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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 10, 1925)
I ^. 4 » i OmahanlDhere the West is at its Best BUILD NEBRASKA BETTER. The closed-door conferences of the committee that is handling the gasoline tax at Lincoln is indic ative of a symptom of Nebraska’s present trouble. With general agreement as to the need of the tax, many ways of applying it have been suggested. With that factor out of the way, the problem still is com plicated by divergent views as to how the money is to be distributed. Nebraska has builded well in the past. Its present 1* secure. Only for the future is it necessary to plan. And plans for the future must comprehend a larger, It more populous and a busier Nebraska than now ex ists. Not larger in area, but in the sense that the present area will be more efficiently used. Two blades of grass to grow where one grows now. Many more tons of produce can be carried over the high ways. More and easier communication between the communities of the state. A greater commerce be cause of greater production. Unless a change is made in certain practices, this vision of the future for Nebraska can not be realized. The parochial system of administration must be modified. Road districts, for example, have their special problems, which deserve consideration and must have solution. Yet the district must be made subsidiary to the state as a whole. If Nebraska is to have a general highway system, one that will serve every portion of the state and every citizen, then a start will have to be made somewhere. It is of small Interest whether this start be made at Dakota City or at Holdrege, at Nebraska City or Chadron, so long as it is made, and in the end leads to a unified system of good roads. Some points must come first, and some last, hut the roads must be built on a general plan that eventually will consti tute a system to serve the whole state. Piecemeal, haphazard building, regard for local Interests, will not bring about the result aimed at. The legislature is perplexed by clash between subdivisions. This should be disregarded. Legisla tors should awaken to the fact that the state is big ger than any section. Centralize the roadbuilding work. Put it under the governor and the state engi neer, where it belongs. Give consideration to the well-digested plan evolved by the Good Roads asso ciation. Instead of trying to harmonize the conflict that is now going on, the legislature should take the bull by the horns, and plan to build a better Ne braska. “MINES AND MINING” IN NEBRASKA. In the good old day*, when Squatter Governor Pearman was a power in the land, the list of com mittee* of the Nebraska legislature had one on “mine* and mining.” It had it* purpose, too. NJ'hile Nebraska had no mine*, nor prospect of any, the legiilature usually contained a few lonesome but ornamental democrat*. These had to have some thing to do, so they were grouped on the committee on mine* and mining. Longer than half a century ago a bonus was of fered for the discovery of coal in the state, the vein or seam to be not less than 20 inches thick. Many attempts have been made to secure the reward. Many shafts, tunnels, adits and winzes, to use min ing terms, have been driven in the quest of coal. Many a drill has been sent deep into the earth, but nothing like a 29-inch vein of coal has been located. Now from Rulo comes the news that a seam 24 Inches thick is being worked there. A carload of Coal has been "gophered" out. Hope is high that th* long sought mine has been discovered. It will be a welcome addition to the state’s resources if it holds out. The prospect of turning Nebraska’s Wheels with Nebraska fuel Is alluring. Yet the report of the committee on mines and mining to the house In 1909 still holds the greatest encouragement. In that it was set forth that Ne braska mines millions of pounds of things to eat each year. That Its soil is the source of endless wealth, and Its sunshine makes possible a bounteous yield each year. Gold add silver come into the state In exchange for the products of the soil. "Mines and mining” in Nebraska may be a figure of speech, but the Boil brings every year more of material wealth than the gold from all the mines in the World amounts to in a year. BACK TO FIRST PRINCIPLES. Remember the time, any of you, when a black smith’s skill was tested by his ability, to turn a horse shoe! Lots of folks still live who got a thrill when Joe Murphy, In “Kerry Gow,” played a tune on the anvil with hi* hammer while he pretended to fashion a horseshoe. It was a real stunt. Then came the iron man, which could make horseshoes faster and mors accurately than human blacksmiths ever thought of doing. Not only did the mnehine turn th# shoe, but It fashioned the heel calks and the toe calk, and In time left nothing for the man to work on* sava driving the nails. The mnehine actually sharpened th# calks. Then there came the patented shoe, Into which the calks were screwed, and could ba replaced or adjusted. Now a little hit of Information that is regretta ble. United States Steel will no longer make horse shoes. Business In tills line has dwindled to where only about 18,000 tons of steel annually were used for tip purpose, and ths concern feels it ran use the space to better advantage making something else. This is a tribute to the supremacy of the automobile. Other concerns will continue making horseshoes, though, and if need be, the