Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 1, 1916, Page 6

6 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER. VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. The Bee Publishing Company, Proprietor. BEE BUILDING, FARNAM AND SEVENTEENTH. Entered at Omaha postoffice as second-class matter, TERMS OF susscmr‘nox By carrier per month ..6bc By mail per year. 00 Dally and Sunday. ... Daily without Sunday. Evening and Sunday.. Evening without Sunday luMAy Bee only and aundqy Bee, three years in lencq $10.00. Mnlnouu of change of address or irregularity in delivery to Omaha Bee, Circulation Department. REMITTANCE. express or postal order, Only two- cent stamps ived in payment of small accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha and eastern ex- ghange, not_accepted. OFFICES, Omaha—The Bee Bullding. Bouth Omaha—2318 N street, Councll Bluffs—14 North Main street. Lincoin—b526 Little lm!ldlny Chicago—A18 Peopley Gl: Building, New York—Room 1106, 286 Fifth avenus, Bt. Louis—503 New Bank of Cominerce, Washington—725 Fourteenth CORRESPONDENCE, Address communications relating to news and edis tornl matter to Omaha Bee, Itorial Department, o APRIL CIKCULATION, 57,808 Daily—-Sunday 52,223 Dwight Willlams, circulation manager of the Bes Publishing company, being duly sworn, says that the avers clreulation for the month of April, 1916, was daily and 62,223 Sunday. DWIGHT WILLIAMS, Cireulation Man Bubscribed in my presence and sworn to before me this day of May, 1916, ROBERT HUNTER, Notary Publie. Subscribers leaving the city temporarily should have the Bee mailed to them. Ad- dress will be changed as often as uquutod O . e 5 B Remit by dra Pretty soon there'll be a demand for a safe oo, and sane Memorial day, You must admit, though, that the stage man- agement for the colonel is au fait, ——— Maybe the senator will let go of that post- office appointment after the St. Louis convention. Omaha will be glad to see Mr. Calvin again, and hopes that he will bring a new depot with him. ———— Somebody can help the democrats out of a dilemma by suggesting a way to increase the rev- enue without increasing taxes. R After all is said and done, the process of sav- ing the country cannot be guaraunteed unless Ne- braska’s favorite sons for vice president are con- scripted as assistant engineers. Reports indicate that the reorganized Serbian army will soon get in touch with the Bulgars on the plains of Macedonia. In that event the Mace- donian cry of old will be as a whisper to a fog- horn, oIt was unkmd ol someone to remind our good, lrund (by permission) Edgar Howard that both’ Dan Stephens and the senator were elected be- cause of him, The scoffer might have said in spite of. e—— A million-dollar raise in the valuation of the railroads in Nebraska doesn't mean much, but it will be a mighty good excuse for the democrats when they begin to explain high tax rates to the farmers next fall. ———— Now the complaint comes from West Virginia that election rolls in democratic districts are en- cumbered with the names of dogs, mules, and dead and gone voters. Well, the party has to get votes somewhere British authorities continue pressing home the mobilization of American securities held by the country's investors. These precious holdings not only fortify exchange rates, but also provide hangars for launching silver bullets later on e e With Serbs and Anglo-French troops on one section of Greece and Bulgars and Teutons on the other, and closing in for death grips, the Gre- cian government steadily nears an inglorious po- sition “between the devil and the deep sea.” One of the tasks put up to women as part of “clean up America” campaign, divest politics of graft. The author of the job evi dently thinks American women love life-long en ements. He is entitled to another guess s to The upset price for the Western Pacific rail road is fixed by the court at $18,000,000. Any person obsessed with the idea that railroads are not run as they should be may come across with the money and what's what. show railroad back-numbers Patriotism to be taught in the public sc! should be unmixed with any constrained views of relationship between the citizen and his gov ernment. The childish not splitting hairs as finely as some of the folks who nowadays argue over what the flag stands for —— mind s capahle of Some thrills of the human frame soar he the range of movie cameras who shot his il The Omaha fire m s from curb to curb ar won on the run, mocks the speed of the Hilw squad. No shutter » quick enough 1o cateh a scream Thirty Years Ago This Day in Omaha Compliind Fram Bas Files J. Sesrnadort, 1aritt elerk Pagifie general freght depariment L opt sasretary 1o W F Grifinky of the Union as tende 9 the pasition of he soewl wewly & mmbsaioner of the Omaha Freght barean gqvnulun At been connected with 1he | “ W e the last four years Postoltice Inspacior Brown has gone 1o \ ale Hne 0 look lnte the robbery of the postalice that place Rev M. Wilson has accrpted 1he call 10 he pastor of the Castalar street Praabiyterian church De. Eloanor Saalla g Daily has goo i onln 0 avtend the State Medual socieny Avticles of imcorporation were i wi gounty cheek by the U K Mayos Real Fargie & YA company The capital is set ot B30 0 Ahe Icorparators