Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 6, 1915, Page 4

| i ; | | THE OMAHA DAILY BEE FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER. VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. ‘The Bee Publishing Company, Proprietor. BER BUILDING, FARNAM AND SEVENTEENTH. Entered at Omahs postoffice as second-class TERMS OF BUBSCRIPTION per month, ear. and Sunday. 6. $6.%0 by ress Apt‘fl"l A onl: ex; al order. wmnmmgu |‘:|r payment of small Personal ne- ‘counte. checks, except on Omaha and eastern oxchange, not #coepted. The loulldl Son omane Wi N straet Council Bluffsa—1¢ North Main street. itthe Building Whnem Dull'l. k—Room 1106, 386 Fifth avenus. —--’gn Bank of Commerce. Fourteenth 8t., N. W. CORRESPONDENCR, communications nlmw and * matter to Omaha AUGUST CIRCULATION, 53,993 State of Nebraska, County of Douglas, s Dwight Willlams, circulation manager of The Beo Publishing company, being duly sworn, says that the average circulation ' for month of August; 1915, 983 DWIGHT WILLIAME, Circulation Manager Subscribed in "m presence and sworn to before me, this 2d day of September, 1915 ERT HUNTER, Notary Public. Subscribers leaving the city temporarily should have The Bee mailed to them. Ad- dress will be changed as often as requested. Weptember 6 m Thought for the Day | — — — — 1 Selected by Mabel V. Reot 1Ihave a belief of my own, and it comforts me: That by desiring what is good, even when we don't quite know what it is, and cennot do what we would, we are part of a divine power against evil—widening the skirts of .ight and making the struggle wilh derkness narrower.— George Eliot. = To all the strangers within our gates: Wel- come to our city! In the language of the race track, “They're off at the tabernacle!" P A little more speed, please, in getting those ornamental electroliers placed on the court house ! o b Pl o Nebraska's Own Exposition. Attention of Nebraskans is just now being | called to a review of what they are doing at home, thelr own exposition being under way at Lincoln. The state fair is no longer a mere “pumpkin show"” with a “hoss trot'’ appendage, | Lut is a real exhibition of farm products mdl processes. Nothing so well illustrates the ad- | vAnce in methods of agriculture as does the de- velopment of the state fair, which has grown | from its primitive stage to the condition of being | one of the most important events in the calen- dar. Just as the old-fashioned farmer has been superseded by the man who is equipped with sclentific knowledge of soil and seed and sup- plled with the most efficaclous and ingenious of implements, so has the annual fair advanced, until the great state fairs of the circuit in which Nebraska holds a high place have come to be splendid expositions of such variety and scope | us to astonish even those who have thought they ‘were keeping up with the progress of agricul- | ture. Here the exhibitors compete not only on 1 achievements, but on prospects, for the future is | quite as much at stake as the present, and im- | provement s always In order, and is really the | main quest of the fair. Nothing that pertains, | even remotely, to the agricultural industry is nowadays omitted from these great educational exzhibitions. Such deeply Interesting phases as the baby show and the boys’ school are examples of how the science of farming is taking hold on the life of the people, making for better men and women and promising a sturdy race to enjoy the future greatness of Nebraska. The state fair shows us how far we have gone, and how we may make further growth, and deserves the sup- port of our people for that reason. D The torpedoing of the Hesperian, carrying possengers on a westbound trip, right on the heels of the kaiser's solemn assurance that the submarine warfare would be changed to meet our demands, puts another serious strain on our relations with Germany. Here again, however, as in the case of the Arabic, we must have all the faets before we act. S—— Ireland on the Upgrade. ““How I8 dear old Ireland and how does she stand?” Napper Tandy’s question, if put to an Irishman of today, would command truthfully a more cheerful answer than the one immortalized in song. Ireland is not “the most distressful country.” Far from it. True, the distress of war exists as it does in all Europe untouched by fighting armies. But epochal events light the gloom and mark progress. For the first time in halt a century Ireland’s population shows an increase. The report of the Regis- trar-General for 1914 shows a population of 4,381,398, a galn of 2,386 over the previous year. Small as the gain is, it is important be- cause it is on the right side. Moreover, emi- gration is at a standstill, marriages are increas- ing and {iliteracy is practically wiped out. Sup- plementing this encouraging showing is the de cision of the court of last resort subjecting the lands of Lord Clanricarde to sale to tenants, Oluflgardl is the last and most typical of the rack-renting allen landlords—ruthless in his “dealings, seifish and penurious. He fought the land laws in the House of Lords and in all the courts, and is finally compelled to disgbrge. Irish farmers have traveled a long and hard road to land