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HI JOHNSON S FRIENDS MAKING HAY.
While it is a little too early to concede any dele
gation outside of Massachusetts to any candidate,
lavorite son or not, signs are plenty that interest is
stirring in the direction of the conventions of 1924.
A Johnson club haas been formed at Lincoln, and
others probably will be heard from in different parts
of the state, for the California senator has many
•loyal followers all over Nebraska. He is the “re
mainder man” of the bull moose movement, and Ne
braska republicans who voted for Roosevelt have a
firm attachment to his natural successor. This can
not be denied, and political calculations not made
with this fact in view are likely to go wrong.
Up in South Dakota, where the first gun of the
campaign will be fired, the Johnson sentiment is
strong enough to impress some observers with the
thought that the delegation from that state is al
ready counted for California’s leader. However,
when we recall the proceedings that went ahead of
the primary up there four years ago, it seems as if
a safer plan would be to wait developments. No
doubt exists that Johnson is still strong in South
Dakota, where his policies and program appeal to
the people, just as they do in Nebraska, but some
thing of uncertainty lingers always around an elec
tion and no amount of shouting in advance does
away with this.
Much depends-on what will be done at Washing
ton during December and January, for the course of
legislation will have a direct influence on the pros
pects of any candidate. However strong the current
may set toward any of the several aspirants, its
flow may be changed by events yet' to be decided.
Conceding to the president the prestige that is his
because of his position, the thought that he is pre
destined to be nominated is a little premature. Aside
from all other considerations, he is at a disadvan
tage because of his geographical location. Whether
it is ujsirable or not, the fact remains that sectional
feeling has to be met and dealt writh, and a New
England candidate starts with considerable of a
handicap this side of the Alleghenies.
On its record of performance the republican
party has little to dread in the coming campaign.
The great problems of reconstruction have been care
fully and in the main successfully dealt with. Some
matters, such as railroad rates and further reduction
of taxes, still are to be passed upon, and the next
ongross will tell the world whether the party in
power deserves another four years’ commission.
MUDDY WATER OR MUDDY MINDS?
Los Angeles is a long way off, but not so far that
i slander of the city can not reach there. Omaha
has a right to resent the affront that is contained in
the story published in the Los Angeles Times. It
will be agreed without argument that the startling
headline rested on the statements that followed, and
that the paper received its information from a source
it deemed reliable. None the less the affront is there.
First, it shows the spirit of making the most of a
misfortune or calamity that has befallen a sister com
munity.
Fortunately for Omaha, such tales carry with
them their own contradiction, bearing on the surface
such proofs of sensational extravagance as correct
the exaggerated charges. Omaha people in Los
Angeles were early apprised that the water situation
here, bad as it was, did not warrant any such stories,
while all the world now knows that instead of weeks
only a few days elapsed before the trouble was cor
rected. The best water Omaha ever had was flow
ing through the mains three weeks before that article
appeared in the Los Angeles Times.
Omaha has good water and plenty of it for all.
No one need dread to drink it, because it is pure and
healthy. Visitors from all over the union have spent
from a few hours to a few days in the city, guests at
the tourist rest camp, where city water is furnished,
and they can testify as to the quality of the fluid. It
is true, and never has been denied, that a deluge
of mud was loosed on the community through the
water mains, and it is also true that an effort is be
ing made to determine the cause. But it is not true
'hat aside from the incidental inconvenience that
necessarily must follow such a calamity, there was
any widespread suffering. The author of the dis
patch from Omaha to Los Angeles must have a mind
as muddy as the water was on the first day of the dis
aster.
DEATH RIDES WITH THE SPEEDER.
College boys and college girls present one of the
finest things in life. One needs a strong imagina
tion to conceive anything more worthy of admiration
than a group of these young people, studiously bent
on the business of obtaining training that will fit
them for the high responsibilities imposed by the
world on those qualified to assume them, yet em
bodying in their persons the very essence of the
joy of life. Ebullient, resilient youth, seizing the
moment for the pleasure it holds, crowding into a
few hours before school opens experiences that will
jo with them through the days and months of hard
work in the classroom that will follow, these young
/oiks are as careless as were the allied troops at
Brussels the night before Waterloo.
