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M NARY-HAUGEN BILL ON ITS WAY.
Supporters of the McNary-Haugen bill in both
house and senate are moving with energy and vigor
to secure the passage of the measure without fur
ther delay. Tactics adopted by the opposition, which
consists in the main of the radical La Follette group
irt the house and the reactionary democrats in the
senate, have driven the friends of the farmer to
take steps that ordinarily might have been avoided.
Need for some sort of legislation to aid agriculture
is apparent, has been urged by the president, and
has been promised by congress. Yet such is the
situation at Washington that minorities, insignificant
ip number, by taking advantage of the rules, can de
Iriy if not defeet any legislation to which they may
bp opposed. Tie combination was strong pnough to
defeat the Norherk-Burtness bill, and .is now exert
ing every device of ingenuity to encompass thp de
struction of all farm relief, either directly or indi
rectly.
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For this reason Senator Norheck has announced
his intention to add the McNary-Haugen bill as a
rider to the revenue measure that is now in its final
stages in the senate. This is not an unusual method
o-f securing the passage of a law, and frequently has
been resorted to when the situation arose that pre
vented the measure from coming on in the regular
form. Senator Norbeck’s resolution to so act is
taken after consultation with others wb« arc inter
ested in securing the passage of some law for the
benefit of agriculture.
The McNary-Haugen measure has been approved
il) principle by those who are concerned in the situ
ation, and in its form by farmer organizations
throughout the country. It is designed to provide
a market for the surplus product* of agriculture, by
facilitating export and stabilizing prices. This fea
ture of the bill has been criticized by some, hut the
mnin objection to it is answered hv the fact that it
does not undertake to fix prices. It merely «eek«
to save lns«. Export prices are to bear a definite
relation to domestic prices, and to the range of value
over a period of years. The mechanism is simple,
not especially difficult to operate, and by its pro.
moters the plan is deemed equitable.
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President C'oolidge, in the course of his message
to congress, advised the body regarding the farmer
after this fashion:
“With Ills product* not selling on a parity with
• the products of industry, every sound remedy that
1 can be devised should be applied for the relief of
” the farmer.”
The president favored the Norbeck-Burtness bill.
The only reason this bill was defeated is that some
of the democrats in the senate, aided by a few re
publicans, felt that the measure was an infringement
on state sovereignty, and they would prefer to see
agriculture languish and the farmer suffer loss rather
than to abate their adherence to a doctrine whose
strict application prevents the federal government
from acting in an emergency that concerns all. The
draft law in 1917 was opposed on the same ground.
Some, notably the group of radical* in the house,
headed by Voigt of Wiaconain, who ia I,a Folletta'a
lieutenant, aeem to think if they can prevent any ac
tion for the benefit of agriculture in the preaent
spsainn, it will be of political advantage to them
Frankly apeking to destroy the republican party,
openly challenging it* leadership, and agitating for
ft third party, they ardently devote themselves to
Ihe obstructive program they have adoptee;. How
ithpy will justify their course when they come to
^face'the voters is for them. It is enough now that
<hey are to be met in both house and senate by a
jletermined effort to pass the bill.
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Members, especially those from the west, know
3-hat this congress must not adjourn without having
tdone something to relieve the farm situation. The
^McNary-Haugen measure is one that will give help
to agriculture in all its forms. It affects the demo
cratic south as much a* it does the west. If the
democrats are true to the interests of the people
they represent, they will join with the republicans
jn sending this bill over. Judge Haugen i* pressing
the bill in th# house ss ear nestly as Senator Norheck
is in the senate, and the chance for its passage is
■good at this time.
MARY BAIRD BRYAN.
When Nebraska people think of thp patient suf
fering of Mrs. William J. Bryan for the last decade,
they instantly forget partisanship and sectarianism,
and everything else but their friendship and admira
tion for this splendid wife and mother. For a num
ber of years Mrs. Bryan has been suffering an af
fliction that has rendered her almost helpless. The
best medical attention has not availed, and now
Mrs. Bryan has turned to faith for healing. Always
a devoutly religious woman, she now declares her
belief that if she but has faith enough she will be
restored to health. And everywhere in this hrosil
land there are men and women who will pray daily
that this good woman may be hrnled.
Healing by faith is no new thing. Turning to
• jfailh healing ss a last resort has been s trait of
•our common humanity. To pray for health and thpn
doubt; to pray for help and strength and then doubt
- i* to, pray in vain.
