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THE BEE: OMAHA. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 21. 1921
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4. Hama Rala Charter far Onuka, with
City Maaegar farm af Gaverasarat,
Amending the Esch-Cummins Law,
Tba little cxperienca the country hi had
with the law under which the railroad were
restored to private ownenhlp hit not been euch
at to win public confidence is its proviiioni. On
behalf of the law, it may be laid that it bai not
had a fair trial under norma! condition!. Some
thing also may be said for it because of mani-
feat disposition in some quarters to discredit the
law by failure to observe either its letter or
spirit. This is regrettable, because the measure
does contain the principle at least on which
operation of the railroads by privately-owned
corporation! may be successfully carried on, hav
fog at all times due regard for public control and
regulation.
A demand by the governors of certain west
ern states that the section of the law permitting
the earning of 6 per cent be repealed is to go
alongside the demand made by a railroad presi
dent that the transportation system be relieved
from the intensive regulation to which it is now
subjected. Other demands are those from cer
tain of the great roads that the labor board be
done away with, and from the unions that the
board be given plenary power. These requests
or objections indicate not only the difficulty pre
sented by the general problem, but the diversity
of opinion as to how the remedy should be ap
plied. The guaranty provision of the law is per
missive rather than obligatory. Whenever a
road earns above 6 per cent, the excess is im
pounded by the government for specified pur
poses. Objection lies to this, not became the
government has assured the railroads that they
will be permitted to earn 6 per cent on the capi
tal they employ, but because of the fact that the
law will make use of the earning power ot the
strong road for -the benefit of the weaker. Be
tween Omaha and Chicago, for example, the
Burlington, Northwestern, Rock Island, or Mil
waukee might be asked to contribute to the relief
of the Great Western, should its earnings fall be
hind and those of the stronger lines exceed the
limit SU per cent is not inordinate return en
capita! employed. In the revenue law allowance
is made for as much as 9 per cent before the ex
ecs profits tax applies. (
. Repeal of the provision will pot hava the ef
fect of automatically lowering rates, although
it will re-establish a, forgotten principle of busi
ness, that of open competition, where every tub
stands on Its own bottom." What the country
really needs Is the abandonment of the mountain
of tangled and incomprehensible schedules, the
result of many years of tariff making by inartic
ulate nd dislocated bodies, a restoration of the
competitive system tinder which the industry
developed, with one single governmental agency
to control, the, only guaranties being sueh as
flow from the application of sound principles to a
great, business problem. If the Esch-Cummins
law can be modified to achieve this, the work
may well be begun Vt once.
v Let's Have a Welfare Federation.
There should be the fullest "co-operation be
tween the charitable organlcations of Omaha.
There Is no need for competition in service given
or in tha collection of funds,
. There should be fewer tag days.
Both, these objects can be attained by the
formation of a central council of all social serv
ice agencies such as is now being considered.
The federation movement and the community
plan of financing relief work is spreading through
the country,' James F. Jackson, secretary of the
Cleveland Associated Charities, declares it neither
a panacea nor a bogy, but says:
'There Is no question about the ability to get
better work done under the community fund plan
because the energy that was onca spent in get
ting money is now spent on being more helpful
to humanity, and the work is dona far more
economically because of the joint budgeting done
by competent, judicial men." v"-
Representatives of twenty-five charities have
conferred on a project of this sort for Omaha.
Any move in this direction is sure of the back
ing of the public.
. Long Life in California.
Figures will jump through a hoop or lie down
and play dead for a statistical. This remark
might be applied to the present dispute between
light rata experts in Omaha, but for present
purposes there is even a clearer example in a
boast made by California.
. People live fourteen years longer there than
in other states, according to this set of figures.
The assertion is backed, by statistics showing
that while the average age at death in tha United
States as a whole is 36 years, the average aga at
death is California ia 50.
