The Morning Bee M O R N 1 N G—E V E N I N G—S UNDAY THE BEE PUBLISHING CO.. PublUhcr N. B. UPDIKE, President BALLARD DUNN. JOY M. HACKLER. Editor in Chief Busmens 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 recognized authority on circulations audits, and The Omaha Bee's circulation is regularly audited by their organizations. Entered as second-class matter May 28, 1908, at Omaha postoffice under act of March 8, 1R79. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for AT 1 1 AAA the Department or Person Wanted. I lallilC 11AJU OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnam 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 Eldg. St. Louis—Syndi. Trust Bldg. Los Angeles—Higgins Bldg. San Francisco—Hollrook Bldg. Atlanta—Atlanta Trust Bldg. THE AGRICULTURAL EXPORT BILL. In the Special Wheat Growers’ edition, issued by The Bee, it was urged that serious consideration be given the proposal to form a federal corporation to handle export wheat. • If the middlewest wheat grower is to get a proper price for his production he must be put in position where he can sell on a domestic basis. If an ex port corporation can be organized on practical lines it should be organized without delay. The plan has the official support of Secretary Wallace. A bill providing for the formation of an export corporation which has the support of the administra j tion has been introduced simultaneously by Senator McNary of Oregon and Representative Haugen of Iowa. The export commission and export corpora tion which it provides for would have power to mar ket the exportable portion of all important farm commodities as well as wheat. The Northwestern Co-Operative Wheat Marketing association and other farmer organizations sponsor the bill. With this sort of support the measure should not have great difficulty in going through the mill and -becoming a-law. It contains the way and will pro vide the means for relieving one of the principal obstacles to agricultural readjustment. Because of the uncertainty in wheat production, a proportion of ■ each year’s output will call for marketing abroad, , and conditions at present are decidedly unfavor able to this operation. Under the proposed law, a “fair exchange value,” based on the average price over the 1905-14 prewar period will be determined for farm products that are exported. Should the price fall below the fair exchange value as fixed by the board, means are provided for allowing a premium on all such commodities sold abroad. Through this operation it Is expected to stabilize the export trade in foodstuffs. Such a law for agricultural products would be comparable to that established by the Webb law, which permits the co-operation of manufacturers in the business of exporting their wares. It makes a pool to handle a portion of the total output of the farms, not to control the selling price at home, but to equalize the price abroad, and to give to the pro ducer a reasonable assurance that what he sends out of the country will not go at a loss, either to him or to the producer who is governed by the present instability of exchange rates. Such.a measure ought to be serviceable. To gether with the Williamson bill, pending before the house ways and means committee, raising the tariff on wheat from 30 to 50 cents a bushel, the McNary Haugen measure promises to the farmers of the west relief from a situation that is' intolerable. There should be no delay in its consideration. DIXIE AND THE GRAND OLD FLAG. A feature of the unveiling of the great Stone Mountain monument on Saturday was that Old Glory flew over the scene. It was the Star-Spangled banner that veiled the gigantic bust of Robert E. Lee, first of the figures in the great work to be completed. In that may be read the sentiment of both north and south. The war between the states is over, and each day adds to new proof of the firmly cemented bonds that hold all to the Union. The monument is the outcome ol tne dream oi an aged lady, the widow of a colonel of the Confed erate army, Mrs. Helen Plane. The sculptor is from the north, Gutzon Borglum, a Nebraska boy, and long resident at Omaha. He caught the inspiration of the thought of the southern woman, and through his genius has made it possible to fix that vision in the enduring granite of the great precipice that frowns on Atlanta. It will frown no more, for already there lives the face and figure of Lee, idol of the south and recog nized now as the gallant, generous gentleman who felt his first allegiance was to his native state, but on whose character there is no stain. While the granite of Stone mountain endures the great leader will smile down on a people who loved him. In time he will be surrounded by other figures, those of Zeb Stuart, Stonewall Jackson, Jubal A. Early, N. B. Forrest, and other splendid soldiers who served well the cause they espoused. These leaders will be backed up by the presentment of the soldiers they led, and in them all will show a tribute to valor and fortitude such as only the American soldier can ex hibit. 