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WORK OF FEDERAL RESERVE BANK.
According to D. R. Crissinger, governor of the ;
Federal Reserve board, the federal reserve banking
system is making good. The year 1923 afforded the
best and practically the first real test of its capacity
for service undisturbed by war conditions, and on
the whole the experience justified the bank. At the
close of the year a situation was found that could
not have been sustained without the service of the
Federal Reserve system. Aggregate loans made by
member banks throughout the country totaled $12,
000,000,000, while demand deposits amounted to only
$11,000,000,000. The billion dollar difference was
carried by the reserve.
Governor Crissinger makes plain that the reserve
banks do not control credit, but merely reflect it.
He says, very patly:
“So statistical mechanism alone, however care
fully contrived, can furnish an adequate qulde to
credit administration. Credit is an intensely hu
man institution, and as such it reflects the moods
and impulses of the community its hopes, its
fears, its expectations. The business and credit
situation at any particular time Is weighted and
fcharged with these Invisible factors. They are elu
sive and can not he fitted into any mechanical for
mula, hut the fact that they are refractory to the
methods of the statistical laboratory makes them
neither nonexistent nor nonimportant. They are
factors which must always patiently and skill
fully be evaluated as best they may and dealt with
In any banking administration that is animated by
a desire to secure to the community the results of
an efficient credit system.”
Governor Crissinger finds that a disturbing fac
tor in the general problem is the interruption of
the normal flow of gold, a result of the embargo
placed on gold in many foreign countries. Four
tenths of tj)e world’s stock of monetary gold is now
held in the United States. In general terms, three
fourths of this is held by federal reserve or member
banks. This, of course, places our currency on a
sound basis, but “the movement of gold to this coun
try does not reflect the relative position of the money
markets, nor does the movement give rise to cor
rective influences, working through exchanges,
money rates and price levels, which tend to reverse
the flow.” This condition will prevail until the busi
ness of the world is on a more even keel.
What the Federal Reserve banking system has
done, is to provide a certain method by which credit
facilities can be kept on a level with credit needs.
Increasing or diminishing demands are met by ex
■ pension or contraction. The reserve discount rate
is generally below the customer discount rate. A
rise in the reserve bank rate does not produce im
mediate effects on the customer rate. As to the
possibility of a central bank, Mr. Crissinger is non
committal. He touches on discussions and reasons,
and outlines the fundamental changes that will have
to be made in our business system before such a
bank is possible. He does not suggest any further
legislation as needed to assist the banks. More time
will be required, greater experience desired, before
exact conclusions can be drawn as to the benefits or
advantages of existing methods. It is enough for
the present that the reserve banks are doing what
* they were designed to do. They afford a sure and
easy way of turning book money into pocket money
through the issuance of asset currency and its re
tirement when occasion offers. ,
MACDONALD WINS A VICTORY.
Ramsay Macdonald’s most decisive victory so far
was won when the House of Commons voted to
sustain the veto of the Singapore naval base pro
posal. It had been argued by supporters of th<^
plan that the great armament at the Strait* was
necessary to protect British trade routes and the
outlying dominions. To this it was replied that the
action proposed, while within the letter, was con
trary to the spirit of the Washington agreement.
Premier Jan Smuts of the South African Union
supports Macdonald, but Premier Massey of New
Zealand expresses much regret tfiat the naval base
at Singapore has been abandoned. Premier Bruce of
Australia wrote:
"Our strength relative to the other great power*
ha* been the basis of the Influence for peace which
we have wielded In the council* of nation* and
through the league of nation* that strength ha*
depended mainly on the British navy. It* power and
mobility. We are convinced a ba*e In the Pacific
la Imperative for that mobility. The existence and
prestige of the empire will be Imperiled without It.
We believe such a result would he a menace to the
peace of the world and a fatal blow to the league
of nations.’’
