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“BEAT YAKE, BY YIMINY.”
Magnus Johnson did what he said he would, and
Minnesota has another farmer-labor senator. His
defeat of Governor Jacob A. O. Preus is an event
of more than state importance. Assuring the bal
ance of power in the senate of the United States
. to a radical group, it becomes of national conse
quence.
It is to be wished that Governor Preus had stuck
more closely to the principles of the republican
party in this campaign. He weakened himself and
his party when he disowned the protective tariff
and ignored the achievements of the national ad
ministration. From the first it was plain that he
stood not for principle but for anything that seemed
to promise votes. There was nowhere about him
the air of certainty, merely a wishy-washy willing
ness lo favor anything that appeared popular.
A false start was made when, after the death
of Senator Knute Nelson, the governor planned
to resign his office and have the lieutenant governor
make him senator by executive appointment. That
is not the sort of thing to appeal to the Americalf
electorate, and he backed down, entering the
primaries against a badly split field. Preus seems to
have been a man who was all for himself. Party
leaders charge that Senator Kellogg’s defeat last
year by the farmer-labor senator, Henrik Ship
stead, resulted from Preus’ lack of co-operation.
Preus wanted the senatorial nomination then, and
sulked because circumstances forced him to be con
tent with the governorship. ,
At one time President Harding was willing to
go into Minnesota and aid the campaign. But
Preus did not welcome this. Nor in his speeches
did he refer to the national administration,in any
way. Such a mistake must have cost him many
votes. Several republican leaders switched their
support to Johnson, and the democratic machine
that changed over to Peus hurt him more than it
helped.
It becomes ot importance to Know wnat sena
tor Johnson stands for. Here is his officially de
clared platform:
"Unified government control of railroads, with
immediate reduction in freight rates.
"Government control of federal reserve banking
system.
"Government control of coal mines, water
power sites and other natural resources.
"Graduated tax on Incomes, inheritances and
excess profits.
"Cash bonus for ex service men.
"Restriction of courts In the use of injunctions
in labor controversies and In nullifying acts of
congress.
"Friendly relations with all nations and en
tangling alliances with none.
"Stabilization of prices of farm products
through federal regulation.
"Legislation making the constitutional rights
of free speech, free press and peaceable assembly
effective."
“I’ll beat Yake, by Yiminy,” said Magnus John
son, in the account he brought from Sweden. And
he did.
THE FARMERS’ HOME MARKET.
Some people eat more, some eat less. It depends
partly on appetite, and partly on pocketbook. The
federal department of labor has made an investiga
tion of the household consumption of foodstuffs by
900 families whose incomes averaged $1,430 a year.
It found that the per capita consumption of meat
by these families was 150 pounds a year, while that
for the country as a whole was 180 pounds. Their
consumption of flour and bread amounted to 113
pounds, while the national average was 317 pounds.
Of milk they used 80.2 quarts as against the na
" tional consumption of 182 quarts, the latter repre
senting less than a pint a day. One hundred and
forty-one pounds of potatoes were bought for each
of these persons, while the average national con
sumption was 223 pounds.
It hardly requires these figures to prove that
full employment at good wages in the city broadens
the farmers’ market. There would be less talk of
urplus production if people were able to buy all the
food needed and all the woolen, cotton and leather
goods also. The worst thing that could happen for
the farmer would be a wave of unemployment.
The assumption of economists that the consump
tion of food varies little is disputed by statistics.
All this goes to show the importance of the
home market and the possibilities of its enlargement.
If the low prices received by the farmer were re
flected and passed on in low prices for food on the
consumers’ table, there might well be expected an in
creased demand for farm products that would tend
to shorten the supply and thus improve prices on
the farm. There is too much friction in getting
goods from farm to table, too much lost motion.
BRINGING THEFT HOME
Here's a precedent that will set a lot of lawyers
thinking. It has to do with robbery, and will be
read of with interest by a lot of folks, especially
bankers and the managers of safety deposit vaults.
