The Morning Bee MORNING—EVENING—SUNDAY THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY NELSON B. UPDIKE, Publisher. B. BKEWER, Gen. Manager. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Xka AsancltUd i’reas. of wblcb The Be* la a ir. ember. la exclusively entitled to tbr bn for republican™* of all aewe dispatches credited to It or r«t otherwise credited to this paper, aud aiao tbs local new* published beret*. All rlfbta of republics! I o*e of our special dispatches are also rMarred. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for the Department AT lAntic or Person W anted. For Night Calls After 10 P. M.. mnn Editorial Department. AT lantic 1021 or 1042. IUUU OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnam Co. Bluffs - - - - 15 Scott St. So. Side. N W. Cor. 24th and N New York—2S6 Fifth Avenue Washington - - 422 Star Bldg. Chicago - - - 17J10 Steger Bldg, Paris, France—420 Kue St. Hcnore REVISE THE TREATY. Whether or not France has broken the Treaty of Versailles by its forcible occupation of the Ruhr valley, that document is at the present time in a very dilapidated condition. Certainly its arrange ments have not brought peace to Europe, restored business confidence nor helped the people out of the abyss into which they were hurled by the destruc tion of conflict. Numerous international confer ences have attempted to patch up this pact, hot without any degree of success. Affairs have gone from bad to worse. Lloyd George has even charged that the French set up terms that they knew could not be met by their foes. Above the noise of turmoil is heard the voice of a plain American business man, Roland VV. Boy don, unofficial American observer on the repara tions commission. “In my opinion,” he says to the European statesmen, “the only sensible thing to do is to revise the treaty entirely.” The French officials who heard this immediately jumped to the conclusion that the American was proposing revis’on in favor of Germany. Such is not the case; it would be to the advantage of the whole world to adjust the terms of the treaty in accordance with the experience of the last four years. Whprt the document was first drawn financial ex perts such as Keynes, who was one of the British advisors, declared it would not work anything but ruin. Mr. Boyden, who has been in attendance at all the reparations conferences from the first, has come to the same conclusion. > It took courage for an American business man to stand up before the allied conferees and declare that the present default which gave France its open ing for invasion was more the fault of the treaty than of the Germans. This Is what he said: "Tile treaty has placed an intolerable Inlrden on Germany with regard to the payment of cash v and materials. The fact that a partial moratorium had to be granted Germany last year Is in itself a condemnation of this treaty, and in the sum total of this vast reparations problem 1 do not consider these defaults of such Importance that they justify putting grave penalties into force. In my opinion the relocations question should be settled in its entirety and not by piecemeal.” Such outspokenness is not customary , in diplomatic gatherings. It would be better for the world if it were. The politicans of Europe have bungled the job of reconstruction. The suggestion of Secretary of State Hughes that an international board composed of business men be selected to deal with the problem of reparations was rejected by France, but Sooner or later some such common sense arrangement must be agreed to. The Treaty of Versailles was drawn up before the heat of battle had cooled, and instead of bring ing peace, simply extended the war and its hates. >[Under its operation the whole continent is in djs [|tess, markets for American goods are destroyed, foreign exchange has slipped to new depths, pay ment of the allied debt to America has been made impossible, militarism has flourished, and new wars are threatened. Revision of the treaty which has ■ been so largely to blame for this is a first requisite to a peaceful world. WHEN THERE’S A JOB FOR ALL. America may congratulate itself on the con tinued improvement shown in the employment situa tion. In practically every state, according to the Department of Labor, work is more plentiful and jobless men are fewer. When all are at work, the materials of prosperity are at hand. It is not by politics or finance that the world’s bread is buttered, but by industry. When recently a delegation representing the In ternational Labor office of the League of Nations called on Henry Ford to gain his opinion ofi how to improve and stabilise world conditions, he replied that efforts to equalize exchange rates through any sort of banking arrangement