Gmdhd-Vteifr freest is at its Best MORE THAN MONEY NEEDED. • One of the most popular fallacies that seems en dowed with everlasting vitality is the belief that government can cure all economic evils by printing money. Perhaps this might be done, if government could only put out enough. No government ever has. Recently in Russia and Germany printing presses were operated issuing money until worn out. New realms of numbers were explored to discover figures big enough to express the new sums. Value disappeared. At least it could not be stated in terms of money. Not these countries alone, but practically all others, with the single exception of Great Britain, indulged in a money debauch during the war. In flation was the word. Printing presses were put to • work to provide the currency demanded. The “money makers” totally ignored all the substantial bases of value. Everything soared as compared with money. But no amount of money can add a single grain to a bushel of wheat, a pound to a ton of coal, or a ndil to the yardstick. • • • This is what is overlooked by those who delude themselves with the thought that a liberal, never ceasing flow of irredeemable currency from the gov ernment treasury will procure happiness. History teems with incidents that prove the contrary. A few years ago, in remote China, one needed a wheel barrow to transport the copper “cash” needed to purchase breakfast. The actual metal worth of the coins was more than their money value. In the latter days of the German inflation experiment, a mark would not pay for the paper it was printed on. In Russia the unit rose from a kopeck to a million rubles. As to credit- The plight of the wheat farmers was not due so much to lack of credit as too much credit. Banks failed because farmers could not meet obligations, assumed in time of expansion of credits. Farmers did not suffer alone. Many old established business concerns found themselves swept from their moorings by the flood of asset currency. They were unable to get back to safe water when the tide receded. Readjustment has been as difficult and painful in one part of the busi ness world as another. • • • If money were the panacea, all the troubles of the world would have been solved long ago. Some thing deeper, more durable, than money is involved. Adam Smith, in his “Wealth of Nations," stated a principle many years ago, that still goverr\s: “No complaint, however, Is more common than that of a scarcity of money. Money, like wine, must always he scarce with those who have neither wherewithal to buy It nor credit to borrow It. Those who have either will seldom he In want either of the * money or of the wine which they have occasion for. This complaint, however, of the scarcity of money. Is not always confined to improvident spendthrifts. It is sometimes general through a whole mercantile town, and the country in Its neighborhood. Over trading is the common cause of it. Sober men, whose projects have been dlsproportloned to their capitals, sre as likely to have neither wherewithal ♦o buy money, nor credit to borrow It. as prodigals whose expense has been dlsproportloned to their revenue. Before their projects can be brought to bear, their stock Is gone, and their credit with it. They run about everywhere to borrow money, and everybody tells them that they have none to lend.” Prudence, foresight, must have a share in busi ness enterprise, no matter what its nature. Credit alone is not enough, nor is good intent. Talk of “Lincoln dollars” will fall lightly on ears of men who can recall how those dolars went down with the fortunes of war and rose only when the government of the United States was restored to its full might and prosperity. And even the government of the United States is not strong enough to bolster up a fiat currency. CAPABLE AND EFFICIENT. For twelve years H. G. Taylor has given to Ne braska faithful and efficient service as state rail way commissioner. That is a position that demands ability above the ordinary. To render proper serv ice a member of the state railway commission must acquire a technical training, and at the same time possess a judicial temperament. Twelve years’ serv ice has equipped Commissioner Taylor to give even better service than he has given in the years gone by, and his past record has been of great advantage to the people. There are those who imagine that the commission’s sole business is to “throw the hooks” into the public service corporations. That the commission must look upon a public service cor poration as something to be batted over the head at every opportunity. Fortunately for Nebraska this is not the mission of the state railway commission. It is established to see that, the public service corporations deal justly with the,public, and that these same corporations are protected from the socialistic assaults of those who hold that any big business is criminal business. Mr. Taylor readily grasped the nature of his duties, and for twelve years he has rendered splen did service, lie is recognized throughout the coun