THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 1. 1921.
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1. New Uio Passenger SUtion.
2. Continual improvement of tba Ne
braska Highways, Including the pave
mtnt af Main Tboroufbfarea Wading
into Omalui with Brick Surfaca.
3. A short, lewrata Wetarwey from the
Cora Bait to tba Atlantic Ocaaa.
4. Home Rula Chartar fop Omaha, with
City Maaagar form of Government.
When the Leaves Begin to Turn.
September's sun ha browned already some
of the foliage, and presage of the flaming ban
ners of Indian glimmer is noted in the turning
of the green as summer glides swiftly into
autumn. Forest glades now afford the promise
of a gorgeousness only nature can assume, pic
tures of wondrous yet evanescent beauty, the
benediction of a dying year. For the year is
dying, and the trees will soon pass into a sem
blance of death, lifeless and bare, to awaken
again in the spring, the endless cycle of all ex
istence finding expression in this annual round.
Anyone who wanders through the scanty
woodland stretches of Nebraska, the thin
f ring along the streams, or the not extensive
groves planted by the thrifty husbandman, will
regret the state has no great forest That,
however, is due to the fact that the state has
not as yet taken full advantage of one of its
most attractive opportunities. Some day Ne
braska will have a splendid timbered section,
from which will come wood for commercial
.uses and revenue for the state. Acres of land
are now idle that then will be doing their full
share of work, lessening the burden of taxa
tion on the acres now employed. This will be
when the subject of forestation of the "sand
hill" region has become fully understood by the
people.
A recent compilation shows that the farm
value of products in this state for the year 1920
was just under $6,000 per farm. This is at
the rate of $37.50 per acre, assuming that
each farm contains 160 acres. The actual
growth of pine timber on lands in Nebraska, un
der care of the federal forestry bureau, is 1,800
board feet per acre per annum. In other words,
the timber crop is actually worth more than the
average of all other crops.
In the Bessey forest the work of thinning
out the growth, commenced last year, will be
-continued this year, and when all the small
trcs are cut and sold more than enough money
will have been received to pay the entire cost
of planting the 10,000 acres and caring for
the tract up to the present, and all the stand-
mg timber will De leit lor mriner prone Ana
as the sale of the cut trees is already arranged
for, contracts having been made a year ago, the
venture holds no element of risk. It is a sure
thing. ,
Nebraska has state-owned land to the ex
tent of 697,000 acres, the average annual in
come from which is but 13 cents per acre, on
which pine timber can be grown; it is excel
lently adapted to jack pine, will grow white
pine, and nowhere else on earth does yellow
pine do as well. .Legislature after legislature
has ignored this source of state revenue during
the quarter of a century since The Bee began
its presentation. It is possible that some day
a legislature will meet at Lincoln whose mem
bers will have vision enough to see what is
included in forestation for Nebraska. Their
the turning of the leaves will take on a new
meaning.-;! 7i J J,J..jj, "'.;.,..' '," -;"':
biyer toward the rvic companies it net
was, and a.kt Buttling that U unreasonable,
commendable spirit of willingnets to abide by
the fact having been shown. No utility that
deairet only square deal has anything to fear
from the people of Omaha, or of any other city.
When the electric companies have covered
Nebraska with a network of high-tension lines,
then .will be time enough to coiuider the pie
for state regulation. In only few placet have
wires been run out into the rural districts, and
these are not numerous enough to serve at
subterfuge for decreasing the hold of the cities
on their local power companies.
Cleveland Survey. Its Courts.
Something of an upheaval hat been caused
in Cleveland, the result of a survey made of
the criminal court of the city, Without going
into the detail a disclosed by the tabulation
and discussion of the facta developed, it i
enough to say the inquiry ha but added proof
to support a conclusion long ago reached by
observant persona. Crime may or may not be
on the increase in this country, but it is getting
more attention than at any prevlou time. To
a great degree this U due to the efforts of so
ciologists to find and remove the cause for
crime, and thus do away with tome if not all
the burden society is required to bear as a re
sult of activity on part of criminals.
Her is where the criminal courts become
involved. Unless co-operation of the officers
of the law may be secured, experiments tend
ing to produce reformation in the culprit can
not be carried on. How far this should go is
not yet determined, and a wide range of opin
ion has been expressed in regard to the point
In Cleveland the courts appear to have leaned
a little too far towards leniency; it would be
unfair to aecribe unworthy motives to a judge
who mitigates the severity of punishment to a
culprit. Yet Cleveland is not unique in this
regard. Omaha occasionally has heard mur
murs because some action of the court did not
meet popular approval.
