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The Morning Bee MORNING—EVENING—SUNDAY THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY NELSON B. UPDIKE, Publisher. B. BREWEK, Gen. Man*e«r. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ."Pi.® Associated Press, of which Tile Bee is a member. Is etclusively witltiM to the use for repuhllcatloa of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper. and also the local new* published nsrein. AH rights of republications i f our special dispatches are also referred. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ank for the Department AT lantic «r Person Wanted. For Night Calls After 10 P. M : i aaa Editorial Department. AT lantic 1021 or 1042. \ OFFICES Main Office—17th and Fa 171 am Co. Bluffs - - - 15 Scott St. So. Side. N. W. Cor. 24th and N New York—»28fi Fifth Avenue Washington - 422 Star Bldg. Chicago - - 1720 Steger Bldg. Paris, France—420 Rue St. Honore NEVER AGAIN FOR THE FARMER. Passage of comprehensive rural credits legisla tion by the United States senate gives final assur ance that the nat:on learned a lesson during the dis mal days of depression and deflation, now happily past. Two years ago, when agricultural prices col lapsed, the credit that might have enabled the farm-> ers to hold enough of their products off the market to stabilize prices was not to be had. The rush of crops to market was limited only by the shortage of freight cars. Country banks were left no choice but to call in their loans. In order 1o meet their debts and obtain the funds tor ordi nary running expenses farmers and ranchmen were forced to sell their stuff at most unfavorable terms. Cows that should have been kept in the country for the production of calves and the maintenance of the livestock industry were loaded on trains and shipped to slaughter. Thin cattle that would have fattened into fine beeves if given more time like wise were sacrificed. All this because the credit necessary to finance agriculture was not available. The potential profits of one of America’s great basic industries were wiped out. All business, from one end of the na tion to the other, in city as well as country suffered. The buying power of a third of the population was cut off. This crisis served to emphasize the old truth (hat without prosperity on the farm there can be none in the city. It led furthermore to the general realization that our system of finance was not fitted to the needs of agriculture, but had been built up mainly with reference to manufacturing and other business. The need for more gradual marketing of farm products, with longer term financing to corre spond with this process became apparent. Out of these conditions have grown the Capper bill and the Lenroot-Anderson bill, which now are before the house of representatives, with the ap proval of the senate already secured. There seems no reason to doubt their final passage. The middle west, which is preponderantly agri cultural, faces the future with more confidence be cause of this rural credits legislation. Though for the present these facilities may not be called upon to the full, the fact that they are available may be counted upon for stabilizing the business of farm ing. And if any such emergency as that of 1921 arises again, the nation will be prepared to meet it. THE SCHOOL AND THE AUTOMOBILE. The panacea for lower taxes has drawn the at tention of all toward the school. This is right, for there is nothing so vital to the future of Nebraska as the public school, and it is to be hoped a way may be found to lighten the burden of taxation without lessening the efficiency of Nebraska’s edu cational institutions. A farmer recently exemplified what should be the true spirit of every American citizen by ex pressing surprise that any normal person could ad vocate a reduction of the automobile license and at the same time complain of the tax he pays toward the support of the school. When a retired, child less farmer, known to pay taxes in several rural school districts, besides the tax he pays in the city, and at the same time cheerfully turns over license money for two automobiles, takes such a stand, there is still a chance that the education of the poor man's child will not be impaired by a legisla ture, if that legislature truly represents real Amer ican citizens. There never was a time when there; was such a demand for good roads as at the present time. Many automobile accidents on country roads could bo avoided if the roads were put and kept in good condition and provided with necessary danger sig nals. The automobile has made good roads neces sary for the safety of all, so why should not the added expense be paid by automobile owners? The automobile has become a necessity and is here to stay. The long