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»■' 1 1 1 - H The Omaha Bee M O R W 1 W G—E V E N 1 N G—S U N D A Y THE BEE PUBLISHING CO., Publisher N. B. UPDIKE, President BALLARD DUNN. JOY U. HACKLEB. 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 republication 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 special dispatcher ara also reserved. The Omaha Be# is a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the recognised authority on circulation audits, and The Omaha Bee's circulation is regularly audited by their organisations,_____________ Entered as gecond-clasa matter May 28, 1908, at Omaha postoffice, under act of Marth 8, 1879. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for A T !__*• 1 flftO the Department or Person Wanted. “ 1 IBnCIC 1«W * OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnam Chicago—Steger Bldg. Boston—Globe Bldg. Los Angeles —Fred L. Hall. San Fernando Bldg. San Francisco—Fred L. Hall, Sharon Bldg. New York City—270 Madison Avenua _Seattle—A. L. Nietr. 514 Leary Bldg._ MAIL SUBSCRIPTION RATES DAILY AND SUNDAY 1 year $5.00, 6 months $3.00. 8 months $1.76, 1 month 7Bc DAILY ONLY 1 year $4.60, 6 montha $2.75. 3 months $1.60, 1 month 75e SUNDAY ONLY 1 year $3.00. 6 months $176, 3 months fl.00, 1 month 50c Subscriptions outside the Fourth postal rone, or 600 miles from Omaha: 3aily and Sunday. $1.00 per month; daily only, 76c per month; Sunday only. 60* per month. CITY SUBSCRIPTION RATES Morning and Sunday. 1 month 85c, 1 week 20c Evening and Sunday.1 month 65c, 1 week 15e Sunday Only .1 month 20c. 1 week 6o a-. ---' Om\& Whefe the^st is at its Best TIME TO TAKE THE OTHER TACK. In the current issue of Collier’s is the beginning of a story, “With the Boys on the Road,” by Wil liam Maxwell. This is not mentioned for the pur pose of advertising either Collier’s or Mr. Maxwell, but to preface a few remarks upon Nebraska condi tions. In the story McTavish and Hoffheimer, both traveling salesmen, start off by exchanging ex periences ; “I did a nice business in Omaha today," Aaron remarked complacently. Herman snorted. “I don't know what you call it a nice business. Aaron, but a came! can get a seat In a New York subway easier a? a salesman can get a really nice order from Nebraska past a New York credit man." "That's nonsense. There are plenty of concerns in Nebraska that- are in first-class credit—good for anything they want." "Don't I know It?" Herman protested. "But them fellows, you understand, ain’t placing nice orders. Furdermore, for the last three or four years they been knocking their own slate by show ing everybody how impossible It Is for a farmer to make it a living for himself without he should have maybe a still on his place and cook up a little white mule for his neighbors. They sold everybody the idea that their state is on the bum. It ain't so good for credit out here that they should talk the way they done." • * * \ “It ain’t good for credit that they should talk the way they done.” • There is a whole lot of moralizing in that one sentence. Not only has that sort of thing been bad for credit, but it has been for the most part untrue. There has not been a single moment during the last six years when Nebraska was not a solvent, going business institution. There has not been a moment during those six years when there was well-founded reason for men of pluck and energy and enterprise to falter and be afraid. Too many listened to the mouthings of political palaverers, and pessimism ruled where optimism should have held full sway. mm* ^ For weary months a doleful chorus arose in Ne braska, as it did in other midwestern stales. The self-advertising thus spread broadcast was reflected in suspicion of Ncl^t. '.a s solvency. In the very nature of business capital was shy of investing in sections that resounded with wails of despair, even though those wails of dt p ir had very little founda tion in fact. Practic; iiy every big enterprise does business upon bo.vowi j capital. New money must be secured at ell time. . > provide extensions and bet terments, to care for the demands of increasing trade territory, and to finance the “turn-over” of the merchandise. This is as true of agriculture as it is of merchandising, or manufacturing or o? trans portation. Naturally a man, or a business, that needs added capital, or extension of credit, fails in securing it when it is asked fer with a doleful whine or sought with long faces and practical confessions of a hopeless future. * * * There was entirely too much of that sort of thing during the recent business “depression.” If we had had that sort of depression during the dark days of 1895-97 it would have been hailed as prosperity. Men and business enterprises are very likely to be takpn at the val-e they put upon themselves if they back up that value by presenting tangible evidence of its correctness. Nebraska suffered untold damage by reason of the fact that the voices of the cour ageous merchants, manufacturers, bankers and farmers were drowned out by the doleful wails of scheming politicians intent upon personal gain, and echoed and re-echoed by men of little courage and even less hope. Naturally credits were contracted under those conditions. And credit contraction meant less avail able money, and less available money meant bank ruptcy and foreclosures. Capital was merely taking the value that Nebraska and other midwestern states were putting on themselves. • * • Of course that value was far less than the