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OCEAN MUST COME TO THE FARMS.
President Coolidge gave such an unequivocal en
dorsement to the general campaign for improved
waterways in the middle west that even a totally
deaf congress might have been convinced by the
gesture. The gathering of governors at Chicago,
where the St. Lawrence project was up for further
consideration, got much comfort out of the words
of the president. The whole country is interested in
this, as well as in the improvement of the rivers.
The president’s recommendation to congress deals
specifically with
“the Improvement of the waterways from the Great
Lakes toward the Gulf of Mexico; and the develop
ment of the great power and navigation project of
the Kt. Lawrence river, for Which efforts are now
being made to secure the necessary treaty with
Canada. These projects can not all be undertaken
at once, hut all should have the immediate con
sideration of congress and ho adopted as fast as
plans can he matured and the necessary funds be
come available. This Is not incompatible with
economy, for their nature does not require so much
a public expenditure as a capital Investment, which
„ will he reproductive, as evidenced by the marked
increase In revenue from the Panama canal. Upon
these projects depend much future Industrial and
agricultural progress.”
Right here is a good place to call attention of
those who are so earnest in their support of these
great national undertakings to the fact that they
have need to be on the job. Panama canal managers
are approaching the public with a proposal for a
second isthmian canal, to take care of the traffic
which the existing ditch will not be able to handle,
if the increase is as proportionally great as that
of the Suez canal. Within 26 years the maximum
of the present canal will be reached, and within
30 years thereafter it will be urgently necessary to
have a second canal to connect the Atlantic and
Pacific in order to care for the commerce.
It is well, though, to keep in mind the point the
president has made, that the work does not entail an
expenditure, but a capital investment, from which the
nation will draw returns, both direct and indirect.
Capt. A. W. Hinds, marine superintendent of the
Panama canal, estimates that from 1930 to 1950 the
net receipts will average $35,000,000 a year, or
$700,000,000 for the term, more than enough to
construct the new cana].
Demand for water carriage of commerce is grow
ing steadily in the United States, and the program
for river improvement should not be overshadowed
by the possible need of another isthmian canal.
Needs of the great producing region must get im
mediate consideration. When a proper system has
been worked out and put into operation, the people
will not be hard to win over to the idea of extending
a sAvice that is so useful to all.
UP TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
That mass meeting at the city hall to discuss
speeders might have gone a little further. A frank,
untrimmed declaration in favor of a license law to
govern motorists would have more nearly met pop
ular approval. To leave the decision at the dis
cretion of the city council without recommendation
one way or the other will not produce the effect
desired.
Some of those who went to the mass meeting did
so in hope that an unequivocal stand would be taken
against the speeder. The pretense that action by
the city will have a deterrent effect on a state-wide
movement is absurd. On the contrary, no better ar
gument for state-wide action could be produced than
that Omaha has found it necessary to take the step
proposed.
It is high time that someone stand up publicly and
slay this absurd notion that whatever Omaha wants
will be opposed by the state at large. Omaha is the
metropolis of Nebraska; it does not assume to be the
standard for all the state, but its citizens are citizens
of Nebraska, thoroughly alive to the fact that what
is good for the state is good for the city. If Omaha
folks favor licensing of auto drivers, and a great
many of them do, such attitude will not deter other
folks in Nebraska from giving their support.
The purpose of the meeting was turned aside,
and its outcome is not what reasonably might have
been expected. We urge that the city council be
governed by the spirit rather than the letter of the
resolution, and that the city.be given such an ordi
nance as will minimize the danger that now exists
because anybody who can climb into the driver’s seat
Is permitted to operate a car.
HOW MUCH IS ENOUCH?
Money enough—is there any such thing? Does
any man succeed in amassing all the wealth he
covets? Can you recall the old story of the
ephemerae in the Paris garden, who boasted he ac
cumulated all the honey on one leaf, and would re
tire, but who winked out his little life before he had
finished talking? Then there is the parable of the
man who said, “Now I will take mine ease,” and that
night his soul was required of him.