blacksmith can revive that portion of "his art. Even if horses should quit wearing shoes, a demand still exists. How will the great summer game be carried on otherwise? What will the retired millionaires at Los Angeles do for amusement, if horeshoes vanish? NO NEED TO RUB IT IN. Editor Thorpe of “The Nation’s Business’’ shows how the wheat growers of the United States lost 3100,000,000 on last season’s crop by listening to the call of politics. Senator Shipstead of Minnesota warned the farmers that the advance in selling price of wheat was but a device of the devil to catch their votes. Wall Street was bark of the movement to boost prices. The obviously smart thing for the farmer to do was to hurry his wheat to market, and then vote for La Follette. Whether the second part ol the suggestion was carried out does not matter. The first part was. Wheat was rushed to market. Election came. La Follette was beaten, and the price of wheat kept right on going up. As a farmer, Shipstead is a corking good dentist. What he does not know about the world market con ditions would make a pretty fair-sized book. That is not the point. Wheat farmers long ago found out all about the loss they had to take because of mar keting their grain too early. Nothing is gained by rubbing it in on them now. In fact, some of them are so sore they are almost raw. However, we hope the farmer will come to re gard himself as more of a business man and less of a politician in the future. To give to his farm the same careful attention the banker gives to his bank, or the storekeeper to his store. And incline his ear less to the voice of the man who explains to him how he can get something for nothing. The La Fol lette lesson will not be entirely lost if the farmer recognizes himself as part of, and not outside and separate from the great industrial and commercial life of the nation. CASH CAPTURED FROM THE SMOKESTACK. One of the challenges to modern thought is the use of fuel. In no other phase of industry is the. waste so apparent and appalling. One of the big items in transportation cost is fuel. More than 80 per cent of the money spent for fuel by the railroads goes up the smokestack of the locomotive, unused. Yet the railroad managers have succeeded in re capturing some of the dollars that have been escap ing after a fashion. Among the economies prac ticed of late has been the conservation of fuel. En ginemen and others have been trained in special methods of handling trains and engines at the least possible expenditure of fuel. One most gratifying result is that in 1924 the fuel used by the locomo tives of the United States was less than in 1923 by 319,816 tons. To handle that amount of coal would require 7,108 cars, a string 61 miles in length. These cars would make 142 trains of 50 cars each. In addition to this saving, the management is studying other methods for cutting down the fuel cost, to get more power out of the fuel consumed. For example, the Missouri Pacific line is trying out a three-cylinder locomotive. It has one passenger and one freight engine using three instead of two cylinders, and expects to effect several notable sav ings through using the device. Tests will tell, but the heads of the company are -anguine of the out come. * Less money spent for coal means more money available for other needs. Folks along the right-of way are not the only ones who grumble about the billows of black smoke emitted by the iron ^lorse. : The man who directs the operation of the road also worries about the smoke, for he knows it stands for money he needs for other uses. The mayor may be shocked that the cruiser Omaha has no memento from the city it is named for, but this is not the fault of the newspapers, for ample publicity was given the matter long ago. Nebraska and Iowa have provided some mighty good secretaries for the Department of Agriculture, and the supply of available men is not yet exhausted. That road to Jarvis Offutt Field is a most tenacious argument for the need of getting Ne braska out of the mud. The senator or member of congress who is not either being guarded or dogged by detectives must teel lonesome. Mother Earth Is a kindly old dame, but she some times appears to be cruel to those who try to discover her secrets. Whether it is a new court or a commission, some thing should be done to relieve the supreme Court docket. Mount Etna seems to have caught the hint from Mussolini. At any rate, it is getting ready to erupt again. * Dempsey says marriage will not interfere with his fight plans. He needs the money more than ever now. Chadron rejects the city manager plan by a huge vote. Yet the idea still has its attractive features. Hens have a justifiable complaint, for ns soon as they go to work the price of eggs goes down. Hardware dealers are advised to follow the Golden Rule. Some folks find that hard to do. It seems the poisoning at the Ohio university was all an accident. Now to get the word to the victim*. '-— Homespun Verse By Omaha’s Own Post— Robert Worthington Davie v. .. - - sift ft, H. D'BLAVK. A man with mains, a man with friends, was Sir B, U. DeBlank,— But he declared he'd never put one penny In the bank. Hie pockets bulaed with notes and coin, his home wee like a mint;— For many yeare he lived and failed to take the wlee man's hint. On* murky night as on he sped along the lonely etreet, A bludgeon humped him on the head, and knocked him off hi* feat; * When he awoke the eastern altlea were showing signs of Pawn,—* PI* head waa aore. his hands were numb, and all his cash wna gone. It. I'. lieBlank went wobbling home, resolving *4 he went I To put tils aliekles Itt tint ItanU, and save einhatrAss merit,— And now lie goes with little fear of thugs and highway. men, 1 And every time he ueeda a (lima tra usee book and pen. /-- " ' Speaking of the End of the World and Direful Prophets * •' -V u1 f ■f? V^' r---——— Letters From Our Readers All letters must be sifned, but name will be withheld upon request. Communications of 200 words and less, will be fiven preference. _/ World Court Propaganda. Omaha.