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MONOPOLY AND MUSCLE SHOALS.
Cynical and carping observers have professed to
see in Henry Ford’s support of President Coolidge
a bargain concerrting the Muscle Schoals project.
What will these say when they read the assertions
of Edward B. Almon of Tuscumbia. Ala., who repre
sents that district in congress? He charges that the
counter-proposition submitted for the purchase of
Muscle Shoals is intended to consolidate the monopo
listic control of the water power in the hands of a
concern that is now operating there.
Almon is from the section most concerned locally.
Tuscumbia is very near where the work is carried
on, and its congressman should be well informed as
to the hopes as well as the needs of the people in
that vicinity. He knows, among other things, that
the great power company which is principally owned
in Canada, will bring little of additional service to
the public if it obtains possession of the big plant
that will be ready to operate when the Wilson dam
s completed.
Henry Ford's proposition naturally contains cer
:ain speculative elements, tending to favor the pro
ooser. He is not suspected of being altogether a
philanthropist, for he really is a shrewd investor.
That he has accumulated a very large personal for
tune is entirely due to his especial gift for organiz
ing the production of an article that finds much
favor with the public. Other things engage his at
tention,* and he sees in Muscle Shoals an opportunity
to set up an industry, from which great benefit will
flow to the farmers and some profit to Henry Ford.
Likewise the power concern, which has quietly
obtained control of most of the “white coal’’ in the
south. Whoever handles Muscle Shoals must have
enormous capital resources to begin with, but it will
be of great advantage to the public if there be com
petition, as well as for the great project in which
so much of the people’s money has been invested.
Almon has given the critics something to think about.
ILLITERATES IN OMAHA.
'One of the disclosure* following the inquiry of
the Woman's clufc into conditions of illiteracy in
Omaha challenges the mind. From a survey con
ducted by the club with the assistance of the public
school authorities it is developed by the club that
:!!iteracy prevails to an alarming extent in Omaha.
In the report it is stated that 2,700 men and women
who can not read and write have been located, and
estimates are made that 4,000 such actually live in
the city.
Assuming that this survey shows the actual facts,
the situation is grave. In a county so wealthy and
progressive as Douglas, with such lavish provision
made for public education, there should be no illiter
acy. Of course, the answer to this will be that these
unfortunate men and women have been imported.
That is true, but they should be encouraged to take
advantage of the schools that are open to them, and
9s quickly as possible relieve themselves of their
•remendous handicap.
No disgrace attaches to the condition of illiteracy
rhere the victim has not had an opportunity to at
tend school. To continue fn that state when op
portunity is offered to escape is to voluntarily accept
til the inconvenience and handicap that attends such
Ignorance.
No law can compel these illiterates to amend
their situation, but moral suasion should be exerted
to the end that as many as possible be induced to
attend night school. Any percentage of illiteracy in
■ )maha is too much.
MORE DRYNESS IN THE NAVY
When Josephus Daniels, as secretary of the navy,
issued the famous order that banished the punch
bowl from the officers’ mess and substituted innocuous
grape juice for the effervescing juice of the grape,
there was great rejoicing in certain quarters and
much weeping and vailing and gnashing of teeth
•n other quarters. Now comes Secretary Mellon
with a proposal looking to a genuinely dry navy.
He suggests an appropriation of $23,000,000 to build
and equip speedy cruisers whose only purpose will
Se to chase down and capture the rum-running ships
that keep more than 20 miles inland about as wet as
the ocean for 12 miles out.
It ia only natural that congressmen who are
always anxious to grab off a few millions for politi
cal improvements in their bailiwicks should stand
ighast at the proposal to spend all that money where
they could never hope to profit. Equally natural is
it that congressmen who personally oppose prohibi
tion and lack the nerve to say so to their constitu
ents, should deprecate the idea of spending so many
millions, or any millions, in curtailing the supply.
But Secretary Mellon’s solution of the problem of
damming out the illicit liquor is the best yet offered.
The only thing it lacks is the positive assurance that
the men who are to be in charge of the dry navy
shall be men who will tackle the job honestly. To
date the public has had reason to doubt the sincerity
of official efforts to stop the illegal traffic.
