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STRENGTH FROM THE SOIL.
Back in Lincoln after a tour of Europe aud the .
Mediterranean, Mark W. Woods reports that in the
old world the farmers are the cock of the walk. Every
device known to the governments is being used to
encourage them to produce heavier crops. Agriculture, •
he says, is not taxed a sou, a pfennig or a penny. In
England parliament is discussing a proposal to pay a
subsidy of 50 cents a bushel for all wheat raised in
that country.
“This only goes to show what is being done in
Europe to promote production,” Mr. Woods says.
“The United States must realize that this is the most
important proposition that confronts it, or in a very
few years our increased consumption and decreased
production, because of declining prices, will put us up
against a situation as serious as that of Europe.”
America is fortunate if the time ever comes when
instead of raising its own foodstuffs it is forced to
depend on shipments from overseas. Many factors
combine just now to discourage'farm production. If
America is to prosper, these causes must he removed
and some certainty of profit from labor in the fields ;
be secured.
France is aVtrong nation today because it is self- ,
sufficient and can.feed itself from the harvest. Eng
land trembles because its industries are topheavy,
with no agriculture to balance its manufactures
America’s strength lies in the greatness of its agri- i
culture. Remember this when you hear some one say
that the government is coddling the fanners.
PICKING- THE CONVENTION CITY.
Does it make any reat difference in the long rur,
where the convention that nominates a presidential
candidate for either party is held? These great gath
erings have been held in many cities—Philadelphia.
Baltimore, Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Kansas I
City, Minneapolis, Omaha, San Francisco, Denver— j
fairly well distributed over the map and well may
anyone doubt whether the geographical location has j
anything to do with the success of the candidate.
However, as the country has increased in voting
population, so the national convention has increased j
in importance. Attendance is limited as a rule to the !
number of persons who can get away from business
long enough to be present. Delegates and ’alternates
have mounted into four figure groups, while the camp
followers and influential citizens who assemble to take
counsel together and direct the delegates in the mat
ter of how to vote also number thousands, and the
mefle visitors, drawn by patriotic desire to see the
great of their party in action, and even those who go
through idle curiosity, arc counted by the tens of
thousands.
All this implies that the convention city must be
prepared to take care of a r^'Ititude that will over
flow its hotels and make life uncomfortable for sev
eral days during a spell of warm weather. Mr. Vol
stead has removed one of the adjuncts of a national
gathering of politicians that once was productive of j
results, but not all its big features went out with
John Barleycorn. Those who love to be in a jam, to
be pulled and hauled, and havd their hats smashed
and their feet stepped upon, can get accommodated
at a national convention as they can nowhere else.
Chicago has had the greater number of conven
tions, because of its peculiar qualifications for taking
care of the visitors. Other cities are ambitious, and
offer inducements as potent in their way as any the
Windy City can present. Omaha did take good care
of the populists in 1892 and could take good care
of the republicans in 1924, if asked.
COOLING OUT ON SUGAR
Absoluate zero, so sedulously sought by scien- 1
lists, is the ultimate end of life, for movement, which
is life, begets heat, the evidence of energy. However,
energy is manifested in different ways and various
forms, and now we may see a proof of the working 1
of this law.
Mayor Hylan of New York has an organised !
boycott on sugar. Five thousand workingmen and
1,000,000 women have been reported as adherents
to the mayor’s plans, surely a formidable array. Yet,
when he called on his anti-sugar cohorts to come forth
and show the world their strength, did they do it? Well,
just enough to be perceptible to the naked eye, and
that was all.
Streets were cleared for the great parade, a
phalanx of policennn mounted to lead the march,
hands and banners provided, and all was ready when
the mayor gave the word, and the column moved.
Seventy-one women took part, 35 marching and 30 '
riding in automobiles. This does not mean that the I
women of New York, any more than those of jOmalia
are submitting quietly (o the extortions of the sugar
profiteers. If the incident has any significance, it
may be summed in the statement that we. are cool
ing out.
Enthusiasm for a cause holds just about so long,
and then takes the more substantia! form of a solid
determination to work to bring to an issue the cause
advocated. Sugar is one of these. The situation did
not develop suddenly. Ample proof is at hand that
the men in control, said'to be only nine in number,
haw worked quietly for a long time to bring matters
to the point now reached. The remedy will have to
be provided in the same way.