. • Faith builds a bridge across th* aulf of Heath
To break the shock blind Nature ran not shun,
j And land* Thought smoothly on the further shore. ’
Prayer is the outward expression of an inward
tnith. and that prayer is only answered in propor
lion to the faith that is behind it. And the faith
held by this good woman through all her years of
suffering gives her strength and hope and cheer.
A great many people may not know it, but Mr.
Bryan’s seeming loss of prominence of late has not
beeen due so much to diminishing popularity as to
his devotion to the wife who has meant so much to
him during all his public career. She has made his
work her work, his ideals her ideals, his hopes and
ambitions her hopes and ambitions. Ever and always
she has been his confidant and helpful adviser. Mary
Baird Bryan has very nearly approched the ideal of
American wifehood and American motherhood. Now
that she is tortured by pain and disease, and has
turned with eyes and heart of faith to the Great
Physician, from a million American homes will go
up prayers that to her shall be given, even more than
she shall ask.
COMPARING THE PLATFORMS.
Plenty of time before November for the critical
examination of the platforms adopted in Nebraska
by the respeetive political parties. The chief dif
ference between them on state issues has to do with
the form of government. Republicans declare in
favor of amending the existing law to make it give
better service. A further elimination of overlap
and interference in administrative departments and
bureaus i« promised. Democrats propose to throw
overboard the entire system, but say nothing of
what they will substitute for it.
This plank should engage thp most serious dis
cussion of the campaign, for it involves the entire
government machinery, budget and all. Republicans
want to carry into the administration of state affairs
the same tested and effective methods that are
adopted by successful business men everywhere. The
democrats leave the inference that they want to re
turn to the old slipshod, haphazard methods, under
which the governor was the head and center of a
huge tangled mass of administrative boards, bureaus
and commissions, and as such the chief engineer of a
great political machine.
Fulsome laudation of Charles W. Bryan will not
deceive anyone, nor cover up his deficiencies. To
praise his efforts to improve agriculture must chal
lenge attention to his action on bovine tuberculosis.
While the party is congratulating Ashton C. Shallen
berger for his services as a congressman, its leaders
should recall that Governor Bryan denounced Mr.
Bhallrnberger and his associates as grafters because
they insisted on having an appropriation for the
eradication of disease from among the fine herds of
Nebraska.
On other points the platforms are diametrically
opposed. The republicans propose to go ahpad,
amending laws where necessary to continue enlight
ened progressive government in the state. With just
as much emphasis the democrats propose to repeal
these laws, and go back to where we were a few
years ago.
it is the old story, repeated through the years
since first the democratic party as it is now con
stituted was organized Republicans are looking
ahead, democrats are looking backward. Republicans
want to go on to higher and better things, the demo
crats want to turn back to outworn and discarded
things. That is the fundamental difference between
the two parties. On its record of achievement in the
state the republican party confidently approaches
the voters.
FOUR NEEDED CHARTER AMENDMENTS.
Submission of four proposed amendments to the
city charter to he passed upon by the voters on Tues
day next should he a pleasant reminder that Omaha
now actually enjoys home rule. Our people for
themselves ran decide on the details of methods of
government.
Each of the four amendments suggests an im
provement. Experience is back of them. The first
requires that the city engineer prepare a detailed
estimate of the probable cost of any public improve
ment before advertisements asking hid? are inserted.
Under such practice the property owners affected
will know in advance what paving or other better
ments in service is likely to cost. A basis for check
ing bids is thus established in advance, and much of
the juggling that has been known in the past should
he eliminated.
The second amendment provides for the setting
aside of a sinking fund sufficient to carp for bond is
sues at maturity. This is good practice. With such
a law in force the credit of the city should be ma
terially improved.
A third amendment changes the time for paying
for property taken for the opening or widening of
streets. It gives the owners of benefited property
ten years instead of 50 days in whieh to make the
payments. Should this amendment he adopted, a
number of changes in streets now hanging fire will
be carried through. They are delayed, not because
the need is not recognized, but because what amounts
to cash payment by property owners of the cost of
the improvement is too great a hardship.
The fourth change will empower the city council
to improve boulevards within two and one-half miles
of the city hall without, waiting for a petition. Under
this it will he possible to so improve existing boule
vards that they will become in fact as well as in name
pleasure drives. Much unfavorable comment is
heard from time to time concerning the condition of
these drives, which have not been improved because
the commission is unable to make the necessary
order under the existing law.