DONKEY S TROUBLES IN NEBRASKA
As a strategic as well as a tactical advantage, the
lemocrats of Nebraska always endeavor not only
to choose the battleground, but to name the leaders
for the republicans. We do not blame our brethren
for this; only we would regard the republicans as
■mprudent, to say the least, did they permit the chief
opposition to have its own way in everything.
Just now the sachems are tentatively thumping
the tomtoms and preparing the medicine that will be
exhibited when the moment arrives. On this ground
we may account for the excessive apprehension ex
hibited lest the republicans fall out among them
selves. Having determined that both Coolidge and
Johnson will enter the primaries in Nebraska, the
democratic big chiefs express themselves as unr
certain as to which will be favored by the voters,
and ao are gradually'working up a sweat that might
be more easily acquired by a visit to the medicine |
lodge direct.
What really is going on behind the scenes is the
discussion of ways and means to prevent the Ne
braska delegation going to the convention, where
ever it is held, in the leash of a former resident who
now gets his mail in Florida. If W. J. B, could be
eliminated in some way, the rest of the problem j
would be simple enough, but how to get vid of him t
without a fight is not easily solved.
So, while the brethren of the other side really
are perturbed over their own affairs, they profess
enormous solicitude for the welfare of the repub
licans. Maybe it will be as well for them to wait
and see which of the champions the voters of Ne
braska favor, whether it be Coolidge or Johnson.
In the meantime the talk of Morehead as a leader
is not giving any comfort to the Bryanites.
SPEED FARM RELIEF.
When President Coolidge took the stand that
the first thing to be done to help the wheat growers
was increase the tariff on wheat, he showpd that he
understood the situation. He has done all that he
could under the law, in ordering the federal tariff
commission to investigate the costs of production
here and in Canada.
It is fairly to be expected that their finding wiU
agree with the opinion expressed by Secretary of
Agriculture Wallace, and with that of the president.
In the event that the tariff commission reports
favorably, Mr. Coolidge has announced the inten
tion of putting into effect as high a duty on wheat
imports as he can under the law, leaving other
remedies of a practical but less emergent nature to
follow'.
• Much quicker action, however, could be ob
tained through congress. If the people’s representa
tives in Washington are really in favor of assisting
the farmer, they could enact a law without delay,
increasing the protective tariff and clearing the way
for other remedies such as feeding that part of
Europe that is starving, even though we had to give
them the food.
Official endorsement of this program is found
in the report of Secretary Wallace to the president,
in which he concludes:
“The sale or gift of i substantial part of cur
surplus wheat to countries which are not able to
buy, and which would, therefore, take out of the
ordinary channels of trade and competition the
t wheat sold or given, would unquestionably have a
helpful effect upon domestic prices of wheat, pro
vided larger tariff protection were given.
What the wheat farmers want is an end of wind
jamming in congress and some real financial relief.
Xo plan could at once be more practical and benefi
cial both to the people of America and of Europe
than this proposal.
AROUND THE WORLD BY AIRSHIP.
What looks like the most spectacular of all man’s
undertakings is the flight around the world, planned
by the air service of the United States army. On
April 2, next, a group of fliers will hop off at Seattle
on a journey that is intended to encircle the globe,
the route for which covers 39,000 miles, or nearly
three-fifths greater distance than the equatorial
circumference of the globe.
The first leg of the flight will be from Seattle
to one of the Aleutian islands, near the tip of the
chain. This will be almost due west from Seattle,
strange as that fact may seem. Next jump is across
Behring sea to Kamchatka, and southward to
Nagasaki. On to Calcutta from there, and thence to
Constantinople. London is the next division point,
and then comes Iceland, Greenland, Labrador, and
back over Canada to Seattle.
Quite a lesson in geography. Take down your
atlas and study the route, and see what a wonderful
part of the world is covered by this 39,000-mile
route. Foreign governments already are interested
in the projected trip, and arc giving all needed as
sistance in arranging the preliminaries.
What docs it mean? Well, folks wondered when
Stefansson claimed for Canada certain islands in the
Arctic, asking what he was about. Then it develop
ed that these islands would make splendid landing
places along an air route to circle the- globe. It
was found the distance from London to Tokio would
be cut more than in half, for example, and that
other advantages might follow. Circumnavigation
of the globe by airship is considered practical, and
American fliers are preparing to demonstrate the
fact. Whit it may lead to is another matter en
tirely.