Out of one of these gatherings went a little
group, bent on winding up their share of the affair
r/ith the nightcap of a ride under the midnight stars.
It proved to be a ride of death, for a crash ended
the excursion and a young man and woman were
killed. Inquiry confirms the belief that the car was
driven at a dangerously high rnte of speed.
Will they ever learn? We sorrow over the dea|h
of a young man whose life goes out in battle; the
tragedy that takes the lives of many in a great
convulsion stuns the world and leaves us mute with
terror. Such things can not he averted. Victims of
the speed mania are uselessly sacrificed, for the cause
of their death is within human control. Scolding,
preaching, nor any other form of admonition serves
the purpose. The speeder is a menace and some
thing pioro effective than mere talk will he required
to remove him so that he will cease to be a threat
to others.
A Spanish grandee, now a fugitive, threatens to
tell all he knows about King Alfonso. It ought to
make good fall reading.
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SOLDIER BOYS IN PEACE TIME.
Omaha’s streets will ring again with the rhythmic
tramp of soldier feet, the rattle of the cannon's
wheels, the clatter of the horses’ hoofs, and all the
order, din and clangor of an army on parade. Evefry
branch of the military and naval service of the Unit
ed States will be represented in the great column
that will move as part of the Ak-SarBen display.
Already units are under marching orders, and will
come to the city under their own transportation, so
that communities along the route may see what the
ways of the army are like.
The presence of the military as a salient feature
of a great civic festival may seem a trifle out of place
to some, yet these will do well to remember that the
United States army has a great deal to do in peace
times as well as in war. It is one of our most
peculiar institutions. Naturally, when war disturbs
the land, the little army we maintain is a nucleus
around which is gathered the mighty fighting force
made up from the homes of the nation. When peace
comes, these go back to the various occupations and
interests they left to take up arms, and the military
force shrinks again in numbers. It too must take on
its peaceful employment, which is varied and import
ant.
No room here to detail all the soldier does be
sides fighting. From the building of the Panama
canal down to assisting in the restoration
of a town where calamity has fallen, he finds
work. It has been accurately said that an officer
of the American army must be a diplomat, states
man, preacher, lawyer and engineer as well as soldier,
and it may be added that he must also be a high
grade business man, bookkeeper and accountant. Men
in the ranks are nowadays required to know some
thing of such a number of trades and callings that
the organization may be self-sustaining in the field,
and consequently as well provided in barracks. Re
member this, when you see the boys go by in parade:
they, too, are servants of the people, although we
now and then forget that fact.
OUR GREAT AMERICAN DEFICIENCY.
“The Lord sends food and the devil sends cooks,”
runs an old Spanish proverb, which may or may not
be entirely justified. Some testimony as to Ameri
cans is furnished by Emile Jacques, chef on the
French liner Lafayette. He deposes in part as fol
lows :
“The average American man has less dis
crimination about food than any other man in
the world. You can feed him steak and pota
toes every night and he never complains, or you
can feed him from tin cans and paper boxes and
he stands for that—for a while, at least.”
How this affects him is shown in another part
of his statement, in which he points out that this
gustatory complaisance on part of the American
man does not tend to develop cookery, and, he goes
on, “A cook thrives on praise and appreciation quite
as much as a singer or an actor.” Yet the original
Jacques would have been a long time In America
before an appreciative monarch had called him from
his pots and pans to decorative him with the “cordon
bleu” in token of a dinner that had touched the spot.
Two reasons may be assigned for this. Early
day Americans were so much occupied in securing
something to put into the pot they had very little
time to invent fancy methods for preparing the food
they were so ready to consume. This habit still sub
sists, and largely for the same reason. Second, when
an American boy selects the girl of his heart he
gives little heed as to whether she is qualified even
to sew on a button, let alone cook a meal.
Consequently, the culinary art as it is under
stood by the French has made little headway in this
country. Some day we may have time to take it
u{> seriously, but that will be when most of the
other problems of life have yielded to treatment.