would be of no avail. The remedy for misery and unrest that he prescribed was to create for every able-bodied man in the world a useful job of some sort “The solution is a job for every man,” he said. “Let the people of the world once get the idea that all they need is to dd a good day’s work six days every week and that in this way they can make their own prosperity, and there will be no more talk about unstable fconditions, for instability will have ceased to exist.” The great fault of modern industry is that it does not at all times offer the opportunity for employ ment. Somehow, the balance wheel is missing; un employment starts, purchasing power is thereby di minished, and in turn more workers are thrown into ; idleness. America has broken this chain, but today in Great Britain the army of unemployed marches through the streets. The waste of unemployment is one of the most hideous things about our civiliza tion, for it reduces by just so much the available supply of goods necessary for human welfare. In view of such facts, the statistics of employment in America are highly reassuring. THREE STATE LEGISLATURES In Kansas and Iowa as well as Nebraska the legislatures are in session and new state adminis trations have taken office. Study of the messages of Governor Davis and Governor Kendall reveal that there as here the problem of reducing taxes is one of the main considerations. Kendall asks the leegislature at Des Moines to set up a real budget system and consolidate, thirty bureaus and commissions. In Topeka, Davis urges the consolidation or elimination of numerous state boards and commissions. This plainly drive* in the direction of the civil administrative code system that was adopted four years ago by Nebraska. The need for economy in government is forcing business methods into the administration of public affairs. In the light of four years’ experience with consolidation of state functions, it should be possi ble for the Nebraska legislature to improve the code system. These changes, however, should be in the direction of fixing responsibility and concen trating duties, not in scattering them and allowing responsibility to be shifted from one official to an otheu j “DIRT FARMER” TO THE RESERVE BOARD. 1 Soma of the prestige which the Federal Reserve bank system lost with the farmers of the country during deflation should be restored by the appoint ment of Milo D. Campbell as.the “dirt farmer” mem ber of the reserve board. In him are combined actual knowledge of the agricultural situation and a definite acquaintanceship with financial matters. Mot every farmer could run a bank, any more than every banker could succeed as a farmer. The farmers, however, can feel every confidence in the dual ability of Mr. Campbell. As the founder of the Michigan Milk Producers’ association he has done much to build up»the dairy industry of his home state. He showed himself there an executive and a co-operator. Under his leadership the dairy farmers of Michigan have built up a marketing sys tem that comes as near assuring them a profit as ! can be. His interest in co-operation has taken him into all parts of the country, both to tell what he j has learned and in search of further knowledge, j In years past he served capably several terms as 1 insurance commissioner of Michigan. W. P. G. Harding has been off the Federal Re- : serve board for several months. He is now to be succeeded by D. ft. Crissinger, a small town banker whose rapid rise is to be attributed to President Harding’s intimate acquaintanceship in Marion, Q. The president’s confidence in him is a recommenda- I tion, and his point of view may be expected to j vary considerably from that of the eastern banker j whom he succeeds. The middle west should be pleased with these appointments, and the first trial of the plan to give agriculture representation on the banking board starts out with everything in its favor. PASSING OF CONSTANTINE. Usually a ruler, no matter how small ot. insignifi cant his kingdom, leaves some definite evidence of his reign when death removes him from the scene. Now and then one has been so unfortunate, or so ineffec tive that his remembrances will be rather for the things he did not do than for his achievements. *Such a one is Constantine, former king of Greece, whose chief claim on history will be that he was twice forced to abdicate and leave his kingdom. During the peaceful days of his reign, he was simply a figurehead, the good-natured, easy-going man of family, who watched the affairs of his country go up or down with the fluctuations of the times, but who lacked the vigor or resolve to give to Greece any greater place in the world than he found her filling when he came to power. It was EWptheros