The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, July 28, 1923, CITY EDITION, Page 6, Image 6
The Morning Bee _ M O R N I N C— E V E N I N G—S U N P A Y __THE BEE PUBLISHING CO., Publlmher. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS J"? ,Al*’riatf'd of which The Item la m member, is excluelre'.r *™u'® •** ,***• ,or repubtlcatlon of ell news dlspetcDee credited to It or not otherwise credited in this paper, and eleo tbe local newi publlahed »pr«tn. All rigbti of republlcatlona of our apeclal dispatches are alio reserved. BEE TELEPHONES Privatd Branch Exchange. Ask for the Department AT lantie «r1,PtPfon Wantad- For Night Call. After 10 P. M.: ,An* Editorial Department. AT lantie 1021 or 1042. 1UUU OFFICES •** Main Office—17tn and Fa mam * to. Bluffs - - • 16 Scott St. So. Side, N. W. Cor. 24th and N r. . New York—286 Fifth Avenue Washington - 422 Star Bldg. Chicago - - 1720 Steger Bldg. PUTTING SERVE INTO SURFACE. f* Douglas county will soon have completed eighty jj wiles of well paved roads, entirely outside of Omaha. Jj> This is a distinct contribution to civilization, since | there is nothing that so advances the understanding * between man and man, nation and nation, as means J °f communication. With the beginning of the 1 present century Americans began to fully realize * that the richest country in all the world had about the poorest highways. The point had been made bc *■ fore, yet not much had been done to remedy the sit uation. Adapting the automobile and motor truck to the domestic uses of the people, as supplementary to the * service of the railroads, forced attention to the high ways. Reluctantly enough the work of improvement was taken up, but once it got well under headway, a ' year or two before the war, it made such rapid prog 1 less that now the annual expenditure on highway construction and maintenance in the United States is almost $1,000,000,000. It will take a long time to overtake the railroads at this rate, the tentative val , uation of their property having been fixed three ! years ago by the Interstate Commerce commission at $18,500,000,000. Yet the farmers are making use of the auto trucks and the improved roads. In one region re cently carefully surveyed, it was learned that the average haul to market had increased 6.9 by horses to 17.6 by truck, the new market thus opened being to the farmer’s advantage. Yet, until the work of improving the highways has gone muph farther, and a network covers the farming districts, instead of a few main lines, there will be complaint. Farmers living ten miles from an improved highway help to pay for it, but receive slight benefit from it. It is an era of road building, long lines of hard surfaced highway over which the cost of hauling is materially reduced. In the fullness of time these v lines will be extended in all directions, so that every farmer will have the advantage of paved roads. Douglas county is leading a procession up to that time. OMAHA PLAN SUSTAINS WHEAT. The Omaha idea is spreading, not like fire in a stubble field, but like a pleasant rainstorm over a sun-parched pasture. Governors of grain growing states, presidents of grain carrying railroads, Cham bers of Commerce in grain marketing centers, mar keting organizations of various kinds, and business men generally throughout the country are pledging support. The move will become nation-wide in its influence within a very short time. Agreeing that the reduction in freight rates on . export wheat is most practical as well as the most feasible method for relieving the situation, the Omaha committee will direct its efforts principally to urging that on the railroads. Co-operation from other grain markets must be had in order to make this go over, and this support is confidently antici pated. A number of replies to the letters sent out have been received from presidents of grain carry „ ing roads, although the general nature of the con tents is reserved until all have been heard from. The prospects for a conference within a reasonably short time is considered good. In the meantime, the buying feature of the plan Las not been neglected and will not be; efforts to push it generally are being made, and encouraging responses are coming from different sections of the wheat growing region. One effect of the campaign, as noted by a grain dealer, is that the descent in the price of tvheat has been checked. If the campaign has achieved only that much, it has done good service. Activity in other centers along the lines set up in Omaha is having good effect, and reports gener ally approve the buy wheat plan as a success. With all hands working together, good results are certain. UNCLE SAM AN AWFUL EXAMPLE. The under secretary of war for Great Britain has just answered a question in the house