row parked in front of the rural high school buildings proves that in education it has found its place. Farmers are willing to pay the license, even though high, for the privilege of having their children under their own guardianship while attending high school. Those who feel the automobile is merely a luxury should be willing to pay the license fee, which is nominal in comparison to the many other expenses attending the upkeep of such a luxury. THRIFT AND ITS REWARDS. The savings bank division of the American Bank ers association reports that 1922 saw an increase to the number of 2,314,695 in depositors, and $1,600, 000,000 in money in the savings banks. More than *18,000,000,000 is now carried in savings banks, to the credit of the thrifty patrons. This amounts to a little more than *000 to the account, roughly averaged, but the effect of co operative effort is shown in the impressive total. Fewer than 29,000,000* depositors have between them accumulated a sum equivalent to the totnl amount of Liberty bonds issued by the government during the war. Acting singly and alone, neither of these depositors could accomplish much, for his total capital would be insignificant in relation to the enormous sums needed to carry on business to day. When they get together, through the medium of the savings bank, which is but one form of co operative effort, they exert a tremendous influence. The dignity and power of $18,000,000,000 is so apparent that it is beyond argument. It is em ployed in all sorts of ways; bonds and stocks are purchased, from which revenue is secured to pay income to the depositors in form of interest. The dollar you put into a savings bank account is not much in itself, but when it is associated with all the other dollars put in by depositors, it speaks with the command of their combined voices. A re ward of thrift is that it begets new opportunities, enlarges old enterprises, brings life and vitality to all sorts of business undertakings, and finally Rome profit to the individual who exercises it. Through thrift progress is made, and th American savings bank proves the truth of the old Scotch proverb, ‘\Mony a mickle mak’s a muckle.’ > A CLOSE-UP ON THE LEGISLATURE. Those who are interested in good government , could not do better than visit the Nebraska legisla ' ture which is now in session. It is a good thing both for the people and for their representatives to keep j In close contact. The more public interest is shown ■ in the conduct of state affairs, the better results will be obtained. One beneficial result of the building of 1 a new capitol will be that for a time at least it will make the seat of government a place of pilgrimage, j In Lincoln today many matters of the highest I importance to the people of Nebraska are under dis ' cussion. Those who visit the legislature will be struck by the earnest way in which these problems are considered. Though party lines hold pretty tight on the floors of both houses, yet a spirit of conciliation is not absent. Things are discussed pretty much on their merits, and this is particularly noticeable in the committee meetings where the first ! attempt is made to thresh the good grain of legisla tion from the chaff of ill-considered suggestions, “strike” bills and measures designed to advantage one interest or class at the expense of another. The citizen who visits one of these committee meetings will be surprised to see the thorough way in which these bills are gone over. If it is a meas ure connected with education, schoolmen are called , in to give expert testimony. To this advice is added the store of experience and common sense brought by the various members, each from a different part of the state. In these sessions no observer could distinguish a member of one party from a member of the other. There is little chance of anything get ting through to the harm of the people. Facts count here, and after viewing a committee seated about the table, the average citizen will feel a new respect for the men who have been chcsen to make and unmake our laws. In spite of party flurries and the mistaking now and then of the voice of po litics for the voice of the people, the government is safe with this legislature. LEAGUE AND RUHR. Americans will find something peculiarly inter esting in the decision of the Council of the League of Nations to keep out of Ruhr. The European na tions, it is sure, do not feel competent to pacify this dispute. Under the general constitution of the league, the Ruhr matter is beyond its reach. Chiefly, the covenant provides for settlement of disputes and disagreements between members, and for protecting members from aggression or imposition from out siders. Article XVII does provide for inviting non members to submit to the consideration of