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OMAHA PLAN GETTING IN WORK.
Reaction to the Omaha plan for relieving the
wheat situation is encouraging. Such discussion as
has been heard from abroad generally endorses the
idea, not as a philanthropy in the charitable sense,
but as a practical way of helping the farmer over a
tight place in his business. For the farmer Is in a
tight place. Discount all the market news, con
cerning damage and possible shrinkage of crops; lay
aside the reports of stocks on hand and to come,
which are contradictory, and in no sense final, and it
remains true that under existing conditions, if the
farmer is compelled to market his wheat, it will be
at a decided loss.
The Omaha plan takes cognizance of this, and
holds out a way to stabilize the situation by prevent
ing a glut of grain at the central markets, permitting
the normal flow to go through and thus steadying
the price for both buyer and seller. A barrel of
flour in the pantry is an immediate asset as well as an
immediate assistance to the farmer who has produced
the wheat to make that flour.
Farmers in Nebraska are reported to be joining
the movement to hold back on wheat. From around
llrand Island comes the word that they are postpon
ing threshing, preferring to allow their grain to re
main in ..the shock or stack until affairs are settled.
Farmers who can afford to do that are in good posi
tion. Not all of them can, and some will be com
pelled to seek buyers, in order that they can meet
pressing need for cash. These are ones that may be
helped most by the “buy a thousand of wheat” move
ment.
The prospect for the movement spreading is
good. The local committee in charge of the plan has
received very encouraging reports, and when the de
tails of its method for carrying on the work are
given will undoubtedly receive earnest support on
all sides. Business men generally are keenly alive
to the importance of the movement, and in the com
munities closest to the farms are watching develop
ments with deepest interest, and express willingness
to co-operate to the utmost in making the movement
a success.
It is not a question of “playing the market,” but
of saving the situation. Patriotic dollars looking for
employment can find it here right at hand, and can
find no better engagement for the next few weeks
than in supporting the wheat farmers, who need help
just now. If, as now looks probable, the Omaha
plan does save the day, it will have accomplished
good for all the world, for it means insuring the con
tinued prosperity of the American farmer.
MORRIS LEVY, DOER OF GOOD.
A familiar figure will be missed from the streets
of Omaha. No longer will we see Morris Levy, crip
pled, almost disabled, slowly moving through the
I crowds, always cheerful, always planning to do some
; good for somebody else, and finding in his work of
' philanthropy that anodyne for his own misfortunes
:hat kept his brave spirit ever triumphant over his
physical ills.
Morris Levy was a poor boy when he came to this
country from his birthplace in Germany, 57 years
ago. He was industrious, though, and enterprising,
and raised himself to a high position among the mer
chants of the land. In Omaha he frill be best re
membered as one of the founders of the Nebraska
Clothing company, which grew under his direction to
a first class position among retail institutions of the
community.
When Mr. Levy gave up his active life in busi
ness ill health did not discourage him. His partner
had been suddenly cut off, and he was himself
»o stricken that many a man would have been down
and out with less of reason. This served merely to
urge him to further exertions along a new line of
endeavor. He gave up merchandising in the output
of factories and looms, and took up that of dealing
with the wants of man along the quiet ways of prac
tical philanthropy.
Nobody ever will know the full extent of Morris
Levy’s quiet giving. Some of his benefactions were
noted publicly, but he did more without notice. It
is certain that no standard or measure of creed or
race ever influenced him, for his hand was open to
all. It is equally certain that no worthy cause or in
lividual ever appealed to him in vain. He was truly
the almoner of God's bounty to him, and made his
own ability the only gauge of his boflnty. Such men
•is Morris Levy are rare enough to be noticed in
his world.
OLD MOTHER EARTH SHIVERS.
The shaking up of southern California by a sc
ions earthquake is likely to cause some confusion
among those who have sought to convey the impres
-ion that tremblors arc confined to the region north
of Tehachipi pass. As a matter of fact, the coast of
the Pacific for the entire length of two continents is
peculiarly subject to these disturbances.
