Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 13, 1915, Page 4

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Eartorial “Dopurtment ' NOVEMBER CIRCULATION, 53,716 State of Nebraska, County of Douglas, ss; Williame, ol u{alzfn muun":f m?n [ Pu company, Leing duly says 'r i} nwrl&fi reuiation for the month of November, 1915, : DWIGHT WILLIAMS, Circulat| Subscribed in prn.tmce"“ # bworn i Betore - T HONTER. Notary Publie. That e not the bestarmy which has never beaten; we do nat know (ndeed how it in defeat. To know one's solf beaten, to cover end's retreat, to collect one’s Sorces, to vepair ons’s losses, to bind one's wounds, to reanimate the discouraged, to return 10 the combat with new energy; —thisis the great, the supreme proof of courage. l You've got eleven days in which to do it, so | | Se— Tilden, Cleveland and Parker were momi- nated at 8t. Louls and lost out. Who's afraid? Sm——— No compilation of Nebraska farn products lered compiete which omits the pro- ty of the Nebraska hen. SSerm—— casts_a long shadow over : Ad re-awakens In American immigrants the beauty of the sentiment: “There’s no place ke home." | tne sihkiof e TonesiTohahciist: pibmsitty | bids for democratic convention fame by grind- ing out a ratifieation melody: *Under the An- ‘heuser Bush.” 1 | —— If the rallronds are correct In stating their troubles, an efficient means of preventing freight blockades 18 a more urgent need than a government commission. . SEp——— Tha city planners will find very tew objectors when they come to removing the “welcome" wrch. It never was a thing of beauty, and now it stands a positive blotch on the civie center, e 12 the dry beit of Denver. mm for something “Just as good” ‘the claim that stenery a mile high crip- the seas when he is of more than Vol It promises an excuso for be- ing out late at night that outshines the oludh or the lodge as the sun outsh'nes the moon. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE Administration’s Shipping Bill. Supplementing his presentation of his argu- ment for increasing the national defenses, Mr. Wilson recurred in hiy address to congross to the recessity of an American merchant marine, urg- ing that the shipping bill defeated in the Sixty- third congress be passed. This has brought all the arguments in favor of that measure under the new light of changed conditions. When the war in Europe altered all the routine of ocean traffic, the need for tonnage under the Ameri- | can flag seemed imperatively urgent. A great deal of tulk was indulged in at that time about our opportunity to secure and hold control in the shipping trade of the world, and of opening new markets for our surplus products, and other advantages that would accrue from the cessation of Buropean commerce and industry. A year of debate has brought a better understanding of what will be required, if we are to obtain and hold a commanding position in the world’s trade. One of the prineipal changes has been in the circumstances that sirround the ship building industry of the United States, From comparative stagnation, the ship yards have been brought to an activity that is taxing their full capacity, Within the year American ship yards have launched tonnage equal to the amount of one- fourth the entire American tonnage at the be- gioning of the war, and contracts for more than this amount are already listed. It has been stated quite recently on good authority that American shipbuilders have contracts for three years' work on hand. If private capital s going into shipping at this rate, what need is there for the govern- ment to venture into the business? If the gov- ernment were to take on the obligations implied in the defeated shipping bill, where would it place its contracts for the immediate construc- tion of shipa? Mr. Wilson answers this by the suggestion that the “last obstacle”” be removed, which means that forelgn-bullt ships bé admitted to American registry with all the privileges of homeé-bullt ships.. In other words, the'coastwise trade is to ‘be opened to foreign-bullt ships, and the Amer- fean sailor to be driven from his last hold on the water. That would be the ¢rowning triumph for the present administration's onslaught on industry. S————— Nebraska's Compensation Law, Several complaints have been registered of late against the Nebraska workmen's compensa- tion law, chiefly as to the amount that is fixed for weekly relief. In every instance It is as- serted that this is less than what might have been recovered, had a suit for damages been tried. Perhaps this is true, but one of the pur- poses of the law was to do away with the suits as far as possible, to make the return to the viotim of iIndustrial accident certain, and speedy. The law is not perfect, and is subject to amendment, but it does not deserve to be attacked as entirely useless. It is a start in