In Chicago a safety deposit vault in one of the
prominent down-town buildings was raided by a
gang of bandits, and something like $200,000 in
loot was secured. One of the losers, the German
Hodrarriers’ union, has just recovered a judgment
for $04,000 against the owners of the safety vault,
‘o replace the money that was stolen by the bandits.
This adds a new terror to bunditry, or rnther
puts an additional burden on the owners of banks,
vaults and the like. Should the judgment of the
trial court be affirmed, it is certain that other simi
lar suits will follow. What will come out of it
may only be conjectured, but it certainly ought to
add to the interest of the managers in the work of
suppressing banditry and outluwry in any form.
Burglar insurance and the like has brought a cer
tain amount of reverse English into the general
problem, because the insured proceeds on the theory
that he. is protected by his policy, and so docs not
always exercise to the fullest the vigilance that
might ward off loss.
In some sense the verdict is an argument for
the policy of requiring restitution and reparation
from the thief or mischief-doer. If the criminal
knew that, in the event of conviction, he would
be compelled to restore the property he had stolen
or damaged, he might think more than twice before
be entered his career.
HAIL TO THE CHIEF.
For many years Pete Dillon carried his six feet
and then some of his brawny manhood around the
streets of Omaha, gearing a policeman’s uniform
and doing a policeman’s duty. He had his ups and
downs, his good days and his bad, just as others do,
but he attended strictly to business, didn’t get him
self talked about overmuch, wasn’t fussed when the
spotlight turned in his direction occasionally, and
didn’t get envious when it shone on another.
In other words, Pete knew his business and at
tended to it. Now he has been made chief of the
force he has long served on, and has the distinction
of being chosen at a time of crisis without dissent on
part of any member of the city commission If
there be reservations in the minds of any of the
city commissioners, the objection is kept in the back
ground, and the disposition, so far as surface indi
cations go, is to give Chief Dillon a chance to
make good on his management of the affairs over
which he has been given charge.
Chief Dillon has been acting chief for several
months, during the absence of Chief Dempsey on
leave incidental to his sickness. He has so far dis
charged his duties with that same patient attention
and care that distinguished him as sergeant and
captain. That he will continue in this course may be
assumed, for he has the stability that comes with
age and experience. This is an asset in any line
of endeavor, and especially is it an advantage in
such a position as that of chief of police.
Citizens generally will hope .that the selection
of Chief Dillon is an omen portending a, cessation
of the agitation that has threatened the efficiency
of the Omaha police force. Discipline that has
been sadly disturbed should be restored as rapidly
as possible; men in the ranks must be given to un
derstand that fidelity to duty comes before allegiance
to faction, and that a man who obeys orders and
carries on as his obligation to hS place and the
public requires, will not be disciplined for doing
so. Under a new chief, chosen with so little fric
tion, the Omaha police department should move at
once into a new day.
A STRENUOUS VACATION
A day in bed was what Mrs. Harding needed,
and, recovered from her weariness, she is with
the presidential party on the way home again. In
this news the country will rejoice, and will also
find in it something to reflect over.
One of the peculiarities of the American vaca
tion is that the program usually turns toward hard
work. Most of us want to get as much as we
can for the time and money we have at our dis
posal, and so go in for such a schedule as makes
recreation a source of weariness. America is a
huge country, and a lifetime might be spent in
exploring it without exhausting its possibilities
for novelty. One man we know has crossed the
western half of the country on every railroad line
but one from the river to the coast; has journeyed
on foot and by horseback over side trails, has spent
some years in the Rocky mountains, and still regrets
not having visited many interesting places. Others
doubtless can duplicate this experience.
When the president set out from Washington a
few weeks ago, to do the longest journey ever un
dertaken by a national executive, his schedule called
for a demand on endurance not appreciated by those
who have n^ver tried long distance traveling. Even
under the most favorable of conditions the expedi
tion was certain to produce fatigue, and it is not to
be wondered that Mrs. Harding succumbed and that
a change was made in plans that she might get a
little rest.
