The Omaha Bee MORW1N G—E V E N I N G—S U N D A Y THE BEE PUBLISHING CO.. Publisher N. B. UPDIKE, President BALLARD DUNN. JOY M. HACKLKR. Editor in Chief Runiness Munarer MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press, of which The Bee is a member. Is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of *11 news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of our special dispatches are alto reserved. The Omaha Bee is a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the rerojrnized authority on circulation audits, and The Omaha Bee's circulation is regularly audited by their organizations. Entered as second-class matter May 28, 1908. at Omaha postoffice, under act of March 8, 1H79. BEE TELEPHONES Priv.t* Branch Exchange. Ark for AT Untie 1000 the Department or Person Wanted. OFFICES Main Office—I7th and Farnam Chicago—Steger Bldg. Boston—Globe Bldg. Los Angeles—Fred L. Hall, San Fernando Bldg. San Francisco—Fred L. Hall. Sharon Bldg. New York City—270 Madison Avenue Seattle—A. L. Nictz, 514 Leary Bldg. MAIL SUBSCRIPTION RATES DAILY AND SUNDAY I year $5.00, 5 months $8.00. 3 months $1.75, 1 month 75c DAILY ONLY 1 year $4.50, 6 months $2.76, 3 months $1.50, 1 month 75c SUNDAY ONLY 1 year $3.00, 6 months $1.75, 3 months $1.00, 1 month 50c Subscriptions outside the Fourth postal zone, or ftt'O miles from Omaha: Daily and Sunday. $1.00 per month; daily only, 75c per month: Sunday only. 50c per month. CITY SUBSCRIPTION RATES Morning and Sunday .1 month 85c, 1 week 20c Evening and Sunday .1 month 55c, l week 15c Sunday Only .1 month 20c, 1 week 5c V_> ©raahd-'Vtete the^bst is at i(s Bos ( RESTORING THE FORESTS. Americana are rapidly waking up to the fact that forest trees are being used more rapidly than they are being reproduced. Not the use alone, but the waste as well. The last year was notable for an unusual number of terribly destructive forest fires. It is stated on authority that an area equal to a strip 10 miles wide and stretching from New York tc Denver was devastated by fire during the year. Add to this the millions of acres denuded for com mercial and industrial purposes, and the dwindling timber resources of the nation must give cause for thought. Efforts to offset the effect are being made. Many states have established forestry bureaus, devoted to ihe preservation and propagation of forest trees. Much hard work has been needed to bring this to pass. Advocates of forestry have labored long and earnestly to arouse the public interest to a point where action might be had. Idealism has marched alongside practicability in this, for beauty is so closely interwoven with utility in forestry that it is not easy to separate the two. * * • Charles Lothrop Tack, for many years head of the American Forestry association, and now con nected with the Tree Growers, has just issued a sur vey of forest events for 1924 and plans for 1925, from which we take this summary; Tn New Tork, the biggest drive ever directed bv the state conservation commission has just been completed. Almost 10.000,000 trees have been sent out Farmers and private landowners took nearly 5.000. 000, while industrial enneerns absorbed nearly 2.000. 000. Municipalities adopting the town forest idea took 2,000,000 more. In Pennsylvania, whose very name Indicate* what relation the woods once bote tn the region, the need of reforestation has reached such a stage of public realization that the state forestry associa tion expects to obtain In the coming year the pa» sag" of a hill authorizing a loan of f25.o00.0Ofl for the purchase of wild lands for a forest preserve. Wisconsin has voted an amendment tn its con stitution to permit the state to reforest waste land*. Governor Groesbeck of Michigan has asked for data on which to base a two-year program of re forestation. During 1924, Pack Foundat.on prizes for the best papers on forestry aimed to rouse popular interest In the subject were established at Tale. Penn State College of Forestry, New York State College of For estry, Cornel) university and the 1'nlversities of Michigan, California, Wisconsin, Washington and Minnesota, while a demonstration forest of 1,000 seres was given by Mr. Pack to tlie New York State College of Forestry. Vermont is now planting 900.000 trees a year, and the first town forest of 1925 will be started lit Brat tleboro, that atate, with 10,000 red pines. Nebraska has lagged behind in this work. And (his is the state that gave the nation Arbor day. Our people have won the