John Borg, a Wall street broker, with $2,000,000
safely laid away, tells the world that he has enough,
and will now give the young men a chance. He start
ed life as a $4-a-week office boy, and stuck just long
enough to get a start as a speculator and then as a
broker. Now he intends to rest while others gather
in the dough.
What does $2,000,000 mean? Look at it as
wages. If Mr. Borg had been steadily employed at
the rate of $10 a week, whi^h is average pay, it
would have taken him 1,000 years to have handled
the sum he now retires on, and if he had saved but
hklf his weekly pay, ho would have been stubbing
ulong 2,000 years to reach his goal. Or, had he
deposited $1,000 in the bunk on the first Christmas
day, and mude a similar deposit each succeeding
Christmas day, he would not yet have put $2,000,000
in the bank. To be sure, interest would have helped
him out long ago, but just as a matter of straight
saving, he would still be toiling away to attain the
mark he fixes ns enough. *
Mr. Borg’s $5,000,000 mind murks him as a
modest man, when put alongside the Rockefellers,
the Fords or Ihc Stinneses, but he can console him
self with the thought that it ought to provide for
his wants and keep the wolf from the door. Also,
if he associates only with those who have an equal
amount, he will not be crowded.
A CHRISTMAS LESSON.
In the hurry and hustle of the everyday we some
times fear that the finer things of the old days have
disappeared from our midst, and we long for the
joys and pleasures of days gone by. And there are
those who will tell you that even Christmas has lost
its old-time thrill.
The thrill gone from Christmas? There was
never a more shallow falsehood told in the World
than that, and it requires only a small amount of
discernment to prove the fallacy. One need look no
further than the shop wifidows, in city or village, at
Christmas time for the proof. The decorator’s art
is revealed as beautifully at any other season and
the crowd scarcely pauses to comment upon it, but
let there be a gleam of holly or sparkle of tinsel in
the decoration and the most cynical scorner of the
spirit of today will stop to admire it.
Perhaps it is the thought of that fnost attractive
of all Christmas displays, the toy shop window, that
gives us the feeling of something lacking, for we no
longer gaze breathlessly at the tree with its gay
garlands and glittering stars which seems like fairy
land to the children who stand spellbound before it.
We long for the old-time thrill, and wonder if all
the beauty and faith of life belong only to child
hood.
We go our way with a sigh. And then from a
neighboring church the chimes break into one of
the grand old carols which have inspired the hearts
of countless thousands. We pause in our meditation
to listen. “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing,’’ the tur
moil of our souls is hushed as by the touch of a
kindly hand; “Silent Night, Holy Night,” the
cynicism slips from us and in its place is a sense
of peace, and at last when the chimes burst into the
triumphant notes of “Joy to the World,” we feel
the old-time thrill of Christmas in our heart. Not
the childhood thrill for a longed-for toy, but the
deeper thrill-that comes to those who have learned
in the school of life that the beautiful faith of their
childhood is not lost, but only the symbols which rep
resent it are changed.
LIVING LONGER IN NEBRASKA.
Although the census shows Nebraska to have
a lower death rate than other states, yet we cannot
insure longevity to those who would take up their
residence here.
A good deal depends upon the state of mind.
Doubtless if one brought habits of high pressure
here he would not live any longer than in New York
city or' Memphis. No particular virtue can be claim
ed for the altitude or the climate, but only for the
comparative simplicity of middle western life.
Those southern folk who came into the state in
the days preceding the civil war brought an influ
ence for taking life easily. Added to this was the
sturdy stock of north Europe, with Bohemians from
the south for a seasoning of good spirits and simple
pleasures.
Here is a state which knows how to enjoy itself
without verging on riot and live ?rom day to day
without mental or physical panic. Ten o’clock is
the bedtime hour—and we’re not ashamed who
knowi it. ,
If Mr. Ford is responsible for the lack of snow
in these parts at this particular season of the year,
he need not expect the moral support of our boys
and girls during the coming campaign.
