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"TILL TIME SHALL BE NO MORE.”
‘‘Four score and seven years ago our fathers
brought forth on this continent a new nation, con
ceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition
that all men are created equal.
“Now we are engaged In a great civil war, test
ing whether that nation, or any nation so dedicated,
can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield
of that war. W® have come to dedicate a portion of
that field as a final resting place of those who here
gave up their lives that that nation might live. It
is altogether fitting and proper that we should do
this.
“But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we
can not consecrate—we can not hallow this ground.
The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here,
have consecrated it, far above our power to add or
detract. The world will little note, nor long remem
ber, what we say here, but it can never forget what
they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedi
cated to the unfinished work which they who fought
here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather
for us to be here dedicated to the great task remain
ing before us—that from these honored dead we take
increased devotion to that cause for which they
gave the last measure of devotion—that we here
highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in
vain—that this nation,, under God, shall have a new
birth of freedom—and that government of the peo
ple, by the people, for the people, shall not perish
from the earth/’
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Those solemnly majestic words, spoken by Abra
ham Lincoln at Gettysburg on the afternoon of No
vember 19, 1863, grow brighter and more impressive
as the days pass on. Three score and one years
have been added to the tale since that address was
made, and still the nation so conceived and dedicated
lives on. Every day it is put to the test, every day
it meets its trials, because the citizens are highly re
solved, as the great president adjured them, “that
this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of
freedom, and that government of the people, by the
people, for the people, shall not perish from the
earth.”
Today we stand at attention, just as President
Lincoln did that day, in the presence of the dead.
Men who gave the last measure of devotion, whether
they died on the stricken field, or lived through the
• lays that since have passed, are honored, and in
their presence we take anew the consecration they
clone can give. All the brave men who have looked
to God for guidance and battled for what they
though to be the right, regardless of the uniform
they wore, are included in the ceremony of today,
for it is not to valor and victory alone the tribute
is offered, but to the devotion of those men to whom
principle is more than life. *
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Only a broken few remain of those magnificent
armies. Soon none will answer here when the roll is
called on this earth.
“On Fame's eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread,
And Glory guards with solemn round
The bivouac of the dead.”
To us, the living, is left the task, just as it was
sixty years ago, to make secure each day the per
petuity of the nation. Differences of opinion, dis
putes, as to methods, rivalries and jealousies, all
have their part in life. Peace begets its own strife
of ambitions and aspirations, its clamor and its tur
moil, its pursuit of wealth and rank, of power and
place. Such is the course of life. Yet the emptiness
and unimportance of H\ these is presented to us
today, as we silently stand before those who have
gone on before, and take from them the greatest of
inspiration, that firnf resolution that animated them,
that a nation dedicated to tha proposition that all
men are created equal shall endure, “until tlma shall
be no more.”
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FEEDING THE FUTURE WORLD.
Old John Gloom is stalking about the sacred
,”ecincts of Harvard, where Prof. East has figured
cuv that 75 years from now the world will have
3,500,000,000 inhabitants, and most of them will
have to go to bed hungry. There will not be food
enough to go around. Almost 150 years ago Dr.
Thomas Malthus saw a similar vision. As yet there
has been no real test of the Malthusian theory, for
the reason that population has at no time overtaken
production. Nor does it seem likely to reach the
stage suggested by Dr. East.
The world has more people in it now than it ever
had before, and the number is steadily increasing,
because ways of avoiding death are multiplying. It
is conceivable that a time may come when popula
tion will be so dense that room for raising foodstuffs
as we now produce them will be lacking. Yet a
great many other things may take place. Long be
fore the world enters the starvation era, folks will
have learned to get the full value out of the food
that is available. Just now we raise more than the
hungry world cares to eat. If the waste land along
the roadsides and in the fence corners of Nebraska
were cultivated to its possibilities, it would produce
far more than all the people of the state consume
each year in the way of food.
Before the war England produced enough food
to feed its population fourteen weeks. Under the
rtimulus of war this was increased until the produc
tion was sufficient to feed the people forty-two weeks.
In other words, more than trebled. England has
slowed down on food production, just as have all
other countries, for the great demand is not at hand.
The instance is cited simply to show what can be
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done. Need begets the means of supply, and long
before the multitudes face starvation some way will
be found to make use of what can be provided. All
the productive possibilities of the great round globe
have not been even anticipated, much less exhausted.