. Courts at best are human Institutions, and
judges men, set in a high and peculiarly sacred
relation to their fellows, holding the power of
life and death as well as that of disposing of
property, control of all human activities,
through the administration of the law. And
as that administration proceeds so is the court
regarded with respect and trust or with disre
spect. All state courts are at the control of
the people, and venal judges may keep oo
close an eye on the veering and varying moods
and whims of the multitude, yet in Cleveland
or Omaha experience supports our judicial sys
tem, imperfect though it be, because it is an
evidence of the desire of the people to do
justice, and an expression, even if feeble, of
accepted responsibility.
' Reading on the Farm;
Something that Larnegie overlooked m ins
'distribution of libraries was that good readings
is as desirable in the country districts as m the
centers of population. The winter months', when
a great deal of farm work is at a standstill, pro
v'de' an opportunity for reading .that city folk
seldom find. As a result of this farm pec-p!e arc
ften better cad than those in the cities. Maga
sVes of the best sort and books of many kinds
are found on their reading tables.
The demand for 'literature is there, but the
facil.ties for obtaining it are inadequate. There
:s need for rural libraries, and it is encouraging
to find that one of the topics to come before the
' annual conference' of the Nebraska Library as
sociation in Grand Island will be the county li
brary law. This statute, which permits counties
to. establish libraries just as cities do, has not
been taken advantage of as it should have been.
.Women's clubs in several communities, however,
are bringing the subject to the tore, realizing
not only the benefit to adults but the influence
portunity is open not alone to the farm dwellers,
but also to the small towns, and that marketing
center which establishes, itself as the seat of a
county library' will have done a good stroke of
business and culture.
.v City Control of Utilities. .
With the aim of power companies to extend
their electric ' service into the rural districts
everyone will be in accord. But citizens will
come far from agreeing with the declaration of
a. speaker before a public utility meeting 'in
Omaha that the first step must be to place electric
. light companies under state regulation.' The
- idea of state control of utilities is not as popu
' lar now as before it was tried. While in the case
of come concerns, such as the telephone systems,
.state-wide regulation seems advisable, still the
general rule may be laid down that public service
corporations whose business is entirely or almost
confined to one city should be subject immedi
ately to local controL r . , '
' The farther removed power over such utilities
becomes, the' less the rights and claims of the
- rcople art regarded. Public opiniou is not as
One Million Volts.
.Sounds big, it is big, and the possibilities it
holds are bigger. A few years ago The Bee
ventured the prediction that the time would
come in the United States when the man who
owned a coal mine would be the poorest pauper
in the community. One million volts is a step
to that end, for it means the electrical experts
arc making sure the transportation of the energy.
Its generation is no longer a problem. Millions
of horsepower is going to waste in the streams
of the country, particularly in the mountain re
gions, solely because the energy that might be
had from them cannot be transported to the
communities that need it. . . -
Experimenters at the Westinghouse plant at
Pittsburgh lately succeeded in "stepping up" a
current until they got a spark-gap of fifteen
feet, which indicated a voltage of 1,000,000 load
on the wire. The leakage was so slight that it
is calculated such a load can be carried safely
and economically 1,000 miles. Some details, such
as that it is suicide to approach within fifteen
feet of a lead carrying 1,000,000 volts; that any
required amperage may be used, and that the
transmission lines ought to be carried high in
the air, are of minor importance compared with,
the main fact that the transportation of electric
energy is gradually being extended in radius.
Under such an installation, a power plant lo
cated in the Rocky mountains can serve both
Omaha and San Francisco. It will enable the
Union Pacific to harness mountain streams along,
its route and energize its shunting engines in the
Omaha yards. In fact, such a field of possible
uses is opened as to stagger the imagination. Coal
can be consumed at the mines, turned into elec
tric energy and delivered over wires to distant
communities at a rate below the cost of hauling
the coal.
Homes may. be lighted and heated, all do
mestic needs for. fuel supplied, merely by turn
ing a switch or-pushing a button. Cities may
be freed from smoke and gas, the grime now re
sulting from coal consumption; the air will be
clear and pure, every aspect of life made sweeter
and better because of the experiment that pro
duced a ' million volts in that Pittsburgh labora
tory. Mankind is making progress. J. '
The Excess Profits Tax
Republican PUu Should Be
Redeemed Without Any Delay,
Those, two men who ' were arrested for
speeding behind a team of work horses provoke
the thought that the automobile js more easily
held under control than many nags,1 and that
if every motorist had a horse and buggy instead,
accidents would be a great deal more numer
ous than now. ,
v One Omaha man has made a good living
off an acre of ground, while others have gone
broke on a quarter section. It does seem that
the opportunities for truck farming around the
outskirts of all great cities are greater than is
usually appreciated.
The amount spent on rouge, powder and per
fume in the last twelve months shrank to $37,
000,000, as compared with $44,000,000 in the pre
ceding period, but no one would suspect this
after seeing the flocks of candy-faced girls.
The eccentricities of history were, never
better exemplified than in the enlistment of 100
Cubans to fight in the Spanish army against
the Moors. - . ' .