try as a man of ability and training, and this fact is shown by his being elected president, of the or ganization made up of members of publie utility commissions maintained by tha status, lia is s can didate for re-election to a position that demands ex perience and ability of a high order. He is opposed by a man who has sought the office for years, but who has absolutely no experience in the work and who predicates his candidacy upon the promise that he is going to do certain things, either knowing that he can not do them, or that if he does do them he may be working injustice. The services of H. G. Taylor have been such that Nebraska should unhesitatingly keep him in his pif lent position. LEADING THROUGH THE ACE. John H. Norton of Polk will be the democratic candidate for governor of Nebraska. Not by grace of the voters’ assent, but because certain of the demcratic -bosses of the state determined what is for their own advantage and acted accordingly. Mr. Norton fully measures up to the "yardstick” require ments specified by Brother Charlie. He is a "radical progressiye democrat,” if you know what that is. He accepts the dogma of the socialist asfexpressed in the formula of the Nonpartisan league. He ac cepts the Bryan tradition of free trade, free silver, government ownership, and yet can wear his democracy with such delicacy of poise as to support John W. Davis, who opposes all that the Bryans stand for. Except, of course, the desire to be elected. As a bit of political finesse, Messrs. Hitchcock and Mullen have shown the Bryan Brothers what really shrewd, far-seeing politics looks like. With Brother Charlie declaring, they have led through his nee and up to weakness in dummy. If, through any chance of fortune, Davis and Bryan are elected, Hitchcock and Mullen are in position to ask for some share in the spoils. On the other hand, in event of what seems certain, the election of Coolidge and Dawes, the onus of defeat falls entirely on the Bryans. Discredited by a quadruple defeat. Brother Will will find it easy to keep his vow not to attend an other democratic convention. Brother Charlie's voice will be that of one crying from the discard. Hitchcock and Mullen, though, will stand as well as ever nationally. They will have preserved their regularity, and will have come out of the furnace without even the smell of burnt wool on their gar ments. This is the net value of the deal between the Bryans on the one hand and the Hitchcock-Mullen crowd on the other. Skiles, Stevens, McDonald and other candidates who entered the contest in good faith were set aside when the time came. The bargain struck in conference was closed in the com mittee. It will be interesting to note the reaction of the democrats who still regard their party as one holding to principle. How do they view this pretty little piece of political stage management. Accustomed though as Nebraska democrats are to thimble-rig ging by the bosses, we are constrained to think they will revolt at this. HYSTERIA IS QUITE THE STYLE. Sheriff Endres started something when he charged Messrs. Mullen and Hitchcock with opening up an attack on his jail feeding perquisites in order to get even with him for not following their wishes at the democratic national convention. Friends of the local democratic hierarchy com pletely lost control of themselves. They charge Mr. Endres with being “hysterical.” In that they are correct. Endres, however, is not the only hys terical democrat In Omaha these days. It may have been hysteria that moved our worthy sheriff to say such unking things of Mullen and Hitchcock, but why should he be accused so harshly? Dan Butler has said some hysterical things re cently. Eugene O’Sullivan, who also voted his own views at New York, brought home some interesting comments. Mayor Dahlman is outspoken. All in all, there is considerable hysteria among local Jeffersonians. Endres is not peculiar In this # respect. In fact, he seems to be quite in style. In the death of Harry H. Tammen an unique figure is removed from the field of western journal ism. Tammen’s methods were sometimes such as might not meet everybody’s approval, but he man aged to gain and hold a mighty influence among an extensive clientele. John W. Davis has gone to Maine for quiet while he prepares his letter of acceptance, but Brother Charlie will find it quiet enough in the state house after Thursday. Cordell Hull admits that the New York bid for the democratic convention paid off the national committee's debt of $235,000. Was the show worth the price? A German scientist claims to have transmuted mercury into gold. This does not help any. The synthetic gold costs more than the other sort. Houston gets the World Ad clubs meet, and Kansas City the American Bankers institute for the next conventions. This is a hint to Omaha. Down east thtfy say public opinion is curbing the billboards. Our impression has always been that their mission was to form public opinion. Another boy didn’t know it was loaded. His companion is dead. When wifi parents learn to keep firearms out of the reach of children? That congressional committee may not believe that the country out around Kearney needs irrigat ing if they see it now. One perfectly balanced ticket is now before us, La Follette and Wheeler. Either way around, it will look the same. Henry Beal knows what sort, of a season he is going to have. His murder docket is swelling day by day. _• _ A ball player has just been arrested for making a run, but it was away from home and wife. r~.