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1HK BtiK: OMAHA, TUfcSiJAi', U&lEAlBfcK Zti, Ii)16. THE OMAHA DAILY , BEE (II Bounded by edward rosewater. VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. THE BEB PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETOR. Enured at Omaha fvullM mm hmK'CIik anaMer. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. 33f ta11r Sunday Pally wltlmat Sunday Kvenlng and Sunday...... Kvenlng without Sunday... eranaay bn only. Br Carrier per month. ttm I to 4M tie IM.. By Hall par year. HH . 4 M 4.0 l.M Tuti. a,.it.. 'nil tkni him In eSvanee. 114.00. Bend nonce of change of address er Irregularity la de livery t umaam uee, tarcuiauoa veparunoui. REMITTANCE. Remit or draft expreas or poatal order. Only l-eent stamps taken In payment of amall acoounta. Paraonal chocae, leapt on Omaha and aaatara aachanna, not aocopiea. OFFICES. Omaha Tho Be Bonding. South Omaha SSlf N street. Oonrtl Bluffs 14 North Main street. Lincoln S Little Bulldlnf. Chlcatti til People' Gaa Butldlng. New Tork Room 141, 144 fifth avenue. . r Loati 401 New Bank of Commerce. Waohtagtoa Tie Fourteenth street, N. w. CORRESPONDENCE. Address commealeatlen relaUng to sown and editorial matter to Omaha Bee. editorial popanmenc. NOVEMBER CIRCULATION. 55,483 Daily Sunday 50,037. Ttwlght Wltltama, etreutatlon manager ol The By Publishing company, being duly aworn. aaya that tne averaae circulation for the month of November, we. waa ee.ts aaiiy, ana .v,27 ounaey. DWIOHT .WILLIAMS. CtrCTllaHeB Manager. " mi beer! bed in my presence and sworn to before B this Ind day of December, 1114. L ' c w. CARLflON, Notary Foblle. Subecrlborra Uaving lk city tomporarihr should ham Tk Ba mailed to them. Ad dreea will bs cha&t i u oftaa aa required. The "morning after" two holidayi running ought to carry double excuse. Getting cloier every minute to the first awing of the bill-hopper among our atate aolom. Attorney General Reed is equally felicitioua with prize opiniona at with opinions on prizes.. Just because pork prices are up gives no as surance that the "pork barrel!" has become more popular. j 4 - I Considerable diplomacy is required to, restore . friendly relations between the morning-after feel ing and the alarm clock. No injunction can stop Mayor Jim from riding around in his Own car, begad, any time, and any where he pleases. So nowl : A, ' The troubadour who serenaded "the beautiful snow" fortunately passed off the scene before smoke smudges were invented. - ' Just by way of reassurance our excess above normal temperature since March 1 last, as offi cially recorded, has been a trifle over 250 degrees. Yes, it was quite an enjoyable and successful game of "bridge" that waa played down on the river bank between Omaha and Council Bluffs the other day. Somehow the Christmas season slips along without anybody north of the, border missing the usual output of Mexican manifestos. ; The silence of muffled typewriters leaves joy unconfined and economizes the supply of gas. Still the wild horse investors do not lack goodly company in holding the sack. A fine group of pushing medical students who invested in diplomas that failed to come constitute a lively addition to the colony of Suckerdom.' At every turn of the road Chancellor Beth-mann-Hollweg's "scrap of paper" rises up to plague him. The expression fitted the occasion of its deliverance and its ruthless accuracy is used now to mock bis present-day motives. "The ceo sets bureau figures Omaha's population on the baaia of about 2 per cent increase a year, Those census folks should read the latest elec tion returns, which prove conclusively that Omaha is now speeded up considerably faster than that e ee 't It is not surprising to learn that the big feeders of London flout restrictions on food. The same is true of the porcine clan in Paris, Berline and Vienna. Drawing extra chunks of happiness atomachward is merely a matter of digging up the price. . . ' The annual report of the atate ' insurance department presents ' an impressive sturjy in protection and preparedness. A billion and three quarters of insurance carried on life and property emphasizes in a striking manner thf fore-handed thrift of Nebraska people. ,' , v i The postoffice "pork barl" of congress, just 1 rolled into the bouse of representatives, starts on 1 the rounds with a total of $35,000,000 for public buildings. . Nearly 300 members of congress are said to have secured their bit, which insures high , speed to the finish. The certainty of a big na tional deficit has no terrors for congressional log ; rollers, - "" " People and Eventp Once more a Missouri court vindicates the law and tags it as an exact science. Just because ' of a misprint irf the name of a complainant, the letter "o ' in place of "s," the law rose up in its might and told the judge the complaint must be dismissed. So ordered. What less could the poor man do? . "A man is as old as he feels," murmured John B. Manning, the 83-year-old New York million aire who had plans made for marrying a belle of his neighborhood. But he reckoned not on relatives and protesting children. When they got through with