I:
Nebraska manufacturers announce the inten
tion of issuing an "annual year book;" presum
ably this differs from a year book issued once a
month or twice a week. - -. . .. -
, (From th New York Tim.)
Have the republicans In congress forgotten '
utterly the cardinal promUe they made to the
American pec s in 19J0? "Sound policy equally j
demands, ' the piatiorm, "the early accom
plithmeut of tiiat real reduction of the tin burden
which mty be achieved by substituting simple
for complex tax lawt and procedure; prompt and
certain determination of the tax liability for delay
and uncertainty; tax lawt which do not, for tax
lawt which do, excessively mulct the ronumer
or needlessly repreit enterprise and thrift." Ap
parently under the influence of the farmer-labor
bloc, which bulldozed the house, the senate
finance committee hat decided that the excest
profit taxet will not be repealed until January,
Wii. Senator Penrose was and it personally in
favor of making the repeal take effect on Janu
ary I, 1921 ; but he hat no longer the strength
of hit prime. Secretary Mellon strongly recom
mended that the repeal be retroactive. Mr. Hard
ing it known to be earnestly in favor of it.
The farmers and laborers are blind to their
own interests at well at to the general interest
if they oppose this retroactive appeal. Aside
from the fact that the excest profits tax is a
war measure for whose continuance in peace
there it no jurisdiction, it hat a decided part in
maintaining the high cost of manufactured prod
ucts in comparison with those of agricultural
products and raw materials. So it lessent the
buying power of farmers and producers in gen
eral. They have had to sell low and buy at
prices too high in comparison. This lessened
buying power brings about lessened selling on
the part of manufacturers, reduces their buying
power and that of their workmen. A vicious circle.
This is more than enough, hut it is not the
worst. The excess profits tax is a tax only in
name. In reality it is a deflection and reduction
of capital. By its withdrawal of working capi
tal it obstructs the growth of productive business
and the lessening of unemployment. Suppose
that congress were unwise enough to continue
the tax until 19J2. The profits of 1921 wouldn't
pay the tax in most cases. It would be the busi
ness of 1922 that would pay and suffer. The
country seems to be drawing nearer to the be
ginning! of reviving prosperity. The dawn of
confidence, of better times, is in sight. Is this
what the republicans mean to do for business
to keep on draining working capital from pro
ductive enterprise into the treasury? Take off
this hamper. Money so released will go into
business. Stimulated business will grow. From
the enlarged volume of production and prosperity
the government will be able to collect without
injury to business a revenue greater than it now
derives from this restriction of business and tap
ping of working capital.
The invitation to political disaster which the
republicans in congress have been making by
their delay or refusal of an early relief from
this form of taxation must be as evident to Mr.
Harding as the serious economic injury which
this delay or refusal has brought and threatens
to continue. The country cares little for the
largely advertised puttering small economies
which the republicans in congress have made, the
cutting off of a few thousand of those "300,000"
superfluous official heads whic. the campaign
orators were so apoplectic about, and so on. It
looks for "early" relief from tax laws which
"excessively mulct the consumer or needlessly
repress enterprise and thrift." In the presence
of the threatened injury to his party, and, what
is more and most of all, to the business 'of the
country, it cannot be doubted that Mr. Harding
will again shepherd tlfe bellwetherless flock of
republican congressmen, wisely lead the leader
less.yinsist upon the performance of republican
promises, make the repeal of the excess profits
taxes effective on January 1, 1921.
Nicholas Murray Butler gives it as his opin
ion that the disarmament conference will be a
success, which is certainly handsome of him,
ince he is not a member.
As almost any person of ordinary sense might
have predicted, the Spiker romance has been
spiked. . v ......
An Eagle Scout
"The general public doesn't realize what it
means to be an Eagle scout," said a man well
versed in the red tape of scouting. He was
telling about the ceremony at the Boy Scout
camp by which the Eagle scout honor was con
i erred upon two members of Troop 14 of Wa
terbury. 1 "It means," he said, "that scouts
must devote many hours of study in prepara
tion for the test they must take. To be an
Eagle scout means a boy must have a good
working knowledge of a good many useful
things that We may hear almost nothing about
in school Twenty-one merit badges are neces
sary and eaetf merit badge represents a single
subject in which the scout must be proficient
How hard it is to attain the honor is shown
by the fact that there are comparatively few
Eagle scouts in Waterbury, although many
more here than in most cities of the state."
The same man said he knew one Eagle
scout who could do a first-class job of plain
work as a carpenter or a plumber, who could
qualify as an authority on birds and trees,
naming all the native varieties at sight, even
the unusual ones, and who was an expert swim
mer and diver and a good plain cook in addi
tion: The same scout, he, added, was better
posted on civics than the average man; he
could make' topographical maps with rare skill,
had a knowledge of first-aid methods that made
him almost as valuable as a doctor in cases of
accident, and he could sew on buttons and do
other plain sewing as good as a woman. And
this Eagle scout, the man who was .telling it
explained, was merely 'one goqd example of all
Eagle scouts. Waterbury American.