— * • N Homespun Verse .—By Omaha’s Own Poet— Robert Worthington Davie -----* THE OLD PLACE. The old place looks ss It long has bepn Since th« fence decayed and the cows got In. The weeds are high In the yard where grew Violets, and the morning dew Bedlamonded the sward, and made Jewel like the essenced shade. The cottage stands as It stood befora, And the rivulet flows past Its door; The sparrows chirp and the squirrels play In the selfsame haunts ad tha earns old way, Rut paths that Jed through the lane of old Are gone and tha farmstead lias been sold. Along In the stream of years we go. And the homeland dear we were wont to know Drift* afar with the current, too, And glides away from our hands and view, And then, at length we return to see The forward march of destiny. t ' “From State and 1 Nation” _/ The Wild East. From tbs 8*n Frsnclsco Bulletin. "Do we sleep, do we dream or ere visions about?" Is It possible that In the refined east have occurred such Proceedings as those reported from the chamber of the Rhode Island senate? Nothing In the wild days of our frontier life was so fild. Now and then we may have had a little shooting, but all that has been wiped away by the merciful march of civ ilization. Can It be that In coming west civilization has deserted the east —left Its rear guard unprotected? It Is enough to shock Alkali Ike and send a shiver down the spine of Yuba Bill when they read of the doings of those Rhode Island reds masquerad ing as potent, grave and reverend state senators. We were quick on the trigger in the old days, but gen erally gave a man a fighting chance, and never descended to asphyxiating tactics. "Go west, young man," said Horace Greeley to the youth of his time in search of opportunity, but now, If he wants adventure, excite ment and some roughing It he^must go to the wild east. Nor Is It only In the matter of be! llgerent lawmakers that the east has become wilder than the west, for the lawbreakers are far more numerous and Infinitely more desperate. Crimes of violence have Increased at such a rate that it Is not beyong bounds to say there are more murders commit ted in the three leading cities of the Atlantic coast than to all Europe, Russia Included. Come west, young man, if you want to lead a quiet life. Ford's Railway Example. From tbs New Torb Times. Henry Ford's account In World Work of his success In operating profitably the bankrupt railway which he took over aa an appendix to hie motor factory waa not written for the purpose of opposing the pending railway legislation in congress. It la all the more convincing for that. The first reason for hla auccea* la that he operates hla railway like hla factory. Hla workers do what they are told, regardless of the name of their job. Ar^engineer works In the shops If he has any time left In his day. and there Is no such thing as overtime pay for anybody. The Adamson act was designed to create overtime as well as to glva 10 hours' pay for eight hours’ work. The pending hill to abolish the labor board la designed to compel "recognition" of the national unions, with particular Intent to con tinue their "featherbed ‘ rules. On one of the leading railways there are 41 rules designed to restrict service within classifications and 35 rules to enforce duplicate payments for a sin gle service. There are scores of other rules for classifications designed to Increase pay, or to pay for work not alone, or to monopoliie Jobs for the unions. Henry Ford could not pro duce either service or profits under such rules. He la able to defy the railway unions because he pays higher wages than the unions Ask or the labor board awards That Is hla second explanation of hla railway method. He has no labor disputes and there fora the labor board has no power over him. Hla minimum pay Is about 125 monthly above the general aver age of the highest elass railways, but his m*n earn their wages. He be gan by dismissing 1.200 men. and now employs about 300 fewer than th» previous company to transport 2.500,000 more tons. Mr. Ford save that he worked his wonders with the aid of a single million of capital. It appears that he needed In hla opera tion proportionately about aa much new capital as other railways. Hla result is creditable, but not markedly better than the Improvement on the change from federal administration to private operation. There could not he a plainer lesson against reversing that "progress'* hack to federal op eratlon, Its object Is to "mske work" for the mnss by reducing It for In dividual*. Henry Ford's wav I* to Increase production by making In dlvlduals earn their pay r-~ Letters From Our Readers All letters mast be signed, bat name will be withheld upon request. Com munlrstlons of too words nod less will he si Ten preferenee. V_— I,ate, But Why Notf Omaha—To the Editor of The Oma ha Bee: I beg to suggest to my demo cratio friends that they place In nomi nation for governor of Nebraska the Hon. Jerry Howard. His nomination would accomplish three things: (1) He could get his name In the papers more frequently. <21 He could free Ireland. (») He could annihilate the Eng Ugh,PEVAL ERA. Spice of Life Irate Diner—Waiter, didn't you sa> this egg was fresh? Waiter—Certainly, air Irate Diner—When, I'd like to know? Waiter—The day it was laid, sir. Anything else, sir?