rfTHE Omaha Bee M 0~R N~i N G—E V E N 1 N C—S U N D A Y THE BEE PUBLISHING CO., Publisher N. B. UPDIKE. President BALLARD DUNN. JOY M. HACKLF.R, Editor in Chief Business Manager MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ^ The Associated Press, of which The Bee is a member, i* exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of our rpecial dispatches are also reserved. The Omaha Bee ia a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the recognised authority on circulation audits, and The Omaha Bee’s circulation is regularly audited by their organizations. Entered as second-class matter May 28, 1908, at Omaha postoffice under act of March 3, 1879. BEF. TELEPHONES Private P.ranch Exchange. A k for AT” I-,***;*. i oaa the Department or Person Wanted. * lallllC lvrvFU bmcis Main Office—17th and Enrnem Co. Bluffs—15 Scott St. So. Side—N. W. Cor. 2ith N. New York —World Bldg. Detroit—Ford Bldg. Chicago—Tribune Bldg. Kansas City—Bryant Bldg. St. Louis—Syn. Trust Bldg. Los Angeles—Higgins Bldg. San Fran.—Hollrook Bldg Atlanta—Atlanta Trust Bldg. m aTiT subscrTp ti o n~r AT ES DAILY AND SUNDAY 1 year $5.90, 6 months $3.00. ? months $1.76, 1 month 75c DAILY ONLY 1 year $4.50, 6 months $2.75, 3 months $1.50, l month 75c SUNDAY ONLY 1 year $3.00. 6 months $1.75, 3 months $1.00, 1 month 60c Subscriptions outside ihe Fourth postal zone, or 600 miles from Omaha: Daily and Sunday. $1.00 per month; daily onlv, 75c per month; Sunday only, 50c per month. CITY SUBSCRIPTION RATES Morning and Sunday.1 month 85c, 1 week 20c F.vening and Sunday. ..4 month 65c, 1 week 16c Sunday Only .1 month 20c, 1 week 6c --J OnwlwVheie|heW?st is dl its Best r\ *■ - ■ C ... ARE WE POVERTY-STRICKEN? J, Those who trudge devotedly behind the self-se-’ •fleeted candidate of the proletariat accept his state , \ m^nt that the poor are getting poorer year by year "and the rich richer. Also that wealth is gradually concentrated in a few hands, and that the toiler gets less and less of his share of production every day. - We wonder what gauge these prophets of dolor measure by to achieve the results they announce? Will we take the matter of employment and wages for a test? It is true that jobs are not as plentiful now as in 1918, 19 or 20. But they are more plenti . ful than in 1913 or 1914. In April, 1921, the figure was 91 in the general index of employment in man ufacturing industries calculated by the Department of Labor. In April, 1924, the index figure was 91, (the monthly average, of 1923 equals 100). This is the reflection of the decline that t>eK“n in July, 1923, and which now is checked. Figures on build ing trades and other outdoor employment' are not available, but the known fact is that these industries are using all available men. If wages are to be a test, the fact is that labor is getting twice as much or more than twice as much as it'did in prewar years, and generally hours uf work have been shortened. The eight-hour day, now the common rule, was prevalent in but a few industries in 1914. The charge is made that cost of living has doubled and trebled. This is not true. Living pr ices have dou bled. The index price calculated by Dun’s for all commodities at wholesale in 1910 was 91.415; in 1923 it was 188.711. What has happened to wages in 1hat same time? In New York state in 1904 the r.vutage^iituyml pay of the worker was $5o0,; in 1 (fjjs life fast)year for which figures are available, ifkVas ?l,m. If commodity prices doubled) so'did wages. Even in Wisconsin, where La Follette hails from, the average annual wage has advanced from ''HNYs -in 1904 to $1,100 in 1919. Nebraska has no such reports as are available in New A ork or Wis consin, but it is known that wages here keep pace j trsuvim those in other states. . J In 1905 a few over 6,000,000 savings depositors lujif $2,500,000,000 to their credit in the banks; in I9lt2 the number of depositors had ri-en to nearly 13,57)0,000, and their deposits had increased to 87,500,000,000. Why do not the followers of“Fight refer to this as an example of doubling • iid trebling? «l-*f >1’i-<>m 1911 to 1922 the number of life insurance frolicy holders increased from 6,621,000 to nearly, -"-3ff,4)00,000, and the total aggregate of insurance held by them rose from less than $13,000,000,000 to $33,500,000,000. irn« hoard is that loans to co-operative farmers’ or *”i*t»nizatinns will la- made at 5 instead of 5'i per cent. W. J. Bailey, governor of the Federal Re serve bank at Kansas City, says frozen loans in Knn -,ns ami Missouri are thawing out. FI. (!. Quamme, ires blent of the F’ederal Land hank of St. Paul, ^*h}s: 1 •’ * \orfli we-l farmers will lie ntitr to ttouiilnte Itu lr T ' itf'.'H, Itre blinks Will cel back "II an I veil keel, stilt the northwest will enter a new era of proa|ioi'ltJ All this is happening in I he region that, war -eii.