Boycotting sugar may bring some concession in
price, but the permanent settlement will be when, by
long experience an evolutionary change in method,
of marketing public neccssi'ies ha shown the way
to avert speculative control of any commodity nec
essary to the life of the people. For the moment it
is encouraging to note that the indignation felt is too
deep for hysterical display. f
Mayor Frank Zehrung can now smile that mil
lion-dollar smile of his with real zest. The voters
of Lincoln acted as if they wanted him to ho mayor
this time.
Whatever the police authorities do to the mnaher
will he ail right with the rest of us. provided :t is
enough to discourage the shirks who circle and
swoop.
A couple of shots put the rum fleet to flight
off the New Jersey coast, hut they were from a four
pound gun and notfrom a half-pint flask.
EVEN THOUGH THE LEAGUE DIE.
"I am for the World Court because I believe it
to be a step toward the substitution of law and jus
tice for might and war,” said Senator Lenroot of
Wisconsin, talking to the Omaha Knife and Fork
club.
A word should be said right here as to the League
of Nations. The United States is not a member of
the League, of Nations because Woodrow Wilson
would not let this country enter the league on any
but his own terms. Mr. Wilson has announced his
opposition to the Harding proposal, presumably be
cause he thinks as he did before, th*t this country
should first accept the League of Nations according
to his views. This is in itself almost a direct admis
sion that the United States can go into the World
Court without accepting any responsibilities under
the League of Nations pact. One of the disputed
points has been how far our country will be obligated
if it accept membership in the court.
Prof. Manley O. Hudson of Harvard, who was
one of President Wilson’s expert advisers at Paris,
and who is an authority on international law, shows
that the United States can enter the Permanent Court
of International Justice, and yet remain aloof from
the League of Nations. Considering the history of
the court, Prof. Hudson writes:
"But when the statute was finished it was not
promulgated by the organs of the league. The pow
ers stepped outside the league organization for the
moment to draw up a separate protocol, which
forms no part of the Treaty of Versailles and which
is in no way dependent upon the Covenant of the
League of Nations. They executed this protocol ns
a distinct treaty, and it is the protocol which
promulgates and puts into force the statute of the
new court. Forty-six states have now signed the
protocol, and thirty-five of them have ratified it.
All of the forty-six are in fact members of the
Leaguesof Nations, hut the protocol may be signed
and ratified by certain states which are not mem
bers of the League of Nations, if they are named in
the annex to the Covenant of the League. The
object of inserting this provision in the protocol was
to enable action to be taken by the United States in
tlie event that the United States should not become
a member of the League of Nations. Mr. Hughes
has now proposed adhesion to the protocol on terms
which clearly exclude any legal relation between*
the United States and the league."
ThuB is one of the objections raised against the
court fully and completely answered, and this
should encourage those who are willing to engage in
any reasonable way to provide for the settlements
of international disputes without resort to force.
Taking up the Borah resolution Prof. Hudson con
cedes the attractiveness of the proposal to outlaw
war, but points out the present futility of relying
entirely on the moral sense of nations to make the
courtis decrees effective. He says:
“We must not too easily pin our faith tot states
agreeing to do what they may not want to do when
the time for action comes. When the action sug
gested by Secretary Hughes has been taken, op
portunity will still exist for Insistence that the
court's jurisdiction be enlarged.''
In his conclusion, Prof. Hudson hits a note that
will echo widely:
“It would be a tragic discouragement to efforts
to organize the world for peace to ha»e the United
States refuse to lend its support to Increasing the
prestige and influence of the Permanent Court of
International Justice."
“Senator Borah’s resolution is in itself the
ftrongest argument which has been made for adopt
ing the president’s proposal,” says the professor, and
in this we agree. The World Court idea is growing
each day, and will surely prevail in the end, even
though the League of Nations die.
AUTOMOBILES FOR THE WIDE WORLD.
While the saturation point wc have heard so
much about has not as yet been reached in the
United States, so far as automobiles are concerned,
the factories have some to send abroad. Figures
are given in the latest report from the Department
of Commerce on the exports of American cars for
the month of February, whereby we find that 8.851
gasoline driven cars, of a total value of $6,282,624,
and 1,698 gasoline driven trucks, of a value of
$1,092,400, were sent abroad during that month.