him he was all in and the wedding was off. Score another for the joykiller. , , One of the hot boys of Cincinnati, son of a millionaire distiller, cateened in an automobile through town, was arrested three times for speed in one day, scrapped with four traffic offi cers and pulled up in court with a hummer of a jag. When the fellow sobered up he waa sen tenced to go dry and shun limousines for thirty idays. Isn't that awful? . The Standard Oil fortune of John Archbotd takes on a famished appearance as it approaches the inheritance tax wicket At the time of the magnate's death a few .weeks ago the fortune was estimated at from $75,000,000 to $100,000,000. Now it is estimated by the family attorney at from $15,000,000 to $25,000,000. The entire estate goes to wife and children. federal Judge Landis continues Jumping on alj grades of crooks in Chicago. The latest batch to feel his remorseless heel include five alleged crooked bondsmen, one lawyer suspended, another lawyer held for investigation, a third lawyer reminded to renew acquaintance with truth and a jail guard accused of acting as runner for pro fessional bondsmen. The , judge's activities 4 threaten to overwhelm jail accommodations. Republicans in the Next House. An already ' foreshadowed contest within th republican fold over the organization of the next House of Representatives is given emphasis an definiteness by the announcement of Congress nan Gardner of Massachusetts that he will op ose the selection of the present republican house leader, Mr. Mann of Illinois, for the speakership. The reasons given by Mr. Gardiner, being based on Mr. Mann's attitude toward the president's for eign policy, will not appeal to all who may like wise oppose his elevation to be speaker (assuming that the democrats will be in a minority when the time comes to decide that question) but it is cer tain the ultra-progressives will object to Mr. Manns leadership for other reasons. The sin cerity of the progressives, however, must con strain them to equally strong, if not stronger, op position to Champ Clark, so the real task is likely to become one of adjusting the internal differ ences of the various republican elements to bring about union and solidarity behind the lead ership of some one who can command their confi dence and combined support. That may prove difficult but it ought not to be impossible if gone at in the right spirit It may take a jolt or two like that from Congress man Gardiner to wake the republicans in the house up fully to the situation and if so arousing them starts the getting-together it will be in the long run a good thing for all concerned. Training Policemen. 1. Recent announcement that Omaha policemen are to be given some special training in how to perform certain of their duties awakened a little interest in this branch of city service. Nothing has been so much neglected in the United States as the education of its peace officers. Police have been developed along the line of their rela tion to the lawless, but with very little especial reference to their .contact with the law-abiding, and it happens that most of our citizenship are of the latter class. Police directors have been study ing the various aspects of the service in late years, ana nave concluded the duty of a police man is not ended when he has run down and convicted a criminal. It is now the belief that a police force is of much greater importance to the public in other ways, and when properly organized it can be made a really efficient agent in waya that have hitherto been untried. There'- fore, the city policeman is. to be trained with especial reference to his contact with the peace ful citizens, how to be of assistance in the orderly as well as of service in the disorderly doings of mankind. ; Europe has far outstripped us in this, the police systems there in vogue being of such degree of expert ability aa sometimes approaches the uncanny. One thing must not be overlooked, though no matter how well organized or disci plined the police force may become, its presence does not relieve the citizen of his ever-present obligation to behave himself at all times, and thus add by his example to the preservation of order. ' ' , . Taking Schools Out of Politic. Retiring from office, State Superintendent Thomas sends out a well-worded argument in support of a proposition popularly classified as the non-partisan school movement. Its ostensible object is to raise the standard of Nebraska schools through placing the county superintend ents under the "nonpartisan" designation, and, to quote Mr,, Thomas, "make the office profes sional rather than political." The Bee, as the most consistent advocate of the public schools in Nebraska, is quite heartily in sympathy with any reasonable movement that will increase efficiency dr improve the quality of our schools in any way. Jt is not clear, though, that the plan of the retir ing superintendent is the one that will bring the result sought. Nonpartisanship, as practiced in the judiciary and in other ways, has not so far had the effect of eliminating entirely the influence of party politics from control of the places thus