^ to vole bohhcvjk bccuu -c ever; bud; was ;>uor and getting poorer every day. What show has a real calamity howler to make good against nature? “MR. SHERIFF, AIR OUT THE ROOM.” Judge Maltbie of Hartford, Conn., recently took occasion to express a few personal opinions about citizenship and the duties of citizens. These opin ions deserve to be widely quoted. They also de serve the thoughtful consideration of citizens every where. Two Hartford bootleggers were arrested, and on their persons were found lists containing the names of some 30 citizens. Among the 30 were bankers, merchants, lawyers, doctors, manufacturers and others, a*l prominent and in the most respectable social and business standing. Judge Maltbie subpoenaed these 30 respectable citizens. According* to the printed reports no con victed criminal ever received a worse scathing from the bench. They were charged with being the direct instigators of crime, and Judge Maltbie deplored the fact that he was compelled to sentence the boot leggers instead of the 30 patrons. Pointing to the bootleggers in the dock, Judge Maltbie said: "These men here have pleaded guilty to break ing the laws of their country, not in an accidental way, not in any outburst of passion, but coldly and consciously to get your money. Not only have they broken the laws of their country, but the trade that they represent, as every man of you knows, drags after it every manner of violence up to murder and piracy, and worst of all, bribery and corruption. The trail of these crimes leads right up to tlie doors of you men who have come here and • told that you' have played your part In it. It is your money that causes if. And you who are sup posed to represent property, respectability and so cial position—what are you, after all, hut partici pants in crime, instigators of crime? American citizens, some of you with creditable military rec ords, digging Ht the very vitals of your country! Take a recess, Mr. Sheriff, and air out the room." The crime of bootlegging would disappear if men And women respected the law and joined in seeking the punishment of those who violate it. And those who make bootlegging possible and profitable arc not less guilty, morally at least, than the vendors of the illicit stuff. BURNING THE MORTGAGE. About 20 years ago, when Theodore Roosevelt was pushing the Panama Canal project, one of the reasons urged for issuing bonds rather than levying a tax to pay for it was that the United States was so nearly out of debt that unless some new basis was devised, the national bank system might have to be revised. Government bonds were scarce and getting scarcer. Just now the citizens look at the huge sum of $21,000,000,000 bonded indebtedness, and wonders if ever it will disappear. Reports from Washington show that under the republican policy it is vanishing almost as fast as the democratic waste piled it up. The plan now is that in 1954, a period of only thirty years, the last of the bonds will have been retired. This without regard to whether the debt owed us by European nations is paid by then or not. In fact, the plan for payment of the British debt extends much longer than 30 years. It is likely the French debt will be settled on a basis somewhat similar. During the fiscal year 1924, just closed, the pub lic debt was reduced by $1,098,894,375. On July 1, 1924, it stood at $21,250,812,989, or more than $5,000,000,000 less than the peak in 1919. The provisions of the law existing when the Harding ad ministration came into power looked to extinguish ing the debt in about 70 years. Under the Mellon handling of the Treasury all this has been changed. Jarring the possibility of another war of such other national calamity, the debt will disappear within less than half that time. In three years since the budget law was passed the dAt has been pounded down by $2,722,000,000, with an annual saving in. interest of more, than $120,000,000. For this achievement the American people have to thank Andrew Mellon, secretary of the treasury. Mellon brought to his department what is described as the greatest financial genius since Alexander Hamilton. It was Mellon who proposed a scientific revenue bill, to have it picked to pieces by