ate C K Mayes Day Som A M Masne B £ Maves asd L. R & Cenrge Warren Smith fled & comp N this B 10 stoure peasession of the premines now Bebd by Jay © Whinners. bt 8 Block 1 X Whis | iy Bov, Mo Shersell has gone 10 Columbin THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, at the Flag Stands For. [ The school teacher who told her class that the flag is “but a piece of bunting,” and explained that she meant in relation to human life, made a serious mistake. Human life is sacred, but to be of savor it must be of service; mere existence is not living. To eagerly enjoy the pleasures of life and shirk its responsibilities is not living. Even if it were 8o, to have those pleasures and to be permitted to enjoy them, human lives must blend into something intangible but possessed of force and vitality, That something is government. In the United States this government is “of the peo- ple, by the people, and for the people.” To main- tain it requires the constant care of the people all the time, and a devotion to it that knows no limit, War is terrible in any of its manifestations, but there are things worse than war. Life devoid of liberty, even though existence be softened by luxuries and comforts, loses its value. It has no fuller meaning than the life of 3 pampered pet. Our government gives us liberty, freedom of speech, of thought and action, and preserves us safe in the exercise of that liberty, And the flag is the emblem of that government. This teacher should revise her philosophy. Our flag does not represent war, or force, but stands for the most perfect form of government yet known to man. It may be of silk, or of bunting, or of cotton, or printed on paper, it matters not the substance of which it is composed; the flag of the United States stands for great ideas, great principles, involving and supporting human free- dom in all its aspects, And this idea is more precious than many lives, for it is the life of all the race, School teachers, ‘above all other citizens, should know what the American flag stands for. Waiting for President Calvin. When President Calvin of the Union Pacific comes to Omaha to take up his duties, he will find one very important question waiting for him, It is the new union depot. Omaha has outgrown its present depot facili- ties. Especially lacking in all the essentials of a great terminal station is the plant used by the Union Pacific and its connecting lines. This is 80 clear to all that argument on the point is need- less. In the ordinary course of events, the rail- roads must expand their station accommodations in Omaha in order that they may properly care for a traffic that is continually increasing. The Union Pacific, as landlord for the Towa roads that cross its bridge, is primarily respon’ sible for the condition that exists, and should lead off in any move for improvement. The other great lines centering in Omaha will not long demur at the project, if the Overland takes the initiative. Mr, Calvin can well afford to inaugu- rate his administration by the announcement of definite plans for the construction of a passenger ation in Omaha that is in keeping with the city's importance and dignity. Carranza Again Makes Appeal. Secretary Lansing is in receipt of another note from the de facto government of Mexico, asking that a definite time be fixed for the withdrawal | of United States troops from Mexican territory. This may be interpreted as meaning the politital pressure on Carranza is getting too strong for him, It is not possible that he can mistake the real meaning of the presence of American troops in Mexico. It is not that the United States has any sinister designs, it does not portend war, but it does mean that outlawry and disorder will be less of a menace to our border so long as our army is in control on the Mexican side. The United States government and not Carranza will determine when order has been sufficiently estab- lished to justify the withdrawal of the expedi- tionary forces. If anything to this end has been accomplished, none of the credit is due to the effort or the attitude of the de facto Mexican government. Whatever may have been the rela- tions between our president and the “first chief, Mr. Wilson cannot afford to risk a renewal of border disturbances merely for the sake of saving Carranza's face with his petulant countrymen Beet Seeds from Rus: From the west coast comes the news that car- goes of sugar beet seed from Russia are arriving by way of Vladivostok, establishing a new trade route as well as renewing the supply of this seed which is almost exclusively used in the west Hitherto we have depended largely on Germany and France for sugar beet seed, but Russia has contributed some, although the route has been across the Atlantic rather than the Pacific. This will not be the only change in trade routes occa- | sioned by the European upheaval. Nebraska is still greatly interested in the sugar industry, for many acres in the west end of the state are given to the production of sugar beets, the rapidly becoming one of the most profit over and crop is able. The crop last season returned millions of dollars to the farmers tributary to the big mill at | g | Scott's Bluff there | this h and the erection of a new m scason is proof that still