title of “Tree Planters,” hut we have no department or bureau of forestry in connection with our state government. Nor any serviceable regulation regarding the planting or propagation of forest trees, or control and direction of those that are planted. Many times the legisla ture has been approached on this point, and several fragmentary plans have been adopted. Never has any comprehensive, satisfactory law been written on the book. The last three sessions have consid ered such a measure, and the attempt to pass a com prehensive law will be renewed. No state in the union offers a better field for the work of a forestpr than does Nebraska. Trees are needed here for many reasons, and their planting under the proper direction and for a definite purpose of use as well as beauty should be taken seriously by the people. A state bureau of forestry has long been needed and the legislature will have the opportunity of setting up one. WHAT YOUTH READS AND WHY. • A survey made at Columbia university disclosed this fact that the students there go in for very light literature to a large degree. It is love interest and "wild west" romance that predominate. Where upon the investigators take occasion to deplore what they have discovered. Less trash and more aub etance, they say, is needed. If the sole aim of life were what the Grandgrind school of pedagogy contemplate", the Columbia sur vey is disappointing. Rut there is another side to the question. “Man cannot live by bread alone," nor is his mind given a symmetrical development, hy being nurtured on solids exclusively. To grow prop erly, it must have its periods of rest, and just as the doctor advises one to eat spinach occasionally, so it is good to read a penny-dreadful now and then. Brain-dusters they are, and as such they are very useful. Relaxation, even recuperation, is possible under the influence of the “shilling-shocker." Students at Columbia or any other institution of the sort get ail the solid rending they nerd in con nection with their studies. The mind gets weary at tunes, and demands diversion, just, as does the body. The best form of play is a change of occupation. So the student turns from the text book or the eru dite work on the subject he has in hand, and for a little while luxuriates in the frothy foam of the tensatinnal, Time enough, when he gets out of school, to follow the learned. Even they will* he found now and again, taking refuge and getting rest in a printed page they would not think of giving permanent place % on the library shelf. Light literature does not find its way exclusively into the hands of the ‘‘low brows.” MAKING THE IDLE WATERS WORK. A lot of talk is being heard about the power that is to be extracted from the water that now idly iushea down hill to the ocean. It is to be harnessed, and compelled to work for its living. To produce stuff to make plants grow, wheels whirl, and all that sort of thing. Very good. The sooner that talk is translated into action, the quicker the world will get a benefit from what is now making nothing but trouble. Very little is said about something else water can do. Water in lakes and rivers. It can be made to carry commerce. Haul wheat to market. Bring coal from the mines to the consumers. All such stunts as that. Henry Ford recently sent a shipload cf automobiles and accessories from Detroit to Buenos Aires in five weeks. All the way by water. The steamer was loaded at the Ford dock and not c. thing was left to do but keep the screw moving in the water until the dock at far-off Buenos Aires, more than half way around the world from north to south, had been reached. This steamer made its way across Lakes Erie and Ontario after “navigation closed” had been hung lip. Went down the channel of the St. Lawrence along with chunks of ice, and out onto the Atlantic. <’ust another bit of accumulating evidence that the lakes-to-ocean plan is feasible, entirely practical. Vet, when an effort is made to get action on plans that will mftke the waste water of the big rivers, like the Missouri, available for commerce, the cry of “Pork!” goes up. i The house showed a little sigsi of reason, when it lefused to cut out an appropriation to establish ihe Inland Waterways corporation. This will bring the government into the St. Lawrence canal scheme is an active participant. The rivers and harbors committee is resisting a demand to cut the ap jiiopriation from $53,000,000 to $35,000,000. Economy is dpsirable, but commerce will gain when the