This compares with 3,096 passenger cars, valued at
$2,966,555 and 454 trucks valued at $391,738, in
February, 1922. The number of electric driven cars
and trucks is not given.
Australia continues to be the largest purchaser
of American-made ears, but Canada, the United
Kingdom and Belgium huv largely. Cuba. Japan and
other foreign nations find the American cars quite
well calculated to meet their requirements.
In addition to the finished cars, a steadily in
creasing export, trade is maintained in parts, such
as engines, bodies, tfre and other equipment. In
February 3.4 per cent of the production of passen
ger cars whs exported, as against 2.7 per cent in
January, showing how steadily the demand abroad
for American cars is growing. Not all of these
are the cheaper cars, for of the February shipments
3,068 cars were of a unit value of $340; 2,918 were
of a unit value of $661; 2,652 were of a unit value
of $1,035, and 213 of a unit value of $2,632.
The world may not be able to pay its war debts,
just yet, but when it comes to buying automobiles,
our friends in other land* know how to look after
their household necessities just as we do here at
home.
Joe Hummel’s alligator family has been again re
moved to the park lagoon, which mny be accepted a*
proof that spring is here.
Santa Fe section hands also receive u raise in
pay, which is much better news than they got a yeaT
ago.
Russian reds ha vp taken to unfrocking priests.
That is better than shooting them.
One jump from New York to San Diego is some
jump.
Homespun Verse
By Robert Worthington Unt ie
THE WOULD-IT-WERE REFORMISTS
borne* folk the world would fashion in Purnnltanb- style.
And even gaze with horror upon •» h/iln 's smile
They'd make the earth n Heaven and angels we would ha
lf Might were ever given to the small minority
They'd lain the c ommon pleasures—what little bliss w
know—
Who work for bread and butter and make the old world
RO.
They'd regulate our actions, until if we could speak
Wed have to get an order from the high and pious
Geek.
Let virtue gmw and teac h us to tread the noble wav.
Let love and pride Ik seec h us to struggle day by day.
And yet retain our pleasures w hich soil Nhe souls of
none |
hut give us recreation when weary days arc done
To Heaven we will journey when God sends forth the'
call—
Tis doubtful If lie'll ask u about the*»« thing** at all —
The Would It Wer** Reformists that sameness rnlgh*
resent,
And strive to build more i^oblo the sacred Firmament.
We Nominate-—
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Fame.
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Photo by Clark. Stromburg, Neb.
4 <T CAN'T remember the time
I when I did not write or dream
JL stories." gays Catherine Tongue
of eitromshurg. "Many of my
short stories were horn on the banks
of some stream while I walked or sat
with a fishing pole in my hand. My
stories were written under a pen
name—first Bremer: after some years
I changed it to Lloyd Moore, for the
reason that some of the home folks
were wise to Bremer."
Mrs.. Tongue is now working on a
hook—"Inside the Shell," It will he
a political story. This is a field with
which she is familiar. I.ast fall when
she was called down to Lincoln to
take charge of the organization of re
publican women throughout the state
she found plenty material for a
story, which she plans to call "The
Golden Whip.”
A Book oj Today
No man is a hero to his valet, but
Cyrus H. K. Curtis is a hero to his
son-in law, which is strong evidence
of the real bigness of Cyrus the
Great, publisher of the Cadies' Home
Journal, Saturday Evening Post, The
Country Gentleman and the Phila
delphia Public Hedger, all publica
tions of troubled history until Mr.
Curtis' wise and daring hand took
hold of them and sent their circula
tions soaring into the millions and
turned their advertising columns
into gold mines.
Edward llok is the son-in-law In the
case. In his story of Mr. Curtis, "A
Man From Maine," (Charles Scrib
ner's Hons, 12i. Edward, although he
has known the publishing colossus
for years In the most intimate rela
tions, stands amazed and breathless
before his greatness. The mere fa-:
that Cyrus, as a small boy. was a
Stood swimmer and never got
"cramps" are remarkable to his
biographer. The Juvenile Cyrus’ de
clsion to sell papers is dramatically
set forth as "the dawning of an Idea."
< yrus was keen enough to take a lot
of papers to Fort Preble and sell
them, This "exploit," says his ecstatic
biographer, "eould not be kept
uuiet." and the manager of a rival
Paper sent for Cyrus and gave hnn
a Job at $2 a week, carrying two
paper routes.
