THE OMAHA BEE: WEDNESDAY. JUNE 21, 1922.
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THE CHURCHES AND THE COAL STRIKE.
The solidarity of the churches, ProtesUnt, Cath-
olic and Jewish, in urging the prompt conclusion of
the mine deadlock illustrates the manner in which
certain fundamentals of religion nowadays are being
applied to the material problems of the world. In
dustrial peace is no less to be desired than interna
tional peace, and the surest road to both lies in the
application of moral principles to the issues involved.
The appeal of the churches is not visionary. That
may be realized by consulting the words of the for
mer United States fuel administrator, Harry A. Gar
field. From a business point of view he arrives at
a moral adjustment. "The coal industry is no longer
a true private industry.," Mr. Garfield lately wrote.
"There are hundreds of industries producing prod
uct without which we can still live and labor. Doubt
less it would be inconvenient if most of them were
halted for any considerable length of time; but sub
stitutes sufficient for the purpose can be found.
Therefore government has the least to do with them.
Labor and capital may make such arrangements as
they will. Not so with coal; we have found nothing
in sufficient quantity to take its place. Coal is no
longer a private industry-in tie sense that the others
re."
Mr. Garfield suggests the carrying out of plans
drawn up at a conference of coal operators, miners
and public officials during the closing days of the
war. Its guiding principle called for the finding of
facta concerning all the factors entering into the
cost of production and distribution of coal. The
labor statistics bureau would keep tab on the cost
of living of mine workers; the federal trade com
mission would watch the cost of production and sell
ing of coal; the Interstate Commerce commission
would study the cost of distribution, and the geologi
cal survey would report the supplies on hand. These
four fact-finding bureaus would have nothing to do
with the formation of policies, nor would the coal
commission, formed of operators, miners and the of
ficial public representatives do more than advise the
president, through its chairman, the secretary of
commerce. The president would determine policies
and make such regulations as congress would au
thorise. -'.';'!
Thin nf f nurap ' ? trie auViatirnrinn nf trirt room- I
lation for government ownership. To prevent a pub
lic demand for public ownership of the mines, there
must' be evolved a more workable plan of private
ownership. o
IRELAND VOTES FOR PEACE.
The difference between an Irish republic and the
Irish Free State is precisely the difference between
war and peace. On the showing of early returns the
Irish people appear to have voted for the treaty with
Endand and aeainst a Continuance of armed conflict.
Defeat of Countess Markievicz and several other
irreconcilable candidates for the Irish parliament,
all of them persons who had suffered and endured
much for the sake of independence, must be taken
as a decision in favor of compromise. '
. sWhat the republican minority will do, now that
the country has voted for the treaty remains to be
seen. If the guerilla campaign that has (split the
forces of the Irish patriots is continued, Ireland
stands to lose more than it can gain. Renewed mili
tary activity by the opponents of any settlement
short of absolute and immediate independence evi
dently would not represent the majority opinion, but
merely a resort to force. '
In the heart of every Irishman lives the dream
of independence. It may be considered that' the
peaceful establishment of the Free State is a step
and not an end, but at least for the present popular
opinion seeks no more.
FLOODS AND IRRIGATION.
The people of the lower Mississippi valley are
looking beyond their levees, and far reaching results
may be anticipated. In an appeal to President Har
din for relief from ' the flood dancer that arises
each spring, the New Orleans association of com
merce urges prevention at the source. After refer
ring to the destruction of timbered areas that held
back the waters and to the need of reforestation
and of retarding dams on the Ohio, attention is
turned to the western streams that pour into the
Mississippi, as follows:
We are assured by men who have made a study
of Missouri river conditions, that a great deal of
the surplus flood waters which now reach the
Missouri from its source streams can be diverted
and soaked into dry lands far removed from the
Mississippi. In this way untillable lands may be
; made available for agriculture, and the flood flow
of the Missouri be brought under some sort of
control, to the end that in times of maximum flood
' flow, there will be a reduced peak load to, Join the
peak load of the Ohio at Cairo.
A vast program of irrigation and reclamation
work is thus sketched. It is irrational that so many
lives and so much property should be menaced year
after year by high water, and the situation appears
positively preposterous when it is considered that
there are millions of acres of parched lands that
would be brought into fuller use if some of (his sur-
. willies wala aaii! A V, Jiiai4aJ 4Va 4l
NORTH HIGH SCHOOL WINS.