Australia and New Zealand are naturally the
most concerned in the presence of a great naval
force, hovering between them and possible attack.
On his return from the council of the empire, in
IP 19, Premier Hughes of Australia confidently said,
"We will lie safe behind the wall of England’s navy.”
This was in added emphasis the "White Australia”
principle, which is especially aimed at Japan. And
it is from Japan that Massey and Bruce apprehend
danger.
What the world will see in the setion of Parlia
ment is the strict adherence of Premier Macdonald
to his definite policy as regards world peace. He be
lieves that war can better be averted by cultivating
a good understanding with nations than through
menacing the world by over-powering armament*.
During the world war, when England was straining
every resource, the Australians voted against con
scription, and so virtually served notice on the
mother country that it must go it alone in its defense
of the empire. Now, the notice is the other way. If
the Australians adopt a policy that is likely to get
them into trouble it is only fair that they he asked
to defend themselves.
Macdonald has not only demonstrated his ad
herrnca to his principles, but he has relieved British
taxpayers of a charge they can not lightly assume st
this time. British trade routes are in no danger, un
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le*i it be through peaceful competition, and no naval
base anywhere can stave off that. Outside of Lon
don, their greatest stronghold for years has been in
New York harbor and at Washington, and even that
will in time succumb.
FARCE OF FUSION.
W. J. Taylor of Merna writes a long letter ex
plaining why he was impelled to drop his suit to
preserve the integrity of the third party in Nebraska
against the unhallowed hands of the democrats.
Chiefly, it was because there was not time enough to
push the suit through the courts. In principle, Mr.
Taylor abates nothing of his views.
He is right. President Harding gave the country
a notable defense of responsible party government,
not a great while before his death. His views were
endorsed by thinking men at the time. They have
had the endorsement of thinkers from the begin
ning. Partisanship becomes a term of reproach only
when it takes on the form of unfairness, of
prejudice, or, as sometimes happens, dishonesty.
To be a party man is to accept and follow well de
fined principles, concerning which there is no room
for honest difference of opinion.
A party can succeed only through a declaration
of principles to which a sufficient number of voters
give assent to enable the leaders to put their pro
gram into effect. Only by maintaining its principles
can a party expect to preserve its existence. When
it merges with another, even temporarily, it forfeits
the respect and confidence of such of its adherents
as honestly believe in its fundamentals. ,
Under the Nemraska law a candidate seeking a
place on a party ticket is required to give assent to
the principles of that party as set out in its plat
forms. How, then, can a candidate honestly accept
a nomination on two party tickets, where the plat
forms of the parties are opposed on their major
declarations? It is the old situation of two masters,
“for he will love the one and hate the other.”
A democrat running as a farmer-labor candidate
is not strange in Nebraska, where the democrats
have beeen accustomed to swallowing up the third
party through the device of a fusion. But, how do
the farmer-laborites ever expect to get anywhere
through making loud proclamations of undying op
position to the old parties, and then accepting the
candidates of either? The farce of fusion was never
more obvious than it is now.
LOOKS LIKE AN ASPARAGUS BED.
Who have the democrats got to run? This ques
tion was asked by a man who could think of McAdoo
only, and did nat like the prospect. It set about a
little research, with the result that exactly 26 can
didates were discovered with lightning rods ex
tended. According to states, these are:
■'Alabama, Senator Oscar W. Underwood: Arkan
sas, Senator Jnspph T. Robinson; California, William
G. McAdoo; Colorado. Governor William K. Sweet:
Connecticut. Homer S. Cummings, former chnlrmnn
• if the democratic national committee; Florida, Wil
liam J. Bryan; Illinois. Mayor William K. never of
Chicago; Indiana, Senator Samuel M. Ralston and
former Vice President Thomas R. Marshall; Iowa,
K. T. Meredith, former secretary of agriculture;
Ivansqg, Governor Jonathan M. Davis; Louisiana,
Governor John M. Marker: Missouri, Senator James
A. Reed: Montana. Senators Thomas J. Walsh and
It. K. Wheeler; Nebraska, Governor Charles W.
