The Omaha Bee MORNIN G—E V E N 1 N G—S UNDAY THE BEE PUBLISHING CO.. Publisher N. b. UPDIKE, President BALLARD DUNN. JOY M. HACK LEE. 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 UBe for republiration of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published herein. All right* of republication of our special dispatches are also reserved. The Omaha Bee is a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the recognized authority on circulation audits, and The Omaha Bee'a circulation is regularly audited by their organisations. Entered as second-class matter May 28, 1908, at Omaha postoffice under act of March 8. 1879. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for i»r i-_i* 1 AAA the Department or Person Wanted. ^ ^ lBIIllC AwUU OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnara Chicago—Stcger Bldg. Boston—53 Dovenshire St., Room 8 Seattle—A. L. 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He is bold enough to step beyond the limits marked by the platform adopted by the con * vention which nominated him. Thus he violates the dictum of William Jennings Bryan, that platforms ; are binding for what they do not contain as well as j for what they do. ; Generally, the democratic dogma expressed in years gone by is accepted in its entirety by the can didate. Mr. Davis is unequivocally for free trade. His words leave no doubt as to his meaning: “Is there not something of humor as well as 'lionesty lacking In those who In the same breath can . . . demand, as they should, the payment of our foreign debts, but refuse to accept from the 4 debtor the goods In which alone payment can be made? Who clamor for an American merchant • marine, but deny It the cargoes necessary for Its existence?" To secure payment of the war debts, Mr. Davis ! j would transfer the unemployment problem from •England and Germany to the United States- What dse could happen, if we were to accept European goods in lieu of cash? Every dollar’s worth of goods brought in from abroad will displace a dollar's worth of home manufacture. Every day’s wages earned by a British workman making stuff for the Ameri can consumer takes a day’s pay away from an Amer .ie^tq workman. These things do not trouble the real 1 •'democratic free traders, of whom the presidential • candidate is the head just now. * * • Former Secretary of Labor Wilson evidently ’ knew what he was talking about, when he bcscechcd Samuel Gompers not to endorse La Follette until he had learned what Mr. Davis would have to say on the labor question. The candidate has gone far beyond the convention in this matter. He has adopted '(very plank proposed by the A. F. of L. leaders at ; Cleveland and New York. His reasons for this are ’,not hard to find. It is his desperate hope to bind democratic workmen to the ticket, to prevent the 'apprehended widespread defection to La Follette. JSuch tactics are not novel, but are an admission of 1 weakness, for they amount to a confession that cither‘the convention made a mistake or the nominee is seeking to lure support that will not he attracted by the formal declaration of principles to which he 'subscribes, and which he thus endeavors to supple rment. Gompers has made it dear that the democratic candidates need look for no favors from the non partisan labor group. Therefore the specious plead ing of Mr. Davis will fall on deaf cars at labor head quarters, no matter what effect it. may have else ■ where. It will he regarded as an afterthought, and not a cardinal principle of the party. * » » Keeping step with the keynoter and the chairman 'rt New York, the nominee makes light of the policy • of the administration in its dealings with the world • outside. He refers to the Washington conference -rs being its only contribution, and that of doubtful • value. As a diplomat, Mr. Davis must know what jhas been accomplished within the last year, and par ticularly within the last month. To then sneer at Jthe administration: “We must then face the humiliating fact that xva have a government that does not dare to apeak It* mind beyond the three mile limit," jL merely to indulge in a little cheap rant. One ♦might, almost glean from this that the candidate is qts bellicose as the convention bdeame over the Lau sanne treaty. Deprecating war with on breath and •berating the administration with the next for not entering upon a way to war. On the Volstead act and the klan issue the utter ance of Mr. Davis is also broader and plainer than the platform. He leaves no Houht as to his aline ment with the drys. He promises he will be influ I'onedd by neither racial nor religious considerations ;if he is elected. * • • To the farmer he makes the ympathotic promise ’that in times of distress “every power which the government enjoys under the constitution shall be exerted in his aid. He is entitled to demand ade quate transportation at reasonable rates.” Nothing 5 said about providing that service, however. Mr. Davis is for the World Court and still believes that. ‘ we should join the League of Nations. On this point, doo; he differs from the convention, which callously Threw the League to the sharks that the ship might. 