A Somewhat Rare September
We wonder if Whittier looked up the weather
reports when he was writing the story of Bar
bara Frietchie, "Clear in the cool September
morn." It may have been-cool in Maryland on
that September day of a year gone by, but if so
the weather man forced the Village of Frederick
to become unseasonably benignant. September
may be cool, but summer trudges through the
month for twenty-one days and more than occa
sionally trudges with fevered feet.
It is in this month-that we find summer and
autumn as field companions. August flowers
still give color to the meadows and roadsides,
while with them in unselfish rivalry are the
flowers that are autumn's. It is the month that
the migratory birds begin to feel the journeying
impulse and some of the less hardy ones start
southward in fear of early frost.
September is supposed to tumble the fruits
of the earth into the lap of need, and always it
does it unless May frost has nipped its oppor
tunity to play the part of lady Bountiful. This
year in many parts of the land May undid Sep
tember. We hear stories of apple trees bare of
fruit and of grape vines clusterless because of a
graceless spring. Chicago Evening Post.
The Beggar's Curse.
Lenine appeals to th "toiling industrial work
ers and agriculturists of the world" for aid re
quired for starving Russians. The inference is
that the toiling business men, who as a matter
of fact will give the greater part of the American
fund, are invited to keep their tainted money.
Aid will go to the needy Russians from capitalist
America in spite of Lenine, but his appeal is
illuminating as to the workings of a fanatic's
mintL Chicago Tribune. - -
1 .'.'. No Tainted Honey for France.
Aside entirely from the value of metal in
coinage is the advantage of metal as metal over
paper money from the hygienic viewpoint France
is to hare gilded aluminum "money tokens" for
two francs, and for one franc, fifty centimes.
Value is trivial, cleanliness is assured. Brooklyn
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How to Keep Well
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. TRAININO IN SPEECH.
Pablo tln laarnlng to talk at I
months. At I yr of sea they
havti aequlrail thu art, nieanlna
they have learned to control the
iiiutt'lea of tha mouth, pharynx,
tiirynx and cheat.
If ut I a child cannot apiak ordi
nary word distinctly unmet hin la
wiona. At the beginning the pro
nunciation I aomawhitt - peculiar
and la known baby tu Ik.
If by t year of aea the child
has nut grown out of thnae upeecti
pacullarltlea of governl kind which,
taken together, make up bo by talk,
something la wrong noini'how aome
wliarv, and the cause should be In
ttMUlgatcd. Hy tin Invent Nation made In Iowa.
&ara M. Sttnchnrld throw a Hood or
IlKlit on a multiplicity of uprech de
fects In children. Speech la the out
atanding method of communication
lift ween human belnns. Hy that
token they are set apart ua some
thing superior to all else in the ani
mal kingdom. If speech I all Im
portant for the happiness and sue
cphr of the Individual, why la It not
all Important thnt the oil Important
art Hhoutd be properly developed?
But do we no regard It?
in 1S3 children who spoke Im
properly In the Kchooli at Iowa City,
45 had ornnnlo defect. 15 had ner
vous instability, and 93 had incor
rect speech habits. In order ot
their frequency the spetich troubles
In this aeries were: Tone, monot
ony, poor articulation, slurrlni?,
marked mispronunciation, Inaudi
bility, sluggishness, nasality, lisp
ing, faulty respiration, cluttcrlnr,
stuttering- and stammering ana
throaty tones. Note that nearly
two-thirds of the number had
troubles due to incorrect speech
habits.
In the analysis of speech trouble
the cases were divided Into defec
tive control of breath, defective ar
ticulation, and defective vocaliza
tion. But these are effects. Back;
of them lies the cause. Stuttering
and stammering; were classed under
defective articulation. Among the
causes were physical debility. hal
lcw breathing, nervous disorders,
brain trouble.
The treatment of stammerers al
ways has been In the hands of what
some people would call faddists and
others would call charlatans.
I was struck with a report of two
caRes treated in this clinic. Tho
children had a physical and mental
examination. Their physical troubles
were cured. Mentally tbey wer
found to have sense .enough. What
was next? Trolonged day by day
training. More than half of this
training was in the development or
poise and calm. They were taught
good mental and nerve habits.
A part of the training lay along
the lines of calm, orderly thinking
and speaking. Some little time waa
given to the mechanics of wora
making. But that was of minor im
portance. They were taught to
speak with expiration and not with
inspiration. That is the story.
If a child does not speak properly
the parent should recognize condi
tions early and take them in hand.
There must be a physical examina
tion, and any defects, such as ade
noids, bad tonsils, improper dental
arches, must be attended to.