The amendments have the endorsement of the
municipal affairs committee of the Chamber of Com
merce and others who have examined them, and
should meet the hearty commendation of the voters.
Each is a atep ahead in municipal government, and
as such means progress for Omaha.
The Hi Johnson section of the Cleveland conven
tion will be a small spare entirely surrounded by
Coolidge delegates.
Homespun Verse
—By Omaha's Own Pont——
Robert Worthington Pai ir
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RETURNING TO ADAIR
Park again to view the cottage small, hut quaint and
sweetly fair.
Where the at ream flows down the valley past the ham
let of Adair,
Where the clover fields are fragrant In the vernal day*
of Spring,
And the trees are garhed In heauty am! the breast In
w hlsperlng.
Oh, the smile* that ever greet me, and the welcoming-*
alncei e
When the old companion* meet me with a "glad to see
you here.’*
The discreet association, the handshake arid the smile
Give to life a wholesome fervor and acclaim It worth
the while.
Hark again where stand* the cottage lust a step above
the stream.
To forger the tribulation and rr. ill the fleeted dream
Rack to linger In the sunshine, in the moonlight placid,
fair
Where the da s of vntnh*si* mem rieg in the %allc\ of
Adair.
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Letters From Our
Readers
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will be withheld upon request. Com
munication a of 200 word* and le*»
will be given preference.
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Kountsky’* Work.
Omaha—To the Editor of The Oma
ha J'.ee: Duririg the last few years
the taxpayers of Omaha, in common
with those of other localities, have
complained bitterly and with good
cause, of the steadily growing taxes,
state, cour.y and city, to say nothing
of the income tax assessed bv the
national government. A great part
«»f this increase is, no doubt, due to
mm h higher material and labor costs,
but the public cannot get away from
the idea that some of tl/e increase is
due to the carelessness or inefficiency
(if those handling our public funds.
Omaha, during the last three years,
lias done much in the way of public
iinpnm merits, and li should be thank
ful that the department handling this
work for the city has been in charge
of a man who was efficient and hon
est and whose efficiency and honesty
was backed by a determination to got
for the city the best of material and
workmanship at the lowest prices
obtainable.
Joseph Kout sky did not hesitate to
go outside of Omaha for bids when
he was satisfied that local contractors
were nor offering their lowest prices
for work. Of course, this was resent
ed hv the local men. who think that
Omaha contractors should do Omaha's
work. 1 fully agree with them, but
only to the point where our taxpay
ers are not called upon to pay a
bonus in order to keep this money in
Omaha, and Mr. Koutsky did only
what any good business man would
do under similar circumstances In bis
own business.
in looking over the cost of the en
glneering and supervision of the work
done by Mr. Koutskv's department,
we find that during the last three
years an average of 175 per cent more
work done by this department over
the three-year - period just prior to
Mr. Koutskv's election. The cost of
this work during the last three years,
as compared to the 1918-19-20 period
shows an increase of only 5 per cent
To me. this showing is convincing of
the fact that the department has
been run on an economical business
basis.
Any sensible business man. having
a good manager would certainly not
discharge him after three years of
economical and profitable manage
ment of his department., just for the
sake of putting in a new' and untried
man. It seems to me that the oily
of Omaha is just a big business, each
of its departments in charge of a
manager who spends the city's money,
your money and my money.
We now have a man in charge of
the department where a vast sum of
the money raised by taxation is spent,
w lie re more money can he wasted and
misspent than in any other depart
ment. who has made good. Mr. Kout
sky should ha re-elected for another
term for the good of the taxpayers,
and also to prove that honesty and
efficiency in public office are appre
ciated. Our voters have now an op
portunity to say to Joseph Koutsky.
Well done, thou good and faithful
servn nt."
N P. FBI I,.
What to Tench the Hoys.
Omaha—To the Editor of The Oma
' i pec Bov• week has beer a greM
week for the boy*, hut it is doubtful
If son-* of the lessons taught have
been the best >ssons possible The
nat »ral impression from much com
ment is that worthv ambition consist#
solely in aiming at position* of dig
nity and power and praise. In other
words, a boy must set out to be a
mayor, a manufacturer, a banker,
i railroad r resident and the like or
be "nobody.”