rivers are made to carry their share of what now goes to market. SERVING THE PUBLIC. Two events of the week have passed with but scant notice in Omaha. One was the reorganization and annual election of officers of the Omaha Board of Education. The other was the same process in connection with the directors of the Metropolitan Utilities district. Each has for its executive head a man to hire whom the city would be required to px ceed the salary limit fixed by law for public officials. Ralph Van Orsdpl is president of the Board of Edu cation. anil Frank J. Burkley chairman of the Utili ties board. The one is a busy and successful law yer, ^he other the head of a manufacturing concern whose affairs give him full occupation. Yet these men will devote a great deal of their time during the coming year to the service of the public. Surely not for the money there is in the jobs. Mr. Van Orsdel serves without salary. Mr. Burkley takes down the magnificent sum of $50 per month. What induces them, then, to take on arduous duties and grave responsibility? Nothing, but the recognition of the fact that they are engaged in public service. Doing a job for the good of all the neople. With no selfish thought for themselves, sac rificing leisure for the benefit of the community. It is the spirit that has made the republic what it has become, that sustains the city in its steady progress. Serving the public is not always a matter of sal lry. Something far finer than ran hp measured in money is involved. And the men and women who make up the school board and directory of the Utili ties district are giving something bpyond price. Loyal devotion to the good and welfare of Omaha is their contribution. Omaha is looming up a little better as a milling center, with an output of more than a million dol lars' worth of flour a month. Could be a lot bigger, without exhausting the wheat supply of the state. Nebraska's credit is mighty high with the War Finance corporation, as well as elsewhere. Less than $300 loss out of $13,000,000 loaned is a most en couraging report. Unfilled orders for steel increased by almost 800,000 tons in the month of December. Prophecies of better business were not unfounded, if steel is a gauge. Fire alarm whistle over in Illinois froze and the town nearly burned up. Must be a moral in this somewhere. A Wisconsin professor tells us kisses have lost their kirk. He is kissing the wrong girl that's evi dent. ^ Governors' sons may be as embarrassing at times as ministers' sons. Decks have been cleared at Lincoln. Now watch the wheels go around. The Kansas klan lost its battle with the supreme court. Sometimes the .layhawkers do things well. Sugar has heard the call, and is coming down. ^ ■ —— —-— -- N Homespun Verse — By Omtht'i Own Poet— Robert Worthington Davie ____' COl'NTRV KOI.KS. It's different In Hie country’ than It down here In town. There aren't any at ranger* way out there; They all know one another, and you never aee them frown, You never know you're burdened down with .are, folks visit like they tilted to like they weren't In » shell Away out In the hills from whence t came; They have a way of ailing lliat will make a sick man w e|l. And all the rear ar ound they 're .Inal Hie same. They're yvhat we count as common anil straightforward anti worth-while. They're r loses! to the primal virtues, ton; Their hearts lust seem t" open when they talk to you anil smile, Anti something makes you know that they are true They're good folks, and thev'r# doing things of worth for everyone. They’re kind folks with the finest home life known Their hopes are In the open win* Ihelr dally toll I* done. And where their splemlltl promise* air grown. They're plain folks, having comforts that th«i know they can afford. They sort of fit themselves to every \esi Whatever Is thr-li fortune. lie to them a lost lewaid They le k.iola proud of all that s offriH here. The Daily Grind in Washington i r-- " ' Letters From Uur Readers All letters must he signed, but name will be withheld upon request. Communi cations of 200 words and less, will ba given preference. I _/ Wants School Tax Diiiried. Omaha.