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Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-09
Caring for Our Forests.

One Of the overlooked facts in connection
with our forests was brought out in hearing
before congressional committee last week B.
S. Kellogg, chairman Of the paper committee
of the A. N. P. A., said that forestry is not a
perishing industry, nor wood disappearing re-
source as is the case with OIL coal, iron and other
minerals. Wood is crop that is grown and
harvested By proper management as much may
be grown as is consumed each year.
At present the newspapers of the United
States consume an enormous amount. If repre-
sented in the standard width Of sheet, 73 inches
it would unrol strip ll3O00O00 miles long
Yet all this can be reproduced in the form OF
timber in single year if proper care is given
to forestation Germany took up the conserva-
ton OF timber many years ago, and carefully
watched the cutting Of trees, with the net re-
suit that when the war broke out Germany
actually had more standing timber than at the
beginning of the policy. OF course, Germany
from Russia, but scarcely more than we do, in
proportion, when the pulp wood is taken into
consideration. France was rapidly restoring the
forests on denuded mountain sides when war
stopped the work; England had to make many
sacrifices of its trees TO the military but is NOV
ing to repair the damage by replanting. and more
carefully conserving what is left
A similar policy is urged on America. If the
operations of logging are carried on under prop
er supervision, and the cut-over area is carefully
replanted, the forest will renew ITSELF and in
few years will produce annually as much of new
growth as will equal the consumption. 1t is
merely question of whether we will continue
to waste, or at this late day begin to consume
on the wise basis of continuous replacement Of
our forest wealth @ s5
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-09
"Never Literally Dry

An admission by Prohibition Supervisor
Kramer that the United States will never be
literally dry" comes as a recognition Of a
mournful fact familiar to all philosophers and
moralists. However desirable world without
alcohol may seem to SOME, II is unattanable, for
the same sound reason that evil persists in spite
of all efforts to eradicate it. Man is not only
born to trouble as sparks fly upward, but he
turns to iniquity as naturally as he does 70 lot
of other things. Not all men are evil; at no time
have the wicked outnumbered the righteous, at
least aot since the days OF the deluge Moral
perception, sense of right, and wrong, and an
inclination to do right are part of mans in
hertance, an attribute to- the divinity that resides
within him.
AS the race has made progress so has the
moral standard been advanced, imperceptibly
but steadily, until things that were considered
proper or at least permissible by our fathers ar
now discouraged or actually frowned upon. II
is by these changes that we gauge the actual
spiritual growth of the race Prohibition is one
of these stages. Cynical observers long ago
suggested that morality is amatter Of latitude
and Longitude. One has even gone so far as to
intimate that the Maker in His wisdom provided
WOTidIt LOT tHe NOT DlOOuSu IHeu OF Iae tOrrlQ
zone and alcohol for the colder races of the
frigid regions. Whatever OF justification may
exist for such a conclusion, it is exactly true
that in the United States He has raised up a
race that has learned to curb its passion, to
restrain its impulses, and live ternperately in
all wnvs.
This race has put ban on the use Of
alcoholic liquor as beverage. Just as it long
ago developed the highest standard with regard
! to its womanhood, so now it is setting up an
equal measure for manhood Neither will be
attained in its full idealisrn but both will remain
as guide. and inspiration. Alcohol in some
form will probably always be sought by those
whose perversity turns them to it, and these
will be many, but it may be accepted as settled
that the general sentiment of the people of this
land. will never again sustain the customs and
manners that went with the open saloon Even
though the strict repression of the existing law
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-09
From a Farmers Kiewpoint

! back are as small as our neighbors
who put theirs into the Skinner COM
rany. OF course some wise mogul
will come along and tell us that we
should have known better, that we
are crazy, lop-sided. and that our
dome is cracked. Mswe wouldn't have
fed steers the past fall, and then in
the same breath. he will tell us to
Keep cool, and ''lever headed and
everything will come out all right
after while.
The farmer is about aa thoroughly
disgusted with the condition OF
things, as it is possible for human
being to get, and 1t isn't going to
take many more straws to breaf
the camels back All we are ask.
ing is fair and square deal.
believe we are entitled to that. and
the sooner we begin to stand up for
our rights the better of we will be,
OF all men, it seems to me that we
farmers in Cunning county had the
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-09
The Bees Platform
"oLD MEN FOR COUNSEL. !.