'S And none will ever forget that it was the Stars and Stripes that bound the brow of Robert E. Lee when that monument was dedicated. In very truth, the war between the states is ended, both north and f south. « DURABLE SILVER THIMBLE TURNS UP. Ever and anon turns up a story of a runaway son establishing his identity by some little trinket he has carried through years of wandering. The latest comes from New York, where a 72-year-old son con vinced his 94 year-old mother that he really was her boy by producing a silver thimble, which had come down in the family since before the Revolutionary war. One of hie ancestors marched away to join Marlon and fight under the Swamp Fox. He carried in his kit—"housewife” it is called by the modern army — a silver thimble. When he came marching home again, after the game of hide and seek with Tarleton and his redcoats was over, this^patriot deposited the silver thimble in the family archives. From there it was taken by another, to be toted around to Lundy’s Lane and other battlefields of the War of 1812. Re turned again to the prosaic round of home duty, the thimble rested until a third scion of the tribe took it along when he went to Mexico to follow Scott up the heighU of Chapultepec. A few years more of peaceful life, dnd a son of that soldier put the thimble in his pocket and slipped away to follow the flag over the fields of the south. And now, after all these years and many vicissitudes, the silver thimble returns to reunite a mother with her long lost boy. It missed at least two really beau- ' tiful wars, but may be forgiven much. Now comes an iconoclastic thought. Most of us have seen the silver thimble wear out under the at trition with the steel needle. How, then, are we to account for the longevity of this one? Either it was made of much heavier fabric than is customary in thimbles, or it did not see the service it might had it been left with one of the women instead of gallant soldiers of this vigorous family. DAIRYING FOR NEBRASKA. Better days are in sight for the dairy industry in Nebraska. This is because the real problem is being attacked in a practical manner. One of the little anomalies of local life is that, whereas Omaha is the largest butter making center in the world, Nebraska is so far down on the list of dairy states that her position is almost negligible. The Nebraska Dairy society, just formed in Omaha, and which will hold its first formal meeting at Lincoln within a few days, has for its object the aiding of farmers who desire to obtain or improve dairy herds. It is not a financing corporation, but will maintain an agent who will assist any farmer who needs information. One of the big questions at the outset is the securing of dairy stock that is free from tuberculosis, and worth while’ feeding. Many farmers do not know just how to go about this, and this information will be furnished by the expert of the society. i One other commendable feature suggested to the farmers is the joint ownership of the bull to head small herds of good cows. Under this plan the build ing up of dairy stock will follow, and in the full ness of time the pastures of Nebraska will behold the presence of real milk producers. This is not the vision of one who knows nothing of the game, but the view of men who are in the dairy business and familiar with its every angle. It may be of interest to note right here that one of Nebraska’s best known stockmen attributes his present prosperity and the certain outlook for the future to the fact that he is selling cream, making it his main business, with meat production as a side issue. That faith supports the venture on which the new society sets out is established by the fact that ample funds have been contributed to begin and carry on the work. It is not a money-making un dertaking, but a genuine and sincere attempt to help the farmer solve one of his big problems, how to make the farm pay. Its services will be free, but valuable to anyone who is interested. Out of the small start should grow a great enterprise, for the state of Nebraska is as well adapted to dairying as any of the leaders, and it should not be many years until her position is as secure as Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin. CUT