Senator Magnus Johnson will soon address a
gathering of banker^ and says he is going to tell
them how to run their business. Wouldn’t it he a
joke if some banker should interrupt by shouting,
“Go learn to milk a cow, Magnus?"
The word blizzard may have been coined in Iowa,
but it hns been counterfeited by New York news
papers every time there was a light fall of snow
west of the Mississippi river.
Blisters on the hand are not a conipensatahle
accident in Nebraska. If it we# so, then the
casualty list could be greatly extended.
A hard-boiled judge is now going to annoy Nina
Wilcox Putnam, just because she fibbed a little in
her effort to get a divorce. Darn it!
And perhaps those California mountains are
dipping around trying to locate some of that boast
ed climate.
No matter what the stork is racing against, it
ir, always safe to bet on the stork for first or place.
The Bok plan was intended to bring sweet peare,
and just look what a row it has cooked up already.
It is very generally agreed that, somebody has
plugged up one end of the open winter.
Homespun Verse
—By Omaha’s Own Poet—
Robert Worthington Davie
LOOKING AHEAD.
Win- looking ahead when morning dawns we re tool,
ing ahead at night.
As weeks and months and year* go by we follow the
fleeting light
Of happy thought* of days lo be, and ardently, hope
fully tread
Beyond the I’resoiit and I 'm d To lie. dreaming and look
■ Ing ahead.
We re looking ahead In buoyant youth und fushlonlng
future dear;
We're looking abend iia manhood cornea and gleams of
zest a plies e.
When duly rails and sirength replle*.—when ehlld
hood's bliss hue fled—
A vision is foremost In our eyes, we re Joyfully looking
ahead.
Ami when the zenith of life Is past and dusk ion.es
ralmly on.
tnd dreams of old. wrought true at lust, have followed
their course ami gone;
When faith alone remains In mourn life's gstlands
willed and deoil—
We gludly await the liodcifiptlun Morn, dreaming and
looking ahead.'1
“THE PEOPLE’S VOICE”
editorial from readers ol The «lorBlnt Baa Raacan ot th* Marain* Baa
ara Invited to uaa thie column fretl> for expression
on mattera ot tubllo interest.
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Fanner Against Tax-Exempt Bonds.
Pendef, Neb.—To the Editor of
The Omaha Bee: I know The Bee
is a very strong republican paper. I,
being a farmer, am one of the many
who are bearing ttie burden of taxa
tion and feeding the rest of you, and
am sick hearing so very much ad
vice.
The republicans, by adding one law
to our constitution, and that is to tax
all bonds and all securities, can help
lift our national burdens. Every
farmer wants this done. This would
get all fanner votes and one half of
the democrats’ as well.
AVe farmers see President Harding
and also President Coolldge have, by
their statements, left the farmers to
shift for themselves. without aid.
How do they expert the farmers’
votes?
Tax ail capital: he fair, and get all
the votes. This Is the only fair and
Just way to help the farmer and all
the rest of smaller huslness.
LEWIS EATON.
A Plea for tlie Bonus.
Kearney, Neb.—To the Editor of
The Omaha Bee: An article in the
People's A’oice, written by Elliott
Loomis of Gibbon, Neb., may carry
some truths, hut 1 will deny eome of
his statements and 1 think other ex
service men will hear me out in this.
First, lie states we received a *60
bonus and one month’s pay besides.
We received *600 bonus if the wants
to call it that, but no extra month’s
pay. I do not call that *60 a bonus,
as I wore out civilian clothes amount
ing to *45 before I was Issued army
clothes.
"And still they want more." We
don't ask for charity; just make up
the difference between the man that
stayed at home and the man who
went Into the service.
Mr. Elliott Is very considerate in
stating that the disabled veterans
should be properly f ared for. We
all -heartily agree to that. But better
make it snappy, so they won't he dead
before it gets to them.
He also says that the average
mother does far more for her country,
raising a family, than a soldier does
AA'e all know this as well as Mr. El
liott. A large |>er cent of men cn
dured untold hardships and all kinds
of suffering while in the service.'The
graveyards scattered over Europe
hear mute evidence to that fact.
