The Morning Been mornin g—e v e n I n g—s u n d a y THE BEE PUBLISHING CO.. Publisher N. R. UPDIKE, President BALLARD DUNN. JOY M. HACKLER. Editor in Chief. Business Manager. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press, of which The Bee is a member. In exclusively entitled to «he use for publication 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 circulation audits, and The Omaha Bee's circulation Is regularly audited by their organizations. I Entered as second-class matter May 28, 1908, at Omaha postoffice under act of March 3, 1879. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for i i aaa the Department or Person Wanted. ^ * IRIlllC 1 v/V/U OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnam Co. Bluffs—15 Scott St. So. Side. N. W. Cr. 24th N. New York—World Bldg. Detroit—Ford Bldg. Chicago—Tribune Bldg. . Kansas City—Bryant Bldg. St. Louis—Syn. Trust Bldg. Los Angeles—Higgins Bldg. 1 ^ San Fran.—Hollrook Bldg. Atlanta—Atlanta Trust Bldg.^ HIGH ROADS TO PROGRESS. Good Hoads: What a change has come in the definition of this term? In the days of the old Concord coach in which our forebears traveled, a « good road wasn't much more than a clearing through the forest. Then Stephenson invented the steam locomotive. Good roads took on a new meaning. A good road became a road of iron, then a road of steel. Freight and passengers began moving by these strange new roads and the Concord coach gradually became a memory. Only the farmer, plodding his weary horses, used the roads abandoned by the stage coach. Good roads? Yes. Good enough for the old high wheeled Studebaker wagon. Then someone invented a new engine—the inter nal combustion engine. Selden fastened one of them to his old buggy, it ran. Lo, out of the in ventive brain of man, almost in a twinkling, came the automobile, first in the cities, then in the country. ... The old dirt road, the good road of our fathers, was graded up and graded down. No, it wouldn’t do. Then gravel, then stone. The whirling gas buggies swept them up. Then, oh shades of the Concord coach, and the clearing through the forest—concrete roads, brick, asphalt. Mile after mile they stretch away out from the cities, past the farm houses, up hill, down dale, like a shining ribbon in the sunlight —a firm foundation in the rain. * * W Some one has figured it out—it costs a farmer as much to haul a bushel of wheat one mile on a dirt road as it does in freight rates on the railroad to haul a ton of wheat one mile. The huge farm ton nage hauled on the railroads must first be hauled from the farm to the railroad. Small wonder the farmer with his auto truck looks longingly for the day when a concrete road wiH connect his acres with the market—with the great world beyond: Transporta tion Is civilization. The quicker, the smoother the transportation, the better the foundation for civiliza tion. Neyer in all history has man been able to hold a continent—from ocean to ocean—under one government, until the genius of America worked it out. Transportation makes the nation possible. (.That state which stands first in good roads, good trans portation, stands first in progress of every sort. The plans for extending good roads in Nebraska that are in the hands of the Good Roads association, will and should have whole hearted support. __ I GANDHI FREE, INDIA BOUND, Ramsay Macdonald is working out his policy with out any waste of time. One of his recent moves can not be fully estimated just now. He has ordered l he unconditional release of Mohandus K. Gandhi, the nationalist Indian leader. He thus indicates a change in policy in dealing with Indian affairs. Gandhi is representative of a movement that has long been smouldering in the great empire over which Great Britain has so long exercised suzerainty.. As long ago as 1911 the viceroy of India -recom mended that certain radical changes be made in the. system of government for India. He urged this •specially in direction of giving the natives greater control over th* matters in which they are most directly concerned. Five years ago the Montagu report resulted in the adoption of what is known as dyarchy, a dual form of government for India. Writing in the Fortnightly Review for December, St. Nihal Singh reviews the effect of the operation of the scheme as adopted by the British government. He finds that it has not produced the promised re sults. This is due, largely, he says, to the failure of the British officials in India to whole-heartedly co operate in the plan. They have thwarted the Indian legislatures. They have extravagantly administered where strict economy should have been the rule. They have increased rather than lightened the burdens. Against this the natives protest, whether they be non-co operationists or not. All the oppositidti to English rule in India does not center in Gandhi. True he has been the most prominent figure before the public, owing, mainly to his spectacular methods. His release from prison may have the effect of lessening in some degree the bitterness that has grown up in that country within the last decade.