the right direction, made after overcoming the op- position of influential persons interested in pre- venting its passage. These influences succeeded in retarding its operation for two years, while 1t was being voted on at a referendum eleotion, and are now aligned In the effort to bring about Its repeal, Experlence will determine in what particulars the law may need mending, but ef- forts to repeal it outright and go back to the old system of damage sults will meet with failure. e—— Sounds a Hopeful Note, Bl Mercurio, published at Valparaiso, Chile, sounds a note that is both hopeful and helpful, in commenting on the message of President Wil- son. The doctrine of Pan-Americanism has taken a 'deeper root in South America than is generally understood in this country, The lack of closer community between the countries of the American continents has arisen from the one eause. It 18 not that the identity of Interest has not been recognized, but because the develop- ment of the material Interests of the several countries has been on a scale greater than either of them could finance for itselt. Thig has neces- sitated the borrowing of capital abroad, and the great bulk of this capital has come from Europe, and most of it has been furnished by the nations now at war, The United States has shared in this experience, along with Chile, Brasil, Argen- tine, and the other progressive South American countries. Each has felt the desirability of closer relations, but the impulse in this direc- tion has been repressed by the relations estab- lished with Europe through the exploitation of the resources of the several nations by European capitalists. Conditions are now such as to release much of this pressure, &nd the result must be more Intimate communication between the Americas. Sp— Without any stimulus from government sources, ship building in the United States has grown from twelve ocean-going merchant ships in July, 1914, to 160 such vessels at the present time. Their tonnage exceeds one-fourth of the entire American-bullt tonnage at the beginning of the war. No development in recent times has shown more encouraging speed than the busi- ness crowding into : e —— The “pay-as-you-go" principle urged by the administration in connection with preparedness plans 18 practical in small concerns.. In large projects it is an embarrassing handicap. Prac- tically all the great constructive works of our time could not have been carried out by other resources than borrowed money. In great things debt spells enterpri —— In the ten months ending with October, ex- ports of food products from this country were double the quantity sent abroad during the cor- responding period of 1914, The cheerful réadi- ness shown In sharing our good fortune with the suffering old world radiates happiness on both sides of the Atlantic. E———— Cheerful optimisn was dispensed by the president to members of the democratic national committee over the White House Y. For the moment the glow of good wil) obsgures the gloom of more federal taxes . cmme—— : . Omaha's building record for (ns season has tuitilied the promise of the springtime, and the ity is consequently Improved to the extent of several willions of dollars’ worth of modern structures. And the end is not ye Case for the Navy From Oolller's. BT about thirty years ago the fitst Claveland atl- ministration was confronted by a situation resemb- ling the one that now oppesss thé adminisiration of Mr. Wilgon. Mr. Ciéveland was the least imag- fnative And excitable of mén. He held in the greatest detestation the kind of vainglorious bullying, called militarism, which has brought tumult on the world. But, besidés belng conservative, he whs a man of watchtul intelligence. He lind no (lludons about the Kkind of world he was living In, He did not preténd to belleve things that he knew wers not trie. With all his inelination toward peace, he was the last man on earth who would think of going unarmied in an armed éamp. In one of his messages he wrote: “The nation that cannet resist aggression is con- stantly exposed to it, TIts oreign policy s of necos- sity weak, and ita negotiations are conducted with dle- advantage becAusé it is not in condition to enforos | terms dictated by its sense of right and justice.” Observe the language. To shforce terms. Not to pleade in vain for justics, but to compel it by force of arms. He did not want § navy (he sald) which was no more than '‘a shabby ofnatent of government.'” but one adequate to oarry out, should the nécessity ariss, the purpose for which navies are Aotually ballt. When he took office this country was at peace. There was no coherent public demand for a real navy, ‘The naval board had made recommendations which had been disregarded, Ridloule of our inadequate bea forces had exhausted ftself against the mesh of in ditference, incompetence and corruption at Washing. ton. But he 4nd his advisers were fardooking man. They foresaw the destiny of the republic and how it might ba delayed through the jealousy of other powers. The greater the destiny the gremter the danger. 