I do not agree IJf# give* the
whole idea the lie The n <-• of men
and women must drive nail#, cook
meals, run street cars, paint, print,
plow and sweep; and hundreds more
are bringing on to th% ragged eders
of business and professional life who
ought to go to work in earnest, actu
ally producing wealth, instead of di
viding and consuming wealth after
it has been produced.
Old clothes and hard work arouse
a version 1 .*•' u use they carry the
(brittle slave tradition, but the fact
remains as stated Ordinary, hum
drum empb 1ment i* the common lot.
and any w u’*3s,n cad attempt to draw
the attention of hoys from this lot
simply draw * them toward an abv ss
of disappointment and disaster. Pov
erty, however, is not necessary and
the outlook of the bnv i* r.ot dark
but bright. if those charged with
teaching really teach th# truth.
Teach th# box' that taming a living
1# only th# beginning of living that
what on# doe* with his leisure hours
means hi* making or breaking. Teach
f Abe Martin
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If there i- a hereafter ther’* goin’
t’ he a whole lot o’ people too tired
t’ enjoy it. We don’t believe any
thing tore out foster after th’ war
than Liberty muffin*.
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PAID CIRCULATION
for March, 1924, of
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this 4th day of April, 1024.
W 11 QUIVEY.
I Seal) Note^r Public
,
sunny side up i
*fakt Comfort,nor forget
0ftat 'Sunrise ne^erfailed us yet"
Q,aK^rr
SPEAKING OK THRU,IX.
There's a lot o' joy In livin’ near where flshln's purtv good,
An’ there's lot's o' fun a rosmin' through th' rool sn' pleasant
wood;
■Toys o’ life around u* plenty when ol' nature hlooms In spring
With th' fragrance of Its blossoms and the songs th’ birdies
sing.
Summer sun a shinin' brightly in th' blue dome of th’ sky,
An' th' breezes all balm laden bearin’ health while passln' by,
Hut th’ greatest joy o' summer since the day that It begins
Is th' feelln' that comes o'er me when the Home Team W ins!
If you want t' start me cheerin' when I'm feelln’sort o' blue,
Or revive my broken spirits, all you really got t' do
Is t' bring til’ gladsome tidin's that we've won another game.
An' 1 11 give a whoop an' boiler till my throat is sore an'
lame.
I can stand t' be defeated In th' game of politics.
An' 1 never git excited When my ticket turns the tricks;
But it sots my blood t’ pumpin’ an' my face breaks out In
grins
When 1 git th' welcome tldin a that the Home Team Wins!
We confess to s growing weariness because of the too fre
quent resort to comparative statistics when we voice com
plaint about growing expenses. No sooner do we complain
about excessive school expenses than some pedagogue comes
hack with the statement that we spend more for cigarets than
we do on public schools. Th»n up comes some dominie to in
form us that we spend more for chewing gum end face powdar
than we do for churches We are Informed that if we spent
less for gasoline we would have more to spend for shoes and
riot lie*. All of which is doubtless true. It is also true that If
we wpnt sockless we could buy more butter; If we made one
suit of red flannel underwear last all winter we could support
more missionaries, and if we were willing to do our bathing In
a wooden washtub, like our fathers, we could save enough on
plumbing hills to buy quite a consignment of woolen wristlets
for tlie Hottentot*. When it cornea to comparative statistic*
we claim to be some figure juggler ourself.
There are about 500 weekly newspapers in Nebraska, and
• very one of them vociferously advises the farmers to organize
But the Nebraska Press association, a real nevvspaper business
organization, has fewer than 150 members. We might use a lot
of words drawing a moral to this statement, but w hat's the use'
Nebraska I.lmerlck.
There was a man In Valentine
W no drank homebrew and home-made wine.
In vain the doctors tried to save.
And now above Ills new made grave
The morning glories sweet 1 y twine.
Speaking of the efficiency of "big business." there was the I
uialfer of the building of the Sinclair pipe line from Teapot
Home to Freeman, Mo, The time elapsing between the date of |
beginning work on the immense project and the dale the oil
that started from Teapot Pome reached Freeman, a distance of
more than 700 miles, lacked three day* of being a year. The I
project cost more than 127,000,000,
MTI.I, M MALKIN. //
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him to read regularly, even If it be
for only a few minutes a day. If he
can like a little real music occasion
ally, or enjoy a poem, don't laugh at
him, but rather rejoice that there is
a rav of light In tils soul. ^ee. above
all, that the heroes he emulate* me
not the killer* of men and the gath
erers "f gold, but the developer* of
ideal* and the servants of truth.
