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The Morning Bee MORNING—EVENING—SUNDAY , THE BEE Pt'BLISHINC COMPANY oFXSON |i LPt)|KK.>Puh!ither B. BREWER, Urn. Manager MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tt» Ais« I rrM. of *btcb Tb# Bre • a uiAinbrr. 10 azcIaaivae# PDtlt -d 10 ttt UM for rApubllcrt^on of aU or*. dlrpAK'brr rrAdltAd to ft or 1 ■ <rw:rr crrdurd 10 U110 j'Aprr *n.i Um IocaI utwr rub i.nrd UrrUi a 1 P4L110 of r«(ubliOAtloo0 of our rprctA) diiPAtcbM art aIao roAtrvoA. BEE TELEPHONES Trivata Branch Exchange. Ark for tha Department AT lantic or Perron Wanted. For N.ght Calls After 10 P. M.t Editorial Department. AT lantic 1011 or 1042. *WUl» OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnam to. Bluffs .... 15 Scott St. So Side N W Cor. 24tb and N . Ntw York—2S« Fifth Asenuc Warbingtoo - - 422 Star Uldg. Chicago - - . 1720 Stager Bldg. Pane, frauce—420 Rue S*. Honora PRESIDENT HARDING'S MESSAGE. By hi* address to congress President Harding has assumed strong and definite national leadership. I he congress that has been floundering about in a sea of doubt has been provided with a rudder and a helmsman. The course is charted, and though there may be found some shallows along the route, it seems a safe one. We have, he declares, come to the test of our civilization. Affairs can never be set right by un compromising adherence to the policies of the past, some of which have contributed to the present world distress. There is much to be done, and much also to be undone. The most striking declaration in the entire mes sage is that in which he says: ‘‘The day is unlikely to come when the eighteenth amendment will be repealed. The fact may as well be recognized and our course adopted accordingly.” The moral effect of such plain speaking should clear away a great deal of confusion and set the public mind on the %track of more practical questions. His intention to strengthen enforcement of the prohibitory laws, he announces, is accompanied by his belief that de liberate public opinion is back of the statutory pro visions. If rigorous enforcement should result in a widespread desire for modification of the law, then will be the time to discuss that. A noteworthy feature is his decision to call a conference of the governors of all the states to dis cuss local enforcement of the “dry” laws. This de termination to increase the sense of responsibility of the state governments and halt the growth of centralization by which the federal government has gradually been fating away the powers of the states is a wholesome thing. The same desire to encour age self-reliance and diminish the practice of shift ing all the burdens of government and industry on the federal authorities is shown in his attitude on the railway question. Too many trivial disputes have been carried to the Railway Labor board, he asserts, and its docket is congested with matters that could be settled much better by conference between the companies and their employes. The existence of one board to reg ulate railway wages and another to regulate the freight and passenger rates from which the wages are derived is illogical. lie would strengthen the Interstate Commerce commission and give it final authority in the case of labor disputes as it now has in rates. Attention is called also to the question of how to avoid a breakdown of transportation, pre vent stoppage by strikes and seeure new economy and efficiency in operation. He favors a pooling of equipment and terminal facilities and a consolida tion of lines into fewer and larger systems. The aim of this is to avoid paralysis of trans portation and secure lower freight rates, which are particularly needed by the farmers* Development to the utmost of inland waterways and motor truck lines, to be used to supplement rather than to com pete with the railroads is also recommended. Freights, credits and markets, Mr. Harding sees dearly are the main problems of agriculture. His endorsement of the plan for a new system of in termediate credits to give the farmer the same financial advantages as commerce generally enjoys makes it certain that this congress will enact such a relief measure. This will be especially valuable to the stock raising industry, which in Nebraska as elsewhere, is demoralized by laek of financing, and will also contribute to the orderly marketing of field crops. The ground covered by this message to congtess jy so large that it is not hard to understand the delay which prevented its having been delivered entli-T in the week on the opening ot the session. He calls attention to the need of pushing reclama tion and irrigation projects and the conservation of timber. The question of the wide difference be tween the prices paid to producer* and the cost to ultimate consumers is brought up, with a hopeful reference to co-operative enterprises. Two amend ments to the Constitution, one to do away with child labor and the other to remove the advantage of tax exemption from a large volume of securities, are endorsed. The super-power project, by which eastern