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The Omaha Bee^ M O R N I N G—E V E N I N G—3 U N P A Y THE BEE PUBLISHING CO.. Publlaher N. B. UPDIKE. President BALLARD DUNN, JOY M. HACKLKR. Editor in ChiefBusiness Manager MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Frees, of which The Bee is a member, la exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news diapatehea credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published herein. AH rights of republicalion of our special diapatehea are also reserved. The Omaha Bee is a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the recognized authority on circulation audita, and The Omaha Bee's circulation ia regularly audited by their organisations. Entered as second-class matter May 28, 1908. at Omaha poatoffice, under act of March 3. *1879. " BEE PEL? PHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for * x !._»• innn the DcparlmenS or Person Wanted. A 1 ‘»mic 1UUU OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnam Chicago—Steger Bid*. Boston—Clobe Bldg. Los Angeles—Fred L. 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Shorter than the average presidential me sage, but containing an amount of hard, common sense far above the average, will be the practically unanimoiy verdict of thoughtful citizens who read it carefully and without political bias. President Coolidge de clares a truth that is daily becoming more apparent when he says that our domestic problems are for the most part economic, and he reiterates his demand for economy in all the affairs of government. He makes one point stand out clearly, and it should re ceive the careful attention of all the people: “The cost of our national and local governments combined now stand close to $100 for each inhabitant of the land. Less than one-third of this is represented by national expenditures, and a little more than two thirds by local expenditures.’’ The president then points to the ominous fact that while the national government is reducing its debt, local governments are increasing their debts at the rate of a billion dollars a year. The inevitable conclusion must be that a rigid system of economy in national and local government must be adopted if any part of the load is to be lifted from the shoulders of productive in dustry. • • • The outstanding feature of the message is the concept of government that runs through it from be ginning to end—it is the concept that government should be so administered that the people will have the fullest opportunity to work out their own salva tion as the result of their own iridividual initiative. There is a refreshing absence of suggestions for new laws calculated to enlarge government interference with individual initiative, and an equally refreshing recommendation for the lifting of the burdena of government from the people that they may have Jidler opportunities for self-advancement as a result of their unfettered industry. Improved administra tion of laws now upon the statute books, rather than the enactment of new laws in the hope of pro viding relief by further legal complications, is the keynote of the entire message. * * * If the president's emphasis upon the need for better administration of laws already enacted it heeded, we may hope for a permanent departure from the long-continued mania of enacting laws to cure all.of our ills, moral and economic, as well as political. This mania has already grown to such proportions as in many respects to make government ridiculous. President Coolidge points out the fallacy of this course in the fewest possible words, and at the same time maps out the proper course to pursue to rectify the many mistakes of the past. * m 0 That portion of the message (haling with matters •of taxation is characteristic of the president. He deals in no platitudes, but goes directly to the seat of the trouble as the skilled surgeon who wields the scalpel. He makes it clear that there is no escape for any citizen when it comes to hearing the cost of government. "The more the government spends the more it must require every producer to contribute out of his production to the public treasury, and the less he will have for his own benefit.” As the pres ident says, this is elementary. "The higher they (taxes) become, the more the people must work for the government; the loss they are, the more the people can work for themselves." When that great truth is burned into the minds of all the people, the •work of retrenchment will be made easier. The whole essence of the taxation problem is contained in that one brief sentence. • • • The various subjects touched upon are handled in a manner so concise as to arouse admiration for the president’s ability to reach the heart of every (jkestion. “I am opposed to any policy of compe tition in building and maintaining land or sea arma ments” is his declaration. Of the international court he says: It would provide a practical and convenient tribunal before which we could go voluntarily, but to which we could not be summoned, for a determi nation of justiciable questions when they fail to be resolved by diplomatic negotiations.” • • • The president’s concluding paragraph deserves to be inscribed upon the