a THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1921 TheOmaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY NELSON B. L'PDIKK. Publisher. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The AMocitt) Prru. at which I'M Bee Is member. It U clu,ll entitled to itio im for publication of ll oews dintehe rrxiurd la It or nut otimeiM oredlted In thl paper, tad elen Ue local nrwt puWnhd hwsin. All rlshts of publication of our seeclel d.ittrhei are tin rewrnd BEE TELEPHONES AT lantic 1000 -Virile Branch lioriinin for Ihi. Department or Ptnoa WsntedL For Nli bt Calls Afttr 10 p. m.i Cdltorltl Department - AT lwuo 1011 or OFFICES OF THE BEE I0U Council Bluffi New Tort ChioMO Main Offloe: Uth And Funim IS Soott flt 1 South Sid. 4936 South Sit Out-of-Town OHIcesi J riftb An. i Waibloitnn 1311 O it Btnw Bids. I Paii. France. 430 Rut St. Bonort The Bees Platform ' 1. Naw Union Passenger Station. 2. Continued improTement of the Ne braska Highway, including the pave ment of Main Thoroughfares leading into Omaha with Brick Surface. 3. A short, low-rate Waterway from the Corn Belt to the Atlantic Ocean. 4. Home Rule Charter for Omaha, with City Manager form of Government. Republicans and the Non-Partisans. Warning is served on the republicans of Ne braska that the Non-Partisan League plans to capture the organization. Any who has watched the progress of Townleyism will appreciate what this means. The boring-in process, by which the organization wa,s taken over in North Da kota has been in progress here for some time. At the last primaries the Townleyites did their level best to slip over candidates under the guise of republicans, and succeeded in a number of cases. No thought of the unfairness of such ac tion .seems to have troubled them. Denouncing 1 the old established parties as being corrupt and dishonest, and deserving of annihilation, the new movement hopes to secure power by concealing its candidates under another party label, thus practicing the very form of deception it most af fects to detest. Whatever question may be raised as to the purpose of the Townley group, none will deny it a right to exist, to organize, and to carry on its business after its own fashion, so long as it does so in the open. But voters should be plainly apprised of the political character of the candi dates who present themselves. If a democrat or republican sought election wearing the Non Partisan label, intending to act and vote With another group after election, he would be soundly abused and certainly discarded on detection, and it would be difficult for him to get very far in such an attempt. Yet that is no worse than for a republican or a democrat who has recanted his faith and espoused .that of Townley to keep , secret his newer affiliation long enough to grab a nomination and election from the party he has abandoned. If Townleyism deserves to succeed, it can only do so in the open. No honest movement need hide behind another which it seeks to de stroy. Thirty-two years ago the Farmers' Al liance came boldly out into the open, fought its fight without cover, and won for the greater part of its program. Should a similar agrarian move ment be required now,, it will do far better to make its battle courageously, and not by the suggested process of secretly honeycombing a party that has the endorsement of the voters, and which is honestly and sincerely endeavor ing to give the state a good, honest and efficient administration. Republicans do not fear an open enemy; the party has survived many attacks from secret foes. Leaders of the party in Nebraska do not feel so securely entrenched that they may relax - vigilance. No better security for their fidelity to the people's interests could be given than the fact that continuance in power depends on faith ful discharge of the trust so assigned. The Eee does not believe that Nebraska will follow the lead of North Dakota, but realizes the danger of the secret efforts at undermining the party now being carried on by its enemies. "Goodbye, Bill; Take Keer of Yerself." Nebraskans, regardless of party, will , read with regret that William Jennings Bryan has decided to abandon his residence in this state. The mere fact that for many years, since he at tained to national fame, he has found elsewhere conditions more attractive, and has spent but little time at home here, does not lessen the sor row of parting. While he has been wayward and wandering, he has ever returned, just , before election to counsel us as to how to vote, elevating by his approval or condemning by his frown those who sought office. Now and then he has paused in his cross-country flights long enough to per sonally expound whichever of his paramount was in the ascendancy, and to suggest ways by which we might retain his favor. Ju3t as Eng land fell into disorder while its lion-hearted king was striking downright blows in the Holy Land, so did Mr. Bryan's March of Nebraska