industries and cities would be afforded cheap electric power and be freed from the menace of a coal shortage is brought up, as is also the proposal advocated by General Pershing for a survey of a plan to draft all the resources of the nation, whether of ntan power, business, finance or what in the event of another war. The immigration problem is brought up, without any encouragement for those who would open our gates to a new flood of foreign labor, and with the advice that a system of closer inspection be adopted. It. is an immense program that President Har ding has outlined; probably one much larger than the present congress can fulfill. These are topics i hut deserve public attention and discussion. This is, as our chief executive has indicated, a new era, and America must face it intelligently and without 1'enr. HUMAN SIDE OF THE “TIGER.-’ We all have been pretty well fed up with the political activity of Georges Clemenceau; it is com forting to turn front riemcnceau the politician to Clemenceau the man, and find him a regular human being after all. lie kisses babies and little girls, ac cepts bouquets and dinners and talks to press re porters, but that is all part of the statesman’s tactics, specified in the book and required by tho rules. Clemenceau does more. At Chicago, the “Tiger” went to the abattoirs. We call them slaughter houses, but the French term may be used out of consideration for the distin guished guest. It was not the scent of fresh blood that called him thither, but a real interest in the meat packing industry, for he has a high regard for the value of food, knowing what it did in the war, and where it came from as well. After seeing all the processes, he went to the Art Institute, and then to some private home where art treasures are owned. All in all, it was a side of the famous visitor that interests more than the one he usually shows. In stead of a fierce, implacable champion of a personal cause, he is thus seen as a man, moving among men, with motives and interests much as other men have. STEAMBOATS ON THE MISSOURI. In the 60s, the 60s and well up in to the 70s, steamboats plowed the Missouri regularly. Col. Hiram Martin Chittenden, then engineer in charge for the government, wrote twenty years ago:.“The Missouri river is as susceptible of navigation now as it ever was.” Let us keep that in mind, and we will be better able to understand what Mark Wood means when he says a barge line from ‘Omaha is among the early possibilities. He was talking to the Rivers and Harbors congress, no*r gathered at Washington. Mr. Woods knows the Missouri river can be re strained from cutting its banks. The Bignall pile has proven its effectiveness against the treacherous current and the crumbling banks. When it is used to greater extent, the greatest of the river prob lems will be solved. Ed Bignall, inventor of the pile that bears his name, and deep student of the problems involved in the control of the Missouri, says a channel may easily be kept open between Omaha and Kansas City; only a little dredging, some bank protection, and the canalization of about forty miles of sand bar is all that is required. The river will do its own scouring, if given a chance. Colonel Chittenden pointed out that it was the railroad that had driven the steamboats off the river. Railroad opposition may have some influ ence in keeping them off. Allotment of $25,000 to take care of work between Kansas City and Sioux City indicates another year of neglect on part of the government. Mr. Wood’s address to the waterways congress has awakened a little line of thought in the minds of the delegates between here and the Gulf of Mex ico. If the volume of silt deposited in the Missis sippi river by the Missouri, and this is enormous, were reduced, it would hlep out those further down the river. The Wood plan will save thousands of acres of good land each year, the annual tribute to the voracious and uncontrolled Missouri. If not for navigation, the preservation of fertile farms that are now being destroyed, should be of suf ficient importance to interest the authorities in the Wood control method. Why should the Missouri river between Sioux City and Kansas City he allowed to remain a men ace to agriculture, when it could easily be checked from its ravages, and even made a helper to com merce because of the vast amount of freight it could carry? MRS. WILSON'S WINNING BATTLE. Americans watch with pride and admiration the courageous battle that former President Wilson is waging to regain his health and strength. The scanty news that has come from out of his seclusion has now been supplemented by the wifely words of Mrs. Wilson. “Mr. Wilson,” she said to a meeting of Maryland women, “II the most wonderful patient imaginable. He also has the greatest store of patience which it is possible to have, and does exactly what he is told. He depends a great deal upon his cane, but this de pendence is noticeably less than it was several months ago. During the last summer he has made greater improvement than at any time since his ill ness.” One