Nebraska legionnaires have just finished another
snappy convention with a lot of interesting business
done in man fashion. The boys are making good on
their mission.
“Republicans worry over the negro vote,” says
a headline in a democratic newspaper. That is some
thing that never troubled the democrats.
Robert E. Lee Saner of Texas is devoting some
time to Robert La Follette, but his name would sug
gest a different course.
Wyoming complains of an excess of cattle food.
Why not go out and get u lot of Texans to eat it
through the winter?
Nebraska farmers know the world must eat to
live, and so will keep right on raising wheat to feed
hungry mouths.
John Bull declines to agree to the 12-mile rum
limit, which news ought to be welcome in the Ba
hamas.
Omaha hotels are rapidly filling up, which is
another proof that something is going on around
town.
Farmers must trade and vote as one, says one of
the numerous organizers, but he fails to say which
one.
Iowa is enjoying the benefits of a gas price war,
and “Fill her up,” is the Hawkeye slognn now.
Henry Ford says he is not “running for or against
anything," and he ought to know.
Omaha high schools also are going into the
pageant game.
But the public would prefer a surplus of coal to
a strike.
Just a little sunshine might help some at this
juncture.
Homespun Verse
—By Omaha's Own Post—
t s .
Robert fForthinpton Davit
THE OLD SONG3.
The old songs thrill us and retail the scenes of yeetei
year—
Ineffable because they’re gone so far, so far from her
And when our voices harmonize In some old-time refrain.
Wo feel the bliss we used to know, for we are there
again.
O, songs of old: O, songs of youth to soulful music sung.
O, songs of love; O. songs of truth and beauty < vor
t young—
That touch the hearts of us far down the trail of Ilf''
we roam—
And give the bygone tenderness nnd peacefulness to
home.
Old songs that are a part of life; old songs that are aglow
Wllh pictures of the happy days we nil were wont to
know, /
And dear to memory remains ns gems of lime to me
Mecuuse they ever take us hack across the Used to he.
“From State and
-Nation”
Editorials from other
newspapers.
Tire World Do Move.
From the Hastings Tribune.
Writers of Action and producers of
scenarios have often been criticised
for their stretch of imagination.
So was Jules Verne laughed at and
criticised most severely for the pro
duction of the "Twenty Thousand
Leagues Under the Sea."
Yet, almost evtrything that Jules
Verne Imagined at that time has come
true. The tryth is he was capable
of looking into the future, as it were.
No doubt If a man today were to
predict that within 25 years a person
could eat his 10 o'clock breakfast In
New York and be able to smoke his
10:15 cigar in San Francisco, the
prognosticator would be branded as
a lunatic.
And yet, that can be done, and no
doubt it will be done.
It may not come within the next
20 years, but eventually It will come.
And it does not take a very broad
stretch of Imagination to predict
anything of the kind.
All that is necessary is for one to
give careful thought to the pneumatic
mail tube system of New York City.
Through the system established in
New York mail Is sent from the cen
tral postoffice to suburban stations In
almost the blink of an eye.
if packages can be distributed many
miles in a second why can't human
brings he transported the same way?
It is not absurd to believe that a
tubo could he run from New York
City to San Francisco through which
small passenger coaches could be shot
by compressed air—just as the mail
packages are shot about New York
City.
In that event there will be no need
of an engineer or conductor. All that
will he necessary will he an exp°rt to
handle the oxygen tanks. The rest
will he easy.
Only a few years ago people never
dreamed of flying through' the air at
the rate of 300 miles nn hour, still It
has been done: *nd il Is safe to pre
dict that it will not be very long
until the rate of speed will be 500
mi’es an hour.
Yes, “The world do move.”
Wages of Capital anti Igibor.
Prom the Buffalo Express
In a brochure issued by an invest
ment concern, Richard Spillane pro
pounds the unanswerable question:
Who invented interest? The man
perpetually in debt may be of the
opinion that his satanir majesty must
have had the inspiration at about the
same time that Eve was induced to
partake of the apple. But the name
of the inventor of interest doubtless
will remain forever unknown, like the
burial place of Moses. There would
be many worshippers at the shrine.