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: Propagandists of the League of Nations are working con stantly. The expressions of Presl dents Harding and Cooildge favoring a World's Court not constituted by, the League of Nations, With reserva tions, seems to have given new life to the league propagandists. Some of the men who attended the recent public meeting In the city hall know- that the United States cannot enter the World's Court without au tomatically entering the League of Nations. Respecting this all Important fact, the propagandists presume upon the ignorance of the people. Mere there a dozen persons In the city h ill meeting who knew enough to vote on the resolution ' When President Harding was elected the people threw the League of Nations into the discard, and they re peated such action In the last presi dential election. Why was it neces sary to vote the question down a second Unit? Simply be. aii'.e of the persistency of the league propagand ists. What Is the sinister Influence which persists In working for th« league in the face of two overwhelm ing verdicts of tiie entire electorate? David Jayne Hill has presented documentary proof that should this nation enter the World's Court It au tomatically would enter the Longue Of Nations. former Senator A. J. Beveridge concurs In this opinion. There is no doubt whatever about It. On this point Mr. Hill *n>s: 1. That the court derives Its au thority primarily from the covenant of the league and from legislation by the council and assembly of the league, by which Its Judges are chosen, paid and constituted a court 2. That tiie statute of the court does not embody the most Important recommendations of tiie committee of jurists consulted by the league. S That isII the nations thus far participating in the court do so, with out exception, explicitly In the terms of the protocol, as members t.f the league. 4 That the covenant of the league, embodying u wholly new system of International relations. Is the funds, mental law for this court when the council or assembly seeks Its opinion. 5. That the United Htntes con have no part In the election of judges, un less Its representatives sit for that pbrpose with Hie council and tiie as semhly—that Is. with Hie league. former Henalor Beveridge re. ently said' "The World Court is created by the league, elected by the league. p_l4 Martin v — , —. . — , / We don’t know nothin' nhnui liaacom Mlemp’a deed*, hut it'll l.<> many a day before his mime i.< f*r potten. We hope th' ailvcr dollar does come back so wo km slap d on th' counter an' pit some service. ii.-pwijhi, m».i paid by the league, advises the league and Is an auxiliary of the league. The court, the council and the assembly are the primary organs of the league.1’ Now In view of this stale of facts why do the propagandist* seek to sidle up on the blind side of the peo ple and try to wheedle them Into en tering the loagup through the doors of the court? When the people under stand the underlying fact* of the case they will repudiate the Worlds Court as emphatic ally as thev did the league. J. B. HAYNES. To Assure Wea ld Peace. Omaha.— To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: The following new* Item recently appeared In one of the Oma ha newspaper*! ’ Geneva, Switzerland.—The Grei ian government has Informed the League of Nations that It will not disarm until the nations sign a general treaty offering real guurautees " The Grecian government ought to la- commended fur Inking this stand. for they are potting the proposition of I permanent peace squarely up to the I other nations. Greece has been frank ' enough to speak out as it feels. Other ' governments pretend to their citizen* and to the nations that they are for world peace, when in reality they are not. If they were they would bend every effort to arrive at a practical and effective plan I'p to the present t.me they have not done so. The World Oourt and League of Nations have no fixed rules or financial guar- j antees assuring'the world of peace. Greece has spoken. Will the other nations show their sincerity by of fering substantial guarantees? Dis armament is the right step as far as It goe«. hut It doesn't go far enoQgh. The destruction of a few capital ships is insufficient while other cruiser*, torpedo boats, etc . are secretly being built, and other implements of war. such as aeroplanes, liomblng ma chines, poison gases are being im pioved upon. The Grecian govern ment foresees the uselessness of na tions partially disarminng without guaranteeing to the world that there shall be no more war. A careful study of my world peace plan, known as the “world peace bond.'' ie\e«ls the necessltv of hav ing a financial guarantee. Its fea tures could be used effectively if the nations really wanted pence. ttTTO LOI'IS BUMMERS. A D V ERT1ME M » N T. ADTK1ITI ARM EXT. BETTER THAN WHISKEY FOR COLDS AND FLU The sensation of the drug trade !