But while the cynical reader may
come to scoff at some of the ultra,
enthusiasm In the first few chapters,
be will remain to admire all the res’,
of the ls»ok. For the life of the great
publisher goes far to prove Mr. Bok's
credo that "business is the most mar
velously fascinating game ever de
vised and played by men."
Here is a poor boy. growing up In
Maine, coming to Philadelphia in
young manhood and, with the as
sistance of his wife starting first
one. and then another, and still an
other magazine, the three belay hav
ing the largest circulations in Artier
iea urn! occupying a mammoth build
tng in the heart of the (Quaker city.
No “piker" Is this man. Even in
the black days he calmly poured hun
dreds of thousands into his ventures
when his liest friends said he was
sure to fail.
No boaster Is this man either. For
now, when asked by his son-in law
how he "regards" his success, he an
swers:
I non t regard it I cat, t realize
it. When a man makes a success hr
doesn't *ee it an others see it. He
was of it all the time; it is familiar
to hhn. It is riot half so wonderful
to him as it Is to others.”
A simple, modest, unassuming man
is ih»» He has spent millions in his
publications anti todays owns palatial
homes and a wonderful yacht. Hut
he would rather walk than ride in
one of his tine care. He prefers to
carry his own clubs on the golf links
because he likes the exercise. When
he wants to dictate a letter, he walks
to the stenographer's dr k instead of
ringing .for her
And. at 73. he is still young and
alertfand engaged in erecting a new
gigantic building to house his news
paper. the Philadelphia Public i,ed
ger. into which he has poured mil
lions in the last few years and from
which he is now beginning to reap
the horv* t nf hi* faith.
Nor Is this a cold man of business
His greatest recreation is playing
the pipe organ and ho sit* for hours
improvising at the great organ in
his home
There are dramatic incidents, too.
When the body of his mother lay in
the casket in his home. Mr. Curtis
looked at it long and then sen ted
himself at the organ where he Irn
provivsed, sadly, sweetly a farewell to
her while tears flowed down his
cheeks
A Scotch printer who “hoisted ‘ him
during his early unsuccessful d«\
in Philadelphia, failed in health,
closed up Ids shop and return* d to
Scotland with >*00 still flue him from
the young publisher. Years later,
when success had crowned Curtis' ef
forts, he learned that the Scotchman
was living somewhere in Minneapolis.
He took the train and. after tong
found the Scot making a pn
corloub living, running a stunII nal
estate business in a dingy nth, .*
The great publisher introduced him
self and pan! all the debt with inter
cst. The Scotchman's health soon
broke flown, hut ns Jong as he lived
a lllieral cheek mine to him regularly
from Mr Curtis.
The book is handsomely printed
Certain weaknesses of grammar and
rhetoric could have been corrected hv
some literary hack. Hut the imii
nufable fact remains that M» link
has told In an inter* *t grlpphn: man
iht the fas, 0i it lug < ••» v of | f . ’ i
in law s remarkable 1 if»- A It <♦*
.Safely first
More Christians are leaving Tur
k*\ pruhahlv on the lhe»u\ that a
Niff* lead Is idlil (hall prcpur.i
tlfins for h good start Indianapolis
N*?wa. • j
, Rise of Motor Bus and Truck
Nebraska Editors Discuss Present Service and Future Pros
pects of Automobile Transportation.
\uront llegister.
George L. Burr:' Motor trucks ire
very useful ill tills |mrt of Nebraska.
Household goods can be handl'd from
IAncoln, saving drayage at both ends,
transported 77 miles and delivered for
; little more than the exorbitant crat
! big and moving charges of the city.
Hus lines render service not compara
I tively so cheap. Moth should pay in
I creased road taxes even if it nccessi
j lutes higher charges.
Madison Star-Mail.
P. A. Barrows: So far motor and
bus lines have not contributed very
■ materially to the service of the com
munity, more especially because
j weather conditions and bad roads
i stand in . the way of a reliable ser
vice. Without reliable service there
cannot lie given useful service heces
sary to success.
The Wyinorean.
J. M. Burnham: The development
of bus and truck lines in this terri
tory is limited at present, but lioth
branches are being improved and pa
tronage is increasing. Both bus and
truck lines offer a saving in rates and
a considerable saving in time. Hard
surfaced highways are needed for the
development for this system of trans
portation. and the expense of con
j structlon anrf maintenance should be
passed on to every class of taxpayer
- within the state.