of com mons to the effect that the United States is the only great power having a larger army in 1922 than it had in 1913. We may be very sure that this state ment will be played upon to show the bellicose and insincere disposition of our country. In order to get the correct viewpoint, however, the entire record should be examined. That will show that in 1913 the United States had the smallest number of men under arms of any of the important powers, and that the increase complained of still leaves us with fewer men than France or Russia, just a few more than Germany, which is supposed to be disarmed, and half as many more than England, whose ‘‘far-flung battle line’’ has been materially shortened as a result of ' internal readjustments in the empire. Interests of the United States have enormously • increased since 1913, while the military establish ment has in no sense kept pace with the movement in other directions. This is as it should be. Our na tion is not a military power, it never was, and it never will be. If we are required to keep up an army at all, it is because our neighbors in the world have not adopted the policy suggested when the foun dations for our government were laid down. Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, the Adamses md others of the fathers of the constitution and 'ounders of the republic, were not pacifists in the sense that they would not defend their rights, but they were champions of universal peace. Samuel Adams wrote a resolution of instruction to the dele gates from Massachusetts that might well be taken as a model for a Bok prize essay. But these men and their successors have preserved the union by giving it proper defense. Mankind i» not in danger because of the army of the United States, which has inly marched in defense of human rights and to pre serve liberty for mankind. Those Saskatchewan farmers ought to congratu late themselves the grasshoppers were being blown away, instead of traveling under their own steam. A revolution Is threatened in Greece, but it is not liktdy to splash all over the Balkans and Asia Minor, as it might have done a year ago. “Tom” Marshall’s joke about the presidency will remind the dear people that he once was a joke as vice president. RECOGNITION FOR RUSSIA. Whatever else the United States may or may not have done since the Treaty of Versailles was signed, four years ago, nothing is more to our credit than the work accomplished in Russia. While certain of the enthusiastic advocates of soviet government have clamored for “recognition,” a great adventure in hu manity has been carried on that scarcely needs ad vertisement. The lives of more than 10,000,000 Rus sians were saved by the United States, at a cost of $62,000,000, of which the government gave medical supplies, grains for seeds and other necessities to the extent of $30,000,000, the remainder of the sum being contributed through various organizations, but all representing American philanthropy. Some idea of what was encountered by the Amer ican Relief Administration in Europe is given by Dr. Henry Beeuwkes, chief of the medical division, in a letter, from which is condensed: "The A. R. A. brought to Russia ?7,685,000 worth of medicines and other sick room necessities. It brought a score or more physicians, large quantities Cf scrum, vaccines and other disease preventives. It opened free hospitals, clinics, dispensaries; cleaned up entire cities, and vaccinated rich and poor by the millions. So that instead of there being 277,701 cases of typhus in Russia as there were in March, 1922, March, 1923, saw only 6,321 cases. "When the Americans arrived in Russia they found everything lacking for the care of the sick. Hospitals were filthy. Wounds were dressed with newspapers, or wrapped with rags from the person's own clothing. Water supplies were polluted, and plumbing was beyond use; often without hope of re pair. Drug rooms were empty of the simplest and most essential remedies. The food was unspeakably poor and woefuly inadequate. "America has wrought a transformation here. The A. R. A. distributed to these institutions a mil lion and a half pounds of soap. Neo-Savarsan, which proved a perfect specific for relapsing fever, was supplied to the extent of 700,000 ampules. The quinine alone, some thirty tons of it, was valued at more than half a million dollars, but no one can estimate what it was really worth to a country whose most prevalent disease is malaria." One feature of the work was the establishment of 16,000 hospitals and other institutions for the care of ailing or injured, having a constant capacity for more than 1,000,000 patients. Col. William N. Haskell and his corps of 200 assistants are on their way home, having wound up their work, and left with the Russian people a more