actual value of Nebraska. That fact became apparent In time. As the ulterior motives of the political palav erers were made plain and the chorus of hopeless ness and discontent died down from sheer exhaus tion it was possible for the chorus of courage and optimism to be heard. The result is now gloriously plain. The courage and faith of the real builders and supporters of Ne braska enterprise is being vindicated most gloriously by a rising tide of prosperity. Their courage and faith has been Imparted to others, and the results are seen in expanding credits, increasing employ ment, rising prices of basic products, increasing bank deposits and decreasing loans long overdue. • • • It is now high time for Nebraskans to take the other tack; to begin talking their state up, instead of talking it down. It is time for every Nebraskan to join the chorus of the new prosperity. The lie direct has been given to those who prophesied noth ing but disaster unless their political nostrums were •wallcwed without thought or question. From every aide there comes the joyful reports of better busi ness and better times and better prospects. The thing to do now is to let the world know that Ne braskani have deserted the chorus of discontent and seeming hopelessness *nd enlisted in the chorus of courage and faith. j Nebraska's soil is as fertile as it has ever been. The climate is just as good. The waters run as freely and the sun shines as it always has shone. It remains only for Nebraskans to maintain their poise, continue their productive industry, strengthen their faith and prove their courage by their Sets and their spoken word. Nebraska is over the hill and on her way to greater things. Let no man have a hearing who would by written or spoken word seek to bring dis couragement and despair. THE FLIGHT OF TIME. Placing a bronze marker on Capitol Hill Tuesday serves to dcr more than commemorate a single inci dent in Nebraska history. It ct^ls attention to the flight of passing time, and to the wonderful develop ment of Nebraska since the day when Capitol Hill ceased to be the site of Nebraska’s territorial gov ernment. Central High school occupies the site of the old territorial capitol. From 1857 to 1867 Omaha was the capital of Nebraska Territory. Nebraska was admitted to the Union in 1867, and shortly after the capital was located at Lincoln. When Alvin Saunders, the last territorial governor, was occupy ing that office, much of Nebraska was an unknown wilderness. Only the fringe of- territory on each side of the Overland and Oregon trails was known. Two-thirds of the •population lived within 50 miles of the Missouri riveP. Buffalo roamed the central plains, Forts Kearney and McPherson were western outposts, the Union Pacific was hardly well started, and central and western Nebraska were still known as a part of the Great American desert. What a marvelous change has been wrought in Nebraska during the 57 years intervening between the abandonment of the old territorial capitol and the placing of the bronze marker on its site! The desert has become the richest expanse of agricultural terri tory on the globe. Steel rails gridiron the spaces where the buffalo roamed in countless thousands. Cities and towns teeming with prosperity have been builded on the sites where once the Indian tepees were pitched. A magnificent school building occu pies the site of the humble building that once served as the capitol of Nebraska Territory. In Lincoln a magnificent new capitol building costing more than the assessed valuation of the then Territory of Ne braska is being erected. History does not record a development equal to it. In Nebraska has been accomplished in a half century what it took centuries to accomplish else where. One of the striking features of the celebration attending the placing of the bronze marker on the old territorial capitol site was the presence qf Mrs. Alvin Saunders, wife of the last territorial governor. Coming to Nebraska when it was a wilderness, graciously presiding as wife of the territory's chief executive, and always the splendid wife and mother, she has lived to see the full fruition of all the dreams of those hardy pioneers. What could be a more striking example of the flight of time, and of the wonders that have been wrought in this com monwealth in the span of this gracious woman’s busy and useful life? WHY HE FAILED. He didn’t like his job, but lacked the courage to let go and tackle another one. He thought he was fooling his employer, but he was only fooling himself. He thought every man's hand was aginst him, when it was his own hands that failed him. He knocked so loudly against conditions that he could have cured that he couldn’t hear Opportunity when it knocked. He spent more time envying the success of others than he did trying to achieve success for himself. He grudgingly worked for his employer instead of loyally working with him. And when he failed he blamed everybody but the right one—himself. In New York 20 degrees above zero is considered a cold wave. In this part of the country is it only a bracing atmosphere. Rut out here a little snow flurry is always heralded forth in the New ^ ork press as a fierce blizzard. Judge Nehle’s refusal to sentence a bunch of drunks to imprisonment over Thanksgiving day may subject him to the charge of failing to temper jus tice with mercy, but he will be commended for the exercise of common sense. One way to solve the freight rate problem is to manufacture more of Nebraska’s