Bryan; New Jersey, Governor George S. Sllzer; New
York. Governor Alfred H. Smith, Senator Royal S.
Copeland and William R. Hears!: North Carolina.
Josephus Daniels, former secretary of the navy:
Ohio, Jamea M. Cox, former governor and demo
cratic nominee for president In 1920; Tennessee, Cor
dell Hull, chairman of the democratic national com
mittee; Texas, Governor Pat. M. Neff; Virginia, Sena
tor Carter Glass; West Virginia. John W. Davis,
former ambassador to Great Britain."
W hile L nderwood and McAdoo are the leaders
at present, and will probably gq into the convention
each with a comfortable nucleus of votes, the likeli
hood of a nomination on an early ballot is very re
mote. Chief among the dark horses are Senator
Royal D. Copeland of New York, Carter Glass of
Virginia, and John W. Davis of West Virginia. In
such an aggregation of talent, the dear old party of
the donkey is likely to go amuck and pick some one
who has not as yet been mentioned.
At any rate, the hotels in New York will have
plenty of “headquarters" for the early days of the
gathering of the clans of democracy.
Election Commissioner McHugh says he has
75,000 voters on his list at present. We trust they
will all turn out on election day and give us a real
test of public approval on the candidates.
Iowa is another state that is moving to adopt the
budget system. Nebraska was a pioneer in this, but
all will come to it in time, for business is business,
even in running a state’s affairs.
Pleasant prospect for the motorist, if the promise
of an oil man is any good. He says the first few
sunshiny days will see gas boosted at least 3 cents
in price.
France may have cut down its liquor consump
tion one-half without resorting to prohibition, but
what do the French know about bootlegging?
Now, if the senate would only treat a few of its
undesirables in the same way, much might be for
given.
Nebraska democrats may be credited with good
judgment in one particular. They decided to bold
their state convention here.
If that 391 tons of coal is not found somewhere,
it is going to he very embarrassing for Mr. Mosaic.
Ramsay Macdonald’s Isbor party Is furnishing its
head with plenty of occupation in the way of strikes.
Old King Winter is evidently not going to carry
over any surplus stock of snow.
Can a republic stand in Greece without slipping?
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Homespun Verse
—By Omaha’s Own Poet—
Robert Worthington Davie
THE TRAFFIC COP.
Kach morning a* I hasten down
The crowded street of yonder town,
I’pon the pivot corner stand*
A man In blue with outstretched hand1
Nor a*k he of the nlrn* of thone
Who would not »corn ;» beggar'* pore,
Nor leave their straight, commercial path
To nave it pauper * aftermath.
Hut he Ir iilgnallng; there go
The auto* Hwiftly to and fro,
And grownup* mark hi* steady arm.
And wayward wend without alarm;
While little children think how they
Would love to share hi* kind of piny,
And shuffle 'round upon their feet
I’pon the center of the street.
Without, concernment In hi* c\e
)(«• view* the earn van go by:
He'* kind of heart and strong '-f limb.
And day I* never nev\ to him.
I've watched him standing i»t hi* post,
I’ve wondered who he on vie* ni‘»*t,
And through the i.«*ement of niv shop
1 eulogize the Traffic ‘‘op
—Robert Worthington Davie.
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Letters From Our Readers
All Irttara wu«l be tl«aed. but n««» will be withheld tipwft request. < •wiwiftRt'
ration* «f SW) word* and lew will be gitea prrfrrrare._
Points llirain Omitted.