partisan critics,- whose atm was more to discredit the adminis tration than to reduce taxation. Those critics could not hampered the operation of the budget, however, or the other transactions that have so notably fa vored the nation. Unless crass stupidity intervenes, the great mort gage burning hi the Treasury may be celebrated in July, 1954, when we will not only have paid off our war debt, but may have a current asset of something like five or six billions, the unpaid residue of the $11,000,000,000 owed us by European'nations. Retirement of Major General Grote Hutcheson has something more than local interest for Onia hans. General Hutcheson was stationed here for several years as aide to General John J. Coppinger, when the latter was commander of the Department of the Missouri. He was then lieutenant in cavalry, and was made captain just before the war with Spain began. Now that Burton Kendall Wheeler has publicly bolted Davis, his democracy may not grade so high, but he will stand better with "Big Bill” Dunne, “Mucky” McDonald and a few other leaders at Butte, Mont. Brother Charlie says he is not trying to dictate the democratic candidate for governor. No, indeed. But some folks think he is trying to arrange so that Brother-in-Law Tom will get the place. That Detroit branding case would have gone big if it had been pulled a week or two sooner. Seems to have been another ease of delayed ignition. A Turkish court has held that poker Is not a game of chance. Not the way some folks play it. Wonder if “Hank” Dunn files all the letters he receives. — ■ .. .. —' ""V r Homespun Verse - Ry Omaha’* Own Poet — Robert UOrtlunpton Davie -----J IN AUTUMN THERE'LL BE TIME TO FISH AND REST. Let ii* upend out* years resourceful In nn effort tonttnln Something worthy though It need not wholly he nm terial gain. while our youthful summers linger we vivacity should test, Kor away down there In niltrirnn 111 *• i *• II la time to flsli and rest. When we are nn longer sprightly, when our weariness jippea rs, When forgotten * «*«• anil Idleness hrlng i et roapectlv* tears - rh»M e It he time to flsli and travel whhro «>ur fancies wish to go. If we didn’t pin v ..iften In the hloomlng !.ong Ago Life's gay spring!line I* for service such ss wa ina\ , cure to give; Life a bright summer grows the harvest, If as harvest hands we live Mprlng and sumniei both are granted that we may put forth our heel pY»j away down ther* In tuiumii then II he time to fish Slid rest. / The Bullish Corn Market L ^EAT FOR THE Oh1si7t TH AT~JUST~WORDE R fUL I !__s-- ---— ” [ CAN HARDLY WAIT -AIE 'LL WAVE TO HURRY OR THiyiL TO SEE THE UNCLE JOHN PVOBABlY BE OFF TO THE SEASHORE BEFORE VME OET THERE. C j ? I_I --- ' Letters From Our Readers All let tern muM be nlgued. hut name w ill be withheld u|m>d request. < otmnutil «ul!«>**«• of 2t>0 wurdu nod len» will he given oreferemr. -_--^ Compliment* of ( harle* Graff. Bancroft. Net* To ihs Kditor of The Omaha Bee: Kver since the primaries last spring 1 have remained it still democrat, in fact, have been very si ill for an old fanner In these turbulen times, when so many are facing bankruptcy. While Governor Brvan end his of flriul family on the state pay roll have continued building political fences after the state primary, I went home to look after farnr fences that needed overhauling, minding my own business and make an honest living. This, however, does not seem to meet with approval by the state house gang, who have ever since the primary kept up a continual whine because I did no* take the time to congratulate the big chief on a nomi nation that lie would cast aside as soon as something bigger turned up. leaving the democrats without a can* didate for governor, which he has now' done. Perhaps we should not judge him too harshly, as he even now shows u willingness to help us get the right fellow by even naming a few For thi* no doubt the demo crats in Nebraska should f'***I grate I ful and without question will have a tendency to go a long w.ivs to < reate I harmony in democratic* ranks Not being a candidate for this ap pointmenf. I feel that I should be privileged In voicing ?n.v sentiments at this time because mv name has also been mentioned In connection with said appointment. Whatever part I may play In p«*l I tbs, I shall do In s way to retain my independence and self respect. For me to congratulate Brother < hsr lev on his nomination ln**t spring and how If was done would surely not have suited them any better. For me to stoop to hypocrisy in order to now help him out with his entire official family shows that they have brass to Burn. In order for Mm to be en titled to this little courtesy It will be necessary for him when dealing with me. “even Jn pollth•*.