He states we spent two or three
years In the service rm good pay.
Question? What did the man get
that was at home the same length of
time? Not that one of us would trade
places with the stay-at-homes. P.ut
we would like to he compensated
fa'rly.
How far eould^ a ,sen Ice man get
if lie had saved every dollar while In
the service and started farming, say
in the spring of 1220? T might tpiote
the price of grain, stock and ma
chinery in the snrir.r and fall of that
yenr for Mr. Elliott’s benefit.
"Those who spent their money for
luxuries should not expect to have
It returned to them." Well, listen,
hrc'her. nf'er vou pav the harher.
tailor and insurance. Just, the neres
sities so you can look like a human
'hen if yon have very much left of
the *30 per for luxuries you sre a
wonder.
As to waiting till old age 1 efore
von heln the veterans, ns Mr. Elliott
suggests. T will add. in nssslng. a
ipt'e heln when out of the service
e*.ii sti’l aide to work would fix a lot
of service men so t-hey would he in
dependent In oM n~e
MIT.TON TT. FRANK.
Business Conditions I.aat Tear.
Omaha—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: I attach an item of
news appearing in the Blair Tribune
concerning "Douglas County Pros
perity of 1923." which contradicts
your paper's contention.
1 am Inclined to place more failh
in your conclusion with respect to
the prosperity of 1923 than that
which the Blair Tribune attempts to
show as "Inflated Propaganda."
The fact that Dougins county
records show that 64.609 mortgagee,
leases and artisans' liens w • re filed
in Douglas county during 1923, and
that is.CIS were released. and
further go to show that 119 197.773 Is
was added and I11.669.3S1.PJ released
by 19,619 mortgages, it appears to
me to represent a condition of pros
perity. If the difference between the
mortgages filed and released is rco
resented by increased building, par
ticularly the building of new homes.
Now with respect to the Washing
ton countv figures T do not believe
that an analvs's. based on the fig
ures that th“ Blair Tribune furnishes
can be mnde to determine whether
•bat eountv 's or !« not In a period
of retrogression. Primarily thev do
rot show the number of mortgages
filed and released and T doubt from
par personal knowledge of Conditions
there, that much, if any. of the
emonnt renresented In increased
amount of mortgages Is due to fi
nancing of new building projects.
On the who’e tt dr.es not apnear
‘bat your naner furnished very eon
nelng evidence of prosr.erltv In
Douglas counts* during 1993 and 1*
might not be am'ss to correct r>nv
erroneous Impression that your f!c
ores jn-v bare left In the mlnda of
vour Washington county customers
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Object to BoU Plan.
Omaha To the Tv 11 tot1 of The Omn
ha Peer Edward TTok must have n lot
of "money to burn** to rive von.e one
(name not mentioned) S.'o.ooo to run
the old "league of nation*" at raw
through the hopper again. This
thinly veiled attempt to Ket a popular
endorsement of the misguided «*fT
spring of the Versailles treaty may
prove n two edged sword.
The Judges (with one exception) air
old league advocate* so It’s no wonder
that the prize award should go the
wav It did. The question 1* will *<hls
nolitlcal scheme help President Cool
Idge or Hiram Johnson, or Is It not
really a boast for McAdno.
Queer coincident coming now just
In time to rr*t an abortive exi»res*ion
ner the straw vote route, to Influence
public opinion In favor of sorrs* kind
«.f league plan It would • com more
charitable to let tire dead rest In
pence, but no. its ardent though few
admirers must bring out t h * * n«*or
lifeless Issue and revamp It in the 1D2I
political costume. The plan w 111 no'
catch many, but of courtc will ver*
likely force the democratic p.irty to
make another run on it. and thus po
< efve n second trimming bv the <;
o p.