Tork. Xeb.—To th« Kditor of The
Omaha Bee: Poor Hiram haa come
and gone and we are non* the wiser
or richer for it. The light he shed
was darkness, "And If the light that
Is In the* be darkness, how great
is that darkness "
I read over 40 year* ago a book
on logic. One of the outstanding
features of the book was on truth, to
prove what truth was he used many
illustrations and figures, then to fin
Ish the point he cites things that are
not truth. One striking example on
that line he gave this one: "A half
truth is not the truth.” and his ex
planation of it Included this state
ment, "The half truth when told In
such a way as to leave a wrong im
pression is the most pet nicious kind
of falsehood."
Now turn to HI Johnson's state
ments in his keynote at Cleveland
and his first trip Nebraska this
season in’ reference to the "Mellon
Tax Law, the trouble with Mellons
plan is that it is drafted to help the
very rich."—Then again, "Under this
Mellon Law the laboring men, the
tenant farmers, the small farmers and
small operators get no tax reduction
whatever.” That is true, because
they pay none of that income tax
whatever. How could Mellon reduce
theirs, that pay none. Why didn't Hi
Johnson and his paid agents tell the
whole truth, you know why.
Then the circulars sent broadcast
out over the slate from his headquar
ters, quote him as saying. "The Man
who has a taxable income of $3,000
(over and above his legal exemptions)
will get his tax reduced by $5.” So
press says, "How iliany of you who
read this are in that class." Well,
now. Hi. if thdy are below that thev
pajf none whatever, so why kick? If
the head of a family with two de
pendents does not begin to pay ttntil
$4,000 net income Is reached, then
he would pay under the present law’
$21*. and under the new’ law $15.75.
Xo poor man Is in that class, for
$4,000 erver cost of production and
legitimate expenses Is not very poor
or hard up.
1’nder the present law a single per
•on with an Income of $4,000 would
pay $120, the new law $67.50, the
head of a family with two dependents
$28, under the new law $15.75. Then
he goes on to show how much reduc
tion is given on Incomes of various
amounts in the scale up to $5,000,000,
saving thev get reduction of *1.350.
000. Yes, but he is very careful not
to tell you that fellow was (or 1st pay
ing in income and surtax $3,583,190.
leaving him the little pittance of but
$2,232,090, to pay, "how many of you
are In that class, how could you give
a man a reduction like that on his
*28. tax. Yet the point Is he (the big
fellow) Is not only paying as much per
dollar but 25 times as mui h on each
dollar, for *3,583.190 Is over 65 per
cent and $28 on *4.000 Is not 1 per
cent.
This is done for one purpose, to get
votes, and that by the man. that Is
so Insistent his clamor for the
"Square Deal," for the dear farmer
and the poor laboring man. Does he
call that a “Square Deal?" Then, lest
I be unfair, 1 will return to th» tax
reduction theme, aga n and say there
Is proposed in the new hill to make
a further reduction on all Income*,
over and above that made for the Idle
rich who do bothlng to earn their In
comes. Hi did not mention that.
Why" Because It would not have
helped his side any so he Just
forgot it. of course HI Is very hi In
his zeal to get to be president, so he
ran help the farmers get their rights.
If that lie true, then why does he not
stay on the joh they are helping to
pay his *alarv for. Kor there Is very
little the president can do In that
direction himself. It must be done
by legislative enactment and that HI
Johnson knowa right well. Then the
most pertinent question they rould
ask him would he. "Why do you not
stay on the Job you have Instead of
taking the public’s time to run over
the country trying for a bigger one."
It would show more worth to his
claims and promises. Xo T am a
KKKP COODIGR IX.
Consider the Norris Amendment.
Oxford. Neb—To the Kdltor nf The
Omaha Bee: We often lend that the
people will hold the republican party
responsible for this donothlng con
gress. Theoretically the republicans
have a majority, but It should be ap
parent to every fair-minded jierson
that th»v are a helpless minority
against the democrats and their allies.