Grand Island Indepi ‘indent.
A. F. Buechler: In recent yeats
motor truck service has greatly
quickened both passenger and freight
transportation facilities within a ra
dius of from 25 to 35 miles. Farmers.
i tig), are taking strongly to light truck
service, and a very material percent
ana of the total investment in auto
mobiles during the past 12 months
has been fat commercial and indus
trial purposes purely, by no means
all for* luxury and pleasure.
Seward Blade.
Mrs. E E Betzer: The White bus
transportation company rune four big
cars through here each day from Bin- :
coin to firand Island. Many private ;
buses ;uji1 trucks also go daily round
trip Seward to Lincoln.
—
\\ syne Herald
No regular bus lines are operated
out of Wayne county ami the truck
business is comparatively light. Haul
ing livestock to packing centers by
truck often gives advantage in sav
ing time, but is reported more ex
pensive than by rail -Hauling by I
truck has not developed to important !
proportions here.
Orleans Chronicle.
II. H. McCoy: Motor truck* and
bus lines facilitate business greatly
and arc a recognized benefit to the
community to the extent that their
use minimizes transportation < barges,
both freight anti passenger. They are
also of Importance from the stand
point of convenience. Excessive rail-,
road freight and passenger rales have
had much to do with developing the
truck and bus line system of trans
portation. With our present high
state of efficiency in road construc
tion. overland freighting is quite ex
tensively and successfully carried on.
The benefit. Is obvious
(iiudou Journal.
N" bus lines operate here Truck*
are tending to the development of
fanning and especially hog raising
farther from towns.
“THE PEOPLE’S VOICE”
Editorial from readers of Tho Morning Bee. Readers of The Morning Bee
are Hivlted to use this column freel> for expression
on matters of public interest.
A Plea for Abe Martin.
Avoca, la.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: Well, dear Daily Bee, I
have just finished reading you and
find many things of much interest to
tlie public In general, including old
ladies like myself. I used to write a
little for The Omaha Bee about 30
years ago, but I am rusty In , such
tilings now. We lake the old Bee i
just the same and it seems to !>« .
pepped up quite a tilt of late.
let there is one thing T most siren
uously object to in tonight's issue,
namely, the head and face of Atie
Martin. It seems that for the life of
me 1 am unable to locate his real
face, which I can only sec us a mixed
up afTair. I do not wish to wound
his sensitive soul, but would like to
ask if he ha- had an accident. In
some cases a lack of gray matter wall
haye a tendency to cause a collapse
of the skull. ft is very fortunate
for him that the rdst of his body
seems to look quite natural, causing
us to judge he has been kindlytreated
by some very human iscson. 1 hojie
that he will l>e able in the near future
to find someone who is interested in
h.s personal welfare enough to assist
him In adjusting his face so It may
i oi respond with his features.
AI N'T BETTY.
(elebration of Mothers’ Day.
Shelton, Neb—To tile Editor of The
Omaha Bee: Mothers' day this year
falls on May 13, and it is the wish of
the International association t»i have
the day fittingly observed in love and I
devotion to all within the home. It
is the wish of the association that it
l>e devoid of any commercialism.
MBS. MAX’ A. HOOSTETEKH.
President Nebraska Mothers’ Day
Auxiliary.
\ Query Paused on to Our Headers.
New York.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: Because your dally
habit i.s lo ’’think public mindedly"
you can give an opinion on this prop
osition with less exertion than most
men would require.
I have been assigned the duty of
getting from citizens who view
thing's in wide aspect an opinion of
Daily Prayer \
bay us asi*ls th<» sin which doth
*o f«*#hy beset Us, — lleb 12.1.
Our dear Heavenly Father. THy
hti.ud that opens fur ns the gate* . f
the morning and draws about us the
• urtains of the night. We thank
Thee for all the blessings that enrich
our days, for the watchful cate that
shields us from evil, for th* strength
of body and mind with which if* |eu
fortn daily tasks and duties Truly
Thy compassions fail not, and tier*
is no measure to Thy lo\e Thou dost
« ire for each of u as if ea« h w • re
Thine only child.