More might i#e written, something
of the iiiadne** of military ti aiding,
for example, of how the boys should
be saved from :? if the hope* of the
world aie not in be scattered again
in smoke and bDod Hut that is «
subject for a whole article, or for
many articles, l.et it suffh e to in
• 1st that love and thought and pro
gress he taught, or all teaching will
he *nr naught.
The boy* are »1| right, and they
will dc very well even against the
handicap* which father* and mother*
and generations nf father* and moth
er« h*'* erected :n their ignorance
and folly.
edmrxn n rri*vrvtt»h
SPICK OF I,IKK.
Madge Time* the*
Mabel—Wei!, let it fly Mv age is
going to remain 22—Boston Tran
script. ^
"The bride has a lovely going a wav
dress, hasn't she?"
•‘Yes. and I'm just Pondering how
lovely her coming hack home to
mother dress w ill be,—Detroit Free
Pi ess.
Reduce taxes, if you can.
Hut If vo . oil t Friend (’nngtessm*r.
Oh. find son.* w;»y and And It quick
To ease up the arithmetic
— Washington Star.
Dnctoi- Tlave you taken every pre
caution to prevent *p:ead of conta
gion in the family’
Rastus Absolutely, dortah. we've
even bought a sanitary cup and we
all done drink from it.’ Tacom*
Ledger.
Mr s. Depeck poor young Tubbi h*s
been shamefully lilted three times
Mr. DepecJ TTe’d better be csre
fill. Hi* luck'll be breaking *—Life.
‘ I want a n • position,** esld the
ol 'fiend wnf!* 1 can meet a lot
of lntetesting people."
Well Mn.-' cied Senator Sorghum. I
thoughtfulh maybe I could manage
to get you placed as a member of the
grand jury. Washington Star.
Tl A doited line i* where you sign
For things you buy.
You uot too mv tmi cannot pay.
Although you try.
The agents t ails and Ails mv halls
With threat* condign.
I squirm and twist, but can t resist
i ne . . ...!
Louisville Fourier Journal.
When in Omaha
Hotel Conant
250 Rooms—250 llaths—Rates $2 to $.3
Burned So Could Not
Sleep. Cuticura Heals.
" My mother h.d Kitma which
broke oul in pimple, on her scalp
• ml itched nd burned d.y and
night, Her halt fell out and w«,
dry and lifele.a. It later broke out
on her back .nd chest, .nd ,t night
her hack burned ao that eh, lost
many nighta' alaep.
" Sh, te,d an advertisement for
Cuticura Soap and Ointment and
putchaaed aome, and alter using
two cake, of Cuticura Strap and over
a bo, of Cuticura Ointment ahe
»“ healed.” (Signed) Mm Helma
I.oe, Rt. 3, Centerville, So. I>ak.,
Aug. 33. 1923.
llae Cuticura Soap. Ointment and
Talcum -teilv and keep yout akin
clear and healthy.
I.a.lw M.tl Mta -OiU.ar. T«,«.
n... a aula« uu. e.i.......
'*0»* MW Tiletrnt »/•
Trf «*»«r wow Stu*ini 5tirk.
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LISTENING IN
Oil III* Nebraska Pres*.
The Shelton Clipper Is betting that
pretty soon congress will investigate
the air to see what the radio waves
are saying.
• • •
After a careful survey of the city
the Norfolk Pres* finds a few proml
nerit busine*** cornet * not yet occupied
b> filling station*
• • •
Lew- Frazier of the Fairmont
<’hronh> ha* let * contract for * n*w
fireproof building to hou*e hi* new*
paper plan:
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Nebraska or harr.i?:* ar* now graft
ng fr Ht tree* and Lor Sh#ll*y of!
the Kcrl> i ’ New* demand* a con ;
gr»**innal Investigation.
• ■ •
^har!** H YYa on publisher of »be
L>cn* Mirror Sun. and Mips Agnes
McMahan of L>on« were married on
April ?4. Th» entertainment com
mittee of *be State Pr*«* apsoclaticr.
convention will take due notice.