Now, if anyone attempted to point out that
tha. le P of those in an old folks' home is
longer than that in a children's orphanage, a great
laugh would go up, although its truth could cot
be denied. California occupies the position of the
old folks' home. For years there has been a
steady stream of retired farmers and business
man and their wives toward the golden west
Tfti? U after they hay nude their pile, and the
children have left the old home. In many cues
they are far beyond tha average death line of
California when they arrive there, for in these
days few are able or wilting to retire before 60.
There they live out their allotted span, and
California accepts th credit This is no proof
that the Pacific coast climate hsi any life living
Qualities that Nebraska lacks. Hereafter tha
boasts should be unaccompanied with statistics
and left safely In the realm of fancy and opinion;
neither to be proved nor disproved.
The Blocs in Congress
Republican Laadera Movt to
Restore Discipline to Majority.
In Honor of Will Carleton.
Cognoscenti may get comfort from celebrating
the 600th anniversary of the death of Dante or
was it his birth? but the common folks will
find a lot more of interest in following tha pro
reeding! at Hudson, Mich., today. It will be the
dedication of a memorial to the name of Will
Carleton, born in that county seventy-six years
ago. To Dante it has been said the world owes
a yawn; to Carleton, a wreath. The one wrote
an epic that very few read; the other wrote
songs everybody knows.
"Over the Hills to the Foorhouse" has been
sung in every land, for its sentiment, and many
a tear has been shed over the sorrowful fate of
those who suffered because of the ingratitude of
their children. . Its companion and answer is
not so well known, because of the perversity of
human nature, which takes more comfort from
contemplating the sorrow and misery of the one
that it possibly can extract from the joy of the
other. When this is disposed of, we yet hava
Draw up the papers. lawyer, and
Make 'em good and atout.
For thlflfa at home are crossways,
And Bety and J are out.
from which many a grin lias been extracted, as
the old farmer details the number of vexatious
experiences he has had with the partner of his
joys and sorrows. In turn this was followed by
-How Betsy and I Made Up,"
And so we eat a-talktn' three-quarters 0' tha
night.
And opened our hearts to each other until they
both grew light:
And tha day when I waa winning her away
from so many men
Was nothtn' to that evenin' I courted her over
again.
What a lot of trouble would be saved divorce
courts if husbands and wives were to remember
this example. But Will Carleton's "Farm Bal
lads" contain many beautiful pictures of rural
life, and deserve alt that has been said in praise
of them. That is why the doings at Hudson,
Mich., today will interest Americans more than
the Dante celebration did. Will Carleton sang
for the people.
Internationalism of Anarchy.
Americans have just been afforded an excel
lent example of what is contained in the radical
movement for the destruction of existing govern
ments. In Massachusetts a pair of Italian anar
chists were convicted of a capital crime and ac
cordingly sentenced. In Paris the American am
bassador received notes of warning that, unless
the sentence passed on the murderers In New
York were remitted, that he would be attacked,
Naturally Mr. Herrick notified the French police,
yet, in spite of vigilance, a bomb is Introduced
and exploded in his home, fortunately with minor
damage only resulting.
Anarchy 1s International, a menace every
where; No matter under what mask it lurks, it
till is the. same, and the soft-headed idealists
who mistakenly encourage the loose ideas pre
valent as a result of "modernism" give aid and-
comfort to those bent on destruction. No less
do those "bourbons," who stubbornly persist in
opposing all forms of social advance, contribute
to the continued life of the red movement Men
still mistake liberty for license, and still ding
to the foolishness of striving to right their own
wrongs, real or fancied, resorting to violence
when the law rightly administered affords them
ample protection in all their rights. From the
mild form of "parlor" bolshevlsm 'to the extreme
type that smuggles bombs into the mails, the
path is direct, the connection intimate.
Anarchy knows no country, bolshevlsm , is
bent on destroying all governments save that of
its own approval, and Americans should recog
nize this. If our institutions are to be preserved,
t will be through the vigilance of the people,
with the enforcement of law everywhere and
against all offenders, no matter what their sta
tion. Anarchists must ba taught they can not
terrorize a free nation, and others should learn
that no man in America rises above the law.