<'lt will not check the effort, however, to secure home jule for the empire. England has done many mighty and valuable works in India. For this it will lie called blessed. It ia not English rule but English misrule that is com plained of. If the Macdonald government has the foresight and the courage to remedy the condition that is plain enough before it, another great step forward will be taken. When he does this the act of Beaconsfield in placing the imperial crown on the head of Victoria will finally bo justified. NO TIMF. FOR LYNCHING BEE. Senator Robinson of Arkansas savagely berates those of his colleugues who he charges with “be clouding the issue with fine legal technicalities." In this case, the legal technicalities is that every man is entitled to a fair trial before he is executed. Frequently in the United States this technicality has been swept away by impetuous persons. So eager are they to visit condign punishment upon somebody they could not wait for the slow process of the law. Yet it is wise to proceed along the correct lines. It is wise whether it be to inflict a penalty on a crimi nal whose brutality has outraged public sentiment, or a public official whose conduct doe* not meet with universal approval. Our government is of law, not men. Our institutions exist because they rest on law that is founded on the Constitution. It mHy irk one who already has his mind made up to wait until 4 -1— others have fully informed themselves. In the end no one will suffer and the country as a whole will be gainer, if the law is observed, even in its technicali ties. CAL COOLIDGE AND THE CO-OPS. While the farmer, especially In Nebraska, is doing quite a little to help himself, much encouragement is befng offered from other sources. Especially docs this apply to the government at Washington. The president is using his influence in the direction of assisting in the work of getting agriculture out of the ditch into which it was tumbled when the defla tion of 1920 set in. Mr. Coolidge’s address to the national council of the farmer co-operative marketing associations, which opened a three-day session at Washington on Thursday, pledges “every encouragement” to the work. The president broadly outlines the thought he has in mind in these words: "There is need for co-operative organizations among agricultural producers to help both in selling their products for a better price and buying their requirements more cheaply. There Is likewise need for organization of the urban commerce, to give like benefits. The establishment of a close working re lationship between these two groups ought to be the ideal to which the larger co-operative movement of the country should aim." Lowered cost of distribution means better prices for the porducer and consumer as well. Elimination of unnecessary middlemen coats may not be ac complished all at once, but the co-operative market ing associations are now moving in that direction. If they are rightly managed will in time reach the goal. The fact that the farmer is setting about in an , intelligent, systematic way to solve his most serious problem is a good sign. When the men who produce the food take an interest in getting it to the people who eat it, beyond the mere process of making a profit for themselves, it bodes good for all. Dis tribution is the greatest of All problems yet unsolved. Production long ago was marie effective. We be lieve the farmer is moving in right lines, and the fact that the president himself came from a farm and knows at first hand what is involved in the problem is a guaranty of his intelligent sympathy with the producers. LOCATING A NEW GAS PLANT. Certain things connected'with what is summed up in the general phrase of municipal housekeeping are not especially pleasing in their outward aspects. Gas works, for example. Yet the community must have gas, and enough of it, in order to live. The plant for making the gas must be located somewhere, and that means some neighborhood must put up with its presence. * Now the question comes up, where will the plant be located? That which at present is serving the city of Omaha was removed to its present site a quarter of a century ago. It was objected to then, just as its extension is objected to now, by adjacent property owners. The Omaha Real Estate board says it will be unwise and too expensive to remove the plant to another site. They urge setting back the proposed container 200 feet from the street. General Manager LeisqA of the Metropolitan Utilities district has given an estimate of the cost of removing the gas plant from its present location to any one of several sites suggested, none of them be low $4,000,000. This is a sum which the community >'1S ’*iot TXcady to pay. He also points out that the new container must be built fob there can be no ex tension of mains or additional service until the capacity of the plant is increased. These are the outstanding facts in the situation. The real estate board advises that court proceedings be abandoned, and the work of erection on the con tainer be pushed to a finish. The question should be decided without delay. If the plant is to be moved to some other site the citizens in the section affected should know it. If the city of Omaha is to be called upon to vote for a bond issue they too should know it. Mr. Bryan's conscience does not hinder him from using the Teapot Dome scandal as a juicy