Sight-seeing along the way has given them great
pleasure, and the hospitality of the people has been
kindness to the limit, but human nature will stand
just so much. Those who went with the president
on his journey will return with a much more ac
curate notion of the extent of the country than they
had when they started, but also with the conviction
that too much of a good thing has a bad effect on
all hands. Presidential vacations ought to be ar
ranged for pleasure rather than for hard work.
A boy approarhed the polls to vote, so runs an
old story, when his father challenged him as not
being of age. In the dispute that followed the
lather snorted, “I guess I ought to know, for I
was there when you was bom!” ‘‘I was there too,”
the boy retorted. This may in a measure apply to
an interesting little argument that has come up
with regard to the Leviathan, owners of the Ma
jestic, which was laid down as a sister ship to the
former, asserting that they have the largest vessel
afloat.
Governor Hinkle of New Mexico seems to have
a fairly accurate understanding of at least one phase
of the trial of Editor Magee on charge of contempt.
He admits that the court convicted itself. The rest
is in the hands of the New Mexican voters.
Manuel Quezon is testing his strength against
Leonard Wood, and is apt to find out that while he
may be president of the Filipino senate, the general
is governor of the islands, and that the offae of ex
ecutive counts for something.
China’s former emperor is also in flight, If
any further evidence were needed as to how un
certain conditions are over there.
If everybody could go swimming at least once n
day, much of the troubles that affect the summer
would vanish.
Stay-at-home voters nre represented in the re
sults, whether they realize it or not.
Minnesota voters seem to know what they want.
Kinif Ak is jotting real devotion once more.
Homespun Verse
—By Onmlia'H Own Poet—
Robert Worthington Davie
DEEP INTO THE NIGHT.
Deep Info tho night, the allent night.
The solemn night, the drrnmy night
I toll with pm. I toll with hope.
Faith glows aloft au a beacon bright.
And lead* me straight In the* path of right.
Though oft' my thought* tho darkness grope
When tho world Is still, when the world's asleep
I scatter tho seeds of thought, I reap.
Hut hope* ns tho dream* of a dreamer sre.
Under the tide and over the drop
I am the shepherd, my thoughts the sheep
lend. In tho haze and the maze afar.
Under the tide of tho mvatic pon,
Over the blue that watches mo
Ulowlng and growing and going nwn\.
Up and down till It seems to be
Beyond the bounds of eternltv
Above the g<^H of work and pi*#*
“The People’s
Voice”
Editorials from readers of Tba Morning 8m.
Readers of The Morning Bm are Invited to
use thin column freely tor expreeelon on
matters of pubilo Interest.
Suggests Lower .Grain Acreage.
Fremont, Neb.—To the Editor of
The Omaha Bee: The writer has been
reading comments In the dally papers
referring to low prices for wheat,
oats, rye and other grains and they
being so much below cost of produc
tion, also considerable agitation in the
various papers about the government
financing, buying and storing surplus
wheat and the holding of balance by
the farmers and co-operative associa
tions. All of this would probably
help In a temporary manner, but it
might lead to disaster eventually by
the wheat spoiling unless kepi in cold
storage, from the weovils, etc., and
probably cause a serious shortage at
the proper time to market the wheat,
in ease of short crops, or probably
eventually result in much lower prices
if the stored wheat was kept in proper
condition and thrown on the market
at an inopportune time.
During the period of the war and
extremely higli prices for wheat and
grain crops of all kinds, the farmers
were urged to produce wheat and
other cereals, resulting in the break
ing up of a very large percentage of
hay and pasture lands, which have
not been put back into hay and ‘*pas
ture excepting on a small scale. The
results have been that the hay crop
of last year is practically exhausted,
with high prices for hay and a short
crop the coming season, according to
Weekly Market Reporter of the De
partment of Agriculture. The fann
ers, therefore, have it within their
own power to aid themselves if suf
ficient and proper agitation is brought
to bear upon them tl> cut the wheat
and grain crop acreages in half and
seed the balance of the acreage to
white blossom sweet clover to renew
their land, or to alfalfa, clover and
hay lands, resulting In the benefit of
cheap hay for themselves, as they are
the largest users of hay and pasture,
and better prices for their wheat and
grain crops.