sought to be made immune', but has to a large extent thrown control to newer and less desirable organizations, not amenable to the discipline of political parties, and whose influence is in some Wiys more to be deplored than the partisanship from which" escape- is sought, What would be more to the purpose would be to take politics out of the schools and make state and county superintendents appointive, subject to strict, qual ification requirements, as are now our city super intendents and normal school .and 'university educators.f Employment in the great and import ant work of training the children of the state should be professional and not political, but dan ger does not threaten the schools so much from without as from within. Refrigeration Here and in Brazil. While the American public is putting np many objections, or rather one objection in many forms, to the operation of the food storage ware houses in the United States, the government of Brazil is moving to encourage them. A bill has just ' been brought into the Brazilian congress that will, if It is made into law, exempt refrigera tion plants for the conservation of food from taxation in any form for thirty years. Just what the food problems are in Brazil cannot here be stated, but they must be of a peculiar nature, that such encouragement is required to induce the establishment of the cold storage warehouses. Maybe the exportation of some of our egg kings to thf great republic of the south might aid its government in solving the difficulty. At least if the experience of the present develops into the wisdom of the future, it will be quite a while before the United States offers any such induce ment to the establishment of additional food rcpuauui ice. The War department assumes full responsi bility for the rejection of the Lewis gun as an in ferior shooting iron. The reasons are withheld. But this does not settle the controversy. Some aenatori wonder why a gun thoroughly tested in the European war and considered the best of its "kind should fail in American test, and propose to find out. After alt, results are what count The wonder ful improvemerft in Omaha's park system under Park Commissioner Hummel's administration speaks fqr itself and anyone who doubts whether the people appreciate his efforts need only took back to the handsome vote by which Mr. Hum mel was re-elected, leading all the rest in the running., ; Postmaster General Burleson's suggestion of educed postage as a stimulus for business might attract attention if the department provided an effective stimulus for the business on hand. The first need is more hands to work the mails and expedite .delivery. . .:' ,. The Great War Lesson -Naw York Journal of Cm The greatest achievement of the war in Europe is the demonstration that it gives of what the people of a nation may do when they are aroused and brought together with an earnest- determina tion. The idea of both sides, whether justified or not, tnat their country has been attacked or plot ted against, and has been forced to fight for its life and its future safety, has not merely aroused me sentiment oi patriotism ano spurred tne people to united effort and the sacrifice of afl they hold near, i nat is a splendid exhibition of heroism and devotion, but there is a more practical side to it. Such a struarcrle brinirs out the ranaritv of a people for exertion in other work than that of armies. It doubles their ability in the work of producing things of value from the resources of nature and turning them to account for their own benefit; or, rather, it induces them to exert the ability that is latent in them to produce these greater results. . , In England and France, as well as Germanv industries have been diverted much from their legitimate field of production, but they have been spqrred to redoubled activity in securing results. While much of their skill and their lahnr haa been directed to Droducmsr instruments of deatrue tion and applying them fiercely.to their use, what nas neen reserved for other employment has been also greatly increased in its effectiveness. With such enormous waste and destruction going on all the time and so many of the best workers em ployed in that kind of business, the rest of the people are able to provide for themselves after a fashion and to do much toward supplying those hiju arc ngnung. ' ocsiaes mis demonstration ot How much more a people can do than they are accustomed to, when lorceo to it oy a sense ot danger and the necessity of defending themselves, there is the proof of how much less they can get along with for the support of life in fair condition, if not in comfort There is tne lesson ot not onlv how much more thev can accomplish than they are used Jo, but how much less tney can get along with for their own needs. It is calculated to imoresi the idea nf how mtirh less is done in the piping times of peace than might be accomplished without and overexertion and how much of the fruits of endeavor are ordi narily squandered and wasted. The forced econ omy is a reminder of how unnecessary and worse than useless is a large proportion of the expense ordinarily incurred. Under