! Never since Washington's time have
1 we had a congress so disgustingly in
competent and so crnvenlv subservient
to the dictates nf any body of voters,
who are well organized to lobby for
their special Interests. Republican
\oters have no one to blame hut them
selves for electing profewed repub
licans who vote with the d»mocrnts
and who never lose an opportunity to
embarrass the organization or black
guard the administration. When con
gress Is not busy entertaining Itself
with scandal mongers It Is employed
In amending our constitution. Not
one of the proposed amendments will
lower taxes a cent: not one wilt bring
nnv relief to the farmers or lower the
cost of living. The people have never
demanded or asked for a single one of
the proposed changes. It Is true that
there are a few groups of prepay.,p
(list* that are demanding a child lahor
amendment but the rs Is not (he voire
of the people, for It Is an Indlsputal le
truth that 1.000 children are going to
destruction from lack of work to one
from over work. Any person nr cor
poration that will abuse or over work
children should be severely punished
/ "' s
Abe Martin
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Who remember* the old stnvnl
up livery horse tbit used t’ hop on
three loir* th‘ first few miles? Noth
in’ succeeds without n boss, tin’ sn\
what we please, th‘ (frouchier he is
th1 better it seems t’ succeed.
I
Us criminal* and we need no conatltu
Monal amendment to do It. One
amendment would Inaugurate the
j president and assemble congress in
| January.
For year# there has been talk of
changing yr April us hundred* take
old and many loose their llvea from
exposure at the fourth of March ex
! smses, hut uow it must he changed to
ihe coldest month in the year. Senator
Norris fathers this resolution and
gives two reasons why the country
should lie put to the great expense
and inconvenience to change our time
honored custom. First it would he a
great blessing if congress could meet
soon after election. If this < ongress
* sample It is doubtful if the peo
ple would have grieved much if It
had never inet till Jim Reed Is elected
president. Our forefathers seriously
debated that congress should meef
every two years, hut of course they
were nut progressive and could not
see the nr*ed of a rush. If quick to
work after election is so badly needed
why not meet in December, why
waste so much time?
Why did it not occure to our wise
men to change election to Februaiy
so farmers could go to the pools after
the corn was all husked an‘d spring
work in the future and they would
have no excuse for not turning out
to vote just before Inauguration. Any
man rhosen from the busy walks of
life, and there should be more of such
chosen, has none too much time under
the present regime to qualify for the
duties of congress or as president.
The other reason given for the change
is that it will prevent congressmen
who are not re-elected who he styles
as lame ducks and as being repudiated
by the people, from having anything
further to do with legislation. This
country got along quite well liefore
the constitutional tinkers ever hatch
ed this idea.
Not one man in 20 who fail* of re
election is repudiated in the sense
Norris implies. Sha'lenberger has sev
eral times gone down to defeat but
never was repudiated by the people.
The same can he said of Andrews
land who would contend either of
these statesmen would endanger the
government by legislating after their
successors were elected and before
the Fourth of March? Why should
Norris gloat over democratic sucres*
in the last election? Why* slur his
defeated brethren, stigmatizing them
ns lame ducks and as being repudi
ated by the people and as not worthy
to sit in congress” Has he forgotten
that he was once overwhelmingly d»
feated for county attorney’’ Did
Furnas county repudiate him In that
election” Certainly not. It simply
went wild over the other fellow. On< »
a chance of a few vote# would have
defeated Norris for congress, and
while he was not quite a lame duck
he was near enough to have quite a
limp but raised no howl about lame
ducks serving In the next short ses
sion.
There Is another amendment advo
cated to limit the president to one
term. Tf It Is had for a president to
have two terms, why not worse for a
senator to get the Idea Into his
rranlum that he Is entitled to a llf->
lease” What would have happened
to our country If T.IncoIn had been
restricted to one term as our con
stltutional tinkers advocate” Our
constitution Is a wonderful do. ument
in si'Mppcitv and effh iency and '-om
nia nd* the admiration of states
men the world over. If all our stat
uary k«> were written In as plain
words and In strict harmony with Its
liberty protecting mandate* It would
b* a blessing to our country
A. C RANKIN
Wants a Republican.