Up rises gentleman of some experience and
scornfully boots at the thought of 90 being con.
ssidered "old." AT three score man ought to
be in full possession of all his faculties mentally
and physically alert and capable of doing better
work than ever Being odd" argues this phi
losopher, is pose rather than fact; men cajole
themselves with the thought that they need. a
rest" look for greater difference and more
consideration are disinemed to, exert themselves,
and generally put on the attitude of approaching
senility, when matter of truth all they need
is to take brisk walk, long breath, and they
are fit for any task.
Just when does man grow old is a ques-
ton not easily answered. Psychologists base his
age on his arteries; others on his personal atti-
tude towards things in general, butnone OF them
set a boundary to mark where youth leaves off
and age begins, other than the all-embracing
term of middle aged" which may mean any
where from l8 to rs. Dr. Osler,. in jocular
way, some years ago proposed 40 as the arbi-
trary limit and 90 as the dead line, but only sue
ceeded in raising a storm of protest from per-.
whose atrophied sense of humor marked
them as subjects for the doctors Clinic had he
been SO minded. While 40 may regard 60 as
venerable. and 50 perhaps tolerate 40 as ebullient
youth, Is and Is still seem centuries apart, and
the pyramids look down on all, impressive re-
minders that life is not really measured by turns
of the hour-glass $3.50
In the current Atlantic an anonymous writer
considers the question from another standpoint.
He night have taken his text from Tennyson:
knowledge comes, but Wisdom fingers, and
he bears laden Breast, full of sad experience"
His argument proceeds along the line that be-
cause man has survived the stress Of years he
should have accumulated such IA fund Of knowl-
edge as may have crystallized into some gems OF
wisdom. The burden of experience he bears is
worth something to the world, just because it
is experience from which all should receive
profit So this retiring writer illustrates his point
by quoting from history as to the benefits man
kind has derived in days gone by from heark-
ening to the wisdom that accompanies increase
of years. "Ripened" and "mellowed"' are famil-
lar verbal terms for age and to this is ascrbed
the qualities of soundness and capacity for dis
elimination which may well serve the world in
this time of need. r
Youth is not to be denied; the. young will still
press hastily forward to take the center of the
stage at the earliest possible moment. 1t is right
that they should, nor does any man whose hair
is white with passing years begrudge the younger
his full opportunity to try his hand at running
things. But the adage of the barbarian will ring
true for ages yet to come: "Old men for coun-
sci; young men for war;" When the hot en-
thusiasm Of youth is tempered with the kindly
chill Of experience, the enterprise will proceed
slower, perhaps, but more prosperous because it
is guided by wisdom, although propelled by zeal.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-09


right to expect that Charles Croft
of Bancroft was renl friend ITO us,
but since his Omaha address. l be-
lieve it is now up to Charlie to tell
us in good plain English which side
he really is on. 1t wouldn't be very
hard for any fair-minded person to
investigate and lind out the exa''
financial condition the farmers are
In. and also find out to their own
satisfaction that the farmer Is IN
no way to blame for the predica-
ment he is in, and that somebody
else higher up along the line has
taken all his hard-earned profits.
both in live stock and grain, and
left him to sell his surplus stock
and grain, away below what 1t has
actually cost to produce it. And
then men will have the gall" to
stand UP and tell the farmers to get
down and work a little harder. that
these same higher-ups may turn the
same trick again. '
No, no, fellow farmers. let's get to-
gether. and fight for our rights. and
a square deal JOHN j. NEWELL,
Garfield township, Cunning county,
Nah
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-09
Marketing the Book.

~ While "of the making of books there is no
end the selling of them presents something that
just now is engaging the serious attention Of
the publishers. Costs in the book factory have
gone up, just as in other branches of the print
ing industry; white paper, tabor, ink and all
coming at an advance that precludes the pres
entation Of volumes at the selling price of four
or FIVE years ago. This, however, has had but
moderate effect on the stream that issues from
the press. Cause for complaint is found in the
limited demand for editions.
! This has led to the "buy book a week"
movement, which has not as yet taken hold out
west. Mr.. Geofge p Brett, president Of the
Macmillan company, is quoted by the Christian
Science Monitor as saying: "The English pub
fishers enjoy much better demand for, books
of serious character than obtains in this coun-
try" To this the Monitor retorts: "If the prob
lem Of wise selection by the publishers were
solved, the problem of bookselling today would
be simpler in every way" Then it adds:
The advertising Of the better books must
not depend on the mere reiteration Of catch
phrases, but must actually educate the
readers of advertisements until they are more
discriminating in their book purchases. In
bookstores. and even in department stores
with DOOk departments, tHefc InuSt UcN
better display of the interestingly serious
books, not only of the immediate season but
of past seasons, and better training Of
salesnen tor various types of customers,
/, so that they will not simply try to say
what they think the different customers wish,
but will be Of real service through giving in
formation based on some understanding of
literary standards in short, the ,book-sell
ing problem is not to induce everybody to
buy SOM ling or anything, in the shape of
books but to minimize the books that are
not worth selling and to aid all sorts of
people in choosing volumes from which they
will get intelligent satisfaction
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-09

may be relaxed, and considerable clement Of
influence and power is moving to that end
whatever of indulgence may follow will not take
on the vanished form. The United States will
never be literally dry, but liquor will not again
have the place il did in our national life
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-09
First Hunger Striker.