the stress of war re quirements there is not only n inducement for overcoming he desire or the habit of consuming a vast amount that is of no benefit, but for dis carding what is absolutely injurious and com monly uitruiged in regardress of that fact The indulgence in stimulaants and intoxicants is greatly curtailed in the present war as a matter ot policy as well as economy. It is eenerallv believed that the benefit nf these lessons will continue after the war is over and prove a source of national strength to those who have been subject to them. The num ber of the labor forces will be depleted, but their efficiency and activity will be enhanced. The same effort will be more effectively aDolied and directed and will produce larger results at dimin ished cost. The habit of moderation and temper ance in consumption will persist to the improve ment of health and comfort. The expected re sult is that the burden of war cost will be miti gated and the effectiveness of peace ' activity will be increased'in a way to make recoverv raoid and promote industrial progress in an unprece- uciucu ucgree. jne leading men 01 trreat Britain and France and of Russia are confident that their nations wlil recover their ground and improve upon it in the worlds' industry and trade in a few years. They do not expect to lose their place, but to be strengthened rather than weak ened in their position by the experience they are going through, ( How are those who are not taking- Dart in it to share in the benefit of this strenuous discipline? The people of the United States are profiting (y the trials of other nations at the present time. At least some of them are. more or less to the cost of others, as well as at the expense of the struggling nations ot turope. ihey are under less pressure than in ordinary times for exerting their capacity in an effective way and' without waste of energy or of material. The prosperity thev are eniovinn is easily won. Thev are not suffering from the emulation or the competition of others, but are relieved by the preoccupation of these in the strenuous struggle into which they have been forced, either by their own pas sions or those of rivals. When this is over, we shall have a sreat ad vantage in unimDaired resources and laro-plv in creased means of turning them to account It will he no advantage to us to have impoverished and overburdened peoples to deal with. For a time we shall have an advantage in dealing with those who have - not been engaged in war, but that field will be far from profitable in a national sense. The trade of the world will not regain its normal condition until the nations which have been wasting their energy and their substance in war have recovered these in a ereat measure. They will probably do this more rapidly than has ever before been possible, and they will get the benefit of the experience and discipline which they have been passing through. Will those who have been taking it easy meanwhile and gaining wealth by diminished effort, be able to hold the advantage they have been acquiring or will those who have been forced to strenuous effort and painful self-denial gradually crowd them back? . The World's Food Shortage St. Louis Glob Democrat. The International Institute of Ae-rirnttiire in Rome, with which most of the great govern ments, including the United States, are directly or indirectly associated, has issued a report on tne narvests ot me world bearing the somewhat alarming title, "Has the World Enough to Live Upon Until the Next Harvest?" The situation is such as to justify concern. The shortage of the grain crops in the northern hemisphere, par ticularly in the United States and Canada, is made a 'matter of peculiar world 'interest and significance because of the abnormal conditions due to the war whjch tend to increase the con sumption and reduce, the production in the con tending countries, which have tied up the great grain crops of Russia of the last two years, and which have created difficulties of transportation affecting the general distribution ,of foodstuffs. The report points out that normally the world's food consumption increases year by year, due in fiart to increase of population, and that, there ore, a crop that falls below a recent average is an insufficient ope. The report of the United States Department of Agriculture issued last Fridav showed a shortage of about 400,000,000 bushels of wheat as compared with 1915 and of approxi mately an equal amount in corn, the crops in Canada were aimilarly affected in the past season, the wheat crop being less than half that of 1915. and the wheat crop of the Argentine has suffered disaster from drouth. . The Institute of Agriculture estimates the world's consumption of wheat before the next harvest as 3,836,648,364 bushels. The total wheat crop of this year it places at 3,491,263,224 bushels. To this should be added a surplus of stored wheat held over from the harvest of 1915, which the institute estimates will barely meet the re quirements of consumption. So also as to corn. The conclusion of this report is that 'if every nation, irrespective of those at war. exercises close