The Morning Bee mornin g—e v e n I n g—s u n d a y THE BEE PUBLISHING CO., Publisher N. B. UPDIKE, President BALLARD DUNN, JOY M. HACKLER, Editor ia Chief Business Mgr. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press, of which The Bee is a member. Is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of our special dispatches are also reserved. The Omaha Bee is a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the recognised authority on circulations audits, and The Omaha Bee's circulation is regularly audited by their organisations. BEE TELEPHONES Privhte Branch Exchange. Ask for ATI— a* 1 Ann the Department or Person Wanted. IfiUltlC JLUUU OFFICES Main Office—17 th and Earnam Council Bluffs—15 Scott St. So. Side. N. W. Cor. 24th and N. New York—World Bldg. Detroit—Ford Bldg. Chicago—Tribune Bldg. Kansas City—Bryant Bldg. St. Louis—Syndi. TruBt Bldg. Los Angeles—-Higgins Bldg. San Francisco—Hollrook Bldg. Atlanta—Atlanta Trust Bldg. TAX ISSUE DEFINITELY JOINED. The tax reduction issue in congress is definitely drawn by the introduction of the minority substitute for the Mellon plan. As expected the substitute provides for larger cuts on amaller incomes and smaller cuts on larger Incomes. Naturally the democrats would not con sent themselves merely with being against the Mellon plan. They are in a stronger position fighting for *>. plan of their own. In truth it is not a' new plan. Rather it is a shuffling of the rates on incomes, but it has the vir tue of making the lines between the two ideas of tax reduction clean cut. The crux of the difference is in the rates on the larger incomes. The Mellon plan provides for maxi mum surtaxes of 25 per cent on incomes above $200,000, the substitute plan would put these sur taxes at 40 per cent. Under the present law they go as high as 50 per cent. Any scientific income tax must properly put the heavier burden on the larger incomes. But there is a point beyond which the gates will defeat the purpose for which they were desired—the collection of revenue. It is a self-evi dent fact that the preserfl war-time rates have so operated as to bring a constantly dwindling return from these larger incomes. Capital has been forced by these surtaxes from productivity into tax-exempt securities. Secretary Mellon argues that his maximum will bring back this hidden capital and put it into the channel of industry—that new enterprises will be Btarted and old enterprises expanded, that the tax burden which is now passed down through increased cost of living will be materially lessened and that the great mass of the people will be the beneficiaries. The substitute bill is based upon the opposite contention, the democratic argument urging the re tention of higher surtaxes. It may be that both Secretary Mellon and the democrats have set more extreme figures than they expect finally to prevail. The final bill will prob ably set a maximum rate on higher incomes at some- j where between 30 and 35 per cent. In the end the chief credit will be due Secretary Mellon and the budget officers for having ac complished the saving in expenditures that makes tax reduction possible. NEW WONDERS FOR THE NEW YEAR. Two stories in the news columns make the old timers rub their eyes. One tells of how the radio messages from Pittsburgh reached workers in the tunnel far below the surface of the Hudson river; the other gives a circumstantial account of how at last the phonograph and the camera have been wedded, and pictures on the screen made to speak with the voice of the actor. This will carry us back almost half a century to the time when Cyrus I). Bell announced that he was able to transmit the human voice by electric current. His proposition wa3 so novel that men of science smiled and turned away. Even aft^r he had proved that it could be done practical men doubted its service and declined to provide capital for its ap plication. Theodore N. Vail, once a railroad mail clerk in Omaha, was visionary enough as they called his conduct to invest all his savings and then, his future prospects in the new device. Billions of in vestment now stand as the symbol of Bell’s dream, realized by Vail. So it may be with one or the other of the present discoveries. Communication with men entombed in mines or otherwise by disaster is one of the first of the new services which may come through the radio and its uses seem to be on the threshhold of utility. The speaking picture may revolutionize the film industry. One thing is certain, its success will call for real actors, not those who can make faces. Too many are like the peacock, akje to present a beautiful appearance, but unable to produce a beautiful sound. ' ' Imagination may follow these discoveries and in ventions through a wide realm of possibilities, all