—To the Kdltor of The Omaha Fee: A letter appeared in the January 3 Issue of the World Herald written by "Long Live the Public Schools," whirl) is In answer to the New Year's article by Father Judge of Sacred Heart school, on which T wish to comment through your Public Pulse. The writer of the answer to Father Judge does not follow the reasoning of Father Judge. We nil know that we have splendid public, schools, but it is apparent that even in that sys tem we have room for improvement. We realize there Js something lack ing. This is shown in one way by the failure of the public school chil dren to hold their own against those of other schools, and Father Judge is correct jn stating that competition In contests such as has recently taken place is a fair test for determining what are superior intellects. ft is not my desire to slander the "mother" of my education, and the\ sa \ Father Judge is too good s man to slander any good institution. Those who have the privilege of hi** acquaintance know. Father Judge has the temerity to give us a few fa« t» on equal privilege and practical jus lice. We do not neeed a law requlr ing Catholics to attend parochial schools. The law requiring them to attend some school Is sufficient. To unjustly enrich yourself at the loss or expense of another Is morally wrong. The c’atholic parent provides for the education of his own child When he does that he has performed his complete moral duty both to Clod and state However, under the pres ent arrangement the Catholic patent must pay equal school tax for edu cating the children of other parents Public schools are not free. Paro< h isl or private schools are not free We are taxed extra for public schools, and Catholics are obliged to pay extra for their schools plus the public school tax. Roth S' hools are needed to make everylmdy satisfied, hut why give nub He approbation to a moral wrong which is double taxation. TAIL !. MANUMIT. \hout the Xmendment. Omaha. To the Kdi* or of The Omaha Ree: It is a popular mpeep tion In* this country that. In a nvi ferial wav, we lend lives Piled with a greater share of happiness and pros perily than do the peoples of other lands. If therefor* seems a bit strange when we hear our most esteemed land owners and industrial magnates proclaim. In the fare of this popular notion, that the child labor amend inent to Hie const it tit loti will "Inter fere with the lights of the children Our efficient lawmakers have given _ | Til’ I’cnr W illow Rnnk lin lorknl ilr Hoorn no’ mloptcH th’ oinil orHor plnn (' llclr il ovpr th' crimp wkvp. It'n hpiiuii'in' t’ look like putim woman i :i th’ nnrnr lm in nn man him net 'c m loith hnck, ti ,ii into, t»;s ) ns statutes dealing with practically everything from red flag waving to prohibition anti care of livestock, but it seems that the children of the na lion ate not to be Included within the realms of legal jurisdiction except when they have grown up to become thieves and murderers. In which case we will throw them into Jails or in "sne asylums, periodically or jierma nentlv, and all a? the taxpayers ex pense. * Cr iminologists (crime expertffi agree that the majority of criminals have been made in childhood through lack of education and care. Intelligent po lice officials in the larger cities have repeatedly issued warning" pointing out the danger of their communities gel ting completely out of hand as a result of this condition, coupled with the effects of unemployment. Russia is the only country which has made a serious beginning along the lines of curing crime by prevcn tiop There every child, In so far as education and rare. i« regarded a* the w ar d of t he gov ernment up to the age of IS, and even between the ages of IS and JO certain protection regulations are enforced with regard to night work and hazardous occupa tion*. Jlote In the T’nlted States we are so afraid lest we be contaminated with progressive men atires * such as the child labor amendment that we are disposed to brand them as "im portation* from Russia" and "intei fereme with state* rights " although uv student of political development* in this country knows that states tights, a * such, have long ceased to exist. They diet! with chattel slav ery. I wonder why the opponents of the • h 11*1 labor amendment ate dodging the challenges issued by defenders, who are willing to debate the ques Hon before any public forum ’ Are they conscious of the fart that their propaganda serves only the most reactionary Interests jn the count ry? Th it home nf the slave ridden tex tile industry, Massachusetts, ha* nl ready shown lt« middle-age spirit b> rcfii-ing to tat if v the child labor amendment Kv*ry state which tnl r ate* such form* of exploitation can b< expected to take similar action. If the child laltor amendment is to he ratified, ll means that 3f» state leg Mature* must act favorably. Thir ty "even state legislatures vvll meet this winter. This mean* that if 1J of these states act as Massachusetts then child labor exploitation will be tolerated In this country for at least another decade. Nebraska has a child labor law The ratification of the amendment bv Ne bra ska will help to place its Indus ttie* on a plane of equality with those of other state*. State regulation of child labor mentis discrimination In favor of Indusiiles in those si.tte* which allow' sin*h exploitation Tom MATTHKWS. 