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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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When the storm king gets into action the line is
always busy. ,
Easy money—uneasy holder.
There is no politics In guilt.
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Homespun Verse
—By Omaha’s Own Poet—
Robert Worthington Davie
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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<j communicate with the soul of
man? Third, la the Bible Inspired?
Poes It reveal God's law. Ilia will to
nun? If It 1* not Inspired, If it has
no more authority than any other
hook or writing, then on what rati
w« haee any authorltlve Idea or rnn
reptton of God7 There Is nothing!
Reject the Bible and we are left with
out any religious or moral anchorage.
If the ruble Is only a book, what gave
the author either his Impulse, *ifb
Jei'f or object for weaving such u
fairy tale'.' Let. It be borne In mind
that the Bible does not say that Moses
was Its slither. But it doe* say tlmf
God spoke to Adam, to Cain, to Nouh,
to Abraham, to Moses, to the proph.
ets, to the apostles, to men and wo
men In every age that were atuned
to His will. The fundamental ques
tlon here Is a belief that the Spirit of
God communicates with the souls of
men.
The second question Is equally ab
surd and has no support In the scrip
ture narrative. The Bible tells u*
that man was created In the Image of
God. that a paradise of opportunity
was prepared for him with only the
one requirement of obedience, hut
that Qian had the power to obey of
disobey. That satnn, the spirit of
evil, entered the serpent, and by a
little jollying of the woman persuaded
her lo disobey. At that moment, man
by his own free will «. », fell from his
lofty estate. If this Is not true, will
soma one come forward and give *
logical sequent e nf reasoning te ao>
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.
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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
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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,
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“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
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Abe Martin l
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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.
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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 <§.