of his greatest assets, she says, is his will ingness to obey the doctor's orders. While she gives unsparing credit to her husband, she does not for get Dr. Grayson. Yet with what tine, uncomplain ing spirit she ignores her own part in this long siege. Every woman will understand, however, the trials that she faced. Men, too, who have lain on a sick bed for weary months will realize the important part a woman plays in brightening up the aspect of the tedium of confinement and leading the patient step by step through convalescence. Mrs. Wilson was not the companion of his youth, but was a wife taken at the height of his greatness. Since that day on his transcontinental speaking tour when the train was stopped amid the plains of Kansas while this pair walked down a dusty road in a vain effort to throw off the strain of official cares, her lot has not been what the world calls happy. Yet one may see from her few words, spoken as a woman to women, that life holds no greater happi ness than the recovery of her husband. The whole nation is with this devoted woman in her hope that Mr. Wilson will recover his full vigor and live long to contribute his thoughts and opin ions to the greater development of America. Ad versity has tried him as it has few men in history. That he is patient, bearing his affliction without complaint, and deferring to the advice of his phy sician, are not trivial details, but are instead more illuminating than an official bulletin from his phy sician. These are the little touches of nature that all can understand and appreciate. Of course Nebraska took some of the prize money at the International Live Stock show. There is no better cattle raising region in the world than right here—and with plenty of feed right at hand. Seattle dance halls are said to be "one-sixteenth inch nearer hell” than any ever before seen there. This will make some of the sour-doughs who recall the Klondike period smile. If all the things promised for the farmer come true, he will be so busy counting his cash that he will not have time to sow his fields. It begins to appear that quite a lot of federal prohibition enforcement officers took too much "bit” out of prohibition. The Garfield county man who drove 500 turkeys thirty miles to market evidenced his faith in his fellow-men. Mr. Harding and 1924 ■ ■ -From the Washington -Star. Secretary Hoover predicts the renomination of President Harding. A considerable number of politic ians—some of them democrats—are of the same opinion. Well, why not? The republicans are in power, with Mr. Harding their leader.- They have made the record for the past eighteen months, and will make it for the coming eighteen. That will bring them to national con vention time. They must stand upon the record, and by the man under whose leadership it has been made. A refusal to renominate him would be tantamount to a confession of failure. Renomination, and especially with a show of unanimity, would be a clear challenge to the opposition under whatever form and leadership it may appear. That opposition cannot be forecast now. The recent elections have undoubtedly heartened the democrats everywhere. Talk about both Co* and MoAdoo lias been quickened, while new names have been added to the list of those democrats appraised as of presidential size. There is a good deal In flu». and the bloc maneuveV, because of its newness in our affairs and Its possibili ties, is causing quite as much uneasiness as curiosity. What will its authors do with it? Or what will It do with its authors? Presidential election day is nearly two years away; and in two years, with the world In a condition of fer ment likely to continue for some time, a great deal ot I a surprising nature may happen. “From State and Nation” —Editorials from other newspapers— Proceed With the River Work. From the K»n*»« City 8t»r. I It has long been apparent that the | completion of the rls-foot channel ! project for the Missouri river must depend upon a continuous policy by congress. When that policy was aban I doned after its endorsement by the board of army engineers and after congress had actually made a start on the ten-year program, it was plain I the haphazard plan of occasional ap ! propriatlons which congress fell hack i on after its usual fashion never would make the river available for the Mis souri valley's commercial needs. The engineer board's action in recommending the resumption of the $20,000,000 project encourages the hope that congress will now return to the program it started on ten years ago. If shippers can fee! that the six foot channel is sometime to be a real ity. and if they see the work going on under a plan of continuing ap propriations. boat and barge line ac tivities will be resumed. But there is no encouragement for the operation of boats in the policy congress has been pursuing of merely granting enough money to the river year by year to keep the snags nut of It and perhaps protect some of the work the eng'neers already have done. River transportation cannot he resumed on that promise. The army hoard's