4H0t Seward Street. Mr. Ward Dissent*. 1 f• tington Neb To the Kditor of The Omaha Bee Apropos to the « om plaint entered against Federal offices N< mm dick and others, your leading i editor I:- * sevs We hold that a law off!, r. / i. m» tight In the attempt to \ n v r u i i **» mi m f ( i Aspirin Gargle j ( in Tonsilitis j Cut This Out and Save if ; Subject to Sore Throat \ hurntk** hlid ofTfriiv* fc.titflr l to «li-3 m|u* l\vn |lav*t* Tallin* Ol \ -1»it in In four Inltlp'*|moiifnN of vvhMt. mihI u.H kIp Ihioiil thot'oiiKblx , |{p|n'ti! hi I mm limn n If n*"tNwii > . Mo miro \mi life onlv ih»* |»>nuliv' 11;<\ «• i Tnl»|H* of \*)t|ilti m.iiKnl wiili |*ii v i l ino m h 1« 11 ran I*** hm) iti nn liii\ite. AUf nod \\ M. WA KD. Approves Bee Position. Omaha To the Editor of The Oma h.r Bee; Will you m > ept congratula tion* on your editorial of January R. Decent Regard for the Raw?" Es per dally the last paragraph, w hb h merit* i lifting out and framing. If prohibition ever become* #*ffe< live" |« a whole sermon In itself, in it* blunt, flat-footed a*-replan* e of the true silo atrnn. May it h«* read by all the wrl f illv blind, who flatter each nCn with the smiling assurance that every thing I* *'vei _v satisfactory" abmg prohibitory line*; • ’oiild anything he more ludicrous than the late report by the Nebraska director, or throw a better tight on niF mentality? Condition* New Yea * e\e ver y sati*f.o tur> liquor plentiful kept under cover where we couldn't do anything! That is. kept by the great majority whom for the agents personal aafet) and tenure of offici it is not well to insult belabor or knmk down, and in place* where slugging and profanity a e nut com fortably indulged in. even by the brav e.*t and most expert slugger. Trn^v "vei v siitisfiu toi > . was it not. ladies of i be W. f T. r • T«> quote from another report by he Nebraska prohibition agent, "the period from April 11 to Decemlier 3S ha* been the most successful fc. liquor sleuths since the passage of the Volstead hi : more violator * of liquor laws arrested, prosecuted, etc than ever before!" Bravo. Mr. |>| lector! The best booze sefxuie period!** Now this Is true pi grew Mere violator * everv yea I * Mv prog resiling ut this ratio, it will come to pas* some dev that the whole pnpulA lion will be v «dafn»s' And *»» long a* they "keep it under cover ' everv thing will be highlv s.itisf n mrv I* this yoiu aim. reformers and niemt»ei« of the Prohibition asso«la lion’’ If so. you win. bKi’KM'T. Shocked. Harry Webb, the veteran movie di reefot had risen to the defense of his calling Nothing is mm# m« tinged than the movie* he said. and half of ihe knocks arise through ignorance tin# of the most common charges laid against a picture I* <>h, that would never happen In teal life. V gill -aine to Ro* Angelt* re cently to go into pictures She failed to encounter a policeman when she landed at I lie Santa Ke depot, and after wandering about for a while • ppiyached a nice looking man and f ^ ' f \ Shave In Comfort With Cuticura Shaving Stick This delicately medicated anti ■epttc Shaving Stick produces a creamy lasting lather enabltng ten det-faced nien to ahave without am irritation, even twice daily It laavea the akin amooth and fraah and makes shaving a pleaame. Cntirma Talcum ia an ideal after-ahaving powder s««r»r Orntmaai V | there. « *ome with me and well have something to ea 'and I'll show you a ni« • place to ! slay.* “‘Alv goodness.' exclaimed the gill do you really get away with mniff | like that'’ I thought that kind of thing just movie hokum!**'—I/Os Angela- Times. Pencil Work. Uttle Bessie admitted her *isier » allet and after enterta uing him a few moments went upstair*. Present W hen in Omaha Hotel Conant 250 Room.—250 Rith*— R«ie« $2 lo $3 _/ I -e Iv *he returned. '‘Sis’er * nen • ready, she reported. **.«he •• iuMr »sa ms: on her eyebrow*."—Boston Tran* script. j~~. .. • 1 " l: NET AVERAGE PAID CIRCULATION for Ik* SIX MONTHS Ending Sepl. 30. 