86, on thelr own motion, without uch utging by preks | or publie, they #et to work boldly and, above promptly to ereate a force that could offer stern re sistance to any attempt to déspoll our shores, The fruit of this couragestia polioy of real leadership was the navy, which, fourteed yéars later, scatteréd the fragivents of the Spanish fieet along the southern comst of Cuba for thirty miles, with no material dam- age to our ships and with thé loss of enly- one life, | sank the vessely in Manila bAY, and was strong enough to treat with 6pen contermpt the impudence of the Prosslan admiral. Great and intelligent work was done |ater than 1888, but it wad In the four years from 1554 to 1488 that the keel was laid not only of ahips of war, but of a national policy &f defense that vents- y made our navy an object of pride for our peopls and of respact for the people of other countries. . — Of courss 1t would be ridiculous to attémpt & direct comparison of the navy which the Cleveland admitma- tration serapped with the navy of today, The Havy of 184 was obsolete, badly planned, badly mrmed, badly manned, and, on the whole, badly commanded. The public has cause to belleve that within the Hmita- tions wet by congress the present navy is a thoroughly sound fighting force. Perhapk we have doted tod much on this favorite of the American people. The havy in tindoubtedly undermanded and underofficered, Moreover, it ia teasonable to belleve that its relative power Is nol as t ag It was at the beginning of ‘the Buropean wAr, It stands t6 reason that the forced of the nations éngaged have galned 'a knowledis of maneuvers and marksmanship;, warilke ruses and makeshifts, which could only he déveloped by tho practios of nctual wartate. Bui accepting the epinion that, man for man, offieer for officér, gun for gun. we nesd not fear comparison, many other alements must enter into & consideration of the adeqiacy of navy—wenlth of the nation guarded, langth of its dea- coast, extént of Ita ocean-borne commercs, Aumber nnd remoteness of. its colonial porse (ons, conspiouois. ness of its position among the powers, impartance of | its, legitimate ambitions in the eyes of other nations, the attitude of forelgn peoples fo its people, the state of mind of the world afd, of course, the sirenath of | any, goverpment that might be led by avaride or jeal: ousy or anger to sttike at it. F Constder the ditference in the situation th 1015 and that In 180 Thirty years ago our popuiktion wak about half as numerous as it s today—olr wesith about ohe-third as great. Wa were untroubled by quarrdls with forelgn nations. We owned no posses- sions in the Paciflc. Wé had hot ektended our pro- tection over Cuba. Our sea trade was smaller. Our relations with our nelghbors were pleasunt. Mexico was enjoying a period of calmp that promised to last forever. Thére wab A powerful Gndercurrent in Eng- 1and agolnst progresdive increases in armament. Geéi- | maty had givén no sign Of venturing on 4 pregram | of vastly enlarged naval construction. The Panama canal was hot In existence.' Japan appeared. content With her position as a minor state under the atfably patronage of other natlons, , Moreover, weé had not | challenged for a place among, the world's powers. In fact, the gréat European natlons did not'affect to copcghl thelr contempt fof us, and tholy press treated the, patriotic ‘declamations of our politiclans as the effusions of 6 Mmany Jefterson Bricks. Tumeé has changed the situation in nearly bvery particular. Y¥o are the second richest country in the world. At the end of the war, in all Nkelihood, wé will be the richest. We have taken possession of the Philippines, Hawall and Porto Rico. We ha phzfl Cuba under our patronage and praetically/forvidden her to arm hersell. We have acquired an enormously enhanced atake in the tomimerce of the seas.’ We have built the Panama oanal, thus exposing another vulner. able epot. Events &nd OUF OWA ambiions have sibOWey the colintry #ato a pluce among the great powers with | all the dangers that the poditioh tmplles. Nover very conclillatory toward forelgrers, alwiys a little too cock-a-hoop in our nesertioh of the greatnass of the | race, we have done nothing to soften the envy of othor nations. Benovolent meutrdlity during this war hus produced anything But & returd of bepevolemce.. It in the general obeervation of Americans living abroad that we are (nsassly lintéd by Germany, puspected by | Bugland and feared by Japan. Only in France—whish indeed la the ohly country to ‘Wifich we could . ably look for thess sentlments—do we find and even affection. Bul Franoce is In no sense