*' in play the game on the square and not oth ei wise. I am sorry that some seem to find fault with my notion or otherwise siticy the prlmai \ last anting, but rest assured when Brother «’barley finally decides what he Is actually going to i un for and nil tli«* party ticket* and platforms, I will try ami find a little lime to help pep up the campaign t’ntil then I will try to busy myself hen* at hotYje. (’IIARLFS GRAFF. Boost for Itroady. Wahoo, N'eb * (An open letter M ! he Nehinska democratic state reft j Iral committee.)—Last, week 1 gavel out an inter\lew to The Omaha Bee * »ine of their reporters h iving called j me up. as to candidates for tilling th* | vacancy of governoi oil the demo . '•ratio state ticket due to the fan I that the present nominee, Charles \V | Bi van, ha* been nominated for \ i< «• president and whose resignation n«i a state candidate was expected. hi that interview I suggested Tef , ferson II. Broadv of Lincoln as ;i candidate, whom I thought would he a good entry, and I believe, as mein her* of the state central * 'unndtte* we should all give this quitter verv careful consideration and not make ■ i any promise* until an opportunity has been hail for studying all the can didates In the fleJ'i. Now, hm to Mr. Brondy. T person ally feel that he would he a very log leal candidate and that his qualifica tions and fitness are such that should fho committee see fit to nominate him that he could carry the election and that he would make a governor that the state would he proud of. Him educational qualifications are very high and his experience .lutlifl- s htrti as a governor possibility. He -has been an attorney, as I have been in formed, for the Farmers* I’nion nr. 1 other farm organizations. In fact. I think he is the general attorney for the Farmers' I’nion. He was on the committee that recodified the statutes and is known ns a reliable, con scientious and substantial lawyer, definitely Interested In all our state's activities He was private secret irv to Gov ernor Bryan for a feu- months during the first part of the Bryan dndfil* tuition, and Is well informed on state political matters At the present time he is district Judge In !«am .-ter county by appointment and is a cun didate to succeed himself I wish to place Mr Hr*»ad> * name before (lie state committee 111 this open letter for their « ireful < on&hl eration. I must say that L have not spoken H wand to Mr. Broadv in this matter. K. O WKHRR Member of the Democrat ic State i Vn tral C’ommlttet. Bounties of M.iun ders and Butler. fins Tax and Highway*. W.mj.r, Neb To the Kdifor of The Omaha Bee Now that the chance of Governor Bryin'« r* elf •!* n hh governor of Nebraska 1* eliminated, the hope of getting a gasoline tux m N'ebi uak.i has brighten' d • on-ider ably. Thirty -ix states of the union have a gasoline tax. ranging front 1 to 4 cents a gallon. Nebraska has no gasoline tax and stands a slim chance of getting one as long as Mr lb van is governor, as one of the pledges ill ills long list of printed pledges broadcast in his last cam paign stated, "I will veto nnv gneo line tax law that may be passed ’ And mu the legislature evidently did n<»t think It win# to waste time pass lug a law the governor lmd pledged himself in advaioe to Veto The gasoline producers, who. In 11.. last analysis, are responsible for the payment of the tax and must collect it through the trade from the cun* Humeiit, Instead of collecting it just from the states that have the tax, and In amounts proportional to the rate of the tax in the different states, they spread it over all the states in the price to the i-onsun»ers in su< h proportions as will ke**p the price in the different states practically uni form, taking local conditions Into ac count. Thus every gasoline user in » I brasba helps to pay that tax ft r t' - other states without getting one rent of benefit. Not only that, hut wej allow ilia thousands of tourists thatt pass through our state every roontn the free use of our roads, which we hare hit ill up and are maintaining great expense. This privilege tii must pay for In the price of the gasoline In 20 of the other slat- - ur more correctly, they pay i*:! It in tile pi I e of the p: hue ’ they buy in Nebraska also, (the pa. - Is just a* high as In neighbor slate* tlgit haie a tax• but the money g-.es to the suites that have a g is- ine tax. And we stand idly by and see it go—just stand and holler about high taxes—and let our neighbor suites have the money. Ol.D TIM lull. Omaha’s Welcome to You HOTEL FONTENELLE 350 Rooms—350 Baths Rates $2.50 to $4 50 Nwted for the excellence of it* dining service. NET AVERAGE PAID CIRCULATION j for Junr, 1924, of THE OMAHA BEE Doily . 