• • Oinahd Vhoit>theM>st is dt its Best LOOK AT THIS SQUARELY. On September 12, the sixth anniversary of Pe.rshing’s victory at San Mihiel, one of the most brilliant and successful major operations of the. world war, a little experiment will be tried by the War department. It will be a sort of make-believe mobilization. Everybody and everything that is included in the genrral scheme for the defense of the country will be theoretically called upon to do his or its stuff. A sort of “Drawer 32,” as von Moltke is reported tp have answered in 1870, when told that Napoleon III was on the march. No fight ing, no marching, just a gesture to show that all is in readiness. Against this a deluge of protests is pouring in on Secretary Weeks of the War department. Well intentioned individuals and organizations who de plore war are equally opposed to the country ever being ready for war. Who wants to fight? Mighty few in this country. None of our military men do; the real champions of peace arc to be found in the army and navy. They know what fighting means. Secretary Weeks knows, too. • • • Can we always get along without fighting? Let Us hope so. But just a day or two ago an American vice consul, a native of this land, was cruelly beaten to death by a mob in Teheran. Rebels at Sao Paulo have so conducted themselves as to put American lives and property in danger. A Japanese fanatic tore down the American flag and rent it to bits. We have just served notice on a rebellious group at Honduras that they are not to expect recognition from our government as anything but rebels. These are just a few of the things that might lead to a situation where the United States will need both an army and a navy. In June, 1914, peace eras profound throughout the world. A Serbian fanatic fired two shots and strdightway the world blazed up. Many millions of lives and hundreds of 1 ill ions of trer ore were swallowed up. The end is not yet. The United States was not ready to defend against the attack, and was forced to hurriedly pre pare at a tremendous cost. Whenever the waste of the first year of our participation in the war is mentioned, the excuse is that it was needed, for we had to hurry and even to experiment. Do we want to go through with all of that again? Dr, will we barn something f-om our own experi ence? In 1893. we learned more about the import ance of sanitation in camps than we knew before. Applying that lesson in 1917-18, many lives were saved and much suffering spared. If we take home the le. son taught us by the World War, we may aavp other lives and much money. This can be . • done without exalting the military or invoking the war spirit. It will simply be the round the good . housekeeper makes, to see that everything is safe for the night, or that the larder is filled before the grocers and butchers go on a picnic. • • • America’s genius is for peace. For pleasant relations with all the world. But America has had ; to defend that genius by arms. It may have to ; defend it again. We should bo as ready. Ready as is the householder to ward off the danger of fire or the intrusion of thieves. “Defense test day,” as it ; designated, does not tend to exhibit national hypocrisy, as is alleged. It will show national prudence and common sense in caring for the great and universal interest of everyone who lives under the flag of our government. MEASURED BY AUTOMOBILES. At the end of 1923 13,464,000 Americans owned automobiles. This was exclusive of motor truck operators. The number of cars going into service during that year was 4,086,997, an increase of 53 per cent over 1922. Total number of registra tions for 1923 was 15,092,177. Over 4,000,000 cars were made in the United States and Canada last • year. Production this year will exceed that. This signifies, if anything, that the capacity of our people for absorbing the output of the factories has not been reached. At any rate, the automobile manufacturers are satisfied that it. has not. Those men are careful os well ns forrsighted. They base their calculations on thp most exact knowledge ob tainable, and this means they have estimated very closely the capacity of their market. Most impressive of their calculations rests on accurnto knowledge of tho income of the people of the LTnited States. In 1920 the census found 41, 614,248 Americans engaged in gainful occupations. These the automobile makers have nnnlyzcd and classified. They have divided tho 13,464,000 indi vidual car owners into groups according to income. To the group receiving incomes above $4,000 a year, they assign 1,521,000 individuals. Down to $1,400 a year they locate 12,810,600, and here for the mo ment they draw the line on rnr owners. Below this they find a potential market for more car* than now are owned in the country. For our propose, it is not so important that the automobile makers sec a huge field unsupplied with ears, ns it I* tlint they have discovered more than 12,000,000 Americans with Incomes ranging from $1,400 to $4,000 a year. The Internal Rev enue bureau had returns from only half that num her. Either way, the fact is established that Ameri cans are nut poorer at the end of each y*Hr than they are at the beginning. The presence of 13, 464,000 passenger cars in the United States is not an argument in support of allegations of general poverty. Nor ia the fact that in Nebraska we had at the end of 1923 213 passenger cars for each 1,000 population. NO CUT IN GRAIN RATES. A year ago a special request was made from the Omaha Chamber of Commerce to the railroads, asking for an emergency rate Oi. wheat and wheat products intended for export. This was denied. About the same time Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, North