recommendation of an appropriation of $1.R00,000. available in the sixteen months be ginning next spring, again advances the constructive idea congress must follow if it really wants to work to ward a goal, to do the Missouri job and finish it within a specified time, instead of merely doling out enough money to keep the engineering plants in repair. The array hoard is work ing to an end, and congress must adopt the sang- policy. If the appropriation recommended : is made available shipping interests on the river will work to the same 1 end. They will know the channel Is I coming and will prepare for it. Un I less congress acts the boat and barge lines now in existence, representing a large outlay of capital, will remain tied up. These transportation lines were started on the understanding that congress would proceed with the channel project. The capital that went into them, subscribed by the people of Kansas City, would not have been invested except, on that under standing. Congress again has the expert as surance of the engineer corps that a six-foot channel is feasible and Its recommendation that It be provided. The appropriation of $1.R00,000 Is for a long period and not excessive—It is indeed below the estimate of $2,000, 000 a year originally made ten years ago. The money should be made available and the work allowed to proceed before the government's In vestment on the river as well as that | of Kansas City is wiped out. The Medicine of Good Cheer. Prom the Grand Island Independent. If there is hell on earth, it is to be found in the melancholy roan's heart. How little has the world yet ap preciated the Important maxim given to those who seek success, “to smile and smile, and smile again.” It is a very practical direction. But it may be a hypocritical camouflage on the man himself. A hearty, natural laugh will cure many ills, whether those Ills are physical, mental or moral. Now the study of good Cheer is one of the major sciences. Some psychologists contend that laughter is one of tile greatest aids to digestion and is highly conducive to health. Ilufe land. physician to the king of Prus sia. commended the wisdom of the ancients, who maintained a jester who was always present at their meals and whose quips and fcranks would keep the table In a roar. “Bob" Burdette said that an old physician of Bellevue hospital had assured him that a cheerful priest who visited the hospi tal daily "had cured more patients by his laughter than any physician with his prescriptions.” Innumerable cases of the prevention of insanity, and some cases of the complete restora tion of hopeless lunatics, by laughter and fresh confidence, are now known to the medical profession. One draught of deep, hearty laughter has been known to effect an immediate cure of sueh nervous disorders, es pecially neuralgia, hysteria and in somnia. The doctor who smiles sin cerely is two doctors In one. He heals through the body as well as through the mind. The devil can’t bear a good joke. Tlie Development of a Great Industry. From the D*« Moines Capital. The automobile has had a. peculiar career. Its invention and introduc tion were without ostentation. The development was gradual. The auto mobile made a place for Itself almost without pushing from behind. But the singular part of the great work Is found In the fact that no one hears of any patents. All the automobiles seem to have access to varioiiB in ventions and Improvements. Great factories have been erected, thousands of men have been employed. The dis covery of competent mechanics ap pears to have been phenomenal. The cars are beifutlful. Where do the manufacturers secure their men? Their work would seem to Indicate special training. But where has the special training been given? There certainly were not mechanics enough in tlie United States to do all the fine work required, but the work has been done. Some of the men at the head of the great companies have been without mechanical experience on their own part. They must have progressed as the demands made upon their establishments progressed. This is worthy of comment and represents a wonderful development. Another thing worthy of special mention is that the automobile manu factoring got through the worst part of the hard times without serious col lapses. The men who furnished the money for the big factories must have had plenty of rash and unlimited con fidence. There are no calamities re ported in the automobile industries. Prices have been reduced and the var nish Is just ns bright as before the war. There Is still another peculiar thing and that is that competition among the almost unlimited number of build ers has been in the quality of the work. While there have been reduo tlons. the advertisements proclaiming NET AVERAGE CIRCULATION for NOVEMBER, 1922, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily.73,843 Sunday .78,10:' B. BREWER. Gen. Mgr. ELMER S. ROOD. Cir. Mgr Sworn to and subscribed before nie this Sth day of Docamber, 1922. W. H. QU1VEY. (Soal) Notary Public the same do not proclaim that "tve ' have the cheapest car