Venizelos who directed Grecian affairs, and he was opposed to Constantine. Veni aelos led the nation into and out of the Balkan en tente, through the wars against Turkey and Bulgaria, and gave to Greece some little prestige and advan tage. Then came the world war, and intrigue at Athens was too strong for both Venizelos and Con stant;ne. The king was forced to resign his throne, the premier was sent back to Crete. Recalled to the throne on the death of his son, King Alexander, Constantine sought to regain popu larity by plunging into the war with Turkey. Disas ter pursued him here, and for the second time he had to turn his back on powder, and death came to him while unhappy Greece is at "the very nadir of na tional sorrow and misfortune. Even his negative qualities were not sufficiently marked to give Constantine an outstanding aspect. His policies were vacillating, his capacity for execu tion limited, and were it not for the tragedy of his later years, he might soon be forgotten. As it is he will be put down as one of the regal pawns in the great game of world politics, a piece on the chess board whose value was not noted in the progress of the game. Just what is one to say about the Omaha girl who married a man because he was “so mannerly,” and who now proposes to stick to him, even though he be in jail for issuing bogus cheeks? Another ultimatum is going to the Turk, who has a collection of them gathered during the last 500 years. Let Europe agree once, and the Turk will disappear as a major factor. Maybe when that “politicians’ ” suit for a di- I vision of war contract profits gets into court, the ! public will find out whether some of the stories told ; about “cost-plus” are true. * __ Having abolished heaven and sovietized “Ham let,” the bolsheviki might do the world a favor by deodorizing “Salome,” and cleaning up “La Cite Morte.” _ Governor Bryan abolishes the title, but the salary and the highpowered motor car go to his appointee, just the same. It’s a great game when played right. The quashing of charges against Attorney Gen eral Daugherty ends what has been altogether an unfortunate and uncalled for proceeding. “Uncle Andy” Mellon feels the British debt will be settled before the commission sails. Cash, or re newed notes? Now that the matter between the two Mikes is settled, the routine of the sheriff’s office may pro ceed. Imperialism is imperialism, and force is force, no matter who is behind the move. Almost time for first robin stories. A Travel Bill of $1,000,000,000 •-From flic New York World. - Some idea of the magnitude of the "Invisible bal ance" of tradg created by American tourists in Europe may be gained from the figures of European travel compiled by the American Express company. Lured by the bargain rates of foreign exchange, approxi mately 200,000 persons crossed tlie Atlantic in 1922 from this country, and the number for tho present year is expected to top that by at least one-flfth. On the basis of an average individual expenditure of $1,000, American tourists last year thus transferred the greater part of $200,000,000 to the credit of European shop and hotel keepers. Yet as againsst this total for European travel they spent as much at Atlantic City alone, the estimate being based on the entertainment of 10,000,000 persons at that resort last year at an average expense of $20. They spent $300,000,000 in Florida, according to the same compilations, and as much more in visiting the national parks. Here then is an American tourist bill of around a billion dollars for a year's travel at home and abroad. It is perhaps as striking an exhibit of national pros perity as could be devised, but no doubt the. suggestive feature of it is the great proportion of the total which is spent in this country. Europe gets its share of the traveling American's millions, but the main bene ficiaries are still the hotels and shops and railroads and amusement purveyors of his native land. They gather most of the harvest to themselves before it leaches the port of 'export. j • t _____ • “From State and Nation” —Editorials from Other Newspapers— Democracy Served. From the Wichita Kagl*. In California In the recent elections nn effort was put forward by selfish | interests to hamper legislation by ihe people by limiting the initiative and referendum power. It was pro posed to increase the number of sig \ natures required to initiate a' law re ; lating to taxation from S to 15 per j cent. The proposal was beaten by a I big majority. It took 15 years of hard work to put the initiative and refer : endum provisions into the constitu tion of California. Theodore Roose I velt was one of the leading battlers for the measures. Ev.er since the initiative and refer endum were adopted in