fraught with good for the race. Man is steadily overcoming limitations set upon him by nature, work ing wonders with mighty forces the nature of which still Is hidden, but all of which is bringing him nearer hie great destiny. , PACKED IN COTTON WOOL. A* might have been expected, the latest Holly wood sensation and scandal brings to the front -a proposition for some more prohibitions. Every time something untoward happens to startle the public, there arises some one to demand a law against some thing or other. In this particular case it is proposed that a law be enacted prohibiting the principals in this Hollywood sensation from further appearance on the silver screen. The ides of this is to save the young girls. Of course It never strikes these reformers by legal enactment that parents have some responsi bility. It never occurs to them thst there should be such a thing as parental control, or that mere law enactment will not solve any problem of particular moment. The first thought is to prohibit something. That serves a number of purposes, the chief one be ing that it enables everybody to shirk individual re sponsibility and give over to George the task of do ing it. It is this penchant for legally prohibiting everything and* anything that happens to meet with the opposition of a few that has cluttered up our statute books, made of the United States the most law ridden country in the world, and created a grow ing contempt for all law—a species of contempt that must be first curbed and then cured, or the country is drawn nearer to the rocks. The only purpose that will he served by a law or an oidinunce prohibiting these Hollywood re velers from again appearing on the silver screen will be that of allowing a lot of people to shirk their in dividual responsibility. Girls whoso morals are likely to suffer from seeing the screen antics of the principals in the latest Hollywood scandal ars not too old for parental control, and if their parents are unable to control them it is a severe indictment of the parents. The remedy certainly does not lie in prohibiting the girls from seeing the pictures. It might lie in compelling parents to do their duty. If we are to go any further in this matter of prohibition, why not go, all the way at once? Why cut off the dog’s tail an inch at a time? Why not enact a law prohibiting everything in general, and then put everybody on the public payroll as law enforcement officers? In short, why not do away with individual and parental responsibility and let the government attend to everything? If the czar of Russia, in the h«^ydey of his ab solute monarchy, had attempted by ukase to inflict upon the people one-half the legal restrictions that have been foisted upon the American people during the last two decades, he would have .been deposed and banished without recourse, and the world would have applauded the Russian people for tlfeir action. But we are a most complacent people. Boast ing of hard won liberty of thought and action and religion,-we have come to be of all people the most restricted, the most law governed. Seemingly it is high time for the American people to pause and take stock. __\ FIREMEN SAVED THE BEE PLANT. Many times in the past The Omaha Bee has praised the city’s fire fighters because of the in trepidity and efficiency, but not in many years have we had occasion to thank them on our own behalf. For the thirds time in its history this paper has undergone the actual test of flames. This time the disaster might have been infinitely worse had it not beeen for the cool and skillful management of the firemen. While the annex in which most of the mechanical equipment of the establishment is housed is of the best approved fireproof construction, a cer tain amount of inflammable material had to be used in the shape of window and door casings, and other interior finish. Paper s|ock, photographic material, and other stores contributed to the feast the flames had before them, and splendid progress in the way of destruction was being made when the firemen de scended. That the loss was minimized is due entirely to the efforts of Battalion Chief John Coyle and the men under him. They kept the blaze confined to the quarter where it started, and by their care pre vented the serious damage of much that would have added materially to the total loss. Typesetting and other costly machinery naturally suffered, but it is being restored to use rapidly, and soon the plant will be running up to the minute as usual. But the obligation to the firemen is none the less real, for it is due to them that a much sadder tale is not here being told. _#_ ' ' ONE WAY OUT OF THE MUDDLE. Nebraska’s reaction to the Bok peace plan, so far as it is registered, is generally favorable. Inter views with leading men and