The first man to adopt the method of the
hunger strike as protest against his imprison-
In lawsuit and finding himself unable to pay,
he took sanctuary in the abbey of Hollywood
house, where he resolutely abstained from food
80 or 40 days. His fame spread rapidly and he
subsequently gave fasting exhibitions throughout
Europe-Indanapoii News
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-09
THE kick" THAT BLINDS,
Kills

DR. Casey Wood says that in, the
first four months of 1920 there were
40 deaths from wood alcohol pois-
oning incidental to the use of adul-
terated beverages. During the same
time only 18 died from grain alcohol
poisoning.
have no information as to Wheth-
er the deaths due to drinking alcohol
| kept up at the same rate during
| the remainder of the year Probably
| not for the disposition to drink in
| toxicants strong enough to burn as
! they go down is greatest In the cold
| months, ] wonder il we are in, for
| a repetition OF last years experience
in the first four months of this year.
So harmful is wood alcohol that
the commissioner of internal revenue
issued a notice against it. From that
notice the following extracts are
| taken:
Reports recently received in the
! bureau established that completely
denatured alcohol is being used ex-
tensively for bathing and rubbing
| purposes Gas a liniment or an
ingredient of liniments.) This is
contrary, to the INV, as completely
denatured alcohol Is highly injurious
to the skin and animal tissues.
1T also is established that COM
pletely denatured alcohol is being
sold by irresponsible dealers under
circumstances as to assure them that
1t is being used for beverage pur-
poses. Where it is so used for any
length of time blindness inevitably
ensues and the continued use can
only result in death.
collectors should use every means
at their disposal to make known to
the public the dangers of either ex-
ternal or internal uses Of completely
denatured alcohol. ~
TN view of the grave and extended
abuses of the use of completely dena-
tured alcohol reported 1t Is deemed
necessary to print upon the labels
the following: Completely denatured
alcohol is violent poison. It can
not be applied externally to human
Injurious results. 1t cannot be taken
internally without inducing blindness
and general physical decay, ultimate
ly resulting in DEATH" - >
Referring to the dangers OF COM
'pletely denatured alcohol, the com
missioner had in mind the effects OF
wood alcohol or Columbian spirits.
His warning should extend to those
who have no opportunity to see the
original bottles and toread the labels
thereof, and to those who drink
pickup" whisky or, who fortify near
beer, and also those who rub with
various wildcat liniments."
y So great is the danger OF causing
blindness that the National Associa'
ton for Prevention of Blindness
made this action by the commission
er the occasion for a publicity cam
paign and the National Safety coun-
Gil put out a bulletin intended to
reach millions of workingmen.
Gropefruit is All Right.
w r. c. writes: II note you rec
ommend the use~of oranges as food
for the vitamines they furnish. Is !
the same benefit obtained from
grapefruit? AS we are very fond
of the latter it is the custom for
each member to be served with one
half of large grapefruit each morn
ing for breakfast, while they are in
season Unless oranges are very de-
cidedly preferable from a standpoint |
of healthfulness, we desire to CON-
tinue the grapefruit w. r. g.
REPLY. ~
Grapefruit contains all tho anti |
ccnrhutjc VIII NINA yoIl need
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-09
How to Keep Well
By DIR. W. A. EVANS

By DR.. W.. A. EVANS
Questions concerning by giene. santa
t,on and prevention Of disease, SUBJ
mitted to DIR. Evans by readers OF The
Bee, will be answered personally, sub
jeet to proper limitation, where q
stamped. addressed envelope 10 en-
closed. DIR. Evans will not make
diagnosis or prescribe for individual
diseases. Address letters In care Of
The Bee.
Copyright. 1920. by Dr.. W. A. Evans.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-09
Inventive Genius Wanted.

There's a real reward awaiting the man or
woman who discovers use for Christmas cards
after their. stereotyped messages have passed
their initial reading-Buffalo Express.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-09

Senator Penrose has disappointed the demo
Gratis again by declining to upset the republican
program. How perverse he isl
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-09

Artistic temperament and cave man tendencies
are keeping the front page headline writers busy
looking for new words to apply to an old, old
situation
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-09

Having exhausted other methods of excite
ment, Mexico City IS now indulging in financial
panic. Slowly but surely the Mexican is SOLDERING.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-09

Boland may find out that Mayor Hylan's
bailiwick is not @he United States, after all
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-09

The sound of the riyeter at work Is anothe
sign that Omaha is growing.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-09

Mr.. Harding is getting plenty Of advice.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-04-24
TO SHAPE FUTURE POLICY.

