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NO GOOD COMES OUT OF HERRIN.
It's murder or nothing,” said Judge D. T. Hart
well. Whereupon the jury in the Herrin murder trial
returned the verdict that it was nothing. The five
miners accused of killing Howard Hoffman, a strike
breaker, have been acquitted.
Somewhere the guilt for the massacre of Herrin
lies. It will be a miscarriage of justice if due pun
ishment is not meted out to those responsible for
this outrage on law and order. A score of men were
shot down by a mob as the result of a labor o.spute.
The defendants in this first case were charged with
the murder of one to five men bound together and
shot to death in Herrin cemetery. Freed on thi3
charge, three of them are next to be tried with six
others for the death of another man.
In commenting on the verdict, the judge said:
‘‘Williamson county has expressed an op:nion. She
may be criticised for it, but that does not concern
me.” The implication is that local public sentiment,
endorsing the massacre, was responsible for the
jury’s action. If these men had been guilty of the par
ticular crime charged, it is far from certain that they
would have been convicted. This Illinois community
cannot thus acquit itself at the bar of national
opinion.
* A A
Eleven of the jurors were farmers and one was
a miner. Two of the farmers had been miners at
one time, and another belonged to a railroad union.
Each side expressed confidence in their honesty. The
judge instructed them that the miners’ union was
within its rights peaceably to persuade nonunion
men to stop work, but added: “It is not against the
law to mine coal without being a member of the
United Mine Workers of America. If assaulted or
killed for no other reason it is not justified because
you are not a member of that organization.”
The defense depended mainly on alibi, but spent
much effort in advancing the theory of justification
on the ground that the strikebreakers and guards,
who were killed, had invaded Williamson county, a
union stronghold, and had committed act of “provo
cation and challenge” which brought their fate upon
them.
The prosecution issued a statement after the jury
went out, saying: “The state believes that it has
made a convincing and conclusive case, showing be
yond peradventure the guilt of each and every one
of the defendants. The evidence has been direct and
positive. None of the defendants has taken the
stand in his own behalf. The defense has rested ab
solutely upon alibis made up almost exclusively from
the testimony of miners, which has been so uniform
in its character as to be classed readily as standard
ized testimony. It is the usual alibi when there is no
legitimate defense.”
* * *
When the acquittal was reported the chief attor
ney for the defense declared: “It was the only right
eous verdict which could have been rendered and it
ought to be the height of a new era in industrial
disputes in America and the abolishment of the use
of hired gunmen in controversies between capital
and labor.” To expect any good to arise from suen
a wrong, to hope for anything better than anarchy
and reprisals, to be inspired by these slayings is fu
tile. The resort to violence in industry, from either
side, must be curbed.
During the trial the state’s attorney, in telling
of the attempted operation of the strip mine by non
union labor under protection of guards remarked:
“I do not hesitate to say that under the conditions
in this county it wras foolhardy to try to operate
that mine, but that is not the point. The laws of the
country gave them a perfect right to operate it. Thev
knew they would have trouble and they prepared
for it.”
Such arc the cross currents which produced the
whirlpool of riot in southern Illinois. In no way can
the massacre be justified before an unbiased mind.
That night’s work was murder, and it eliould be pol
ished as murder. The fact that members of a labor
union were involved in this deed has no bearing on
the question of right or wrong. If morality has any
meaning and if justice is to remain the cardinal
principle of American government, the men guilty
of these crimes must be sought out and brought to
punishment.
THE PIONEER’S MONUMENT.
To the careless or unobserving the narrow trail
is merely a path along the creek, and the land
mark beside it is only the stump of a broken tree.
But to the understanding they are monuments of
a period of history that will grow brighter and
brighter as the years go by. The old trail was once
a highway over which passed the peaceful army of
empire builders, and the old landmark, a beautiful
silver maple, was the guide that kept the traveler
in the safe path.