hit of political propagsnda. even if his conscience did impel him to desert the cabinet of President Wilson. A tractable conscience if often a very convenient pos session. Lloyd George scarcely needed to deny tHat fan tastic yarn about a secret agreement between Wil son and Clemenceau. Only those who want to ever take stock in such stories, and it is impossible to cor rect them. The three mile limit has been extended to a 12 mile limit. If this thing keeps up it will be verj easy to accomplish this "hands across the sea” thing Most baseball pennants are won at the same sea son of the year that the best gardens are made— while the steam radiators are sizzling. That Long Island man who was mired down in the mud for .16 hours now knows something of what many public men have sphered. Prince of Wales breaks his collar bone while' teaching a horse to jump. One moro proof that he is a regular he-boy. — Mr. Fall declined to tell his story to the senate committee, but he may yet have full opportunity to tell it to the judge. Doubtless it will be admitted that two of the cabinet members are putting in a good Week’s Work. To date all attempts to stampede President Cool idge have ended in dismal failure. It transpires that Mr. Fall’s contents did not match up with his index. -r When the storm king gets into action the line is always busy. , Easy money—uneasy holder. There is no politics In guilt. r -> Homespun Verse —By Omaha’s Own Poet— Robert Worthington Davie K-— IMMORTALITY. They may light and win their battle— They whose power Is less than truth They may shout and rave and prattle, I/e*s profound than shallow youth.’ Men whose dream is gain and glory of the Age In which they shine. Put whose pitfalls write the story Whirl) grows sadder down the line. For the strength of truth In deathless; Though It wavers. It will rise. When Illusion'* gale |* breathless It goes soaring to the skies. And the false will roe Its rudeness. Aral the wise tta virtues keep. Anti the dust of good he goodness When thu .^a^lor goes to sleep. “The People’s Voice” Editorials from readers of The Morning Bee. Readers of The Morning Bee are invited to use this column freely for expression on matters of public interest. Sympathy for Street f ar Company. Omaha.—To the Editor of The Omaha Ree: With curtailment of service imminent and. with public dis content growing, the street car situa tion in Omaha is rapidly approaching a crisis. "Know Omaha” week is an opportune time to seek an equitable solution of a condition which menaces both the tramway company and the people. A cross town line on Fortieth street must be built. Extensions of many lines are needed. Lines now In ofiera tion give service so infrequent that in many oases it does not meet, the demands of the territory. Tfce com pany's equipment is inadequate. Why doesn't the company build this cross town line. Improve the service and build more equipment? The an swer is simple: The company does not have the money and under exffit ing conditions can not get it, Profit, according to business princi ples, is the margin realized on invest ment after all costs of operation, de preciation, taxes and a fair interest rate are deducted. Subject to public regulation, the street car company is allowed to make only' a fair return on what the railway commission de clares Is a reasonable valuation of the company's useful property. It cannot make a profit ont of which to finance extensions; therefore money for extensions and new equipment must be obtained by jtale of securi ties. If you were an investor, would you care to sink your money in a busi ness which lacked $100,000 a year of making a fair return on the reason able value of its properly? Neither would I. And because the company is not making a fair return it cannot sell securities. As a result the ex tensions are unbuilt, the additional equipment Is unbought and the public suffers. Three courses of action lie open at this time: I. The company may curtail service so much that Its operating deficit is reduced. This is obviously undesir able. * 2. The company may. If the railway commission approves. Increase its fare. The public does not desire this. 3. The popole and the city govern ment may remove from the company certain unjust and unreasonable har dens. place these burdens where they rightly belong and enable the com pany to make a showing which will attract capital with which to finance extensions and Improvements. This is the fair solution. One of these unfair burdens is the occupation tax. which in J922 amount ed to nearly $110,000. The street car rider first pays this tax to the com pany. The company turns it over to the city. Neither street car rider nor the company receives pecuniary bene, fit from It. In other word*, the occu pation tax forces the company to pay to the city revenue which it need* for II* own use If this tax were removed, a* It should be. that $110, 000 could be left with the company and would replace the deficit. Another unjust burden, more oner ous and unfair than the first. Is the paving requirement. A reile of horse car days, it forces the street ear com pany to pave between its tracks for the benefit of the automobile driver v. ho has destroyed a part of the com pany’s business. This requirement i* entirely without Justification and should have been repealed on the demise of the horsecar. Remove these two discriminatory measures and you make It possible for the street car company to get back on Us feet, to sell the necessary se curities and to make Improvements and extensions which are so neces sary. This is everybody'* problem. Don't let the automobile driver shrug his shoulders and say: "I don't ride the street cars. Why should I worry?" A city without street car* is In the same class ,** one without electric lights or a water system, and if Oma ha.