The fact that Charles Gates Dawes is going to
listen in on the reparations committee’s proceed
ings promises that monotony will give three shrieka
and flee for the tall timber.
While the next wheat crop is showing up green,
Chairman Green might well make a move that will
surely make possible a small margin of profit on the
crop harvested a few months ago.
Senator Borah declares that he is not a candidate
for president on any ticket. The senator is to be
numbered among those who are able to see through
the hole in a grindstone.
The fact that Florida strawberries are selling
for $2.50 a quart in these parts seems to have been
overlooked by the men in charge of Nebraska s blue
sky department.
Senator La Follette seems to have recovered
from the'illness just in time to make a dramatic ap
pearance upon the scene. But of course it was not
premeditated.
If you can contribute to The Bee’s Free Shoe
Fund, and haven't, you need expect no sympathy
from us if your ebrns and bunions keep you awake
o’ nights.
There may be no Santa Claus for Rev. Dr. Baltz
ly, but there is for a whole lot of us, which is our
great gain to Rev. Dr. Baltzly’s loss.
Those Columbia wheelers who spend their
salaries in Omaha have nothing on a lot of us. We
do too, and then some.
While singing loudly of “Peace on Earth, to Men
Good Will,” some of our charches might well practice
what-they sing.
Mike Kovakervitch, who paid $250 to get a wife,
will discover later that it isn’t the initial cost, but
the upkeep.
The hip pocket boys on New Year’s eve would
better look out lest “Dad” Rohrer get them on the
hip.
Doubtless the throne of Greece will look too
slippery for even an oil magnate like Harry Sinclair.
George of Athens, ere we part, tell us what gave
you the start.—After Byron, a long ways.
Homespun Verse
—By Omaha’s Own Poet—
Robert Worthington Davie
JUST A MAN.
tie gets lots of pleasure front rending Ills books:
He gets lots of pleasure from watching bis boys.
And ho Is a father who Joyously looks
Itown where his children are playing with toys.
He honors Ills neighbors- ho'n glad when they call;
lie's never too busy to ask them to stay;
lie lives for the virtues that come to us all.
Hut oftentimes some of us turn them away.
lie hasn't been blessed with the laurel of Fame.
He's striving to master Ills problems, nml goes
As one who Is faithfully playing the game,
And learning far more than , the fellow who knows.
TIo's only s man—and the kind whom we meet
As often we travel the changeable way.
His eye Is sincere, and his smile Is complete.
And all that he sponsors an Angel could say
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-THE PEOPLE’S VOICE”
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are Invited to use this column freely for eapreesloa
on matters of nubile Interest.
May It Be Soon Forgotten.
Beatrice, Neb.—To the Kditor of
The Omaha Bee: The Interchurch
World movement, which started off
with a flourish of trumpets a few
years ago. has applied to the New
York courts for dissolution. It would
have been better for the churches of
America had it never been born. It
was not its much discussed report on
the United States Steel company
strike in 1919 that caused Its dissolu
tion. It died because it was a sickly
plant to start with, the seed having
been planted in poor soil by hands un
accustomed to the task.
While it is perfectly proper and
wholly desirable to apply business
methods to church management, there
being no greater business on earth
than the betterment of men and wo
men and the saving of (heir immortal
souls, it is not seemly to apply the
methods of high finance to the spread
of the gospel. Instead of solidifying
the religious fortes of America, it re
sulted in Jealousies that brought
sharper divisions. It increased a
church overhead already too great
and made possible the scandal of high
salaried secretaries and clerks.
'Mt was early discovered that the
proposal to evangelize the world by
rote and conduct religious work along
rigid lines would not work out in prac
tical life; that to replace sentiment
and sympathy with cold facts and
financial yardsticks was to hamper
Instead of forward.