women of the state show them to regard the proposals as distinctly in the direction of the goal sought. Marking of ballots will diclose still further the mind of the people on the question. At Washington, as might have been looked for, sentiment is mixed. Democrats hail the plan as a “forward step in educating the people,” while re publicans are reported to disapprove the plan as propaganda in favor of the league of-nations. What will impress most people 'is that the sug gestion appears to be practical and workable. Espe cially is it notable for its exclusion of Article X and XVI of the covenant of the league of nations, both of which rested on the use of force for the carrying ing out of their purposes. Unless the American people can devise some method for the ending of war, where will we look today for the foundation of peace? Until the whole world can be brought into line with the ideas that prevail here, what will avail? The Bok plan, by whomsoever it was written, of fers a way out of a labyrinth of trouble, and as such should have the serious consideration of all citizens. PETITIONS AND PETITIONS. When Gen. Jacob S. Coxey marched his petition in boots to Washington, 30 years ago, he was told to keep off the grass. A more impressive petition has just been re ceived at the capital. It is said to be the greatest public petition ever received at Washington. Two miles in length, it contains the names of 345,516 farmers from many states, and asks simply reduc tion in taxes and greater economy in government. Congress will do well to heed this petition, for it expresses the desire of millions of Americans. Reduction in taxes is possible, and economy in gov ernment should be. That is what the people want. Those striking students at Virginia Military In stitute have the same erroneous idea cherished by altogether too many students—that they are con ferring a favor on the taxpayers by accepting an education. Some congressmen and all bootleggers are not interested in Mellon’s plan of tax reduction, not pay ing any income tax. Mr. Hays refuses to talk about the Hollywood situation. Perhaps he figures that there has already been too much. If advice were 3 per cent money the farmers could finance themselves In very short order. -- w One of the needed things in industry is forget ting to listen for the quitting time whistle. Already an alarming mortality is visible among new year resolutions. Homespun Verse —By Omaha’s Own Poet— Robert Worthington Davie WHEN WARS SHALL CEASE. In ages past wise men have tried to calm the wrath of war; In days gone by wise men have asked what nations battle for— Inherent greed or human need or basic truths or right. Or for the glorious -aftermnth when might Is proven Might. As friend forsakes a friend the nations fling their hatred out, And banners wave, the strong grow bravs, the weak and weary shout, And kindly words and friendly deeds of each to each ure Inst, And Hades rings In thoughts and thing* until the goal la crossed. When man forbears his arrowed quips, and when re venge Is dead; When oaths grow lifeless on the Ups and srr.llrs come In their stead; When man I* faithful unto man. then shall the world abide By that which sage lias vainly sought ami sect bus prophesied I “From State and Nation” —Editorials from Other Newspapers— Equality Won't Stay Put. From ths Waynt (Nob.) llerold. It wealth were equally divided, the equality would not last long. Some who had Inherited silver spoons would have to scratch gravel for existence. Some who had Inherited nothing would, through alert, resourceful and persevering energy, accumulate abune dant riches. Two men starting In business with equal capitHl may be far apart In ma terial possessions within a few years. One works early and late and leaves no reasonable thing undone to servo the public and to win confidence and patronage. lie builds a fortification of credit and adds Ho his earthly store. He gains ground steadily and his growth Is permanent. The one who began with an equal nestegg, has made work second to play. The lure of society appeals stronger than the voice of business. He leans sclf-pityingly on the assump tion that he must have a "little pleas ure out of life," and so hs loafs and plays while his business suffers ruin ous neglect. Two farmers are living on opposite sides of the road. One starts with no money, but Is blessed with invincible courage and determination. He Is up and at his task early. No part of his job Is too small to receive due share of attention. His faithful wife marches by his side In turning dairy and poultry products to advantage. Credit comes apace, lie owns his farm, and his assets steadily mount. In trying to get started the man across the road spends a small for tune which he Inherited. He shies from work. He