California special interests that are by nature opposed to popular government have been busy trying to cripple these val uable instruments of poular will. Just as in Kansas, where we have not yet attained such heights of popular gov ernment, special and sinister inter ests always are at work trying to cripple the direct primary, which marks our farthest advance toward democracy. Whilo the people of California were about it they also defeated a measure which wap designed to take home rule over public utilities away from cities. The corporations in Kansas long ago accomplished this tine hit qf anti democratic juggler$r, but in California the cities still have the right to say what they shall pay for public utility services, where the cities do not .ac tually own and operate their own utilities. The voters, well informed by a goodly group of patriotic pub licists, defeated the home rule steal effort. Teamwork and I lie Ne\! Congress. From the Washington Star. In considering the next congress. Its organization and program, let us keep in mind certain leading facts. The body will he republican in name, and therefore answerable to that par ty's organization. It will be making a record which, for better or worse, will enter Into the next presidential campaign. It will be interested in making that record as good as possible. To do that it must, as far as possible, avoid fac tionism. Both the house majority and the senate majority will he small. On that account pranking will be peril ous. Pains must be taken to keep on working terms with the president. His right of recommendation and his power of veto should be kept in mind. Congress, of course, is not limited by the president's recommendations. It possesses the power of initiation it self. and with the necessary votes can overrule his vetoes. But teamwork between the presi dent and congress will at the first session of the Sixty-eighth congress he valuable to the republican party. Success at the polls in November, I 1!1 4, will he desired, and without ti inwork success will he impossible. ■'here w-ill be factionism. All the elements exist. But If it gets out of hand and wreaks itself on final votes the party w-ill go to defeat, and full lefeat two years hence might easily produce results operating for a dozen or sixteen years to come. Radio Control. From the Sioux Flty Journal. The development of radio has forced into the foreground a question which national legislators are asked to consider and settle. It is whether there is to be absolute control of rrtdio by the government, or private con cerns are to obtain a monopoly, thus taking unto themselves possible prof its from the operation of a scientific discovery, the limits of which in a commercial sense are nothing less than gigantic. Radio has not gone far enough for anyone to say just how It will be confined as to competition with other methods of communica tion, although figures now, available show it to have demonstrated Its ef fectiveness as a rival of the telegraph and telephone when these instru ments are connected by wires. It is somewhat surprising to know that even now radio handles 25 per cent of the trails-Atlantic commercial mes sages and 50 per rent of Japanese Amerlcan traffic. When a discovery that is generally accepted as being in its infancy can establish records of that kind, it is something to be reck oned with as having commercial pos sibilities of vast worth. This understanding—if therq be consistent grounds for the charges made that a monopoly Is being at tempted—is quite enough to make an appeal to the cupidity of enterprising men, whoso Imaginations view radio expansion to worldwide utility as art easy step and a safe one. Indeed, a monopoly of radio would make a pow erful appeal to persons sensing its Importance and appreciating the In exhaustible power of Us operation. Daily Prayer Remember the Sabbath Day—Exodus 20:K. A Prayer for Sunday Morning. AVe give Thee thanks, O Lord our God, for the rest we hare enjoyed during the night, and for the light of another day. AVe give Thee thanks for Thy guidance during the week past; for labor and its rewards; for friendship and its enjoyments; and home, with its comfort and love. AVe are glaad for the coming of another day of rest. May this Sabbath re mind Us of Him AA’iio on the first day of tho week rose from the dead. May we not forget that fhis is His day— and ours to use for Him. AA'e ask for pardon for all past offenses, and for deliverance frorn-all habits of thought, speech and conduct which dishonor Thee. Deliver us from impatience and anger. May we be tenderhearted, pitiful and courteous. AVe thank Thee for tho Church, and pray Thee to make It a blessing to us. and make us a blessing to it. Bless all ministers