The Indisputable fact 19 that prac
tieally all of the church organizations
that joined in the interchurch world
movement were swept off their feet
by the secretaries of their various
hoards and societies, who thought
they saw in it a plan to relieve them
of ail financial worries. The great
body of church supporters, however.
In a very brief time discovered that
instead of having their burdens made
lighter they were being given added
burdens to bear without any com
pensating advantages in the way of
greater results. Sharp divisions arose,
and the report of the committee inves
tigating the steel strike gave the final
blow. That report practically exon
erated the steel company, and the big
business men responsible for the or
ganization in the first place lost their
enthusiasm. W'ithout their generous
contributions the dream of raising
$1,320,000,000 for missionary, educa
tional and other purposea was rudely
broken. Bess than $200,000,000 van
raised, and Boon spent, and then came
the collapse.
When the application was made for
final dissolution the other day the or
ganization had $3,700 In Its treasury
as against claims of $37,000. Born in
the minds of men who thought that
the spread of Christianity depended
upon money Instead of upon self-sac
riflce, fostered by men who seemingly
forgot that the light of Christian civ
ilization was spread by devoted men
who went forth without script or
staff, and promoted by salaried secre
taries who saw In It permancy of po
sition, the Interchurch World move
ment was doomed from the beginning.
The sooner it is forgotten the better
for the religious world. J. C. H.
Ravenna Forever.
Ravenna. Neb.—To the Editor of
The Omaha Bee: On your editorial
page last Sunday appeared an article
written by Ida Smith Hutton,
Ravenna, Neb., describing a town
called "Gadtown.” In order that the
public will not think "Gadtown" and
the city of Ravenna one and the
same, I beg to submit the following
corrections:
"Gadtown" may have Its library
.used by politicians and scandal mong
ers. Ravenna also has its library,
lacked by the Carnegie library fund.
It stands today one of the finest
buildings in the city of Ravenna.
Here may be found the young and the
old. the large and the small, and the
rich and the poor, ail seeking the
knowledge that is stored away In the
hundreds of books on the shelves
The building else is a foundation for
the bronze tablet bearing the names
of all those who served In the world
war from Ravenna and vicinity. To
w hat better uses could we place our
library, tr»y I ask?
"Gadtown” may have Its Grand
avenue lined with automobiles, but
one should see Ravenna's Applan wax
on Saturday: the automobiles stand
side by side on both sides of the
street as far as one can see, and not
only that but the side streets are also
lined with cars. Ravenna Is exceed
ingly proud of Its rural trade and
that of the surrounding towns.
If a farmer wishes to go to town
with his family after his day's work
is dons'-and enjoy the pleasures of a
picture show, that Is his privilege: If
he wishes to frequent an Ice cream
parlor or listen to a radio concert that
too Is his privilege; if he wishes to do
his shopping after the show that Is
a privilege that the business houses
of Ravenna are more than willing to
accord him.
"Gadtown" may have Its hundreds
and hundreds and hundreds of
dollars of pavement, but the city of
Ravenna spent a trifle over a half a
million dollars on pavement last year,
and there has been no complaint reg
istered over paying the assessments
by the property owners, neither do
the courts show anyone going bank
rupt on account of trying to meet
the assessments.
It Is too had that the children of
"Gadtown" are forced to walk up
and down the streets munching pop
corn. Anyone while In Ravenna
should visit our public schools and
see why the students of Ravenna
schools need not parade up and down
the streets in search of enjoyment,
"How do you do?" Turn up your
collars, boys, the air Is a hit chilly.
Ravenna Is very democratic and a
cheerful "Hello, James," or "HeUo,
Daily Prayer j
With my aplrlt within me I aeek Thra
aarly.— la* J«: *.
Our Father In Heaven, wo call unto
Thee hern use we have called before
and Thou dldat hear ua. Come unto
ua, laird, when all la dark, ami when
trouble weighs ua down 1,1ft ua up
again. that we may pralao Thee and
amlle In our heart For the lahora of
thla day, give ua free grace; for the
hard road, fb« Iron ahoes of good
resolution; for Ihe hour that mala
ua down, rtilm na and lift us up again.