« Aaplronal, the two-minute cold and cough reliever, authoritatively guar anteed by the laboratories: tested, approved and moat enthusiastically endorsed by the highest authorities, and proclaimed by the people at ten times as quick and effective as whit key. rock and rye. or any other cold and cough remedy they have ever tried. All drug stores are supplied with the wonderful elixir, so all you have to do Is to step into the nearest drug store, hand the clerk half a dollar for n bottle of Aaplronal and tell him to serve you two teaspoonsful. With your watch In your hard, take the drink at one swallow and call for your money back In two minutes If you cannot feel the distressing symptoms of your cold fading away like a dream, nlthln the tfhae limit. Don't be bash ful. for all druggists Invite you and ntpect you to try It. Everybody's doing It. Take the remainder of the bottle home to your wife and children, for Asplronnl Is by far the safest and n)ost effective, the easiest to take and the moat agreeable cold remedy for children as well as adults. Quickest relief for catarrhal croup and ch.l drop's choking up at night. 5 can ride for the price o/J Yellow Cab &Ba$$a$eCo. | Phone AT lantic 9000 | CARBON COAL The Most Heat for the Least Money Furnace $soo Per I Size Ton Phone WA-lnut 0300 ' UPDIKE coSSlco4 || See Sample* of Thi* Coal at Hayden'* Grocery Department o . x... . >M of . n, S- ■ Maadha M iMoirudai* pda* ara auradjla ua dan ward riM two ntti w«k PAZO OINT WENT. tho dapondakla and (wtta rntnady *ot palaa. Inal tally nltava* Ik K.nd pdaa and aaauiaa taattul alodp altat Hid in* ruaKL Gdf (Ad Handy Tmba PAZO OINTMENT la now paokad In Wanda. sfir^rttSSSti tt x gtant a Waan. and aaay taaW *4 a na wnanl FaB cfcywctuMw and aciaati&o adrfcn M put •uflarara ra w.tk aaaW ink*. Cmmrmnt—d (• Okra _ * sunnystoexjp Hake Comfort.nor forget cjhat Sunrise ^er faileauS^ijet^^ ----* ----- It is not surprising that some of our grave and revered stale senators want to look Hone Westervelt over before con firming him as a member of the state board of control. t.ene Is worth looking over. He is about six feet six in altitude, was a pioneer of western Nebraska when -ome of the senators were in swaddling clothes, and others yet unborn. He was sheriff of Kcotts Bluffs county when times were troublous. As a newspaper man he was holding aloft the torch while others were giving way to despair Yes, the senators owe it to them selves to look ’tlene over. It may afford some of them Inspira tion to hustle out and do as much for Nebraska as t.ene has during the last 40 years. The recent joke of the Rowanltes, who prepared for the end of the world, recalls a once popular novel based upon the millenitim theory. Edward Eggleston, whose books were the t>est sellers about 50 years ago, wrote one called "The End of the World.” It was a Hoosier novel and Its theme was the belief of some people that the end of the world was at hand. Such people are always bobbing tip. We can remember a half dozen dates set for the annihilation of things in general. Hut are those who think they can set the date for the end of the world any worse than those who think that when they pass on the world might just as well come to an end? There are atich people, and right here in Omaha, too. Mentor Brown of the Kearney Hub comes to the front with a suggestion that meets with our hearty endorsement. He suggests that the bachelor member of the legislature who pro posed the "Babies in three years " bill marry some spinster who already knows how to raise children, thus forming a com bination that will teach by »xample rather than by precept. However, we hasten to express our sympathy for the progeny. At laist! We are about to have opportunity to wear the good old swallowtail. Not the bob tailed, dinkey little coat ab breviated at about the waistline, but the real old soup-and-fiah, the Hereford suit. It will be at the Valentine day dance of * t’ornhusker Kennel no. 237. Ancient and Honorable Order of Yellow Hogs, at Lincoln. The Order of Y’ellow Dogs, believe you us. Is some noble order. It Is also select, however much you may be inclined to doubt It, judging by the name and by the added fact that we are a member. We are looking forward to the time of our young life. Nebraska IJmerlc k. There Is a young fellow in l ehling Who wasted the hours of his schueiing. With patches on pants He wails of "no chance." And thinks other folk he is fuehling. Speaking of the "babies in three years or marriage an nulled" bill now before the Nebraska legislature, sponsored by Dr. Pinto, the Chicago News suggests an amendment to tha effect that the stork as an infant carrier be succeeded by the Pinto pony. We suggest as a further amendment that mar riage licenses under the proposed law bear an embossed like ness of the sniinal with which Haalam had the argument. Again the smoke nuisance: Every match in the vest pocket a toothpick. WILL M. MAT'PIN. ... ■— .-■! .- —TT-Tv “THE CONSERVATIVE” The Best Place to Save Your Money The Best Place to Borrow Money OAe CONSERVATIVE ]: Savings £ Loan Association I i 6 i 4 J~f o r r\ 0 y ~ 1-1 t i ifw minniiiiiiinniiiinmiiiiimimi,i » i f Great Western is the Short, Quick Way to ROCHESTER ST. PAUL MINNEAPOLIS Two Fast Well Appointed Trains Daily Twin City Limited Lv. Omaha 8:10 p. m. Twin City Express Lv. Omaha 8:00 a. m. 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