* lost Us street car system the re sult would be quickly feit in property depreciation and consequent business stagnation. I am a street ear rider. I own no] stork in tlie street car company and have no Interest whatever In that company except that I use it* service. 1 believe we should see a speedy so lution of Omaha’s traction problem if the Improvement dubs and other or ganizations. Instead of whining shout “half truths" and carping about "prop aganda,” when confronted with the facts, would honestly undertake to co operate In solving a problem on a Just and equitable basis. J. O. TOWNE. The Religious War. Omaha.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: I have Just read In the •'People’s Voice” the letter, "A Critic of Fundamentalists.” It la a won derful example of mis statement and misinformation. This foolish quests Is propounded: “la it faith In Moses that you have, or Is It faith In God?" There Is no such Issue Joined. The quoetlon Is: First, Is there a God, a Creator, a Supreme Ruler In the universe? Second, Is the will of God revealed to man? l>oe« the Spirit of Go count for the sorrow ami suffering (lint exists In the world todg.v? But for the plan of salvation that t'hrbl volunteered to suffer man would have been utterly exterminated. There Is nothing In the scripture narrative that even suggests that God was responsible for the sins of Pharoah. This monarch hid become *" arrogant and conceited and v ile that he would not listen to the voice of conscience. Time after time he was offered an opportunity to repent. Ills heart was hardened by the violation of God's law Even after lie hail let the c hildren of Israel start he changed his mind and broke his treaty and, as a consequence, win overthrown In, the Red sea. Tha acrlpture narrative does not even Intimate that God. through . a dream, directed Abraham to cohabit with Hester. There Is no account of Sarah being a mother except of Isaac, and that was In her old age. Sarah, because of uer lack of faith In God's promises, gave Hagar to Abraham, and then had the hysterics over her own deal, a typical piece of feminism. The letter is an utter perversity of what the scriptures relate and teach and falls to Intelligently give e\en the arguments put forth by those who rr fuse to accept religious beltgf S. J. WOODRUFF. ■e* ' ■ -v Sunny Side up y&ke Comfort, nor forget jhat Sunrise never failed us yet" j _Celia Thaxter_J T1IK MKANIRK OK A MAN. It is easy to be, cheerful v. lien the days go like ii song, And good things are coming' easy and there's nothing going wrong. It is easy to keep smiling when your path is smooth and straight And you hit the ball a wallop when it sails toward the plate. But It isn't easy picking* that bring out your very best; It's the hard things that you tackle, and the way you meet the test. You may not accomplish wonders, but 'tis certain that you can Buckle down and show all comers you can act like a man It is easy to ’ glide ' smoothly -with enough to just .get by, When the road Is.smooth before you and the car goes well in high. No particular credit's due you if you never have to sweat. And do double duty often for the good things that you get. But it isn't when they're coming to you in a. box car, lot That you have a chance to show us just exactly what you've got. It Is when" you’ve got to hustle Just as hard as e’er you can That you have a chance to show us you know how to play the man. It is easy to surrender and sit down to whine and moan; To throw up your hands and whimper and emit a doleful groan. But the good I.ird hates a quitter worse than anything on earth, And the quitter's loud complaining only offers food for mirth. It's the man who keeps on going, never knowing when he’s licked. Who Is drafted for the big job when the best man must be picked. You may not Income a hero—you may he an also-ran—• But the world will pay you tribute if you only play the man. Somehow or other this oil investiga tion thing reminds us of one of T. Nast's most famous cartoons—that one where every grafter In the circle wa* pointing to the fellow in front of him. Harry Sinclair may be negotiating for the Russian crown jewels, as re ported. hut it is a cinch he has lost one Jewel worth far more than all the jewels ever owned by Russia's royal family—the confidence and re spect of the American people. We never were called from Nebras ka to Washington to advise with a president, but we once loaned a pres idential candidate 26 cents to pay for some fruit he purchased at a Lincoln fruit stand. And at another time we loaned a vice presidential candidate 60 cents to pay for a shave and a haircut, and waited until he could go back to