Mental tests are next made.
Third comes attention to nervoiis
nesa and mind and nerve habits.
And lastly attention to the speech
itself.
About Taking Medicines.
Anxious writes: "Can you rec
ommend any vegetable compound,
tonic, or anything that would,
strengthen the cardiac organs?"
REPLY,
Digitalis.' the master key in heart
troubles, is a vegetable and meet
your requirements in that particular.
But It is only to be used in appro
priate cases and : then . properly..
When so ' used it acts magically.
When improperly used it may do
havm. This is true of all powerful
and effective remedies. The medi
cines which are taken by anybody
any time for any purpose are enter
taining, but neither helpful t nor
harmful. '
, How to Feed Baby.
Mrs. E. C. writes: "1. What is
the proper food for a baby 14
months old? 2. Would it be ad
visable to change her milk from
Eagle brand to fluid milk, and how
would you change it, by mixing tho
two. or by giving it alternately? 3.
Where could I get a book on the,
feeding of babies from one year on?"
REPLY. .
- 1. Breakfast Cereal, toast, fruit
sauce, eight ounces boiled milk.
Lunch Potato or rice, vegetable,
toast, soup. Supper Cereal, toast,
fruit , sauce, eight ounces boHed
milk. Among the well cooked,
finely mashed vegetables which can
be used are spinach, other greens,
carrots, peas, beans, potato, aspara
gus, cauliflower.
2. Use either milk.
S. Children's bureau, department
of labor, Washington. D. C, or your
state health department.
- Eat . Bran and Fruit.
M. F. writes: "Can a person who
Is constipated eat potatoes or drink
coffee ?
REPLY.
: Yes, but they must also eat wheat
bran by the pound and fruit and
vegetables by the peck.
Yes, If Head Is Hollow.
J. K. writes: "I would like to
know if It is possible for a younu
man to make smoke eoirie out of
his cars."
REPLY.
Just as well as a woman, but no
better.
Schools More Interesting.
One point about which there can
be little argument, however. Is that
school and education- are being
made more Interesting to the chil
dren. It is a matter for national
congratulation, as It inevitably will
mean a more solid foundation for
national strength. Chicago Tribune.
Corn Is Again King.
Corn Is king this year as usuat
and in Its habit of growing sturdiljr
and complacently In spite of adverse
conditions, it is the symbol of the
nation which devotes so much soil
and energy to its cultivation New
York Herald.
RESIGNED.
I've had my "fling"
'I ne'er will be
In what is called
Society. .
And I will go
While I'm heart free
I know 'tis better so.
Those silly girls
Would make no wife;
I'd hate to "tie"
With them for life.
The time I've spent
And money rife
I much regret I trow.
OBSERVER,
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Keep Your rkat.
Irvlngon, Nab., dept. IS. To the
Editor of The Ilea: t obaurve that
In crowded street rare man and boys
keep thalr aenta. while the women
folks stand. I am (lad to sea It;
nd If I hud my way, a great many
more of theae silly customs would
illsn miear. Ia a woman better than
a man? When a man cats In a ear
and pays for a teat, woum you nave
him Hive it ud to a big. husky
woman, who ought not to b on the
street car where there is a manr
This foolish practlCH of being pollt
to ladtea (lad lea. did I say 7 I mean
women! Why call a woman a lady?)
I, or rather, waa, a great ln-on
venlcnco. I have been rorceit to
raise mr hat to some old woman
when I whs so tired I could hardly
stand up, thinking that if I refused
her thin small compliment I would
be et down a a jackass! Hut now,
I rejoice to any. we are at last free
froimlio Insufferable tyranny of that
beast, called decorum, and we ran
be rude without censure and brutal
without feeling any shame at all.
Hereafter, when I am tired (I shall
always be tired) I shall glvo my seat
to no woman unless she carries a
baby, nor then either until I Inves
tigate and discover whether or not
she carries that baby simply to fool
me out of my seat. Thousands of
women have bnbles for that very
purpose: or. if no baby, they fill
their arms full of bundles and try
to scare the poor, tired high school
boy off his warm roost. Boya, sit
firm! Imitate your elders! Don't
give tin the seat, no matter how
great the temptution! It may come
hard at first, but practice at home,
and soon It will become second na
ture to you. Lady, If a man offers
his seat In a crowded car, keep calm!
Don't faint. He may be a lunatic,
but he Is hartnlPMs!
E. O. M'lXTOSH.
Otherwise It's All Rljtht.
Omaha, Sept. 17. To the Editor
of Tho Bee: The Irish are openly
threatening to involve the United
States in war with Oreat Britain un
less England permits thorn to secede
end make un independent nation. It
Is about tlmo for the Irish, not only
in Ireland but in the United States,
to understand that this country is
not going to go to war with Great
Britain on this issue and, further
more, that it is pretty well under
stood in the United States that
Creat Britain is making a more than
fair proposition to do the right
thing by Ireland nnd that the sym
pathy of the world ia not with the
Sinn Fein.