the league their disputes, among themselves or with members of the league, and makes rules under which such cases may be taken up and dealt with. Article XIX affords a method for direct interven- j tion, howev|r, as it provides for the reconsideration from time to time of treatment, the terms of which have become inapplicable. The course of France is not directly approved by the league, nor is it effectively condemned. What course, other than calling France to account, the league could take is not plain. Germany, not being a member, is not subject to league discipline, and cannot be held for violating the regulat:ons_of that august body. If it should appear that Germany had made war on France, or another league member, the action provided for in Article X m<ght apply; and it is possible that Article XVII might be so interpreted as to warrant an invitation to Germany to join the league long enough to settle the present dispute. Either of these courses would involve the league in a tangle of confusion, because by its charter Ger many is excluded definitely from benefits flowing from the covenant. In fact, Germany was treated at Paris as outside the company of nations, and was not even included among those who were to be in vited later to come into the League of Nations. All of these things combine to throw a strong light on (he impotence of the much vaunted method for set tling international disputes. The council of the league has adopted discretion, and will permit France to pursue what Lloyd George has just de clared is a“ sure way not to get reparations.” That 19 year old Chicago bride who confessed to theft in order that her husband might have grounds for a divorce and thus wed the woman he really loved, insists that she did it because she loved him so well that she would sacrifice all to make him happy. It is hero suggested that had her parents been charter members of the Nebraska City Press’ “Bcdslat club” things might have been different with her. President Harding is not running the govern ment to suit Representative Garner of Texas, which may be accepted as a sign that the president is doing rather a good job. There's at least one good angle to the Ruhr in vasion, speaking from an American standpoint. It is giving us a rest from that Japanese menace stuff. Washington is going to try an “itinerant” in junction against certain popular bootleggers. Why not make it peripatetic as well as perpetual? • Jackie Coogan may be all sorts of a movie mil lionaire, but he gave Omuha the impression that un derneath it all he is very much of a boy. One little family fuss at the city hall has been carefully smoothed out, hut the HCting mayor will probably get the salute next time. Prise fight supporters will never be happy until both sides can win. Nineteen below at Grand Forks, and frost at i Los Angeles. Spring is not far away. I # I Homespun Voice ' * ___ BY ROBERT WORTHINGTON DAVIE THE COUNTRY’S CALL. Friends t have lived in the city. I have toiled in mael strom of life; In the midst of the day's occupation I have breathed the effusion of strife; I have treasured the art and the beauty, thl* thrill of rhapsodical lay— And yet, my heart’s in the country—my soul's in the country at play. Where the clouds of cupidity never quite cover the heavens with greed, And the visions material ever are foreign to spiritual need. O. God! to the country I'm soaring—to the pure, the primeval and free. To dwell in nty cottage forever and breathe the re ligion of thee. I’m dreaming my dreams in Ihe city, but the dreamer is lost in the deep— Rooted groves of the rural regions where the beetle and katydid sleep Where llic beautiful things ate the simple, sud the motionless passing of Time Turns under the sod for a season—but never uproot* the sublime, l How Should the State Fight Animal Tuberculosis? Country Cross Discusses Proposal to Discontinue Appro priations for Eradication Work. Beaver City Tiines-Trlbune. L. N. Merwin: Eradication of tu l>erculosIa nnd other preventable stock | diseases is an important step forward : in purebred livestock development and safeguarding public health. Stock In dustry needs every possible encour agement and the campaign to stamp out preventable disease should by all means have aid from the state. - Cedar Bluffs Standard. Farmers in Saunders county, espe cially the breeders of purebred live stock. are anxious to eradicate bovine tuberculosis from their herds. All cat tle in this precinct, as well as those in surrounding precincts, have been "T. B.” tested. The unhealthy animals have been weeded out. The cutting off of the proposed $75,000 appropria tion by the legislature would stop the “T. B.” test and result in the reap pearance of diseased animals on the farms. The legislature should make this