To all Thy Jove and grace may we
respond with a life dedicated wholly
to Thee. Help us to glorify Thee by
consecrating to Thee every affection
of our hearts aand every work of our
hands
May we do nothing which Thou
canst not Approve, ask nothing that
v e cannot receive from Thee, mu go
where we cannot go with The. Hint
out from the book of Thy rament
hrance our many transgressions.
Strengthen us that we nmv sun every
allurement ><f sin. and grow dally In
the knowledge and love of our Sa
vior, so that when we nightly pitch
oyr moving tents we may l>e . day s
march nearer home We ask if in the
Name r»f Jcpus Amen,
itnv. O ARTHUR FRY Pittsburgh Pa.
SONti.
The garden of my sweetheart
Is full of lov.' and light:
She mothers all the flowers
And tucks them in at night
So all tlie reddest roses
And tulips growing them
Welcome her kindly digging
And adore her tender care
She helps the flow. i f.cople
When the soil is hard and cold
tie. ping their soul* in blossom
And their hearts from growing old ;
The garden of my sweet bruit
Is full of < Jod and love;
!\ o-i.in., and beaut> undnne.ilh.
And sunshine up above
—Sin dttb d
NET AVERAGE
CIRCULATION
for APRIL. 1923, of
THE OMAHA BEE
Daily.75.320 |
Sunday . 82,588
lii.r ^,t include return,, tcf*
over*. or n*|*#r* >poiN In I
I'untmu him! Inrludaa no apatia? I
II RRi WKR, Gen. M*r.
V A BRIDGE. Clr. M«r.
Suku ribrd and •#mn to lielorr i*ir
Ihia Jd day o( May, IH].I
W II QUIVF.Y,
(Seal) Natarv Puhllc
the function of ptfbilo education as
based on thi- fact that everybody, not 1
merely parents, pays for it.
It happens that Mr. Newton D.
Baker, Senator Boyal S Copeland.
Senator Woodbridge N. Ferris and
Mr. William C. Bedfteld formulating
an educational creed, agree that the
nine purposes of the American na
tion itself, as enumerated In the dec
laration and in the constitution, viz -
i-quality, life, liberty, happiness,
union, justice, domestic tranquillity,
common defense, general welfare, are
the prop r objectives for a public
school and are locked by sufficient
historical authority to escape getting j
into the controversial Held.
For an inscription over the gate
way of a public si hohl it is contem
plated to use these aims.
What do you think about It’
it will greatly add to the dedlratqry
exercises if we-can show the opinion
of ptiblic nun lather than of school
masters. public servants,
WI 1,1,1AM M ANDREW.
Associated Superintendent New Vork
Board of Kducation.
Prairie Gems
Those persons who are trying to
bait Warren Harding had better be
careful, remembering what happens
when your calm, patient, quiet man
turns suddenly in his tracks and be
gins to sinite his Philistine pursuers,
such a man may become a mighty j
dangerous antagonist.—Kearney Hub.
"Better times" can. possibly, be
made periodically by auto-suggestion
Hut In the end. and for permanent nnd
real results, hustle and work are still !
the words.
The man who used to spend ail his .
spare change for red. white and blue
rings to put on his harness now has
a son who spends most of his earn
ings for extras for his Ford.—Har
vard Courier.
I aborts in l tall.
Out in Utah you can't smoke in a
restaurant without getting pinched.
However, you can eat onions or garlic
In any style —Milwaukee Journal.
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The Law of the Press
I mm I he St. iMh 01»he-l»emoer»t.
The code of professional ethic* made !
known by the recently formed Society ]
of Newspaper Kditor*. meeting at
Washington, ought to have u*efulne*s j
111 connecting popular misapprehen
sions as to pi cw motive* and poliHea,
a* well as in serving a* a guide for
those connected with the press.
Consideration* of high ethical qua!
ty have, of crfUrae, always had a
high importance in determining the
conduct of newspapers The press has
not in solemn admonition* enjoined
on their readers standards which they
declined themselves to observe, though
lome newspaper* have differed and '
(till differ from other newspaper* in t
the deferenee paid to those standards
What the American Society of New*
paper Kditor* ha* done Is merely to j
formulate standard* of long currency. ,
While particular newspaper* and In
dividual editors of distinction have
from time to time reduced to verbal j
form principles that must govern su1'- j
cessful press workers, this i* believed ,
to be the first time that an attempt
to codify them lias been made authori
tatively by representative workers of
practical experience actually invested
with responsibility for the character
of the principal newspapers of the
country.