The coastal mountain ranges, in which the Sierras
and the Andes are included, thrust up almost from
the water's edge, while the sea bottom shelves off
<o abruptly as to be but a continuation under the
water of the steep sides of the mountain. Here the
■strata, rest unsteadily one upon the other, and slips
if great sections of rock are continually taking place.
One of the recent upheavals out there has been cal
culated as having affected 500 square miles of the
ocean lied, which was moved a distance of several
hundred feet.
Such tremendous exertions of the uncontrolled
powers of nature can not help hut awe, even when
they do not mystify u-. As to the very unusual
conditions prevailing in the Pacific ocean, there is n
most interesting theory in connection with its forma
tion. According to this view, somewhere hack In
.he dim geological past, while yet the globe was not
entirely solidified, a great mass was tom off and flew
into space, the gap on the surface of the slowly
forming world becoming the present bed of the Pa
cific ocean, while thp matter that flew into space
was finally halted, and held in captivity, to become
the moon.
This, of course, is highly speculative, yet it
holds considerable support. While Etna and Vesu
vius menace one side of the globe, and earthquakes
shake the other, we are steadily reminded of instabil
ity of even those things wu consider the most en
during.
A
EXPORTING MEN.
If the lid were taken off of immigration America
would be swamped. Even the countries of north and
west Europe, which in recent years have not sent
many people to the new world, are filling the
steei-age.
Unemployment in Great Britain is reflected by
the emigration of 77,343 of its people in the fiscal
year ending June 30. This is almost twice as many
as the previous year. Denmark has increased its ex
port of men from 3,284 to 5,226; France from 4,343
to 6,226; the Netherlands from 2,408 to 3,607; Nor
way, from 6,941 to 12,202; Sweden, from 8,766 to
19,867; Switzerland, from 3,723 to 3,752. Although
Germany sent more than any of these others, 49,250,
it did not fill its quota, which stands at 67,607.
Doubtless a great many who otherwise would emi
grate are kept there by the low value of the mark
and the consequent lack of funds to make the
voyage.
At the same time the races of northern Europe
are flowing to America, some of the southern races
are flowing back. In the case of the Italians, 40,412
immigrants arrived in 1922, while 53,650 Italians
left America for the old country. Similar move
ments are reported for the Greeks, Poles and Jugo
slavs.
In the last 100 years 36,000,000 immigrants have
come to America. The last census shows the pres
ence here of 14,000,000 foreign-born persons. The
present law restricts immigration to 368,000 per
'year. This is vastly different from 1914, when
1,218,000 entered our gates. The number arriving
during the war fell far below the prewar average,
ranging from 325,000 in 1915 to 110,000 in 1918,
but rapidly advancing to 430,000 in 1920 and 806,
000 in the fiscal year 1921, when the act of May 19,
1921, limiting the number which might be admitted
in any fiscal year between that date and June 30,
1924, to 3 per cent of the number of the particular
nationality resident in the United States as shown
by the 1910 census. The fact that the inflow in the
fiscal year 1920 was 805,000, as against 430,000 in
1920, suggests that the total for 1922 would probably
have returned to the prewar normal but for the 3
per cent limitation.
UPS AND DOWNS ON THE FARM.
It will not do to hold the idea that the farmer
is taking a loss on all branches of his business. There
is scarcely a time when all lines of agriculture fail
to return a profit. One year a certain product may
sell at a loss while some other crop is making money,
and the next year conditions may be reversed. This
is at least an argument for diversification, by which
not all the eggs would be placed in one basket.
A year ago a farmer bought 56 common, low
priced steers at the stock yards and shipped them
back to-the farm to fatten. He grazed the cattle on
grass and stalk fields till March and then put them
on corn. After selling 15 head at home for $45 he
shipped a load of these steers to market in
May, leaving 10 on the farm. After paying all ex
penses he made over three times his investment in
six months. Last fall another farmer borrowed
$1 ,800 from a commission company to finance the
purchase of 32 steers averaging 900 pounds. He
put them on blue grass and corn stalks for two
months and then put them on corn feed for 140 days.
These steers were bought at $6 per hundred pounds.
They averaged 1,323 pounds, having gained |423
- pounds. These made a profit of more than the first
cost, or more than $1,800, besides his hog feed.