Interest is the necessary wage of
capital, but it is by no means certain
that it wtjs an obvious expedient in
the misty past. The min who devised
it hnd brains. Tie was a public bene
factor. "Anyone who is In trade,"
says Ed Howe In the same publication,
"or who works at a trade, practices
extortion a little. I exact as much as
I can for my services, but when I de
mand too niueh. I note that custom
ers begin to fall off, and I reform.”
That word "extortion” might he re
placed by more polite terms. One
would suggest "interest" or ' labor.”
When the demand for money is high,
capital extorts a little more interest.
Then when capital begins to a»k too
much for Its work, the demand falls
off and capital reforms. When labor
gets a small wage, there are many
who employ it. Labor begins to ask
more and more for its work until the
users of labor begin to do without so
much. Then labor reforms and is
willing to work for less w iges or less
Interest, since It mav b» said that the
ennltnl of a worker is his labor.
Thus 1* follows that, again to quote
Mr Ppilinne, "the Interests of capital
and labor are perfectly harmonious
if capita! and labor could ordv be
brought to see straight and think
straight " Hut each ever is inclined
to accuse the other of extortion be
yond reason.
Ten Minutes.
from the Beatrice Express.
The last 10 minutes are the hard
est. The last 10 minutes before a
long Journey ends, the last 10 lirfore
the lover meets his adored, the last
10 before the accused learns the jury's
verdict, the last itt before the splints
of a broken limb are removed, the
last 10 before decision In u hard
fought battle Is reached—these tens
of minutes are superlatively hard to
pass. But the 10 minutes that s1 1 m
hardest to some persons are the 10
before the day's work ends
Coming at the end, when body and
mind are weary, the last 10 minutes
of the dally task ore naturally hard.
They are hard for the industriously
inclined, for the honest toiler, for the
machinist or carpenter, or miner, or
clerk, or typist, or any other em
ploye Interested in his or her Job and
holding the interest of employer at
heart. Hut to those who rats their
jobasa galley task, who keep one eye
on the clock as the minute hand draws
near closing time, who are fearful
lest they give their employer a sec
ond overtime—the last 10 minutes are
a time of torture. To such they will
always lie hard to pass. For the fart
that they ate so held gives them con
stancy In repetition .is 10 times B0
seconds of irksome effort.
This al o places the sufferer nnt of
the running for promotion that would
ultimately spell relief. For those who
finish the day's Job with one eye on
the clock do not finish the race for
advancement and forfeit title to pre
ferment that goes to the workers
showing Interest In their task.
Daily Prayer
m.<1 Ih th<»t m«n thiit inskplh the
fr«1 ti>m truit. Pi* 40:4.
Our gracious I*ord, wo lifiiwch Thee
to ho guide and bh hh us this day that
we may become more like Thy Blessed
Son. in /ill the gracious nnd wonderful
perfections of His being. We earnest
ly pray that we may possess tlie mind
of Christ — the mind of pet feet humlt
by; that His cross of self denial and
sacrifice may he willingly assumed
and carried ns one of tin1 coveted
privileges of the Christian Ilf*', that
we may enjoy the Spirit of Christ, for
wo have learned that human wisdom
Is not sufficient to equip us t*» meet
the demands of life nnd service: that
we may possess the purity * if Christ,
In Whom there was found no fault:
that the confidence of Christ may he
ours, the confidence which perfect
filth « n/ture* that the Joy of Christ
may fill our souls, the Joy of perfect
peace pence enjoyed been tine there
• x’sts betw« en Thv h« *rt and ours
nothing to ereat division or friction.
(It lint, we b‘»S‘ orb Thee, <) Cord,
that we may a • live as to be fit to
represent Thy Hear Hon mm embus
Hsdorc that we may be aplnMes known
nnd read of all men. mm telling the
story of a wonderful redemption that
the influence of our lives may be such
that men me** mnstfintlv eke kn°wl
edge of us that we have been with
cht t t Jesus and have learned of 111m
Amen.
mev nicnmiK it htah
ruilluiul. At Hint*.