oup competitor, and Ita demoofacy and dlirs are even na- tural allies, A While these changeh have taken piace in ofir re- | lations with forpign uAtiorns, évents have marched | swiftly all over the world. Buitand has bullt, &nd fs | still bufiding as fast as her engineers can rivet the | plates and mount the guns, & navy excesding the | wildest dreams of the blg navy sdvocates of & few | vears ago. Germany, which thiriy¥ years ago had Mitle | or no sea power, has , and i still wdding to, '8 MWM modern havy, to any but the Eritish navy. it to offer ba Japan has shaken off ber tutelage. Her national for control in the Paoifie W 3 raw from the Anti-Asiatic lawh. 8he has through deferstice to ‘the Wecessities of with Great Britain, to suppress her complaints, nunotnmum—:t;d\nmw any longer the In the medntime modern times, and ‘not - domestic peace, Niflflm“ for the firet power that 18 eno advantage of her N"::fl and our own i £ Wwhile thas um- migunted, X while these , our navy from second tg m:?” (more probably) fo $ignor Marcont; Who is 'undoubtedly /et the o story about celebra il \wha £ says. “had ¥ won THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1915 Sundny Closing. OXFORD, Néb., Dec. 9.<To the Bditor of The Bee: Bpeaking on the text, “'Shall We Heélp the Grocer, Close His Sitore On Bund: * Rev. Savidge is quoted in The Bee as offering this sane advice to those wikhing to close: ‘‘Lock your deors and trust God, and you will suffer no loss.”” That advice is constitutional, for it 18 thelr Inherent right Sesk to abridge the right also seriptural, for we are admoniehed not te set ourselves up as judges of what otheérn should or should not do. Anv citizen who desired to refrain from work or close his place of business on Bunday or on Monday should have full protection of law In so doing, for that ix Judtice. On the other hand, those wid wish to do honest work ot keep open shop on those days are entitled to and should enjoy just as efficlent proteetion. The desire or dlaposition that would ceuse one to appeal to the strong arm of the law to compel. others to conform. their busihess transactions to what would be agreeable or profitable to us is wrong, In that it springs from pure unadulterated seltishness, which ls the cause of most of our trouble i civil government and, According to the seripture, debars ono from 4n inheritance in the govertiment to corne, A. C. RANKIN. Wait for the Big Shell, NORTH LOUP, Neb, Dec. 10.—To the Editor of The Bes: More than 0 per cent of all new Inventions are impractl- cal, and may be shown impractical by the use of the drawing board. A thorough knowledge of the laws of physice is where mokt sb-called inventors are de- ficlent. The Germans devised a new éxplosive ahell, hy which the strongest defenses have been torn to pleées with a few shots. When it 18 known that o single shell may be made to destroy all human life on & forty-acre field, and thrownh a dist- ance of twenty-fiva miles, what will de- fenses cont for about coast cities that have ho natural protection? When the nature of the shell becomes genérally known, it will do more for world peace thad all other agéncies. If another gréat war accurs In this country, the coast citles wiil suffer most. The great manufacturing cities should be lo- cated on the Mississippl and Missourt rivers, and those waterways should be improved for heavy transportation. Too many of.our industriea are located on the coasts, Were 'we to bé Involved In a world war, the whole nation would be at the mercy of the invader. Prematurs pre- paredfiess counts fof nothing. Let us #ee what the powers of Burope d> with the new, shell, before spending the morey. The new sheil will decide the fate of Burope as the Monitor decided the fate of the unfon, , WALTER JOHNSON. Omaha and Muslctaus, NEW YORK, Det. 7.—To the Hditor of The Beo: 1/sée by the papers that Thomue J." Kelly, oneé of the leading musicland of your oity, is about to leave And’ loeste in Chicage.. This moves me to let ‘you. khow my own experience while & nesident of your eity, and trying to establish - myssif with you. ' 1'was fér five yeatp a teacher in the Northwestern University School of Music in Chigago. For reasons which.in no wiso reflected on me, &8 can be proved by fnquiries there, T left In 1500 and came to Omaha with intentions as above. I was unable to get & single pupll or position as a church organ/st or teacher’ In any school. T tound {t necessary to. abandon my profession and work as a freight ¢lerk in-the Union Paocific weneral offices, until T was.able.to get away. I was thers for more than & yvear. In 191 I resignsd and came to New York. where I have been éver since. I enclose some printed matter, and T aled sond £ome move ander separate cover. This will show you what 1 bhve acsompHshed here. T have tanght in one schiool here for fourteen years, and with another for eloven years. I am sending you thelr catalogues. 