economy there may be a narrow margin of surplus food left at the beginning of the next harvest year, but it tne next harvest should be equally short, the situation will be serious. The stores of Russian wheat are estimated to be 303,580.000 bushels, which, if released by the end ing of the war or some other circumstance, would materially relieve the conditions. Thought Nugget for the Day. No man is born Into the world whose work Is not born with him. There is olways work. James Rusaell Lowell. One Year Ago Today In the War. DimeMlons reported to have brought ord peace party near collapse. Turks reported encircling move ment at Kut-El-Amara progressinc. Intense artillery actions on Frenc and Austro-Italian fronts without change in positions. Alarming- rumors circulated Switzerland stated that the kaiser's condition waa causing profound anxi ety in Berlin. Ia Omaha Thirty Years Ago. The little srirl of Mrs. Shelley, 1411 Davenport who had wandered from home, waa found by her mother in the rooms of the Women s Christian Aid association, where she had been taken by a kind-hearted stranger who found her wandering on the street. Mrs. H. M. Hess, Mrs. Adolph Brown, Mrs. E. Simons, Miss E. Glad stone and Miss F. Betebemer, a party or ladles rrom this city, visited Coun cil Bluffs and indulged In a shopping tour among the various stores. A horse attached to a cutter broke away from a hitching Dost on South rentn, overturning near the Union Pacific depot and scattering buffalo a robe, blanket and seat along the street. Depot Policeman Dure ureen picked up the articles and has stored them away In the depot waiting the arrival or tne owner. The biggest real estate transaction which has yet taken place In this city was accomplished by C. -E. Mayne in the sale of John O. ' Creighton's Cole creek farm. This comprises acres of the richest land In the county, lying about four miles from the city. The purchaser is Erastus A. Benson of Davenport and the price 1180,000. The land is to be platted and placed on tne market. Mrs. Mary Boyle, wife of Michael Boyle, and mother of three well known young men In this city, died at tne age of s. This Day In History. 1778 Washington surprised and defeated the .British at Trenton, N. J. 1802 Several hundred houses were destroyed by fire at Portsmouth, N. H. 1805 Venice annexed to the king dom of Italy by treaty of Presburg. 1816 Great public entertainment given in Baltimore In honor of Com modore Decatur. 1830 The powers acknowledged the independence of Belgium. 1834 Blr ' Robert Peel became British premier. 1837 Battle at Wacassassa river, Florida, between United states troops ano tne ueminoies. 1860 Proclamation by Victor Em manuel II, annexing Marches, Umbria, Naples and Hicny to Italy. 1866 General Samuel R. Curtis. who commanded the federals at the battle of Pea Ridge, died at Council Blurtffs, la.; Born . In Naw York in 807. , ., 1886 General John A. Logan, sol dier and statesman, died in Washing ton, D. C. Born at Murobysboro. III.. seDruary , 1SZ6. 1888 Sultan of Zanzibar surrend ered all control over British East Africa company's territory for annual suDsioy. . The Day We Celebrate. Ralph E. Sunderland was born De cember 26, 1871, at Sioux City. He came to Omaha in 1891 aa superin tendent for the Omaha Coal, Coke and and Lime oompany, becoming succes sively office man traveling salesman, bookkeeper and secretary when the name was changed in 1901 to Sunder land Brothers company. Oeorge Dewey, admiral of .the United States navy, born at Mont peller, Vt, seventy-nine years ago today. William D. Stephens, former con gressman and now lieutenant gover nor of California, born at Eaton, O. fifty-seven years ago today. William F. McCombs. late demo cratic candidate for United States sen ator from New York, born at Ham burg. Ark., forty-one years ago today. Right Rev. Henry P. Restarlt-k, Episcopal bishop ot Honolulu, born in England, sixty-one years ago today. Norman Angell, noted advocate of international peace and author of numerous works on war and diplom acy, born forty-two years ago today. Carl B. Mapes, representative in congress from the Fifth Michigan dis trict born in Eaton county, Michigan, forty-two years ago today. Timely Jottings and Reminders. Today Is the 200th. anniversary of the birth of Thomas Gray, author of the Immortal "Elegy. The annual convention of the So ciety of American Bacteriologists will meet at New Haven today and con tinue until Friday. The second suit of J. U. R., na tionally known as the "man of mys tery," to establish himself as Jay Al len Caldwell, who disappeared a few years ago from the home ot wealthy parents In North Dakota, Is to come up lor trial today at Dickinson. Nearly 2,000 members of the Ameri can Association for the Advancement of Science and- Its affiliated societies will meet in New York today to make report on the scientific progress of the last year, to read papers describ ing remarkable experiments, and to indicate the direction of research in 1017. . Storyette ot the Day. He had proposed and been accepted. "1 suggest," he said, "that we do with out a lot of the fuas-and-feather busi ness of marriage; we