THE TALK AND TAXES TOO. A lot of confusion is being created in the public mind in the discussion of the methods for tax reduc tion. The Mellon plan, the Garner plan, the “pro gressive” plan, and a lot of others are being inex tricably mixed in the jumble of words that is coming out from Washington. What difference does it make whether Secretary Mellon pays a greater sum than Senator Couzens? Personal matters of that sort do not greatly interest anybody, and should not control the solution. What the people expect from congress is a re duction in tax rate. For the last two years more money than is needed has been collected, the total excess being around $300,000,000 a year. A similar amount will be gathered in under the existing law for the current year. The secretary of treasury ad vised congress that this should be left in the hands of the taxpayer, and suggested a definite plan whereby the reduction might be accomplished. This plan, with others is now before the house ways and means committee, from which body will be reported the bill intended to produce the relief. On so inclusive a proposition difference of opin ion is certain to exist, but all agree on the main point. No plan under consideration omits the small taxpayer. Whatever ib adopted, he is sure to bene fit. It is equally certain that no matter which plan is adopted, it will be criticized by the democratic party leaders. The rule of laying the burden on those best able to bear it ought to prevail. The point to determine is what the proportion should be. Let congress set tle this. The public will be content. Uncle Andy Mellon and Senator Jim Couzens may hurl letters at one another to their heart’s content; Hiram John son may declare that he can lower taxes and pay * bonus at the same time, and any other sort of byplay may be indulged, but Mr. Common People is going to keep an eye on the ball until someone comes home with the bacon. Albert J. Beveridge advises the supreme court to be a little more unanimous in its decisions, but what is to be done when five judges agree on one decisipn and four on another? Carl Gray points out that Kansas City needs the tracks the Union Pacific is building down that way. Some day Omaha will need more tracks, too. “Men will retaliate on men,” said Daniel Webster many years ago, therein summi.g up the principal rause of all the wars the world ever endured. Just what a divorced husband wants with the poodle dog is beyond our ken. Most men would prefer the former partner to have it. Why should Newton D. Baker trouble to deny a rumor that he will be a candidate for president? Old Fuller Gloom is having a busy time keeping out of the way of prosperity these days. But it is not unusual for Judge Woodrough to have attorneys disagree with him. Iowa may not like the 10-day marriage license law, but it has sortie good points. Looks like Claude Kossie’s sentimental journey were going to end in jail Milk cows are coming to the front in Nebraska. Homespun Verse —By Omaha’s Own Poet— Robert Worthington Davie A GENERAL SURVEY. Hnin* of un are richer than a few we’ve chanced lo meet, Some of un nre wilier and plainly more discreet, Some of up are merrier am! more Inclined to fm?ilt, Some of un are prettier and born to live in afylt, An»! noma of un are wittier, and Nome of us mt vllt. Some of un art kinder than many whom wt know. Some of un me rapid, and worm* of iin are plow, Some of un are ancient though youth* exnltN, ln*plret. Some of un art youthful though pant our young dtalrea. And Nome of un are truthful, and ton* of ut are )lara. Some of un are talkative- Inclined to nperik of nnught, Some of un are reticent, which oft prewigtN thought, Some of un are huiYinrnijM, and other* droll and dry, Some of un are ^renter and win wheie'or we tr> But a.«k the wiiiu Creator and iio will till you why. i “THE PEOPLE’S VOICE’’ fcdltorlal from raadara at Tha Mornlnp Baa. Raadan at T ha Mora lap Baa ara Invited ta aaa thla column freely for axpraeaioa oa matt era af public Tntaraat. One Idea of Patriotism. Kansas City, Mo.