Grand Island. Neb.—To the Kditfif
of The Omaha Bee: As the time is
drawing close to the primary. 1 wish
to ask you for a little of your apace.
iUter being a republican for over 2d
vrars. having served as chairman of
our County Central Committee two or
three* times and at all times ready to |
serve the best Interests of republicans.
I can't for the life of me understand
Senator Norris' stand In coming out
and asking for re-election.
In over 20 years that he has served
11s In congress whst has he accom
plished? Nothing, lie has been of late
years a disturber. Ims got dearly
away from the republican policies.
rte Is not the man Nebraska wants
in the senate. We have other men.
capable and willing to do the work
foi according to his own utterances
he Is tired, so why send him hark, let
him go home and rest up.
At the same time we will confer a
great favor on Mr. Norris.
We need public officials thst will
construct and not tear down the party
principles, we want a man that i« a
republican and will shun such men as
Brookhart. I.a Follette. Johnson and
others.
Now, I would like to a»e the repub
lican voters Join hands st. the
primaries and vote for men that we
know are real republicans and will
go to congress and do constructive
work, so that we can get back to a
normal state and so that the country
can get track to normalc" for ss It Is
now business Is st a standstill, no
one has any confidence to go ahead
and do.
KP WII.LIAMS.
A County Republican Chairman.
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NEBRIN
Unless you take Nebrin you are
not using the safest and most effec
tive remedy that science has given
you for the relief of colds, grippe,
headache, neuralgia, rheumatism
and pains in general.
N'ehrin tablets are positively saf
er and more effective than Aspirin
tablets and are superior in every
way to cold and headache remedies
containing the heart depressing,
habit-forming drug Acetanilide.
A Business Romance]
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From «ti» Now Tork T mo*
l.cs* than a quarter of a century
ago the t'nited State* Steel corpora
tlcn was established on the theory
that there were profit* In co-opera -
tion at fair price* and only lo**e* In
cheapening price* by *acrlflc# of cap
ital. The id»a was *n out of sympathy
then that It waa neceaaary to “make
a market” In *ell the common stock
at a tenth of Its pur. But a *10 In
vestment thrn ha* been worth more
than *100 since. The Idea of stop
ping loese* by combination wa*
thought such an outrage that the gov
ernment »ued the “conspiracy in re
straint of trade." and it escaped dis
solution only by the skin of its teeth.
Yet it* customers and competitor*
alike have uniformly testified to it*
probity, and Its workers have been
among the most favored in the Indus
try. Their hours have been reduced,
and they have received an ever in
creasing share of the product of their
labor. In the earliest years of the
Steel corporation wages absorbed less
than a third of its costs of production.
I.atteriy that percentage has increased
to over -W per cent. 1-ast year alone
61.'.'92 of its wage earner* Joined the
ranks of capitalist proprietors.
This "combination of wind and
water'' now has a balance sheet of
*2,120,682.000. One Item on the asset
side ^ 1346 226,712 of cash and invest
ments. and the surplus, after depre
ciation and dividends, is a half billion.
Its bonded debt has been reduced, and
Us productive capacity—its real
wealth and value to the Industry—
has been Increased. Its gross income
each year now'equals its original cap
italization, and its net profits have
Increased fourfold. The book value
of the common stock has the uncom
mon figure of *275 against it. Its
prices have stabilized the market for
steel, and it has allowed competitors
their *hare of the going business, al
though none could live in cut-throat
competition with it. Its reports are
the fullest ever published, and have
never been accused of concealing es
sential fact*.
Morals are dull affairs, hut there Is
a moral here worth mention. The
steel corporation is one of the large
undertaking* run by private manage
ment. There is nothing about it of
the muddle and squander character
istic of public busincHg or of corpora
tions run with a stock market squint.