gives no earnest thought or painstaking effort to de tails. He regards milk, butter, chick ens ami eggs as trifles with which no one of his capital and comprehensive intention should fool away time. He lets his machinery rust In the open, his hay spoil in the field, and his corn rot and waste through lack of care. His horses, cattle and hogs become mad and sick' and thin over the way he neglects their rations. He loses his little fortune, wrecks his credit and struggles along precariously from hand to mouth. It Is not so much lack of capital or lack of opportunity, but lack of ambi tion and too great love of leisure that causes some to fall while others rise. Foreign Minded "Peers." Gins Speranza in the World's Work. No less a careful and judicial body than the committee on legal education of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, under the chair manship of the dean of Columbia law school, has gone on record with this finding: “Many of these men (foreign born lawyers) come to the bar with little knowledge of American Institu tions and little or no appreciation of those Ideals and traditions which have in the past dominated the spirit of our Anglo-American legal system. . . . .The result is that the bar Is carrying an almost unsupportable burden of a large membership unfitted by educa tion or experience to bear Its respon .sihiUUg and without the Inclination which comes naturally from familiar ity with our institutions, to maintain its traditions. . . ." But what shall we say of that other burden of alienage upon our legal sys tem—the burden of mental and moral alienage upon the system of trial by jury? Let us bear in mind that the ultimate enforcement of the law rests upon the jury box; that under the constitution of every state in the union, no member of the state can be deprived of any of the rights or privi leges secured to citizens "unless by the law of the land, or the Judgment of his peers.” It is a serious problem enough when the "law of the land" Is becoming subject more *hnd more to interpretations" by lawyers and judges culturally alien to our Juridic life and traditions: but a subtler dan cer is developing through the cultural alienage of vast masses of foreign liorn or foreign minded "peers" who ioday sit In judgment in the Jury boxes of American courts. It takes only 60 months' residence In this coun try (and that residence may bo In the non American environment of a for eign “colony" in our midst), and the most simple of tesla In the veneer of ' Americanization" to make an Anatnl Ian shepherd or a Russian mujik *n titled to sit In Judgment as a "peer" In an American court. It Is enough to stnte it to show not merely the ab surdity but the grave danger of such a free and easy system. And those well-intentioned, but thoughtless Americans who are so anxious to "naturalize" the newcomers aa quick ly and in as great numbers as possi ble, ought to bear In mind that such crude and surface “citizenship" has its repercussions not only on our po-, llttcal institutions but on that great legal sytem which, through the cen turies, the Anglo-Saxons have care fully built up as bulwarks of self gov ernment of and by the people. A Year Full of Promlaa. From t ho York Republican. Wa are now tn 1924. It stretches ahead a promising and happy year. We refuse to believe that the future holds dark and foreboding things for those who have faith and trust. Yes, we know that there are those who predict the collapse of civilisation but they are falso prophets. There are those who eannot see prosperity nnd well being ahead, but they are pessi mists without rause. The dark things of the day, the wars abroad and the racial and national differences which keep the people of the earth In tur moil—these do not presage defeat. Be fore the calm Is always the fury of tho storm. Men with soelng eyes and confident hearts can view the spread of spiritual things and the growth of founded faith nnd courage. The sun of pence nnd prosperity Is always shining. The clouds which ohscuta It from the eyes of nil the world may seem dark nnd heavy now but they are not blotting out the sun at all. Happy nnd rich Is the Individual who refuses to he ruled by the clouds and the shallows. The Parachute- In Aviation. From tho Pittsburgh 8un, It lias been predicted that In from 10 to 20 years the dirigible will suc ceed tho big ocean liner In trans At lantia commerce. Nor will Its useful ness be confined to oversens trips. A' cording to these prophets, there will tie small cheap nlrplnnes na commonly used on land ns cheap automobiles <«r today. Then thorn will he fleets of large dirigibles crossing tho ocean tn two days nnd voyaging around the world. In nddltlon there will be thou sands of heavier than nlr feeder* of airplane tenders to