—Xo the Editor of The OmaliR Bee: Anatole France, one of the greatest writers of msidern times, speaks very disparagingly of patriotism, holding it more in the na ture of a vice than a virtue, and while the writer does not wish to be understood as being in agreement with this dictum, he docs believe that a great deal of what is being held up as patriotism is not only unreason able, illogical, but inconsistent and foolish. * Patriotism is generally regarded ns being love of country—loyalty to one's country—but, naturally, there is a wide difference of opinion as to how this can best be demonstrated. Sub mitting blindly to the thing* that are, making no criticisms or suggestions for their Improvement, might easily be challenged as an undesirable atti tude, speaking even from a patriotio standpoint. On the other hand, the one who realizes that, at best, there is always a chance for improvement, and once convinced of orderly and legal methods for making improve ment, never hesitates to speak his convictions, persistently if necessary, to the writer’s mind has a better con ception of true patriotism and the responsibilities It implies. The laws of this land, or any other land, are human Institutions, con ceived and enacted by fallible man— man that Is not only subject to error, but absolutely Incapable of avoiding it, and true patriotism consists not only in obedience to the laws that are, but in studying, understanding and trying to Improve these laws wherever possible. Very few mechanical contrivances conceived and supposedly perfected a hundred years ago. exist today in their original state. So pronounced has been the change that the original conception would scarcely be recog nized on comparison. And still the same human intelligence that devised these things mechanical, conceived and enacted our laws, and why should it he considered so extraordinary to even suggest that some of these laws might he revised—improved upon? Why should It be unreasonable to pre sume that constantly changing condi tions might require changes in regu lation? The truth of the matter is it I* a mistaken Impression, fostered mostly from selfish motives, by those who wish to maintain the present Btatus, unequivocally: those who have fared so well under the present sy*tem. and in many cases not by adhering strict ly to the spirit of the law either, but by the widest evasion, without com mitting an actual violation. They like to lay particular emphasis on the Im portance of upholding our traditions, as they call them, of perpetuating them. Those among u* who have sensed the injustice of certain phases of ex isting conditions are trying to devise ways and means for Improving things, so that the rights of all may be bet ter protected, upheld, as it wan originally Intended they should be. So, in conclusion, the writer believes that true patriotism is better exempli fied in the work of those who are try ing to Improve our system—those who are working for progression at all times. WILLIAM H. FARLEY. Jerry's letter Awaits Bryan. Om4ha—To the Editor of Ths Oma ha Bee: I today delivered In person at Governor Bryan's office a letter dealing with the enforcement of the female labor law which I did not think proper to entrust to the govern ment mall. In my letter I complimented the newspaper boys and called attention to what Boss Tweed (wboee political ring cannot equal that functioning In Omaha at the present timei said when he was behind the bars, that he would never be in prison If he could have bought the reporters as cheaply as he could the legislators. 1 avoided meeting the newspaper men in Lincoln, because I was afraid they might get me to say something about the contents of my letter be fore the governor had a chance to read It. lam sure that the governor will In due time release my letter and request the reporters to publish It in toto- JERRY HOWARD. John Obscure on s ( hanging World. Omaha.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee; "Well," said old John Obscure, as he shifted his quid in Ids I rankijn street hut, "how things have changed during the last 30' years. " hy, even the weather is changed so you have to consult the calendar to know the seasons. Just take a mental •— »« i»»t Iinuuiin Ul WOK' gling, squirming peoples and see If you cannot Imagine the land of Bsbel with Its reverberations might not have sounded like a lullaby compared to the din of today. Changes, yes, every* thing has changed but music, and they tried to Jazz It crazy. But, thanks to a kind Providence who seems to have preserved it. you can still stand up to sing a negro soprano, a pagan alto, an agnostic bass and a Christian tenor, and their melody will make a dyspeptic forget his stomach, a grouch to cease his grumbling, and a saint through faith to mote clearly behold the angels, though all strike different notes when you would think rrsidden ing discord would be the result." But. compare these four major parts of music to the other four major ele ments going to make for human hap piness politics, religion, sociology and economics—and aeo what results. Thirty years ago we followed our po litical leaders like bees follow their queen. Our political faith was aldn to our religion In Its fealty to