and teachers of The Ward. When the record of the Sabbath ends, may we have nothing to regret—no wasted opportunities, no misspent hours. And may we carry with us into the work of the week which is to come, an abOndance of courage and self-con trol. Preserve our lives from harm and our hearts from evil. May the Master be our daily comrade and our constant guide. For Ilis Name's sake. Amen. CHARLES CARROLL ALRERTKON, D. D., Brooklyn, N. Y. I_ ' Radio is not like coal, or oil, or lum j ber, or iron ore. It is not a material j that can be taken from the ground land consumed. Wave lengths—as suming that the sunlight is the all contributing agency responsible for the existence of electromagnetic en ergy—will last as long as the sun con tinues to shine. A monopoly of that kind would mean an especial advan tage in that tlie source of the power, or, rather, of the transitory medium, never would he exhausted short of some billions of years. It Is said that the fundamental question congress will be asked to consider is whether the right to trans i mlt messages through space belongs | to the public, or that the right can be acquired by private interests. When Commercial aviation first was consid ered possible, ihcre immediately arose j the question of who owned the air. Would aviators bo permitted tc fly ‘ over property privately owned? Could | they he charged for that privilege? [ These questions were asked. Now, j with radio development a fart, the j charges of a monopolistic attempt view the possibility of private con cerns not only assuming to take for their own use and benefit tho ether or whatever it is that acts as a me dium of t^nsmission from any and all persons above whose property this mysterious agent may exist, but to bar the same persons, perhaps, from utilizing this element or elements. Secretary Hoover of the Commerce department has urged that the gov ernment set up a control of radio. Others have supported him in his con tention that unless this he done a serious tangle will result in radio operation. It has been explained that wave lengths of different proportions are in existence, and that these could be allotted under special Uiws for specific uses. It would appear that in a situation of this kind the proper thing would he government control so there could he no monopoly of any kind whatsoever. Morally, the tight to transmit messages through space belongs to the people; the same right I ought to he definitely established in | a legal sense. Why Drive a Dirty Car? Fmm the Kansas City Star. In making a city look shipshape, the appearance of the mptor cars on the streets is almost as important as the appearance of the streets them selves. It does not matter whether the cars are large or small. It does matter whether they are clean or dirty. Vet there are tens of thousands of owners in Kansas City who seem to pride themselves on never washing their ears. "What’s the use?” they say. "She runs, doesn't she?” But the average man doesn’t* like to go downtown with muddy shoes and a soiled collar. Why should lie he w illing to drive a sloppy car down town?- The car is more conspicuous than the man is. A row of sloppy cars parked along the street makes the whole street look run down at the heel. Everybody who lives in Kansas City is interested in a well kept city; a city without placards on telegraph poles, a city with well paved and clean streets; a city without disfigur ing overhead signs. Ill-kept cars can be as disfiguring as ill-kept vacant lots. Anyone who can afford to own a car can afford the time to keep it clean. Something for Europe to Eeam. The only - good American word known to all Europe is "help.” They haven't yet learned “thank yoti.”— San Francisco Chronicle. Common Sense Don’t Jeopardize Your Good Standing. How about it. are yo unot following some line "which, if it became known, would completely overthrow the good reputation you have, and which you liave been many years in building? Can you afford to take the chances you are taking? Just what would be your standing among men if you were found out? Suppose your family and your busi ness associates were to find out You may think the avenues of in formation are well guarded, but there is always a loophole by which the truth will get out. So far you may have been able to cover your tracks, and so you con vince yotiraelf that you always will be ifr.le to cover up, but you won’t. Some day the facts will be known. What about It and where will you be? If your standing la good now, do not Jeopardize It. One more infraction of the rules which should govern your actions may be the fatal step for you and your future happiness. Just think of the cost of exposure. You are mighty foolish to take the chances you do and In the long run you will not be one wliit benefited even though you can carry on the de ception—your deception, remember. “The People’s Voice” Editorials from roadors of Tt>« Morning Boo. Readers of The Morning Boo art Invited to use this column freely for expression on i matters ot ouM'c Interest. ' - The flood Old Days. Murray. Neb.