tablets of memory. It is the sum and substance of Americanism: “I want the people of all the earth to see In the American flag the symbol of a government whlrh intends no oppression at home and no aggression abroad, which In the spirit of a common brotherhood providea assistance in tlms of distress. ' * » * The message in its entirety should he read by every citizen who is really interested in good gov ernment and willing to w-ork with bis fellows in an effort to reach a solution of the many problems that vex. NEBRASKA’S BIG TUNNEL. There are several huge tunnels in the United •plates, among them the Hooaae tunnel and the Hud aon tubes. Many whose knowledge of Nebraska geography leads them to believe that the state is a level plain, will he astonished to learn that one of the longest end largest tunnels in the United States has just been completed within Nebraska borders. It is a mile and a quarter long and twenty feet in 0 \ I diameter, and pierce* the south side hills of Scotts Bluff county to carry water into the Gering valley. It is a part of the Gering and Fort Laramie irriga tion unit of the North Platte Irrigation Project, Work on this unit has been in progress with more or less speed for the past eleven years, and the comple tion of this huge tunnel marks the near completion of an irrigation scheme that will water more than 77,000 Nebraska acres. The hills pierced—they are really mountains—separate the famous Mitchell val ley of Scotts Bluff county from the Gering valley, which will in good time be equally famous because of its productivity under irrigation. A small portion of the Gering valley is already irrigated from a canal constructed by the pioneers of that section more than thirty years ago. This huge tunnel will carry an immense volume of water impounded in the Pathfinder dam in Wyo ming and let out into the North Platte river, later to be diverted into the huge canal near Guernsey, Wyo. It will irrigate a soil remarkable for its fer tility and which will prove an immense addition to the sugar beet area of western Nebraska. The open ing up of this new beet territory will mean addi tional sugar factories, farm homes for more people, additional avenues of employment and increasing prosperity for western Nebraska. trying Their mettle. Students in the department of journalism of Mar o.uette university, Milwaukee, have an excellent op portunity to demonstrate that they are profiting by their studies. The other night burglars broke into the university and made away with 18 typewriters *i*ed by embroyo reporters and editorial writers. Now those students of journalism have a golden opportunity to put it all over the police by running down clues and catching the burglars, just like re porters in fiction have been doing for years on end. All they need to do is to find the ergaret stub, the fingerprint, the lost button or some other little thing, and by a process of deduction and elimination walk right over to the guilty party, clap him on the shoul der and say, “You are the man.” It is all just too simple for anything to the writer of journalistic fiction. Right here and now the faculty of the school of journalism has a golden opportunity to discover the journalistic squarepegs that are trying to fit themselves into journalistic roundholes. It would be just too awful for anything if the, common or garden variety of policeman should land the burglars before the police reporters now in the making got away to a fair start. PRETTY GOOD WORLD. Despite the yammering* and whining of the chronic grumblers, this is a pretty good world. Selfishness is the exception, not the rule, big-hearted people are in the majority. That majority, by the way, is greater than ever before in the world’s his tory. Most folk, if you only know it, are just wait ing for a chance to do something for the unfor tunate. ^ A week or so ago a woman who w^as doing wash ings to support her five little children and helpless husband, lost home and furniture by fire. The sim ple little news story printed in the daily papers was enough. A great-hearted salesman for a washing machine company read it, and he loaded up a brand new electric washing machine and took it to the un fortunate woman. That was just the cue needed by other great-hearted men and women. They sent furniture and bedclothing. They saw to it that the family was again comfortably housed. And they took as much delight in the giving as the biyive wife and mother did in the receiving. If you happen to be one of those unfortunate and misguided folk who think* that this is a selfish, heartless world, just go out and have a little conver sation with Mrs. Clarence Bartlett. Tell her what a cruel, selfish, heartless old world this is—and try to make her believe it! You’ll be about as successful at that job as was old King Canute when he tried to stop the flow of the tide. Mrs. Rartlett knows bet ter. So do her five children and her invalid husband. So do you, if you’ll just think it over. The trusted postal official who connived In the theft *f more than a million dollars from the mails, is sentenced to 25 years in the penitentiary. This is exactly the sentence pronounced upon an Iowa boy who robbed a garage of $20. You may