If. in addition to the above, every
farmer will hold his wheat that Is in
position to do so, until winter or next
summer, the writer believes they will
obtain a much better price for their
wheat when the prospective smaller
acreage is realized. We, there
fore. believe It would he a good
Idea, to agitate smaller acreage of
all grains to be put in this year and a
larger acreage of clover and hay lands
to the farmers.
WILLIAM EMERSON
A Dissertation on Money.
Auburn, Neb.—To the Editor of Tho
Omaha Be*: We have the greatest
volume cif money ahd products ever
known, and the greatest starvation
and want ever known, and all at. the
same time.
Financially, things are being done
In Just the opposite way to what they
should be. For Instance, everything
is being done to hurt, hinder and dis
courage the farmer, when just the
opposite Is what would be best for all
concerned, and Is what he Is entitled
to. The farmer Is the Initiator of
prosperity to ail. All other business
depend* originally on the farmer, lie
furnishes the food (We cannot live
without food!. Also he buy* the ntanu
f.aetured article, so it Is evident If
the farmer is not prosperous, no one
can be prosperous for any great
length of time, ar.d it also follow*
that any plan that will keep the
farmer prosperous, swill keep the
world prosperous. The sensible way
to do this Is to make what the farmer
produces (that means the necessaries
of life! tho basis of value for all
money*, all over the world. Not gold
or silver, for they are too easily cor
nered It Is easy b lay to keep all
articles of food Indefinitely, such ns
wheat, com. oats, and grains all
kinds of meats, vegetables and fruits
necessary to life can bo preserved by
drying, canning, etc., and stored In
definitely, by the government, as a
basis of value fur Issuing money that
will have real value behind it. It
• in be done In this manner. I/*t
(We ll suevest) wheat be takPT* as the
basic or unit value, and all other nec
essarv and preservable food product*
should have a value accordingly, os
they compare In fool value to wheat
(or the unit of value!. Then there ts
the lahor problem which la the next
most necessary problem to quiet and
satisfy. It seems to me that ran tie
easily and equitably done, and at the
same time do justice to all Eel the
1 iw require that each l*e allowed at
leetst enough for one day's work to
live on for two days, In as good con
dition os the average require. the
same to be designated by law. If
there Is not neceesary work, put him
at public or government work, such
as highways, cleaning streets, alleys,
and many other things necessary to
sanitation nnd health That will do
away with beggars and bums The
government should allow good prices
for the food products, any. base It all
on |2.no per bushel for wheat and nil
other things accordingly. Then wool
and cotton should be Included nnd all
should be standardized and stabilized
so that farmers. laborers snd the
government (the people) could tie *he"
lutely assured against want it famine
and everyone I*' independent. The
amount you allow the farmer nnd
food producer should be high l>ccau»*
the more prosperous they arc, the
moro luxuries they will buy and more
attractive the farm will tie, and the
better wages they will pay. nnd easier
he can pay hla debts. Hut tho plan
1 think Is workable In every coun
try. and taxes can be raised In two
ways, one half a property tax ami
one half a snlee tax. then the rich
pay most, but all pay some. At one
time in Egypt (he king had a dream
and none of his magicians could In
torpret It. Hut a poor man (Joseph)
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Daily Prayer
Rvsnlng morning sad noon *'ll 1 prs>
— !’• t>& 17.