Democrats and 'epublican* tna.'
clash on runny thing*. Yet there mm>
enough of us win* r in agree on this
one queatlnn to n.oke another renub
Mean victory sure or gr*at!\ .c^ist
a third partV move
Me A don Imagine* that this di iw
vote endorsement coming nt thin
♦tine will greatly help Him get the
nomination and *!*•» Iieln Mm keep
us out of nil war*’ just like IP n t In
law diil in 1014 ft is to he uiceretr
hoped that • rue day these cent | ■
ternatlonal law students ill find
time enough to icvlew our federal
const It nt ‘on, atut And out where
under that Immortal horiiment such
i ernnt »• f power lies, that would per
nJt of the creation of a super sta e
such as the league of nations cove
nant proposes.
If Mr. Bok anil his colleagues
could only realize when they were
outreasnned and outvoted, much em
barrassment would he avoided at I
home and abroad.
The average American wishes to'
preserve intact the Monroe doctrine
and the magnificent isolation of our
forefathers. Thus our national
security and liberty of action is made
possible. This isolation has been our
bulwark and has created a condition
of respect abroad. Note what the
London Economist of recent dale says,
"That the American mind will cer
tainly remain true to Washington”
and quoting from his farewell address,
"It Is very unlikely to enbroli itself in
the ordinary combinations and colli
sions of European friendships and en
mities,” and then adds, "But there
are other ways in which the 1'nited
States can lend a hand.” This British
view we can not afford to overlook
In a nutshell the question resolves
itself into whether we are to follow
the ambition and mistakes of Wilson
or adhere to the wisdom of Washing
Ion. S. AKION LEWIS.
Would I'pllft tile Movies.
Boelus, Neb.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: Another movie scandal!
Another of the fair heroines of ours
whose duty it is to amuse, entertain
and Instruct, to enact soul-enthralling
kisses upon the stage or screen, to
feel the public scorn leveled at her
bead. "I am Innocent.” shrieks this
fair model of ours.
1 kit the public withhold judgment.
Oh. yes. 'tis true that the public has
been fed up too many times on the
scandalous stories of the characters
of the movies that It is quite prone
to pass hasty judgment. But to say
the public is often wrong In its quick
conclusions would require the pen of
a humorist.
It Is hard to find a more fitting
thought along this line than that ex
pressed recently by a noted writer:
"To see a truly moral and inspiring
theme enacted upon the screen by
the creatures of Hollywood must in
deed cause the majority of American
thinking people to smile,”
Let's see, not long ago Will Tf.
Hays, the czar of the movies, was to
reform conditions. It would lie il
luminating indeed to know what he
has accomplished. When the facts
are known, the actual results would
be "bunk.”
Not long ago the suggestion wag
made by the editor of one of our
Nebraska dailies that much might be
accomplished if sonic free advertis
ing were taken away from some of
these stars. A great film, featuring
etc.
If people demand a cleanup of the!
movies, more can be accomplished
than by latl czars of the movies 11
honor to T>r. Jennie Callfas for her
stand as to the pictures of Mabel
Normand. "First let Miss Normand
entirely clear herself from everv
stigma of blame.” Is the substance of
he- s*and.
Hard indeed Is It to understand
tbe position of those who opposed her
view- of this case There Is no gain
s-iving the fart, the mnvle Is here to
stav, hut let's all stand together jp
uplifting and Improving It.
C. W. KEL80.
Heroism of the Pioneer*.
Kansas City, Mo.—To the Kilitor
of The Omaha Bee: Recently 1 at
tended a picture show in which I
saw that film entitled "The Covered
Wagon," and I fell to thinking of my
father. R. W. Steele's, pioneering days.
He left his name state (Ohio) in
the year 1X47 and came west to Fair
field, la. The next year he returned
to Ohio and married. My mother's
maiden name was Susanna Nevln.
They then returned to Iowa and
father, a surveyor, surveyed the sec
ond tier of counties from the south.
Then, In 1X51, he returned to Cin
cinnati and graduated from the law
school at tlmt place. The women of
that day were certainly heroines. My
mother, with an Infant son. stayed
In Fairfield, where she whs alone so
far as relatives are concerned. If
»l> kness came, she could not let
father know under two or three
weeks, and It would have taken him
as long to reach her'.
Father \\as of a restless disposi
tion and he moved in IS51 to Indian
"la. In the same state. The other
three i hlldren were born there. One
day while surveying thiw counties.