and South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri and Louisiana, joined in a petition for a general reduction in rates on all grains. This has just been denied by the Interstate Commerce com mission, in an opinion supported by a majority of one. Five of the eleven commissioners dissent from the order. The reason given by the majority commissioners, that the advancing prices to the farmer removes the necessity for the reduction, is not in itself convinc ing. Rates should rest on a sounder foundation. If freight rates are too high at one time, they are at another. Unless there be a definite provision for a sliding scale, the real standard should be the fair cost of service, not what the traffic will bear. A reduction made in the early part of 1922 at the request of the complaining states stood as a con cession to agriculture. Later is was made more general and applied to all commodities. This waas an admission that the original rates were too high. Experience of 1923 was such as to warrant the be lief that rates on farm products still were too high. The I. C. C. now says, however, they will not be modified. A general belief exists thnt freight rates on heavy goods, such as farm products, livestock, lum ber, and other bulk shipment stuff are too high. It was for this reason that President Coolidge said to congress: "Competent authorities agree that an entire re organization of the rate structure for freight Is necessary. This should be ordered at once by con gress." Congress, however, did not order any such re construction. Neither did it effect relief in any other way. Congress left the railroad situation just where it was before the president made his recommenda tion. Now the I. C. C. has by 6 to 5 refused to afford that relief to which the farmers believe they are entitled. As a result we may expect that even greater pressure will be brought on congress to order the step the president recommends. It would seem that only through that course can the agri cultural and livestock industry get what it needs in the way of better rates for its output. PIFFLE IS HIS PARAMOUNT ISSUE. Governor Bryan has made his gubernatorial cam paign to date on the price of gasoline. He insists that his successor on the state ticket shall be a man who will carry out his policies. Even admitting that the governor has actually caused a reduction in the price of gasoline, which is admitting what every sensible voter knows is not true, what i.\ that trifling saving when compared with what might have been saved by tackling some real problems? He says he has saved the people of Nebraska $10,000,000 in the price of gasoline. If he speaks truly then the people of Nebraska spend more than $75,000,000 a year for gasoline. But he does not speak truly, and the people of Nebraska do not spend $75,000,000 a year for gasoline. Not a single constructive idea about government, about finance, about diplomacy—just gasoline. Not a single constructive idea about relief from excessive freight rates, high interest charges, tax free securities or world relations just gasoline. Not a single constructive idea about marketing problems, co-operative problems, social problems— just gasoline. All his talk about being a progressive, all his talk about being a rescuer of the dear people, all his talk about standing between the dear pee-pul and those who would exploit them resolves itself into a dinky little filling station at Sixth and South streets, Lincoln—just gasoline. The personification of political piffle, he would have us believe that our ultimate salvation, socially, politically, economically and morally, is dependent upon a matter of 2 or 3 cents in the price of gaso ine, 60 per cent or more of which is a luxury. This is the measure of the statesmanship of the man selected by the democrats of the nation as their candidate for vice president—just gasoline. Naturally Chairman Sackett favors giving the voters every opportunity to register their choice. That is good republican doctrine. Its reverse is seen only in democratic states south of the old Mason-Dixon line. At this writing both Bryans are candidates for vice president in Nebraska. It is not believed, how ever, that this will strain their friendly relations to the breaking point or disrupt their mutual admira tion society. Senator Wheeler of Montana bolts the nomina tion of Davis. Too bad! He has no brother, henee there seems no way whereby he may be pacified and induced to return to the fold. Countess Salm von Hoogstratcn has lost n $2,560 diamond, but she can not blame the count this time. He is in Europe while she is at Newpprt. Judging by the length of the platforms the builders must have thought they were constructing boardwalks. “No Factions Left Among Democrats!” shouts a headline. Just wait till the hospital list is pub lished. Judge Woodrough gnve Furlong two years. In other words, Furlong goes 16 to resch the wire. There are ample reasons for referring to him ns “Flighting Bob” La Follette. r ' _ .... Homespun Verse —By Omnha'i Own Po#t— Robert Worthington Davie -— AS WE CROW OLD. As we grow old tha petty things perturb us leas and less. And year by year we higher gnr.e fnr greater hnppl ness; Our faith grows stronger ns we live and prudently discern, Our hearts grow kinder as we give snd with our living learn. The l.alf hallucJnatlv# Joy of youth le changed to Idles As comprehension shows to us the beautiful of this Hun-warmed, sun-nourished universe; appreciation grows As age makes friends more faithful and reveals the good of foes. As we grow old gratuity and Intuition sweep Thn dust of adolescence far Into the whirling deep, And we become the great machines of heart and mtnd and soul, And greater