Officials of both the army and navy
the men who set the policies Of the
United States in matters of defense
and offense, are awaiting the out
come of the test with a great deal
of interest. On it will depend in q
large measure, the policy Of the
United States in future prepared
ness, it is said. The battleships, OF
course, have their advocates. And
it is rightly pointed out that even II
the United States should decide to
make the aircraft its main weapon
OF offense and defense, the battle
ship still would have to be retained
The test, as Government officials
recently explained. is not to deter
mine which, il either, is to be done
away with, but which is to be relied
upon in certain emergencies under
certain conditions.
The hundred thousand people who
compromise the population of New
port News, Hampton, Phoebus and
vicinity are for the battleship. They
always have talked and thought in
terms of battleships-and they ex-
pect to continue to as long as the
United States needs any weapon OF
offense or defense. They ar frank
to state, as a rule, that they do not
think the test can DE fair one, for
the battleships will not be allowed
to fire back on the suffering cir
cling demon OF the air.
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STAND
EXPLAINED BY K. c.
Catholic Order Favors Letting
= Film Producers Work Out
f Own Salvation.

Beseiged by Catholic and non-Cath-
Ollie reform societies In all parts OF
the United States and Canada to give
an official statement on their stand
on motion picture censorship, the
knights OF Columbus, through Su-
preme Secretary William ]. MCKINLEY,
have declared for some form OF control
over the movies"
Neither the. X. of c. nor any other
body can give any blanket support to
censorship without knowing some
thing of the personal character of
the censors. IL narrow, blue-law
minds are to be our censors we should
probably never graduated beyond pic
LIMITATIONS of Mother Goose and copy
book maxims. But, unauestionably.
there Is ample scope for fine pictures
OF life as Il IL lived without the evil
suggestiveness and so-called lavish
spectacles that are featured so much.
mo feature OF motion picture en-
tertainment is so engrossing as the
news-reels published by different
companies. Yet these news-reels rare
~, IL ever, make any appeal to sex.
They are interesting moving pictures
OF the events OF the day and people
want to see them more than they
want to see black-eyed vamps and
powdered Don Juans.
The knights of Columbus prefer
to see the industry, which is big
enough and certainly generous in all
good causes, control itself and eXpel
or in some way punish frequent Of
tenders against good taste. Failing
this. legal censorship will be the less
er OF two evils. the other being I'M
controlled license
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get nearer the battleships than a
certain prescribed distance-this dis
lance yet to be determined. An i'm
aginary barrier will be drawn. And
see that the army's craft do not
come that near.
The newspapers thus far have sue
ceeded in getting the army to talk
but very little. But all the talking
thus far has been done by the army,
with the exception of what Ex-Secre-
tary Josephus Daniels did before he
gave way to DENLY, ex-marine and
deep-sea dog. Daniels was willing
to stand on the deck of battleship
and let the army pop away at him
with bombs, he said. DENLY is maxi
ing no such rash promises.
He, however, has sent several OF
, the navy's best air machines to York
town and the Hampton Roads naval
base and plan of defense is being
worked out by the navy which Will
be kept secret until the army's craft
wing their way out over Chesapeake
Bay for real. work.
General Mitchell, chief Of the air
service, will have charge OF the
army's craft in the attack. de is
dividing his time between Washing
ton and Langley Field. And 1t Is
reported that he is we'll pleased with
the progress his aces are making:
1t has not been announced who Will
direct the defense for the navy.
Probabilities are, however, that the
commanding officer of the Atlantic
fleet will have a say as to what
method the navy will follow in de-
Tending itself.
There now are two score or more
machines at Langley Field and
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THE REAL SIGNIFICANCE.

lHe CiIiLtuS anu tue Intu VI bOtiI
the army and navy, however, are
convinced that the test will have
one real Northumberland. signifi-
canoe which is said to be generally
overlooked elsewhere. They believe,
as do the experts OF both the army
and the navy, that the real test OF
strength will come here at the Vir-
ginia capes and in Chesapeake Bay,
the approach to Washin gton, Balti-
more, Newport News and Norfolk, II
America is ever forced to defend it
self against an invading host. New
York, of course, will be attacked, but
an invader would select this district,
it is said, to strike at the heart of
the nation.
Officers at Fort Monroe, Fort
Story and Camp Eustis also are
looking at the test from this stand
point. And each has in his mind
some plan which he believes would
solve the problem, or help solve it.
Fort Monroe, as is generally konwn,
is more of a training camp than a
fort. Mining of the bay, is OF course.
controlled from Monroe. Storey is
the fort with the real teeth, how
ever.
Eustis is a railway artillery train
ing camp and can drop shells out in
the Bay with a fair amount of &C
curacy. LEWIS T. JESTER.
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The airmen will not be allowed TO