It was a very cold day. and they had
been laying off a town, after which
they were eating lunch and discuss
ine what thev would name the town,
when onp of the men sue—ested
Snmerset.biit another said he though
it would lietter he Winterset, end so
it >s today.
During the year USB he moved to
what sms known as Flnreni'e. Neb.
At that tline It aanired to l>e the
capital of the territory, ni d the leg.
Is’nture did meet there at op» time.
I have heard mV parents tell about
I rather ho)«fpre"* session thal was
held ore night. Those were the dais
when Imoxe w«« present on all no
enslons. anil when a memtser would
become obstreperous, fhp presiding of.
fleer (mv father! would lend Mtn out
to the head of the eellar stairs end
shove him down below. In tim» the
a in tori' I" were down he*ow. Thev
spe»»t the Tdehf there, and T presume
tp the morning were wiser If not bet
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MrntilN of the person who put
"lllop ' Into Hnltimoi e t* revealed
She Hppf MM to hr a woman In that
• Ity who ha* ju*t presented In’ hit*
band with four ftr^tolu** babies.
Toronto Star. *
IVhrn a in hi I* eretnnted tie in*Uen
two pound* of ashen. lint when tie
build* a furn.nr fire for hi* wife he
make* about nix bu*hel* American
I ^ urn her man.
\ Inin I •'I»« • ■ I to have hrld npu ■*
election bits than any other in.in in
I hr United State* died penniless ttie
• ifher day. Hr evidently didn't bold
them ions: enough.—Jacksonville
Journal.
“From State and
Nation”
— Editorials from Other
Newspapers—
The Cosiness of Winter.
From the Minneapolis Journal.
Snow the scientist* dcline an water
particles in the air congealed when
the temperature goes down to 30 de
green or less above zero. Tills defini
tion may serve the physicist, but how
poorly does it describe the chtfnge of
mood, the sense of cosiness that come
when the great snow blanket covers
the earth!
Now the wind comes out of the
north. The poplars reach out with
longer fingers toward the chilly sky.
Wheels creak in the snow. Icicles
hang where lilacs bloomed but a few'
months ago. In the starlit nights the
moon shines upon the earth with a
frosty steel-cut smile.
Despite the wind in the north and
leagues of billowy snow stretching far
and wide, winter is a cosy season.
Bulbs rest quietly under their snow
blanket and dream of summer.
Hibernating animals sleep warmly un
der their frost-bound covers. The
earth is robed like a glorified saint
and stands as if in silent prayer.
Familiar sight* take marvelous
shapes, and the white drifts know no
division lines of fence or walk.
ncu me - iwt uppcura guuid
Itray, the home life takes on added
zest. As the snowflakes come troop
ing down in phalanxes, there is a new
vigor in our IsKlies. and our minds
bend themselves to the serious work
of the year with new zest. When a
gray sky is above and a hush is upon
the earth, the hand of hospitality is
more amply outstretched, and hearts
are drawn closer to hearts. Books
are taken down from the shelves and
story telling begins. The children's
hour lengthens and the radio becomes
a (lose companion of the evening
hou rs.
Few poets have caught better titan
Whittier did in itis "Snow Bound" the
cosiness of winter. He tells of the
zigzag dance of the blinding storm
and how the white drifts piled the
window frames, until there was no
sky above and no earth below, hut a
universe of snow
Then he contrasts with this chill
and somber world the, kindling of the
domestic spirit in his New England
home. Perhaps it was because the
night wind shrieked, and the trep
houghs moaned, and the sleet beat
upon the windows like ghostly fin
gers. that the domestic life about the
open hearth became a liquid music.
The ragged brush crackled and white
washed walls and sagging beams of
the rudely furnished rooms hurst into
rosy bloom. The red logs heat the
frost line hack and the great throat
of the chimney roared with the roar
ing draught. The. mug of cider sim
mered slow and the apples sputtered
in a row. t A basket of nuts and fruit
brought fjetober bounty into winter's
chill. Even the dog felt the cosiness
of winter, as he laid his drowsy head
toward the nrv-rry tire.
Conditions may change, but not the
human spirit in reference to the pass
ing seasons. There may be- fewer fire
places and more thermostats, fewer
sagging beams and better supported
ceilings, but the cosiness of winter
docs not cease. It invites to easy
chairs, good books, quiet hours with
the mind and happy ones with the
family through which one can n/ike
the pomp of kings ridiculous
Peace Work of the Army.