more sugar heets Nebraska's contribut to the are to he grows o the v i s continually D — supply Strange contrasts frequently ark The other day Char arked that the “prosperity of the freams. g - capacity business A\ of the Charity Organiza New ) report hat 50000 families winte atisfactory standard & forts. " The truth is that spot " cos benefity o fow & mbarra fated po tude Wress post laek pot the hectie, tow e e New ¥ T bably th anane " fesiead 1o iy That s few o chafeller, byt ) wrong e » ate that ha vl bog sending anather million needed » apa Germa a AN marks puts the ¢ wto the hill lars 4 b olass Oher wa W@ ations show squal speed toward hankrnpiey ‘Congressional Record. I am opposed to contributing $50,000,000 from the treasury of the United States to buy inflated priced ships for the government. By the way, that is impossible at this time, as there is less than that sum in the treasury of clear legal ten- der money. | am equally opposed to mortgaging the future by sale of Panama bonds, placing a burden upon our children of $50,000,000 for them to pay for ships to be purchased now at the high- est price ships have ever brought, not only in the history of the United States, but in the history of the world since Commodore Noah started out with his water craft and the scoffers of that day looked around, saw the gathering flood, and then asked him to name his price for a ship. (Laugh- ter). “Yet the inspiring genius of this legislation, still active in its support, no doubt will find a way to go into the market and purchase ships at whatever price necessary to obtain them, and place that burden upon our children. They prob- ably will, God bless them, forgive us for it, but they will have a sublime contempt for our busi- ness judgment in investing at this time, The western man who bought water in a dry season to hold for use when the floods came had nothing on the financial genius who conceived this leg- islative enterprise. “I ohject to the investment for.a larger rea- son, and that is the reason unveiled by the speaker of the house in his address yesterday, unveiled with that frankness which compels us all to love and admire him. “Gentlemen will recall that the first bill pre- sented in this house for this legislation, two or more years ago, stated clearly that it was to build ur our South American trade. That appeared also in the committee reports to the house and senate. But now the purpose un until yesterday and today was, if not veiled and concealed, was kept ably secluded. Because while I have al- ways understood that the main purpose was to build up this South American trade, nothing in the bill, committee report, or responsible speech emphasized that fact till the speaker declared the South American trade as the larger end to be served by passage of this bill “I have no objection to building up trade with South America, with Europe, or with any of the continents of the earth, but I do not desire that trade shall be built up with South America at the expense of the American treasury so as to give a special discrimination against the people whom I represent and those living in that part of the country whence I come “The following is a portion of an editorial taken from the Wallace Farmer, one of the great- est farm journals in the world. T knew well its able and venerable founder in his lifetime. The last time I met him we discussed the adverse line of legislation begun and carried out in congress against the men and women of the northwest and the industries through which they were mak- ing that section the best and most useful part of the world—reciprocity, so-called farmers’ free list, Underwood tariff law, and now this government- owned shipping bill, with the South American trade as its objective: “But if we should be able to secure a large share of the South American trade, what effect will it have on the agri- culture of the United States? What will it mean to the corn-belt farmer, who hus been furnishing most of the corn consumed in the United States, and in some years has been exporting? What will it mean to the wheat grower in the United States? What will it mean to the live stock grower and feeder, not only in the corn belt, but in the west? “If we should establish & line of merchant vessels for the South American trade, either by government subsidy or through government ownership, these vessels would take down there the products of our manufacturing en- What will South America sell to us in return they buy from us? Naturally they will expect us to take their agricultural products, their corn and their small grains, their cattle, sheep and hides. What effect will that have on the agriculture of the west? If we ex- pect South American people to buy from us, we must be willing to buy from them and we must buy what they have to sell. “For a generation the farmers of this country sustained & high protective tariff on manufsctured products, and during that period they were given a high protective tariff on agricultural products, Few of them realized that this tariff on agricultural products was absolutely worthless to them, because we had a surplu ricultural products which we were selling at prices with which no other country could compete. ~ When, a few years ago, prices of grain and live