Narrow and winding, the old trail could never
accommodate the volume of traffic that daily passes
over its successor, the great national highway, yet
it was the path into the future to the men and
women whose wagons followed it across the plains,
and who loved the old landmark as a friend be
cause it afforded them sure guidance in the track
less prairies.
The surveyor placed the new roads more con
veniently for the settlers, and gradually the old
trail fell into disuse; now all that remains of
it is the little portion along the creek. The land
mark, unable to longer withstand the storms of
passing years, lies broken beside it, silent reminders
of the days that were.
The Jewish children were wont to ask, “What
mean ye by these stones?” and their fathers re
counted to them the stirring events commemorated
by the memorial heap. Well may the children of
the middlewest ask, “What means this narrow path
along the creek?” and well should we answer that it
is a memorial of a great achievement; it is the sym
bol of the dream of our fathers of a goodly heritage
of happy homes and greater opportunities.
Like the men and women who used them, the
old trail and broken landmark have served their
generation and earned their rest, but of all the
monuments that mark man’s progress none is more
glorious.
VICTORY FOR WATERWAYS.
Nebraska’s interest in transportation is direct.
Each year this state produces foodstuffs to the
amount of hundreds of thousands of carloads. The
cost of getting this to market is paid by the pro
ducer.
Any reduction in cost of transportation will be
of direct benefit to the Nebraska farmer.
These things are self-evident, and explain why
the action of the house in passing a rivers and har
bors bill containing the estimates made by the army
engineers is a victory for the farmer. We do not
diminish our respect for the budget system when
we support the increased appropriation. This was
an instance in which the economy sought was not
for the best interest of all concerned. For the whole
nation is affected by the prosperity of the farmer.
Representative Newton of Missouri, who repre
sents a St. Louis district, and who knows the value
of the great rivers as factors in the transportation
problem, led the fight which resulted in victory.
Under the present program the Missouri river as
far up as Kansas City is to be well taken care of.
The stretch between Kansas City and Sioux City is
left with but reanty consideration. Omaha can well
afford to support the work for the lower section,
knowing that in time the improvement will be ex
tended so that benefits will come to her because of
the Big Muddy being made useful.
Opponents of the increase threatened the meas
ure with a presidential veto, but we doubt very
much whether they spoke with the president’s knowl
edge and approval. The senate yet has to pass upon
the appronration; a strong sentiment there favors
anything that will tend to relieve a condition that has
grown intolerable. Many years of agitation and dis
cussion, of defeat and waiting, now seem to be cul
mmating in victory for water transportation. Hun
'<wis of millions have been spent by the government
in making highways • available for motor-truck
hauling, and it is not unreasonable to expect, that
some public money will be devoted to making the
great rivers useful as well. When highway, rail
road and river are united in one comprehensive sys
tem of service, the gap betweeen field and tabb
will be narrowed.
CHARACTERISTICS.
S. Weir Mitchell, the great American neurologist
and writer, gave a careful study to the people he
came into contact with, as well as humanity in the
mass, and one of his,novels is really a scientific
treatise on individual characteristics. He deals to
some extent with traits and habits that are common
to all, but especially does he study the ones that
are peculiar to persons, marking them as plainly
as do physical defects. His conclusion, well sus
I ned by his argument, is that men are marked
with distinct mental and moral attributes as plain
and easily recorded as thumbprints or Bertillon
measurements.
Some little incidents lately arisen give force to
this conclusion. Take the case of the gambler ar
rested in Chicago on suspicion in connection with
the Denver mint robbery. He had but little money,
and nothing of ap incriminating nature about his
person. Yet, carefully sewn inside the lining of his
vest, the police found several marked wrappers.
What his notion in this was is not clear, but the
fact marks him as one of super-ego. Every pro
fessional criminals seeks to be distinguished by some
personal mark, generally one from which he takes
his underworld name. He secretes about his person
things that are of little if any use, but hides them
as if they w'ere immensely valuable. In the case of
the wrappers, the far easier course would have been
to memorize the address, or the contents, and then
to destroy the tangible evidence.