Make us gentle, Lord, with our hived
ones. May we never give way to
harsh words or tnijuat thoughts,
laird Jesus, listen to our prayer as
we confess our sins before Thy Holy
Cross. May we meet the Man of Sor
rows now while we bend before Thee,
so shall our alna fade away, and our
heai la rejoice with a now Joy. May
we he resigned to Thy will, no matter
what we must yield, (hither thla lit
tle family about Thyaelf as doth tho
bird when Ihe storm fulls. Cover ua
with Thy love, and protect ua lu Ihe
hollow of Thy hand. O laud, give ua
Ilia power to pray might, for we
pray In Thy might. At last, (initio
Shepherd of onr home folks, gather
ua all to Thyaelf in tlie dear Home
land, when tho morning breaks and
the shadows lleo away. And tilts wo
ask In Jesus' nans’ Amen.
V. it WUUI.HTI1N, I). t>„
Philadelphia, Pa.
i •
I Mary," In one of the finest greetings
heard.
Having lived in Ravenna for the
last five years, and now owning a fine
home here, and earning my daily
bread within its limits, educating my
children in its public schools and my
self attending its lodges and churches.
[ see no reason why I or anyone else
should knock the town and yldnlty
that is our means of existence. I
like Ravenna; if I didn't, I wouldn't
stay..neither would I knock my home
town and stay.
A noted sage once said, “A town
Is what we make it." If "Gadtown" Is
not what it should be and if its peo
ple are wicked and sly or if they ate
a lot of "dull driven mortals," then
who Is to blame—surely not the peo
ple of Kearney or Lincoln or Omaha.
“Gadtown" Is small, very srmll, I
have been unable to lociite It on the
map of Nebraska; perhaps It is not
in this splendid state of ours. Will
some scihool student who Is not forced
to walk the streets munching popcorn,
assist me in locating this little town?
I would very much like to visit the
town where its people hate each
other, right royally, behind their
backs. Boost your city, boost your
friend, boost the lodge that you at
tend: boost the street on wllch you
dwell, boost the goods that you do sell.
Boost the people round about you.
They can get along without you, but
success will quicker find them if they
know that you're behind them. Boost
for every forward irjovement. Boost
for every new improvement. Boost
the man for whom you labor, boost
the strange^, and your neighbor. (,’eaBe
to be a chronic knocker, Cease to be
a progress blorker. If you’d make
your city better, boost it to the final
letter.
Again may I beg of the readers that
they do not confuse "Gadtown" and
the city of Ravenna, which we spell
R-A-VE N-N A. JAS. BURTT.
Tear tier's Thoughts on Evolution.
Albion. Neb —To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee; Just a few words along
the line of evolution. Remember, I
am not trying to defend the Bible. It
needa no defense, but will remain
tlrm and aecure long ages after Its
assailants are forgotten. But I would
nay a word to those who have no time
—or think they have not—to study
and read for therraelves, against the
folly of listening to the babbling and
old wives' tales of those who would
lead them from the right way.
As one example of the work of
those who would take the Bible from
the world, let us look at the work of
Voltaire. He succeeded In taking the
Book and Prlstlanlty out of France,
and what followed was what might
have been expected—the French revo
lution, the reign of terror—and dur
ing that time of horror La Harpe,
the pupil on whom hfe depended to
carry on his teaching, was cast into
prison, w'here he had time to read
the Bible and he was converted.
The scriptures tell us that "a thou
sands years are as a day” to the
Lord, so whether the days He men
tions in the time of creation were a
thousand years long as we count
time, or only our days of 24 hours,
does not matter, for He who made
the "laws of nature" Is, of course,
above, or master of the thing He
made. Science tells us that "matter
as twitter cannot constitute nor begin
of itself to be.” Forms of life have
come Into being, served their day and
become extinct, but there Is nothing
to show that they turned to other ani
mals. Scattered over the valleys of
the Missouri and over the great salt
marshes of America the fossils of the
mammoth are to be found- They are
extlnst here. Here, too. may be found
the hones of the bison; they are nearly
gone. "Who would not smile at the
wise man of the future who might
say history was false; there were no
cows in existence when America was
discovered. that the pachyderms
turned Into bison and the bison Into
cows. In the Silurian system Ander
son tells us we are "carried back to
the beginning of life upon the globe."