lasting memory of what the American people have done for them than could be gained from a myriad of political or other visitors. No matter what the relations between the governments may be, and they ought always to be friendly, America has set up a monument in Rus sian hearts that will endure. i LET THE GIRLS HAVE A CAMP. We have hymned many a hymn in praise of the Iowa girl. Not that she is superior to those of Ne braska, for there are no such, but because the girls of Iowa from time to time do things that deserve no tice, and we-have one of those times before us now. Our latest paen in her honor was excited by the triumph of two girls from Eddyville in a national canning contest. Those girls made a trip abroad, received much honor and adulation, and returned to Eddyville, where no doubt this season they are put ting up things in jars and cans and glasses, just as they did last year and will do next. Good eanners are born, not made, and down in Wappello county is a good place to be born. Floyd county girls now come to the fore, with a request that they be allowed to take military train ing at summer camps; not a co-ed camp, but one of their very own. In presenting their plan to the pres ident of the United States, Misses Alitta Carey and Percy Daine of Charles City argue in this manner: "Why Is it we can't have a chance to do our bit the same as the boys? It ever the chance arose the girls' United States army would and could help out. Besides helping the United States it would help the girls. Girls that have no home become 'tufT.' A training camp would be a fine thing for them. Girls can learn to handle arms the same as boys. ' There are girl scout camps around here, but girls over 18 are not admitted and, liesldes. we'd like real training such as shooting, drills and everything, similar to the boys.” This might work out well for the country at large. When we went into the world war, we found that girls could be useful in a lot of ways besides knitting cocks and sweaters, but we had made no provisions for training them. If the government were to set up camps where Euch instruction might be given, along with some other things that are good for the girls to know about, the end would be service to all. Just how closing American factories will help the farmer out is not clear, but the free traders seem to think that is the course to pursue. Bandit hunts are enlivening the midsummer days in Nebraska, but afford a sort of sport that well could be dispensed with. Between Hi in New York and Magnus on the farm, this country may soon decide that it has "too much Johnson.” News coming in from other centers of population make the booze sleuth’s life in Omaha seem like a rose-tinted dream. Omaha may be a busy town, hut not too much occupied to pass the picnic season entirely. Anyhow, the Hay Springs people got a lot of publicity out of the alkali monster story. Nebraska’s wheat crop is turning out fairly well, regardless of the price. George Harvey is back on the front page. Yes, it’s for talking. Homespun Verse Omaha's Own Fort— Robert Worthington Davie THE PARADI8E. The Paradise—a stream I know. And treasured In the Long Ago; Its shad banks, Its winding ways— The bliss It brought Jn faded days-r The swimming hole of summer fair— The true content that gurgled there— The quiet song It seemeil to sing— The soulful rhythm of its swing The winter skating scenes were bright With fervor and sincere delight. And dear to mem'rv is the Joy I shared when I was a boy. The Paradise flows on and on. Hut many of the youths are gone, And others tread the shady way Familiar In my Yesterday: I gaae upon the tranquil stream Through all the brilliance of a dream; It brings the happy poet to view. And friendship* that were dear and tine Are lllfted from the dark abyss of silence and beheld with bliss. As may the mind survey with Joy The glsdnees of a little boy. Mi “The People's Voice" Editorials from raadara of The Moralna Baa. Readcra of The Morning Baa are invited to uae thla column ficeljr for expreaalon on matter! of public lotarcat. Wheat And The Markets. Walthill, Neb.