From the very dawn of history
In the chronicles of Julius Caesar
he speaks of the irish ns "forevef
spoiling for a fight." It is not peace
that the Irish want they want a
fight and that is all they ever did
want. The Irish In the United
States particularly should be given
to understand that they aro at lib
erty to go to Ireland and fight for its
freedom as private citizens if they
want to, and the more of them that
go the better it will be for the
United States, but that when it
comes to involving this country in
another war that is none of our
business we respectfully decline with
thanks. "You can fool nil of the
people some of the time, etc.'1
BENTON BROWN. "
Our Advanced Civilization.
West Point, Neb., Sept. 15. To
the Editor of The Bee: There is
no doubt more respect for law and
order, and with less use of the
sword' (with perhaps an exception
here and there, where the causes
for it are plainly visible) among the
English-speaking people of the
world (.than among most other na
tions. And why, if it be not that
they have been granted more free
dom and more justice by the laws
of those states? ...
Our press is prone to condemn
bitterly the parties of all "isms" of
other rationalities abroad, nna to
brand their new doctrines of re
form with hideous names. How
ever, did not most of these new ten
ets get their origin in a righteous
indignation at the cruelty and inju
tice of those governments toward
their own people? And their ad
vocates, finding themselves in - too
small minority to right those.
wrongs in an orderly way. dese
crated their creeds in the eyes of
the world by resorting to forlorn
methods of the vilest destruction
and crime.
Take for instance the famous ni
hilist party in Russia before the
world war, which was held respon
sible for the brutal murder-of many
high officials of that land, including
the czars, in the last century of that
great monarchy. Were those des
perate criminals all black of heart
and soul? Can a man be such who
is willing to die for his principles
and offer himself in supreme sac
rifice on the altar of freedom? In
Russia it wasn't necessary to com
mit a crime as a nihilist in order to
bo forthwith executed or impris
oned for life, but only to be found
out as such. ' .,
i We are not dwelling on these
things, which might be extended
into volumes, with the intent of ap
pearing to condone crime and dis
order; nor do we believe that the
end justifies the means. The world
has witnessed, however, ithe com
plete overthrow of that '. powerful
autocracy which those few .desper
ate nihilists had been trying in vain
to down for years and years past;
and this must lend at least a sem
blance of right to some of their for
mer principles. The world has just
witnessed, also, the present govern
ment of England allot a place of
honor in their most famous temple
of fame. Westminister Abbey, to
that illustrious man, George Wash
ington, over whose head that same
nation had once hung a sentence of
treason. Noble confession of their
former wrong!
And what applies to the political
rights of people must also apply to
their economic rights. In fact, the
former are but the means of secur
ing the latter if they fail to do
this they become only sham and
mockery!
Economists and writers of the
press seem to be concerned only
with preaching obedience and sub
mission to our present economic or
der of things and with about as
much plausible reasoning as the old
political school of former European
monarchies. But would it not be far
wiser to preach also with this sub
servience to the masses, rationalism
and a sense of justice to those that
control the wealth of the nation?
Would not that respect be a spon
taneous result of the proper exer
cise of the latter?
. Is it befitting the democracy of
our so-called advanced civilization
that a email group of selfish men
should have the say of whether the
sun of prosperity shall r'.se or
shall not rise, as they may please
upon this nation, and the rest of
the world? Is it fair to the mul
titudes that the few rich should
have the Say of whether those shall
live or starve in the face of an
abundance of everything desirable
on hand? Shall have or rhall not
have the opportunity to earn a de
cent living for themselves and fam
ilies; and posatas th jy of useful'
ns and eervtca which la lh su
preme happiness of man. And
finally, whether they shall beeoma
rueful members of societyor In
larsa numbers despised oufaaia if
same and bitter enemies of that
Very civilisation?
In countries where the supply of
tha nereaaltlrs of life haa bean so
depleted by the lata war that there
is nut enough left to go tha round
for everybody, those In control of
affaire have at luaat a aelrtsh pre.
text of riiht to manipulate thiiuta
ao as io make their own big share
areur. But In a country Ilk ours,
with Its warehouse and elevators
filled to overflowing, that earn
eouroe seems nothing short of dia
bolical behavior.
Does not our conduct as a na
tion, In thta line, resemble In a
measure mat or an educated per
son so puffed up with hla learning,
pride and conceit us to baenme u
mental sot, devoid of reasonableness
and common sense; and who on his
self-made pedestal, falls to put into
practice the common and sensible
things of an ordinary person who,
though wanting In all that artificial
and conceited learning, yet Is re
plete with good judgment and
reasoning. ARNOLD 8. M1SEHEZ.
At tlio County fair.
