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The Omaha Bee M O R N 1 N G—E V E N I N G—S U N D A Y THE BEE PUBLISHING CO.. Publisher 1 N. B. UPDIKE. President BALLARD DUNN, JOY M. HACKLER. Editor in Chief Business Manager MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tfco Associated Press, of which The Bee is a member. Is exclusively entitled to the uso 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 recognised 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 March 3, 1879. “ BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for AT Untie 1000 th« D»p,rtm«nt or Porno, Wanted. OFFICES Main Office—I7th and Farnam Chicago—Steger llldg. Boston—Globe Bldg. Los Angeles—Fred L. Hall, San Fernando Bldg. San Francisco- Fred L. Hall. Sharon Bldg. Z New York City--270 Madison Avenue Seattle—A. L. Niets. 514 Leary Bidg. MAIL SUBSCRIPTION RATES DAILY AND SUNDAY 1 year *5.00. 6 months *3.00, 3 months *1.75, 1 month 75c DAILY ONLY <- 1 yenr *4.60, 6 months *2.75, 3 months *1.60, 1 month 75c SUNDAY ONLY !■;. 1 year *3.00, 0 months *1.75, 3 months *1.00, 1 month 60c Sf Subscriptions outside the Fourth postal tone, or GuO . ' miles from Omaha: Daily and Sunday, *1.00 per month; daily only, 75c per month; Sunday only, 60c per month. CITY SUBSCRIPTION RATES Morning and Sunday .1 month 86e. 1 week 20c Evening and Sunday .1 month 06c, 1 week 16c -» Sunday Only .. month 20c, 1 week 6c - -V-------* ^radhaVtefe theM?sl is at its Best •EASY MONEY" AND THE THOUGHTLESS. Almost without exception, the motive back of the -' numerous robberies is a desire to get money without work. Large sums of money, to be expended in the : course of loose living. One bandit who has been overhauled by the law says he spent the proceeds of numerous holdup ventures in shooting craps. An other says he and his comrades needed money to ‘‘step.” What inspires this? Is there not something in present-day conditions to which such action may be ascribed? A social wrong that ma.y be regarded as the source of the loose thinking that leads to crimes of violence against person or property? We think there is. ‘‘Easy money" is a catch phrase, but it had its origin in a wrong. That WTong persists. One of its most flaunting manifestations is that of a public officer taking undue gains from his position. Using his office as a source of wealth. Piling up pelf at the expense of those who come un der his charge. When, as is the case in Omaha at present, the chief law enforcing officer of the coun ty can turn his public position into the means of private profit, putting away “easy money” by reason of a twist in the law, is it to be wondered at that rattle-brained boys and men feel licensed to provide for themselves with little regard for law? The office of sheriff of Douglas county has for many years been regarded as the juiciest plum in Nebraska. Simply because the sheriff has control of feeding the prisoners, and through that can turn into his own pockets thousands of dollars each year. Not n session of the legislature ha* met in nearly 40 years but an attempt has been made to remedy this situation. Always it has failed, and finally the sher iff has been left in control of the situation. If the legislators are really interested in making Omaha a better place in which to live, they can con tribute by removing one of the glaring examples of “easy money” that now disturbs the community's peace of mind,. We need a well-framed law that will put the feeding of prisoners in the Douglas county jail on a business basis. Supheads who go in for robbing people should not be permitted to get ■aspiration from the “easy money” that is going to swell the bank balance of the chief law officer of the comm unity. CHALLENGE TO CIVILIZATION. “Bloody Williamson has added another splash to the gory record made in that county within the last three years. A deputy sheriff ant) a former prohibi tion enforcement officer “shot it out” on the main street of Herrin Saturday. Both were killed. Others were engaged in the fray and several were wounded. This is but one of several battles that have been fought between these forces, and yet nobody has been punished. Illinois has been content, co one might gather, in sending state soldiers to,j.he scene, restoring quiet by a temporary truce, and then with drawing till somebody else has been murdered. At the same time, in Chicago, another gang leader is shot down. It was done in the approved fashion. The victim was entering his home after a shopping tour with his wife, his arms full of bun dles. Expert marksmen fired at him from a dosed automobile, and he fell riddled. At a hospital he is battling for his life, but will not talk to the officers of the law. He will revenge himself if he lives. It is not merely the double killing of Glenn Young and Ora Thomas, nor the attempted murder of Johnny Torrio, that demands attention. It it tha existence of law and order, the foundation of government and of civilization. Constituted author ity in Illinois la confronted by a most serious task. Williamson county haa been notorious for years for its lawlessness. Johnny Torrio has been known as a gunman, a bootlegger, and a gang leader in Chicago for years. He has been arrested and escaped. For the reason that “he had political influence.’’ Does Illinois have no citizen with sufficient "po litical influence” to arouse the authorities to action? Can murderous gangs run wild in Herrin or Chicago, settling affairs according to their own code of mur der and rapine? The biggest funeral parade that ever passed in Chicago was that which followed Dion O’Bannion, dead gangster, to the grave. But no re port is made of any arrest for his killing. How long can civilization endure if these crimes go unpun ished? GREED GOES BEYOND ITS GOAL. In spite of many warnings, in spite of the ex amples of failure, men and women still try to get rich quick. A plausible plan baited with a promise of unreasonable profit lures dollars from safe in vestment into ventures that invariably end with loss. It was so when the craze of speculation followed the war. Millions were then paid out for bits of paper that were not always well printed. Victims still mourn the loss of earnings that went to line the pockets of smooth-talking swindlers. One of the latest examples is that of the New York boy who began with nothing and succeeded in talking $1,800,000 out of the pockets he never should have reached. It is said he was ruthless. Neither old or young escaped him, big sums or lit tle. Each of his victims, though, relied upon his ability to so handle their money as to turn Into 1 fabulous gains. None, it appears, stopped long enough to inquire into his methods, or his respon sibility. Every “mike" cheated by the notorious May bray gang during Its operations here was animated by the same desire. Supported by the same promise. If the sucker had not been given positive assurance that he was participating in a game where the other fellow had no chance to win, he would not have in vested a cent. It was a sure thing, so into it he plunged, only to lose. This trait of human nature always runs true. It has no variation. Swindlers know this, and are never so safe as when they arouse the cupidity of a victim. The latter eventually learns that greed can very easily run beyond Its goal. Exposure seems not to be the remedy, for the crooks are always brought to light. Man’s nature will have to be worked over if the game is ever to be ended. WET SPOTS IN CHILDHOOD. Mrs. Sadie Templeton, mother of Pawl Temple ton, blames tbe prohibition law for Increase In drinking nmong the young. "Before prohibition?" she said, "any minor who took a drink was looked down on by IiIn companions. Now no party is complete unless the boys and girls have their flasks. And the one who won’t drink Is laughed to scorn." There is the statement of a mother whose ion has gotten into deep trouble. He was not inherently a bad boy, just a careless youngster whose inexperi ence was a poor guide. The sorrow is that he Is but one of a multitude of boys who are going the same way. We see in the unseemliness of present day pro ceedings one of the sad effects of the policy of pro hibition. Not so very many years ago a youth who became intoxicated was disgraced. Today he is re garded as a daring adventurer, if not exactly as a hero.. Then no hoy would think of carrying a bottle of whisky to a dancing party, where he met other boys and girls. Now few dare to go without one. Where once the drinker at such gatherings was os tracized, now he is popular. Home gatherings and parties all have liquor, and it is drunk as if it were the last in the world and each reveler is anxious to get his share before the supply disappears. Moralists may reflect and ponder on this. Theorists will And in it much material for their con sideration. Its solution comes back to the home. Discipline, rigid and inexorable, must replace the in dulgence that permits the looseness. Parental au thority, effectively exercised, alone can stem the tide. It may mean curtailing the freedom that i» now granted the children, but it will also mean fewer oroken-hearted mothers, mourning for sons who are in jail, or daughters who have fallen from young maidenhood’s bright path. Boys and girls do not understand these things, so it is squarely up to the jarents to tench them. Prohibition is not saving the home, nor