raw materials into the finished product right here in Nebraska. The beet sugar industry is a case in point. Auto brake testing is now under way in Omaha. The brake test on the apostles of discontent Novem ber 4 proved the apparatus to be in good working order. Wheat above the $1.50 mark doubtless reminds Magnus Johnson and Robert La Follette of some thing, but they are careful not to express it in words. Mother Eve ate of the tree of knowledge and put on clothes. This gives rise to the suspicion that Luther Burbank is laying down on the job. ’There is something wrong about the pumpkin pie that does not make Its presence known in the front room while it is baking in the oven. As between a fight over tax revision nnd s sum mer without a congress, the country will unhesitat ingly choose a congressless summer. The voters very clearly expressed their opinion about the stumbling bk>cs in congress. I j Homespun Verse •—By Omahi'i Own Poet— Robert Worthington Davie L——-' I NDKR THE STARS. Under the stars Slowly I tread, Watrhlng the Jure Speeding ahead. • Watching the light* Casting their lays. In to the night'* Mystical ways. Under the deep Dome of the skies. Sacred t keep Thoughts of the eyes Hi earns woven true. Hope and delight, Images new Horn of the night. Under the stars, Treading the ftieet, Watching the cars Gracefully fleet, host In the dust, Scenting rj^ars Uden in Just tj Under the slurs! f The Real Prosperity Pasture Lies in Another Direction \ 1 r- ' r—>v Letters From Our Readers All letters must be signed, but name will be withheld upon request. Communi cations of 200 words and less, will be given preference. I -/ A Minister Commends. Cambridge. Neb.—To the Kditor of The Omaha Bee: I wish to take this method of congratulating upon the fine editorial that appeared In The Omaha Bee this morning entitled "Im pertinence in the Pulpit.” You >«re correct when you say no fair-minded man will deny the minister of the gospel the right to think as he plenaea and to participate in politics aa a citizen. I am one of the ministers of the gosnel whose name appeared on the ballot as a candidate for office and who was defeated at the polls. At no time was there done anything in the pulpit that could he thought of as a hid for votes. I believe that a minister should not only have the right to take part In government, but that is his duty as a good citizen to participate In good government. I am mighty sure that if l were a lay man and was afraid to trust a min ister of the gospel in office I would not like to trust the care of my spir itual interest In his keeping or teach ing. If there is any man In the com munity who thinks right and is Inter ested in the welfare of the people It la the minister. Any official position that makes for the happiness of the people ought to go towards makUig clean politics. If there Is any man who spends his time and energy In thinking how to reach the largest number for the largest good it Is the minister. No true minister of the gospel will ever attempt to tell his people how to vote at any time save in extreme cases when some extreme moral is sue is at stake. Nor advise his peo ple how to vote as between candi dates. There are all too many question naires sent out by people who are seif appointed guardians of the people. There are those who If they had their way the men elected to legislative of (\res would be little more than rub ber stamps. Not only expect the min ister of the gospel to take his place among other men as a citizen, but demand that he take his place, as sume his responsibilities as other riti zens. It Is riot fair to minister noi ls it fair to the commonweal!h to a! low the minister who Is supposed to he trained, to take a place in the rear of the people who are building the civilization. The minister owes It to the state and the nation to talk politics and give of Ills mind and energy 10 the building of n better state, flood men are needed In places of opportunity to build for the prosperity and hup plncss of the people. The minister of all men should l ilxir to hasten Hie day when all shall have the comforts of life; then will we have a good gov ornment. Anything Hurt makes pen --- Abe Martin i _ j It's always fun to ten t' h billiard • infest jest t’ see who has found me t’ excel as a billiardist. As •ny; as ther’s fellers that can’t nco unless ther's a public dance, 's jest as well that we wit out »ublic dances. £ | (Coeyrlaht, 1124 ) t pie prosperous and happy Is good. The minister is the one to help that day to come to the front.. W. C. KELLY. American Education Week. Omaha.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee; This Is American Edu cation week, and it should be proper ly observed everywhere in this broad land, and particularly in^the schools. Thousands of the youth In our public schools come from homes in which they learn little or nothing of the history and spirit of American institu tlons. Let the public school continue to teach them that history and Inspire them with that spirit; teach them thst the constitution and laws of the land must be observed, rfnist be reverenced and not ridiculed; that only through law and order, by constituted author Ity, w.ll there be security, freedom and justice. The greatest safeguard for freedom Is education and Intelligence, and the moral power and principle which they produce. This is a government of the people, but the people most he fit to govern. It is essential that the peo ple shall tie educated so that Intelli gent, loyal conduct will result and an ill American public opinion created of sufficient force to maintain unimpair ed the American free public school, free press, freedom of speech, free NET AVERAGE PAID CIRCULATION for Sspt., 1924, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily .73,340 Sunday .73,865 Does not Include returns, left over*, samples or papers spoiled In printing and includss no special sale* or free circulation of any kind. V. A. 