1>p lightened. By and large, the speech of acceptance Is not. the battle cry one might have expected from the -uree sor to a Cleveland, a Wilson, or even a Bryan. Tt is the cautious brief of a careful lawyer, who is none too sure of his premises, but who hopes to sp enre some favor by putting In all he can that, lies outside and beyond the issues he is trying to rs ' tahlish. Governor Bryan finds there has hern a remark pMp improvement in the Nebraska National guard during his administration. What did he look for? ~ Cgruge Henry Payne, who made such a rurcc pvinnging Hiram Johnson's campaign, is now giving advice to Coolidge men. WHAT A DIFFERENCE A FEW YEARS MAKE. From the “More or Less Personal” column of our esteemed contemporary, the Nebraska State Journal, we extract the following; "A reader sends a copy of llie Blue Valley Blade of January 1, 1890, containing the following quotations front the Howard market: "Wheat—Per Bushel, 60@55c. • “Corn—Per bushel, 15® 16c. ;-•/ "Oats—Per bushel, 10®H5c. "Rye—Per bushel, 28c. ' }f "Barley—Per bushel, 25®40c. i "Hogs—Per cwt. $3.00®.1.to. "Cattle—Shipping, per cwt. $2.50® 3.25. "Cattle—Butcher stock, per oat., $1.75® 2.00. i "Cattle—Feeders, per cwt., $2.50. "Flour—Per cwt., $1.80@3.00. "Butter—Per pound, 15c. "Eggs—Per dozen, 18®20c. "Exact comparisons are not easy but anyone can tell without looking at the figures that the Seward county farmer is now getting twice as much for his wheat; six times as much for his com; four times as much for his oats; nearly three times as much for his hogs and cattle; two or three times as much for his butter, and more for hi* eggs. His ex penses have grown out of all proportion to this In crease, nnd this makes the trouble. In 1890, the land was capitalized at from $20 to $30 an acre. Taxes were low. Farm telephone lines hadn't been built. Automobiles hadn't been thought of. Farm hands really worked for $18 to $22 a month. When the farmer went to town he bought a lunch con sisting of crackers and cheese. He hardly saw the Inside of a theater In his life anil carried home a pile of almanacs to read In the long winter eve nings. He didn’t get much for his stuff, but prob ably had more money left at the end of the year than he has In this swifter age.” Brother Jones might have gone a little further in his comparison. Jtt 1890 the Farmers’ Alliance was gathering that impetus which was to swerve Nebraska from the republican column. It sent Wil liam Jennings Bryan, William McKeighan and Omar Madison Kem to congress, and later William Vin cent Allen to the senate. But the inexorable logic of events solved the farmers’ problem, without the intervention of the special devices, such as “Honest John” Powers’ sub-treasury scheme, or the plan of Allen Root for the valorization of wheat. Most of the remedies that are being proposed nowadays were being pushed then. All that is re counted in the extract here quoted took place with out special legislation, and most of it under the general administration of the republican party. A warranted inference is that the farmer will con tinue to thrive if the republican party remains in power. MEDICINE MEN ON WAR PATH. Disease may be virtually eliminated in civilized countries, if doctors arc correct in their views. The result will be greatly improved conditions, increased productivity and general well being. Sir David Bruce, president of the Lister Institute of Preventive Mericine. told the British Society for the Advance ment of Science at Toronto: “Medicine In future must change Its strategy. Instead of awaiting attack it must assume the of tensive. It must no longer be said that 'the man was so sick be bad to send for the doctor.' ” Sir David puts the yearly economic loss due to preventable disease at $750,000,000 in England and $3,000,000,000 in the United States. On the other side of the ledger he sets down some of the things that have been accomplished for the eradication of disease. Conditions in Europe still are deplorable, but headway is being made there. To all that the eminent Englishman said might be added thp record made by the Rockefeller Foundation, to which we referred some weeks ago. This organization, now world wide in its scope, has made much progress in its combat against disease, and is winning a no table victory. Here in Omaha we are enjoying the benefit of healthy conditions established by the doctors in their pushing of preventive medicine. The records of the city health department for 1923 show the following: ('onillillllii able Diseases for the Year 1923. Cases. Deaths. Diphtheria .t. 452 42 Diphtheria earlier. 