ownership, but they have at great cost succeeded In laying the foundation of Ire- | N Sme——— fim Trode and Home Markets, One that has been presented from al- imost every angle to the American public within the last year is that of foreign markets for our manufactured products. The desirability of trade expansion is beyond argument, but how to achieve the conquest of foreign customers puszzles the experts who have so tar dealt with the subject in concrete form. Many Wugges- tions have been made, Yut all lead to one foeus. ‘We must offer real inducements to the buyer, or be content to see him purchase elsewhere. Bstablishment of credit and means for negotia- ting exchange bills, provision of transportation facilities and the like are all factors in the main problem, but the central fact still is that the customier must be shown it is to his advantage 10 make his purchases from Americans. James J. Hill, unquestionably a successful rallroad man, {s now an ardent advocate of trade expansion, and has volced some interest- ing, {f not authoritative, views on the subject. Chief of the thoughts he puts forward is that the rate of wages paid in the United States, “artificlally maintained,” is sufficient to turn the tide against the American manufacturer in the matter of prices, and 8o long as It s In the ‘way, just that long the markets of the world ‘will be closed aguinst us. The plain inference is that if we are to secure the trade of South America, or any other region, it must be at the cost of reducing wages in the United States. Do we want the trade at that price? For half & centary the republican party de- voted its efforts to the upbuliding of American industry, that the home market might be sup- plied by home-made goods, and this object was attained. Under the democratic administration mmhum-uouommhamuu— ket to the forelgn manufacturer. No other nation in all the world presents a market to compare to that of the United States. In round numbers, the consumptive demand of our own people amounts to the stupendous figure of thirty-eight billions of dollars annually, It costs us $120,000,000 a day to lMve on the American standard. The export business of the United States for the Jast fiscal year was but $2,700,000,000, or less than one-twelfth the sum of the home trade. Of the imports that entered United States ports in July, 1915, 69.4 Per cent came in duty free, Do we want to jeopardize our home market to create a commerce with foreign nations? Is oot the republican policy of protection for home workmen (o be preferred to the democratic nolicy of free trade, that will first of all reduce wages because it will peduce the ability of the | b st . ———Root's Motable Speech to W. Y. Conventon— ‘There never was a reform in admtnistration in this world which did not have to make its wiy against the strong feeling of good, honest men concerned in existing methods of administration and who saw noth. Ing wrong. Never. It is no impeachment to a man's honesty, his Integrity, that he thinks the methods that he is familiar with and in which he is engaged are all right "But you cannot make any Improvement in this world without overriding the satisfaction fhat men have in the things as they are and of which they are & contented and successful part. I say that the growth, extension, and general acceptance of this principle shows that all these experfenced politicians and eltizens In all our state conventions felt that the people of the state saw something wrong in our state government, and we are here charged with a duty, not of closing our eyes, but of opening them and Beeing if we can what it was that was wrong. “Now nobody can see that all these 152 outlying commisefons and agencles of state governrhent, big and little, lylng around loose, accountable to nobody, spending all the money they can get, violite every prineiple of economy, of efficiency, of the proper trans- action of business, Hvery one can see that all arouna | us are political organizations carrying on the business of government that have learned their lesson from the great business organizations which have been 8o phe- nomenally successful in recent years. ‘“The government of our citles! Why, twenty years ago, when James Bryce wrote his American Common- wealth,” the government of American cities was a bywo"d and a shame for Americans all over the world. Heaven be thanked, the government of our citles has now gonme far toward redeeming itselt and us from that disgrace, and the government of American cities today is in the maln far superior to the government of American states. 