Cheering Newi from Chicago.
; While no definite information has come from
the conference between the Labor Board and the
brotherhood chiefs, the meeting opened with an
optimistic feeling prevailing. It seems reason
able that where all hands go into a conference
hoping to reach a settlement, that some satisfac
tory result will issue. Not in a long time has
So momentous a gathering assembed in America.
On its decision rests the question of further
peaceful progress toward resumption of business,
or whether that 'course will be'stayed until a
question of mastery is decided by force between
the managers and the men of the great railroads.
his country does not need a strike; even the
threat of one has disturbed business to a far
greater extent than appears on the surface. A
means for peaceable settlement has been provided
by law, and it is the fervent hope of all that its
operation will bring about agreement that will
permit the country to go ahead without the dis
turbance incidental to a general railroad strike.
News from Chicago is tot definite in any respect,
but its tone cheering.
t (From tha Philadelphia Ledger.)
It was on Tuesday that James Eli Watton,
republican senate leader, gave notice that hence
forth he would demand a "republican bloc" in
the senate. It was about tlms that some one de.
minded this,
For months now we have been trying to legis
late by "blocs." There is a Tscific block" and
a "mint blocs" a "manufacturers' bloc" and last,
but by no means least, a "farm bloc," that has
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THE MILK IICXNESS.
Itow much Abraham UncMn
waa influenced by Ma stepmother
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The republican party in the senate has been h.ih.. hi. .,. Li.. k.J.
split into 'Dloes' 'that give their nnt allegiance been different had Nancy Hanks
pern mucu oiecuMCU
lived, hava
Questions.
In fact, Nny Hanks haa bean
the theme of a great deal of dlacue.
elon and few Incident of her Ufa
hava escaped dlscuealon. Bom of
me jvancy tianka societies attribute
her death to the ttrlvatlona and
viouuitunes or tne lire of poor
pconie in tne west in tne ear v nart
of tha laat century. Nancy Hanks
aiea not or poverty, privation, and
exposure, but of milk ulcknena. a
diieaite which we are told killed
hundreds of Pioneers in Fnencer
county, Indiana.
Aor was she the only ancestor of
a great man to die or thla niynter!
oua disease. Gov. Chase On born.
writing In the Iron Master of hla
mother, said: "Both of her parents
aiea or a mysterious sicunena within
two oays wnen my mother waa a
babe In arms. This dlnease.woa
canea milk slcknewi."
Nobody knew anything about It
nor now to cure it, nor does anyone
up to this time. During a critical
A woman 100 years old has received a pro
posal of marriage from a man of 103, but she
probably will not wish to be an old man's
darling. -
Harvard is to give instruction in the Chinese
language and the Orientals no doubt will have
their bit of fun over the Harvard aceent.
Governor Kendall wants something done to
relieve tha stagnation in the central west. If ha
will be patient be may get his wish.
Lloyd George yet hopes to be at the Wash
ington conference. Fortunately, the national
capital may be reached by water.
Any loyal Nebrsskan can afford to put in
with the home industry movement, as it is for
the good of all.
Unemployment is diminishing in Omaha, ac
cording to the official reports, which is good
news to spread.
to some "class; and us legislation and their
republicanism hava been running a bad last
With sixty of the ninety-six senators answer
ing to the name of "republican" and listed as
such in the Congressional Directory, the republic
can program has jammed and stuck fast Ad
ministration measures and party pledges have
been battered out of shape and kicked around
like empty tin cans in an alley.
The hoof marks of tha "farm bloc" decorate
many sectors of the administration profile. The
embattled farmers from the corn belt and the
cow country have mutilated the Harding pro
gram and made the administration cat much dirt
on the tax, tariff, railway and other pet White
House measures. What the "farm bloc" hasn't
taken care of in the matter of sticking crowbars
through the administration wheels and tossing
pipe wrenches into the machinery the labor
bloc has been glad to look after.