write your own moral. General Dawes has discovered that as vice presi dent he may leave the chair and participate in de bates on the senate floor. The senate reporters have notified the government printer to equip his lino types with extra mats of the star, howling point and dash. Well, we sunk the battleship George Washington in keeping with an agreement with Great Britain, something that Great Britain couldn’t do with the man the battleship was named after. Mrs. Hearst’s f’alifornia ranch has a frontage of thirty miles on the Pacific ocean. This may serve as something of an explanation for that Japanese menace thing. Nick Longworth may become the. speaker of one house, but if reports are correct he will have little to say in his own house after a short while. A Nebraska youth demanded a 160-acre farm of hi* father-in-law before he would return to the daughter. For the land’s sake! A convicted murder in New York thanked the judge who sentenced him to the electric chair. That makes it unanimous, judge. They have sent us photos from London by radio. Maybe France is waiting until she can send that money the same way. One need of the country right now is a fireproof Santa Claus. -' Homespun Verse —By Omaha'* Own Poet— Rnhcrt JT'orthinRtnn Davie l___— PREPAREDNESS. Do young folk think os once they did about the com ing days? Are they aware of what awaits on those untrodden way*.— And do they pause to romprehend, a* time eo swiftly files. That on each hrlef and fleeting hour preparedness relies? There is no |ov perpetual Mint has not relished tears Somewhere along the v-ata of Ihe changing, learning yea ra; There la no real Incentive, no genuine lucres* That I* not dreamed, and nourished hy Innate pr* pardness. It goes not that life* aunshln* should not he ever bright, Nor that good liemeat thinking should change the day to night,— Hut there are thing* before us that like the coming da a n Annuumt the fait da} > promise, and thua direct ua on Misplaced Emphasis ] L_ . - — .....^ V 1 IJ 1 U\ ' -y - --- (-1 Letters From Our Readers All letters must be signed, but name will be withheld upon request. Communi cations of 200 words and less, will be given preference. L. ____/ A Complaint. Omaha —To the Editor of The Onmha Bee: The Omaha Grain ex change radio announcer urged all listeners that all amateur radio mak ers v.ere urged to bring their sets to the radio show. I took mine mere ly as a surety that the colored peo ple of Omaha would have an ex hibit—not for a prize. 1 marched oft from home with my sets as proud as the .Spanish armada of 1898. being the first to place my set In the ama teur row. just as the carpenters fin ished the last nail, being told by the man In charge to place my set there I went after said set Monday and tt could not be found. I went back Tuesday, November 17, and found my set all battered up, being told that It was in the basement in the rubbish. It had been opened and looked into, the screws had been removed from the face and screw driver inserted under the lid trying to pry (t open It was not an accident, hut behind It was an inferior (ulterior) reason. Does someone want to try and get a patent on the slide system, the crystal three way range finder, or was It because my face accompanied the set, and It was black? The public can se# the set. Just name the place and I'll ha\e a show of mv own. WTI.MAM SMITH ISM Smith Twenty-second Street, Omaha, Xeb. Why People Don’t Vote. Hooper, Neb., Nov. 18—To the Editor of ’Phe Omaha Bee. "Why don't the people vote?" Because they are deprived of the privilege of participating In the preparation for the aelectlon of the candldatea fur whom they may vote I have been in the political game alnce 1 884, not aa a politician, but j aa a voter who appreciates hla privi lege of casting a freemsn'a ballot, j and feels his responsibility ss a member of society. It Is mv conclu-j slon that the primary election law which Is theoretically perfect Is prac tiially the moat harmful legislation over enacted. This conclusion is reached after carefully analyzing the operation of the old convention ays t»m and ihe newer primary system of nominating randldates. During the time when candidates for office were selected by the convention route every precinct had its rival camps, and all the sotera, or at least a very large percentage of them, were Interested and actively participated In selecting mrn for of i’lce whose qualifications and fitness would appeal strongly to the elec torate. The Interest and In many' casea the enthusiasm thus aroused Increased nml galncil moment uni nn til election day. Everybody awaited the lime when he or she might ex erdse that greatest of sit privileges. '-—-s Abe Martin f"! rover Moot* mit in town t'dnv nn' that, make* u* wonder what over hornmr o' Kather Cleveland. How could th’ Kover'mcnt run th’ rail road* when th’ feller* that can't run am now grew up in th' buai neg*? (Copyright. !