safeguarding the youth of the land. ARMS AND THE BATTLESHIP. Our British brethren have just reported on an experiment which is familiar enough to Americans. They took the battleship Monarch out to sea and sunk her by gunfire. Carrying out an obligation un der the terms of the Washington agreement, they also carried on a sort of general test after the American fashion. First the doomed vessel was bombed from airplanes. Then light cruisers ham mered it with salvos from six-inch guns. Finally the great dreadnaughts turned their Ik-inch missiles igainst the Monarch, and in good time the warship was sent to the bottom. Landsmen do not get much of a thrill from the proceedings, but may be interested in some of the details. It will take a board of experts to finally determine just what did happen. On the surface, the firing was under battle conditions, approximate ly. No resistance was offered, a factor that must he considered. Nine hours of pounding was needed before the Monarch went down. A similar ship, the Oestfriesland, was sunk by the American air forces in much less time. The Washington, however, was afloat for three days under similar fire. One easy deduction is that the so-called ‘‘post Jutland” type of vessel is not so easily disposed of as were the Monarch and the Oestfriesland, both of which took part in that famous hit-and-run affair. Another is that, were resistance offered, results might he different. Finally, weapons of offense and defense may test out very satisfactorily, yet the real conclusion must be left to the trial of actual combat. And we hope that no American gun, air plane, battleship, soldier or sailor will ever again be subjected to that trial. Seems like carrying coals to Newcastle for the commissioner of internal revenue to warn folks not to. pay too much tax. His real job ought to he to get what actually is coming to Uncle Sam. Suppose Attorney General Stone had not been vigilant in carrying out his obligations to the public, would the senators then think him tit to go on the i tiprtma bench? The new French ambassador says he does not want to talk about the debt, for fear of hurting somebody’a feelings. He need not worry, if he is prepared to talk turkey. Let a few other citizena get ai atrong a hunch as did Grocer Guliek and play it ai well and banditry will lose ntuch of ita charm. Mayba It might be worth while to look up where <Ae supply of ammunition used at Herrin comes from. If winter comes, the teed catalogue is not far behind. Law and order got a good start Saturday night. Homespun Verse —By Omaha** Own Past— Robert Worthington Davie . . . 1 ■ ■ ■ THAT WHICH COUNTS MOST. I Ilk* to know that people have Much pride In looks and dress— There I* no cause In any case For careless shabbiness,— But when I read of those who wear The latest fad* and frills, I'm glad, Indeed, that I am not In line to pay the bills. World* aren't made so eaally. Nor run by what we wear. Some live their years a*elduou»ly. And more than do their ahare. And other* aeem to f**l that earth Is Juat a place to stay, And blossom forth In gaudlness, And while the time away. Sunshine and pleasure may we And Along the fleeting years, ftut not *t those extremities Of foolish Joys and tears. The old and not all easy rule Pi III hold* na sound and it nr The thin* that counts has ever been, And la, the work we do. Whassat? An Agreement? There Must Be Something Wrong With It]j t--r-N 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. L_ - - ___ J Jan and Prohibition. Omaha —To the Editor of The On.aha Bee: “Jazz Age, Menace to Country Today." George Emerson Francis tells us what we already know and have known for some time. Hut, like a lot of other "preachers," lie does not tell us the remedy. I dis agree emphatically with Mr. Francis when he says that we who laugh at the prohibition amendment as a Joke are more dangerous than all the for eign agitators He has got his Ideas mixed up The prohibition law Is not a "Joke" and we don't treat It as one, but we do laugh at It In derision as a farce and some of our very best and (table citizens do that very little thing. Mr. Francis says a state sen ator In Indiana gut Insulted because the toastmaster Joked about his boot legger, and left because he could not allow his puritanical conscience to Joke about the Constitution: vet he never would have thought of any thing like that had It nut been eug gested by the toastmaster. Prohibi tion means nothing hut n name. The Ten Commandments sre all prohibi tions. W'ho pays attention to them all'.’ Not one in a thousand. He couldn't If h» wanted. Society and our system of doing things won't sllow him to do so. If we get over this Jazz era Inside of 20 vears we will he lucky. FRANK DOANK. Replies to ('ashler Lucas. Poole, Neb—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: In your "Public Pulse” a few days ago there appeared a let ter from C. D. I.ucas, cashier of the Royal State bank, Royal, Neb. This letter was bropght Into our bank by a very Irate farmer who was so worked up over It that he didn't even stop Ht home long enough to eat his breakfast. Wanted to know If that was the opinion of hankers In general, or If there was something particularly the matter with, this one After reading It, I don t wonder that this farmer, or almost any other farmer for that matter, would be ex cited about It. I wonder again that you would print such an article without Com ment. We don't know anything about the slxe of the farms In Antelope coun ty. hut will consider that they aver age about 1 AO acres per farm, as they do hers Evsn that la more than they will average In the etate. Mr. Luce* eaye the following words (and you print them): "I woutd judge, however, that the everage farmer la going to clear up close to 19,000 thla year per firm, and It might even g« higher then that.” I did not read tha article of Mr. Ropor, but It he seld the average Abe Martin | Why does a movie audience alius save its applaud frr a defeated democrat? Inge Mnppa acceptin' th' rashiorship o' th’ Renr Wallow Bank, when he's Rot a wife an' three little children dependent on him, ii causin’ no end o’ criticism. (Copyright, 111/ I farmer would clear up $5,700, Lord knows that's had enough, but this other is awful. Now, just let’s see how you listen to this; Taking the figures of Mr, Lucas for granted, and. remember’, he said $9,000 net. Our hank does bus! ness with about 200 farmers. If they are going to average $9,000 net this year, or rather for 1924, our deposits should Increase Just exactly $1,800,000. We don't know what on earth to do , with the money. Please. Mr. Lucas, tell us you are only kidding. We live in a good farming commun ity, as good as any In the state Our farmers say that If they could he sure of making a net profit of $1,000 pet year they would be happy. We yyould advise Mr. Lucas that when he gets tut on the farm that “Painted Pit ture" will probably fade like the mythical “Rainbow's End.” ('. E. CLARK. President, “hate Jitynk of Poole Kai k of Itral. Omaha—To the Editor of The Oma ha Pee: Personally 1 think every i cltlr.eu of Omaha should lend his slip j Port to Henry Heal in the Heal-Ham- j ai'dti-k controversy. Mr. Heal Is only fulfilling his sworn obligation |n lssti Ing warrants against Sanmrdick for a misdemeanor. Did anyone ever hear of your county attorney sending out 1 Ills emissaries to get the public to violate the law that he might prose j cute them for a violation of same? I Vet that is the rase of your prohibl lion officer, ile lias his paid hirelings to solicit an Infraction of the law. and aid from published accounts, and from sworn statements intimidates and manhandles his victims in mak ing arrests, and due to such activities i« Awarded a promotion from the federal authorities, while Mr. Beal Is censured in protecting the civil rights "f the people, and as one writer has put it. will have to ‘ fight it out alone," against the government's agents. Ql'EZO. 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BUT INASMUCH as purveyors of shlpped-in milk are at this time offering their product at a mutually fixed price I m of 11 cents per quart, retail, it is the desire of the Board of Directors of the Omaha Milk Producers’ Association to state to the public that it considers at the present time 12 CENTS PER QUART, RETAIL, A FAIR PRICE for Omaha-Produced Milk, Delivered in Its Natural State and Under Sanitary Conditions The Board of Directors of the Omaha Milk Pro ducers’ Association further entertains the opinion, based on the experience of many practical dairy men with many years of practical knowledge, that Omaha-produced milk, sold to the public as nature made it, and under rigidly enforced inspection, is. and always will be worth 1, or even 2 cents, more Mian shipped-in milk, collected from various sources, uninspected at the place of production. l onsidering the price of feed, transportation. I labor and rentals, we feel certain that every in telligent workingman, every fair-minded business man. and every capable housewife will understand our struggle and desire to uphold qualitv at a fair price for the kind of milk that is produced in small, personally conducted dairies on the out skirts of the city and by responsible men whom the consumer can meet, talk to personailv. and in- •> vestigate anv day. Board of Directors, ; OMAHA Mil K PRODUCERS’ ASS N’. I