Yet politicians thrive on abuse of the
corporations, and would smash them
all to punish the comparatively few
which deserve it.
LISTENING IN
On the Nebraska Press.
Three Nebraska editors are candi
dates for senatorial honor*. Kmerson
Purcell of the Broken Bow Chief is
a democrat A. B. Wood of the Oering
Courier and Jack Kroh rt the Ogalla
la News are republican*.
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.T B. O’Furey of the Hartlngton
News wants to be a delegate from
the Third district to the democratic
national convention.
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Hank T,eggott of the Ord Quiz In
als** that rhiidren had fewer cold* in
tlte old day* w hen mother* used plen
ty of onion ®yrup and greased ehests
with goose gr> ry nigh!.
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Kditor Orosvtiu i <-i the Aurora Pun
rhargea winter with lingering in the
lap of spring, hut he doesn't know
what to do about tt. He might have
a law passed against It.
• • •
“At one time p«*ople went to the
country for the quiet; now they go for
* h* Still.” Sagely observes Kdiror
Sweet of the Nebraska Citv Prey«,
• a •
Noting that an automobile publica
tion asserts that honey in the radi i
ator will ke*p it from freezing. Kdi
tor Smith of the Dunbar Review
chortle* that the best place for one4*
honey is on the seat right up bv the
driver.
• • •
The disappearance of starched un*
dc^jihlrts was coincident with the ap
l»earance of petting parties.” assert*
Fred Howard of the Clay Center Sun. ,
with a fine air of knowing what he
i* talking about.
• • •
‘ Ail tm)dr* *mrU like sour milk.”
ns-erts Adam Breede, the bachelor
editor of the Hasting* Tribune. Br
ing a harhelor it may lie a ease of
sour grapes with Adam.
...
Ole Burk of the Harvard Courier
admits that no man ever got any
where with him by railing him
"brother.”
"N«v*r buy an nll-dnv surker in
thi* afternoon." advi**'* B*n Sallow*
of the Alliance Herald.
• • •
' Some men probably feel impelled
to run for offl< e for the same reason
that some dog* feel railed upon to
chase an automobile." say* Allan D.
May of the Auburn Herald
• • •
The Srottshluff Republican uya the
branches of government are now Ex
ecutive. Judicativ e and Investigative "
• • •
The Mn'ook Gazette wants the city
to adopt the city manager plan before
It goes Into the municipal lighting
business. | *4**| j
Take Nothing
for Granted
A competitor aays in one of his re
tent ads that jieople buy Ills enr lie
muse they "take it for granted," and
implies that you, too, should lake
his car fir granted and buy without
further arto.
Our suggestion to automobile buy
ers Is not to take anything for grant
ed. Shop nround and find out what
}'<*U < an yet for your money before
tou spend It.
Pon t take for granted that Chand
ler Is a teal high priced car because
of its supremacy In performance,
sbintinn end beauty.
Most everyone, even our competi
tors, considers Chandler one of the
very best cars built at anv price, but
few Iieople realise that Chandler
dosed cats now cost even less than
Hub',. Nash. Siudeh.iker nr Reo. and
onlv slighth more th.in th* 4 rvl
Hup.
We risk you, in all seriousness:
Where mn vou buy a closed car to
compare with Chandler without pay
u g nt least >1.000 more than the
Chandler price?
4 door Sedan, |1,S75; 5- pass. Coupe,
$1,745, f. o b. factory.
All Chandler cars are equipped with
Traffic Transmission and Pike's Peak
motors, loth of which are built and
controled exclusively by Chandler and
cannot be obtained In any other car.
When \ on t .v i i .ir from us you are
i silted the utmost in value.
.*
Ralph VV. Jones, Inc.
2 1211. Kama in.
» 1
SunnyS ?UP
Vaife Comfort.nor forget
MatJunrue ne^erfailedu£yet
THE MEASIRE OE \ MW.