appropriation. Greeley Citizen. In tne opinion of many stockmen the campaign to quelch stock diseaaes has not been a success. It Is a mat ter for local communities to handle. Sidney Telegraph. Guy V. Doran: Purebred herds should be encouraged by Nebraska through education and not through guarantee against loss by disease. Self-supporting experimental herds should be maintained by the agricul tural college and findings published. Preventable disease should be eradi cated by regular inspections of herds, compulsory treatment or killing of diseased animals and severe penalty for sale of diseased animals for breed ing purposes. Inspections could be made in most counties by county agent without additional expense. Wilber Democrat. Nebraska should not be In the business of eradicating contagious diseases of stock. This authority should be delegated to the federal government because better and more competent returns are obtainable and better enforcement and greater care would result. There would be no du plication of men, material or authori ties Thus great savings to taxpayers would result and better results be accomplished. IlftrtiliRttin Herald Nebraska's purebred herds are ope of Its greatest and most profitable re sources, and their development should by all means be encouraged by con tinuing the campaign to stamp out preventable disease. It would be a severe blow to the livestock Interests of this great state should there he any lapse In this regard and any tendency in that direction should be opposed. In fedar county purebred herd* are a very important and valuable asset and we feel sure that the sentiment of our farmers and livestock men would bo overwhelmingly In favor of the most progressive policy, f Cla.v Center Sun. If the facts evidenced by a handful of men in our legislature antagonizing a moment for the advancement of Ne braska's agricultural interests did not warrant it, your query, should Ne braska encourage development of purebred herds, would appear foolish. With the antagonism of our governor, whose ignorance In the matter Is piti ful. and the political blindness of those who follow him. there Is nothing left for intelligent Nebraska to do but find a means to thwart their efforts to hinder our growth toward the goal of safety for those who have money and have invested in our basic Indus tries. So important is the work of tubercular eradication considered in this county, where it has been em ployed In most r.f our herds, that to omit from a Htockman's sale hills the words "All cattle accredited under government test" would cause tho purchaser to reject his Job of printing. A recent communication nppearlng in Daily Prayer Whstsosver ys iiik in crayer, bflitvloif. r ahalt rficflvi* —Mnt* Our Heavenly Father, gratefully we acknowledge Thy continued loving kindness in protecting us Keeping and waking, anti in providing for our dally need* Forbid that the regularity with which Thy mercies come should ever make us forgetful that th*»y rnme from Thee. If Thou shouldst withhold a single one. we should plead for its rrnewnl Help us to meditate upon Thyself — Thy majesty and power, Thy tender compassion. Thy grief at our sinful ness. Thy grace to help in our tim»* of need. May every gift of Thine come as a messenger from the Throne, summoning us to deeper devotion In heart and life. Above all. we thank Thee for the Ron of Thy love. Thy most gracious Gift to men. Help us to tread aright the tin known path of another day. Head Thuu us on And at its close may we he able to look lwick thankfully that by Thy grace we heard Thy voice and followed r-*hec. Guide us In our perplexities; restrain us In our Joys; comfort us In cur sorrows: guard us in our temptations; and forgive us all our am* for the sake of our Lord and Savior. .Tesus Christ. Amen, nnv <i K MORGAN M. A. I/ondcn. Rnxland Common Sense Criticism May Help. Kven Though It Hurts. ltow do you accept erltlelsm? Do you stop and consider from every angle whether or not you deserve If. I or do you become fighting mad and give no thought as to whether or not . you deserve It? Criticism that Is helpful ran he of ; great value to you. There may he n atlng to It—there probably will be—but If It makes you more proth-lent. If It enlightens you. It Is something you should appreciate even though It hurts at the time. Maybe you have thrown up some good positions you have held because you were criticised, while if you had benefited by the criticism you mlghl today tie holding a much belter place than you are now Ailing, You should not become belligerent every time your boss rrltlrlse* you. You should not shut your mlitf to j the fact that h* may have Just cause for the complaint he makes. If he has, you have been doing something which not only works against his Interests but your