Meanwhile, however, farmers are losing money
on hogs, but nothing has been said of the prospective
increased demand for pork. A live stock journal
points out that though there is no prospect of an in
creased foreign demand, yet domestic consumption
of both fresh and cured pork promises to be greater.
It bases this on the fact that when labor is well «n
ployed more meat is eaten. And in the south, where
cotton planters are enjoying prosperity, there is a
shortage of both com and hogs, but plenty of money
with which to buy them. It must be said, however,
that a farm conference in Washington has declared
that low hog prices will prevail into next year.
At the latest conference on the wheat situation,
held in Wichita, J. C. Mohler, secretary of the Kan
sas state board of agriculture, holding in mind the
I entire agricultural situation, said:
"DtveraiflcaUon is a rather certain remedy, and
it Is not unpleasant to take. In the first place, it
virtually assures a good living and a profitable in
come. With a wide diversification the farmer ran
make himself self-sufficient, so far as food Is con
cerned. Because he has various sources of in
come, he will not be dependent on a alngle crop
for a livelihood."
The farmer is not seeking advice, but facts.
Never has there been so great an effort to get at
the actual facts concerning agricultural questions.
In that lies the hope and the promise of better days.
Fremont officials used a little common sense and
also added a bit of novelty to thief-taking when
they used gas to overcome pn armed and desperate
man.
It would be interesting to see what a man who
thoroughly knows the far north would do with
Alaska. Somebody page Stefansson.
I. W. W. raid on Port Arthur is failed off. The
boys evidently are wise to the climate there in
August.
We hope the pursuit of the Villa slayers will have
greater results than somo of the rha:;es after Pancho
himself.
The “klan" in Kansas is evidently looking for
trouble.
It must have been some earthquake, if California
felt it.
Sunday still remains a day of terror rather than
of rest.
Homespun Verse
—By Omaha's Own Poet— «
Robert Worthington Davie
WHEN PROMISE FAILS.
When promise falls and ardor dies.
Ami l.ove's true spirit soars away
Into the deep of cdhl, hlue skies.
And leaves distress and sod mirprise
And vengeance and dismay—
one payment plan remains.
Regardless of Its slaJns
The lost Love's debt Is pn.ld.
With gold amends are made.
The III hold soul need hear no trap'
(if tarnish, and the ai hlng heart
Hlmll heat with fervor In the space
of loneliness, and grief erase
When love and loving part:
forget the past since It Is dead,
forget the sweet expressions said.
And from thj murky vale ascend ,
To Uve for rubles to the end.
A
“From State and
— Nation" —
Editorials from other
newspapers.
Endorses Change In Irrigation Service
From the Gerlng Midwest.
There will be no particular amount
of grieving in this section over the
forced retirement of A. P. Davis from
the position of director of the rec
lamation service. As a matter of
fact, the forced retirement of a num
ber of higher-ups in the reclamation
service woulld be greeted with consid
erable acclaim in these parts. For a
number of years past there has been
ontirely too much effort put forth to
make a record for individuals in that
department, and entirely too little ef
fort put forth to make a record of
service for the men and women for
whom the reclamation service was os
tensibly established.
Secretary of the Interior Work
seems to have quickly sensed the real
purpose of the reclamation depart
ment. Building irrigation enterprises
is vastly more than an engineering
problem, and A. P. Davis seemed ut
terly unable to grasp that fact. He is
an engineer, not an irrigatlonist. He
looks at reclamation as being merely
the running of levels, the building of
dams and the construction of drop
gates and such things. Irrigation is
more than that. It is bringing waste
lands into shape for cultivation and
making conditions such that It it pos
sible for honest and industrious men
to enter upon those lands and culti
vate them, produce crops, and at the
same time be assured of more than a
mere livelihood.
Former Governor D. W. Davis of
Idaho, who succeeds,A. P. Davis, be
comes "commissioner of reclamation,”
not director general. Governor Davis
is not an engineer. He can hire them
by the dozen, any of them .fully as
competent as the retiring Mr. Davis.
But Governor Davis is a practical ir
rlgationlst. He knows It from the
standpoint of the man who owns land
and has to pay for the Irrigation
projects that Uncle Sam installs.