It Isn't the man with the elegant front
Who always stands up when he * needed
He often raves In when given the brunt
Where an humbler man has sun ee, t-d.
It Isn't the man who swears he la right
Who always makes good his pretension.
And the fellow who loves to boast of h.s mlgh.
Quite often mistakes his dimensions.
It isn't the man who prates of reform
Who always deals square with h.s neighbor.
He often caves in when the battle grows warm
And talking won t make up for labor.
It is easv to preach, to scold and advise.
The faults of all others bewailing
And a man don't prove he's a giant in size
By oth^r men> motive* ayfojilin;:.
We love the honest to goodness square man
Who lives like a friend and a brother;
Who's earnestly striving the best that he tan.
His hand reaching out to some otner.
Who seeks by example instead of by law
To make the world better by living;
Who works wdth his hand and his brain, not w.th .a
Some good ev’ry day to be giving.
At North Bend we were informed that the b nton Pa. .f
had promised that little city a new dei>ot this spring. wh*r*
upon we gave three rousing cheers. Thirty or more years ag
we chided the North Bend fire department for sov.ng the o
.lepot from destruction. lAter it was demolished end
present structure, now wholly inadequate, w-i* *,-•
It was that we helped plant the little saplings in Railroad pars
now stately trees, that are a constant reminder to us tn..
tempus keeps fugiting faster and faster every day. By the way,
It was at North Bend that we met the hirst Baoy "f the I.an b
and after thirty years she still retains that position by
unanimous vote of the man most interested.
Modern Education.
Teacher: ''Name the four cardinal points of the compass
Bright Pupil: ' Hear right, rear left, right front and ief*.
front."
"Some politicians are like that ol’ dun mule o' mine, ' as
serted Uncle Jim Cawntossel. 'That mub kin shirk :n th
collar all day. hut th' minute I take th' harness of f'r f let ;m
roll, the durned critter backs right at in th' l,arn tn' l.cgin» t«
lct fly with both feet. Never pulls a pound, but kc ks hei; >ut n
eter'thing in sight."
Nebraska I.iiu< u< ak.
There was a fair maid in Odessa
Who fell in love with a professa.
But so shy was the Prof
That h» stood away off
And didn t quite dare to addr<-«-a.
TThen the frost goes out of the ground a I t cf de?:.» to
make garden goes out of the hearts of most men.
There must have been something wrong a! ut the report
that the Grand Island brewery had been closed h< aus* it was
making real beer. We were in Grand Island three or four
days last month, and Gus Bueohler never gave us a hint about
any such operations.
Speaking about "Men M ho are M.king Omaha.” w» meet
them every day while we are crossing the state in le.surely
fashion. They carry sample cases and order books, and when
not selling Omaha good* they are selling Omaha.
Spring is surely here, even if we have not yet seen a fish
worm. For three mornings in miccssion we have begun the
day without feeling that there was something that we Ought
to Pass a Law About.
Crooks are not elected to office leca i** a ms.orlty of the
people ar® crooks. Thev are *!••. led because honest citizens
are more careless about the fran- hise than the crooks are.
mill m. macpin.
CENTER SHOTS.
The thieve* who stole a set of valu
sble tapestries at Versaillies have
been s-nteneed to five years Impris
onment—the hangings of course were
too good for them.— Louisville Cour
ier Journal.
Historians say a great emergency
bring* forward the man to meet it
President Cooiidge has the confidence
of the country as he faces grave and
extraordinary responsibilities.—Wash
ington Star.
It is better to put your whole soul
into what you are doing than to put
your foot in It.—Illinois State Journal.
Maw says the bonds of matrimony
seem to be only short-term notes
rowadays. — Petersburg Progress
Index.
Costa Rica is getting the permanent
wave, with 420 earthquake* in a few
weeks.—Portland Oregonian.
If nobody Is using America's moral
support, we have a little job for it here
at home.—Duluth Herald.
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