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The Omaha Bee M O R N 1 N G—E V E N I N G—S U N P A Y THE BEE PUBLISHING CO., Publisher N. B. UPDIKE. President BALLARD DUNN. JOY M. HACKLER. Editor in Chief Business Manager MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED"PRESS The Associated Press, of which The Bee is a member. Is exclusively entitled to the use for 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 dispatches are also reserved. The Omaha Bee is a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the recognized authority on circulation audits, and The Omaha Bee's circulation is regularly audited by their organisations. Entered as second-class matter May 28, 1908. at Omaha postoffice, under act of Marrh 3, 1879. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for AT lantic 1000 the Department, or Person Wanted. OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnam Chicago—Rteger Bldg. Boston—Globe Bldg. Los Angeles—Fred L. Hall, San Fernando Bldg. | Ban Francisco—Fred L. Hall. Sharon Bldg. • New York City - 27 0 Madison Avenue Seattle—A. L. Nietz, 514 Leary Bldg. M AIL SUBSC RIPTIO N RATES DAILY AND SUNDAY 1 year |5.00, 6 months *3.00. 3 months $1.75, 1 month 75c DAILY ONLY 1 year $4.50, 6 months $2.75, 3 months $1.50, 1 month 75c SUNDAY ONLY 1 year $3.00, 6 months $1.75, 3 months $h00, 1 month 50c * Subscriptions outside ihc Fourth postal zone, or 600 miles from Omaha: Daily and Sunday. $1.00 per month; daily only, 75e per month: Sunday only, 50c per month. CITY SUBSCRIPTION RATES Morning and Sunday .I month 85c, 1 work 20c F.wning and Sunday .1 month 65r, 1 wrek 15c Sunday Only .1 month 20c, 1 week 5c _-1_-_._/ Omaha fheM?st is a( its Bes( NO MONKEY BUSINESS WITH TRAMWAY. Certain movements now being made in connec tion with the tramway remind us of the opening scenes of a boxing match. Each principal is Sparring for an opening. The tramway petitions for an in crease in fare. Its* opponents counter with a pro posal for public ownership. Neither is more than a feint. The real blow, though, will have to be struck pretty soon. That is a settlement of the franchise difference. Three years from now, in 1928, according to the city's posi’ion, the right of the company to occupy the city streets with its lines will expire. Retween now and then a settlement is expected, under which the terms for an extension of franchise will be agreed to. The alternative, of course, is operation by the city. Service must be maintained. As a sort of aide issue to the main transaction, Mayor Dahlman has gone to Lincoln to introduce a measure to give the citizens a right to vote on franchises for extensions of more than five miles. Also to vote on bua franchises, and to permit by vote the present company to adopt busses in lieu of tram car* on extensions. A similar measure was before the legislature two years ago. It was defeated at the instance of Senator Howell. He opposed it be cause he did not consider it prudent to give any thing more to the street car company until the main question of its franchise is disposed of. Many years ago the city council passed an ordi nance that looked on its face to be both innocent and necessary. Later it developed that it was an indefinite extension of the franchise of the electric light company. Omaha does not want any more per petual franchises for the operation of public utili ties. The bill Mayor Dahlman is sponsoring may have merit, but it should be most carefully scrutin ized. It has the dangerous quality of lending in a direction where wisdom dictates that we step with great caution. HARD TO LEARN—GOOD TO KNOW. A group of men representing at least a billion dollars in their own possession sat around a banquet table in New York. Three of them are noted for a faculty of keeping their mouths shut. These are Georg# F. Baker, J, P. Morgan and Andrew W. Mellon. They treasure their words more carefully, seemingly, than they do their dollars. Frequently on# of them lets go many millions of dollars at a gush, to finance some great enterprise. Nobody ever heard a real outburst of eloquence from any of them. Yet on this occasion Mr. Morgan did say some things to the assembled bankers that may well be considered by everybody. One of them is a gem of thought, doubly valuable because of its endorsement by one who knows so well. “There are no safe short cuts in piloting a busi ness.’