per sonal Interest a* well We all have much to learn; we nitigi expert that gome of nur knowledge will rome through pglnful channels. A good ‘'call down” nia/ be the thing ymi need to Increase your value to yourself and to others. rl»lit. ISM i the Lincoln Star, seeming to indicate ! that the farmers of this county do not desire the tubercular work to con | rinue, was simply the expression of i an individual and was in no wise representative of the purebred stock j raisers of the county. Certainly all i Nebraska should favor every effort to j drive the white plague from our state. Seward lilade. i Mr*. E. E. Betzer: The Seward j County Livestock and Breeders' asso ciation encourages the development of | purebred herds by continuing the , campaign to stamp out preventable I diseases in cattle. Unprogressive farmers who do not care whether or j not their herds are infected by tuber culosis are In favor of discontinuing inspection, oaring not whether hu mans are given the great white j plague from the milk supply of the j diseased cattle. Why play politics in I this matter? || A Book oj Today Edwina Stanton Babcock has given us a charming story In “Under the I>aw,” from the press of the Penn Pub , lishlng company. Philadelphia. There , is a piquancy of style and a plot that ' is interacting, which makes this book ; a worthy contribution to the lltera ; ture of its class. The story combines ! a mystery, a problem and a romance, ! interwoven skillfully. The author | does not strain for effects. The dia i logue Is bright and the philosophic ; inserts ring true. The characters are depicted with photographic clearness, it is a book of today, primarily of “young people flitting about in droves driven by Insatiability and thalr pecu i liar disease, leisure and unapplied brains." Offsetting that phase of present day life are several charac ters of noble purpose and principles. Sard Bogart, IS. bereft of mother, and the daughter of a Judge, was raised in an atmosphere of culture and wealth. Her chum of college days is Minga Gerould of the flapper tvpe. given to Idle words and flippan cies and endowed with r«ady use of of the humorous slang of the day. Of her it is written: “8he was very sure about justice and patriotism. If you did wrong you must ipt be found out. If you cared for i tyour country you must say so K'etV loudly with strong dramatic effect: the Idea of caring for one'a country to the extent of having a better kind of women and men live in it had not occurred to Minga. It does not occur to the men and women Mlngas of this world. But they are very sure of their pa triotism.' They have quite a little patrlotio strut and they imagine pa triotism to consist In a long hate of some other nation. And that Is based forever on the machinery of killing." Minga s line of chatter: “Engaged Yep, to the most Idiotic little Willie you can Imagine. A perfect lady Tawny Troop, you know Troop, the big moving picture man. We re all er.izy about Tawny, he's such a foo> and dances—he dances like a bubble on the fountain. Papa Troop is worth oodles, so they say. You like my ring—well. Tawny's first girl picked it out. 1 saw it on her aristocratic hand and I had to have it: also, you see, I needed Tawny to dance with— he has my gait. She hated to let him go; Sard, that girl is a moth. 8he eats men. eats 'em alive, but I snitch ed this one." The author's philosophic comment on this is: “Not delicate, not pretty, not dignified, not imposing. But it belongs to the age. meesieur et mes dames: what part have you had In makig the age what it Is'.’" In contrast to her chum. Sard had a personality, a composite of the best qualities of paternal and maternal an cestors. She looked seriously out upon the world and wondered what her laws should be. for she realized that for every life that counted there must tie laws. "She was the stuff of which leaders are made. Indifferent to pop ularity. (airing only for the enterprise in which she was engaged, cool, con trolled, just as she was in card games or swimming or tennis. She wanted progress nnd she was disposed to greed and fear. Her personality was like a flame, flashig across the dull ness and smugness and cheap pride." “I can't be happy and know that there I* so much tragedy In the world." Sard said. “We live under a made law, we don't build up on It, away from It. to a better law; we just live, cramped, confined. Ignorant, stupid, under It—under the law. that's It'" "Sard felt sure that somewhere in her ancestry were people who cared in some deep way for humanity, who agonlxed and were sorry as she was for all the sadness and madness of the world.” The author comments on some of the frivolous young people of her story: “They were all far away from (he tradition and early training of the r>arents