Here w<- And the corals In the begin
ning piling up submarine reefs Jigtt
as they are doing today. Among the
first. If not the first forms of animal
life. Is the trlloblte. F'orms of this
are still with us, as wonderful now
as In the beginning, with hts eyes
formed of 4M spherical lenses. The
pine tree, with Its cones. Is found
among the early vegetation, and be
hold, the pine tree still bears cones,
not gooseberries nor ooooanuts. Hod
breathed into man the breath of life
He gave life to other creaturea, just
life; but into the man's nostrils He
breathed the breath of life, a part
of Himself, and man became—what?
A living creature? No! A living soul
It Is this soul that lifts him above
and gives him dominion over the other
thingw of earth.
Most of us will sgreo with Plcero:
"A wonder then It must be. that there
Should be any man found so stupid
and forsaken of reason as to persuade
himself that this most beautiful and
adorned world was or could be pro
duced bv the fortuitous concourse of
atoms. He that can prevail with him
self to believe this 1 do not see whv
he may not as well admit that If
there were made Innumerable figures
of the one and twenty letters. In gold,
suppose, or nny other metal, and
these well shaken and mixed togeth
er and thrown down from some high
place to the ground they, when they
alighted upon the earth, would l>e so
disposed and ranked that a man might
see and read In them Ennln'a An
nala." ("Wisdom of frentlon," Ray's
translation.)
We have the caveman today. Did
not The Omuha Bee recently tell us
of one who went forth with a shot
gun, the modern club, to win his
mate ’ \\e have the stone, wooden
and Iron ages In different parts of the
world. The highest civilization and
most heasttal barbarism. The godly
and ungodly. Human nature today
Is as it was In the beginning.
ELLEN S. WATSON.
A Social Affair.
"Young man," snltl <he bo**, “you
told ms yesterday afternoon you had
an engament with your dentist.”
"Yes. sir, I dlil."
“Well, 1 saw you at ths football
match."
"Yes, sir The tall man sitting next
to m* was my dentist."—Huston
Trnnserlpf.
NET AVERAGE
CIRCULATION
for November, 1923, of
THE OMAHA BEE
Daily.73,950
Sunday.79,265
Dom not include returns, left
% overs, samples or papers spoiled in
ni inline and includes no spscial
sales or free circulation of any Wind.
B. BREWER, Gen. Mgr.
V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr.
Subscribed and sworn to hoforo no
this 6th Jay of Decembsr, 1023.
W. H. QUIVEY.
(Seal) Notary Public.
LISTENING IN
On the Nebraska Pies*
"The cohesiveness of the loaves sn<1
fishes Is mighty and will prevail,"
sagely observes Editor Cass Barners
of the Madison Star-Mail, having
taken due note of the senatorial dead
lock.
• • •
Fred Howard of the Clay Center
Sun is all puffed up because Clay
Center's newer bonds sold at a
premium.
• • •
Frank Kiminel of the McCook
Trlhune sagely remark* that "Calvin
Coolidge may not inspire your on
, thusiasm, but he will convince your
confidence."
• • •
"President Coolidge's message to
congress," says the Wayne Democrat,
“Is a mighty good message for all
those who like that kind of a mes
sage."
• • •
Editor Templin of the Shelton Clip
per has been making some social sur
veys and rids himself of the opinion
that "the reason some parents spank
so much is because other methods of
rearing children require some mental
effort."
t • t
"What is needed Just now is a re
vival of law observance," declares
the Tekamah Herald. "There is too
much inclination to do as we please
and waste a lot of time In pointing
out the faults of others.”