* No need to enlarge on this to the person who thinks. When a coach is training a young athlete, the first lesson he impresses on him is to play it safe, every time. When properly applied, the movement that seems sensational and daring to the onlooker, is but a calculated effort on the jiart of the player. So with business, with all the affairs of life. Bril lianee does not consist in rashness, but in real ca pacity thoroughly employed. Short cuts are delusive. Mostly they lead into blind alleys, “The longest way round is the shortest way** In ths end, if it is also the safest. This dessoij Is bard to learn, but It is good to know. FORMULA SOUNDS EMPTY. Now come* from out tho east another physician 10 prescribe for the troubles of the world. He brings a panacea, compounded of simples, some of which have been tried and found wanting in virtue. Ex amination of this formula does not beget confidence in its curative power. John F. Sinclair, New York financier, through the medium of the Omaha AdfSell glub, urges business men to implore the president to call an economic conference. Such a gathering will, he avers, devisa methods by which “to get the great world trade machine started again.” If conference were the solution, then the trouble would have been removed long ago. For six years we have had one conference after another. Greatest »t all waa that of Paris. Out of that flowed an un ending aeries, each trying to determine what the othere meant. Politicians, statesmen, financiers, lawyers, doctors, merchants, all classes and kinds of people have conferred. None have settled anything. Going a little further along on his program, if Mt% Sinclair is correctly reported by the newspapers, we find he looks to free trade as a necessary step. Not immediate, hut a gradual reduction in tariff rates on imports, 80 per cent for the first step, and then on until there is no tariff. The answer to this is the policy of protection, so firmly set in nur na tional affairs as to he unshakeable. Next eomes n suspension of all reparation payments, and of war debts of every kind for “a period of years.” For whose benefit, and for how long? If all debts nre suspended, would not the next thing very probnhly be the incurring of new debts. If Mr. Sinclair’s formula is applied, It would he, for he also proposes that the United Suites, "as a nation,” shell "Hestore confidence in European money by loaning money to Europe ” Where has Europe floated its recent loartX amounting to thou- • rands of millions of dollars, save in the United States? Recall what Arthur Brisbane wrote re cently. He warned purchasers of European bonds that they may suddenly be rendered worthies* by a revolution or other change that will lead to repudia tion. The only prospect of collection then would be by force, and Mr. Sinclair suggest* the further re duction of our already insignificant army. We now have one soldier to each 1,000 citizens. The conclusion is easily reached that Mr. Sin clair has thought out hi* solution from the exclusive viewpoint of the financier interested in foreign in vestments. Uncle Sam is still playing Santa Claus to the world, but is hardly ready to turn over every thing to outsiders. Something must be kept for the home folks. And, at all events, America is doing pretty well as matters stand. Europe, too, Is solving some of its problems. WHY NOT FIRST PLACE IN PACKING? Omaha has definitely established itself in second place as a livestock market, and as a packing center as well. That is no mean distinction. To be second only to Chicago in all the world in the great meat industry might satisfy some .communities, but not Omaha. First place is the prize ahead. To become the greatest market for meat animals and the largest center for meat foods on the face of the globe is the goal. And it will be attained. E. S. Waterbury, general manager of the Armour plant at Chicago, tells us Omaha never can wrest first place from Chicago. We would like to remind Mr. Waterbury that never is a long time. Not so very many years ago Omaha was regarded as a very uncertain proposition in the way of livestock handling. All right to feed and water here, but Chicago was the only place to market. Things have (flanged materially since then. . Twenty-six years ago Mr. P. I). Armour, founder of the great house that bears his name, permitted The Omaha Bee to ciuote him to the effect that Omaha was about to become a great grain market. Also that the meat industry here was just getting a good start* He said Omaha was destined to become iho greatest primary food market in the world. This is because Omaha is in the very center of the great est fond producing region known to man. Much of Mr. Armour's prediction has been realized. The rest will he redeemed as time goes on. Second place in market and packing ha* been won. It will be held, but only as a springboard from which to jump to first place. Chicago is a wonderful market, and always will be, but Omaha is closer to the wide fields whereon grow both the animals and the feed that make a livestock market and a pack ing center. That is the best possible reason why this will eventually be the Reading meat market on earth. GOOD ROADS AND THE MARKET TOWN. Omaha’s interest in good roads was well stated by Gene Huse, publisher of the Norfolk News, to the Greater Omaha committee. Not only the