1 challenge contradiction to that statement. How has it been reached? How have our cities been lifted up from the low grade of incom petency and corruption om Which they stood when “The American Commonwealth’ was written? It has been done by applying the principles of this Tanner bill to ity government, by giving power to the men elected by the people to do the things for which they were elected, “What is the government of this state? What has it been during the forty years of my acquaintance with it? The government of the comstititution? Oh, no: not half the time, or half way. ““When T asked what the people find wrong in our state government my mind goes back to those periodic fits of public rage in which the peopie vouse up and tear down the political leader, first of one party and then of the other. It goes on to the public feeling of resentment against the control of government by party organizations of both parties and of all parties. “Now, I treet this subject in my own mind not as & personal question to any man, I am talking about the system from the days of Fenton and Conkling and Arthur and Cornell and Platt, from the days of David B, Hill. Down to the present time the govern- ment of the state has presented two different lines of activity, one of the conmstitutional and statutory officers of the s and the other of the party lead- ors. They call t party boswses. ““They eall the system—I don't coin the phrase, 1 adopt 1t, because it carries its own meaning—the sya- tem they call ‘Invisible government’ for I don't know how many years. Mr. Conkling was the supreme ruler in this state; the governor did not count, lpgis- latures did not count; controllers and secretaries of state and what-not did not count. It was what Mr, Conkling said, and fn a great outburst of public rage he was pulled down. “When Mr, Pratt ruled the state—for nigh upon twenty years he ruled it—it was not the governor, it was not the legislature, it was not any elected officer, it was Mr. Platt. And the capitol was not here; it was at 4 Broadway, where Mr. Platt and his Heu- tenants held forth. “It makes no difference what name you give, ‘whether you call it Fenton or Conkling or Cornell or Arthur or Platt, or by the names of men now lving. The ruler of the state during the greater #rt of the forty years of my acquaintance with the state govern- ment has not been any man authorized by the con- stitution or by the law, and, sir, there ls tiiroughout the length and breadth of the state a deep and sullen and long-continued resentment at being governed thus by men mot of the people's choosing. ‘“The party leader is elected by no one, account- able to no one, bound by no oath of office, removabloe by no one. My friends here have talked about this bill creating an autocracy. The word points with ad- mirable facility to the very opposite reason for the bill. Tt is to destroy autocracy and restore power so far as may be to the men elected by the people, ac- countable to the people, removable by the people, “I don't eriticise the mnen of the invisible govern- ment. How can I? I have known them all, them have been some of my dearest fri 3 never forget the deep sense of indignation that I felt in the abuse that was heaped upon Chester A. Arthur, whom I honored and loved, when he was attacked because he held the position of political leader. Tt iv all wrong. Tt is all wrong that a government not au- thorized by the people should be continwed superior to the government that is authorized by the people. “How is It accomplished? How is it done? It is done by the use of patronage, and the patronage that my friends on the other side of this question have been arguing and pleading for in this convention is the power to continue that invisible governmeut against that authorized by the people, Bverywhere, sir, that these two systems cdexist there is a conflict day by day and year by year between two principles for ap- pointment to office, two radically opposed principles. “I have been told forty timea since tnis convention met that you can't change it. We can try, can't we? T deny that we can't change it. ¥ repel that cynical assumption which is born of the lethargy that comes from polsoned air during all these years, “T masert that this perversion of democracy, this robbin gdemocracy of its virility, can be changed us truly as the oystem under which Walpole governed the Commons of England, by bribery, as truly as the atmosphere which made the Credit Mobiller scandal possible in the congress of the United States has been blown away by the force of publiciopinion. We can't change it in & moment, but we can do our share. We can take this one step toward not robbing the people of their part in government, but toward robbing an irresponsible autocracy of its indefensible and unjust and undemocratic control of government and restor- ing it to the people to be exercised by the men of thelr choice and their control. This convention is a great event in the life of every man in this room. A body which sits but once In twenty years to deal with the fundamental law of the state deals not only for the present, but for the future, not only by fts results, but by its example. Opportunity knocks at the door of every man in this assemblage, an opportunity that will never come again to most of us.' Twioe Told Tales | In a Bad Fix. The well-beloved bishop of a certain southern state car again the ticket was still missing. “Oh, bishop, it will be all right it you never find it the conductor assured himi. Calls for Apology. The owner of the motor car sald to the business of the roadside garuge: “Have you filled my tank with adulterated gaso- “Then how mueh do owe you™ 2 “Apology for what?" “For conveying the impression that I am an excep- tion to & geveral rule’—Ldfe. oaee No Aristoeracy for ate Univer- sittes, CHICAGO, Sept. {.