• • •
“More emphasis on spiritual values
is a duty we all owe future civiliza
tion." moralizes E. W. Huse in the
Wayne Herald.
• • •
Editor Brown of the Kearney Huh
explains the paucity of republican
and democratic candidates for sena
tor. He asserts that none of them is
anxious to compete against Norris.
• • •
"O, buy; the world ain't going to
the devil," gleefully shouts Don Van
Duscn of the Blair Pilot. “It is
going on to glory and greater glory,
and it's up to us to move up with It
towards the perfection that God has
established for It."
• • I
"Harry Sinclair seems to be a pret
ty good raiser of livestock," observes
the York News-Times.
Evidently Gup Buechler knows. Not
ing that an eastern clergyman says
there is no room in this country tor
immoral plays. Gus uses his\ Grand
island Independent to declare that
the clergyman is right. "There isn’t
even standing room," says Gus.
• • •
“A lot of fellows who laugh when
a dog chases its tail will buy hair
restorer." chortles the Aurora Re
publican.
• • •
"The newspaper misquoted my ad
dress" is what John Sweet of the
Nebraska City Press lists as "Favor
ite Fiction.”
• • •
"Iceland wants prohibition, but she
wants the kind that Uncle Sam is
enjoying." sarcastically remarks
Adam Breed# in his Hasting Tribune.
• • •
According to the Aurora Register,
a young man of that city describes
his application for a marriage license
as "filing his first papers under the
new marriage law."
• • •
Gelie Bemis of the York New Teller
says that to tie called a professional
reformer these days Is light punish
ment. "They used to burn 'em at
the stake,” Gene points out.
• • •
It appears that whenever the citi
zens of Scottsbluff want to get real
action fhey walk into the Star-Herald
office and tag Editor Harry Wiener
and say, "You're it." Harry is presi
dent of the school board, headed the
dairying commission that gave the
Industry its real start in that section,
and now he is chairman of the com
mittee that will gather information
for the commission soon to come from
Washington to investigate irrigation
matters.
PERMISSIBLE FIB FOILS
TRAGEDY.
I was cryln’ Chrlsmus niomln'.
Slummin’ Star-Eyed Lady ran
Gainst me. in our alley, savin :
"What's the matter, Little Man?"
I sobbed out: "I hung my stockin'
Hoping Santa Claus would come.
But there's naught in K this mornin'—
'Cept a bole—no sugar plum."
"Oh. my dear,' she answered, smilin'.
"Try —again tonight. I've found
Santa saw so imny chimneys
He Just didn't quite get round."
'TIs "tonight.'* Half aleepin', dream
in’— **
8ome noise stirs me—up I comes!
Sakes alive. I feel my stockin'
Burstin' full o' sugar plums!
'Nen I peeks through mocnllt win
der—
Santa's sleigh Is gone! But—Land—
Neath our fire scape—am I dreamin',
Or does Star-Eyed Lady stand?
—Alta Wrenwlck Brown.
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—Editorials from Other
Newspapers—
The Farmers and The Omaha Bee.
V rom the Colorado Union Farmer.
We take off otir hats to The Omaha
Bee. They gnve the farmers a square
ileal at Omaha. It is our belief that
they covered the convention more
thoroughly nnd satisfactorily than has
any other paper In the United States
in the past 10 years. We hope the
farmers of Nebraska appreciate this
sort of courtesy. If the farmers of
that state are not loyal to such a
daily, then there is something the
matter with the farmpr*. Bernard
A. Kenner, reporter, and Kleanor Hin
man, feature writer, covered every
phase of convention activities In h
way that brought favorable comment
from practically every state delega
tion.
“Pittsburgh Plus" Uneconomic.
From th« f'hiintfo New*.
At what is said to be the final
hearing on the “Pittsburgh plus” sys
tem by the federal trade commission,
leading American economists are tea
tifylng as disinterested witnesses.