—Cincinnati En quirer. A college boy has frats and teams And also many clubs, it seems This Week's Choice Value Real Estate Page i Which Runs Every Sunday an the Want Ad Section Is the Short Road Toward Home Ownership j EVERY ADVERTISER Chooses His BEST Bargain for the Week and Offers it on Sunday J If you are at all interested in Omaha’s Real Estate values it will pay you to read the page each Sunday. The following Real Estate Dealers are regular users of the page: i Rasp Bros, Schroeder Investment Co. Chas. W. Martin <& Co. Sttiht-Bedford Co. The Renson NET AVERAGE PAID CIRCULATION for Juno, 1924, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily .74,616 Sunday .76,224 Dmi wot Include returns, left over*. samples nr papers spoiled In printing and Includes no special sales-or free rirculation of any kind. V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. M«r. Suits* t iked and sworn to before me tbls Ath day of July. 1924. W H QUIVEY. (Seal) Notary Public | w what you want For your akin trouble —Kesinol to stop the itching and burn ing—Kesinol to heal the eruption. Scratching makes it worse, besides being embarrassing and dangerous, but the smooth gentle ingredients of KESINOL OINTMENT often over come «he trouble pmtnptly even if it is severe and king established. Bathing the affected part first with KESINOL SCAB hastens the beneficial results. Rmnot mi alt tlngxutt. I SUNNY SIDE UP cJaJce Comfort, nor forget 9W sunriten^rfeile^utget^' j Brain Leaks. A lint head Is often saved trouble by a pair of cold feet. Every citizen should take interest In politics. But each one should be sure to put eom# principle into it. We can save 48 cents by traveling between Lincoln and Omaha In a bus, but we don’t think that much of the 48 cents. Among other things that prohibition has taken out of politics Is the headaches. The prophecy that a fat man will never again occupy the White House isn’t enough to induce us to waste any time in reducing. * A dog perspires by working his tongue. And that's the only way a lot of politicians ever work up a sweat. If the demise of Ross of Lexington has occurred since he was last a candidate for president we have overlooked It. If he is still alive we insist, that a very likely and undoubtedly receptive candidate has been overlooked. Life Is full of unsolved mysteries. Why is it that when ! we want a second cup of coffee there is never a waiter within beckoning distance, while there are a dozen hovering in the offing when one is not needed? I Noting the various rules and regulations necessary to pre I serve health and life these days we are puzzled to understand how a lot of us oldsters managed to live until our 'teeni. There are several of us Nebraskans who have not yet baen nominated for vice president, a fact which we take pleasure in calling to the attention of those who contemplate the or ganization of new political parties. Judge Ben Baker succumbs to the lure of the "Hell and Maria” pipe and for the first tifne in his 70 years tackles Lady Nicotine in the briar. We know a few lawyers, however, who will vouchsafe that Hell and Maria” is nothing new to the judge. The round the world fliers are coming to Omaha. We hope , , Omaha gives them a royal welcome. But don't forget the boys who are carrying the mail through the night every day of the cear and In all kinds of weather. It's the regular perform ances that count In this world, just as much as the spectacu lar stunts. For instance, the tortoise and the snail. Now that Nebraska women may be called upon to serve on Juries in this state, we wish to advise the presiding Judge of the district court that we stand ready to perform our duties as a loyal citizen. Silver touches a new high mark in the metal market Could that by any chance be a response to the nomination of Wil liam Jennings Bryan's little brother? Ira B Lorenz, republican national committee In Wisconsin, resigns to help the cause of La Follette. What could anyone expect of a man named Ira? WILL M. MAUPIN. I r==- --J And when we run fhe roster through W* find that he has classes, too. —Louisville Courier Journal. OSTEOPATHY Corrects and keeps the body mechanically fit. SATURDAY SPECIAL Rome Special AC* Tea Bone Steak, Minute Style O’Brien Potatoes Hotel Rome Cafeteria Open 24 Hours Every Day