Party lines, so far as the republican ranks
are concerned, have ceased to exist in many in
stances and on divers occasions. When they ral
lied the republican majority for an attack in
force the old-time republicans fell sprawling in epoch In Ohio and Indiana, hun
the barbed-wire entanglements far, far from the dreds of plonoera died from It it
first-line trenches. I" more deadly than tha Indians
Cal ed uoon to eo "over the ton " the bovs " p" . "ver ana ague were
who make up the "blocs" were Inclined to hold
a meeting, take a vote and refer the proposition
to the locals ot the American federation ot
Labor, or to the farm bureaus of Iowa. Kansas
and Wisconsin and the Cotton Grawers' union of
Louisiana and Oklahoma.
Senator Watson has served due notice that all
this is to come to an end. Republican senators
are to be kept on the job, by night and by day.
and an effort is to be made to' redeem party on oak ridges near small streams
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promises anu piauorm picages. iiie majority " y
does not exoect to oernetrate anv outrage on the shade. In the spring when the
tne minority, to muzzle the democrats or carry
out any set program ot brutalities, in mention
tng such purposes and determinations the In
nana senator warns his tellow partisans:
We on the republican side have a majority.
The majority must act or government based
on the will of the majority will fail and be de
stroved.
He might have added that a more immediate timea eat at aamiele. a weed which
danger lurks in the certainty that unless the re- is green when most other vegeta.
publican congress does what it was pledged and tlon la parched, even though the
put there to do it may cease to be a republican 0' an4 552.1 I S2S
r-..,,,. . Th ,' h ;, M ,h . nA r,t If they eat small does of it the cowa
n? .uu t.2. P d 0f may have no symptoms, except loa
the party whip lash. . . 0f appetite and weakness. If tbey
The republican majority has been turned into eat heavier doaee they develop trero-
a minority by the "blocs" it shelters. They have blea and many die. If the dose
defied the nreslrfenf ' nrnrl thrir hirlit nx th taken bv the COW IS considerable,'
party and snapped their fingers under the noses ;om ?rt,'L01f Ah .d.5 ttSf thl1.
X J!ra2 StfE PoplVVho drink- thVmUfc
vW viuu(i, mi. un u,jr develop mllK sickness. - --
party lash. miiv .irVnu in tha human cub'
Is that lash now to be applied in earnest? Ject may take either of two forma.
van tne auuuniiirauon onna dick ine discipline it ui
mat has been broken r We shall see what we
shall sec
Just nothing at alt
Becauae thla disease uuu-ed havoo
In his family aa it had done in tha
families of Abraham Lincoln and
Chase Osborn, Dr. A. J. Clay of
Hoopeston, 111., decided to end tha
mystery. He found that cattle con
tracted it from eating a plant
EJupaterlum ageratoldes. or white
samtole.
This plant grows best In rich sol
paetures are good cowa will not eat
this weed. But in August and Bep
tember. when the grass Is parched,
the weather is hot and the fliee are
bad, the cows like to stay in the
shade,
In order to brush off the flies
thsy like the woods where there is
good deal of undergrowtn. stand
ing under the treea they will some
A Shortsighted Policy '
Announcement that friends of the late Frank
lin K. Lane have raised a fund of $100,000 as a
memorial to the former secretary of the interior.
the income to be paid to the widow during her breath.
continued drinking of
milk containing a little of the drug.
the only symptoms aro prolonged
nruliTii. dvsDerjsia. loss oc appe
tlte and low blood pressure. This
condition may keep ut for months.
It the doee is large we symptom
are vomiting, unconsciousness, ins-
mor of the tongue, great weakness,
eonstleation. pains in jegs ana ao-
domen, low blood pressure, subnor
mal temperature, great thirst, and
a peculiar characteristic odor of the
veatn irequeuuy w.
after a few hours or a lew aaya.
Rtwn todav there is a mooeraw
amount of milk sickness in human
h.inra. it occurs Just about this
season of the year and cases have
been reported irom many secuon
of the country. Milk containing tne
nolaon la not altered as iu lasic,
odor, or appearance.