74,61G Sunday . 7fi,224 Dnai not Ini linia tnlurni, laft ovrri, lamplo m papan ipnilnd in pHnlini and Imlndit no apnial aalaa or fro# circulation of any kind. V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr. 5uti»rilbrd and a worn to hrlma m* tkia Aik day of July, IU?4 W If QUIVEV. (5aal) Notary Public I I ■■■■■ ■■■■■■■' • When in Omaha Hotel Conant 250 Rooms—250 Killis—Kites $2 ■<> $5 IunnyIbeup’; c]aJce Comfort, nor fbroet *7*a* sunnre rmMrf*tr J, Recollections called up during a stroll through the cor ridors of the old state house at Lincoln: Governor Thayer barricaded in executive offhc, guan ed by detail of Nebraska National Guardsmen, to keep the duly elected governor, James * iC. Boyd, from taking cnarg . Thermometer 20 below zero. Boyd has friend who turn* off steam and freezes out Thayer and his advisors. Governor Boyd hol'dirig fort In railway commissioner's of fice In meantime, appoints General Victor Aiftjuaid adjutant general. Vlfquatn bluffs captain of militia company into recog nizing him as commander, and m;t: a withdraw®. Thaver finally gives up. hut later challem < s lie; I s ciiiz< iihli.p, and su preme court says Boyd not a citizen. 1 lilted Slates supremo court, says lie is, and Thayer again depe--'d and Boyd finishes liis term. At about same time state militia mobilizing to protect northern boundary against invasion by hostile Sioux Indians. Great excitement. Nebraska Belief * --iranisr-on * ing farmed to rare for destitute homesteadei s in central and western N'e hrask.i, following historic drouth of ls90. I First a nti-republirn n legislature In history of flats about to assemble. Looks like John Powers had been elected gov • rnor as Farmers Alliance candidate. Alliance legislature meet* and elects Marsh Elder speaker. House end senate mee's In joint session to open and canvass returns. Contest being on. Elder as speaker refuses to open return* and canvass them. M'iklejohn, republican lieutenant guverno.-, bulldozes Elder. Over in supreme court Chief Justbe Am sa Cobb s going peremptory writ of mandamus e.mu ling Elder to open and mtivusti returns, which slew L i.vd's elc i:on a® governor. Deputy Fnlted States Marshal Hastings and Sheriff McClay refused admission to house to serve writ. Riot at the door. Bloodshed avoided. Speaker served. Returns canvassed. Boyd declared elected governor, with ail other state office!* repub lican. Newberry freight bill passed in senate after desperate fight. Vetoed by Boyd. Great indignation expressed by chief organ of democratic party. State Senator Taylor, fleeted as Alliance member, "ab ducted" and run out of state. Senate in deadlock for hours. Deadlock fihally broken and Newberry bill shored through senate. An-1 all tticve thing® ! i pencil within the short space of three months. There used to be some really stirring times in Nebraska polith s. A\> have sifleira-'ed the noiseless typewriter assigned to u® at the, beginning of our labors, and now hammer away- at ore that produces the maximum r-f nt AA'e grew weary of having the Big Chief intimate that we were inclined to shirk. Now everybody in the immediate vicinity is aware of when we j are tolling. O f ire Is the large sreumu f Itt* shall he retain»d in our somewhat crowded compartment. . WILL M. MALTIN'. /. L 7HcWit/tairtt} The Man of Service! In all kinds of weather blister ing heat of summer and bitter cold of winter the railroad switchman stays by his post. Upon his diligence and faithful ness rests not only the depend ency of railway travel, the progress of industry, but the safety of thousands of men, women and children passengers. He is a real, genuine servant of the people—ever faithful and dependable! Likened to him are the electric light linemen. Their “bust days" are during times ot storms, extreme heat and cold, cyclones, rains and hail. Like the switchmen, they leave their comfortable homes, regardless of the weather, to serve their fellow men. Both are types of character— true Americans, like the pio neers who blared the first*trails All praise to them. “Omaha Is a Great Place in Yvhich to Live " Nebraska® Power S. 3 —ikit 8 jmm • iunrr • mm • * mmir-w « o