come jnto confusion" because of the raechinations of various malcontents, aspiring to wear the honor of leadership never before abandoned by the great commoner. ' V ' - These have made much headway, so much in fact that, and one records it with sorrow, it is no longer possible fort the Peerless Leader to nod and know that implicit obedience will fol low in his old home state. He may not be a back number, but whenever he seeks his right at the hands of the voters, he finds himself sore beset by a horde of lesser lights, who take the utmost pleasure in discomfiting and thwarting him. Even at Lincoln, of all places, "Brother Charles," who has always enjoyed the privilege that attaches to his exalted position, is now set in the discard. . . We repeat, it is with sorrow we note that William Jennings Bryan betakes himself to Florida. He will be missed from Nebraska, but he will find the road, to the United States senate much clearer from Miami than from Lincoln. Certain well known Nebraskans also will breathe easier. Real living in Nebraska. It's a wonderful state Nebraska. Not one of the Omaha business men who participated in the trade excursion through the South Platte country but came back with new confidence and greater local patriotism. The contentment and wealth which is found in the towns throughout this state come from $he one great source, the soil. This is a solid and enduring foundation. Education and culture reign throughout Nor is there the lack of opportunity for recreation that once marked the vast plains country. Great roads, motor cars, swimming pools, parks and other means of wholesome amusement abound. There are very few men who are money mad to be found in this happy land. The prairie air is not for them, and they have sought fields where the emphasis is on other things than the general well-being. Make no mistake Nebraska is to continue as the latid of peace and prosperity, of thrift and industry, affording as full opportunity' for the exertion of the best that is in each citizen and as full a reward as is offered by any spot in the world. Russia Again Under Scrutiny. ' Whatever of dependability may reside in the conflicting reports from Russia, the dispatch from Riga concerning Lenine's policy deserves some credence, because it indicates a return to sanity. Notice has been definitely served by the Allies on the soviet government that its only chance for recognition and for free communica tion with outside powers is in renunciation of the declarations of the Third Internationale. No government is willing to assist in the extension of power of a group that is openly and irrevocably pledged to the overthrow and extinction of all existing governments. Lenine is now credited with the admission that Russia is bankrupt and that the continuance of the Soviets depends on freedom for capita!. His great communistic endeaver has come to naught, breaking down, just as all such under takings have broken down, on the rock of indi vidualism. Co-operation is possible and even practicable within certain limits, but mankind has not yet reached that stage of development where it may be successfully applied to an entire nation, with its multifarious and diverse interests and occupations. Groups form along lines of oc cupation, interest, employment and environment, and, until hafrmony may be established among all these, the goal of the communist must re main a hazy dream. Lenine sought to' bring about a forcible amalgamation of all the various elements of Russian life save one. He labored as earnestly to abolish capital as he did to destroy wealth. He was energetic enough in his attempts to or ganize production on the co-operative basis, to do away with any form of wealth, to avoid the use of money as a medium of exchange (al though printing presses under his direction poured forth torrents of irredeemable paper cur rency); he provided management and labor, but he ignored the vitalizing influence, the catalyzer that would bring the inert elements into active fusion. ' If he has now reached the point where he admits the need of the third partner in the great company on which production rests, and can convince his associates of the soundness of his conclusion, and it is the soundest yet credited to him, we may look for a revival in Russia. Some one has stated that, without Lenine, it will take 150 years to get the Russian people onto their feet and make them fit company for; civilized nations. Jan Smuts said two years ago that the powers would have to recognize and deal with whatever form of government the Russians chose for themselves. Both these statements are true. What remains is for the Russians to determine. If they follow the lead now shown by Lenine, the way back will be much easier; if they persist as they have been going, many generations will bewail the futile experiment. Parcels Post Service for Omaha. Thirty years ago or longer, The Bee earnestly advocated