“THE PEOPLE’S VOICE”
Editorial from reader* ot Tha Morning Boo. Header* ot The Morning Boo
are Invited to tit* this column tmel> for oppression
< on matter* ot public Interest.
Commissioner Koul sky's Wrath.
Omaha.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: Your editorial In the eve
ning Issue on September 20 sounds as
if some stranger had just dropped into
the city and had written an article
after having an interview with some
individual Interested !n the Metropol
tin Utilities district. Whoever did
the writing, certainly Is Ignorant of
me cunuidons tn Omaha, and with
out a question of a doubt, has the
wrong opinion of the Intention of the
city commission In the matter of in
vestigating the water situation dur
ing the month of August, 1022.
Te ar.icle says that It is up to the
water district to do all the investi
gating. but if It had not been star:ed
by toe city commission there would
have been no attempt made whatever
for holding an investigation.
The city commissioners went into
thl« absolutely clear-minded and the
ambition they had, and hove at the
present time, is to give the water
users of Omaha a fair, impartial and
true investigation.
Judging from your article, It looks
as though somebn y Is afraid to "face
the music" and that the editorial col
umn of The Omaha Bee is used In de
fense of Fame.
Why not be fair about this matter
and take the stand as some of the
other Omaha dailies have taken and
let us have one honest-to goodness
Investigation?
You set forth the character and In
tegrity of the members of the Metro
politan Utilities district, of which
James C. Dahlman is one. Do not
forget that Mr. Dahlman is al=o
mayor and a member of the city com
mission, an dfor whom the city coun
cil has the highest of regards, pnd
b lieves Mr. Dahlman to be the best
may or the city of Omaha ever had'
anti would call your attention to the
fart that Mr. Dahlman also voted for
the resolution providing for the water
investigation.
Also, to show the willingness of the
council to co-operate wi'h the Metro
politan Utilities district In the Inves
tigation. 1 here'o attach copy of let
•er mailed to Mr. W. J Ooad under
'ate of September 20 who Is chair
man of the Investigating eom-optee
n' the Metropolitan Utii'Mes d strict
which I ns chairman of the council
co' miffee wrote to Mr. Coad.
The trouble Is that the writer of the
eS'tprlnl Is wrong, and it seems that
this is one of the many articles which
have been published along the same
line.
My suggestion is that the writer
would first try to get acquainted with
our city, with the people of the city
and the conditions existing' and then
he m*ght be able to write sn edi
torianl independent of an vouts'de
influence or suggestion, which m ght
tie appreciated by the r'Uzens of Ornn
ha knowing the eondl'lons as they
exist.
In conclusion I ask you to give this
ktter ns nearly a pr minent place in
The Omaha Evening Bee as your edi
trriall occupied
JOSEPH KOUTSKY, j
City Commissioner.
Mr. Kout.sky a letter to an. J Coaa
fo!!ows!
Mr. W J. CoRd.
c: iirman In^ »ting O mmltfe# of
M“ rop lltan Utilities DlitrlCV
D-ar Sir:
Vour letter of September !9th has been
du.y re-eived with the humble opinion
<>( Mr Weba er; also k’Ui h*-d resolution
of the Metropolitan L’tllltle* l>l»trlct
13<*ard of Director*.
I wish to report that the council com
mittee appointed hy the mayor #nd con
firmed by the city council held their i
fin-t meeting In the council chamber at
1* o’clock p rn today. Th*- «<*n*e of the
committee was that the wishes of the
Water Hoard be recogniaed pro% dod that
h-; hearing be he’d op* n to the public
Ht all tlmra m the council chamber In
the city haII,JJ the council committee to
be privileged ft) (ikc such part as deemed
expedient In the procedure, alio that all
person* or committees ao desiring, take
part in the Investigation
If your committee is ready to proceed
along tl.ege suggestion*, the council com
raittee i* ready to meet with you at as
early a date aa you may designate and
. » *oon as such arranpernenta are com
pleted. If you will nforrn me of same. I
will give propel notice to ths council
committee i"- the hearing.
Youra very truly,
J OS K 1*11 KOl’TSKT.