stock reached a point at which other countries could compete, what happened to us? The paper tariff, which had been of no value up to that time, very promptly taken off as soon as it became worth something, and we are not likely to get it back if the efforts to establish relations with South America are successful, “The price of corn, for example, is governed very largely by the surplus which we have to sell; not neces- the surplus which goes out of the country, but the which goes out of the country in which it was This amounts to not more than 20 per cent of Speaking roughly, the price is fixed by a The Argentine sur- grown. the total crop. surplus of, say, 600,000,000 bushels. plus of corn is in the neighborhood of 170,000,000 bushels, or about one-third of our surplus. Now, if the price is fixed by our surplus of 500,000,000 bushels, what will happen if we add to that surplus 170,000,000 bushels from Argentina? We can not asy definitely, but we would estimate the effect to be a reduction of not less than 5 cents A bushel—probably more. What effect will this have on the price of our land, remembering that this 6 cents in taken out of the profit of the farmer? “Not alone the farmers, but all of the citizens of the west should consider this situation. No one can foreses now just what effect this war and its termination will have upon the United States; but when we consider that the prosperity of the west depends upon the prosperity of its agriculture, it seems high time that we should take note of the probuble developments that may very injur- jously affect us It seems to us the time has come for the people of the west to consider whether they should not send to congress men who will represent the west and its inter ests, rather than men who will represent this party or that party South America, and ntina, 18 our greatest rival for f what are now, 3o far as farw concerned ed-trade oitie | fon and New Y k, Bost and Liverpool, Philadelphia and Bir gham, Ba vmore and Mancheste Argentina exports more beel and vea an any other nation on earth \rgentina export e ¢ that all other nations t art & th ited States The United States ed J0.000,00¢ ' years the WO I nearly 4 & larg ' . \rg le a . y & ira . . . [ pean wa . \1ge . W [ . . . . e Ca . } ) A . ‘ 5 wia \ve 4 'Y andd § ' R ' p X . . ¥ . . wres sk “ P o & N ) . . . M § “ M ’ " N N N ' . N State e A oAy A B ey 0y e, ! and arha L P AP AraRapita sen, Miguels & wiros of South A Applavee epublican wide | JUNE Who's Who ‘ In the Republican Presidential Race. || who ap- support Mr. Charles E. Hughes of New York, parently has the largest popular of any of those under consideration. Hughes is 564 years old and served as governor of New York before his appoint- ment to his present position as associate justice of the supreme court of the United States. Theodore Roosevelt of New York, sidered “the candidate to be reckoned with.” | Colonel Roosevelt is 58 years old and has | filled many high public offices, including the | con- highest—that of president of the United | States. | Elihu Root of New York, who is be- lieved to be favored by big party leaders. Mr. Root is 71 years old and is famous as & lawyer. He was secretary of war under | McKinley, secretary of state under Roose- velt and United States senator from New York, 1909 to 1916, Charles W, Fairbanks of Indiana, who has been indorscd by the republicans of his own and several other states. Mr. Fair- banks is in his 65th year, Mr. Fairbanks was United States senator from Indiana from 1807 to 1606 and vice president from 1906 to 1909, Theodore E. Burton of Ohio, who is the choice of the republicans of his own state. Mr. Burton is 656 years old. He served nearly twenty-five years in congrese, divided between nine terms in the house and one term as United States senator. Albert B, Cummins of lowa, for whom the delegates from his own and several other western states have been instructed. Senator Cummins is 66 years old. He was elected United States senator in 1905, after having served three terms in the governor- ship. John W. Weeks of Massachusetts, who may secure one-half the delegates from his own state and a few from other states. Mr. Weeks is 66 years old. He began his career as a midshipman in the navy, from which he resigned to engage in the banking business. His public service em- braces four terms in the house and one term as United States senator. Lawrence Y. Sherman of lllinols, to whom fifty-six delegates from his state have been pledged. Mr. Sherman is 58 years old. His activities were confined to Illinols state politics before his election to his present position of United States senator. Warren G. Harding of Ohio, who {s re- garded as & possibility in certain contin- genc Mr. Harding is 61 years old and & journalist by profession. He has long been prominent in Ohio politics and served as lleutenant governor, being chosen United States senator to succeed Theodore K. Burton, Samuel W. MeCall of Massachusetts, who might come to the front in ease of a dead- loek. Mr. McCall is 65 years old and served nine consecutive terms in congress before being elected to the governorship of Massachusetts last November. Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin, who is not considered so prominently as he was four years ago, though he has a num ber of delegates pledged to him. Mr. La Follette is 61 years old and one of the origi- nal progressive republicans. He made his first reputation in the house of represen- tatives and was subsequently elected gov- ernor of Wisconsin, and since 1906 has been # United States senator, Henry Ford of Michigan, for whom the thirty votes of that state have been pledged, but who is not meriously considered as a factor. Mr. Ford is 63 years old and owes his reputation to his success as an | automobile manufacturer und his advocacy of international peace. Major General Leonard Wood, U. 8, A, in whose behalf there has been conducted a | rather active propaganda of late. General Wood is 66 years old and a surgeon by | profession. He has been in military service since 1886 and has never taken an active | part in politics, | J.Coleman Du Pont of Delaware, for whom the wix votes of his state have been pledged and who calls himself “the busi- ness man's candid General Du Pont is 63 years old and & member of the fa- mous family of powder makers of Dela- ware. He occupies a high position in finan- cial circles and has served as the Dela- ware member of the republican national committee. James W. Wadsworth, jr., of New York, who is regarded in some quarters as a pos- sible residuary legatee of the Raot follow- ing. Mr. Wadsworth is 89 years old. He served four years as speaker of the New | York general assembly and last year was | elected to the United States senate. Editorial Snapshots Washington Post: The best way in | which some men can show their respect for the national hymn is never to try to yodel | it Pittsburg Dispateh: When you reflect that putting the clock ahead for more day light means going to bed in the warm hours of the evening and getting up when it is coolest to sles t does not seem so at- tractive Brooklyn Eagle: Mr. Lloyd-George is a | Celt and ought by that fuct to be so much the better cquipped to meet the delicate | problems of Irish reconciliation. If he were an Irish Celt it might be quite the con trary, paradoxical as it may seem Philadelphin Ledger: The bird of peace | has had so muc t put its tail that that perhaps explains its inability to fly | from its pe to the lands where it is most needed It is loaded down ike the cause it typifies, with good wishes that are | as heavy as lead Baltimore America Peaple who stand | | in deadly fear of germs ought to be some. | what reassured by the confession of D Waite, in which he relates that his father inddaw was proof against all the deadly di germs which he planted liberally in | tim's system. In apite of administering typhoid, wrip wnd. diphtheria trulent the unsclentif Chican Herald \ . s “e heard th of Back We wspand (it should mean he alth, grea e a . & e ot imp o o Paek . what the " aving ome Nn braska Editors i X A “ N . . . N . ‘e Wiy MIRTHFUL REMARKS say that if it | much longer w 0-cent gasoline.—Life Of course, Jack, I'm fond of you, Why, | Redd—"You can't buy happiness, you ha\»l t I just danced six times with you know." T don't see any proof in that Greene—"Why not? You don't have vour “You would If you only realized how you |sigars given to you, do you?"—Yonkers dance.”"—Chicago News. Statesman P Witie—Tomorrow will be my twenty-sixth EARLY BIRD! / birthday Y 8. Hubby-—~Why, a year ago, Just h»fore our Oh, Robin, with your breast of red. Say, did you set your clock ahead That you are up so early; Your piping penetrates my dreams As also do the first sunbeams And this might make me surly; But somehow echoes of your glee Rebound somewhere inside of me And I am glad as glad can be To be aroused so early. wedding, you told ‘me you were 22 Wifle—Yes, but we women age rapidly after marriage.—Boston Transeript come when he grows up? Hubby—Well, he's had experience enough be a town crier.—~Town Topics. to DEAR MR. KABIBBLE, ¥ I ELOFE, Do You THINK MY FATHER WILL GIVE CHASE P==0 F HE'S A MOVING PICTURE FAN HE WiLL! R: 2 Oh, Red-head, drumming at my roof Against your taps my dreams aren‘t proof, But ‘they do not distress me; Although my dreams are rent in two I would not hurl my soap at yeu, No such desires possess me; For T am glad to be awake When all the birds sweet music make. Long e'er it's time to dress me Oh, Bluejay, I have heard you scream At morning when the first gold beam Came stealing to my garret; But I've never longed to cast my shoe Or ink or comb or brush at you— T never did, T swear It; For when you 'waken me I hear The gross-beak and the blusbird near; And if I'm feeling out of gear Their glad songs help me hear it ‘hat s your idea of a political leader?"” One who s able to percaiva the way the | crowd s going, and follows with loud whoops in that direction.’—Judge. ‘“They are not trylng to catch the bandit chief in any of the cities, are they?" “Why shouldn't they?” “Hecause the best place s in the suburbs to look for a Villa."—Baltimore American. Oh, Wood-Thrush, At in dreams 1 hear dawn your notes resounding cl But this fact does not grieve me; I simply cannot feel {rate When my beauty sleep you perforate— I never could, believe me! For fn my dreams I follow far, Where the beauties that you sing of are And their memories never leave me. 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