A PATRIOT SPEAKS.
Naturally the church of Jesus Christ is opposed
to war. But there is a vast difference between the
pacifism that would meekly submit to injustice and
the pacificism that would endure much but fight
against injustice and oppression. Bishop Adna W.
Leonard of the Methodist Episcopal church is a
pacifist, but he is also a patriot. He asserts that
the church must rise in its might and declare that
war shall be no more, and that he will do his utmost
to prevent war. “But,” declares this militant bishop,
“when every effort has been exhausted, and an enemy
by force or propaganda defies my country and its
flag, here is one Methodist who will give all that he
has to defend his country.”
Those are the words of a real patriot. He would
go to the extreme limit to avoid war, just as he
would go to the limit to avoid trouble with his neigh
bors. But if his country is attacked, the time for
pacifism is past and the time for action at hand.
As a man Bishop Leonard would doubtless endure
much before resorting to physical action, but we are
of the opinion that as a bishop he would be quick
to resent insult to his high office or to the Master
he serves.
To oppose war and violence is one thing; to
submit supinely to insult is quite another thing. It
is the high mission of the church to teach the les
sons of brotherhood, to oppose war and bloodshed,
and to lift the race above selfishness and greed. It
is equally the high mission of the church to preserve
liberty and justice and equality for those who shed
yieir blood in that holy cause are martyrs of the
church equally with those who went to the stake or
to the lions rather than renounce their allegiance to
the one God.
COURTS COMPOUNDING DRINKS.
Recent additions to the long list of court rulings
in the matter of enforcing the Volstead act may in
the £nd have the effect of clarifying the law, but at
the moment they are somewhat confusing. A Chi
cago judge, handing down an opinion, Is asked if he
knew of the ruling of Judge Woodrough of Omaha
in a similar case, and replies that he does not. His
view of the law is opposite that of the Nebraska
federal judge, who has gained some prominence by
reason of his advanced thought on the question.
At the same time, the court of appeals reverses
Judge Woodrough on what appears to be a trivial
point. Allowing the jurors to taste the liquor of
fered in evidence is wrong, says the higher court,
because “pouring out whisky and allowing the jurors
to partake of it does not comport with the dignity of
the court.” Under this ruling several noteworthy
convictions are lost, and the trials will have to be re
newed. It is on such novelties that much of the
procedure in court now rests.
The latest ruling from the supreme court is
even more sweeping. In deciding an appeal from a
California pharmacist, the supreme court holds that
congress did not endow the pharmacist as such with
any right to dispense liquor. This will shut off
the doctor’s prescription route. How liquor will be
obtained for medicinal use in the future is not clear,
but is is certain that many a toper who has depended
on his doctor will now be compelled to establish con
nection with a bootlegger.
In some respects the course of the courts in deal
ing with the liquor law, however plain it may be in
the end, resembles the story Carl Herring loves bo
tell about the cocktail mixed for the cowboy by the
Wyoming bartender. It contained a little of every,
thing in the house.
WE MISS SEVERAL THINGS.
This is a most unusual year. Spring has been
delayed a bit longer than usual, but there is little
need to worry about that fact. But several things
are missing, and until we hear from them we shall
not feel perfectly at ease.
To date the Delaware peach crop has not been
ruined or saved.
The boll weevil has not ruined the cotton crop,
or it is lying quiescent, one or the other.
The chinch bug has not reported, and we arc
quivering with excitement and apprehension.
Wo have not been reliably informed as to
whether the seed corn was good or bad, or whether
the planted kernels have succumbed or sprouted.
Old John Q. W’hiner has failed to come forward
with the doleful prophecy that business is going to
be bad because this is presidential campaign year.
Somthing is radically wrong. Somebody is laying
down on his job. WTe simply can not go ahead with
our work until these vital matters are definitely set
tled.
Nebraska high schools, colleges and universities
arc sending out just now the annual insurance of a
continued high quality of citizenship throughout the
state. No need to worry for the future of the re
public as long as the schools are busy.
You will scan the list of Sunday accidents in vain
to find the names of people who collided with auto
mobiles while sitting in the pews listening to ser
mons.
Vermont's delegation to the democratic conven
tion is uninstructed. Yankee thrift demands that
there be some bargaining before a trade is made.