grow as on wp go to tho celestial goal. SUNNY SffiE UP]' cJake Comfort nor foroet Most of the traveling public are not accustomed to travel These get their impressions of railroad management from the employes with whom they come in contact, and a grouchy, dis courteous employe can do more harm in a minute than the head officials can overcome In a month. When one knows a thing or two about human nature and watches Mr. McLellan or Mr. Nelson patiently explaining to the harassed and harried mother of a small flock, looking after some foreigner un acquainted with our language and customs and frightened stiff, or answering questions from all sides and never losing their good nature, he knows that these two courteous gentle men are making friends for the Burlington. These friends will always remember their treatment by the gateman. We hope the Burlington's managers appreciate that sort of service. It is doing for the system what mere money will not do. And we further express the hope that ‘'Mac" and Nel son will he on the Job for many years to come, and that w> may be permitted to happen along occasionally during those years to exchange friendly greetings with them. — Met Emerson Purcell of Broken Bow on the street the other day. He was Just finishing the last lap of a 5,000-mile auto trip. He declares that he didn't have a bit of car trouble on the entire Journey. That permits us to continue as holder of a world’s record. We are the only man alive who ever too!-: an extended auto trip and had to buy from three to five new tires, have the motor block repaired, a new differential put In purchase new springs, have a connecting rod adjusted, valve* ground, radiator soldered, brakes refined, lighting system renovated and a few other things of similar nature. Somettm we think it is due to the fact that we always insist on telling the truth about our car. Miss Maryann Mabel McKeen Is so fat she's a sight to be seen. She has tried to reduce. But has found it no use. So she’ll marry a man named McLean. Speaking again of auto travel, of which we have enjoyed much and expect to enjoy more, we are going to organize a Society for the Boycotting of Scenery Defacing Advertisers After seeing a huge sign painted upon a giant rock In Cheyenne Canyon, "Wear Squeezem’s Shoes.” we wouldn't buy a pair of Squee-zem's shoes to win a bet. While feasting our eyes upon a rural scene of rare beauty, to have that view cut off by a gaudy billboard advertising "Shoddyman's For Clothing” sim ply means that we’d wear rags before Shoddyman sold us any thing. Were we told that we are hovering on the brink of eternity, we'd still refuse to take "Dosem's Dope for What Alls You” because Dosem’s gaudy signs repeatedly shut off our view of some wonderful scenery while we were autoing through the western hills and mountains. And, being just human, we never approach a hamlet of 150 or 200 people to be greeted with "Speed Limit S Miles an Hour," without feeling a powerful Impulse to hit the old boat up to top speed Just to show why we believe it to be a hamlet of 150 or 200 people. When the question, "Have I filled my Job today?” takes precedence over the question, "Where can I park my car’" the business and industrial world will swine along in much better shape. WILL M. MAUPIN. V I -— " Letters From Our Readers All letter* mu-t be signed, hut name will be withheld upon request. Communi cation* of 2i»0 word* ami lea* will be given preference. V.- - - ...- -.. . —■ / Another L>'rl(lit, 1*34.)^ wheat In the year 1923 wag $1 24 and the average price received per bushel was 99 cents. (That’s what I got, and had to argue to get it.) So one can survive on a business which is based upon the principle of spending 11.24 in order to produce an article that sells for 99 cents. I know It Is hard for the republican enthusiast* to understand the farmer, for he has a peculiar way of doing business under stress of necessity brought about by an almost unob structed succession of republican ad ministrations and congresses dating from the Civil War. He has paid his debts by getting new loans from time to time. When his land became mort caged to the extent that he could get no more loans, he moved Into a new fl»M, took a homestead and started again on the same process. But. the homestead* are all gone now and the' mortgages have been piling up. the Interest has kept eating until—well, let The Bee tell It: The goose hangs high, and, alas, the farmer and the laborer are exposed and nothing re mains to be done except to believe that Andrew Mellon Is an Alexander Hamilton, that Coolldge Is an Abe Lincoln and that we should thank Heaven for the powers that be. How about the average merchant? How manv of them are setting pretty as you would have us believe? Not many. The most of them have join ed the ranks of the farmer and labor er It Is a grand old game of poker, growing In size ns the nation grows in wealth. The rules are the same as when It was only a penny ante affair and the big end of the stakes still go to Wall Street. The Increase you note In the mem bership of the loan and building as sociations Is not Indicative of an Im proved situation any more than Is the Increase in the membership of th* Rlwanls club or the I/ndles Aids. Most organization* Increase In mem bership with time. JAMES W. HANSON. Little Tiling*. From the Milwaukee .Tourns) True courtesy I* founded on little things. Very few of u* would de Ulwrately step on the toes of another. or watt until he arises and slide Into his chair. We at least keep from be- j Ing boorish. But In those finer dls ■ Unctions that show a spirit of regard for others we fall Ever sit at a table In a cafeterln | anil have some one slide his tray! under your