The criminal, however, wants to have the secret,
the torn piece of paper, the broken coin, some
device that will compel recognition when presented,
forgetting that such possession when discovered is
a bit of evidence against him on which may be
erected a mountain of proof. These are not alone
in this, but sane, well balanced persons never are
criminals. And it is the little mental quirk that
makes the law-breaker and also gives the law its
overwhelming chance of catching him.
One of “Brother Charlie’s” local champions fig
ures he is going to save the state $6,000,000, and
the other puts it at $8,000,000. And the governor
has about as much regard for exact figures as do
his friends.
If a few more night prowlers were held up by
deputy sheriffs, it might help a little. Probably
some belated motorists would be asked to explain,
but also some crimes might be checked.
Now it seems that both France and Germany
would like to have Uncle Sam step in and make ’em
behave. Wouldn't it be nice, though, if they were
to do it without being compelled?
One thing is very pijrin—Mr. Mondell of
Wyoming is in line for any “lame duck” job that
may be loose.
When two great railroad companies agree to
quit fighting and work together, does it mean great
public benefit?
Bank clearings continue to mount, if you want
to know how about business.
Sunday Morning Walks
J. Brooks Atkinson in The North American Review.
Platitudinous folks say Sundays are for rest. For
rest? Ah! there's the rub. "One man's meat,” as the
old proverb sayeth, "is another man’s poison." For
rest in church, building fragile castles in Spain, or
nodding as the sermon grows dull; for rest at home in
slippered ease, reading the voluminous newspapers: for
rest on the golf links, or paddling languidly on the river
or tearing over the roads In an automobile; for doing
whatever soothes the soul . . . Just as stubborn men
persist in sin rather than admit their wrong, and busi
ness men cling to an unprofitable enterprise rather
than admit de*iat so ws set out every Sunday morning
us regulaiiy as Tristram Shandy's father wound the
hall clock. Net to go walking on Sunday mornings
would ncuire more explanation than to go; and r.ot until
we have spent several Sundays away from the Fells can
w'e be sure that we are the masters. We are becoming
offensively sanctimonious- we believe ourselves right,
and conclude illogically that all should be like us. We
are impatient of those who dawdle away their/precious
morning hours on Sunday, and are so timid that they
cannot stir out uncollared and unhatted. When we re
turn from a spring walk, our heads filled with birds,
flowers, trees, colors, smells, after we have thus gauged
the season, we ore intolerant of those who have been
smoking in the garden. W'e have justified our neglect of
the meeting house so long that we are almost contemp
tuous of It. Those who dash by In high powered motor*
we abuse shamefully as we breathe their dust. If Sat
urday comes, Sunday cannot he far behind. Walking
in the serenity of that morning puts aside the petty
brawls of the world more effectively than the preacher
who feels that he must discuss them in a moral tone.
S'x days devoted to the handling of phrases, of which
life la largely composed, requires at least onu of feeling
the solid earth under foot. Though we niigot he more
godly on Sunday In the meeting house, we are not un
godly In the Fells.
Bryan’s Efforts at Economy
Nebraska Editors Differ Greatly on W hether New Gov
ernors Plans Represent True Economy or Merely
Menace Efficiency—Some Complain He Doesn't
Go Far Enough—Demand for Lower
Taxes Knows No Party Lines.
Nebraska City Press.
J. H. Sweet: Governor Bryan's
apologetic excuse to the legislature
that 15 days is entirely too short a
time to devote to budget meditations
is the best explanation available foi
his lamentable fall from pre-election
grace. It is well that he devoted
two instead of four weeks to his state
saving cogitations. What does Gov
ernor Bryan or any other citizen gain
through sacrificing educational Insti
tutions and the comfort and welfare
of the state's wards in ot;der to save
a few paltry dollars?
Hastings Tribune.