T e York P#mofrat ha* leen sold
to the York New* Times and will be
converted into a *r»te faim publica
tion The J»emocrat was established
In !S$1
• • •
Another joy of summer," muses
the Beatrice Express, ' is to aee a
skinny man In a bathing suit.''
$3,000,000,000
I in Gold |
1 Gold Enough—in $20 Gold Pieces, laid edge to
edge-to reach from New York City to San Fran- li
eisco-Enough, in $5 Gold Pieces, to span the Pacific
Ocean from San Francisco to Hong Kong.
I'i
This is the Gold Reserve of the Federal Reserve
Banks—Gold actually in the Vaults of the
twelve Federal Reserve Ranks or in the United
States Treasury subject to their call. This Fund is
the Basis of Currency in Circulation, the Founda
tion of Credit, the Safeguard of Bank Deposits.
«
The Omaha \ational Hank is
a Member of The Federal Re
serve System -which entitles its
customers to the benefit and Pro
tection of this immense (laid
Reserve.
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“From, State and Nation”
—Editorials from Other Newspapers—
J
The Tree Planter*.
From the York Republican.
It la 50 year* since J. Sterling Mor
ton's love of nature and hi* vision of
the future prosperity of hla state
from the planting of trees brought
about the designation of Arbor day.
Since that time it has become a na
tional day and millions of trees have
been planted on that day or because
of the sentiment inspired by ft.
No one can estimate the value of a
good. tree. Its value cannot be com
pitted In money. But If a scale of \al
ties could be contrived Mr. Morton's
Idea would be found to lie worth bil
lions of dollars to the people of tins
nation.
It commonly happe-.s that once an
observance has been recognized b>
law It begins to sink into historical
existence. Arbor day was not in
tended to be a sentimental occasion,
held gratefully In the thought of pen
pie who now enjoy the shade and
beauty and moisture-bringing value
of trees that were planted a genera
tion ago. But it was expected by the
author of the day, and believed by
his contemporaries, that year upon
year with growing value of the im
portance of the custom, citizens of
the stale and nation would plant
trees, thus not merely replenishing
the trees that did not survive the
rigors of climate or the bane of ne
glect, but adding continually to the
wooded treasures until waste places
were reclaimed and the land made
glad with Increasing verdure.
It does not take the trained eve of
the horticulturist to see the need for
more trees. Our fathers made a good
start out here on the plains in c lothing
the bareness of the land with trees
But It was only a start. The orchards,
some of them planted with great
hopes, have died from neglect, the
shade trees they set out with such
care are gone from blight or by the
nx, until today there is a crying need
for trees to take the places of those
that have gone the way of neglected
things.
Arbor day needs a revival. The
bare acres of this section should be
beautified and enriched by new plant
ings. The orchard* which add so
much to contented and thrifty horn* *
life should be replanted. Thl» state
especially should remember Mr. Mor
ton's counsel and example with a
new pride and engage afresh in the
business of planting trees, thus to
make sure that in the days to come
new moisture will be attracted, the
bare land he beautified and the great
American Desert continue to be only
a long gone memory.
Reclamation Reform Needed.
From the St. Paul Dispatch.
President <'oolidge has gone to tit#
root of the difficulty confronting farm
eis on reclaimed lands in the west
with his recommendations for revision
in the reclamation law.
The president rightly contends that
an immediate change in reclamation
policy Is imperative to the welfaro of
settlers In these areas. Inability of
the farmers to pay rharges s«se«se.t
against them and at the same tin■ •
maintain themselves and their famil
ies is in no way affected by the pre«
ent. plan of temporarily extending the
time to meet fixed obligations, fin
the contrary this method only add« to
their embarrassment.
The new policy suggested content
plates adjustment of rharges to eon
form with the crop-producing quail
ties of the soil, or with the farmers'
ability to pay. Further, the preeider
urges that a credit fund be established
to enable settlers to have Improve
ments, livestock and equipment n»ce"
sary.
President ('oolidge apparently ap
preciates that rendition* under which
farming is impossible exist on some
of the government irrigated lauds. It
is to be hoped that congress will heed
his recommendation for enactment of
remedial legislation without delay. •
White Mule.
Farmer Whiffletree had an eld white
mule out at pasture near the road.
Hut one day he transferred It to a
wood lot half a mil# sway from the
highway. Neighbor* inquired why.
Too many motorists seemed to
think it was a guide post.' explained
Farmer Whiffetree briefly.—Louis
ville Courier-Journal.
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