the adoption of two great services by the Postoffice department. One was the rural free delivery, the other parcels post. The ab surdity of taking a letter from a patron and. delivering it somewhere within a few miles of his domicile was made apparent, and free deliv ery was extended to all who used the postoffice and have permanent addresses. It was not so easy to secure the parcels post, because that service was being supplied by a group of express companies, who were reaping big profit? from it, and did not want to let go of a good thing. Persistence overcame even this1, and the parcels post was set up in a limited fashion. Steadily it has grown, until now it is coming to perform in a great measure its natural function. Omaha is today to see the service enter on its final stage, that of delivering purchases from the stores to the home of the customers. While this will be the second city in which the plan is put into effect, it is in no sense an experiment. Tests have been made, and all the preliminaries arranged, and the business is known to be profit able to the government and economical to the dealers. Other big things remain to be worked out by the postoffice, but its parcels post may be looked upon as fairly well established. A New Yorker who throws a milk bottle into the ash can may be fined $500 tinder an ordinance secured by the health commissioner. He declares that the loss of milk bottles adds to the cost of milk. This is getting economy down to a fine point. . " . Rear Admiral Sims, speaking in London, says that America got too much credit for its part in the war. He may yield up his share if he wishes, but he cannot cede that of the other Yanks. ' . Secretary of Labor Davis announces that he is going to try to follow the Golden Rule. This is all very well, but a lot of people will consider him a radical if he sticks to it. Senator. Walsh of Massachusetts opposed en trance to the League under Wilson, but now wants to slip in the back way. That is demo cratic consistency, all right, A reduction in the gas rate is announced for today. In time the city plant will be selling as cheaply as did the old company Omaha's base ball team made quite a record to wind up its trip, and if it can do as well at home much will be forgiven. We are waiting for the alibis that are due from the Hoylake golf tournament. They ought to be good. ' " The Silesian situation is reported to be on a dead center. Most of us thought it was in back motion. Now that Edison's son has fallen down on those test questions, they may be laid on the shelf. Independence of Filipinos What the Wood Mission May or May Not Learn in the Islands (From the San Francisco Chronicle.) It goes without saying that there is no such thing as public opinion in the Philippines as we know it. The Wood mission did not need to go so many thousands of miies to learn this. There is no public opinion nor national consciousness in any country in which, as in the Philippines, the mass of the people is removed little, a large part of it not at all, from barbarism. The only national feeling existing in the Philippines is that of a comparatively trifling minority of educated. Filipinos, the island aristo cracy of intellect, wealth and position. These people are politicians to a man, in their under standing of politics, which means intrigue. Of course, they want independence, in order to give full play lo their personal ambitions, and they want it, probably, without much regard to or even thought of what it may mean for the iuture of the islands. Undoubtedly there are among the Filipino leaders men who combine wisdom and foresight with disinterested pa triotism, but these may safely be set dowii as few compared to the theorists and the personal opportunists. The others may sincerely believe themselves to be patriots, but their-idea of pa triotism is purely abstract; they lack the po litical experience to understand it in concrete terms of service to their people through sound and progressive governirent. This class of intellectuals,' of course, will be all that the Wood mission will see. The mass of natives, and the barbaric tribesmen, are botli inarticulate and have no ideas on independence to express. They do, not know what a nation is. What do the Igorrote villagers care about gov ernment, so long as it does not bother them too much? The Mohammedan tribes would like to be independent, but that means independent of any government in Manila or anywhere else. If they have to submit to any overlordship they will respect only that which is strong and fair, and the color of its flag means nothing to them. The question before the Wood mission comes down to this: Is the minority of Filipino intel lectuals strong enough, experienced enough, dis interested enough, to give a firm and progres sive government to a congeries of peoples which by no stretch of the imagination can be called a nation? Capital, which has considered this