Abba, Father, trusting hi the r»u*r
Its and saving gmcg of Thy Hon, our
Havlor and Hedeemsr, Jeans Christ
we come before Thee to ask grace and
loving mercy during the hour* of this
day. Should temptations assail us, we
ask for strength to 1 taint them sue
cessfully. Should evil attack us. may
Thv grace strengthen us to fight a
hold fight for the light
May we hold nursslves ns valiant
soldiers of the Cross, thoroughly fur
nlahed to all good works May our
tars he open to the uv of tha w.ak
and suffering, nnd our hearts he ready
to respond to every appeal from one
of Thy suffering ones, and may we la*
enabled to minister to others In* Thy
Name, ns Thy servants
Let the close of this day find us in
the path of duty, and grant that in
rendering loving service to others we
may realise a blessing as having ten
dered the service to The.
View with compassion our many
weaknesses and faults and touch us
with a consecrating power that we
• osv be able to stand In the e\|| day.
nnd to render worthy and acceptable
service as faithful servants of Jesus
Christ, In Whose Name we n*k ell
these blessings Amen
Cl.APKSON L4 0THII.H
rhiisseipPTs. r«u
I
Fifty years ago «nm* conditions
wer# similar to those that prevail to
day; at l'-aat the change la one in
degree rather than In dlatinctlon.
Edward Rosewater read the world a
moral lecture on July 16, 1873. after
this fashion:
“The universal prevalence of dull
and hard times in this country very
naturally leads the political economists
into a careful Investigation of the
causes that have led to this undesir
able condition of affairs, and the sug
gestion of remedies that ought to be
applied to bring about the desired
change. Western people are of late
In the habit of ascribing all the pre
vajllng human ills to the avarice of
monopolies. This, of course, is only
partially true. There are causes
reaching to the very root of our so
cial life, whlich operates even more
disastrously upon the American peo
ple than the most greedy and soul
less corporations.
These causes may be briefly summed
up as follows
“First. Among the American pro
pie there Is altogether too much
scheming to get a living without an
equivalent In honest toil and honor
able labor. Our boys are not learning
useful trades; our fanners’ sons crowd
the small towns and large cities, seek
ing employment as clerks, our girls
consider housework and culinary em
ployment beneath their dignity and
we aro compelled to send to Europe
for our skillful artisans, our farm
hands and our domestic servants.
“Second. Through the prevailing
extravagant cuatoms our young men
and young women arc acquiring the
habit of living beyond their means
and Income. They shine In foreign
fabrics and dregs In Imported clothe*,
thus compelling the export of many
millions of money annually, because
our exported raw materials are not an
equivalent.
Now . as long as thla Incubus Is al
low-ed to weigh down upon our na
tlonal prosperity, we can not expect
relief from hard times. As long as
we continue to rn:se targe crops of
rascals and small crops of hemp; as
long as our farmers nave to hire for
eigners to help cut their wood and
feed their stock, while their sons are
loafing around saloons, spending their
precious time playing bdliards and
gambling, we shall, In spite of the
best efforts of the grangers and po
litical nostrums, continue to be
cramped In our finances and driven
Into the hnnds of the sheriff We ap
prehend the time lias come w-hen we
must turn over a new- leaf. Our youth
must learn to love and respect labor,
and qualify themselves for It >010lent
ly We mu at turn out few- preach
ers. doctors, lawyers, politicians and
speculators, and more practical farm
era and mechanics. We must ep
courage the manufacture and con
sumption of American products. in
s’end of Importing them from foreign
countries, and adding to our already
enormous foreign debt. We must
qualify our clever b-vs to erect an 1
rear factories, machine shops, tan
neries and saw mills, nnd let our girls
tie qualified to do their sewing knit
ting, cooking and manual labor In
cident to housekeeping. There re
forms are absolutely necessary f the
Amerl'-an people desire to fr*-e them
selves from Impending generaJ bank
ruptcy.
“If the granges or the pew fangied
sec re! order of American farmers and
mechanica will undertake these re
forms, thev will accomplish more t/»
ward effectually uprooting ‘hard
times’ than could be done by any
crusade against privileged railway
corporal Iona or hanking monopolies ”
who was in Jail, told him Its menu
Ing, The king dreamed he mw aeveti
fat klne come up out of the river and
then seven lean klne came up out of
the river and devoured the fat klne.