cn the market.” j they declare "we have the beet car I on the market.” No critic of adver j Using could ttnd any fault with the I product put out by the automobile builders. Yet this unity of work ap pears to have been almost Entirely without previous ironclad organlza 1 tion. The automobile builders are In a good position. Why Two Houses? From th<a Walthill Tim**. While In Nebraska recently Sena i tor Norris remarked to a group ot men at a dinner that after his pres ent term he would endeavor to organ ize a movement to change the legis lature to a single house with a small er membership, i^uch a change would be tlie greatest forward step toward efficiency of government that lias been made in the state in a genera* tion. A single body with reduced mem bership, permitted to be In frequent or continuous session if necessary, would he In position to give more time and deliberation of proposed measures, to perfect their form and harmonize the laws, than the present cumber some system cif 133 men in two groups, each and every one striving to get through in some form or other as many personal measures as possi ble in the brief time allowed the ses sion every two years. The Times has been in favor of such a change for several years, after trying to keep track of the muddied, congested, conglomerate in the last week or two of the session, that no body of men 'could unscramble, digest and dispose of Intelligently in twice the term limit. The wonder is that the state gets anything worth while under the present system and oui election ballots are not overloadea with referendum*. Senator Norris has been in the leg islative channel many years and is certainly capable of Judging the weak ness and efficiency of our present sys tem, and any plan by him recom mended as better Is worth considering seriously. About the only claim that can be made for preserving the present bi chamber system is of the heirloom order; we've always had it; all other states have it. it is the argument against progress. But anyone not thus bound, who is familiar with the gristmill methods of the past, if he will stop to consider frankly all the advantages that will be made possi ble by the change, must be convinced that Senator Norris Is right. Idle Moments. Krom the Shelton (Neb.) Clipper. Tourists who have taken extensive automobile trips during the past season must have noted the big differ ence seen in the cities and towns through which they passed. Two com mun.ties may seem alike in size mid advantages, yet the temper of the two places may vary widely. In some a feeling of activity and energy is noticeable even to the cas ual observer. The quick step of the people upon the street, their earnest and attentive manner, suggest a community of achievement and ad vance. Other towns are pervaded by a, more listless feeling. Many loafers are seen on benches and others deco rate the curbstones. Business men would be standing in their doorways, lazily* observing the traffic as it pass ed. in the stores clerks would be idly gosRiping. Many knots of people would be exlianging sidewalk gossip, l’robably a lot of these easy going people would say that the constitu tion of the world is wrong, and that adverse condit.ons are responsible for their disappointments in life. They would complain of the unprogressive ness of their home towns. Yet if some one asked them to serve on a committee to give their sleepy burg a boost, they would be likely to say that they had no time for such ef forts. A more active man placed in such a. community would see plenty of op portunity for development. If he owned a business, he would be study ing up new ways of pushing.it, ex amining advertising methods that Had gained results elsewhere, or he would lie rooting around in the hack country trying to draw trade now going elsewhesre. If ho were a clerk or mechanic, be would use these un filled chinks of his time to improve his business or trade equipment, en large his information about his rail ing, or develop his home place. The success of a man or a com munity depends largely on whether these spare moments are tilled with purposeful effort, or are given up to aimless loafing. Here in Shelton the way is always open for growth, to those who are determined 10 win suc cess. Christmas Sale of Hop Flavored MALT Sugar Syrup Special Sales for the next nine day* hy all of the hundreds of dealers of this city on this nationally famous Puritan Malt. Co to your nearest dealer. Order it immedi ately and be ready for Christmas. Buy it by the case if you can, by the oan if you can't. Dirtnbutrd by Jerpe Commission Co. McCord-Brady Company Paxton. Gallagher Co. H. J. Hughes Company “7 he People’s Voice” Editorials from reader* of The Morning Bee. Readers of The Morning Bee are invited to use this column freely for expression on matters of public interest. “Where Art Thou?" Superior, Neb.