Chairman Council Special Commute#
Pica for the Railroad <1erk.
Omaha—To the Editor of The Oma
ha Dee: It 1* about time thnt we had
government ownership of the rail
roads, so that the clerks could get a
square deal. During government own
err hip the clerk's salaries ware raised
to a living wage, but they have had to
stand two cuts, and prices are as high
now on all commodities, as during the
war times—coal Is very high, rents
are extromely high, if you own your
own home—well just look at the taxes,
and if h man is struipellng to pay on
a home it Is us bad. '1 he see' >n me",
englneeis, eonduotors. and that class
all get largo wages, but the clerks—
what do they get? Every man can
not he a day laborer and earn fS and
$10 a day. there has to be railroad
clerks, and the railroads do not wish
to til] their ofliees with women, whose
plate should lie in the home, raising
their children to be good reliable
citizens. If this state of things will
continue for Uio next few months
there will be a concerted action on the
part of every railroad clerk in the
United States to start a campaign for
government ownership..for only by so
doing can they get a living wage and
provide food for their families.
HENRY W. JOHNSON.
Railroad Clerk.
II ore's Another Paradox.
Omaha—To the Kditnr of The Oma
ha P.ee: Your editorial supporting the
proposal to hold gunmen, and robber*
responsible to their victims is a good ;
policy. It might he applied to higher- ,
ups amongst the get some thing for* i
nothing rla*s. Henry Ford's paper, j
the Dearborn Independent, called the,'
"Chronicler of Neglected Truth." edi
torlaly relate* that certain United
States treasury issues Interest bearing, '
are eligible for deposit nt federal re |
serve banks for an c<jual amount of 1
federal reserve currency, issued by 1
the government. These issues are sub* !
scribed for by the national banks, ;
then deposited, currency Issued to the j
holder, who Is actualv paying for bis '
treasury certificates with the currency j
issued. This gives the bankers the In j
11 rest bearing treasury certificates for j
absolutely nothing. Mr. Ford’s edi
tor calls this "Uncle Sam borrowing
his own money." No one will blame
the bankers for taking millions ns a
present from Uncle Sinn., Unde Sam
Intended the currency to go Into dr
dilation, replacing silver certificate*
taken out of circulation, bv the break
NET AVERAGE
CIRCULATION
for Aiifu»t, 1923, of
THE OMAHA BEE
Pnily .72,111
Sunday .75.138
Dflti net Include return*. !*’ft
ovam, »*mpie* nr paper* • polled tr
printing and Include* nr •perl*
*nl** I
B. BRF.WF.R, G-n. Mgr. j
V A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr. |
Suhtcrlhrd *r'd •worn to me
thU 4tl» day of September, 192.1
| W II QUIVEY.
tSeail Not nt y Public
4
I ing up, and melting of $355,000,0011
' silver dollars. The treasury certifl
cates were Issued to buy new silver
to replace the dollars melted, and sold
to England as bullion. Uncle 8am
sold the melted dollars on time, and
Is paying Interest on the Lieasury
certificates he made a present of tc
the banking Interests. Samual Gomp
• is says there is little "magic" in law,
Mr. (lumpers does not tell his follow
ers all he knows; curious persons won
der why he leaves It to Henry Ford.
T. S. FENIjOW.
Making Keslitution.
Humphrey. Neb.—To the Editor of
The Omaha Bee: 1 am in heurty ac
cord with the ideas you express under
the heading "Kestitution should be re
quired" In your editorial of September
19. I introduced a proposal to that
effect in the constitutional convention
In 19i?0, but did not urge It strongly for
passage for two reasons: First, It was
new and untried In this country at
least, and as there was a possibility
that it might not work out satisfactor
ily, it was thought best not to put it
into the constitution where It would
be repealed with some difficulty. Sec
ond, it was generally agreed (hat
there was nothing In our state consti
tution which would prohibit the pas
uge of such a bill by the legislature.