Needs More Sunlight.
n A nr. writes: "Will you tell
me what can be done to straighten
the legs of a girl baby 18 months
old who is bowieggear nvo
naiv of ahoea ' for her With ankle
supports built up one-eignm men
on the outalde. but Improvement la
very slow."
UTvnnalnir the leKB tO BUllllght,
having her live in the open air, and
lifetime, is a reminder of the niggardly com'
pensation we give our public servants. During
the last htteen years of his lift Mr, Lane was
engaged in the government service, having oc
cupied two positions of great responsibility. As
a member and chairman ot the interstate Com
merce commission he made an extraordinary
record of usefulness, displaying Qualities that
would have commanded a large salary as an ex
ecutive in private business enterprise. He re
ceived numerous offers of positions that must
have been exceedingly tempting not only on ao
count of the financial considerations, but be
cause they presented opportunities to become a
leader in tne world ot business. I hese were con
sistently refused. As secretary of the interior
Mr. Lane was generally regarded by the country
as the strongest man in Mr. Wilson s cabinet
and it is no secret that had he been born in
the United States he would have been the choice Ktvin her wholesome food in suf.
n( Vi mn.t mnfrfaM. anil nflnnlal 1tmnf r( flnlant vorfptv nrobablV Will CUre
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dent. Ahter a distinguished period of service I operation. , She has rickets,
at Washington Mr. Lane finally found it im- Showing Job Piker.
possible longer to retrain from making pro- j c. H. writes: "I have been
vision for the financial future of himself and his ftffucted with scabies for more than
dependents and resigned to accept an attractive 20 years. The itching In my skin
business position. And then shortly alter oc
curred his lamented death. He had had no time
In which to secure a competence. Now his
friends have found it necessary to provide a
fund for his widow.
There is much to be said for the British sys
tem whereby men who render distinguished
service to the state are not only adequately com
pensated during their term of office, but are pro
vided tor liberally upon their retirement when
necessity arises. It is the way both to get and
to keep good men in the public service. Pitts
burgh Chronicle-Telegraph,
No Vision Painting '
Those who are dissatisfied because the presl
dent has refused to proclaim the birth of the
millennium express a criticism that is hardly cal
culated to further the success of the Washington
conference.
The president would not raise false hopes ent sdlarrhoea,
probably because keenly conscious ot the dam
age done to the world bv his predecessor's loose
promises of a "new era and a new order ot
mankind." Mr. Harding has seen the conse
quences of dangling promises impossible of ful
fillment before the credulous. He beheld with
is something terrible,"
REPLY.
im vnn rertain vou have scabies?
Scabies can be cured in three days
-lttt suionur ointment prouuw
iisa It. riehtly. Using the rem
edy rightly is more important than
oiartlnn of a. remedy when it comes
tn un Vint, there must oe na."
. ' . 1 iw 1.
on hour or scruDDins uu iuv
water, soao and a brush. Every
mfah must be scrubbed off. Next
horo miiKt. be half an hour of rub
bins in the ointment. Tne suipnur
must get into every Itch warren.
And last the bugs in the clothing
must be killed by heat. Anyone
n.v.n h.i hnr! seven veara itch for 30
years should displaca Job, but why
ehmiiri mv intelllrent person in this
Anv ot areneral information suffer
20 years xrora a aiseacv "
a lew aaya 7
Infection May Bo Cause.
TT. It writes: "I am a woman
of 87. I am troubled with persist
X aiet, ue nai, uw
smithhB ODium mixture witnoui
success. It is of many weeks' dura.'
tton. Can you help im?"
REPLY.
Onlum mixtures ara worse tnan
useless in acute diarrhoea. If you
aiet ana
1 a mlllr
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pain tne beekwasn ot aismusion tnat swept over better, you should have a
the world when the peoples discovered that their nhvsieian examine you. Chronic
idol had leet ot clay. .diarrhoea in an aaun mw w
The oresident has no dislike of sentiment and to mrection or tne imeounai
fine phrases, but he is practical and knows that
giio words and formulas can not transtorm man.
kind over night. He shows a wholesome ap
preciation of the difficulties which confront the
conference, and this knowledge bids him not to
raise talse hope.