—To the Editor of The Bee: Reading the article in which Dr. Benjamin Tde Wheeler, president of the University of California, urges high tuition fees at state universities, it seems to me Dr. Wheeler shows a very undem- ocratic epirit. To make the universities expensive institutions would be against the principles for which democracy stands. Free education for everyone should be the state’s aim and not to re- serve education for those who can afford large expenses. 1t Mr. Wheeler stated in his address that there is a sentiment among his stu- dents that they did the state a favor by coming to the universities, I think Mr Wheeler reveals a sad condition of af- fairs ‘at his school. In the middle west 1 find an altogether different sentiment among students. Take, for instance, the University of Wisconsin, there the stu- dents appreciate free education. They certainly do not regard it as a charity, no more than free public schools could be cousti'ered such, but they appreciate the help of the etate to realize their am- bitions. WILL HANSEN, 4351 Calumet Ave, Missouri River Improvement. NORTH LOUP, Neb, Sept. To the Editor of The Bee: There s an argument that will appeal to engineers in Missouri river improvement. 1f a competent com- mittee may be sent before congress and first sh that. the Missour! flows an abundance of water, and secqnd, that there are many rock foundations upon which permanent dams may be con- structed, there will be a reasonable ar- gument for improvement, Go to the man who bullt the river bridges and you will find that these bridges set on solid roclk. In time It will be found that the fall of the Missouri will prove to make it a better river than the Mississippl. When we see the enormous increase in the number of gas engines for every purpose we know that the number must yet in- crease an hundred fold if fuel may be had for them. The oll wells cannot sup- ply the tenth part of it. To make a fuel for gas engines, eleotricity must be made for one-tenth of one cent per killowatt hour. If this policy be followed there is no necessity in spending great sums of mones. Fifty million dollars will demonstrate Missourl fiver navigation and power pos- sibilities. The president comes forward with the suggestion that the countr spend $300,000000 at one clatter om a lot of junk and gold lace that will prove worthless before the money is spent to pay for it. The way to keep out of war is to put the fellows in front who talk war. I can remember when McKinley sald we did not want war and some democrats called him a little American. WALTER JOHNSON. Get Busy for Nebraska. OMAHA, Sept| 3.-To the Editor of The Bee: 1 have read with interest of the bringing to Nebraska by ex-Secretary Bryan of the desk from the secretary of state’s office. This was the desk used by Field, Blaine, Hay, Olney, Root and Bryan. There could have been few articles of furniture of more historic ‘valye In Washington than the desk in question. The manner in which it was procured for our state of Nebraska seewns to open an avenue for individual activity on the part of our public men in Wash- ington that should not be overiooked. The west up to this time has not been recelving its fair share of the national relies. 1 suggest that each of our sen- ators and congressmen busy themselves along the line of activity adopted by Mr. Bryan and be of real use to our state. If not during the term of service, at least at its close, To {llustrate: At Mount Vernon there are 50 many of the General Washington relics that could be taken and new ones of modern price and style left in place that would enrich our state in the way of historic relics and please every one down east, because of the manner of the re- placement. Also the two Lincoln collec- tions, one at Washington and the other at Springfield, could each contribute something to Nebraska and no harm done to anyone down there, because of the more modern article left by our publio men in lieu of their several selections. Please call this thought to the atten- tion of those In position, by reason of their official station, to help in the good work. 1 would not have the exchanges made confined to Washington or Spring- field, but whatever looks good down east would alse look good in Nebraska. Our public men should get busy before the idea takes possession of the entire west, NEBRASKAN. . for obvious reasons. Grafting OMAHA, Sept. 2. Bee: A few days ago a man, who else- where gave his name as Fitch, pre- | sented a letter written on a letter head of “The Order of Rallway Employes, | showing J. H. Moore | Division No. ., and W. H. Rogers, both of New Orleans, | La., as grand secretary and president, respectively. The letter was signed by J. 1. Bu stated, was employed by the Missouri | Pacific railway here. The letter asked for subscriptions for a national fund for the rellet of widows and orphans of rail- way employes, and authorized the solicitor to make colléctions. Together | with his letter he presented a subscrip- tion list on which there were already en- tered a large number of subscriptions from prominent business men and manu— facturers, some as high as $I5. 