Adam Breede: If Governor Bryan
ran reduce the state expenses $6,000,
000 the state legislature should give
him full power so to do. The tax
burden is the one big issue in Ne
braska today, and any plan that will
remove part of this load from the
people will he most welcotnely re
ceived, regardless of the proposed
abolition of the code system, polities
or political affiliations of any kind.
Governor Bryan should be encouraged
with his proposed cut in expenses so
long as it does not In any way im
pair efficiency.
Falrbury Journal.
W. F. Cramb: Anything that tends
to reduce government activities, con
solidate offices and decrease appro
priations is commendable, regardless
of politics, religion or prejudice. If
there is any objection to Governor
Bryan's program It Is that it does not
go far enough. Those who oppose
him in his efforts to bring the gov
ernment of the state back to true
American simplicity and virility, are
working against their own Interests
and the sound development of the
people.
Central City Republican.
Governor Bryan's budget message
reveals his best effort to reduce state
taxes In keeping with his pledge. It
is not as marked as voters were led
to anticipate, but registers as low as
sound reasoning should expect. Only
time will reveal whether this Is true
economy or undermining of efficiency.
Falls City Journal.
Aaron Davidson: It appears that In
his zeal to effect a "tremendous” sav
ing, Bryan has crippled several Indis
pensable offices. However. If after
eliminating a few seemingly Import
ant parts the governor can still keep
the state machine running, he Is a
wizard and ought to be given a chance
before being condemned.
Geneva Signal.
Frank O. Edgecomb: Patriotism and
good political business will be united
if the republican majority in the leg
islature will do everything possible to
co-operate with Governor Bryan In
tax reduction efforts. Because the
governor made a fault finding cam
paign on a fault finding platform, he
was forced into doing unjustified fault
finding in his messages to the legis
lature. but there is wheat as well as
chaff in his proposals and some of
his recommendations can be carried
out with much profit to the state.
Seward Blade.
Mrs. F. F. Belzer: Governor
Bryan's request for a budget for $21,
000,000 to run the state Is a surprise
to the folk of his party and to all the
taxpayers who elected him to reduce
taxation. His platform was "Reduce.
Reduce," and now the levy exceeds
that of ex-Governor McKelvie’s by
two-tenths mills. It would seem that
the abolishment of the code law Is
only to place more power in the
hands of the governor, and the switch
Daily Prayer
Wherefore come out from among them,
amt be ye separate, satth the Lord, and
touch not the unclean thing And will
he a Father unto you, and ye shall be
my sona and daughters, salth the Lord
Almighty.—2 Cor. 6:1T, 18.
Our Father, help us to be true to
day: help us to be faithful; help us
to be kind. May Thy presence go
with us and watch over us so that no
evil may surprise us. Keep us from
falling, keep us from stumbling. If
terfiptation assails us, may we be
given strength to resist It: If trouble
awaits us, may we go forth cour
ageously to meet it and may Thy
grace be sufficient for us in the hour
of our need.
Especially we pray Thee that sin
may have no dominion over us; save
us from becoming hardened by Its de
ceitfulness, or softened by Its false
soothing flattery.
Make us generous In our judgments,
tender hearted in our feelings, sweet
spirited and loving in all our dealings.
Preserve us from being Impatient and
irritable.
Implant within our hearts a gen
uine hatred for every form of defile
ment, and a sincere love for what Is
pure and Christlike. Whatsoever
things are honorable, whatsoever
things are Just, whatsoever things
are lovely, may we think on these
things today. For Christ's sake.
Amen.
MALCOLM JAMES MacLEOD, D. D.,
New York City.
Tou road thorn In (he morning, you road
them through the day,
Tou read them in the ev'ning while your
c hildren ’round you play—
The tales of folk majestic;—of humble
folk and poor—
Of honest ones and wloked, and funny
ones galore.
Tou see with people distant, you feel
tneir blks and fear;
Tou sail to Honolulu when the weather
in severe:
Tou sally to the mountains and fish In
fishy streams;
Tou visit parks and fountains In the
paper of your dreams.