From now on it will be the farmer's
side of the case that will be given the
chief consideration.
It Is high time that a shake-up oc
curred In the United States reclama
tion service. It has been delayed alto
gether too long. Under Secretary
Work and Commissioner Davis there
is hope that the department will be
something more than a cold-blooded,
selfish machine.
Lake Not Drying l'p.
From the Salt Lake Tribune.
Great Salt Lake. Just passing the
crest of Its highest annual phase In
a third of r» century, Is hardly
doomed to the desiccated remnant
that was genuinely feared some
20 years ago. This Is but another
evidence that the elements are not
undergoing any permanent change,
hut are forever subject to swings or
fluctuations of greater or less extent.
It will be recalled by many, that
after the heavy patronage of the lake
resorts some 40 or 60 years ago. the
decline In tho lake level, exposing the
naked shore lines of great width,
seemed *o indicate a permanent de
cline In the lake. Since 1864 It h i
dwindled gradually, until finally n
1902 and 1903 It was so low the Salt
air pavilion was on dry land.
The sulphurous smells, the flotsam
along the shore, and the exception
ally heavy brines of the lake, together
with the recession of the waters far
beyond a convenient access by bath
ers. gave rise to a general cry of
alarm. Even residents of other parts
of the state took up the matter, and
meetings were contemplated to con
sider what might be done to avert the
threatened catastrophe.
According to many supposedly In
telligent observers, the lake was
scheduled to dry up about 1930; and
there was much talk during the low
est stage of 1903, of ways and means
for rescuing the lake from oblivion.
The supposedly doomed body of
water was assigned by public acclaim
to some etate commission, which was
never organized, and which was to
have power to do something.
It was argued that there was a
uncounted number of springs around
the margin of the lake and that these
■ hould be cleaned out to Increase their
flow. The Irrigation waters during
the autumn and winter season could
he conserved. It was argued, and as
these supplies were returned to the
river channels, the lake would he fed
up again to pleasing corpulency. 1 he
numerous flowing wells over the val
ley were to he stopped when not ac
tually required, so that these under
ground waters would find thslr way
Into the languishing lake.
It waa urged by Influential persona
that the governor call a council of
all persons concerned snd sppolnt a
committee to tske charge of the with
Daily Prayer
o. how love I Thy lew’ It !a mr medi
tation all the day. Thou through Thv
uormfiandinenta haar made me wiser than
mine enemlrj; for they are ever with me
T have refrained tny feet frnm everv evil
way. that I might Worn Thy word, t have
it'ii departed from Thy Judgment: for
Thou hast taught me.—Fa. clxx, *7:9a,
1011101.
Our Kntlier In Heaven. we thank
Thee for tho blessings of another day
Thy merry la great toward u*. May
tho sense of Thy presence he real
Iz.otl In euch hour, Rnd In the perform
ance of every duty. We thank Thee
for Thy word, a lamp to our feet, a
guide to our path. Reveal Thy will
to ur through It, and enlighten ua bv
Thy Holy Spirit, wo pray Thoo In
.Inmia’ Name Almighty find! before
Whom every knee muat how. wo pray
Tliea on Itohalf of those who In Chris
linn countries, Are living without
Tima, In rebellion against Thee, and
imwlng down their Uvea to worship
according to the work of man. or
any temptation of the evil one. Pros
per. wo pray Thee, the efforts of Thy
servants who are "set apart" for the
"mlnlatry of tho Word," and espe
cially of thosn w ho are being used
to lot tho light shine In the darkness
of heathenism. Hear us na we pray
on behalf of aulferlng humanity!
Rleaa the Innocent who gtiffer with
the guilty, and grunt us all Thy pence
this d«\*. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
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NET AVERAGE
CIRCULATION
for June, 1923, of
THE OMAHA BEE
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V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr.
Itubxrrihod and owm-n to before mo
thlx 7th doy of July, IMS.
W. H. QUIVKY.
j (Seel) Notary Public, j
Lift in Omaha wm not all politics
and promoting In the early days, ami
quite « little attention waa given to
the cult urn I side. In no way Is the
Identity of the musical critic of The
Omaha Bee disclosed, but It was prob
ably ’Senator’* Horcnson. who wrote
most if not ell the “local" copy In
those days. On February 17, 1876, this
appears:
“MUSICAL SOIREE."
