon county is likely to have a county farm agent. The only sur prising thing about the statement is that Dixon county wasn't in line long ago. The editor of the Kraerson Knter prise took an airplane ride the other day and reports that the pilot didn t know hjs business. He couldn t make hts machine stand stfil in the air. Bob Rice is touring Canada and in addition to writing interesting let ters for h,s Central City Republican be is sending picture post • ards t thirsty friends inscribed: Having a good time wish you were here '' Charles- Bryan declined a speaking! date in Wisconsin, but Charley Dawea didn't, whereupon Charley j Kuhle of the I.eigh World remarks! that it shows the difference between' the courage and I'smina of the two men. Noting that Secretary Hughes he turned from Europe with a shorter hen id Editor Cole of the Crofton Journal remarks that Hughes is not the first American to get trimmed over there. Noting tha» Phil IA F.llette. sen of Boh, is ' till d a "chip off the <», i block. the Tecumseh Chieftain waqtg to know why they piclf on the boy that way He may outgrow it ' says the Chieftain. Ed Burr of the Central City Non pareil is too young to be a cynic, but he's slipping. "If Loeb and Leo. pol l. ' says Ed. "had selected a re porter who is writing the guff about the Prince of Wales. Instead of the little Franks boy. they might hate won public symimthy.'’ Instead f asking a candidate what he is going to do if elected, Don Van Dusen of the Blair Pilot thinks it would he more to the point to as-: him vh.it *n the world he is going to do if he is not c-leeted. ‘ Ever? body knows how to raise children except those who hat’ then ' muses Editor Sutherland of the Teksmah Heiald. n 5 My Bank y hi W S| MY Bank is my Agent. §1 It has service connections all over the world. ' A o matter where a check comes from MY Bank will collect it. No matter where I want to send money —in the United States or foreign Ar countries—.V/Y Bank will attend to I Vi it for me. |y Sometimes a hundred men and a dozen banks may do some part of the task, but all l have to do is to tell Af) Bank what l want. All the rest is just a pail of the sen'