*-'(.; '"''sting his or her vote for the can didate they helped to select. Theoretically the primary election law Is a headtlful thing because 1? permits everybody to participate di rectly in the selection of candidates. Practically, that is not t,he case The candidates select themselves and the few voters who go to the polls on election day ratify the selection. Pew people are interested in the se lection. This condition has existed ir> long that more than 50 per cent of the voters simply don't care who is elected. They are apathetic, that Is why the people don’t vote. UK. M. T. ZELLKRS. How He Loves Russia. Omaha —To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: If the good unknown friend who sent me a 'lipping from the t'hfcago Tribune the other dav without sending his or her name, will send that name, I will be happy to reply with a letter of thanks for the Interest manifested in my intellectual welfare. Inasmuch, however, ss the clip ping concerned Emma Goldman's la’ ear attack on radicalism In Russia. I am a poor subject for conservative propaganda. I have read and review ed her book. “My Disillusionment in Russia." am fairly familiar with au thentic reports of her behavior while In Russia, and the upheaval there from the very beginning in March. PHT, is a subject on which I can speak with at least a small measure of authority. Belter people than Emma Goldman have taken it up themselves to hear false witness against their Russ an brethren, and the unknown friend had better turn to these for forsenir mn terlal If he or she wishes a hearing AIIVEHT1REMI.NT. | The Beit Cough Syrup | is Home-made. U Her*’* an easy way t« *a*e I?. and V O } ri have the heat ruiiiti remedy Y M y«u eiw tried. Y You've probably beard of thi« well known plan of making rough avrup at home. But have you ever used it? Thousand* of families, the world over, feel that they could hardlv keep house without it. It* simpie and cheap, but the way it takes hold of a cough will aoon tarn it a permanent place in your hortte. , Into a pint bottle, pour 2',y ounce* of Pinex; then mid plain granulated sugar syrup to till up the p.nt. Or, if desired, use claritied molssses, honey, or corn syrup, instead of sugar syrup. Either wav, it tastes good, never spoils, and gives you a fullpint of lietter cough remedy than you could buy ready mad* for three tuiu-s its coat. It is really wonderful bow quickly this home-made remedy conquer* a cough usually in 24' hour* nr less. It seems to penetrate throiigh eveiv air passage, loosens a dry, hoarse or tight cough, lifts the phlegm, heals On- membranes, and gives almost im mediate relief .’splendid for throat tickle, hoarseness, croup, bronchitis and bronchial asthma. Pincx is a highly concentrated com pound of genuine N'orw.iv pine ex tract, and lias been used for genera tion* for throat and chest ailment*. To (void disappointment ask your druggist for , ounces of Pine*” with directions, nnd don't accept any thing else (luaranteed to give abso lute - itufaction or money refunded. The Pinex fo. Ft. Wayne, lnd. NET AVERAGE PAID CIRCULATION for Sopt., 1924, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily .73,340 Sunday .73,863 l>oe* not include return*, left nvm, •ample* ot paper* »pol1id to i | printing and inrlud** no *p**rtal ■ ale* or free r it > trial ton of any kind. V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr. 5uh*rrihed and ittorn to before ma tbi* 4th day of October. 1024 W II Ql IVF.Y, (Saal) Notary l*ntili« . _I jfrnm me in the future. Emma may I be highly interesting, and in the past she has indeed >>een a serviceable goad, in the side of stupid conservatism, but her one time lecture tour over thej country with Ben Reitman, with whom she lived in defiance of rhe laws of God and man. endorsing like conduct in others, scarcely qualifies her as a model of virtue and veracity. EDM END R. BREM BAUGH. Ilis Theory \boiit Pilgrimages. Omaha—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: The children's pilgrim - age to the tomb of Eincoln was a striking episode, reminding one of another children s p.lgrimage. under taken to rescue the Hol\ Eand from the hands of the infidel Turk. Prob ably it will t>e about as effectual, so far as progress Is concerned, although of course not nearly so tragical in re sult. it will be much more successful, purpose considered. Promoting popular patriotism, however, is a purpose which has been verj “well served by existing agencies. I'hurch. school and press serve most efficiently. Children's prilgi images, at great cost of effort and money, i must mean that some of the people an* thinking for themselves. disturb ing greatly tho«e who value patriot ism a« a protection for the peace and perpetuity of a small class. Something [striking sterns in order. On • more than one occasion. I have indicated plainly my admiration for Abraham Eineoln. Out of this v*ry feeling of1 I l—f ——— New Prices I H Durant Four Motor Cars Effective December 3, 1924 j Standard Models I ** Chassis. $720 § louring.$830 I E Business Coupe . . . $935 I Coach.$1050 I Four-Passenger Coupe $1160 I 4 Sedan.