10 accuse the president ot a lack: of high
purpose because he refuses to predict miracles
shows blindness to the truth that great things
are usually achieved without a preliminary boast
of high intent. It is to the credit of the presi
dent that he is no millennialist. The present
generation has had enough of such. The pro
gram-maker who stubbornly upholds the sacred-
ness of his plan is a pest. His ecstasies may be
sincere, but this does not take away their harm'
fulness. New York Tribune.
with some
parasite.
animal or vegetable
A sauerkraut cocktail might go well-rafter
a good many other drinlu.
- Unknown Soldier, a Leader.
The cause for which the unknown soldier
died was the cause for which the conference is
called, to destroy militarism, to release the na
tions from the ever increasing burden of arma
ment, to institute a reign of law in the world
in the place of the rule of force. In thanking God
for the valorous lives iriven. let us pray for His
aid that we do not sacrifice to our own distrusts
or misunderstandings what they died to give us. 1
--djrracuse rest-standard.
BnlluM mi fhlpf Jnatloe Tift.
The new chief Justice, besides his
great legal training, is excepuonmy
equipped to render accurate judg
ment wherever aueetlons of public
policy are Involved. Pittsburgh
Gasette-Times.
timthm Sunflower Enieratu.'
When there ia nothing more to be
said, some fool always up and says
It Kansas Industrialist.
WAIL OF THE HOUSEWIFE.
Day In ear eat!
Lerd A'miihtr. v-hat a sriadl
Vt'.uln' eat year tlnf.rr.
Wtarln' eat yoor mine.
3t te make Uvla'
ot tn poertit aino.
Ear la ear eotl
. Atwayr, nthln' dirty &lthe.
Pfelln' old potaton.
Fnln allmr f!liea.
Tryln" hard to harcer
Everybody a wuntr.
Iay In dar out!
Siavln' tor tba tia tUat kind;
Hovtn' toward a coffin
Cool and aatln-llned.
Xrd A mlghty knows tt'a
. .Nathin' bat m nrind!
Nan TerraU Rscl la Vt Tork Xlftiea.
( the Wev T .)
Nothing could be more uphappy
than for the United Htatas to enter
the Wsshlngton conference with an
air ft complacent superiority. An
overbearing or dictatorial spirit on
the psrt of our delefstes would be
both offensive and futile. Tint the
administration will be anxious to
avoid anything of the sort may ba
taken for granted. The president
and Secretary Hughes know th
importance of a gentlemanly and
canslderate bearing In foreign nio
tlatlona. Not all members of eon.
rM do, if one ware to Judge by
seme of their speeches. A common
fotm of sxpreasion is to the effect
that thla country oueht to meet the
representatives of France and Fng.
land as a severe creditor, telling
them that If they don't do Instantly
all that we want them to do w
shall demand immediate payment of
their 110.000.000 debt. Thla would
really be very like the poature ot
tha two American seamen brought
into a London colics court charged
with disorderly conduct. One of
them called out: "It thla darned
country paid all it owed it would b
bankrupt." But the magiairate
Quietly replied: "You should not
throw our poverty in our facea. ray
fln of nve shillings eacn ana tne
country will be so much better on.
Even if America is, s tne mem
ber from Buncombe would put it.
"the richest country on God s green
earth." it will never do for It to go
swaggering into the conference with
purse-proud arrogance. In sober
truth, our assumed plethora of
wealth is today partly of the nature
of an embarraaament Mr. 11 00 ver
has Just been underlining the argu
ment. Our surplus, being unable to
nnd European purchasers, ia a xina
of weight on our hands. Financial
dlaturbancea across the Atlantle
affect us directly. There Is little
chance, not merely of getting back
the money we loaned to Europe, but
of resuming our old business with
her, unless some way be found to
stabilize foreign currencies and tlx
exchange rates. That is a work in
which tills country must take a part,
and must do it, not in a domineer
ing way, but in a co-operative frame
or mind, th eame nota is sounqea
in Secretary Mellon' appeal to con
gress in the matter of funding the
foreign debt We are virtually in
the same boat with our debtors. It
Is for ua to help, not to hector.