I can readily think of a number of
ilfferent crimes where the victim of
the crime goes without compensation
no matter what punishment the state
imposes upon the perpetrator of the
crime. A man’s house is Ret on fire,
the perpetrator Is punished by the
state, the slate puts the criminal to
work at hard labor not for the benefit
of the victim but for the benefit of the
s’ate. A criminal kills the bread
earner of a family, is punished by ’he
sta'e, works at hard labor for the
state, and yet the fnmilv that has been
victimized must shift for I self as best
it may. the sta'e having no more re
gard for It. Another man has ac
cumulated a neat llt’le sum to k-ep
him In the winter of life a burglar
'enrives him of It. The burglar, we
will say, is duly punished by being re
ined to work for the state but the
victim gets no re'urn for the ll’tle
sum saved. In«tances of this kind
cmld be multiple:! withou* number.
It has always seemed to mn tha' the
jury who sits in the critplna! ‘rta*
br.ijlj p’so he asked to render a ver
dict on th» amount of damage the vic
*J-n should he en'ltlcd to recover, and
that the cr'mln.al’s earn'm-s over and
ah ve what 1* actually on«t« the s’ate
to keep h<m should be applied to pay
ment of the damage. Logical'v the
tench of his prison term wnu'd In a
measure be determined by the time re
out ed to pav the deht.
I would Indeed he g'ed to have volt
enlarge unon this soh'ect el’her
through vour ed tnrials or elv° me
vour further views In a private com
munication
CHAR' E8 T, THIELEN.
Waste of Good Material. *
Omaha.—To tl^e Ed.tor of The
Omaha Bee At various times I have
seen pieat plies of manure along the
tracks and near the river bank beyond
Rlvervtew park. This Is wasted .n
burning or being swept away by the
river. The preservation of the soil
Is a vital matter, and I think the
trucks hauling stock to the yards
could take a return load of It to the
country. I think It would he cheaner
for the yard men to put In a loading
machine and dispose of it in that
manner than to load It into cam The
trunk men could get a small price for
it with little labor. A E. YULE.
The Opportune Time.
President Coolidge's "Have Ea th In
Massachusetts'' suggests that the !
time will soon he ripe for him to com ]
ment on Pennsylvania.—New Turk
Post.
NEIGHBORS ROBIN.
Jn the early spring when first blows
the wind from o'er the southern fields,
to waken the grasses and flowers from
theif- long winter s nap, eqme Mr. and
Mrs. Robin to make their summer
home among us.
So human do they seem that It is
quite pathetic to watch them, especi
ally on a March day long before the
weather Is settled, there comes now
and then a flurry of snow, which
dampens the spirit of most of us,
causing us to be somew hat desp indent,
for long have we anticipated the ar
rival of spring and we let a day like
this give us the blues.
But' is this true with our neighbors
and friends. Mr. and .Mrs. Robin? No,
not at all. They continue to sing their
songs to "The Coming of Spring,” and
to tell us that a fairer day is not far
orr.
If mankind would use this simple
bird philosophy character istle of the
robins, what an effect It would have
on this old world.
As the days grow longer and the
nights warmer Mr. Robin begins to
build his cot’age in some sturdy oak
or elm, in a nearby park From m m
till dusk does he labor till at last his
home is completed Now he Is ready
to dwell at peace with his neighbors
through the short summer months.
Into this little home come four
yourg rob’ns, who after they have
grown up will continue to Inspire the
wo’-'d with their philosophy.
Then the nights grow longer and
cooler and the robin fa/nilv prepares
to return to Its winter home to co-ne
hack to 11s 'he following spring to
cheer, encourage and Inspire within
'he heart of man a desire to carry on.
JOHN J KVA NS.
Oakland, la.
His Estimate.
"Rad " said the yourg hopeful who
was thinking if branching out in 'he
world, ”«vha 'da you th nk of the
chicken husioess for me?”
"Well,” said the wi e ne "I dun
no. son. It c sts a lot to f' ’<! 'em
Ar.d If you ever start using t"s cab
you'll go broke."—Richmond Times
Dispatch.
Not Al'owid.
Blinks—His wife dresses with care,
doesn't she?
J.nks—I don’t know. 1 never watch
'd her dress—Cmcinna'l Enquirer.