the hotel and get a check cashed so he could repay the loan. By the way, the presidential candidate included that quarter In our next weekly pay envelope. We can not commend Harley Conant's Omaha creed too much. Harley Is % mighty good booster, as divers and sundry men of our acquaintance will testify. Our pet peeve at this particular time of year is loganberry pie dis guised as blackberry. And will Mr. Burhank kindly devote some time and effort to the propagation Of a seed less blackberry? We have arrived at that period in life when blackberry seeds are very annoying when discov ered—as they easily- are—nestling in the most untowurd places. We arc Impelled to make thla request not only because of our own dental situation, but because w# have a life-long friend and fallow- worker in the immediate vicinity who is certain to discover the same annoyanc^ln a very shfcrt space of time. While engaged in discussing an along towards midnight luncheon In O'Kane s restauraw, where newspaper workers, thespians and theatrical mu. slclans are wont to foregather, the subject of old songs came ufl. The subsequent discussion brought to mind that It is euy to trace the ItlstorV of the pleaimre wagon industry by recalling certain once popular sopgs "On a Bicycle Built for Two." marked the beginning of the two wheeled! craze. "In My Merry Oldsniobile" marked the advent of llie gas wagon, quickly followed by “The Little old Ford Rambled Right Along" and Get Out and Get Under.” And, be it re membered, too, that all this time the rousing old chorus of “Merrily be Roll Along” has been exceedingly pop ular. In the absence of President O'Furey and ^Secretary Hi.ok of the Nebraska Press association we make bold to in vite Rome Miller to attend the annual meeting at Grand Island on February 21, 22 and 23. The press gang has been so long In the habit of making his hotel headquarters for the sum mer meeting In Omaha, and enjoying ills always pleasant company, that he may he considered a member in good standing. If he will arrange to at tend the Grand Island meeting we will guarantee him a warm welcome and a seat within the inner councils. Just for the purpose of keeping the record straight, and also because it gives the conductor of this department a feeling of pardonable pride, it is here stated thatwthe youngest news paper editor and publisher is Richard M. Maupin, who presides over the destinies of the Gering Midwest. Dick is not yet 13 years old, but he operates the linotype, sets ads after hustling them, gathers locals, runs the presses, keeps the books and makes collections. His assistant Is Lytle Snoddy, a pal his own age. The next youngest editor and publisher is the son of Cecil Mat thews, who edits and publishes the Blue Hill Iyeader. Young Matthews is approaching his 19th birthday. Among other things we'd like to see is Judge Patrick smooth shaven, Judge Root with a full beard, Rep resentative Rears in knickerbockers and Art Mullen in a dress suit. We hope that we will not be under stood as discounting the importance of the nomination of Poynter and Harrop for president and vice presi dent in a convention held in Omaha when we call attention to the fact that they are not the first national candidates nominated in this city. Of course the candidates nominated by the populist national convention in 1 rniaha were relatively nonentities as compared with Mr. Poynter, who once owned a $160,000 bull, and our own MK Harrop. who could pay off the national debt and make money plenti ful by the simple expedient of start ing the printlnr presses. But in the interest of historical accuracy we would have you remember that Oma ha has entertained national political conventions before. “Know Omaha Better" Is a fine slogan. And "A Better Omaha to Know" should be the aim of every loyal citizen. Among other mysteries of a great city which we have tried vainly to solve is the system used bv elevator starters in the tali orth-e buildings and big department stores To date the elevator we enter la always the last one to start up, and we are always waiting for the wrong one when we signal "down." There are times w hen w> feel that we are the victim of a Dark Conspiracy. __WILL M- MAUPIN'. ^ Center Shots j Tex Rickard lias not announced when he will open the advance sale of tickets for the democratic conven lion.—Toledo Blade. Tha suggestion indicates a paradox. ,but before annexing the north pole ws should ascertain whether it will •ret tis into hot water.—Cleveland Times. A reckless driver, In these fast mov ing times, Is one who posses you in spite of all you can do.—I'nlatkn News. Every time tlie politicians gel to talking about the league of nations their conversation gets so loud It wakes tip article 10.—Pea Moines Register. That aonnte committee seen s to lie trying to put the K. O. Instead of the O. K. In Bok.— Norfolk Ledgci 1>!« patch. NET AVERAGE I PAID CIRCULATION I for January, 1924, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily . 74.669 Sunday .80,166 Pft*« not Includ* return*. Uft ovtti, HmplM or paptra apotUd in printing and include no *p*« i«l iiIm or Ire* circulation of any kind. V. A. BRIDGE, Clr. Mgr. # Subacrlbad iitd aworn to h*for* m« thi* titk dky nf I •hriiAtv, 1994 W. M Ql’IVEY, (Seal) Nutmy Public | a “From State and ' Nation” A Railroad I’araHe. iFrom the'New York Commercial Once there wai a man who brought a block in a city and paid for it *20. 