$1190 I F. O. B. Lansing, Michigan I Special Models | in Colors, with Balloon Tires, Four- Wheel Brakes, etc., | at slight additional cost. 1 At these price* Durant Four cars with the new powerful motor, exclusive Pur- j ant Tubular Backbone, and genera! high quality of material, construction and 1 well known efficiency represent unsurpassed value and deserve the preferential | consideration of buyers . | DURANT MOTORS, INC. Broadway at Fifty-seventh Street, New York. | Plant*: F.lirabeth, N. J., Lansing, Mich., Oakland, Cal., and Toronto, Can. I fj Dealers and Service Station* Throughout I'niicd States and Canada. | ^ i SUNNY SIDE UP , lake Comfort.nor forget L lhatSunrise nev/erfailed t^er J v - _ —- ' _ - - -■ *~ ^ f Lowering . loud*. Pun hidden. Gloomy mint over ell Hint of snow and sleet and slush. Outlook from bedroom window dismal in extreme. Cheerless outlook for the day. Stnrti 1 t work with something like a grouch on. Cripple sailed past In Ins home made auto an I smiled cheerily as he waved his hand In friendly greeting Uttle less gray in the clouds. Gray haired man wl.ing papers on t corner .ailed out a cheerful "good morning" and remarked that It looked like -now. adding. "Well, it would make business better.' Kdge* of gray clouds tinged with rose color. Driver hacking coal truck up to curb talks to his big horses as affectionately as a mother talks to her buhe. When truc k in position driver hops down snd pats horses on flanks, saving. •• -ACM Ih stilfr. ok l.ovs!" !%;n peeped from behind cloud * moment as if to sa' : ' Here I am; w itl lie with you m «tny in a little bit." jailor on rlesk from " *» ba\> nr»t f*»r ■ ymr.«. Shp says hop** to bp With u* f’hriFtma* TjOoU out of t* ° window and can see the sun shining itehind the clouds, and day has become cheerful and bright. Knew toe sun was theta all the time. It is very easy for those who have automobiles to consent to an Increase in tramway fares. We do not pose as an ex pert on finance or tax matters, but make bold to suggest that the tramway company be relieved of all taxes and competed to make a reduction In fares in corresponding ratio. Then 1 those who can afford automobiles and chauffeurs and such things, and therefore able to make good the revenues thus lost, can use the tram cars or leave them. Just as they choose. To one who admits his Ignorance of revenue matters this eternal circle of more taxes, higher fares higher fares, fewer pa-sere gers; fewer passengers, higher fares, and so on and so Ruth, will never get us an\where. A gift presented with ostentation contain* •*«>:♦ n« m h Christmas spirit as a wooden apple contains -nice. Now and then we hear somebody complaining b< a use the *5 churches are not well attended. Well. S« min i *•- of nc exercises and 10 minutes of sermonette may h e something to do with it. The man who 1* given to much wort", ing bon! * he Christ, mas hills should not contract any. Gifts presented w.th that feeling attached don't amount to anything, anyhow. Laws to prevent the exploitation of the children are all right when they are all right. Rut on- need of 'he tlm-- I* some'ktnd of a law. or method, to m ike a lot of young fnlks work at least a little bit. Why not use the skeleton of the Mel a! Art* building for a municipal Christmas tree’ We venture to exnre** it a* our own perse ! join that shout the biggest legislative joke on our statute 1-ooks is the corrupt practices act. The present primary law runs it a close second. Tho«e who u«e 'lie public roads the mos* -hon'd pay the most for their improvement and upkeep. Do your Christmas hopping early. (Private note t0 Jjnn tvp*r arid proof re.adei We Mean it just that way 1 Ry hop ping early you make shopping a pleasu* to yourself and les* of a burden to the overworked clerks. WILL M. MACPtN. L_____ < idem ration springs one of resent nen that he should be misused by otal strangers to the qualities of jharaeter made his life so memor ise. The children's pilgrimage to TJn coin's tomb may not be openly a 'orm of privileged class propaganda, iiit its value for this purpose will not >e overlooked. Most popular patriotic caching is false to the core Ajneri utnizalion programs are usually full if reactionary features Grammar md high school text hooka on civics ind history are notable for distortion >f fact and theory, leading to wrong ^inclusions, promoting stubborn prej jdlces, mangling the minds of the in locents. All belong to the same pro gram. If chance or fate, or God ever pants me the exalted experience and Solemn privilege called parenthood. 1 shall try to prove worthy of :t ind a large part of that effort will 'onsist in implanting, so far as pos«i de. the will and the ability to think Independently and even heroically In **n doing I shall not go wrong, fori the new life will be fixed thereby nn a firm foundation. Instead of sending children on v »l ble, physical pilgrimages let them sit at the f<et of the truly great these truly taught, absorbing every thing worth while, and rejecting any thing unworthy—for even the great est are but mortal. Then they shall be making pilgrimages of mind and spirit, exalting and enduring. KDMl’ND H BKl SIBAI GH. Film Archives. ^ The Smiths nian institution It :• reported, has recently accepted for its archives some moving picture flln a with the understanding that their seals are not to lie broken un'il the 'ear *o;4. a per d of 5,000 years — Washington Star. Knew What He'd Asked ' Willie," said his mother, "did you sav your prayers before you gm into bed. like a good lit-le bnv " "N"o. mother replied Will «. I •aid 'em like a bad little boy."—Bos ton Transcript.