tinlond nnd load the dirigibles. A nsire sober view would place the time needed for such an Industrial revolution at half a cen tury at lenst. Whatever aircraft may accomplish In commerce, a greater degree of safety must be assured to attract passenger travel. Gradually, however, this Is helm! uttalnod. What the life preserver Is to the oronn pas senger. the parachute will be to the aerial passenger. A few days ago a French girl leaped from a plane trav eling 1*0 kilometers an hour, opened ■i small parachute and descended gent ly to (be ground, where her friends were awaiting to take her to the bos pltnl. The girl, who bad been a war nurse and wars tho Croix do Guerre, demonstrated bv her daring venture that aerial travel can be made safe Probably tbs history of alt mode* or travallng has hut Us imuUri. Ocean voyages began In too remote a past to have left any record, but the sail or's occupation then must have been a hazardous one compared with the safety of modern acean travel. The first test of the locomotive claimed one victim and aerial travel has al ready had more thun Its share of dis asters. For all that, It Is a safe pre diction that some day It will be as safe as any mode of travel that it has succeeded. Troubles of a Colyumlst. Ol® Buck In Harvard Courltr. Writing smart alec stuff for a news paper Is ticklish business. It has to be more or less spicy or no one cares for it. And the writer must be care ful to whom he applies the spice or he may be wearing his left eye in a sling most of the time. I’ve been professing to write that 6ort of junk for a good many years, and during that time I have worked out certain rules. One of them is to never roast anyone but my best friends. Another Is to never roast anyone that won't get as much fun out of It aS I do. An other is, In personal allusion, to al ways exaggerate them so much that no one will take them seriously. An other Is to keep away from personal habits, peculiarities, etc. If I know a man Is a regular pa tron of bootleggers or Is bowlegged or crosseyed I never mention such things In connection with him. An other is that I rarely or never roast a woman. I roast the women but not Individuals. Another is to never roast anyone I don't like for fear I may let some malice creep In. If I really want to say something mean about a man I put It in another part of the paper and make it so plain he knows I mean It. And there are other things I look out for. How well I have suc ceeded is proven by the fact that only twice in all my experience has any one taken serious exceptions to any thing'I have written that was not meant seriously. No doubt others have been tempor arily out of sorts out they have evi dently thought that the old grouch is only trying to be smart and -he is such a liar that no one be'ieves what he says anyhow. But, at best, It is ticklish business to roast people in print. Things look different and sound different in cold Y>rint than they do when spoken. Sometimes I think I'll change over and write nothing hut sermons but if I would try that I ex pect I would get into more serious trouble than I do now. This is sure ly a troublesome'old world. Forest Turned Into Stamps. From Popular Mechanics. In a single year more than 50 acres of spruce trees, the only kind that produce the quality of pulp desired, are felled to supply the nation with postage stamps. According to the last count, 41,175 of these forest giants, covering 65 acres, were cut down for the year's postal script, which totaled 1,485,000 pounds, an amount sufficient for an Issue of 4,150,000 seven-column, 20 page newspapers, or, if turned Into lumber, building material could have been provided for 65 bungalows. If all the stamps used annually were placed In a single strip, they would make a ribbon of color 200,000 miles long and would wrap around the globe eight times. Arranged end to end, the usual sheets of 100 would form a brilliant sash 20.000 ir.41es long, or. stacked one above the other, would build a shaft eight miles high. A single day's Issue, valued at approximately tl ,000,000, is 50,000,000 and require 3,000 pounds of paper, 2.200 pounds of Ink, and S 200 pounds of gum. There are 47 dif ferent varieties In 15 different shades. Getting at the Truth, Rrora the Neligh Leader. The truth about the etate road funds seems about to come out at last, though both the Bryan adminis tration and Its predecessor are likely to have something to explain. Bryan has Insisted there was a deficit of from $250,000 to $500,000 In the state aid road fund, or rather that the preced ing administration had not stolen or squandered the amount but had let , ntracts for that much more work than .here was cash to p«y for. As a re sult contractors who had completed work were unable to get their money. One thing