ques tion, seems to answer "No," since it has uni formly declined to invest in Philippine develop ment while it remains uncertain whether the con trol of the United States is to continue. But the existence of this uncertainty is thus an injustice to the islands. It demands a set tlement of, the question, one way or the other. Perhaps, if the Philippines are given inde pendence, capital will continue to stay away, but then the Filipinos can not blame the United States. The Filipinos have a lot to consider. They can not be independent and at the same time have the strong hand of the United States keep ing them in order, political and economic. They can not be independent and keep their practically free market in tfie United States. They can not hope to keep their diverse peoples at peace so easily as can an outside power. Probably they are not considering overmuch. As always with peoples in their situation, the idea of inde pendence is blinding, and the more so as they are unpracticed in government. We hope they understand that the people of the United States would willingly let them go if it was thought they could go it alone. Achievement by Hoover The city council threatens to take over the garbage contract, and none too soon. In departing from its usual role of refusing funds for new governmental activities in the case of Secretary of Commerce Hoover's requests for additional money, the house committee on ap propriations is to be commended. Secretary Hoover has brought into his department new ideas for enlarging its usefulness to the com merce and industry of the country and the house leaders properly have decided that the money will be well spent. The action of the committee is significant as indicating the regard that congress has for the secretary of commerce as a man of achievement. Possibly the fact that the executive branch of the government now is in the hands of the same party as the committees of congress causes recommendations of a cabinet officer to receive more favorable treatment than was usually the case prior to March 4, when the democrats were at one end of Pennsylvania avenue and the republicans at the other. It is a tact, however, that Mr. Hoover has succeeded in impressing his views and desires upon the appropriation's com mittee in a remarkable manner. All of the new republican cabinet members have not been so kindly dealt with. It demonstrates the wisdom of President Harding in selecting a man of Mr. Hoover's caliber for this position which can be made one of steadily increasing importance. When Department of Commerce officials ap peared before the house appropriations commit tee in the last session of congress they were welcomed with a statement by the chairman of a subcommittee that they might as well under stand at the outset that they would get nothing for new work. They were allowed to state their case and the action was just as they were in formed in advance it would be. Some of the subordinate officials who were present on that occasion and who also accompanied Mr. Hoover recently when he appeared before the commit tee were amazed at the change in attitude. . Inasmuch as three-fourths of the battle has been won when approval is obtained of an ap propriation in the house committee the prospects of favorable action all along the line seem excel lent. This will mean that Secretary Hnnvrr will be able to carry out his plan to assist ex port business through the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce and to enlarge the scope of activity of the bureau of standards. New York Commercial. Bonuses for War Veterans. In the campaign to induce congress to pro vide bonuses tor the soldiers and sailors who saw service in the war, little is heard in Wash ington or elsewhere of what the various states have already done. Complaint is made that the men have not received their deserts, and that in amends for its neglect the federal government should come to their aid liberally. Twenty states have already authorized bond issues for soldiers' bonuses, and over $36,000, 000 has been marketed. At the top of the list is Illinois, which has authorized $55,000,000. Then follow New York with $45,000,000. Penn sylvania with $35,000,000, Michigan with $30, 000,000, Ohio and Kentuckv with $25,000,000 each, Iowa with $22,000,000, Wisconson and Minnesota with $20,000,000 each', California with $18,000,000, New Jersey with $17,000,000, and Washington with $15,000,000. Altogether about $370,000,000 has been authorized. It is a method that lacks uniformity, since the bases on which the bonuses are to be reck oned will differ among separate states, and some may fail altogether to grant the payments the supporters of the bonus system advocate. New Y'ork World. Uses for Live Money. A perfect willingness on the part of Secre tary Hoover to favor the sending of money abroad to relieve distress does not prevent him from being alert to the importance of keeping our exports going on a practical commercial basis. Washington Star. One Business That Is Flourishing. The cleaning up of last year's straw hats is one industry at least which is running at ton speed in St. Paul.