will go away somewhere by ourselves, dear; there will be no flourish, no cards, no cere mony " Whereupon the girl Indignantly in terrupted with the observation: "My dear, we may dispense with the flour ish, but I shall certainly Insist upon ceremony." Boston- Transcript. WHEN THE BOAT COMES IN. Caroline Flake Bates (Dlsd sept 1, nil.) Ovtraachlnv forma, itralnad eyes and aager race. On faat advancing deck and waiting ahore: Nearer and nearer srov tha parting epaeea, too two win meat in j urn a moment more. wondrona eren- thle seeking- recognition! it flaehea on mo what the look muet be. The voice, the feature, at th great t remi ttor,. When we are moored be roe tha Unknown Deal , Love, Jot and pa thee In th salutation Of all theee auoareua, as utey 'Mia taelr own. But of whatever claaa. whatever nation. Th o ye lie, vomi at laat! waa la th tone. t - . What goodly companion ere dally landing Worn mortal aaorea, ana ml tna Heavenly pter. Celestial hoots, all ease, moat ha atandtng To welcome nomo we aouta way noia ao thography, so Ihat it may be based ! upon a logical phonetic system, whli-h I would Have thoununds of hourn for each student and multiply hiH elll I cieney in after life. ! . An international money 8tem on a decimal basis, which would aug- nnmlunllv emein? pv. for Both Klflolency and Economy. chlinge anrt uitmatelr relegnte the Lincoln, Dec. 23. To the Editor of . conflicting money systems that are cur- The Bee: Let me tnanK you tor juu, , rent today. recent editorial reference to my rec ommendation that the commissioner of public lands and building's depart ment be consolidated with this de partment. The proposition la being opposed by some, but I believe It would nevertheless be a decided bene fit to the people of the state if adopted. The salary pay roll of that depart ment Is (10,340 per annum, and the consolidation would reduce It at least f 4,640 per annum. Tne land commissioner now nas practically no dutiea other than those that are bestowed upon mm oy virtue of his membership on boards, the de partment being different In this re spect than any other. It la the board nf educational lands and funds, and not the land commissioner, that has charge of Nebraska's educational lands and funds, and his work in connection with this board Is delegated to him by the other members, and could be performed by any one of them. The records and field notes pertaining to the public lands are filed In his office, but this is more a clerical than execu tive transaction. It has been my obseration that new offices are created 'more easily than are old ones abolished, nevertheless I have offered the suggestion and the legislature can do will it as It deems best WM. H. SMITH. State Auditor. I Rulers and Deity. Blair, Neb., Dec. 24. To the Edi tor of The Bee: When nations of earth have been perforating each oth er with leaden bullets for more than two years, saturating virgin soil with human blood from a cause that has been repeatedly designated as a 'causeless war," there is evidence of a "screw belna: loose somewhere. When we are told all must be left to God and there Is no room for argu ment, the heathen Chinese or East Indian races would be guessing. When any nation swears, by God, they are right and the other fellow is wrong, one should not consider it sacrilege to stand behind the cross and hurl the sword of everlasting spirit at a bunch of kings that are "rocking the boat" with thundering cannon to establish peace. But who has tne power ano cour age of his own convictions to arise be fore a war-maddenea crowd ana in form them that "he that sheddeth man's blood, by 'man also shall his blood be shed." Who has the ability to tell some of the "kings ' of earth if their enemy smite one cheek" to place him In eternal shame by turn ing the other also. It would indeed be a depraved heart that could "bat him" again if such meekness existed in reality. There are also kings who secure "corners" on foodstuffs, and they are working within the scope of human law, and their operations are called "big business." Some of theBe, too, "leave It to God," unmindful of suffering and privation caused by a cold and cruel indifference. When rulers of: earth want the world to know they are subservient to mandates of higher courts, they should attempt to practice the "whole law and gospel" and stop commercial izing and jeopardizing a freedom that belongs to mankind. An entire dis armament of nations Is the first move. and who is ready to take such a step? Perhaps the only answer Is an echo from an echoless shore as conditions exist today. . T. J. HILDEBRAND. The Opportune Urgency. Tllden, Neb.. Dec. 23. To the Edi tor of The Bee: Humanity is a mass of Individuals absolutely dependent upon one another, in order to attain the higher ideals, any organized seg regation or obsession that seeks to develop a special class or a national culture, at the expense of others, with out the thought of benefiting mankind and effecting a universal brotherhood, is a violation of human rights. There are certain Impending reforms that are dawning upon the race, and most of them have endeavored to pierce the dark clouds of prejudice, ignor ance and bigotry for decades. Tnere are certain ' demands that must become international to serve humanity, since modern demands fail to recognize national boundaries, and the realization of such demands in the way of benefits would be incalcul able. Hence we suggest a few, and these will provoke others, that should be seriously considered and put Into practice: 1. Tne abolition of the arbitrary weights and measures, peculiar to most every nation, and the adoption of the metric system, which would save eras of time, innumerable mis takes and raise the efficiency of the world to a much higher degree. 