"Revivalist Moody says if wo can't
be a lighthouse, let us be a tallow
candle. Wo said. If we can't have an
opera house, let us have private con
certs and plenty of them. If all of
them are as full of pure melody as
the little enterthlnment provided last
evening for her friends by Miss Lucia
M. Rogers, music can not be regarded
as a lost art in these western wilds.
The Philharmonic society, our pre
cocious bantling of one year's growth,
was lnstrumentally strangled, but,
Laus Deo, the true love of- music,
with abundant good material, still re
mains to us.
"M'-sdames Reed and Gannett.
Misses Campbell, Rogers and Kimball.
Messrs. Norton, W'hltehorne and
Reed, united their voices on this oc
casion admirably, and the result was
large net earnings of applause of a
select number jot friends, who went
home chock full of melodious demi
quavers Inducing delightful dreams.
Miss Campbell selected a beautiful
ballad, which she sung with exquisite
taste and feeling in response to a
hearty encore, whilst Mrs. Reed com
pletely outdid herself in the grand
aria from "Robert le Diable."
"The duet. 'Sounds from Home.’
violin and piano, by Mr. A. T. Mc
Millan and Miss Fannie Kimball, was
especially worthy of commendation,
and evidenced healthy practice and
consequently good execution. But
the grand old muaic of Mozart,
'Sanctus' and 'Gloria,’ quartette.
Misses Rogers and Campbell and
Messrs. Whitehorn and Reed, with
able piano accompaniment by Mrs.
Gannett, was the best nightcap after
all, and sent the audience home
thoroughly saturated with sweet
sounds.”
ering lake and nurse it back to life
again for the sake of the state's repu
tation. T.'nfortunat«*it is that such a
committee was not appointed; for,
since that date, the lake has risen
gradually to Its present exceptionally
high stage, and thus the proposed
committee forever lost Its opportunity
for becoming famous.
The Nebraska Way.
From ths Kslstou Industrial.
The state of Nebraska has taken
a very definite step toward curbing
landscape disfigurement along public
highways by the erection of unsightly
billboards, which prove a double nuis
ance in many instances in that they
also shut off the view of motorists
at danger points. Under a bill paased
by the legislature the department of
public works is made the guardian of
the state's beauty spots. The bill
not only provides for a permit but
empowers the department to remove
any sign It cares to remove without
giving cause. Billboards give all
American towns a sameness when
viewed from a railroad train, and are
unsightly. But that will no longer be
the case in Nebraska, and neither will
her highways lie defaced by them. Nr
braska is setting a fine example, and
it wouldn't be a bad idea for voters
of other states to remember it and
suggest to their lawmakers when they
meet them that they try the same
thing out In their state.
“THE PEOPLE’S VOICE”
tdlterlal tram rendeee at TKa atornlna Baa. Raadara at The ttarala* Baa
ara Invited In aae mie colamn freely tor ex»reeilon
aa matter! at pahHe lataraet.
Proposes "Dry” Movies.
Denver —To the Editor of The
Omaha Bse: The moonshlning busi
ness in the United States at the pres
ent time is causing lots of trouble. It
is a good tJrne to stop and wonder
how it will come out, whether pro
hibition will stand in the future as it
Is or be amended. It seems to be up
to the government to adopt some sort
of educational system that will teach
the people, especially the growing set,
what the drink habit will do for them.
We pick up tho paper every day and
we see where people are caught with
tho stuff and fined very heavily, and
we read about people being pois
oned and others going blind, and still
others losing their minds from its
use.
I worked in a hospital not long
ago. It was my Job to help the doc-*
tors and tho nurses with these cases
that were brought in by the police, to
strap them down to a bed and hold
their hands and help keep the gag in
their mouths so they could get the
stomach pump to work, and that sort
of thing. And still we go to the
movies, and what do we tlnd, the
prohibition law is made fun of, and
we also find It on the speaking stage
as well. Actors and actresses crack
ing jokes about one of the most se
rious things this nation has to con
tend with. Boys and girls are full
of curiosity and, most naturally, when
they go to a movie and see these bar
room scenes and the gay sport that
seem to go along with them, they.