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bet: The public cannot afford to close its eyes towards the work the National Educators' association has been doing lately. Especially is attention called to efforts, which members of that organization have put forth in their recent meeting at Boston. While problems discussed there were for the national welfare, yet they should be of individual im port. For only through individual exertion can any good be accom plished. Citizens of any state should not be too engrossed in daily cares to Investigate the fundamental purposes of this organization. The future welfare of any country depends upon the children of today. As has been shown by these teachers and instructors, the improvement of mankind depends largely upon the im provement of the public schools. It is not tho purpose of this arti cle to go into detailed discussion or offer any plans to correct discordant conditions, that are now manifest in the present system*. That much dis tress now exists in our present modus operandt Is too plain for argument. The meeting at Boston, as has been indirectly stated, was for the individ ual good, presented in a national problem. Educators and men of in telligence from throughout the world contributed to this association by means of lectures, the fruits of their experience and observation. Thus, teachers were encouraged, awakened to new light, life and purpose. As a result, they will be better prepared to turn out better citizens with stronger minds, bodies and morals. The problem, however, is not solved at this, neither should it be laid down. What does the public have to contrib ute? How do the people know the pres ent need, unless each individual enlist in daily local co-operation? Can the work ever really he done without a mutual understanding between home and school, teacher and student? "Mortals, where art thou?" What are the motives in life? What part are you playing in the solving of this world problem? Can citizens of Amen ica afford to shirk their responsibility in working out the needs of mankind! H. M. F. Questions Change in Game Laws. Gibbon. Neb.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: According to newspa per reports, a hill Is to he introduced at the coming session of the legisla ture to prohibit hunting on the Platte river from Kearney eastward. ( At first glance this might appear to be a well directed effort toward protecting our game birds, buti upon further thought it would appear to be exactly the opposite. I have been told by persons who are in a position to know, that there is generally much l etter shooting on the Platte river in the vicinity of Lexington than there is for some distance cast of Kearney. I)o the sportsmen west of Kearney deserve any more consideration than those to the eastward do? If we are going to protect part of the river, why not take In all of it? But. again. If we really wish to give our game birds better protection, we should pro; tect them where protection is most needed, that is, in the lake regions of northwestern Nebraska. It is there that tiie rich sportsmen from the larger cities of the state have their hunting camps, and each year they kill our game birds by the thou sands. Many of them fall Into the lakes and are lost, while many of those that are recovered are spoiled before anyone gets a chance to eai them. On the o'her hand, in the shallow watprs of the Platte, very The Brighter Side we a! J**>PCKe\ j oo*;mt r' ye olao\ J pour MAVH T' I ?HAKC up *nnl k okam3£ rwce ^ .jj i^EW^fl§ • MiB - *'ViuUa\H* few birds are lost; and. furthermore, the local sportsmen, In most cases, freely divide their game with their friends and neighbors, or needy per sons that they may know. Many of those living within easy reach of the Platte cannot, or do not care to, make the trip to the lakes each year. Is it right to deny them the privilege of haying a little sport In their own ter ritory and, at the same time, permit the rich city sportsmen to go on as before? No true sportsman can conscien tiously condemn any cosistent effort toward ' preserving our wild game front extinction, but, neither can any true sportsman approve of any meas ure that fails to recognize the rights of one and all alike. I am not writing this from the viewpoint of n hunter, as I never go hunting myself. But it seems to me that every lover of fair play should protest the passage of a measure of this kind, which would appear to re strict the privileges of the many for *C. the benefit of the few GEORGE LUKENBILL. CENTER SHOTS. "Diva Reduced to Tears."—Head line. This beats Mary Garden, who reduced to 11!) pounds.—Little Rock (Aik) Gazette. The funny thing about a business revival is that those who have faith are not the ones at the mourners' bench.—Rochester Times-Union. Let the Tiger eat Ids onion soup for breakfast; he kisses people only' on the cheek.—Norfolk Ledger-D'ls patch. A. B. See apparently believes that the education of woman should not go beyond the three letters so delight fully reproduced in his name. Yet an elevator man ought to stand for ele vation.—New York World GROVES’ LAXATIVE Bromo Quinine Regular 30c Size Saturday Genuine Groves Only Fresh Stock—Just our way of advertising. 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