1 told him to come back in a few days, and in the meantime wrote Mr. M. Loftus, agent of the Missour] Pacifie, for reference, and | am just in receipt of his reply, reading as follows: SRy g Ay in our employ for the last six or seven years and we do not know where he is employed at the present time. Have made inquiry as to the organization referred to, but mone of our forces seem to_have inf, rega; same. Yovrs arily, M. Loftus, agent Missouri Pa- cific rallway. When a few days later the solicitor | did call again, T made a move to go to the telephone booth. Upon seeing this he went out of the door, saying that he | { | would just go across the street and come | right dack, but he has not shown nD‘k since since telephoned one of the larger | subscribers whose suspicions had already been aroused, and found on making in- quiries that the man was evidently a fraud. Why is it that bueindes men wil subscribe money to fake funds of that kind without making inquiries? It is not surprising that there are so msny graft- ers when money is secured su easily, es- pecially when asked for on the piea of charity or religion. Billly Sunday is nothing but & colossal grafter, saving souls for God snd pocketing dollars for Billy, and he and the Anti-Saloon leagie , secretary, who, the soliettor | || Il bave tystematized grafting to perfection According to a report just recelved from Wyoming, the Anti-8aloon league hires stranded preachers who have fallen from grace somewhere, and gonds them to cer- tain pleces with the understanding that they wil] get $250 fo every saloon put out of business. This is surely a commer- clalized age. Can you blame the petty grafters who see the big ones get away with the coin by the thousands and re ceive a blessing into the bargain? A. L. MEYER MIRTHFUL REMARKS. Bing—Borely s going to take up rai- roading. Bang—8o many him to_make_track at it —~Town Topics. nice girls have told that T don’'t wonder The Manager—You've jumped over the cliff all right and you faced the lions and tigers in fine shape. Now in the next scene you capture a live mouse with you bare hands an The Movie Actress—Not for a million. Here's my resignation.—Judge “There is an extremely paradoxical way of freezing out a man in business.” “How's that? “By hot competition fean. ~Baltimore Amer- What do you think of Great Britain's blockade attitude?” “As always, Great Britain is strong for lhohlfr!'?d(vm of the seize.—8t. Louls Re public She—Am 1 the only girl vou ever loved? He—Of course you are not. Do you think 1 would have the effrontery to offer a mirl of your discrimination pe: fectly untried = affections? — Richmond Times-Dispatch “Do_you belleve In shirt sleeve diplo- acy 7 "1 don't know what it is,” replied the sardonio citizen. “When a man's in his shirt sleeves, he may have taken his coat {( because ‘he's willing to fight, or be- ause he wants to appear cool and com- ortable.”~Washington St m ar. to for six months, Resced Sh v E%ad Roofing Is ey i 3';:-. in any way, ;fi CARPENTER PAPER CO. CERTAIN-TEED ROOFING BUILDING PAPER ———— e | [ = I . e o | The Conquering Spirit By James O’Hara Day. i i E was a citizen of Idaho and one of the world’s dreamers. Etighty miles from his eity I there was a dreary expanse of ! round covered with alkali i ust and cactus plant. I Thirty miles from this desert spot was a eanyon. if The dreamer wanted to do something big. He purposed to clutch fortune by the throat. He was tired of the blows of adversity. He had one big asset—the conquering spirit. When he had completed his dream and had made his plans he advertised in the pa- pers of his city about as follows: If there. He away. can be built. of the great men. There are two And, however e vou with your job. ‘‘Eighty miles from here, at such and such I a point, I will build a city. This will take place at eight a. m. on September 1. All who desire lots in this wonderful locality must be there on time. First cone, first served.” All his friends laughed at him. They did not consider him exactly the person to make the desert blossom like the rose. But he didn’t rely on his friends. At the hour mentioned the crowd was there. inted out that he had run an irrigation ditch from the eanyon thirty miles I was in that town five years ago. It had three banks, more than a dozen stores and an air of comfort and plenty. As that town was built, so any business fiit The conquering spirit, with the power to fit dream, can build anything, can lift it to a i height as yet uncalculated. The man who puts imagination into his undertaking starts out with a big lead on the others. If he gan stick to his dream and. go through with it, he becomes inevitably one . There Flaces to win the fight. One i i is within the walls of your business under- 3 : taking. The other is in the space of the newspapers. i A drcam,.. however wonderful, is not of I much value if you don't tell it. [ ¢ great may be your conquer- ||| ing t:.{nnt, the world is too crowded f:l? you i to take a club and, single-handed, beat peo- ple into your establishment. i The man who built the city in reali | the other people do the Nai Rt 1‘ If you want to build your busin suade the real builder, {be g Coprrighted advertising Il building. - publie, to