Your troubles are forgotten, and current
thoughts recede.
And everything is centered on the maga
zine you read.
Tou frown, you look bewildered, you smile
and laugh at Jest,
And get a mint of pleasure that Is
healthier than rest.
—Robert Worthington Davie.
! ing of the heads of departments seems
I to make more Jobs for the party of
I Mr. Bryan and give more power to
the machine.
Bloomington Advocate.
H. M. Crane: The people of this
county are opposed to the code law.
They are with Bryan for any reduc
tion that will not materially cripple
the activities of the state. With too
much trimming there is danger of a
deficit at the end of the term. There
has been too much waste in the du
plication of management of the
state's activities and useless inspec
tors.
Grand Island Independent.
A F. Buechler: There are many
features o the /message of Governor
Bryan on the budget the vagueness
of which, together with an Indicated
exclusive power of appointment here
and there, are likely to create an un
favorable Impression. Governor
Bryan's main reductions, however,
and the main purpose of his message
will appeal strongly to the taxpayers
and citizens of Nebraska, and it is
to be hoped that partisanship will not
be permitted to stand In the way of
public good.
Sootlsbluff News.
George Grimes: Governor Bryan
could, do no less than recommend the
abolition of the code and a drastic
cut In state expenditures, for on prom
ises to bring these about was he elec
ted to office. The legislature will do
well to follow Ills lead in this regard,
paying careful atttentlon to reduc
tions, however, so as not to cripple
necessary state institutions.
McCook Gazette.
H. D. Strunk: Governor Bryan
and the present legislature were
elected on a single issue, that
of reducing taxation. In budget mes
sage asking for twenty-one millions, in
which he shows a reduction of ap
proximately nine millions, there is
perhaps little opportunity for criti
cism. This was his pledge to the peo
ple to reduce taxes. In a conscientious
endeavor to carry out thir program
he should have the undivided support
of the people so long as a grain of
judgment is contained tn his princi
ples, (Whether the brand of politics is
the same or not. Certainly a reduc
tion of taxes will be highly pleasing
to the taxpayers, especially so if it
can be accomplished by using the
ax on extravagance and waste with
out Injuring what efficiency attained.
I<eigh World.
Charles S. Kuhle: From his letter to
the state legislators Governor Bryan Is
apparently learning early in the game
that promise and performance are two
entirely different things. He practi
cally admits that the job of running
the state is a bigger one than he had
anticipated, and his apparent reduc
tion in state expenditures is in our
opinion only another one of his po
litical promises.
A Book o) Today
•'toot AFTERNOONS IN CHICAGO." by
Ben Hecht. Covict McGee of CXUcago.
More than 60 stories, truly
"Hechtle,” make up the cubist volume,
“One Thousand and One Afternoons
in Chicago,” by Ben Hecht, (Covici
McQee), which is luridly colored and
profusely decorated with sketches and
designs by Herman Rosse.
The stories are tales which appeared
in a daily series in the Chicago Daily
News, written by the author and play
wright when he had tired of the "pub
licity game."
Intimate pecks into life in the great
city are given by Hecht in these
series, without any of the sordidness
which marked his "Gargoyles” and
"Erik Dorn."
A superlatively beautiful edition of
an old favorite that should hold place
<n every child’s library is Little,
Brown A Co.’s edition of "Little Wo
men,” illustrated in color by Jessie
Wilcox Smith. Louisa M. Alcott, in
this stoby of Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy,
wrote of a real family—her own—and
the sincerity, sweetness and beauty of
the story is such as to give it everlast
ing attraction.
Common Sense
The Man Who Tries is Interested.
As an employer, you may be greatly
peeved because some employe is not
meeting your requirements; you may
bo thinking of discharging the person.
Have you ever thought about it that
if the employe is making an honest
effort to please you and do what you
want done, that that much should be
appreciated?
If an employe wants to fill the bill,
it is likely that he can eventually sue
ceed in doing so because ho is going
to study to please and work with that
idea in view.