who had borne them, spent Incalculable money on them, scoured the realms for the best food for them; edded to their youthful de sires, their gross sloths, given them leisure and opportunity nnd crammed them with diversion, hut neglected to set them an unswerving example of strong, frank, fearless and reverent and purposeful life. The light, the casual, the cynical, the flippant, the pondering of gross realities, and In the cases of the girls a very destruc tive, squalid and Ignorant playing with the grent laws of life as given Into the hands of men and women. Is the expression of America today. It belongs to the age; that age is the iftermath of crazy luxury nnd w ealth. There Is urnio great biologic secret behind It nil. and this biologic secret may be tfint such wealth, such lux nry. such exhibition a.aaipposcd to In I’lbitlon, ns we once deemed desir able, is undesirable, unendurable, In that It affects life with a kind of sponginess, n kind of quicksand J whereon nothing may grow or be i built. It may be that such surround lugs as we have tried to g<ve our I rhlldren have made their tmdle* fine, hut have shrunken and vitiated their j souls, that the use of our hard earn \ ed materialism has been to deny all • our existence upon worth and aolldlty ' and ' Irture, but It hears one portent To the observer of the Minga group' all over America today It Is apparent that this youth will some day take Itself In hand, tlml It will create a new ethic of worth and virtue that will hear more acute scanning than does ours." Herbert .!. Hall Ir n physician who baa not only lived by the eca. but he ha« 11 v cd with the Rea. He haa caught the eplrlt of the eea and Ur mooda Tlia Sea World Wait*." Ir tha title of a 73-page volume which contains u8 poema of Dr. Hall'* Impressions and ln*iilratlon*. He offer* a group of aonnet*. a eerlea of mualcal In terpretatlona. and then « group of poema In vere llbre. The lover of poetry will enjoy the offering made hy thl* poet I'libllalioil by the Four Sea* company, Boston. “The People’s Voice’’ E4IUil*li from rul«l «t lh« Morning III. RtsiMn gt Tbs Morning D« art InglMd tn m thll column freely Mr tigrgiilnn on mature ot nubile intgreet. Ills of Modem Civilization. Broken Bow, Neb.'—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee; The recent fail ures of nations, states and municipali | ties, as well as individuals, to suc | cessfully deal with great disturbances I reveals the fact that they are in most i cases the result of universal misun derstanding of great economic laws that function everywhere that civ [ illzation exists. I Humanity will never be spared the hardships of artificial market con.1l : lions and industrial difficulties until ' there Is a deeper understanding of economic laws. Economic and natural laws are very much the same. Natural laws con trol the growth and development of all physical life, while economic laws control the growth and development of our economic life. The law of supply and demand Is j the fundamental law in the economic world Therefore any disturbance of its operation results in the existence j of an artificial condition and a re i sultant penalty commensurate with I the extent of the Interference. If the value of a 100-pound sack of ! sugar Is $8, based upon the law of supply and demand and by an organ ' izatlon of producers, the price is ar 1 tlficlally advanved to $12 as a result of the sugar producers organization being compelled to pay $4 per hun j dred weight more for the sugar, and ! In due time the consumption of sugar will decrease to the extent of the ar ' tirtcial advance In the price, the net result being a loss to both producer and consumer of the commodity. People are not chattels, but their | services are a commodity, its value i being determined by the law of sup ' ply and demand. If the labor of a competent brick mason, based on the law of supply and demand, is valued at $1 per hour, and by an organization of brick ma «on« tneir wages are advanced to l$1.2o, the consumer of the labor IS obliged to pay the artificial advance of 26 cents per hour, and the brick masons will find that In due time the demand for their services will decrease to the extont of the artificial advance, the net result being a loss to both producer and consumer of the labor. We therefore arrive at the con ; elusion that any group of men who ! organize for the purpose of com pelling the payment of a higher price . for any commodity than they would be able to secure without organiza tion is out of harmony with the fun damental law of supply and demand and. as a consequence, the public will suffer injury to that extent. How ever, if the entire public Was organ ized for that purpose, the benefltts and Injuries received would balance each other, but in view of the