party. Today, lawji unto themselves, we art largely no longer amenable to leader ship In politics any more than we are with religion or parental authority. There ate no longer political parlies. Just blocs of politicians, conversations anti Investigations lo be continued. A republican, you start out to follow Lodge, bill La Toilette or Johnson will step in between yon and trip you out of alignment. A democrat, you start out to followr Wilson, but .ilrn Heed will grab you atul drag vou Into the wilderness, with the Bryans looking on without Interfering. Hellglon Thirty year* ego Banker Brown and Carpenter Black sang out of the san.e hymnal In church and uttered nrhens In unison Mrs. Hl.u k snd Mrs. Brow n ernty quilted togeth er. and their children played nnd fought together. Such was the allru Ism In the churches. Today, feeling weary of sin and thinking you want to join some organized church, you slait out. You have read the Bible where Christ, the head of the church, told you all you had lo do was lo re pent and believe and you were as good as In the ohurrh; hut, alas' on Mart Ing out you nnd that Christ's simple demands for entrance to |||H church has been completely overshadowed by voluminous ritualism. You see myriads of churches, all supposed lo he fo| lowing the same Christ, camped ■ gainst each, other, mutinying over credal label* and doctrinal nonessen Hals. You see Dial especially In the Isrge churches anil hence the Influen tlnl ones, democracy has hocn sup. .planted by caste rule, whcioin the wealthy mmu,'Unleanta have hut llitle In common with the humble within the churches, and no fellowship what *vor without th«*ni. Am an hum bio « lll/.rn, hrn* 1 do ••InI** thut fhiM I* what koi• pa tho mil lb'll* out of I hr rhim'hofi todn>. flu! In til* aoclul uni hi the fuuno nt.itup exists, a hundred-fold worse than 30 years ago. The industrial and eco nomic world: Thirty years ago scarce ly any body worked foivothers and in dependence of thought and action per vaderl the nation. Today nearly every body works for sonic great concern, and the rabble sits at the feet of these great corporations, fighting for the crumbs that fall from their tables through strikes, lockouts afid boy cotts. Hut, thanks again to a kind Providence, accorrlfng to two of the greatest Institutions of the land, the great newspapers and the heads of our great educational institutions, tell us that far better things are just at hand. We are weary of butting qur heads together, and greed, hatred and selfishness, and our brains are being jarred into action, while our hearts, bruised by war and sorrow, are be coming more softened and tolerant. GEORGE B. CHILD. From a Sunday School Teacher. Albion, Neb.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: To "Bible Chrlatian” (I hope I am one myself), if y.ou will look more closely you will notice I did not say each day of creation was 1,000 years long. I said the Bible affirms that with the Lord "1,000 years are as a day,” and that It did not detract from the truth of the his tory of creation If It was proven that a longer day than 24 hours existed between the creation of different things. In other words that He who made all things was above all things and master of the laws He had made. At least that is what I meant to say. We must admit that the best of Christians put wrong Interpretations on noniniportant points. For Instance: When Jesus said to Peter. "If 1 will I lift) he tarry till I come,” etc. The disciples thought that John was to live until tlmo should be no more, hence went forth the saying, John "shall not see death,” while we In the light of later events believe He meant that John should bear the cross of waiting until his Lord came for him in the usual way while Peter followed, as he did, to the cross. I am a Sunday school teacher. I am also a bit of a naturalist. My friends say I can "stick a dry twig In the ground so It will grow.” An exaggeration of course. But friend. I never raised a bed of pansies from sunflower seed, nor morning glories from dahlia bulbs. "Bearing seed after his kind,” was one of the first "laws of nature" and it was given by the God of nature—of the universe. True, man has tried to prove his theory practically and got-as far as the mule ”ut It Is well for the human race he could go no farther or the air would be too sulphurous to breathe. Speaking of skulls, have you not read that one found tn the strata that convinced our scientists that man existed prior to Adam's advent has been declared by the sclentiats to be only an odd shaped stone? IT. Frederick Pfarff tells us: "By a survey of the measurements of the skulls of