In a great many cases, want to ex
perience some of It.
Why wouldn't it be a good scheme
for the United States government to
go about this liquor business in show
ing its perils by using the movies'’
WILLIAM C. VODER.
Tells Howard fo Think of America.
Avoca. Ia.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: T read with keen interest
Jerry Howard’s proposal for an Ak
Pnr-Ben float representing occurrence*
foreign to the red-blooded American
citizen. I beg to ask Jerry why the
American public should take such an
interest In viewing a float commemo
rating an occasion that has no Interest
to us, as Americans. Huch celebra
tions would be far more appropriate
If Jerry and his friends w ould go back
to Dublin for their foreign celebration.
Jerry, let’s spend 1500 on a float repre
senting the signing of "The Declara
tion of Independence” of the rood
old United Btates of America, where
your and my personal liberties are
guaranteed and let the people from
the "ould sod” celebrate over there.
A CONSTANT READER.
Gratitude of the Creche.
Omaha.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: The Creche is one of
the recipients of the bequests to char
itable Institutions made by our late
townsman. Mr. Franklin W. Corks*.
He was a man full of kindly
thoughts for the unfortunate, espe
cially for little children: never too
busy to give sympathetic aid and ad
vice. We are sure it gives him su
preme satisfaction to know that this
11,000 will go toward making a real
home for the homeless.
Our hearts are full of thanksgiving
to all such true friends whose re
membrances have furthered the good
work of the Creche, from the early
gifts by the family of our beloved
former treasurer. Mrs. Arthur Bran
ded. down through an ever Increas
ing list to this latest one. a list1
which has Included larger offerings,
but none imbued with a kindlier more
appreciative sense of our work for
little children.
MRS. T. I.. KIMBALL.
President of The Creche. Inc.
MRS. LUTHER DRAKE, Secretary.
Suggest* Traffic law Changes.
Omaha—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: I have lived in Omaha
for the last seven months and noted
the various discussions and sugges
tions relative to a change in traffic
regulation and enforcement.
I lived in Los Angeles for almost
seven years before coming here and
I would like to mention some of their
traffic rules that appeal to me as be
ing unique and practical.
Why not park cars parallel to the
curb? Every city of any siie uses
this method. But a* It is in Omaha
a car can’t pass between a street car
and cars parked at the curb.
1.0* Angeles doe* not or did not al
The
aha-Chicago
ited
This is the name of a well
known train between Omaha
and Chicago.
It is a through, vestibuled train,
with observation-dub car, sleep
ing cars, coaches and dining car—
all “Milwaukee” owned and
operated.
It travels the short, straight line
between Omaha and Chicago,
and in every detail of its splen
did equipment and service it
reflects “Milwaukee” care for
the comfort, convenience and
pleasure of its passengers.
Eott bound
Lv. Omaha * (S:04 p.m.
Ar. Chicago - 7i40 a.m.
WVulKwnd
Lv. Chicago -6:10 p.m.
At. Omaha - 7:47 a.m.
Let im make your trtmutfoni
City Ticket Olllce. .106 S. 16th St.
Phona JAckton 4441
Union Mai ion, 10th and Marry Sta.
Phono AT lanlic 6113
W. F. Bock, Gan A*ml F»m, Dapt.,
Omaha, Nah.
Milwaukee & StRtul
Railway
TO PUGET SOUND-ELECTRIFIED
(I43M)
low parking downtown, between the
hours of 5 p. m, and 6:15 p. in.
They have a button at the center
of every street Intersection—cut the
button and give the Judge |a.
No car la allowed to be parked at
curbs, outside the loop district after
dark, without lights—front and rear.
Five dollar flue for driving with
cutout open.
Five dollar fine for honking auto
horns needlessly while parked at
curbs.
No parking between the hours of 2
a. in. and 5 a. in., allow a washing and
cleaning of all streets. Hut this last
suggestion would not apply to Omaha,
as I have noted that the street In
front my house has not heen washed
since last spring, and it shovA It.