Once he reaches the point of effi
ciency you require you are going to
have a valuable assistant in the de
partment, so it is worthwhile to bear
with him until he gets yout ideas and
is able to carry out your plans.
The man who tries is Interested In
hie work.
Back of the man who tries is a feel
ing of loyalty which is worth much
to you and to your business.
You may have others working for
you who. without half an effort, arc
| able to meet your desires and require
ments up to a certain point, and you
may feel that this is the only kind of
employe you want around your shop.
But men who work for the pay day
1 and what it brings, take no interest
after quitting time and the loyal ono
who tries is better.
Europe’s Real Trouble.
Europe's greatest trouble is too
much preparation for the next war
and not enough reparation for the
latest.—Boston Transcript.
“The People’s
Voice”
Editorial! from racdet! of The Morning Boo.
Reader! of The Morning Bee are Invited to
line ttile column freely for expreeelea on
matter! at public intereit.
The French and German Crisis.
Fremont, Neb.—To the Editor of
The Omaha Bee: Many people justify
France in her seizure of the Ruhr on
the ground that Germany has not
“made good" what she and the allies
destroyed during the war.
After the armistice, Germany Imme
diately surrendered to both France
and Belgium much more railroad
property than she took from them
during the war. In addition to ceding
to France the rich provinces of Alsace
and Lorraine, and the coalfields of
the Saar, Germany was compelled to
deliver to the French so much coal
that the French sold some of It back
to the Germans.
Tho Germans likewise have replaced
the machinery In tha factories they
destroyed, and thP French sometimes
boast'how their Industries there have
recovered since tlie war. Incidently.
the Germans were compelled to pay
heavy French duties on all the ma
chinery, lumber, etc., that they were
compelled to deliver.
The "devastated regions” are the
favorite subjects of apologists for the
French. After the armistice the
French retained the German prisoners
and used them for reconstruction pur
poses. In a year, those prisoners, In
addition to rebuilding many of the de
stroyed towns filled in the trenches
and shell-holes and cleared the wire
entanglements off all valuable land.
That land is now as good as before
the war despite French howls to the
contrary.
In some of the regions which were
“shot up” the worst, notably at Ver
dun, the land is rough and rocky and
sterile, and never was farmed. Such
places are far more valuable to
France as a war relic, to show to tour
ists than anything else.
The French ass-rtion, that she has
spent 7,000,000,000 francs In rebuilding
the "devastated regions" while Ger
many has paid only 1,000,000,000 or
2.000,000,000, Is made on the assump
tion that the American people can he
fooled. The fact is, Germany has
paid many times as much as she com
pelled France to pay after the war of
1870, and she was forced to impov
erish herself in so doing.
The Idea of the French in preaching
to us that Germany has not paid, is
mainly to get out of paying tho $2,
000,000,000 or *3,000,000.000 that she
owes us. FRED R1TSCHARD.
Schools and Taxes.
Central City, Neb.—To the Editor
of The Omaha Bee: I see in The Oma
ha Bee, farm production in Nebraska
for 1922 was valued at $245,000,000.
That would include eggs, cattle, hogs,
and everything I suppose. That would
average $563 per farmer. Then take
off $150 to $900 for taxes per farmer.
It doesn't leave much does it? We
raised about 170,000,000 bushels of
corn in 1922. Iowa had over 400,000,
000 bushels, and our taxes in the state
are nearly the same as theirs. If we
overreach our resources it will mean
disaster to us as a state.
You can’t sell land now, taxes are
so high. In order to lower school
taxes, farmers can take their own
children to school or one-half the ex
pense that it can be hired done? It is
just as reasonable for someone to take
you to town and to church as it is to
haul your children to school.
By all means lower tuition to $2
a week. If it can’t be entirely done
away with then let the high schools
dispense with needless expenses like
teachers to train 11 boys to play foot
ball. I have In mind a high school
that pays $3,000 each for three teach
ers Two hundred per month should
be big wages, and that would be too
much, compared to the producers’ re
turns. It stands to reason that ex
penses must come down, or produce
must advance. W. B. H.