various races, and a com parison between the oldest men known to us and now living men. It shown that man appeared suddenly, in all essential respects the n« ‘he man of today. The tolal absence of proof of any transition from the man to the ape Is pointed out. and the sufficiency and consls tency of the scriptural account of ™a"Vh0*n'" So 1 ^ *”d I will have to admit that our fore fathers clear back to Adam had as much brain as we only we have been enabled to grasp the knowledge (a small bit of It) that each succeeding generation has gained by Its experi 8,1,1 11 "uch ** have gained from our own. rtiew11 to ,hlnk *ha* Quoting the difference in the number of men who are modernists and the women that you have capped the climax. The reason for this Is easily understood. As soon as a boy reaches his teens he imagines himsdf a man, like daddv. ®"dJ°° bl* to to Sunday school. mtlc nIT °Ut and f°rgets what Li- , T h®* learned—almost. But his sister keeps on and instead of for g tting adds from year to year to her ‘"7 °f, knowledge. When „,me anti Christ romes along crvlng "Lo here. there " becauV hi ‘knows -? '■ '■* -hbut the matter yet wishes to a| , ear learned, and because the adMicate of the anti Christ movement follow" pl8,1fKlhle ,he ">*" ready to follow. Not so that sister who has Idi“Vim8r8f"1 8tudy' Kh* >" ready at to Kl'e a reason for the inxkms to ‘r Wlthln hrr’ ""cl not anxious to tiecerre* part of the tall for some comet that appears for a fosV inF thw°a* * 1 "8y n,*ht- ,hpn <■ lost in thw darkness of oblivion. ELLEN S. WATSON. Would Uft Our "Head." Omaha-To the Editor of The Orna te T° '*,* tho,,^h«^l citizen, *n«a«flnir «tudv of the mo. roMl<,®r‘,,on °f Po»»*eal Coolidge, silent but dominating, will be the certain choice of his party for K-BSSSi?" w* "h‘"■» Norrts, recovering from a protract tn r ®*rf. an<1 awake at laet to the fact that pro la a more potent "f "chlevement than co„. will be nominated again for the sen ,, L1,.namr wl" etrength to the ticket In Nobraaka. .i,BU';»,Who i* to ** our »pIw-tion for the office of vie® president? It Is already apparent that the heaviest contest In fhe campaign will be waged In the middle west. The success of our ticket will depend upon our abil ity to gain the confidence of the ag ricultural Interests This task will be easier If the nominee for the vice pres Idcicy is a man from the farming se. tlon. Nebraska has a citizen, opportune and of eminent qualification for the ?!flC2~Mr Wal,*r HI* rise In the financial world from obscurity to national prominence attests his ahll Ity. Ills election to the presidency of tne American Bankers' association at teats his standing and character. The nationwide quotation of his utterance, upon questions of th® day attests his authority. Ills recent trip to the con linen! to study European conditions at first hand at testa his scbolarll ne** public In t*rent Hut above all the** qunlltl** Ip th* fad that the man never lias lifted his feet from the soil. Me remains a country l-anker—a man whose chief Interest In the business world Is to solve the financial problems of the farmer Me Is, In fact, himself db rrdlv engaged In farming activity. Mr. I lend will never outgrow the song of the lark or the fragrance of the * lover. Ills nomination as vice pres Idenl would have the approval of both business man and farmer The party lenders In Nebraska owe II to themselves, to the citizens of this "late, and to the national ticket to sec thnt Mr. Mend's name Is properly brought forward as a candidate. T,et 1 us lift our •'Mend.” A CITIZEN. i Min. Indeed? Constituent—What are you going 1 to do nhnut child labor In this section senstor? i Hens lor Why do anything about It? i The children don't vote I.lfe. Time lo M • >VP. S.iwbone What would you do if * you had two acea and t'other nigger ' had three*’ II.unbolt* Hunt nmli rasor. chile. Ucorgin it ch Yellow Jacket. Our First Locomotive irtm lbs Salt L«k» c'lty Tribune January 15 1* a date that every rail road engineer and fireman in America should set down In his notebook and retiUn in his memory, for this day this year marks the 53d anniversary of the completion of the first locomo tive built in the United Btates. It was designed by Adam Bell and built in the iron works of Peter Cooper, near Baltimore, Md. On Its first trial it drew an open car In which were car ried the directors of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, from Baltimore( to Elllcott's Mllls..a distance of some 30 odd miles, attaining under expert urg ing, the phenomenal speed of 18 miles per hour. For a year or two previous to this time locomotives (very few in num ber) had been used