"Are the Farmers Hicks?” screams nn eastern
headline. Whatever they may bo down east, they
are not out this way.
The best way to eradicate the dandelion pest Is
to carefully cultivate the pesky thing and call it by
some fancy name.
The senate’s vote on the Wheeler rase will have
nothing to do with the court proceedings yet to come.
Carter Harrison has declared himself as for Mc
Adoo. No need to take a ballot now.
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Homespun Verse
—By Omaha'i Own Poet—
Hubert. Worthington Doric.
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MEMORIAL DAY.
To them I go, with them am I—
Who lived and loved Iri days gone by.
And played their parts, end In e breath
Were taken to the Vale of Heath.
Above the warm end verdant eley
My tribute tenderly I ley.
With kindly hands above the blere,
In niem'ry of their yesteryears.
This run not bring Ihem heck to us
From elevated Calvary,
Hut it may take to Ihem the cheer
That they were wont to Offer here.
This Is to me appropriate
As may mV yearning consecrate
Their slumber haven, and extend
The wishes of a living ftleniL
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Lest We Who Inherit Its Blessings Forget Who Gave
and Preserved for Us This Nation
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freedom, a triumph of true worth and
clear vision, and an imperishable
monument to the dignity of the hu
man spirit.
EDMUND R. BRUMBAUGH.
Bringing I p Children.
Omaha—To the Kdity of The Bee:
If we mothers do not succeed in rear
ing families of super children It is not
for want of advice from professors,
spinsters and childless reformers.
College glrlse tells us how to care
for our babies, college boys demon
strate cooking utensils and show us
how to cook, and now comes along
New York's shingled bandit. Celia
Cooney, whose advice to mothers is
broadcast from the train by every
newspaper in the Cnited States. Every
little bandit has a method all her
own.
Most mothers know what the Bible
says about sparing the rod, and- few
mothers have not used the rod. or
rather the back of the brush In seri
ous cases of disobedience or naughti
ness, t it they s.n.n learn the futility
Cleaves Temp^ Day Nursey.
Omaha.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: We take tills method of
thanking you for your splendid edl I
torial touching the work of Cleaves
Temple Colored Methodist Episcopal!
church In Its social service work. We
raised from the public $400. Our
church subscribed J5.7O0 toward this
work, making a total of $6,100. The
Mmount raised from the publls shows
the poor hearing we received' from
the public.
Our work Is not provided for In the
Community Chest, aroljhe need of the
home for the children of colored moth
ers who work is so imperative we are
trying to meet this need.
They are but the children of black
mothers, but for them Jesus poured
out a crimson flood. It is for them
I presented the cause before the bar
of conscience of Omaha. The amount
asked for was hut the crumbs that
fall from the Omaha financial table.
We are trying to carry on the work
of building the moral side of our racial
structure with our meager earnings,
cheered by a friend here and there
who Is touched by a feeling of our In
firmities, and who belongs to the help
ing class of humanity. They have
stopd all along the pathway of our
march from darkness to dawn. May
their tribe increase.
There are five tests by which we
shall be judged at the last day; one
of which is: When I was out of doors,
did you take mo in? It has to do with
sheltering black boys and black girls.
We hope to have the home open by
September 1—$,7,fl00 is needed. We
are appealing to the helping class of
humanity. J. S. BLAINE,
Pastor, 1713 North Twenty fifth Street.
Dignity of I.abor.
Omaha.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: In a recent editorial 1
And the following: “Unfortunately,
pushing pencils won't make a living
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Abe Martin
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Opportunity rarely shows up, but
temptation has a reg’lar route. Knvy
an’, malice tell on you quickern'
plowin’.
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for 100,000,000 people. Pushing pen
cils won t make the wheat grow for
bread. It won't bring the coal up out
of the ground. It won't fiig the sew
ers. It won't sweep the streets."
Surely this editorial Is sound In Its
philosophy, and Is all the more to be
commended because proper recognition
of the value of manual labor Is far
from being a feature of editorial opin
ion.
The same editorial declares It a false
assumption that an education disquali
fies man from working with his hands,
hut an equally false assumption, fos
tered In many modern educational In
stitutions. places a stigma upon man
ual labor, makes it something to avoid
at all rest, and uses it as an incentive
to study hard for business or profes
sional life Kducated people, being
products of their environment, like
everyone else, naturally refuse to
work with their hands, while young
sters planning vacations, shrink
from the stigma of manual labor,
and seek sn education, not for
Its cultural value, but because it
promises physical ease and approved
social standing.