Omaha. Sept. 17. To the Editor
of The llee: Your editorial In Tho
Heo on Friday gives food for
thought. I vlulted the liouelas
county fair on two different day
last week and ran, therefore, from
personal observation, confirm the
truth of all you say favorable to
rural life and progress as disclosed
by the fair.
But there are still other Important
truths demonstrated by the Douglas
county fair in Its new home In
Waterloo. The first of these is a
matter that has been a bone of con
tention In this county for thirty
years to my personal knowledge, vis.
that the place for a county fair is
right out In the country among the
farms. We have tried to hold this
fair in and around Omaha for many
years; to mix it up with horse rac
ing and city sports, or to make It
the tall for a city kite of one sort
or other, and it always resulted in
failure Insofar as promotion of rural
affairs is involved. And a county
fair has no excuse for existence ex
copt as it is promotive of rural in
dustry and social life.
In your editorial, necessarily
brief, you did not say enough for tho
quality of agricultural production as
shown at the fair. And indeed one
must be a connoisseur in agricul
tural things to appreciate in full
measure the really extraordinary
character of farm products at the
Douglas county fair. I went, over
thct display three or four times
with different men who had spent
their lives In agricultural industry
and who like myself had Inspected
nearly every great agricultural show
held in America from the Centennial
exposition in Philadelphia in 1878
to this time, and we found a new
angle of Interest at every turn and
wonderment at tho variety of farm
products grown to perfection here
in Omaha's dooryard; and at the
trained skill of our farmers in pre
paring and displaying their products.
But all this is of much less im
portance to me than the immaterial
side of the fair the atmosphere of
cordial rural hospitality and neigh
bourliness which was exhibited on all
hands. The courtesy and real demo
cratic spirit shown in association
between the cultured people in the
rural districts was the common
theme of conversation among the
few city men who visited the fair.
This illumines even the rural base
ball game, making it a real institu
tion. The Douglas county fair
staged a base ball tournament for
all the clubs in the west side of the
county. Each club's rooters manned
(perhaps 'womened is a better word,
here, for the rural maidens were
more numerous and enthusiastic)
the bleachers and, as was very evi
dent, put over all possible organ
ized support for their favorites. The
bleachers extending even beyond the
bases were crowded with supporters
of tho great game who stayed to the'
last inning notwithstanding burning
sun and a melting humidity in the
atmosphere. The two young .men
who read The Bee's spirting page
on the street car this morning from
Dundee crossroads to the Black
stone, with unflagging interest would
surely have enjoyed the county fair
tournament!
Your comment on the advantage
of children's industries on the
farms, as disclosed at the fair is
apt to have its significance over
looked by city readers. This is par
ticularly true of that considerable
number of city people who have
been active in securing the passage
or laws rorblddlng child employ
ment, as If idleness is not the en
emy of all righteousness wherever
it exists and that child idleness la
the primary school of criminoloirv.
Farm children have been brought
up in industry always. They have
had the trained hand and eye, the
developed name or Kindness and
service always. That training is in
separable rrom childhood in the
country. And who will say it is- not
equal -fitting for life to the best that
can be got in the best city schools?
The present advantage of the rural
boy and girl is in organized and di
rected occupation through the club
system under the leadership of such
admirable men as Professor Frisbie
of our state university, who is state
leader of this work, and has for as
slstants a corps of local workers like
our own inimitable county farm
agent, Mr. Maxwell. These men are
doing for the rural youth a work
fully t on a par With Boy Scout and
camp .rire uiri wont in me cities,
nnd with a far better background.
inasmuch, as the rural club work is
in the line of the very real interests
of farm industry. v
H. F. M'lXTOSH.
CENTER SHOTS.
Disarmament also will prove an
excellent plan if it succeeds in caus
ing some of the nations to get rid
of the axes they have to grind.
Eutte Miner.
Congress Plans
Fight of lis Own
On Disarmament
"Wrist watches for men are going
out or style." First practical step
toward disarmament. Toledo
Blade.
Berlin doesn't like the treaty, says
Dernberg. A ng for what that dern
burg likes. Arkansas Gazette.
Marconi thinks he heard a mes
sage from Mars, but he couldn't
make out the words. Maybe it was
only a busy signal. St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Political machines are like ma
chines. You put your money in and
sometimes something comes out
Pittsburgh Sun.
Now it is the bootleggers who
nave adopted that stirring American
cry, "Don't give up the ship."
Turlington isews.
Marconi Receives Mystery Mes
sage headline. How's it read,
Mark something like this: "Got
three cases. Where'll we deliver
"em?" Buffalo Express.
The modern idea of roughing it
ia to sleep on a spring bed in a
tent near a fashionable hotel, to
which you can retreat when it be
gins to sprinkle. Augusta Herald.