—To the Editor of The Omaha Boo: The tendency of people everywhere, especially those of the older generations, is to point Kick to the "good old days," to such an ex tent that we younger Americans are ipt to begin to think that we have come into the world but a trifle after the millenium. With all the faults common to our age, wo cannot help feeling that an injustice is done us by undue condemnation. Our own short experience shows us that the trials, vicissitudes Htid unpleasantness of tlte past are more quickly erased by time than things which we like to remerpber. We are tempted to accuse our elders of a bit of forgetfulness when they exclaim that they "never saw the like of the things young 'uns do these days.” A woman once asked Dwight E. Moody' why it was that things were not as they used to be. The great evangelist replied, "Madam. they never were." At that he was ex pressing a sentiment that had been voiced many centuries before,by the Writer of the Book of Eccfesiates, "Say not thou, 'What is the cause that the former days were better than these?' for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.” W.e will grant you that we have faults. So far as we have been ablo to observe that condition is fairly uni versal. But we have some good qual ities. too. If the older generation in sists upon remembering only the worthy things of the past, in justice, let it compare them not with our faults, hut with our like commendable characteristics. We grow weary of talk of flapperitis, the-decllne of Amer ican young manhood, and the sins of youth in general. If someone wants to talk about this generation, let him expound the Industry and faithfulness of Young America as it rises to till its places in this nmcli vaunted "golden age of opportunity." • Stop looking at our feet. Look at our eyes and the ideals upon which they are fixed. J. R. L. Tile Place of Political Parties. Omaha.—To the Editor of The Omaha llee: The nature of political parties In our system of government is not of foreign hut American origin. Political parties, as we have them, are not organized and controlled as< political organization are in Europe, it is difficult for the common people to exercise freedom of political ac tion in foreign countries. , Political parties are necessary in a popular government like ours. It is of the ut most importance to determine prac tical and truthful ideas regarding them. Some say that politics is essentially corrupt. That statement is not true. Politics is the science of government. It is not politics that is, corrupt, but mean men make politics appear mean. It is through our political par ties alone that people can make their wishes known and their needs recog nized. as may be necessary. Therefore the constitution and laws of our coun try give legal sanction to our political parties. Membership in a political patty must necessarily require a certain de gree at least of party loyalty and fidelity in the solution of party pol icies and principles. No man should become the candidate of his party and at the same time accept the nominal tlon of another organized group whose chief purpose is antagonistic to the fundamental principles that his party stands for. "When the member of a parly cannot faithfully support his party doctrine, then he may avail To Adela Regers St. Johns comes all of Hollywood with its troubles. Read the poignant Romance of Maggie Quanne loved by the world, and still the lone liest woman in the world. See FEBRUARY (Ssinopolitan at newsstands The Pride of Possession I Every music lover’s desire is to some day own a grand piano. To the dis criminating ear of the connoisseur, no piano ever created equals the in beauty or resonance of tone. And its "“tension resonator” c o n s t r u ction makes permanent this beauty and resonance — unlike any other piano, without excep tion. We will be f'lail to have you call and hear this remarkable v instrument. —=A.Kjospe <&>. = 1513*15 Douglas St. Hut, of Course, a Bargain's a Bargain fconomize ) <50/N r p£ OUR VWATXR-' WORP. flEANs T CIPTN9 PRuPfNTLV; tf£ FRu6AM)N6 . T«A,Ti Ut> I NOW om I Pont ^ HOW VOU CAW \ TRANSPORT WE ' 5 ,UVT» FOR 'WAT ^ PRicf, eppie d»r John F. Flack, President George C. Flack, Treasurer R. A. McEachron, Vice President E, N. Bovell, Secretary John T. Brownlee, Asst. Secy. Robert Dempster, Director Occidental Building & Loan Association Corner 18th and Hnrnry Streets Organised 1889