Writing in the current Issue of Mid
West News (Omahai, I ask these ques
tlons:
"What Is the future going to be?
What are the coming processes of free
dom? Is the destiny of labor to he a
larger freedom, embracing the world.
Including all mankind In Its civilizing
scope, or will a subjection, deeper and
more degrading than the present one,
place a bottomless pit and certain de
struction before us all" '
I think tha two quotations fit per
fectly, hut that the second goes fur
ther, suggesting as it does the neces
sity of changes raising a hitherto sub
ject and socially Inferior class to the
prestige of possession and rulershlp.
Herein, also, appears an explanation
of the labor movement, a statement
of the only logical reason for Its exist
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l.abor will not he penalized, and no
form of labor will he held In con
tempt, when labor respects itself and
emancipates Itself. A string of work
ers’ republics, -encircling the world
to tie explicit, will he a victory for
Al)\ FHTISrMF.NT.
Mrs. A. VAN AKNAM
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I SUNNY SIDE UP;
Voice Comfort, nor fbroet J
Vhat sunrise ne^er/ai/e^cfls^?fktL/ttr j
GET BUSY. |
This Isn’t a time for complaining:
There's plenty of work you can do. j
It isn't conditions restraining—
The trouble, my friend, 1s with you. (
You can't cure your troubles by whining /
Nor ease any pain with a groan.
You're wasting your time by repining;
Get busy and work on your own.
Why look to some law to relieve you?
That means that you'll only be bilked.
| The cow will not back up, believe me,
And plaintively ask to be milked.
There’s work to be done, and the doing
Demands every man do his best.
This isn’t the time for boo hnolng—
Get busy and work with a zest.
' Come out of your gloom and try smiling
Get busy with hand and with brain.
Don't listen to pledges beguiling;
Try good, honest tolling again.
For goodness sake, quit showing yellow
Buck up and try meeting the test.
The one the world loves is the fellow
Who's doing his level best.
Nebraska newspapers will welcome Ben Brewster back
to the ranks after a vacation of eight years as postmaster *t
Cbadron. Ben formerly published the Chadron Chronicle. Har
ing been pried loose from the postofflee a week or two ago,
Ben turned back to the old game. He has purchased the Al
liance News of A. E. Clark and taken possession. Ben Is now
a member of the I Knew Him When flub. Thirty-five years
ago we tolled together on the Kearney Daily Enterprise. Since
then both have taken on weight, if not wisdom.
For some weeks past we have been losing sleep because of
growing curiosity whether Mr. Bryan would be a delegate to
the democratic convention from Florida and seize the occasion I
to stand up and demand a democratic endorsement of prohibi
tion on the ground that prohibition has taken the liquor ques
tion out of politics. If memory serves us right, that is what
Mr. Bryan told us several years ago.
What Has Become of
The old fashioned man who chewed finectit'’
The man who wrapped a piece of twine around his pocket
book?
The fellow who declared he'd vote for a yellow dog on his
ticket before he'd vote for a good man on the other ticket?
The young woman who advised her sweetheart to save his
money instead of wasting It on ice cream, candy and flowers?
All the sidebar buggies that used to be so popular?
We are frank to admit that banquet speeches are even
better than they used to be. but we hold that present day con
ditions prevent the banqueters from getting Into the proper re
ceptive mood for the average after dinner speech. ,
Have you ever noticed that those who claim to be pure are
always digging up something rotten to complain about?
WILL M. MAUPIN. ||
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of whipping, and the children teach
us many a lesson in diplomacy. Arbi
tration is better than war and preven
tion of wrong doing better than cure.
Our children have been endowed
with consciences. At a very tender
age, they Instinctively know some
things are wrong. Adults who blame
their parents for their failures are
contemptible creatures. Young con
sciences need strengthening, young
hearts and minds need training in
self-control, in self-denial. In consid
eration for others. Armed with the
old-fashioned virtues of our Puritan
fathers and mothers, and such train
ing, the young girl is safe anywhere.
Without them she is safe, nowhere.
THE WOMAN CITIZEN.
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