These are suggestions, and although
Los Angeles has an unlimited number
of accidents every day these afore
mentioned traffic regulations have
proved their worth. I believe that
everybody who has driven a car In
Los Angeles will agree with me.
This parallel parking Is In UBe in
every large city In the Fnited States
and I Imagine It is quite a surprise
for tourists to find in driving through
downtown Omaha the rear ends of
hundreds of cars parked in the middle
of the streets, leaving a lane for
moving traffic. L. R SCOTT.
Chafes at Traffic Handling.
Gmaha.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: In The Sunday Bee ap
pears a news article in which refer
ence is made to the irritating effect
of the heat on traffic officers at Six
teenth and Douglas and Sixteenth and
Farnam streets. While the afore
mentioned article Is ably written and
quite Instructive, it Is easy to rea *
between the lines, aand this is what
we will find in this respect:
Frequent reference has been made
in the press of Omaha to the "need
of educating the people” in patience to
await the whistle of the traffic officer:
but this is apparently a reflection of
the complaints of the officers them
selves. and is possibly a little one
sided and biased. Some of the people
of Omaha may need "educating." as
it is called, but it Is also very evident
that some of the traffic officers and
other pollcement themselves need
"education" quite as badly, if not
worse, than the public against which
they complain.
While there may be some “hicks"
on the streets at times, the city is
largely composed or people widely trav
eled and cosmopolitan, and large num
bers have lived in the great cities of
the United States, where they accus
tomed themselves to the correct and
courteous habits of the guardians of
public welfare—such a painful con
trast to w-hat Is often found on the
streets of Omaha among certain of
the officers'.
Naturally, these people upon at
tempting to cross a street, look both
ways and, seeing no vehicles, they
start crossing; in the larger cities
pedestrians continually cross the
streets, even though automobiles are
running therein.
But In Omaha It is different. Here
't is necessary to stand on a street
corner a ridiculous length of time
waiting for the caprice of a traffic of
ficer. Groups of frightened women
and children are often seen huddled
on to the sidewalk, intimidated at the
directed at them by the officer,
savage glares aud threats of arrest
There may be no vehicles on the
street, but that makes no difference
to this traffic officer. Nor does he care
for any emergency which may urge
people to cross the street before he
can unbend from his fanciful dignity
and permit them to cross. Repeat
edly pedestrians, pressed by some ur
gent need, have sought to cross
Abe Martin
I _ I
We don’t know who t’ blame, but
a costly blunder wuz made when
we didn’ disarm our women when
we unshackled ’em. Th’ farme;
are cryinf fer harvest hands an’ th’
towns are screamin’ fer cherry
pickers.
Copyright. 1WI.
street* absolutely free from vehicular
traffic, but, on account of their im
patience, the officer must penalize
them by holding up jJedestrtan traffl
until his anger subside* and untd he
has vented his spleen at those who
have thus attracted bis senseless ha'
red. His acts, at times, resemble
those of officers of the old-time Pru*
sian guard in a certain obselete court
of Europe, and very little like those
of an American representative of la ■
and order.
The word ‘ American" should be ac
cepted quite advisedly in this conn' -
tion. for some of the officers und*
stand and speak the English langu.."^
with great difficulty. Therefore, it
la not strange that their interpreta
tion of orders of superiors, as well
as the ways and rights of the public
should be so hazy and undefined, and
that they should attempt to deal with
pedestrians by bullying and Intimida
tion.
‘ Education" is a splendid thing;
start with the policemen and when
they show its beneficent fruits the
public will gladly co-operate, {tend
then to visit larger cities; some of
them are quite ignorant of the trafti
sj'stem* of our great cities.
Continue the way things are going,
and there will be growing irritation
against the petty but intolerable ty
ranny, and perhaps those who must
use the street* >n the vlcinty of Six
teenth and Douglas and Sixteenth and
Karnam will find a way of their own
to remedy glaring defects In the pres
ent system. And this irritation will
not be caused by heat. C. B. C.
\nd No Report Card*.
Parents who take an Interest in t!:'•
kind of an education their children
are fettintr will bear In mind that
while the schools are dosed the movie
theaters are still open.—Concord
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