“Opportunity.”
Omaha.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: It is a trite saying, "Op
portunity knocks but once,” and, like
st? many phrases, it is unsound in
principle and wholly devoid of truth.
Unfortunately, many accept the quo
tation literally and, an opportunity
lost, abandon themselves to failure
and hopeless regret. To those, and
they are in the majority, who regard
life without prejudice, it is apparent
that scarce a day pusses but what
opportunity knocks, offering alluring
rewards for thoughtful effort and ear
nest toil. None but the idler and
wastrel asserts that this land of
boundless resources and well nigh in
exhaustible wealth offers but single
opportunity in a lifetime. To the
toller, to the fighter, it dally offers its
choicest fruits, fame and fortune.
The most lowly strives with the full
knowledge that the highest office may
be his. Bincoln, the rail splitter;
Harding, the country printer; those
kings of finance, Schwab and Rocke
feller, and many others whom we
call great, were not only of humble ori
gin. but there success Is attributed to
their early struggles against poverty
and oblivion. A glance through the
Hall of Fame, revealing thousands
who have risen from obscurity after
sore trials and many setbacks, prompts
us to quote the truer saying:
“If a man can write a better book,
preach a better sermon or make a
hotter mousetrap than his neighbor,
though he builds his house In the
woods, the world will beat a path to
his door. J. B. S.
High Salaries of Movie Actors.
Omaha.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: “An Open Better” from
a motion picture theater to Mr. F. H.
Davis, which appeared in a recent
issue of The Omaha Bee, tells of a
“thin strip of two-inch celluloid” that
copt “over a million dollars.” and
rather boastfully compares this flimsy
thing with the substantial First Na
tional Bank building and proudly in
vites Mr. Davis over to see whether
the "strip of celluloid” is "worth the
outlay.”
This attempt to compare the mov
ing picture business with banking
only serves to emphasize the differ
ence between prodigality and thrift
and directs the attention to the
enormity of the salaries paid movie
folks anil to the excesses to which
this money is put. We read of movie
Money to Loan on
Omaha Real Estate
Present Interest Rate
Charge Is
6%
Mr. Coue Is With Vs—Nearly
n
WLUAMS I
individuals being paid hundred* of
thousands—even a million dollars for
a single picture or contract for a lim
ited period of service—a sum entire
ly out of proportion to the effort put
forth and the skill and intelligence
used—and far more than any actor,
preparing for the profession, ever
dreamed of earning in a whole life
time. We further read of Scandal,
divorce, robbery, dope, nights of de
bauchery and murder amongst the
movie folk—and have ceased to mur
vrl nt it. Yet. these conditions are
largely due to excessive salaries. This
is the phase of economic dissipation
that is objectionable and that 13 gen
erally overlooked and condoned.
In our zeal to reduce taxes, to reg
ulate the railroads, the packer, the
Standard Oil and other producers of
necessities and to bring the products
of these down to the minimum of cost,
we are apt to forget that entertain
ment in our scheme of civilization is
•',«o a necessity tviat should he ^
brought within the reach of all. The
\>oi. .ue of the people demands enter
tainni nt and it Is just as sinful and
unfair to add a cent to the admis
sion fee to n show as to add a cent
to the co$t of a pound of meat or a
gallon of gas. The actor as well as
the railroad, the packer and the
Standard Oil should receive an
amount sufficient to insure the ben
entertainment, the best service and
the liest quality, but it is not neces
sarily just or morally expedient to
give in any caBe that which will tend
iO debauch the individual or pollute
the social atmosphere.
ECONOMIST.
Not Playing Fair.
He is an unsportsmanlike pedes,
trian who fills his pockets with nails
in order to be avenged in case of an
automobile runs over him.—Chicago
News.
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Children, owing to their almost ceaseless
activity, frequently require as large cn
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