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: So many have rush ed into print relative to the farmer's situation that it requires more or less courage to add even a world to what has already been said. However, the campaign to buy wheat has attracted considerable attention, and it seems to me that a few suggestions might lie of Interest to someone. I have been told recently by prominent members of the Chicago Board of Trade that this campaign originated in that body, but the origin of it is of little impor tance, because we are warranted in as suming that regardless of the origin, the purpose and obpect of the origina tors were to stimulate the wheat mar ket. Let us see, however, whether such will be the result. Before study ing the results, it is always best to know the cause. Various causes and combinations of causes have been as cribed. Some well-informed authorities claim that the depleted buying power of Europe, together with an increased crop in Europe and Russia, makes tire foreign demand very light, thus weak ening the market. Others claim that the demoralized condition of foreign ex change is one of the leading causes of the trouble. Still others insist that a specially heavy carry-over keeps the future buyers out of the market. An other school o{ market prophets tell us that the development of the co operative has upset the market, and that the tendency toward the center ing of large amounts of farm products under the control of one organization will stifle competition. Senator Ladd of North Dakota is very positive that the market has been pounded down because of a program of retaliation, by tne members of the several grain exchanges because of the recent legis lation commonly known «s the "futures trading act." Regardless of these causes and com binations of causes—actual or fanci ful—the price is down and It is down below the cost of production, and the wheat raiser is the sufferer and the net results spell ruin for him. It Is an admitted fact that because of the system of (lumping a large volume of grain on the market at thresnlng time, within a short period of time, the legitimate demand is in sufficient to absorb the volume offered, and the only market left is the speculative trade, and the price natur ally suffers. There is no secret about this. 1 has occurred year after year. It is now proposed to relieve the pressures by including the business men of the country to buy some of this wheat to take it out of the mar ket and relieve the pressure. This, at most, is a temporary markeshift. It may do some good, and no one should discourage it. tut it occurs to me that if these business men who want to help would actually buy the actual wheat from the fanners and put it In storage and take it out of the market for a definite time, they would a, ,m plish more good for the relief of the fanner than though they were buying from the speculative trade and parti cularly If they buy futures, and not the actual grain. However, if this grain is bought. It will not be removed from the sup ply. and it will be a part of grain on hand to he turned into the market at some futur# time, and If there is a largo volume of it. It will certainly have tho effect of Intimidating a future steady market. This will be particularly true unb ss there is some uniform method of control of these sales In the future If there should be 1,000 men in Nebraska, each own ing 1,000 bushels of wheat held In storage for the benefit of the market, the time will come before many months when these men will feel that they have discharged their duty and if the price has advanced they will desire to take their earnings, and probably at holiday time, or at some other period when funds are needed, most of them will turn their wheat onto the market and the market will sag. Would It not be well to encour age tlie farmers t-> store their own wheat, take warehouse receipts, draw 60 per cent of the value at a low rate of interest and take theii own profits. Sixty per cent of the present mar ket price would bring some relief and reduce the amount of grain that goes on the market and It might have a tendency to steady the demand, and make a healthier market price, if this movement was organised in good faith for the benefit of the farmers, let the farmers get the most of It. They need it. HARRT L. KRKFK Tils lord uphuldftth til that fail. and rataath up all thoo that ba bowed down. The eye* .,f ail wait upon Thee, and Thou gtveat them their meat in due eeaeon. Thou openeet Thine han't and aatiefieat the deelre of every living thing. The I ,.rd la nigh unto ail them that rail upon Him. to all that rail upon Him In truth—t'a. cvl. 14 -U, t*. G laird. Heavenly Father. Who knowest our proneneas to forget Thee in the busy rush of life, and while health and success attend ns. but Who art our ever prompt refuge and defense In times of Illness, bitter grief and failure, we nsk Thy forgiveness for our want of gratitude anti selfish Inek of filial affection. We are of the earth, enrthy. unworthy of our Heav enly parentage, and yet we rue Thy children. W« do not mean to be disobedient or unmindful of Thy mer cies. It Is only because Thv caro and oversight has been constant from our earliest childhood that wo sometimes presume on It. and fall to remember Tby tenderness. As we recall the past, make us braver for the future. May we trust even when wo cannot trace the reason for Thy Providence Give us godliness with contentment, and In all the chances and changes of mortal llfo make us patient and pray* erful, and may the peuee of God which passeth human understanding bo ours In such measure as we can receive It. We ask It all for the sake of Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen BISHOP JAMteS HBNHT 1»A It t. 1 M1TO.V, 111'. Harrisburg. t*w NET AVERAGE CIRCULATION for Juno, 1923, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily . 72,799 Sunday.77,783 Dos* not InHuds returns, left over*. samples or papers spoiled in printing and Includes no special salts. B. BREWER, G«*n. Mgr. V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr. Subscribed and sworn to before ms this 7tb day of July. 1021 w h quivrY. (Seal) Notary Public Few of the thousands who live tn l he northwest part of the city will recognize thin pen picture of what that section was like In l&7fi, It is from the flies of 'Jhe Omaha Bee, and was printed on April 2H of that year. "A Bee reporter paid a visit the other afternoon to the bachelor home of A1 and Matt Patrick, on Twenty third street on the northern limits of the city. They have 110 acres of land there, beautifully located and all fenced in. Bast fall they built a hand some cottage house, and a new stable, expending over $7,000 in these im provements alone. The Patrick brothers have long had a hankering after fast horses, and they are grati fying that desire to its fullest extent. We took a stroll through their stable and premises and saw some of the finest horses and cattle in this part of the west. The ‘Kentucky Clay' stal lion, which they bought the other day from Dr. Herr, the well known Ken lucky stock raiser, attracted our at tention. lie is a large, heavy horse, 16 12 hands high, well built, and handsome as a picture. Th.s horse's pedigree Is made up of 62 Messenger crosses and 14 Qodolphin crosses, and is a relative of ‘Bad.v Thorn.’ He is the father of several valuable colts in this vicinity—the Redick colt, 2 year-old, which is developing speed rapidly; the Addis colt. 2-year-old. and able to trot a 3-mltiute gait; the Po land colt, and about a dozen others, the very best in the country. " Fannie McCormick,’ a thorough bred mare, standing in the next*stall, is everybody's p>et. A1 Patrick sold her io a Mr. Davis of Bondon for $3,000, and then brought her back for $3.50(1. She lias no record, hut can trot in 2:30. and will prove it at the races in June. She Is of Blackbird breed, full blooded. , " 'Brimstone' is a fiery 2-year old colt. out. nf a full blooded Blackbird mare, bis father being Boston Boy.’ "In the 70-acre pasture a 5-year-old thoroughbred long winded mare, pur chased of Mace Wise, of Council Bluff.-', for $700. and able to trot 20 miles an hour, was running around in company with M.iggle Mitchell,' 19 year-dd (with foal.) whose name is well known In the stud book. We were also shown a fine lot of thoroughbred cattle, among them be ing an Alderney heifer, a Jersey hei fer, and a Durham hull and cow. the four costing $1,250 and were purchas ed from Murphy last fall at the state fair, where they carried off first pre mium. "Besides these thoroughbred animals that have been mentioned, the Patr'"k brothers have also a large lot if other valuable thoroughbred horses and cat tle; also thoroughbred hogs, chickens and dogs: in fact, there is nothing on the premises that ;s not thoroughbred, not even excepting the proprietors themselves "They certainly have an elegant home and are improving it rapidly. ... They are hospitable to a fault, and, reader, if you get an Invitation to pay them a visit at their bachelor home don't you refuse It- They'll treat you like a prince.” Center Shots A politician says two-thirds of the people don't know what they want, and most of them are in line ahead of vou at the cafeteria.—Terre Haute Star. Widespread Interest follows (he an nouncement of a t'allfornln photogra pher that he can photograph people'* thoughts. Now if he can find a way to develop them.—Providence Journal. A prominent pencil maker says the United States uses more pencils than all of Europe, and when you consider the haseball scores this country has to keep, it seems probable that he is right.—Detroit Free Press. Tatty. O. stages a law suit over a tough chicken. This suit ought to de cide what is legal tender—Detroit News. The problem in the American dye Industry is to keep it advancing w ith out running —Baltimore Pun “From State and Nation” —Editorials from Other Newspapers— Krai Representation. From the Omni Island Independent. Nebraska !s getting some real rep resentation in the halls of congress. It ia the result of her primary system of nominations—Just as that system is. Just as tienator Howell is occupying the time the national legislative as sembly Is not in session by informing hlmseif, through information at first hand, of the larger, nation-wide ques tions such as transportation, league of nations Intrigue, etc.