That there is a law of press, one j
which is inexorable In Its demand for '
resp»ct though its acceptance Is made I
voluntary, and one to which disobe- J
dlence, especially if deliberate and re
pealed, brings its own unpleasant j
penalties, may bo new to some part i
of the public. The unwritten law be- !
comes written law with little of
change or addition. The whole code j
has long been exemplified in the col
lective press and if some individual
papers and editors and owners have
seemed to show slight regard for some
portions, it may have been due to a
special emphasis they placed on other j
portions. Kt-nse of responsibility, j
championship of freedom of the press. I
independence of other obligations
when the public welfare is affected, i
sincerity, truth, accuracy, impartial- j
itv in really vital things, fair play I
and an alignment on the right side |
in all issues between decency and In
decency—are these not Ideals at which
all reputable and representative news
papers have always aimed? The clause
as to partisanship, declaring that de
partures from the truth made know
ingly in editorial comment do vio
lence to the best spirit of journalism
and in the news columns are subver
sive of a fundamental principle, re
calls the old. stolid party organ which j
never printed anything of ill concern- J
Ing Its own political organization and j
apologized if it printed anything of |
good about opponents. However, news- i
papers which followed the principle 1
now given formal expression have j
never been lacking and the clause is
a reminder of how very far off that '
old style type of organ seems at 1
present.
A written code has explicit advan
tages over an unwritten code, t'n- ■
folded to a public which understands
and sympathizes, it makes the prac
tice of approved journalism easier and '
- nables the charlatans of the press ;
(o he the more readily recognized.
These charlatans, like some of the i
0 narks of medio ne and some of the j
shysters and pettifoggers of thp law. j
may seem to have a degree of finan- j
cial success Ut a time, hut how can '
they long retain that confidence on
I
Jt's jest about ,got a filler
run a drug store without bein' a
pharmacist. “Live so you'll never ha’, e
t* try t' thwart th' newspaper*." said
ex edttur Cale Hu hart, t'ciay. in f -
address t’ th’ Apple Grove High
school.
op** of any kind mav exist? Tt w •«
high time that journalism, which !a - *
even AHippocratic oatn. had its #?*.;•?.•!
arda if it is really a pr< fu
sion and not a trade whose technique
Is handed down from on** more or
lem skilled worker to another in ap
prenticeship.
The existence of newspaper s< ho* «
side by side with schools of law and
medicine and engineering is on#- thii g
leaving little doubt as to the profes
sional status. Codified standards suti
ll jr to these newspaper schools n * •
thing of which th*- other schools ha’
long had the advantage. Study of
Item by these students and others *
luring news pa per dom—and study, nz
them will be of small profit unle -
!t leads to practice—will tend to f«
Journalism of higher and more y »
fjrra quality and to a better unde'
standing by newspaper worker- » f
their relations to one another and to
the public.
THE SPICE OF LUTE.
“I've come to fix that old tub in th*
kitchen."
“Oh. tnumn.a! Here's the doctor to %ee
the cook!*'—Harvard lampoon.
A profeeeor ray* that e*-rd*ntary w*- -
tend* to lewen the enduren> In oth*r
word*, the more one ait* the less one can
mt and.—Boston Tranee rip.
•‘Somebody ha* Invented a motorcycle
limouainff body.”
• A gr* at many people eon duct the -
entire career* on that principle."—Dajtun
News.
Young Dob ha—"I want to try on that
*ul: In th» window.*'
A"* *tant — “Sorry * ’ but yu ha-#
use the dreating room.**—London Hail.
Overheard at a director*’ m**»* re
‘ While we are sitting here let u* »e* how
we eland on runn.ng e*pec?ea."—Boston
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“ 'Pioneers ”
cthe Union Pacific
Pride of the West
Capital a)id Surplus
TwcrSiillion ^Dollars
%
Fifty-four years ago next
Thursday t h e Golden
Spike—driven at Promon
tory Point, just west of
Ogden. Utah—joined the
rails from East and West,
creating the first great
Transcontinental Railroad
—the Union Pacific.
Fifty-seven years ago The
Omaha National Bank was
established and for more
than Half a Century the
history of these two great
enterprises has been en
twined.
For over fifty years this bank
has been a depository of
the Union Pacific Railroad
Company.
Ifte Omaha National Bank
\)arnam at 17 th St.
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