Plea of the Property Owners' league and the ex-
ccutive committee of the Chamber of Commerce that
the new North High school be stripped to a mere
collection of class rooms, without gymnasium, audi
torium or swimming pool, has been rejected by the
Board of Education. More potent than this demand
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of its educational experts, re-enforced by parents of
prospective pupils, who declared these features necessary-
Thus is illustrated once more the fact that it is
aaier to discuss tax reduction in general terms than
'ft ia to eliminate the things which produce taxes.
In this particular case there was much to say on
loth sides. . The division of opinion as illustrated
by the fact that the municipal affairs committee of
the Chamber of Commerce, according to published
report, was unable to agree upon any recommends,-
tion after an investigation or several weeks and
debate lasting m many hours. It is doing no one
fta-rvitw, not en the taxpayer or the pupils, to let
the discussion degenerate into personal recrimination,
The men who pay heavy taxes for the most part
favored tax reduction as the principal consideration
those who have children about to attend the high
school were in favor of the more extensive building
program and declared their willingness to pay the
taxes. The weight of the evidence apparently was
against the swimming pool, but highly favorable to
some room either a gymnasium or auditorium or
both adequate to provide a meeting place for al
the pupils of the school.
STRICTLY UP TO EUROPE.
Those politicians are doing America no service
who assure the world thst either the people or the
present national administration are hostile to inter
national co-operation and understanding. The
strained effort of James M. Cox in the last presiden
tial campaign to tar his opponents with charges of
narrow selfishness and bigoted indifference to the
need of world federation were not only unfair but
actually served farther to estrange the old and the
new world.
The favorable attitude of Chief Justice Taft to
ward the League of Nations was well known, even
in the campaign in which he supported the candidacy
of Mr. Harding for the presidency. There need now
be no surprise at the report from England that Mr.
Taft has hinted the hope that eventually the United
States may join the league. His hope is for any as
sociation of nations designed to insure peace and
progress. It may be that one day America will join
the League of Nations, but that will not be until both
the letter and the spirit of its covenants are changed
and improved. -
Those standards of honor, morality and justice
that exist for individuals, building the very founda
tion of civilization,, must be applied to the relations
between nations and people. That is the firm belief
of the American people, and of their representatives.
The conduct of European and Asiatic affairs since the
formation of the League of Nations has not given
evidence of any increased allegiance to these ideals.
Americans await a sign of good faith and recon
ciliation of deed and promise before completing any
move to unite their fortunes with those of the rest
of mankind. That fc the exact situation; it will not
do to berate public sentiment or to tax our national
administration with being too backward. It is not
America's move, but it is up to Europe to set its
house in order
A MODERN PONCE DE LEON.
Harold McCormick, millionaire Chicago manufac
turer noted moreover as a supporter of grand
opera, father of Mathilde (she who intends to marry
the Swiss horseman, Max Oser), and ex-husband of
Edith Rockefeller McCormick has undergone an
operation. If reports be true, he has acquired cer
tain glands heretofore possessed by a young man of
athletic build but less athletic purse. The glands
are reputed to restore youthful vigor.
Through all the news dispatches recounting these
events there runs a vein of satire. They are making
fun of McCormick on the sly, these writers of the
news, as they have indeed of others who have sought
this new-found cure for on-creeping age.
It shouldn't be so. Rejuvenation has been a goal
of the human race for many years. Ponce de Leon
lived 400 years ago, but he was neither the first nor
the last to seek the miraculous waters, one drink of
which would make a man of 60 again as one of 20.
Thousands and tens of thousands of men have sought
elusive youthful vigor by one means or another, in
cluding golf. Why then laugh' and . scorn now that
medical science has made the miracle true in some'
degree at least? Why ridicule because man wants
to be young and take advantage of this simple twist
of the surgeon's wrist which makes it possible?
In the case of McCormick there is reason for
special applause. Others have sought much prized
youth by accepting into their bodies the glands of
goats and monkeys. McCormick did nothing of the
sort. He may. have monkey blood in his veins by
long centuries of evolutional progress, but he will
have no monkey glands. Human glands must be
had and, luckily for McCormick but mayhap not for -the
ex-possessor of the glands, there is found a man
who will trade youth for money. McCormick still
has ambitions to climb thf heights, but he will take
no chances about acquiring a temptation to hang
from high trees by a tail which he has not.
ASSASSINATION OF A SUMMER FAVORITE.
There be those who eat sugar on. lettuce, a few
who consume cucumbers with syrup and many, these
hot days, who drink iced tea.