face, when he might as! well have kept U on his own table ; until the attendant took It up? Or j have a caller at your office pile hie hat anil bundles on your desk, with ■ tit apology and regardless of the work you have lying on It* Or on a crowded rond watch the driver who waits until the fellow In front ts In ; a tight place and then edges In ! ahead, just tn gain one place In the i line? These are little things, of course— , loo small to make an outcry about *t i the time But they sometime* make j us wonder when we shall teach the point of full respect for the rights of others. \ Utile of Ever> thing. Guest 1 see you have six of my favorite dishes on today. Which do you recommend? Walter Take the stew, sir, and have the lot' Sondaga Nlsse. Stock holm. 6%_NO COMMISSION_S% SI REAL ESTATE LOANS i I 6% INTEREST ° ; NO COMMISSION ! ^ Repayment* ^ o The Conservative Savings & Loan Ass'n o Z 1614 Hornoy Slrssl 6% NO COMMISSION 6% / “From State and Nation” —Editorials from Other Newspapers— Against War, Yet for It. From ths New Tork Sun. The democratic platform is a cu rious Jumble of practical politics and ldeallatlc unrealities. There is no co ordination in it. Perhaps in the fury of the kian and League of Nations rough and tumble there was no time for co-ordination. Toward the end of the document two planks appear which devour each other. One of them says: "War Is a relic of barbarism, and it is Justifiable only as a measure of self-defense.’’ It Is backed up by another, to tills effect: "Our government should secure a joint agreement with all the nations for world disarmament and also for a referendum of war, except In case of actual or threatened attack." No one will quarrel with the pur pose underlying these planks, which is to reduce or eliminate the risks of war. But the grotesque Juxtaposition to them is an out-and-out war plank, specific and unconditional in terms. This says: "Wo condemn the Lausanne treaty. It barters legitimate American rights and betrays Armenia for the Chester oil concessions. We favor the protection of American rights in Turkey and the fulfillment of Presi dent Wilson’s arbitral award concern ing Armenia." President Wilson's arbitral award concerning Armenia cannot be ful filled unless we Impose it on Turkey by force of arms. The award was made at the request of the allied pow ers who had conquered Turkey and were trying to make peace with her. The United States had no part in that war or In the protracted negotiations which followed The Sevres treaty, subscribed to by the sultans representatives. was never ratified. It was displaced eventually by the Lausanne treaty, now In effect. In which Turkish sov ereignty was recognized over a very large portion of the territory assign ed to Armenia by Mr. Wilson How can we enforce the Wilson settlement unless we send armies to Asta Minor, seize this territory and bestow it on Armenia? If ever a war of aggres slon was authorized It is authorized in this fantastic plank. The treaty of Lausanne, which the convention condemned, is not the a! lied treaty of pence with Turkey, but ^- 1 ■ —————————■——^, our own commercial treaty, similarly designated, with the Anatolian state “This convention seeks to bring Amer lean commercial and extra-territorial rights in Turkey In conformity with conditions established ir the AUied Turklsh peace treaty. It is a com mon sense recognition of a changed status brought about by the war and now formally acquiesced In by the major European powers. It mar be more than bad judgment to oppose ratification of this treaty. But it was pure brainstorming on the part of the platform makers to demand fulfillment of the "Wilson ar bitral award, now obsolete, when It is evident that such fulflllment can be attained only through war. Tree's "Impromptu" Speech. From the Toronto Globe. Here is a new story of Sir Herbert Tree, the Engl.sh actor, and hero of a thousand stories. It is told by Cosmo Hamilton. In his new book of reminiscences, “Unwritten History." Sir Herhert required to have long and careful preparation before mak ing a speech. Once he was unex pectedly called upon to speak at a literary club dinner. Instead of de dining, he amazed his friends by get ting up and delivering a brilliant ad dress. "In delivery, manner and point it was perfect. It brought forth roar after roar of laughter at its witty turns of phrase. His satirical refer ences to the particular political bu"s of that time raised several bursts of applause, and. finally, ending just at the moment when everybody most de sired It to continue, it brought down the house "The whole thing was epoch mak ing, especially coming from Tree, When, several hours later. I wai 1 out of the dub with him, and offere I my congratulations, he looked all about him in the exaggerated way that is associated on the stage w.ti the Impending give-away of an ail important secret, chuckled, put h.s hands on my shoulders, and told rr.e that he had merely delivered the after-dinner speech belonging to a part that he had been memorizing for months, and would appear in at H:s Majesty's theater as soon as his plans permitted. The play referred to was, for some reason or other, never produced. Sure Thing. "Of course, you were sure from the first that the convention would have to end some time." "Yes,'' agreed Senator Sorghum. "It stood to reason that the hotel peo ple wouldn't let the delegates stay after their money gave out."—Wash ington Star. All sports have here a new thrill, you enjoy them with renewed rest — golf, tennis^ishing, hunting, motoring or hiking or horseback up the high moun tain trails. $26§o Round - trip from THREE DAILY TRAINS TO DFNVER Lv. 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