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THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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. '
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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
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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.
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Homespun Verse
—By Omaha'* Own Poet—
Rnhcrt JT'orthinRtnn Davie
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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 ]
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Letters From Our Readers
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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.
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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«
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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
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SUNNY SIDE UP ,
lake Comfort.nor forget L
lhatSunrise nev/erfailed t^er
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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.
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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.