Oh, fair fields of Ceylon and China! Oh, ye plan
tations of Formosa and Java! Cast your eyes across
the western sea and behold to what base uses your
tea leaves have been put by the epicurean barbarians
of the Occident.
The outraged tea-gods have punished them with
nervousness and dyspepsia for thus perverting the
uses for which tea was intended.
It's all wrong! The English, who tipple tea in
cessantly, know that tea was provided to be drunk
hot, the aroma rising in the halo of steam from the
cup as friends sit at table and meditate and cogitate
and converse, and perchance gossip. Such tea
soothes the digestive tract and spreads a feeling of
contentment through the mind, yea into the very
soul. Ask those contented millions who drink it.
Where is the villian who first invented iced tea?
His name is anathema and maranatha. He is gone.
But the evil that he did lives after him. Thousands
drink the concoction, which has nothing to redeem .
it, not even taste. Without the sense of sight, 'you
can scarcely tell the difference in .taste between a
glass of iced tea and a glass of ice water.
An Omaha man told the judge ten jugs of whisky
found in his home had been placed there without
his knowledge. "Watch closely," replied the mag
istrate, "or someone may hide an elephant in your
house," thereupon fining him $100. But the sarcasm
apparently went amiss, for the man appealed to a
higher court.
"William A. Pinkerton advocates a whipping post
and pillory for holdup men and sneak thieves. But
that wouldn't work well ip Omaha, for the culprits
must be caught before they can be punished.
OPINION-
What Editors Elsewhere Are Saying
(iame taws In Wen.
Prom tka Vi'Mhlasiaa Paat, '
The Hoaton couple who sousht to
prove fur the benefit vt humaiiiiy -tha
benefit pnaaibly hvln (o do
with aolvlnf tha problem of tha blah
t oat of living that xialam e is feas
ible on the Adam and Kva plan avan
In these modern days, have had tha
romance taken out of their experi
ment by a rude awakening- to tha
fuel thnt the root of evil cannot he
earaped even In the wilda of the
foreaia. This couple, entering their
elected Kden without lucre; with
out anything-, in fart, more than pa
ture gave tha original Adam and Kva
with which to start the organisation
of earthly society, apparently did
well ao far as finding leafy wearing
apparel and procuring food from
nature's at ore were concerned. Hut
They forgot the game wardens.
The sequel Is that tha Adam of the
sketch has Juat contributed to the
exchequer of Maine the aum of I3S4
In fines for trapping a deer, killing
partridges and obtaining other game
out of season. There ia fine satire
in the ending of the back-to-nature
eplaode. It almply shows that, whlla
the laws of nature are immutable,
the lawa of civilisation amendatory
thereof insist on enforcement. The
thing juat cannot be done; Adam and
Kve the First did It, but there were
tack game laws In thoae times and
the acts of congress and of the aov
erelgn state were not sufficiently
retroactive to hold the erring first
parents to account.
Our Wet Ships.
From tha Cleveland Nwa.
' It is claimed American shins on-
erated on a bone-dry basis from
shore .to shore could not compete
with British. French and other wet
ships for passenger business,
American business least of all.
Probably that is true. It is said
In defense of the plan of selling all
sorts of prohibited beverages on
ships owned by the United States
government, closing the bars only
while the vessels are within the
three-mile sone of American water,
that a more consistent attitude In
the matter of prohibition' would
lienate patronage, hurt the mar.
hant marine and so Injure our
whole country. That is. princlnle
conflicts with business and principle
has to give way! No such rule has
governed prohibition enforcement
on land and Americans see no res
son why it should apply at sea,
especially in view of the ruling that
shin carrying the American fine
is subject to American laws while
the ' high seas anywhere in the
on
world.
If we cannot have prohibition
and a merchant marine, too, let us
choose between them and have one
or the other. It has not yet been
demonstrated that we cannot have
both. Transportation and other in
dustries ashore manage to exist in
spite of prohibition laws. The coun
try sees no reason why shipping
should not, considering how liber
lly it has been financed with pub
lic funds.
has been a mechanic. artUan or la-
L or "" " menial duty."
The ttuatlon has coma about
cauaa the KnglUh aocial eyateru la
not that of the rolonlea. True, In the
Ktnmm, oiaiinriione Ulat toaoriie
degree. The line, however, runs less
aharp than In England. In New
Zealand, Auatralla and 8outh Africa
a strong democratic feeling flnuriahea
i!." !T,".,h'f broken. The
rig d dlatliiftlon of the "Old Coun
try tend to appear somewhat rldlcu-
mna ara inugnaa out of court
much as In America.