Plan Laid fur Cainiuigii in
Senate ami House tu Hi
tliice Size of Army
And Navy
ifblraie Trtbuna-Omaba lla !.a4 M ire.
Vahin8ton, Sept. 18. While the
international conference on limiu
tion nf armament is niertintf in
Wellington, congrrss will iue a
f.l, nl (ia mi ii i, further redact
i America's armament, rrirdt tt
i . . . . .. . .
the drciMon oi me couierrncc.
I i'Uns are already laid to way,
spirited campaign in both the enat
and house to curtail the sue of th
army and navy, cuttinif far benetli
even the minimum lixed for the pres
ent fiscal year.
Fear U frit that lb prospective
debate and the probability of action
by congress while the conference is
in proven, might rrimly embar
rass the American delcatri and
handicap thrni in their negotiation
with the representatives of the other
principal powers.
On the other hand, disarmament
advocates contend that further cur
tailmcnt of American armament
would not interfere with the pro
ceedings in the international confer
ence. but would furnish an example
of disinterestedness and assist in ac
compelling the primary object of
the conference, namely the limita
tion of armament.
Mutt Submit Estimates.
Under the provisions of the budget
law, the president is required to sub
mit to congress on the opening; day
of each regular session, that is, the
first Monday in December, estimate
of the government expenditures for
the ensuing fiscal year. Included
in these estimates, of course, is the
budget for the army and the navy.
The administration took the posi
tion that congress cut below the
safety mark in decreases, which it
ordered in the army and navy lor
the present fiscal year. The army
was cut to 150,000 men and large
amounts were sliced off the naval
estimates. It is unlikely that the ad
ministration, when it submit the
December budget, will be willing to
cut below the existing figures.
Nevertheless disarmament advo
cates are not satisfied. They are
giving notice of their determination
to fight for a reduction of the size
of the army to 100,000 men, although
this would leave the army m a skele
ton form. An effort will be. made
simultaneously to force a reduction
in the number of officers, although
there is a growing feeling that ade
quate trained commissioned person
nel is more important than anything
else in forming the nucleus of an
arm' Fight Building Program."
With experts still disagreeing
over the issue of air craft versus
battleships, it is probable that the
naval appropriation bill in congress
will be compelled to traverse much
the same ground that it covered dur
ing the past session. When the bi I
finally emerged from the deadlock
between the senate and,nJe'Jt
carried approximately $400,000,OUO
Efforts will be made to force a com-l
plcte suspension of the present build
ing program to permit time for the
development of designs and devices
to combat aerial attack. Whatever
may be the outcome of the efforts
to declare the battleship obsolete, it
is regarded as a certainty that con
gress will be more generous in vot
ing money for aircraft and subma
rines. ... i
As soon as the budget is sub
mitted by . the administration, it is
the custom of congress to refer it
to the appropriations committee so
that the drafting of the appropria
tion bills can be carried on with all
possible dispatch. It may develop
that administration leaders, to avoid
as far as possible discussion which
might emoarrass ine nuicnuu -ference
delegates, will endeavor to
postpone consideration of the army
and navy bills until next spring.
Ku Klux Han. Meeting
At Louisville Is Off
Louisville, Ky., Sept. 18. Or
ganizers for the Ku Klux Klan an
nounced that thd proposed attempt
to hold a meeting here tonight had
been abandoned and that activities
of the organization had been trans
ferred to Jeffersonvillc. Ind., oppo
site Louisville. The armory there,
the statement said, had been securer;
for an address by Rev. C. A. Ridley,
of Atlanta, preparatory to forming a
branch of the order. Mayor Newton
H. Myers of Jeffersonville said the
meeting, as a peaceful assemblage,
had his sanction although officers,
he said- had been detailed to see that
nothing inconsistent with good cit
izenship was advocated. .
German Reichsrath
Ratifies U. S. Treaty
Berlin, Sept. 18. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) The treaty of peace
between Germany and the United
States has been formally ratified by
the German .reichsrath or upper
chamber. '
The reichsrath or imperial council
was organized under the new con
stitution of Germany for the repre
sentation of the component states.
It consists of 63 members.
Sioux City Smith Seeks
Identity of Smiths Dead Here
W. H. Smith, Sioux City, visited
the police station Saturday night to
obtain information in regard to the
two men, named Smith, who met
with violent deaths last week. He
said he will view the remains of the
Smith who died as a result of in-
- - - AAA!.Ai4 in fl Knv rap Itnfftnn
Junes inn"" ... - - -"I-
and the Smith who was found dead
near soutn uraana.
Tax on Hotel Room Above
$5 Day Proposed in Senate
Washington, Sept. 18. Under an
amendment to the house tax bill,
adopted todav bv the senate finance
committee, hotels would be required
to pay a tax of 10 per cent on the
amount in excess of $5 charged to
transients' for single rooms, and on
the amount in excess of $3 charged
for double room