In the United States, but they had been Imported from England. The first American lo comotive was named "Best Friend.” It had a vertical tubular boiler, car ried at one end of a horizontal plat form or frame, while the cylinders were carried at the other end, and the four wheels occupied the space be tween the boilers and cylinders. \ The cylinders were Inclined, ei~ht Inches in diameter, with 16 Inch Btroke, and coupled direct to the rear axle. The locomotive was destroyed by a boiler explosion after working about six months. In 1831 the West Point Foundry company built a secod engine, which was put at work on the Mohawk & Hudson railroad, now a part of the New York Central & Hudson River road. The second engine, known as the “DeWItt Clinton.” Was much like the "Best Friend," but possessed several improvements. Then in 1832 an einglne was built at the West Point foundry after designs by John B. Jarviss, which had a pair of driv ing wheels and a four-wheeled swivel ing truck. About this time other en gines were built by William T. James of New York. Col. Stephen D. Long of Philadelphia and Robert L. Stephens of Hokoben. N. J. The real origin of locomotive build ing as a commercial industry in Amer ica dates from 1832, when William Norris started a shop in Philadelphia, and from 1834, when Mathias Bald win started * shop in the same city. These early engines were without bell, pilot or whistle, all of these Im provements being American develop ments, The severity of winter storms led to the development of the cab, and the use of wood for fuel brought the Invention of the. spark arrester The sand box, from which sand ts led through pipes to the rails, Is also in the main an American development. Development of the locomotive of the familiar modern form, without the bulging smokestack and with six or eight drlvewheels. began about 1890. The traction giants that have been evolved develop more than 3.000 horse power. pull half a mile of heavily loaded freight cars up heavy grades, or. when constructed for speed, make 60 to 70 miles per hour over an Ideal roadbed. The first engine was about the size of a small express wagon and weighed less than 1,000 pounds. The big pas senger engines on the transcontin ental lines today weigh, including en gine and tender, when in working order, better than 360,000 pounds, carry under steam a pressure of 200 pounds, and are yet so nearly flaw less in mechanical construction that the percentage of accidents due to faulty building of the locomotive is almost negligible. Center Shots Education seems to pay everybody but the educators.—Duluth Herald. Automobiles have made it pretty hard for the political demagogue to pick out the downtrodden when he wants to shed beads of sweat for them. —Toledo Blade. Welcoming an Investigation into his affairs. General Leonard Wood says: ' I ho|>e th«-v'l| hew to the line and let the chips full where they may.” The chips must be the little Woods.— Louisville Courier-Journal. It 1* all very well to talk about or ganising a third party, but It may be lucky to run fifth in the voting. There are still a few socialist, labor nnd pro hibition parties for the benefit of the lonesome.—Los Angeles Times. It still remains for some enterpris Ing legislator to suggest not only that everybody's taxes lie reduced, but that a bonus be provided for both civilians and soldiers.—Washington Star. The Bok Jury of award, says Sena tor McCormick, was "packed” with I-eague of Nations advocates. As to that, is not the senate committee on foreign relations deliberately packed Illinois Judge Willing to Tell His Experience Judge fieorge F\ Wagner. Police Magistrate, Belleville. 111., la another nan of high standing and influence 0 speak out In behalf of Tanlac lodge Wagner saye "That 1 am enjoying such splendid ie«lth new I can attribute only to he help I received front Tanlac. ll utilt me up to normal weight after 1 had dropped down to almnet a ikeleton of ntyaclf. It restored my ap letlte, corrected my atomach disorder* ind brought back my energy and itrength when I wa* *o rundown hat I wa* forced to glv* up my »ork. ' Ye*. Tanlac took me off my diet •f egg* and milk and fixed up my tomaeh so I can eat everything And Vhat's more. It keep* me free from dlloua ajtucka. ditty spells and iervou*ne»*. In fact, Tanlac keep* lie feeling fine l will gladly answer inyona who want* to learn about it llrect from me," Tanlac I* for sale by all go24. NET AVERAGE PAID CIRCULATION for Decomber, 1923, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily .75,107 Sunday .80,795 Does not include return*. 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