QI Ycjirs of Sa'e
; ii Investment
6% Di.idends
Interest Ccnmund d
Qitar.e.iy
Asreis, $12,Git ,0C0
urt a savings account »,.l
-s today. Look to the future
aid write us. Mon. y invested
•> First Mortgage 0*1 oa e*.
Occid l td B i!ai g
k Lean Asscci. ibn
Eighteenth and Harney i
Omaha. Nrh.
Abe Martin
“This would be a dandy day t
find a doctor,” said Mrs. Em Moots,
as she watched th’ rain fall in tor
rens. “Ther’ must be a couple o’
Europes,” says Squire Marsh Swal
low, who’s been readin’ th’ reports
of our returnin’ statesmen.
(Copyright, 1*23. >
The Clioo-t'hoo’s Lure.
From the St. Paul Dl» oh.
There is something about a locomo
tive which throws back to an ele
mental human Instinct to make
tilings go with one's own two hands.
And the said something is no respec
ter of persons. It seizes both the
high and the low, the mighty and the
frail.
The late President Harding could
und'istand the irresistible longing of
the famed Casey Jones to ride the 3
"two more roads—'he Southern Pacif
fl.-k and the San’a Fe. For on his
ill-fated trip to Alaska, he held the
throttle of one of those roaring, snort
ing minsters, and found tt great
sport.
N w ft is the prince of Wales. Lord
Renfrew, incognito, who. In English
walking tweed*, "mounts to the
cabin ' of a Canad'an Pacific eng ne.
and ta'-r.g it ln-o Winnipeg. And
t®rd Renfrew, like President Hard
ire likes the job.
The toy manufacturer*, we believe,
cou'd ex; lain all this. For what is
the iure if the cb-orhoo but the'"'le
bov of vesterdav havi"g Ms Wav with
i -7 And that is well. It will be a
very sorry day when the world for
«*<*♦« 1 w tn r*»y.
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Prove for Yourself
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The Constitution and the Railroads
PREAMBLE OF THE CONSTITUTION: “We. the people of the
United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice,
insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote
the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and
our posterity, do ordain and establish this constitution for the United
States of America.”
A few of the merits of the railroads in their relation to the pur
poses of the constitution are given below :
TO FORM A MORE PERFECT UNION: This bespeaks co-opera
tion. The union means union of purposes, ideals and struggles toward
those ideals. It means to employ every resource available to human
society to co-operate together for the accomplishment of those achieve
ments which mark our progress, N'o instrumentality of civilization to
day contributes more toward this end than the railroads, which make
co-operation possible.
ESTABLISH JUSTICE: Knowledge is the guiding star to intelli
gent human achievement. Justice depends upon intelligent conception
of our relation to each other and our dependence upon each other. Jus
tice would give credit to those factors which add to opportunity and
enlarge the scope of human achievement. The railroads, by affording
a channel for the free flow of commerce and also an easy mode of travel
and personal contact between individuals widely separated, should, if
justice is established, find a place of high esteem in the minds of those
who receive the benefit of their service.
PROVIDE FOR THE COMMON DEFENSE: The United States
has resources of marvelous extent, but to marshall these in time of need
for defensive purposes requires transportation. We have the most per
fect and extensive transportation system in the world. This contributed
immeasurably to our success in the last war and is an invaluable asset
to the nation.
PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE: The general welfare
means the welfare of us all taken collectively and the promotion of our
welfare is related to our power of production which leads to prosperity.
There is no limit to the general welfare except the limit of our power
of production. The railroads have been the principal instrumentality
by which man’s markets have b on expanded and his production thereby
stimulated. They have contributed immeasurably to the general
welfare.
SECURE THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY TO OURSELVES AND
POSTERITY: The blessings of liberty are secure onlv when citizens of
a great nation co-operate together toward a higher ideal of individual
usefulness and service to each other. Blocs, classes or struggles between
one faction and another are out of place in our civilization. It' a people
who are blessed as we are cannot intelligently co-operate with one an
other, where else on earth should we expect to find such a people.
America, the jus* Nation, should be our constant theme- allegiance to
our constitution, the watchword of our life.
resident