1924 THE OMAHA BEE Daily .73,790 Sunday .75,631 D»«l not inclug* roturnt. loft • vert, samples or papers spoiled ir printing and includes aa special sales ar free circulatiaa of any bind. V. A. BRIDGE. Cir. Mgr. Subtcribad sad iwara ta sefere aa« tbie 4tb day ef Octabsr. 1924 W. H QUIVEY. 1 (Saal) Notary Publk SUNNY SIDE UP' lake Comfort.nor forget, lhat Sunrise ne\Jer I: -- — Owing to our Inability to supples* onr emotion* at times we Hi e experiencing iHfltciilly In restraining our language « h le "'baring "om* of our I'pHft Hills. This is especially r ,« of mu I! II for a Law to Suppress Soli Hquml*. \> e want t« • ! the hill in .haste anil moderate language. but when we think Of Slime Ilf Ihe thing* that brought about the de*ire to »n u « the contemplated law we feel like using language calculi.,r,1 to shock the Truly Uood. Kecentlv the Sob Sqtiatlder* secured the iH.rdnn .,f a man whose nnlv'offense was lhai he killed a man Since he was sent ... Ihe pen he has learned read music and Perform up<;M ihe saxophone. Th!* was considered ample reason for tinning him louse. We hope he lakes lhat saxophone and sercn.idcs those Hob So .ladders from II n- m. to ta in. eveiy night iu the week. liown In Missouri a convict has lieen pin ng the piano, and playing It pretty well, we admit. We re heard Humo hit ler piano player* who never saw the Inside a prison. L this con Ivorv pounder has made a hit vviih the Soli Hquaddn s and he has been given thousands of dollars, while honest men out»!de have sought In vain for work to support ther families, lie ha* also been given an automobile, while we have to walk, and we don't play the piano and we have never been a prisoner in the penitentiary. I'p In northern Nebraska a man was convicted of a purlieu* larlv atrocious crime, and ihe Hob Sqitadders have managed to stave off his execution from time to time. All a man has to do to gel flower* and candy and the i-dtlng sympath- of a lot of Huh Squatters Is to commit some crime, and the nu.ie heinous ll Is Ihe more flowers he will receive. Now that is ihe sort of thing we are trying to Hass a l*aw against. What we v. int 1* a llnle less sympathy for thugs and thieves and murdeieis: fewer flowers for rapists and ganoteis. anil more sympathy and flowers for houesi men ami women who plug along, da' by day, doing the very best they can. A penitentiary senlence these days is quite a pleasant vaca tion. with assurance of plenty of Soh Sq .ladders ot flock around with fruits and flowers and proffers of assistance to do enough sobbing before the authorities to secure a parole if not a par- 4 don. Human life will he cheap and crime rampant until we succeed in Passing a l*aw to Suppress Sob Squadders. We are willing to donate our time to an effort to secure the law * en actment. hut we are financially unable 10 maintain a lobby at Lincoln. W# a re considering Ihe proposition to open a Bureau of Sensible Uplift apid receive contributions. During Ihe lust couple of weeks our work ha« been am h as lo keep us looking about the two leading hotels of Lincoln. Speaking of ihe 1’nlverrflty of Nebraska, well say that it Is tinning out some of the liest fox trotters, flappers and sheiks lhat ever pranced around a ballroom. More ihan one Nebraska father is compelled to work In a pair of onegallus overalls in order to permit a son to wear hell bottomed [>ants and a Tux edo ai a party house function. Mother House I p lo Dale. Old Mother Hubbard w-ent to the cuplswril, To partake of a morsel of gin; Hut when she got there ihe cupboard was bare. And Daughter was wiping her ch n. —Nebraska City Press D'd Mother Hubbard went to the cnplmard. To lake for herself a wee nip: But when she got there ihe cupboard was bare. Father Ono*e lugged it off on his hip. Die P,uck lay-s lhat In these degenerate dav* when a man reael.ee f,,r In* hip you don't know whether he ,s going to sh,„>t y ,, • i ,,r t re-., i vou. t'ondit.on* are s, ch that we are willing to lake chance*. WILL M MAUPIW j “I Am Proud ^ I of My Bank” jj So remarked one of our Customers the other day. i He realized that the prestige of a strong hanl( is shared by its de- ^g positors. P ui He recognized the fait that his |n| check, d r awn on 7 H £ p| OMAHA NATIONAL BANK, is a favorable introduc tion THROL’CHOLT the business world. i The GuiiaNatienal Bank ^ RADIANT COAL Smokeless Semi-Anthracite LUMP $13.50 MINE RUN $11.50 SLACK $8.50 Pk«nt WA Uut 0300 UPDIKE ^lbecro& ^ Samples mf Tki» C*al at Hardens ('.rorsr? D»pl,