000. As it increased in value he art vanced his rents. At last he was getting returns from the property based on a valuation of *200,000 and his neighbors railed him a good citizen and nobody proposed to take from him either his property or his returns from the same, neither did any man say that law should be passed to give the control of his block to a group or politicians. He stood high in the esteem of Ills community. JUs fellow men paid him homage. Now, it so happened that the same man built a railroad that ran from his home town to another city In an adjoining state. The property cost him $1,000,000 and yielded no return in net earnings for a period of years, although It greatly helped both cities and all their Inhabitants. At last it began to pay modestly. At once the inhabitants of the cities connected by the railroad petitioned the government to pass a law giving the politicians the right to arbitrarily control the management of the rail road. At the same time they began to berate the owner and called hlrn an enemy of society. The result was that the govern ment did take over the man’s railroad and did manage the property after a manner to make it more expensive to those who used it and of less value to the communities it served than it had been when it was controlled absolutely by its owner. As a consequence of this both the owner of the road and the communities served by it suffered. Finally it came about that a queer and eccentric man who lived in one of the cities asked if anybody could explain to him why the owner of the railroad was berated for building, owning and operating that piece of property and praised for getting rich from the business block that cost him tut *20.000. And after he had asked the question no man answered, hut publicly he was branded as a fool and one without sense. Furthermore, it was pointed out that when in his presence some body had been heard to refer to the ‘‘intelligent public” the man had laughed derisively and after the man ner of one who had heard somebody say something that was excruciat ingly funny. The Need of Clean Hands. From th« Milwaukee Journal. The conviction of William H. And erson, superintendent of the Anti Saloon league of New York, is bound to have an effect on the cause of pro hibition. A man cannot stand on what he claims is a moral issue and' then engage in forgery without, aside from his personal guilt, reflecting on jthe cause which he represents. But [just because of that fact the Anti Saloon league should welcome the verdict, even though it may mean prison for its executive head in New York. If evil has crept into the dry cause, then the drys should welcome a housecleaning, even though it means exposure. And the dry forces all over the country should welcome it. Mr. And erson appears to have been a part of a phase in the dry movement in which certain leaders advocated “fighting the devil with fire.” Thev meant of course that they would be "practical men,” that they would do the things they believed tip other side was do ing. There la danger In that—danger for the cause concerned, and danger, especially, for the men who are do ing it. The wets, too, may well take note of this verdict. They lost origin^ because public sympathy fell from them on account of the thln-s they were doing. If they are to make headway now to regain the.r ground they will have to do it by convincing the people that there is merit in their program. The way to do that is to be open and above board. They might malce a start in that direction by getting the boe. logger and the smuggler off the.. backs. This question of wet and dry will be settled Anally on the plane of mortality and public good. Could Anything Be Easier? Of course, a man should own h.s own home, and he can do it if he w,r rear a family of bricklayers and plas terers.—Cleveland Times-Commercial ' Abe Martin l v_/ fpRurfffJ y§gl Ever’ boy hain’t privileged t’ to t’ college, but ther’s no reason why most any boy, in years t’ com can’t look back on his good o;< saxophone days. Alius wait fer th’ second thought. , Copyright. 1*24. I When in Omaha Hotel Conant I '7 Like That Fellow Now” "I like that fellow now. since I know him better." ’ Ii the "Know Omaha" campaign has done nothing more, it has made us know and appreciate "the other fellow.” Many Omahans have begun to "like that fellow" since they became ac quainted, and more "Omaha-made gnods" is being used now than ever before. It's a wonderful thing for our com munity ! Omaha has a wonderful future. No one questions that, but Omaha will only realise that future by the co operation of its citizens. Remember what E. A. Benson, pioneer Omahan, once said: ‘ Men build cities; cities grow where men build them.” Electricity is one of the chief alliea in the development of a city. It goes hand-in-hand with commerce and industry. Clasped in the hand of labor, it Is the city’s gTeat builder. m Omaha Is Very Fortunate, lor It Has Practically the Lowest Electric Light and Power Rate in America THAT’S WHY— “Omaha Is a Great Place in Which to Live " Nebrdskd ® Power <§.