inter est of Omaha, but of every community in the state. Said Mr. Huse: "The large cities of this etste must realize first that the cities and towns can not grow and pros per unless the rural-districts are prosperous." This is the doctrine The Omaha Bee has preached in season and out. Norfolk, Grand Island, Hastings —every town in the state is concerned. The founda tion of Nebraska's welfare is in the farm. Any plan for the upbuilding of the state must rest finally on what is good for the farm. We believe that good roads are a prime necessity. So Hoes Mr. Huse. But the good roads must, be so devised and con structed that they will give the maximum benefit to the farmer, whose need for them is greatest. The nation as a whole profited when Frank B. Kellogg was defeated by Shipstead. Now the state that traded off Kellogg for Shipstead is boasting about furnishing an upstanding man for the post of secretary of state. A funny state, my masters. Insurgents are talking of opposing Frank B. Kellogg's confirmation as secretary of state. They should remember that the new minister was really kicked upstairs when they elected Shipstead as his successor in the senate. The Fremont Tribune says ‘‘the people who are opposed to prohibition are doing all the talking; the people who favor it are keeping silent. Is the Tribune’s editor trying to qualify as the Great Amer ican Humorist? The senate recently voted appropriations to the amount of a billion at the rate of $8,800,000 a minute. Senators must think that the people get their money at the town pumps. Men who spear fish through the ice in Illinois are arrested and fined. Men who spear suckers at any old time usually have a permit from a blue sky department. Calvin Coolidge was elected president of the United States on the 3fith anniversary of the bliz zard. It was also quite a snowstorm on November 4. Governor Davig insists that his son was led into a trap. A lot tt young men led into traps didn’t pull very hard on the halter strap. —A John Hopkins has two men stationed to watch for smoke. They will need more than the ordinary get of eyeg apiece if they see it all. David Belasco is right. Never wag a sweeter thing than the little American flapper, bobbed hair, goloshes anil all. Mr. Kellogg is another eminent gentleman who silenced himself into a responsible position of trust. We can get along very well without elevating our navy guns if congress will only elevate its sights. Homespun Verse —By Omaha’* Own Pool— Robert Worthington Davit • _ A GREAT OLD WORLD. A great old world! Mora entile* than tear* Brld|* the wide open f»f ruahlng year*;— Mora good than III Behind u* rllnga, • Mora bli»a than gloom Kaeh hour bring*. A great old world! Mora love than hale Jit Mem ry hide* To mitigate The aca.lt ered fenra, Tli* brief despair, The dawning of Mpaamodlc care. A great old World! More friend* than foe* More pral** than iprlp*,— More Joy a than woe*.— More laugh* than alglr*. More amlle* thnn lenr* Bridge the wide «|vni of ruahlng yaarg, wa --- - ■■ Isn’t It About Time We Decided on a Remedy and Took Some? Vfc.. , —-— :--—— % AMD WE SENtf MAMY COSTLY EXPEDITIONS TO THE REMOTE CORNERS or THE EARTH TO FUMIGATE THE PiAGUE SPOTS • -- AMD WE CAREFULLY SPRAY OUR. C.UUE.TS TO WARD OFF CYv *■= SORE THROAT — — and if we scratch OURSELYES WE RUSH FOR. THE IODINE TO PREVENT IMFECT'CN_ (—1-—-'l Letters From Our Readers All letters must be signed, but name will be withheld upen request. Communi cations of 200 wotds and less, will be-given'preference. _i Wliat Doe** tlie Bible Sayf Alliance. Neb.—To the Editor of The Omaha Dee: In the past week* we have heard and read much about Dr. Pinto's suggestion to dissolve all marriage* which are - hiidles* at the end of two years. What does the Bible say? What does lit say who in the beginning made them male and female? "Be fruitful and multiply!" The purpose of marriage is the propa gation of the human rare. A child less marriage is a positive misfortune. "I,o. children are an heritage of the l.ord. Happy the man that hath Iris quiver full of them;" Ps. 127:1-5. A couple that will have no children hi disregarding a plain and rosluv* com mand of Clod. Notwithstanding that fart, no one has a right to dissolve a childless mar riage. The Bible, which is every true - Christian s guide, says: "What, ther e fore, God hath joined together, let. no man (not even Dr. Pinto) put asunder;" Matt. 19 6. The Bible knows of only r oe reason for divorce, viz , fornica tion. "Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it he for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adul tery;" Matt. 19:9. And "Whore mongers and adulterers God will judge;" ITeh. 11:4. No childless mar riage, nor any other one "except It tie for- fornication." should he dissolved. Bet those couples hear their sin. They will have to render an account of that to