—and quite as Senator Norris has always done— there is in Nebraska this year a con gressman who is doing an unusual thing—but a very sensible one. Congressman Robert .Simmons of the Sixth district, largely contiguous to our own county, has been em ploying the past few months by trav ellng over the district with his fam ily, per auto, with camping outfU that is used when necessary. He has an earnest desire to get close to th* hearts of the people whom he repre sents at Washington. His are un usually direct and diligent efforts to ascertain what his people regard as their greatest needs at the hands of 1 the government. And. according to rorne of his closest friends, he is be ginning to find out. He attends the f armers union an nuat picnics—as at Lodge Pole where lie met 5,000 farmers, stock men and merchants. He speaks tc them and they to him. He drives to Chappel. to Oshkosh, to Hyannis. If night overtakes he camps. He at tends the Chautauqua at Dunning There he meets 1.000 at a time. At Brewster he meets man}- farmers at the courthouse. He gn s to Broken Bow, Milburn, Gates. Taylor. He dips away down into Howard, coming as near to Grand Island aS St. Libo ry, with a short stop here enroute to hia own territory west of us. And so he meets personally, interviews personally, and gets into close touch, personally and intimately, with more men and women in his district than Is possible in any other way. He asks them—and they tell him frankly—what is their most pressing need. It is learned that transporta tion and marketing are regarded by most of them as of paramount im portance. Congressman Simmons' district is less ‘'covered" by railroads than any in Nebraska. It has county seats 25 miles or more from a rail read. Other sections have facilities but high rates. In many cases, nev ertheless, the elevation or reduction of rates is not of the importance as the fact of the transportation itself. Ai d railroad extension being a doubt ful proposition, lines of good depend able highways, permitting truck transportation, cntei into considera tion. And all of these matteis Congress man Simmons is studying diligently, earnestly, at first hand. It's a sort of a plain, in the broad sense democratic, common sense—al beit time taking and thorough—thing to do' But it ought to equip Con gressman Simmons efficiently to rep resent his people and to be of the greatest lioueible measure of serve* I to them. Rven those of us not in hi* dis trict rannot otherwise than admire the evident rest of this mar. in hi* tdainly revealed efforts to fulfill the task set before him thoroughly and conscientiously. Tin- Tyranny of Juries From th* K*r.**a Cltr Tim**. It was Patrick Henry who s-i.d ' The judiciary are the sole protection against the tyrannical execution of the laws." Patrick Henry, among other things, was thinking, no doubt, of the possible harshness and severity of Juries which, without the temper ing effect of Judicial Instruction, might result in th* heavy dealing out of justice to the person charged with crime or lawlessness. But Patrick Henry could not have foreseen the American Jury of today. Had he < aught a vision of it he never would have implied that it might tie tyrannh al or even mildly severe m its findings against th* enemies of society. In a letter lo the Star Judge John L. Williamson of Kansas Cit> sets down as first among the factors ac counting’ for nourishing crime condi tions here the work of "fool Juries " Says Judge Williamson- ‘ When men In a jury box have no more sense than to acquit on fake insanity pleas, false alibis bolstered up hv witnesses drawn from the criminal classes or because of an asinine sentimentalism played upon by notoriously crooked aliened lawyers then crime will flour ish " The tyrannical execution of the laws? What judge today finds it necessary to offer protection agftlnst It, so far as Juried are concerned? There Is a tyranny of the modern Jury. But It is a tyranny against so ciety. not tlie criminal or th« individ ual on trial, it Is a tyranny that re fuse* badly needed protection to so ciety against the criminal element, a tyranny that nullities the work of Office Fixtures at Bargain Prices Having purchased the stock of Merchandise and Office Equipment of a Business House and we not having any use for additional equipment in our own offices, wo offer these at Bargain Prices— Desk 1 flat top, fi ft., oa ; finish. t Desk I flat top, 5 ft., onk finish. Chairs l swivel type, OHk finish. Typewriters 1 L. C. Smith. Typewriter*—1 I.. C. Smith. Kardex System 'J sections in steel cases. Typewriter Desk 1 small one, onk finish. C«fh Regi • ter -1 National, mahogany finish. Ail time