fact that less than one-half of the people of the United f-'tates are organized for the purpose of securing better mar- 1 kets for both product and labor, the j unorganized portion of our population j I Is compelled to suffer economically j io the ex'ent that the organized por- | tion of our population is benefited by receiving higher values for both | product and labor as a result of this | j organization. There will never be a settled and j happy condition in the economic life of people until, by proper legislation, j (he organizing of both capital and I labor for the purpose of effecting ar- ; ' tlflcial condition* in the marketing of J both product and labor is prohibited and the proper legislation enacted for i the purpose of dealing with all prob lems not related to mark»ta or wages, and also proper legislation to Insure the unobstructed functioning of the law of supply l and demand, thereby Insuring a prober level of markets and wages. There is no other solution to this vast and constant disturbance in the economic life of the world. O K. Why Blame It on the Schools* Ainsworth, Neb.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee; In The Bee of Jan ! uary 26 appeared an article by an Ainsworth man under the title, : "What* Wrong With the Schools?" The writer ecema much concerned ■ about the location of responsibility for the appalling Increase of Juve nile crime during the last few years 1 and calmly asks if this grave charge should not be laid at the door of our public schools l>ecau*e of the recent introduction of too much ' bask- t I ivill. football and amateur theatre 1 cals" at the expense of what he terms "essentials." Notwithstanding all its admitted imperfections, there are many who , t>el!e\e In our present educationsd system, ss a potent factor In the development of real American citi- I zenshlp. These will resent this ] charge and ask for proof. They may even make bold to ask whether or not there have been other influ ; r rices at work tending to bring about this deplorable condition; influences which cannot possibly be traced to <>ur public school system in its lat ter day development. In this cate gory we wish to mention a few con dition* which might well be invest! c ited by all fair minded folk imbued with an earnest desire to fix the aforementioned responsibility. It is a well known fact that church going and religious fervor are now and have been for a nunilier of years at a low ebb. It is admitted that lawbreaking by adults lias reached unprecedented proportions since the enactment of the Volstead law and that wholesale disrespect for law and ord r IS Winked at by the great m.i Jorlty. Our entire social fabric is w-orni eaten by greed and licentious- ! ness to an extent never before ex- I perienced in our national bistory. And plea so notice that these condi tions Involve our adult population and not our Juveniles; our grownups and purent* who have heen out from Under the direct Influence of the schools f.-r from 20 to 50 years. A fine indfotm nt It might be' made f the Rood old schools of the Rood old days which our present day critics so blithely rxtol at every opportuni ty. don't you think’ Personally, we cannot lay any of it to the schools past or present. And what of home Influence under the foregoing conditions? Hus it been as wholesome and conducive to the development of good citizens as m times past? We think not And on top of this multiplicity of had Influences on our hoys and girls lias I been the effort of unrestrained ques j tlonable movie entertainment. Can 1 We onder at lh- Increase in Juvenile crime? No. We believe it to be the ' logical outcome of our present regime NET AVERAGE f CIRCULATION for JANUARY, 1923. of THE OMAHA BEE j Daily .71,555 Sunday.78,845 , B. BREWER, Gtnaral Mgr. VF.RN A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr. Sworn to and aubacribod balm# ma j tbia 3d day of Fahtviary. 1943 | W. H. QUIVEY, j (Saal) Notary Public | Among the Folks in History - 1 7KE EEUjOWfr WHO Wf «r i ^ATTSTIEP wrm ONE STREET a* a ^peeo wa/ , . WLi-Avi# -.-, | of sp;ritual indifference and w hole sale lawlessness and that it exists spite of our schools rather than be cause of them Yea, in spite of "basket ball.” football and amateur theatricals." C. M. The Spice of Life Til* pound can now tell the dollar to go to £ —London Opinion. Wlfie (retortinB»—“So. my <Uar. I don't upend too much It 1* you who don’t e&rn *nouBh —Mane Oene (Pari*). We hear that an enterprise daily paper la anxioua to secure the a*rlal right* for the 'ia rpentier-8.ici dialogue London Opinion. Magistrate— Are you married* Prisoner—"No. I got this ti(k fr-.m a friend '—IliropliciaaJmua < Munich* Retired Gunner Officer, 2'. in r.*ed r* fund*. 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