God, not Dr. Pinto. Oh. that the American people would realize the sanctity of matrimony! Dlvorc* has become a national sin in our country. If the young people would consult their parents, and bring the matter to God In prayer, before tak ing the serious and important step of matrimony: pray and read the Bible together after marriage, ther* would he fewer divorces. What we need to curb divorce and childless marriages is a little more of the good, old fash ioned religion. There are too many people who pat the Bible on the back and call it a goood book, but who will not obey its instructions. Wa are here reminded of the words of the prophet. Ezekiel, chapter S3, 11: "They come unto Thee as the people cometh, and thev sit before Thee as my people, and tpey hear Thy words, but they will not do them " A few words in regard to the num ber of children. This matter must he left to the judgment of the par ents. But the reduction of the quan tity does not increase the quality. That Is twaddle. My wife la the 12th < hlld of her parents and Is ss healthy and *trong as the second. Ami for mothers, as n rule, child besting Is s healthful process We often read atiout golden wedding celebration* In The Omaha Bee. Hid not most of them rear large families? And yet they- ItRve reached a good old age And did anyone stop to think what We hain’t urnt what you'd roll r leisure class In this country, 'rept th’ boas is sllua attendin' a convcn lion. Th' Volstead Inw is over four year* ole, hut no teeth hu\e showed ulh (CopritaM, im t t* awkward situations would arise under such a law? f'ouplqs that truly loved each other and would like to continue to live as man and wife would invent an excuse. “Necessity is the mother of Invention." What would the ex ruse be? Very probably, “barrenness.' What an awkward situation for a Judge arid the Jury! J/et ua retain our common sense. T.et us pay a lit tie more respect to God's law. "Thou shalt. not commit adultery,” instead of passing another law. W. A. W, Why Is Not the Country Dry? Omaha.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: What a sorry spectacle! | The countv attorney joining hands with the l>oot loggers to exploit the community. The man whose business; l it is to enforce the law using all thej force and power of his office to block the wheels of justice. Of all the silly nonsense ever advanced as a poor ex cuse for action that needs some kind of subterfuge, the flimsy pretext t*» it the bootleggers are being abused js the thinnest yet. If there is one thing certain. It is, that the violation of the Volstead laws has been flagrant* malicious, pc* — sistent and vinous. Hundreds o(tneu; have been murdered by these hootch! outlaws. More have been poisoned by this rot gut booze. Poisoned by men who will commit murder to make a little unlawful money. Years have! elapsed since the passage of the; amendment and th* law for its en j forcement. There is no excuse m>wj for the violatinn of this law. The su*| preme court of the 1‘nited S’-.tes ha*, sustained this law In every part leu ] lar. Every claim and quibble that, Ingenuity could invent and unlimited | money could exploit and sustain has been hurled against it without finding; a vulnerable point. The last e’ectloti i turned on the question of maintain ! lng the constitution in every particu lar. The popular vote was overwhelm lng in favor of sustaining the con stitution, which means the enforce ment of the 1Kth amendment. Two presidential elections have passed and the election of at least three house of representatives since the enforcement of the law liecame - V---. an Issue. The last house of repre sentatives, that arm of the govern ment that rests on the fireside of the American people, and registers their very heart beats, is overwhelmingly dry. What excuse ran there now he for the persistent violation of the law by office-holder* and bootleggers? S. J. WOODRUFF. Mr. ('uiitifrigltam Seeks Information. Omaha.—To the Kditor of The Omaha Ree: My attention was railed this morning to an editorial appearing in The Sunday Ree of January 11 en titled "First Steps in Citizenship." I am Indeed surprised at the con tents. I have appeared before every judge on any bench in Itoinelas coun ty for the past 26 years, but 1 am free to state 1 am a stranger with the conditions you named. I have no doubt there are "fixers. ’’ I have no doubt there are men who hold * 1;< e».ve to practice law who lewd the clients to l»elie\* they can fix the court. 1 am flunk to say no judge now on the bench, ei'her federal, a»ate or city, have l>een. cap be. or will lie fixed as you mentioned. If th?<* condition exist, you owe it to i he )>eopl# to furnish the name or names such judges. Give us the facts we will remove the judge. distal r the so-called lawyers and take care of the wise "fixer.’ Now let us hear you talk. I think we can demon strata to you that principle even in Omaha is looked upon as of greater value than the money. Respectfully, M O. CUNNING HAM <Kditor'* Note—Mr Cunningham is evidently under a slight mlnapprt* hensioH. We did not say. nor intend to convey the meaning he appears to read into the editorial. Our judges are not venal, or subject to the Influ ence of events nvitable the court room. What we tried to make clear is that unscrupulous persons frequently ini press aliens unacf4uainted with Amer ican customs and methods of their ability to influence the court, and through ordinary procedure lead the victim to think that the court actual ly has been corrupted That is a pra« the we want to break up. One wa> to do it is to maintain the dignity ofj the court. If Mr. Cunningham will talk w ith .lodge Patrick or Judge I Holmes he may get further inform*, tion.i CHIROPRACTIC Rheumatism, lumbago and sciatica respond quickly to our methods as well as liver, stomach, kidney and bowel trou bles. For CHIROPRACTIC ServicS •oo itumbtr of Omaha Atlas Club. Page Ad in Telephone Directory. "Pape's Cold Compound" Breaks a Cold Right Up Taka two tab lets every thrcn hours until three doses are taken. The first dose al ways Rives relief The second and third doses com pletely break up the cold. Pleasant • nnd s.-ite to t.ikr Contains no qul nine or opiates Millions use "Pape'a Cold Compound." Put.-a, thirty five cents Ihuggiata guarantee 1U lUNNYSTOEUP Hake Comfort.nor forget rjhat Sunrise ™^erfailed J v- -— -- ,,ow |he times do chan*. In the old day* the “stamp erafl In the legislature caused a lot of trouble. R' '' tlon each member had so manj«.stnmp* laid upon h a desk each nondng U he did not use the stamps he was Just that mu h ahead. And care was taken that there was an ample supply of stamps too. Now ihe members merely address tlinr en velopes and deposit them in the box. the house and senate postmasters affixing the stamps. Nebraska Unicrick. There was a young fellow In Craig Who had a bad curve In each Iaig. They got so, they say. In a former glad day W hen he apent his time straddling a kalg. How time does flv! It seems onlv a few weeks aco that we danced her upon our knees and tiled to lull her to sleep Wilh Mother (loose rhymes sung In a voice somewhat rough a roil nd the edges. Onlv a week or so ago that we saw her lengthening her skirts and listening for ihe door bell about e.jq p n, \\e can scarcely believe that she Is now a voung woman rapidly winning her way to fame a, a writer. To u* Krstvne will always be. a little girl, even If Miss Krstvne kin* is ihe winner of the prl/e for a one ac t play. We are lust as proud of her as Father Krstvne and Mother Rettj .Kills king fan possibly be. Ole Buck, who field secretary* for 'he Nebraska Tress as social ion. broadcasted from Hastings Friday night, and Idaho editors banqueting at Hutte listened In him They were for tunate. loo. They could listen to ole and not be sii/Tocaied by the fumes from hi* pipe. We endorse the Idea of having Ole do his banquet orating by radio. We point with pride to the Lot that so far we have not broken a single New Years resolution. This, however, is not to he taken as an indication that we are strong of will. We simply d.dn'r make any good resolutions Long ago we went out of the business of providing paving material for any place. We wish our newspaper brethren would ce»«e the habit of speaking of Governor Ross as Nellie Taylor Ross. The first woman governor should at least be entitled to have hrr name appear correctly in the public prints. It Is Nellie Tayloe Ross. The Chicago Daily Neds, boasting that Chicago has 4.one.. <1(10 inhabitants, says the number would double In a few year* If adequate transportation facilities were provided We fall to understand why the esteemed News should want 4.000,000 more like about 2,000,000 Chicago now has. We gather from the reports of various conferences that all those debtor nation* are anxious and willing to pay, but won't. Senator Dial of South Carolina seems to have stoptied a number of democratic clocks. • * 'Twas at the gate St. Peter said. "Through here you can not pass: These golden streets you may not trend—■ Ypu stepped too hard on the gas." Just acrejs* the street from our humh!» domicile loom the wad* of I,ord Lister hospital. Night after night we see the brilliantly lighted windows of the operating room, and night after night we alt and wonder what stories of hoi* and despa r, anguish and Joy. those wall* could tell if only they might talk. Dav after day we see the ambulance backed up to the door and some sufferer carried In. l'av after day we see some smiling, chattering group es.-oi ttng a froll but happy human to a wait ing automobile. Life's greatest stories are never written. WILL M. MAUPIN. lV W hen in Omaha Hotel Conant 250 Room«—250Jitihv—Rilf» >2 to >3 WHKN IN NKKD OK HKI.I* TRV * BMC WANT ADS.