Is admitted on both sides, nnd that Is the federal government will not put up the cash for Its share of the work until it is inspected and approved by federal engineers and the state has certified It has paid Its share of the expense. . The custom has been for the state to pay contractors In full and reim burse the state fund when the fed eral government paid Its portion. Oblvously this wauld create a deficit until the federal government paid up. The governor, however, has Insisted there would be a defllclt even though the federal government paid up. and there has been a divergence between the government's ilgurest and those of the governor as to the amount due the stute. An Inquiry at the treas ury In Washington develops there Is $2S4,000 cash on hand In the federal treasury that belongs to the state and can he had as soon ns the state for wards the vouchers from the state oad department and government engi neers have approved that amount of work. The governor now ndmtts there 1s that much earned and due. hut Insists the vouchers have been sent ill but action Is being held tip In the federal road department, which officials in the department deny. People who know federal department customs are In ellnsd to believe there Is something to this statement of the governor, for It takes time to unwind department red tape, but on the other hand all who knojr Governor Bryan's pen chant for telling a half truth to make hla own political point are Inclined to think ho is concealing something and the d«sr public would like to have the light turned on the whole transaction. Meant It. "I "aven’t seen yer 'uabanri about lately. Mrs. 'Iggina. I 'ppe 'cs quite well?" "Didn't you 'ear—> fell off a train an' got conclusion of the brain?" "You mean 'concuMton, Mr*. '1g gin*." • "I mean 'conclusion.' Mr*, 'iggln*— 'e died "—Melbourne Punch. I NET AVERAGE PAID CIRCULATION for beccmbrr, 1923, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily .75,107 Sunday .80,795 | Does not include returns, left- , overs, samples or papers •poilsd in I printing and Includes no special salas or Ires circulation of any bind. , | V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mfr. Subscribed and sworn fa befora me this 7th day of January, 1924. W H QUIVF.Y, (Seal) Notary Public ■ ■■ ** *■ * ■ —. Ill II II ■ * — ' » ■ ^ ■ i -^.-.1 ■ im* 1| I ■ J “The People’s Voice” Editorials f-om reader* of Ttaa Morn ing Bee. Readers of The Morning Bee are Invited to use thla column freely for expression cn matters of public interest. Retards to Control Streams. Omaha—To the Editor of The Oma ha Bee: It is often asked, "What is a retard?” About 40 years ago I read Jn my school geography a de scription of the Missouri river where it was pictured as a muddy, treacher ous stream. It told how its turgid current contrasted with the clear sparkling waters of the Mississippi, w-here they joined and also how a snag might, over night, deflect the current thus making navigation very hazardous. So the original retard in the Missouri was a snag stuck in the mud or some other anchored ob struction. Go up or down the Mis souri and you will often see a snag, an uid tree perhaps, sticking up high and dry and below it a bar. Such Is a retard by accident, but the tor be low it Is a natural accompaniment and always means more or less of a deflection of the current. There have been retards in the Mis souri since the beginning of time. It is astonishing how some of them stick while man’s efforts to get an anchorage have so often failed Man finally learns some of the lessons nature so plainly putB before his very eyes. So the retard in an engineer ing sense for the control of the cur rent of the river is a pattern from the snag stuck in the mud; but placed in a definite place for a given pur pose, another example of mans con quest over natural obstacles. A retard consists of some sort of an anchorage to which is fastened something, usually a bunch of trees or brush, that will slow down (retard) the current. This deflects the current and a bar is formed Just below the retard. One widely advertised retard has a concrete pile weighing several tons sunk to bedrock, hereabouts some 80 or 90 feet, to this anchorage Is attached strong cables and to the cables several bundles of large trees. Holla of woven wire could be substi tuted for the tree*. Such retards properly placed are permanent and will control the current of the river and can he installed at comparatively small expense. If you want to sea the principle of the retard in operation take a walk or drive out along the roads or fields as soon as it warms up a little and notice the snowdrifts on the lee side of some meadow or plow ed field w here the weeds along the fence row or the uncut grass along the meadow caught and held’ the snow. The weeds or grass or corn stalks or brush retarded the wind and it dropped the snow forming a drift. Then notice how dif ferent the snow acts here than it does where the wind strikes a solid tody like a building or a haystack, there it swirls and eddys and re bounds and cuts up all sorts of capers. Ko does a solid dam in the river. A retard in the river does not stop the water- but only slows it down and the sand and mud in the water is dropped in a tor Just as the control of the current of the river is a simple and comparatively inexpensive matter. S. J. WOODRUFF. Critic of Bok Plan. Hartington, Neb_To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: In your leading editorial of this nv rnlng you stand for the* policy of the . world court. You say: "As the most powerful of all nations of the world, prosperous, wealthy growing, it would tie ridicu las should this country decline to take on any part of the burden of the rest of humanity." 8u many times I have heard that subtle, misleading statement made to play upon the generous sympathies of our people. As though to oppose the league of nation, or the world court were to withhold any part in the burden of the world. The American people are willing, ready, and anxious to support any policy that stands foy world peace, or the settlement of international prob lems by justice and reason. But we are not ready to support a policy that will encourage European na tions In the policy of government by force. We were lured Into war once by the slogan. "Make the world poaaible for democracy." We will examine a lit tle closer before we are misled by Old and New I like to see a new year com* Though I have loved the old; I like to waken to new days And the blessings they unfold; I like to watch new sunsets Cast a glow o’er the aged hills. As each new day of the bright new year Some hope of the old fulfills. I like to see new friends annexed To the old ones tried and true; Like blossoms on an orange trea Where the ripened fruit is too; For those newly-blossomed friend ships Will, as the years proceed. Be ripened into good old friends That in future years I'll need. ! like to bring new strength to bear On the tasks that, the old year brought: To bring new courage and efTort and seal To the battles that must be fought; For the new year brings new view points From which we may behold In a broader scope that shall give us hope For the problems of the old. BAYOLL NE TRELE. the slogan, "Make the world possible for peace." In my judgment, the foreign solicitation for our part in the world court, arises out of a hope that we may be drawn into a European war of conquest. To have an interest, or a part in the burden of world humanity, does not mean that we should be hung for their crimes, or our men slaugh tered in their unholv wars. DR. W. M. WARD. Center Shots 1 On one steamship, the Andania, *,000 singing canaries came Into the port of New York. American breeders of "Harts mountains imported'’ birds have thus a concrete argument in favor of tariff protection—Brook lyn Eagle. A Pennsylvania man cracked a nut with the butt of a loaded revolver, but he won t eat It until after the operation. And even then It will look like cannibalism.—Cleveland Plain Healer. Counterfeit *10 bills bearing the portrait of Andrew Jackson are being circulated in Chicago. Woldn't that make Old Hickory mad!—Providence Journal. Prohibition Commissioner Haynes’ declaration that drinking is confined to New York’s elite confirms the theory that the numbers of the fa mous "400" have been enormously in creased.—New York Tribune. — Nations that have reached the no | compromise stage in th^ir internal Abe Martin If President Coolidge does git th’ presidential nomination, he ought t’ git th’ silent vote. We’ve got t’ be prepared fer th’ worst t’ really appreciate th’ best. Copyright, 1»J4 politics would better stop, look and listen The T.'nited States was there in 1861 and Kurope reached It in the summer of 1916. Recovery is slow and sometimes doubtful.—Chicago News. There Is no assurance that unfor seen natural disasters such as Japan suffered do not awa.t In any land. The Japanese are reminding the world that it is less important to build navies than to be equipped for re building cities.—Washington Star. When an American statesman looks like a 10-minute egg to us. we are to remember that he is acting the tradi tional role of the American Depart ment of State and thinking of Amer ica and America only, first, last and all the time.—Davenport Democrat. It would seem as if the Poatoffiee department were the victim of un necessary roughness when, in addi tion to the regular Christmas rush, the Congressional Record comes pil ing on, too.-^Kansas City Star. 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