At Washington the nations will
meet as equals. This will be so not
alone because tha theory of inter
national equity demands It There
will be equality because there will
ce an equality or need, or anxiety,
and, it may be hoped, of purpose.
To remove causes of friction, to cut
down the burden of military pre
paredness and to diminish the prob
ability of war these ara objects
which all must give of their best on
terms of frank and mutual respect.
No fear need be felt that our gov
ernment will, in Its approaches to
th foreign delegates, overstep due
modesty and delicacy. But it is
Just as well that the too enthusiastic
Americana and the newspapers given
to tall talk should be asked to leave
off all bragging and dictation while
the difficult and critical labors of th
Washington conference are being
undertaken.
OX
Optimism and
Unemployment
(From the Waahlnrton Star.)
The decision of the United States
Steel corporation to spend 10. 000,
000 in extension Of its manufacturing
plants and improvements deserves
the wholehearted applause of the na..
tlon upon two main grounds. In the
first place it marks the first step
upon a large scale of what is obvi
ously the most practical and certain
method or meeting tne unempioy
ment crisis. In the second place it
connotes a degree of optimism as to
tn near ruture or American in'
dustry which cannot but have a
heartening Influence upon thove to
whom the depression which haa
overlong gripped the nation haa
brought chronic gloom.
in assuming the lunction of pio
tfeer in reducing unemployment
through tne effective means ot fur
nishing additional employment the
steel corporation Bets an example
which all who can would do well
to emulate. Under sxtating market
conditions it has been found lmpos
sible to operate the mills at even
6G per cent of capacity. Many thou
sands of employes haye of necessity
been laid off. The corporation, seek
ing a means of alleviating the re
sulting distress, determines to avail
Itself of an excellent opportuniiy to
extend its existing maximum capac
ity. It is true that to enter upon
such an undertaking on must be
possessed of Strong emergency re
serves either in cash or credit, and
that the nonpossession of such re
serves will preclude many from fol.
lowing the example which they will
applaud. A " time when the unit
cost of production is greater than
th unit price of sale could hardly
be held to be an advantageous occa
sion ror increasing tn number of
units produced and sold in a normal
business. Yet it is equally tru in
many instances that, playing an
equal part with depleted reserves,
the timidity with which many indus
trial establishments today regard th
future is contributing extensively to
current unemployment
The action or the steel corporation
should go far toward dissipating that
timidity. Here are th responsible
heads of a huge industry who, look
ing forward into the future to esti
mate the probable trend or business,
decide that the prospects aro such as
U warrant the expenditure of $10,-
000,000 upon plan extension and im
provements. Operating at 40 per
cent capacity today, they anticipate
an industrial revival in the near
future which will demand more than
joo per cent capacity from their
existing plant Deliberately, and
with all the confidence borne of an
assurance which i ' patent to all
forward-looklpg buainess men, they
have decided to take advantage on
an excellent opportunity to prepare
for the flood of ordera they antici
pate, it is probabi that nothing
oouio more surety nasten tn arrival
of the hour for which they are pre
paring than would a general emula
tion of their sound policy by all who
are in a position to do so.
American Legion's Big Work.
The report at tha convention of
th American Legion of New York
atat is on that suggests tha grow
ing worth of the legion poets to the
communities. Bom of their patriotic
activities are illustrated by this list
In on country visiting mor than
000 foreign-born adults to explain
opportunities for instruction in the
schools; in another, assisting in
maintaining night schools for adults:
In another, seeing that every house
has a nag; tn another, entertaining
160 newly naturalized citizens; in
another, maintaining a flagpole and
raising the flag daily, and in many.
furnishing leaders for Boy Scout
troops. New York Timea
One riace a Ford Can't Reach.