1 am still with them both, and each position seemsa td be for life. I also have private pupils afd a nosition as organist and’ cholr. nc;ur 18 & church, hat fa the wintter with Omaha? T #4y nothing about it s a busifiess town ot one for doctors, lawyers, ete. I am not quilitlad en 14 ensck. Ruf T know my own' experfence only too well. T might also mention how T tried repeatedly for churéh positions, And in spite of my ability and experience and reputation I wis alwAys turned down for some local amatenr with & “pull.” T also was told while working I8 the raflroad offices of & school for yoiing women, in the fashion- | able rart of the city, that had ah ovening for a teseher. T applind, and was Jaughed to weorn: The' tdea of u common tafiraad elerk having svelr presumption! They téok annther manh, of course. It was Joit before I emme to New York. After he'ne heen n glinst white T confirnsd my | orixinal intention of staying heré perma- nently. But very sodn I recelved an un- solicleed offer throush an amency of a school in the west. I was curlous, ‘and Asked for partioulafs, and was told it Wwas the Omaha school. T wrote for fur- there information, and the airector re- plied that he had heard of e, and my work in Chicaro and New York, and that 1 was just the man for bim, and to come at once. I then told Kim who I was, re- ealled to his“memory the former oir- sumstances, anfl told him that now the tables were turned: It had developed that the man He first preforred to me had turned, out badly, and that he was dis- mmissed after & short time in the sehool, L never met Mr, Keily, nor do I know anything about his experience or how fong he has beén with you, But it s evident that he like myself years ago is looking elséwliére for a better tiold, I belleve, however, he had lived quite n while In your city, dnd something must be wrong when you let & man like him leave y60, ‘And #& to mv nwn cage, it the crudé peaple here should learn any- thing from the supérior culture of Omaha, 1 wonder it it would not be that muei better for them and that much wores for myselt? A REID SPENCER. Editorial Snapshots Pittsburgh Dispatch: The governor of Texas praises Carranga as “a man of the sane and safe type.” And to think that only a little while ago Texas was ready to declare war on Mexico single-handed Indidnapolis News: It would be a mighty good scheme If congress, before it becomes any more deeply involved in the politics of the session, were to pass & law under which plotters agalnst the peace, good will and neutrality of the country could be promptly and adequately punished Chicago Tribune: The British reverse at Bagdad is perhaps one of the symptome of a declihing prestige of the white man. The first time the Caucas- fans were really joltéd was when Japan beat Ruasia ble fifty years ago that one white man was worth a thousand natives. The dis- parity ls growing less. In the near east and the far east the dominion of the godlike white man cannot grow mu more. Will Asla turn dynamic and ex- pand? Is there a thought for us in the Bagdad retreat? LAUGHING GAS. Mre. Hawbuck—Sias writes in his let- ter that he's a-zoin' to. be n dentist. Be there much moaney in pullin' teeth pa? Farmer Hawback—Oh, 'bout a dollar an acher, I reckon.—HBoston Transcript. Tommy and Freddic were arguing hotly. I tell yolr.”” vociferated Tommy “he 18 my pa, he la! “Freddie laughed scornfully. elther your paw.” "‘He la—he is! My ma fays he is, too.” "'A‘;u! my maw says he's a cat's paw!’ ~Judge, “He ain't “Hubby, 1 really must %o to California for this winter, Now don't say I cam't “I_ wouldn't ' mind “the expense,” he parrfed, “but I can't bear to have my 1t ‘'was almost demonstra- | little wifey go away and leave me all alone.” “I thought of that. Mother and fathor gre coming to keep you company.'— Loulsville Courler-Journal Junior—8o you didn't propose to her, after all? Weed—No. And I'm not going to, When I got to her house I found her chasing a mouse with a broom —Puck Willle~What dots postpon'ng ths evil day menn, daa? Dad—When a politiclan tad but I'll have a's WENDTRIUST. Wil F. Gritfin 1 wanted the sween of the wild wet wenther The driving wind ard the lashine ra'n— T wanted the mountains and plains to- gether, Stretching away from the cab!n pane, But I only hear dull traffic's rumble, The nolsy clane of a car bell nizh— Dreams must fade and cast Here In the haze of a oity crumble I wanted the it of a songster, 'lnfiln(. And a flowered trail that was winding, slim— And, oh. for the calm of the trestops’ singing, And a road that led to the world's far | fim! Bui there's never o song la ths fevercl highway, Only the din of a passing truck: There's never a bloom in the noisy by- wa, That ?mly tenderly bend to pluck. 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