Joseph said: Mr. King, that means
there will be seven years of plenty
and then seven year* of famine and
the seven years of famine will eat up
the seven y ears of plenty So the
klne told Joseph to put by ail h»
could In the neat seven year* and he
did. and the yven years of famine
ame, and In all the country around
there was no com. or wheat, hut in
Egypt there wn* plenty. Why have
not all countries dona that ever
since? If nil countries In the world
ran he Induced to do this, and have
store houses to keep products In
time* of plenty, for use in time* of
famine, there will not b# a famine
ever—the Bible, the ant, the bee, na
ture and common sense *11 teach us,
It Is the only Way to provide for
emergency, and keep the people of
the world happy and prosperous snd
take away many of the care* of this
world. There is mueh that ran be
said on this Important subject—t
would Ilk* lo hear from other* Sin
cerely T R LACKEY.
The Gregarious Poet.
Omaha —To the Editor of The
Omaha He*. 1 was very glad to see
In The Omaha Rea Jack GO call
to Nebraska poet* In regard to meet
Ing and forming an organisation I
hope nil Nebraska poet* will respond
to ths rail, for we owe It to ourselves
slid mir noble state The Omaha Re*
Is to l*e commended for the help and
Interest It t* taking In Nebraska i<oet*
Horace a oii.rert.
71& North Twentieth Street,
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V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr.
f lt»*«f and a wot* In hafnta ma
iHla 7th day •( July, Hit
W H QUIVEY,
Notary futile
“From State and Nation”
—Editorials from Other Newspafiers—
Blow to Nebraska Sportsmen,
from the Germ* Mldweet.
The resignation of “Bill" O Brien,
the time-tried and efficient superin
tendent of the fish hatcheries
of Nebraska, forced by officious Inter
ference and total disregard of the
wishes of the real sportsmen of the
state, is a matter that not only brings
regret to thousands but arouses a
feeling of resentment that will not
down. To Mr. O'Brien, more than
any other man or coterie of men, is
due the splendid development of fish
ing in Nebraska. That he should tie
forced to resign in order to maintain
his self-respect is humiliating to men
who have learned to know him and
his splendid work.
The facts are simply these Mr.
O'Brien refuses to live in the state
owned cottage at the South Bend
Hatcheries because it is a pleasure re
sort and compels Mrs. O’Brien to keep
open house to all the strangers who
think that because her husband is In
the state's employ and can get fish
for nothing he ought to feed them at
any time. So he erected a m'idest
cottage of his own about three miles
away, where he lives, and wnere Mrs
O'Brien can have the privacy she de
serves. Governor Bryan Insists that
Mr. O'Brien occupy the state-owned
cottage. Kor 30 years Mr. O'Brien
has given a fish dinner to the mem
bers of each legislative session. This
has been for the purpose of acquaint
ing the lawmakers with the work of
the fish department. Governor Bryan
insulted Mr. O’Brien by indirectly
charging that these dinners were
given for the purpose of Influencing
legislation. Two years ago the legis
lature very properly Increased the
salary of tills efficient public servant,
whose long years of unselfish service
had earned an even greater increase
Governor Bryan again Visulted Mr.
O'Brien by Intimating that the in
crease was secured by Mr. O'Brien
through the use of methods that were
not quite proper and refused to allow
the payment of the voucher. Thirty
years of acquaintance with the two
men afford* this editor an opportunity
to remark that he i* convinced Mr
O'Brien's character for probity and
political cleanliness is quite as good
as Governor Bryan's.
The trouble 1* that "Bill" O Brien
refuses to be bossed by men who do
do not know a fish bladder from a
turtle's head, and he simply will not
consider the propagation of fish a* a
political matter He is a fishmnn not
a politician, and he doesn't care a
whoop whether the governor is a re
publican or a democrat—he hatches
the fish and plants them where they
will thrive.