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True we have advocated many reforms, and expect to ad vocate many more If spared. But to date we have never forth with the idea that we had been commissioned to Pas* a taw compelling people to do as we would have them do, because what they were doing grated on our sensitive feelings, vve a not In favor of asking the legislature to do for our children what It is our duty to do for them. Trying to make men moral by law is something that we deprecate. And prohibiting some thing we do not like simply because we do not like It Is an idea repugnant to us. Old fr!*nds who talk the same language, the old Jimmy pipe and the favorite brand of tobacco, good books, good music, and opportunity to hammer away at the battered o'.d typewriter when the spirit moves—well, that sort of thing appeals more to us these days than the spirit of reform. We are content to wait a bit and let the world catch up with a lot of reforms j already manufactured. Word conies that our old friend. 'Gene IV estervelt, of the Scottsbluff Republicarf Is a cand.date for appointment to mem bership on the state board of control. ‘Gene is so deserving and so capable that we greatly fear he is laboring under a handicap. Were it not for the fear that a recommendation from us would further handicap him we wo’uld give it promptlv. But we are hopeful, knowing that ’Gene would measure uo to the job In fine shape. . A chap I loathe is Jackson Gridd, Who ends a wheeze with “Get me, kid?” I can't abide J. Ward MagrafT. Who starts with "This made Coolldge laugh.” But I shall strangle Berton Goff, Who chortles, “Now laugh that one off!” —New Turk Tribune. . I can't abide John Q. McDuff, Who winks and says, "It's prime old stuff. ' , I'd like to slam J. Newton RifTe. Who answers me, ’‘Not on your life.’’ But I love o!’ Bill McGee, "Who greets me with, "Have one on me.” This Is the season of the year when the real wife and mother sees to it that all the buttons are on the winter un derwear. A hall tree is where the average man looks for his hat and coat after he has failed to find them anywhere else. It must be admitted that the bobbed hair fashion has Im proved the conversation in barber shot s. Some people have an idea that the ideal landlord is one who never collects the rent. Our ideal landlord 1* one who actually believes us when we tell him that certain repairs are actually needed. These are the days when all corn husking records are broken on the street corners. WILL M. MAUPIN. --- -^ LEA/E5 FROM THE BOOK OF NEBRASKA Ths is nil if 4 wrin o' mdiirtneinrnO in nhirb biilirn sptts snd im minis in Ntbrnsk* history willh ftmturtd. If yin Jrnn * nwpltli fill t/tinm, tmU ibi Sjanj'irJ Oil Oimpmy if Nrkr.uk* *nd thi am pint smn will h m*iit,i tr yrn *.i SMI *i ibi l*sta.I rtrlistnunl bus apptnreJ. A. H. RICHARDSON rruidint $ gr^CoroMdo Bate r^fxe Land of Qurvera FLIGHTY rears before the Pilgrims set foot on the snow L L® bound shores of Massachusetts, white men trod the rich L JiL-J) prairies of Nebraska. ® In the spring of 1540 Coronado set forth from Mexico to ex jL plore the vast unknown region to the north. By July, 1541, he reached the Platte country and spent twenty-five day-s in "The Land of Quivera"—Nebraska. ^ The fertility of her soil, her climate, her fruits and inhabitant* were noted. But three centuries rolled around before the white man claimed this rich domain for his own. Blood and toil, hardships and privations, difficulties and danger* that only the most heroic courage,and strength could endure and overcome, form the glorious heritage and the brave traditions of Nebraska. The pioneer spirit transformed endless buffalo plains into smil ing farms and rich cities—into a well-peopled but uncrowded empire of peace, progress and prosperity. In growth and sound development, no state leads Nebraska. “he has steadily advanced, making new records in agnculrural wealrh and manufactures, in educational facilities and public w orks. Last year the value of agricultural and live stock product* for each resident of Nebraska was approximately $400. while toe the United States it was $125. Nebraska is also great industrially. The last U. S. Census proved that the value of her manufactured products exceeds that of her field itops. Apply what measure or test you please, Nebraska ia a land of promise, opportunity and achievement. In its own field, the Standard Oil Company ot Nebraska knows the satisfaction of pioneer accomplishment. A strictly Nebraska company with complete direction of the company ‘a destinies and operations in the hands of executives who are residents of the state, its aim and effort have been to develop and maintain an adequate and convenient service—to keep step with the require ments of both communities and individuals STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF NFBRASKA Mtn Ojkr. OMAHA < Brsr.-i Ofitv. LINCOLN HASTINGS NORTH PLATTE GFO M SMITH H.W PIER PONT C N HUMPHREY Via-PrtiuttnS S+,-Tr*u. Am, C*». Mfr. ^ ■■ . , ■ ... ■■■■ ■ mj %