They are being asked whether the
practice of pricing rolled steel on .a
Pittsburgh basis and adding the cost
of the freight from Pittsburgh to any
destination, whether or not freight is
paid, is in accordance with any eco
nomic law or principle known to
them. Their answers are in the ne
gative—a most emphatic negative.
Pittsburgh is an important steel
market', but by no means the only
real steel market. Every market has
or should have its own natural terrl- i
tory. and prices within that territory
should be determined by the free play
of the factors of supply and demand.
The Chicago steel market ha* stead
ily grown in importance and would
have grown faster had not "Pitts
burgh plus” hampered it, as It ha*
hampered other steel producing cen
ters. The defenders of that strange
practice have wholly failed to Justify
it in the eyes of business men, and It
now appearB that they have no
theoretical or quasi sclentiflc backing
for their claim that some subtle eco
nomic law caused the imposition of i
the Pittsburgh base. Economic law
needs no combines and artificial ar
rangements to prop It up. -
It is said that other industries be
sides steel have submitted for decades
uncomplainingly to the same practice
ag "Pittsburgh plus.” If this be true
the necessity for freeing industry
from unfair, uneconomic and oppres
sive methods is all the more impera
1 vp localities and industries
should have a chance to develop natur
ally. Neither legislative nor other
gratuitous interference with the nor
mal course of production and com
merce should be tolerated by a nation
that believes In private enterprise
reasonable competition and the suit
able reward of skill and ability.
A Reform in Tennis.
From tho Now York Herald.
In the current Issue of American
Lawn Tennis. William T. Tiiden II.
the world's leading tennis player, j
suggests that the nation holding the*
Lavis cup should play through the
annual cup contests instead of play
ing only In the final round. The in
ternational committee of the United
■States Lawn Tennis association, it
is understood, has been giving con
siderable thought to such a change.
Before 1912 In this country, and
prior to 1922 in England, it was not
the custom for the champion to par
ticipate in the early rounds of the
championship tournament.
The system was finally abolished
as not wholly democratic and sports
manlike. and now in both the United
States and England the champion
takes his chances with the ethers and
plays through.
The old system, is still retained,
however. In the international compe
titions for the Davis cup. Other na
Uons battle for the privilege of play
ing the cup-holding nation, which
stands aloof until the challenge
round. This practice puts the ten
ni- teams of the challenging nations
at a much more serious disadvantage
than It did the players In purely na
tional championship*. ,
Not only do the players of the cup
I Abe Martin
Th' tariff has been di cussed lor
40 years an’ "th’ people" hain’t
onto it yit. “Well, sir, 30 years
ago t’day, oranges sold fer 5 cents
in th’ grocery* an' 10 cents on th’
Cleveland division o’ th’ N'ew York
Central lines," said Tell Binkley
this mornin’.
holding nation have the advantage
of defending the cup on their home
courts, with a friendly gallery, ac
customed climate and accustomed
rood, while the players of the chal
lenging nation have to adjust them
selves to changed conditions, but the
pisyers of the surviving chalTeng.ng
nation are further handicapped by
having to play their matches In sev
eral different countries before they
get the opportunity to play the cup
holders.
No doubt the plan to have the cup
holding nation play through each
year faces certain practical obstacle^
and Intricacies As a mere sporting^™’*;
proposition, however, it deserves to
be seriously j considered. The Davis
cup is now contended for by nearly
a score of nations. The adoption of
the playing through system would
help to . keep interest ellve. The
United States, as the present cup
holding nation, can propose that sys
tem with more grace than any other
country.
Senatorial Wood-Sawing.
Senator-elect Magnus Johnson says
he wants a Washington residence
where he can saw wood, but this does
not necessarily mean he has conclud
ed he ran saw no wood In the senate.
—Boston Transcript.
Worth Hearing.
"You are beautiful," he murmured.
" 1 suppose you have heard that -be
fore."
"Oh. yes." said the girl, ‘‘but It
still sounds new."—Louisville Courier
Journal.
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