"You couldn't drag me into thai
United States senate, says Henry
Ford. An Hennr couldn't push him-
eelf in. there seems to be reasonable
ground for his statement MUwau-)
ke Sentinel, '
(Tha ta airwa la (alannw frroly !!(
fMt w. U tfl.ua any auklta
mallow. It rn a thai Miara tw
rrwaaaaMy arlaf, ane .,....
m uiaiais laai ina or tka rlir
a.rawiMtay wk tallar, arllr
Sa tvbhralkHi, sat Ikaa tha avHor m.r
fcaww aiili wbam 9 la aWlas. The Dm
au aaa arrt.na la aaaaraa nrrafit
lwa or aplnlaaa eiraaa4 tf rarro.
speadaaie M IM uu poll,
Ukn The Ik-o'e Mitbod.
Omaha, Oct. IS. To tha lMltor
Of The O: As one of the inlnla.
tars Interested in the "Glpay" Hmlih
campaign, I want to prs my
deep gratification at the way In
which you hsv bn handling and
featuring th affair of this move,
ment.
I ant quite sure that the wide pub
licity given to the "Qlpay" and Ills
worua win oe neiptui not oniy 10
our own city but ulo all over this
state and western Iowa served by
your paper.
With deep appreciation, I am, cor.
dlally jours, TUX'S UAVK.
Pralae for Dudley.
Omaha, Oct. !. To the Kditor of
Th : I'leaae, .Mr. Editor, you
appeal to Chief Dempeey to ahollali
the clownish performance of Traffic
Officer Dudley. WliyT Did be try
to get yon to rfapona to ma direc
tlon? Did he use a little too much
personality? He Is right; about half
of the people driving automobllea
Should not. He Ignores your enerra,
also your smile: his whole heart la
In his work. Where is there in all
the world another policeman that
work as hard aa he does? lie
could bluff like the rest, lie Is full
of pep and energy. . In one day he
utilises more energy .than President
Harding does in a year. And he
could step in and fill Chief Dernp
aey'e poaltlon in 10 minutes. What
Chief Dempsey should do would be
to put him back on Bixtecntn ana
Karnam and double hla salary, and
fire about 14 of those truck horses
be has directing traffic. I think he
could take your position, Mr. Editor,
and put a Unite more pep in this
small-town paper.
Itead im. it you could take nis
position for one hour ana direct
trafflo without having an accident or
not have the tratflo tied up five min
utes I would. give you half or my
year's salary. The cause of most
accidents are not thinking, slow
thinking, slow driving, not pointing
direction ana irtt-nana turn on tne
busy corners. Don't let tho trafne
officer guess the way you are going;
point; he should know. lit Los An
geles it is a law that every suto have
an arrow pointing tne airection
Now.' Mr. Editor, call Ud Chief
Dempsey and tell him you were Just
little miffed, and ask him if he
can't find a few .more officers that
have a little pep that can give the
taxpayers at least 60 per on the dol
lar. Dudley don't have to work that
hard! ha eould aluff like the teat
II unit iinush energy to knwW
Don't lt Chief Dempaoy knock Mm
out. He is a rlaan, lionrau brisht.
rrapaftfitl offWr. tlo down to th
Auditorium and hrar Gly fcmllh,
he will touch that hard at'Ol.
On that ean tell a tramo onVr.
a. Lfco arisvL.va.
. Inipmilitptuw and Vandalism.
)n nothing thai w hava don havrr
Improvidence and vandallam had a
freer hand than in th elnughlr of
our gam and the deatrurtion ot our
foreata. The 1 11 at to kill bayond the
limit of the law and decency ha
wiped out our game; th ramp rim
end th dtarct butt l bvn sbl
allies of tli ax in murdering our
forests. Saturday Evening 1'c.t.
tp-to-Iaie rrorrhM.
Every nation takes lh view thai
disarmament, unlike rharltv, almuld
not begin at home. f hoe Keteller.
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