-r-St. Paul Pioneer Press. Muddling Worth Imitation. Great Britain is now putting up 7,000 houses a month, which is the most successful kind of muddling shown in some time. Chicago Daily .News, , . - . ; . How to Keep Well By DR. W. A. EVANS hygiene, aanitatlon and prtvtntion of disease, submitted to Dr. Evaat by loaders ot The Bee, will be answered personally, subject to leasees. Address letters Questions concerning to Dr. Evans by ri proper limitation, where stamped addressed envelope la enclosed. Dr Evans will not make diagnosis or preacrlbs for individual disesst In care of The Bee. Copyright, 1921, by Dr. W. A. Evans CURATIVE VALUE OF PLAY. This space practically never Is used for the description of exercises good for this, that and the other thing:. One reason is that there are no facilities for Illustration and pic tures herabouts are barred. Exer cises cannot bo taught, except by good illustrations or by demonstra tions. In the second place, I do not think much of ordinary exercises. Some people have a card indexed set of curative exercises, beginning with "A" for anterior poliomyelitis and ending with "V" for worms. When asked if he can recommend a cure for quinsy he replies, 'Sure, Mike, here is my card of exercises. Let me see quinsy begins with a 'Q'." I hope I am not that kind of a faker, though I am willing to con cede in other directions. , Finally, how many people who buy dumb bells and exercises or who start out on a stretching-bending program stick to it for any length of time? As Dr. Delano says in his book, "How Shall T Take Exercise and Setup?" the best proof that such are wrong is that practically no one except the professionals fol low them up consistently. Now, since the subject has been introduced, about the most helpful way to proceed is to continue quot ing from Delano. The profitable Inquiry is not what is the best ex ercise, but what is the best way to take exercise. The requirements he lays down are: There must be a spirit of play, a sense of satisfaction, exhila ration, freedom. A state of strenu osity is harmful. The extreme exer tion which brings sweat in drops, turns the face beet red, stops the breath at full inspiration, causes the Mood vessels of the face to stand out and the broad neck muscles to contract and line the neck these he thinks do harm. They may build up muscle, but they do not make for well being. The best exercise is that of play and about the best play he thinks is golf. The drive gives enough tense exertion, then come relaxa tion and a quiet, pleasant walk. Swimming, skating and canoeing are about as good. But to get the best out of it the play must be for the fun of the thing and not for the pur pose of beating or being beaten. A man may beat the other fellow at a game and still lose far more than he gained. Delano emphasizes deep breath ing, but his reasons are good. Of course, takes no stock in that worn out old bunk about floodimr the lungs with pure oxygen. He knows that the tissues are harmed by too much 'oxygen, that the blood will only take up a certain amount and that no man can make it take up more, and that, therefore, deep breathing is always followed by shallow breathing or slow breathing to maintain the oxygen balance. Delano says while a man Is breathing deeply he will only in spire about four times a minute. He advocates deep breathing as a means of distributing the blood throughout the body and develop ing the trunk muscles, including those of the abdomen. The best remedy for cold feet Is deep breathing. Let old people and young people who suffer from cold feet or cold hands practice deep breathing as a means of warming up. It can be used to overcome the chilling which sometimes results in colds. It can be used to massage the liver. Let those who are troubled by yawning stir themselves up by a few deep breaths. He is in favor of deep inspiration, using all the accessory muscles of the abdomen, trunk and neck for th purpose, but he is opposed to holding the breath and all methods of opposing free expiration. It is useless to try to srive his exercises in the absence of illustrations. Inflammation of "Serve. P. B. writes: "1. What is neuri tis? "2. How does it affect a person? "3. What causes it? "4. Is there any cure? "5. Does it prove fatal?" REPLY.1 1. Nem-itis is inflammation of a nerve. 2. It causes pain and sometimes tenderness. The pain is much more circumscribed and more definitely located than is the pain of neural gia. It may come and go, but it is steadier than a neuralgic pain. 3. Generally due to infection. 4. Yes, - 6. No. Diphtheritic neuritis of a heart or luns nerve sometimes causes death. 1 The Youngest of Six. A. B. 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