The Sydney Ilulletln. alili h k. .
unique influence In Auatralla. baa
aiwnya twined the nionocled 'Ticca
dllly Johnny" with his affected ao
cent and his natronaae of "mlnni
Th. bullo-l driver. Instead of
tuning ma roreiock and bowing and
acraplng to a wool king, maintains
n amiuue or sturdy Independence.
In sport no aortal distinctions are
tolerated. A laborer may be a cap
tain of a crack cricket team whose
memoersnip includes his own em
ployer.
The Democrats Invade Henley.
From tha New York Sun.
One of the complications of em
pire has arisen recently in England
through a Cable from Melbourne, de
manding a decision as to whether a
crew of Australians engaged in man
ual occupations when at home will
be allowed to take part in the aristo
cratic Henley regatta. The crew in
cludes a locomotive fireman and
driver, a fitter, a carpenter, a clerk
and the captain of a steamship. Un
der the Amateur Athletic union rules
they are amateurs, but Henley rules
may follow Henley preferences. They
reiuse amateur status to one who
by trade or employment for wages
Nebraska Notions
Babe Ruth fanned twice and hit a homer with
nobody on, then got put off the diamond again for
getting into a dispute. Seems like the "king of
swat" got off to a bad start this season.
Considerable persuasion will have to be exerted
before some people consent to be cured of the hook
worm that is said to cause laziness.
Life's just one thing after another. Just a short
time ago, the Lions were roaring in Omaha. Now
the Eagles are screeching in Grand Island.
Scottsbluff Star-Herald:. It is usu
ally a 10-cent girl that make a fool
r. a 110,000 man. A 110.000 woman
doesn't make a fool of anybody be
cause she is nobody's fool.
Columbus Telegram: Our idea of
fun would be listening to "Helen
Maria" Dawes playing golf in tight
shoes. '
Fremont Tribune: "Prosperity is
right ahead," said Will Hays. "Big
business ahead," says Judge Gary.
It all calls to mind the -old story of
the sailor-tramp who had followed
the water for 20 years but never
caught up with it.
'
Plymouth News: If our foresight
had equaled out hiadsight we would
have laid in a darn sight more
anthracite.
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Fairbury News: The people got
ptetty mad when an attempt was
made to place a 1-cent tax on gaso
line, but when it went up 3 cents in
a few days they paid it and smiled.
'
Friend Sentinel: The wife of an
ex-soldier was heard to remark a
few days ago: "I can't understand
men. My husband ran a tank dur
ing the war, and now he can't run
a vacuum cleaner for me."
Pierce County Call: There is a
growing feeling that the president,
in dealing with congress, has accom
plished all he cao with the sugar
bowl and should now reach for the
shingle.
Fairbury News: A trip over Ne
braska these days will convince any
person that we are living in the
garden spot of the world. The corn
as well as the small grain promises
an abundant harvest: a mammoth
crop of fruit is rapidly developing,
while the market gardens are yield
ing well. Surely there is' abundant
excuse for optimism.
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Clay Center Bun: One of the most
charming pieces of idiocy we have
noted for some time was an Idle
cierk drawing designs in the dust
on a display case.
Genoa Leader: The government is
advertising 100,000 currycombs for
sale. Where did it get them? Why
they afe a part of that million the
democrats had made during the war
to . comb the hayseed out of the
Germans' whiskers when they caught
'em.
a
McCook Tribune: Hunting a
criminal in hiding with an aeroplane
has at least the saving grace of
being amusingly spectacular. The
big laugh might be amplified by
using a Jazz band.
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Hastings Tribune: From Atliance
It is given out that after one year
of city manager plan that city made
a reduction of 25 per cent in cost
of government, compared with the
average of the last seven years.
Take that home and play it on your
saxophone.
Leigh World: If we want to get
a drink we first have to get a doctor
to make out a prescription, while
the druggist makes us hold up both
hands and swear that we have an
Ingrowing colic. If we want poison
to kill rats it is the same way. but I
If we want a gun to kill somebody I
with all we have to do is to pay the!
Drice to the hardware merchant.
I'mle Kara and the Olympiad
From tha Boatan Tranat-rlpt.