From the Nevr York World.
"Military preparations." says Hecre
lary Weeks in his annual report,
"cost us. roughly, one eighteenth of
what vve spend for luxuries, amuse
ntenfs and mild vices." The army does
many things in time of peace to jus
tIfy its maintenance—and the arn.-y
docs not advertise its activities. Vet
front the beginning It has been a prof
it-sharing enterprise.
The whole northwest was opened by
army assistance. Anny engineers
conducted nearlv all the preliminary
explorations, constructed the roads
and trails leading west, built canals
snd bridges, conducted surveys and
made the maps. They even built and
operated the earlier railroads.
Beginning with the construction of
the old Chesapeake & Ohio canal and
the Erie canal, army engineers con
tinued their activities upon every
navigable waterway, and their work
has been of such ex IRence that there
is a general agreement that our gov
ernmental engine- ring projects are un
excelled anywhere. The corps of on
gineors have expended more than a
billion dollars with a consistent rec
ord of integrity an-1 economy.
The army tlrst organized the weath
er bureau, using the discoveries of the
naval scientist Maury. Today It is
rivaling the navy in perfecting the
art of flying, with too narrow appro
priations and a heroism anevrtg the
younger -.fibers not different from
that which war demands
French Prnsperh.v.
From th# Salt Luke Tribun*\
The French franc has Won follow
ing the course of the German mark
here of late. At the same time the
people »f the republic are generally
prosperous in the midst of a great
economic revolution which has plat’ed
general industrial activity above agri
culture in furnishing employment. A
great part of the enlarged industrial
activity ia applied to the transforma
tion of imported raw materials into
manufactured goods, largely destined
to the export trade. Before the war.
Import* into Franc* regularly ex
ceeded exports, but the Ivilance re
mained favorable on account of the
large amount of French holdings
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Approach of Evening
By CATHERINE K. HANSON.
i The sun slants through the trees,
I A chapel hell la heard.
The night In drawing nigh
I With swift-winged fairy feet,
And in niy‘ heart a peace
Reigns tranquilly and sweet.
The flowers close their eyes.
The songs of birds are stilled,
And evening's gentle breeze
Creeps through the meadow grass,
And steals a tiny kiss
From a wee country lass.
In yon far vale the owl
Chants in her lonely bower.
And boasts that she Is queen
Of the approaching night.
While in the deepn'ing gloom
The angels’ lamps burn bright
I hid farewell to day—
Day with its many cares
That 1 would tain forget:
Oh. let me now drink deep
Of ail this quiet peace.
And lose myself in sleep!
abroad, money spent by tourists and
other so-called “invisible factors ' III
the balance sheet. At the time of tile
armistice these factors had materially
changed.
Since then, however, matked im
provement has been noticeable in the
balance of French trade. The excess
of Imports over exports in the first
seven months of 1913 aggregated
roughly 1 .000,006,000 gold francs (Or
3.000.000.000 paper francs reckoning,
at present value). It was reduced to j
992.658,000 francs during the same pe
riod in 1922 and to-719.861,000 francs
for the flrst seven months of 1923 j
The Franch customs' administration
considers (hat if in visible exports were ]
taken into account France would tie
found to have a favorable balance at I
the present time.
No matter what we may think of
Poincare’s occupation of the Ruhr
policy, crpdit must be given the
French government for the rehabili
tation of the devastated sections of
their <\opntry to the fullest extent
possible with their limited means.
Whole towns have been rebuilt and a
great number of factories are running
on full time. As a result there Is
very little unemployment in France
and the people appear to lie satisfied
with their lot in life, for the time
being at least. The Parisians may
he merpuriai in temperament, but the
French people as a whole are frugal
and industrious. They have furnish
ed the world with a magnificent .x
ample nf fortitude courage and self ;
.reliance since the signing of tl»e
armistice.
Casual.
“What did you say when he told
you he loved you?"
“I told him I didn't believe him-. '
“What did he say to that?"
He said he thought it was funnj
because all the others had."—London
Opinion.
Abe Martin
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