2. The reconstruction of English or- 4. A more complete standardiza tion of schools and the requirements for the receiving of college desrreen, so that a course or a degree may sig nify something, and not fade Into "blue sky." 5. That a code of universal law may be developed to guarantee the primary rights of humanity, individ ually and collectively, and to be a guide to provincial laws that shall thereafter be enacted. 6. That international patriotism,. which is the defense of the rights of the world's citizens; and not the sel fish augmentation of one's own na tion or race, which develop Chauvin ism, Jingoism and magniloquent big otry, shall be taught and practiced. X. The adoption of a universal cal endar of thirteen months of twenty eight days, with New Year's day to be dateless; thus every Sunday will be on the 1, 8. 15, and 22 of the month. Now, we must learn a new calendar each year (the 366th day is to be added as a holiday between the fourteenth and fifteenth ot the added month every four years.) 8. That the recognition and appli cation of the medium that will put these and kindred demands into uni versal effect, is the universal lan guage, Esperanto, which already has over a million devotees, and is a neu tral, auxiliary Idom for the communi cation of thought It may be easier to accept existing conditions than to pioneer a much needed reform, especially when vested Interests are at issue or doubly so when sheer prejudice and bland ig norance deign to block the wheels of progress, but the vital and vigilant will pioneer the way to success. CHARLES P. LANG. Why Not Relief for the Litigant? Plattsmouth, Dec. 24. To the Edi tor of The Bee: In a recent issue of The Bee appeared an article entitled "Local Bar Wants Higher Mark Set for Admission to Practice" and will request legislature to demand more stringent requirements, etc, etc. There seems to have been no con cern on the part of moat of those pres ent at that memorable meet to better care for the Interests and welfare of the litigating public no desire to per form greater service commensurate with the fees taken from their clien tele, not at all! But the one absorb ing nightmare which appears to cloud their mental horizon Is the dreadful fact that already there are too many lawyers. And which fact has the effect of splitting up the business and cut ting down fees, and, therefore, tf the noise from the much-desired Lawyers' Trust can be made sufficiently formid able to cause the solons of the coming legislature to throw an extra tit in their favor It will be the means of very materially curbing the competition amongst the lawyers. No such legislation is proposed In behalf of farmers or business men or workingmen generally, but they must be left to compete one with another and the devil take the hindmost The law Is or should be nothing more nor less than common sense; a set of rules If you please for the protection of right against might and injustice, and should be made with a view so simple and easy to understand that the ordi nary individual with an average edu cation can study it and comprehend it with no necessity for a college course prior to admission to practice in tne. courts ot tne land. The most successful and able law yers of the past and present are those wno never nave naa tne excellent ad vantage of a college education and liv ing examples of such exist in the city of Omaha today, having been retained because of their ability and fidelity by the largest corporations of the country. And finally, in my Judgment, the legislators should require not more stringent educational qualifications in the way of more high school and col lege, but reduce the already too much red tape at present required. And If they fail to do this and cater to the designs of attorneys seeking to abol ish competition in their line it cannot be other than a reflection upon their Intelligence. A BEE READER. MIRTHFUL REMARKS. 'T your candidate for congress In favor of preparedness?" "Sure. He le a real mlnnteman. He Is prepared to take any lid of any harae at any time." Lite. "But couldn't you learn to love me, Stella?" -he pleaded. "I don't think 1 could, Frank," she re plied. He stood erect, then quickly reached for his hat. "It Is as I feared you are too old to learn." Everybody's Masaslna. Rent that vacant room Save time Save steps Save money Rent 'the room. Telephone Tyler 1000 Bee Want-Ad Department You are as close to the Bee Want-Ad Department as your 'phone is to you. 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