77 .Smallpox . is Scarlet fever. . L#s l Measles .. 154 , Chicken pox... 171 Whopping cough.. 138 3! Poliomyelitis . 58 9 Typhoid fever. 15 5 Cer. spinal meningitis.. 3 2 This showing/will appeal to some of the older residents, who can recall thp days when typhoid fever, scarlet fever and diphtheria wrought such havoc among a population of a little more than one fourth that for which this tabulation is made. Omaha stands high among cities of the first class as regards health. This Is owing to the unrelenting pursuit of preventable disease by the men of medical science. “Evidence of solid party behind Davis at Clarks burg.” That is the reason Senator Walsh devoted so murh of his time telling the candidate how h# monious everything is "in spite of the fact that he was nominated. Enforcement officers announce there arp only 1,000 bootleggers left in Omaha. Well, wc may pull through on that many. What a Fourth of July that 45,000,000 pounds of powder would have made. And how badly it was needed a few years ago! Mayor Jinx’s dream appears to be another case of delayed ignition. Ten years ago there might have been something in it. Maybe if Dan were to rewrite the platform he would put a landlord plank in it. , r V Homespun Verse — By Omaha'. Own Pont— Robert Worthington Davie ---/ COMPARISON. * l really don't know how they’re fixed their home I* hi* and fine; Tt la a palace by the side of that T prize ns mine. Not long ago ’twns whispered round as often Is the way— That If the truth were brought to light their debts they couldn’t pay. We sometime* wonder how they dress In gorgeous garb and gown, And how they can afford to go to all that comes to town. It Is, Indeed, a miracle truly miraculous And wmlc the clays go swiftly past It grows more strange to us. We sometimes wonder Is It not best to restrain from tea rs. And live In sunshine and content our meteoric vears~ Ken though :he shadow of oifr youth haunts us snd chills us cold When our resourceful days ate gone and we are weak and old. But 1 know' not wisdom as true as that which used to lie-— A pool rich man seems better than a rl* It |s>nr man to rne. And I believe well come to find that honest kings and queens Are rightly named because they choose to live within their means. w ( I Starting the Fire Works v—,-* _I f— '■ -P- ■ 1 - ■ ■■ ■ '-nI Letters From Our Readers All letter* niuet be eigned. but name w ill be withheld upon request. (onimunl out lone of ?(Mt words nnd lee* will bo given nrefermw. -----/ Stoicism in Practice. Polumbu*, Neb- To the Kdltor o( The Omaha Roe; The proceeding* in the Leopold and l,oeb trial disclose that while apparently doing Ha hep; to save the murderers' necks, what would perhaps he its most valuable aid to that end. the defense shies at While the prosecution Is careful not to touch the hornets' neet in which the murderers were steeled and pie pared for the commission of crime L'nquesttonahly the murder of Franks was by Its perpetrators, with possible knowledge of their trainers intended as a demonstration of s hoi arly accomplishment and a bold ex hibitlon of the methods of the liar barian doctrine of "stoicism," which the career of the murderers Indicate controlled their mind and body corn pletely. The J,eopold and Loeb murder plot which culminated in the murder of Franks, explains itself In the teach ings of the uncleni Creek philosopher. Zeno, by whose effort stoicism was In his time regarded bo active force In the affairs of man which, notwith standing it, speeded up decay of ttie ('reek alvlligatinn and seriously retard ed Intelligent and i ltloual progress (he doctrine Is by a class of ao called higher Intellectuals passionately ad hered to and persistently taught and extensively practiced ,\ course In stoicism Is calculated to make a hu man being as brutish as it is possible to make him. The Chicago murder ease presents a splendid opportunity to crush the vitals of the ugly man of the dirk ages Made uglier by the sharpenieg of his Intellect Should the proseeu tton. hacked hv the majesty of the law, as It Is by Christian tolerance nssert Itself end hang the murder"!* and send to the callow* their trainers and all others that support and help --- A be Martin l__/ 4 Tipton Bud ashed a painter what it would cost, t' Bit hi* house painted, so he's paintin’ it hisself. Bandit Stpw Nuirent i* layjn’ off till th' farmers sell ther wheat, |< ’np> right, ^ 424 > NET AVERAGE PAID CIRCULATION for July, 1924, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily . 74,010 Sunday.74,792 I'oaa not Include returns. Irft •ivrt a. inniplti ni p«p#n apnilrd in printing anti inrltidea no «pr< LETE RELIEF C VAR ANTItD TVwMfidt of «a#*re»t ta« year ' completeIr c-Itered in J4 hour* with new Htfrnwf yrewnpfton Ctec land tjw- rt. m (hat quick’t nmtral- 1 Ire* ^ Uen pctannlnf fAe tyattrn Known •• pines. Ciunylrte rebel m *4 b«uri poat’.rrle jr«*’«a/n-4 t *—nr Dinner hark. Send Ifr • >f Jd hour tamplr tr*4f* | imtrn Clinical labnratmie. U, iktc.aad. Secular «m *:d by all food drueema. jzzcnzm I Tbrnoeroivl | Alright I 111 m mild, vegetable Uiittlva to I ;■ 1 |wi relieve Constipation nnd IMIl— I ft cuianena ami Veep live illgratlve and I I eliminative functioos normal. ;i \\ ibe •'I J/wJ fnr m**r // \\ je V e"rx If Chips off the Old Bloch I JUNIOR! Lilli* Nil One-third the regu lar doar Mr(|i «l • a m a irv«reilieute, than randr coated dran nnd adult* YOUR DRUOQtOT States has the world for Its market. Hut as one writer said in your col umns. that the waste in machinery Is enough to keep the average farmer |h*oi I.et the farmer horse his mi 1 hlnery and thousands of dollars in every oiuntv would t>e saver! to the farmer. If the governor would studv r LIMITED I ^ The accepted I way of making I the overnight II I J ft wp I NEW YORK CENTRAL —-— Omaha Office, 809 Woodman of the World Bldg. IS [NNY SIDE TJP |, , cJake Comfort, nor foroet ^Kat sunns* nmArfrutea^i r=--— Our good friend, George Burr of the Aurora Register, is s singing off the key. lie says he cannot understand why the stale should buy a lake, plant and grow fish, and maintain M them for the t>enefit of those who like this kind of sport, un less they charge the fishermen enough to pay the entire bill. That's just what the state does. George. It charges the bill to us fellows who like to rish and hunt. It even does more: ' It charges us enough to defray the expenses of the fish and game department and then have thousands of dollars left to turn over to the general fund, which decreases the taxes paid by those who are Immune to the Jure of the water and the trail. If we who love to hunt and fish are willing to foot the bills, and we are doing all that and more too. what objection to the state using our money as we Would like to have it used? Tite fisli and game department is not costing the state a j penny. On the contrary it is a revenue producer. 'll _ i M The law prohibits anyone under J6 years of age from driving a car. That law, like about 10.000 others, is fractured every t day. But nothing Is done about It. And a lot of people who never will be 16 years of age mentally, though they live to make Methusela look like a foundling, are also driving cars. ' * It Isn't more laws that we need; it is the services of a tireless Fool Killer who will Stay on the .lob. | 1 After glanc ing through the testimony offered by the charming j young girls who appeared In behalf of I^-opold and Loeb, we feel the urge to Invest in a few well seasoned hedslats and e xpressing them prepaid to the parents of the aforesaid girls We can think of nothing better suited to the situation—with leie accent on the first sellable. I tie nomination of .Tack Walton, the Impeached governor of Oklahoma, for senator on the democratic ticket, must have been based on reasons similar to those advanced for the nomin ction of a congressional candidate In Nehra«ka manv years ago. This particular candidate was charged on the floor of the Farm ers Alliance convention with being a lawyer. Lawyers were anathema to the Alliance. Tire man's friends were temporarily • stunned by the charge, but later rallied and earns hack with the defense that their candidate was no longer a lawyer, having been disbarred. We are now considering the advisability of announcing nor candidacy for a governor on a piatform demanding that the price of gasoline he advanced to %2 76 per gallon except In cases where it la being burned for legitimate business purpoees Seines for fish catching purpose* are »o designed as to hold the big fish and let the little ones get away. It would seem the' the seines for prohibition enforcement purposes are built on directly opposite specifications. 1 Mos* of the "prime *• iff" being 1 Id the*e da vs is rightfully named. It Is all primed for the explosion. ' 1 •- i Rv the way. speaking of mid summer jo>*. ran there he any greater than a plentiful supply of freshly picked and properlv prepared string-beans'’ WILL .M. MAVPIN. — - - _Jj' his school geography he would fin1 that Uncle Sam's machinery may be found in Europe. South America. In iia, Africa and “islands of th# sea. A A SIKERT. uliaritiea of Prices. Since bread prices did not decline In .teeplng with the drop in wheat of fourse, they’ll not advance, now that '•heat la solng up.—Pittaburfh •Jazette Times His Snarl. ' In the old days they used to teach elrls deportment.” ' Ye b." sailed the Oid Coot, and anybody with half an eye can see *■ how -hat study ha« been dropped — Ijoulsville Courier Journal.