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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*.
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Homespun Verse
By Omaha’s Own Post—
Robert Worthington Davie
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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