Machine l I'alton adding machine. Deilt (A beautiful mahogany combination) as follows: 1 mahogany finish, 5 ft. long. !lti inches wide; l ad justable mahogany chair for desk; 2 other mahogany chairs to match. A *200 Outfit for 8100 Table and Chair* Mahogany table, 2 mahogany cane chairs to tnntch. A beautiful set for office or home. All Can Be Seen in Our Store Room Floor, 15th and Harney Sts. Ml CKEVS courts and prosecuting officials in pre senting evidence of guilt: a tyranny that ignores and invalidates the c are fully balanced counsel of the judiciary itself. If society, oblivious of Its own In terests. bolsters up. in a “mawkish or corrupt sentiment," the equally mawkish decisions of the Jury, then society, as Judge Williamson says, must share the blame. But the Jury is the responsible agent. It Is chosen to act, definitely and directly. It can not evade its duty or justify Its ac tions on the basis of what somebody else thinks, or what somebody else, inc luding the criminal and his friends, j may do. Mouthers’ Pensions. From the* Norfolk News. All but six of our states now have some sort of mothers' pension laws The United Htates Department of Dabor recently investigated the work iiig of those laws in a number of rep reselltatlve communities. It found that from the large city to the rural community the system is mending broken homes, saving mothers from the loss of their children and assur ing tlie children a better chance In life Although the laws vary somewhat, they are essentially similar. When aid is given to a family of several children, household budgets are care fully worked out on a strictly eco nomical basis. The pension then sup plies the difference between the bud get needs and the actual income. Un fortunately in some states the amount to be paid is restricted by law. In some cases, therefore, the gap be tween the budget and the income cannot be fully met by the pension. In spite of mistakes in administra tion and blunders In the making of the laws in the first place, a great deal of good is being accomplished by the mothers' pension. Careful inves tigation prevents abuse of the system. Its careful administration means hope and health and opportunity to thou sands of children. A New f)a.v in Industry. From Capper * Weekly In a little shop on a side street an old man labored for years making ax handles out of seasoned hickory with the draw shave, a chisel and sand paper. He look great {tains to have each handle weighed and balanced, but no two were alike and the curve must exactly tit the hand and con firm to the grain of the wood. The oid man worked from daylight to dark 10 make eight handles a week, for which he received $1.50 apiece. To day you can buy a better ax handle made by machinery for a few cents. They are all alike and everyone is perfect. The application of modern methods to ax handles illustrates the develop ment of the Ford plant with its out standing achievement of lowest cost in industry while paying highest wages. The public gets the product at a low price, the workman is exceptionally well paid and Ford realizes profits probebly not surpassed by any in dustry. Here s a group of significant facts. American industry needs more Ford ideas It is not living up to its op portunities. Abe Martin Who re-members when we used t’ rest on Sunday instead o’ Monday? Ther’s a little salvage t’ spilled beans, but a confiscated quart is gone ferever. Copyright. Ili23. A Book of Today The old Texas rattle trail, which ran north to Ogaialla. is the scene of "North of 36,” the posthumous n<'*-; of Emerson Hough. It was in 1S67 when Taisie Eockhart, heiress to a great southern ranch, met the three’ of bankruptcy by driving her herd of 4.500 cattle into the new country about Abilene. Her story .is a pano. - ama of the early west, with its wild, lawless, free and easy ways. A des perate venture for man or woman, this drive through the almost un known country. Anyone who is in terested in the early history of th.* country and the currents that swept across its wild prairie will not to miss this book. It Is romance and history in one. Published by Apple ton. Thanks to the Penn Publishing company, for a splendidly illustrated editon of "Grimm's Fairy Tales' Fifty-one stori'-s have been selected from the German folk tales of the Brothers Grimm. As elders may re member. there were some parts of these stories that contained a touch of brutality or incitements to cupiditv arid other unlovely characteristics. These have been eliminated by Fran ces Jenkins Olcott's editing, though nothing has been mutilated. The pic tures in color are by the famous Dutch artist. Mrs. R.e Cramer. TLIAVE The Omaha Morning Bee or The Evening Bee mailed to you when on your vacation. 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