' However dlaapDolntlna- tha dedalnn
m noio me uiymplc games at
Paris and thoae of 13B at Amster
dam may be to Americana who
nopea tnat Ia Ansa ea would ha the
favored city for one or other of theaa
Olympiad, the d aaonolntmen will
be speedily forgotten In the whole.
nearted determination of our ath
letes to retain for Uncls Ham tha
track and field laurela so gloriously
won ai Antwerp in iso. There were
many objections to holding these
games at Loa Angeles, not the least
serious of which was tha expenxe
necessarily Involved In bringing the
athletes of the world to California
to compete in these quadrennial
games. The leading contenders
abroad for Olympic laurels will be
able no doubt to make a better show
ing If the contest is held In Europe,
and American followers of track and
field athletics will be ouick to see
the merit of the argument for again
holding these historic games at a
European stadium. One American
city St. Louis, In 1904 has acted as
host for the worlds athletes since
the Olympic gsmes were revived at
Athens In 189, and the United
States can well afford to wait an
other decade for an opportunity
again to play the role of host. Paris,
after all. Is not so far away, and a
trip to Paris ought to be incentive
enough for any aspiring American
athlete.
A Tax Comparison.
From tha Blair Pilot.
On all sides you hear people say,
A fellow wouldn't mind this defla
tion so much if taxes didn't stay
so high."
National taxes during the fiscal
year which will end June 30, 1922,
average- $32.10 for each person in
the United States.
. The Englishman Is paying an
average of $129.80, compared with
our $32.10. The Italian pays $33.93,
and the Frenchman $51.69.
The British treasury, which has
figured this out, also finds that the
corresponding taxes in Germany are
only $3.48 for each inhabitant, due
to their depreciated currency.
That's a peculiar form of penalty
for losing the war.
The Bee's
Letter box
Comfort fr Traffic t'.
Omaha, June IT. To the Kditor
of Tha lite: With a thought for the
welfare of police Iraffw officers f
lha Omaha police department, I '!
aire to auggeat lha following through
our valued publication!
Would it not be thoughtful for
the polilie department to inalsll
larse umbrvlliia, erected un amall
plHifontia, In lha renter of Intersec
tions In the downtown dlairlct where
our traffic policemen are required
to stand In the interests of public
safety throughout the summer In the
Intenatt heal and rainy weather, The
largo umbrellas would shield them
from trie heut and rain and treat
them to a little more comfort than
they are occuktoined to receiving,
and the an will pint form, which they
could stand upon, would not only
protect their feet from standing on
the hot luveinent. snd from the wet
pavement and flowing rain, but
would a I no be of trne a a a welaht for
the umbrella. uTTO U HIlfcMKlt.H.
I'arnM'ra and Their lrlfa.
Gibbon, Neb., June 17. To the
Editor of The lire: The lending
newapaper In this county recently
printed a abort story aa an argu
ment in fuvor of lha farmers Join
ing tha Farm bureau, the Impres
sion given by. the atory being that
the farmer, through the Farm
bureau, could control the price of
their products. Now, if the farm-
t-rs are going to control the price
nf their products, they miiat first do
what every one elite does that con
trols the price of what he hns to sell,
and that la control the supply ami
demand. As the farmers have but
little control over the demnnd for
their product, they must turn their
attention to controlling the supply.
Let us suppose, for example, that
the farmers, through the Farm
bureau, or some other means, should
succeed, temporarily, in raising the
price nf some of their products to a
high level. Would they then limit
production. In order to maintain the
high price Ir.val? No. As the farm
ers are posneased of the same degree
of selfishnea and shortsightedness
as the majority of humanity, they
would produce all they could, and
some of the town and city folks
would be anxious to get Into the
O me.
Those of us who live In the coun
try and are called "clodhoppers,"
"hayseeds," and like names, will
never gain any permanent advan
tage by blinding ourselves to facts;
and it is Just as necessary that we
keep on the lookout for selfish
maneuvers in one direction as the
other. Many things that work per
fectly in theory are dismal failures
when tried In practice.
A certain middle-western senator,
who is a member of the farm bloc.
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1
who has been a strong booeter for
Ilia Kami buieau, who poaea ss the
i-liamplon of tha common eunle in
general and who lie bean forvmoei
. in denouncing the profiteer, anil
1 hold the autMcriplion price of hl
i great wek!y newapaper at tha war-
time level, ike not the old aaylng
that action apeak louder than
worda still hold good?
fSKOIttiK MIKKNBlt.Lt
lluMll Condon, Bulkier.
Oinalm, June ll.To the Kdltor
of The Ilea; Omaha has loat a
builder, a doer, in I ho death of
Ituaaell Condon, widely known pub
lic works contractor.