When this editor was lending what
ever measure of support it was pos
siM# to lend to Governor Bryan's can
didacy, he did so w:;h a rull know*
edge of Mr. Bryan's limitations and
peculiarities. But the support was
unselfishly given in the hope that if
Mr. Bryan were elected he would
grow up to the responsibilities We
are arriving at the uncomfortable cn
cluslon that instead of growing the
governor is merely swelling One
two more incident* like the one cited
above and the conclusion will be con
firmed.
Detroit's Public far Dines
Fr^m th* !ndiarapo!is Nmii
Detroit s venture in the field of city
owned street railways was recently
temporartly raised in the esteem of
tha citizens when announcement was
made that during the first year of 'he
city',* operation of it* ItO.MiO.Ohb
street railway system it had cleared
$ 1,000,000 In profit.
But according to the Investment
News, the J1 000.000 profit Is com
puted by a method not generally ac
cepted by privately owned public tit Hi- I
ties. Street railwavs. even when
owned by such hustling cities as De
troit. have a way of wearing out. It
la customary to make some allowance
for this fact, and to set aside a sum
for depreciation It appears that De
troit's municipal bookkeepers have
overlooked the depreciation Item
y
which, if figured on the basis gener
ally recognized by utility companies,
would wipe out the $1,000,000 profit
and leave a deficit. Another item of
$400,000 seems to have crept into the
profit column, when its real business
was to go toward defraying the Inter
est on some bonds.
Detroit, however, is in the street
car business. Having gone contrary
to the experience of practically every
large city In the country which has
tried the experiment. It cannot grace
fully back down at this early date. It
must continue in an effort to show
that, while municipal ownership as
a general proposition may be a mis
take, It is not wrong at Detroit, the
hectic city of the straits. But it is re
markable that In one year she should
have to make rather doubtful use of
the word “profit'' In order to demon
strate that she can succeed w here oth
ers failed.
Preaching, Not Practicing.
From the Washington Post.
Once more the council of the league
of nations defers action on reduction
of armament. Report after report
has been submitted and recommenda
tion after recommendation. But evi
dently the powers that be In the
league are not disposed to consider
action along this line.
if members of the league have been
sincere In their declaration of desire
to promote peace and to block war
why does the council hesitate to move
in that direction? Its repeated refusal
to take action on armament reduction
suggests unwillingness to practice
league preachments as to promotion
of peace.
Another Ranrl Boom.
From the Gordon Journal.
With crops this year looking so
nice In this part of the state, there
is strong likelihood that considerable
land may change hands. There are
no doubt many renters who would
welcome a chance to get out here
where the good farm land Is reason
able In price and a poor man has a
chance. We have heard already,
through a local realty company, that
quite a number of prospective buyers
will be out here shortly to look the
country over.
But we do not want to see another.
"land boom." We have had one too
many of those already In recent jeers
All over the state during these hard
times there were spots where condi
tions were worse than others. And
the worst places were those where the
land selling 1 nsineas had been worked
the hardest and there were the most
new farmers Formerly there was very
likely an old time farmer, w ho owned
his pi.ice practically free from debt.
Abe Martin
‘'One country an' one flag,” but
jest th’ same th' president has t’ fix
up a different kind of a speech fer
ever’ state he goes into. Th’ boy
that jumps right in t’ learn brick
layin’ after he graduates ’ll never
have t’ work.
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In bin place, after the boom, there
was a new-comer, owing more than
the land was worth and with machin
ery and everything else covered with
a mortgage His credit was not good
at the bank, at the store or with hit
neighbor. It was not his fault either,
for he rnay have been the best kind
of a worker and abeolutey honcet. He
was simply caught in a trap.
We believe this western country has
a future. We believe it is lagely unde
veloped as yet and that It will pay
much larger dividends than the «^re
densely populated land in the 4*rj,
But it can be best developed by a
group of men not too heavily in debt,
men who can stand some ‘ hard
times” without having the value of
their property wiped out.
I_J AVE The Omaha
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