Aa head of the Omaha 'chapter
of the Aanoclaled (ieueral t'on
1 1 acton of America lie did much to
glorify the name of Omaha, where
he hud lived for more than it yeara
and where he had mounted the
Udder of aucceaa, rung by rung.
A head of three larse construc
tion firm, all hearing hi name, hie
worka added much to tha growth
and prosperity of tha city where he
chnae to make hla home.
Monumental to his memory stands
one of Omaha's moat recent public
Improvement, the grading of the
Dodge street road.' The Weal Center
street paving improvement and
other Thought county projects have
been begun under hla guiding bund.
Ituaaell Condon la gone, hut the
Influence of hi auccewtful career
still will effect those tank which
he ha stnrted. J. B. U
Modern School lUiiilpmont.
Omaha, June 11. Omaha la build
ing a high school which Is to be
"the last word In modern equip
ment." And la about to build an
other where, we are told, the chil
dren will have a swimming pool,
gymnanlum, cafeteria and so on.
Haven t we gone too fur In school
luxuries? Aren t we harming our
children by making things too easy
for them 7 Aren't w acting like the
fond but foolish mother who coddle
her child and makes a weakling of
him? i
Strong men and splendid women
are not produced by the luxury and
frills and fripperies. These things
have always tended to weaken and
debilitate the race.
Hardship, getting - along without,
dolng-for-oneself, have been the
beat builders of great men and wo
men since the world began. This
fact Is written down In history so
that any one may read.
Not In eaae and luxury were the
Spartan youths bred to their famed
perfection. There are but few in
stances of great men springing from
the lap of luxury. They gained their
strength and greatness in the In
spiring struggle against the so-called
disadvantages. They came from the
log cabins and little red school
houses.
If the millions spent on school
"refinements' would make our fhIN
dren belter men and woman they
would be well spent. But. alaa, they
will not,
After all. lan't It mare vanity on
tha part of the adults which prv
duces li swimming pool and otha"
frill. The children would be quite
happy without them,
Kven the expensive gymnlums
In high school could be eaally die
penned wnli. If the children were
siven 14 minutes of calUthenlcs each
day In the open air of the school
ground they would gain much
greater benefit than from the
pentlvely equipped Indoor "gym."
U t u put aalde our vanity and
get back to tha aubatantlal principle
of "plain living and hlsh thinking."
OMJ-TIMEIU
A Car Hlilir Muaca.
Omaha, June 14. To the Editor
of The ltee: Kvery "day, on every
Una In the city, some conductor,
seeing only the schedule on which
hi car ia expected In complete Its
run, alum the dour of hi platform
either in th face of someone stand
ing In a wifely sone or on the heels J
of the I. ml man to enter the car, ,1
who. because of hi gentlemanly at
tributes, preferred to be the Inst to
hoard the cur instead of elbowing
hla way among hi fellows or
crowding ahead of a woman, per
haps, to anve hi hcelx from the Im
pudent action of the conductor.
Htreet car employes are Instructed
to he polite. 8lgn on the car In
truct paawngera to report Infrac
tion of the rules. But few, If any.
truly puhllo-aplrlteil Omahana de
sire to burden the otllce of the
atiet car company with thene com
plaints, let alone pursue the course
of action juat taken by the man who
gave way to primitive Instinct.
A little courtesy goes a long way.
And a second of time, more or leas,
to permit a passenger to board a
cur without losing his heels In the
doors, is not going to damage fa
tally that precious schedule. Ser-
vice Is the only excuse for street
cars, anyway.
SEVEN-CENT FA BE.
The Autumn Quarter of
NEBRASKA WES
LEYAN UNIVERSITY in
University Place will be
gin September 11. Col
leges of Liberal and Fine
Arts, Teachers' College
and Academy. Inquiries
welcome. Address
Chancellor
Schreckengast
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Money to Loan on
Omaha Real Estate
At Lowet Interest Rate
Six Per Cent has been our interest
charge since April 1st, 1917, on all
loans.
Easy Repayment Plan
$1.05 per month pays principal and
interest for each $100.00 borrowed.
Reduced Cost of Obtaining Loan
$1.00 for eaf h $100.00 borrowed.
Conservative
Savings 6 Loan association
& s st r n o y
r
New Rails
for New York Central
New York Central Lines
have placed orders for 1 72,400
tons of heavy open-hearth
rails for 1922 delivery, enough
to lay a single track railway
from Chicago to New York.
In 1921 more than 1,000 miles
of rails were replaced.
In the New York Central
laboratories, out of the ex
perience of never-ending road
tests, has been developed the
highest type of rail used in
this country.
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