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Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-23
Cost of Road Improvement.

/ The offer OF the governor 10 all who are
interested OF an opportunity 10 participate ia a
great cost finding contest with view 10 es.ab-
fishing which is the more expensive 10 con-
strucl, state or couniy-buil, roads. may produce
results. but probably will not. As long as a
belief prevails that precinct can do better work
than The county. and the county better work than
the state. just that long will we have the hodge
podge OF highways that has proved so costly in
the past
When the state entered into an arrangement
with the federal government, some seven years
ago. on the dollar-matehing basis the UNDER
standing was that great network OF highways
was 10 be built up. little at time, until finally
the state would have nothing but good roads.
County seats were first TO be connected, then
the smaller communities, and finally system
would be perfected that would serve everybody.
II was not the thought then, nor is il now, that
Nebraska would give first place to the great
transeontinenta mainline. 1t is really the farm-
to-market road that is aimed at, but this can
no, all be produced at once. Some sections must
wait on others.
State and county methods OF accounting are
different just as specifications and plans vary.
The Bee has consistently advocated central con-
troll OF highway construction under the state
engineer, that uniform methods and results may
be attained. Only through some such scheme
will the taxpayers finally get the worth OF their
money. If left TO the localities to decide what
and how roads are to be improved, regardless
OF their relation to one another, confusion and
waste must result. Our highway system will be
os aod fail rs alta
ing the serviceabiity OF we'll planned unified
construction.
Nebraska can not afford TO abandon or go
backward in its road building, and the inde-
pendent county plan isSdangerous.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-23
A New Race Of Public Speakers.

Those whose interest or curiosity has led
them to attend any of the agricultural
meetings that are so numerous during the
winter slack must have been struck by the abi-
ity OF these farmers as speakers Carl r. Gray,
president of the Union Pacific railroad during
his recent visit to the meetings of organized agri-
culture at Lincoln, remarked on the Huency and
clcarncss with which the speakers there ex-
pressed themselves,
The township and community meetings, the
conventions Of the various cooperative associa-
tions and the local political rallies are opening
up more and more the opportunity for public
speaking. What once was a monopoly of law
ycrs is theirs no longer. There have always
been few able and fiery orators among the
farmers but the new breed is more numerous,
and just as effective although less fowery and
long winded and more practical Their intense
earnestness. together with the racy humor Of the
soil gives them real power.
In recent address before the Community
club Of Harvard, Neb, Prof ]. F. SEEMING OF
the University II Nebraska touched on the i'm
portance of this training in public discussion
Out OF these meetings, he declared, will. come
leaders able to take an active part in state and
national affairs In the clash of opinion at these
little neighborhood gatherings good deal may
be learned Of current problems. Prof. SEEMING
touched a vital truth when he advised that the
logical place for young men and women to learn
leadership is in their own communities.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-23
AT the Farm Conference.

preliminary rtterances presaging the meeting
OF The farm conference. which gets together a,
Washington today. do not inspire hope Tor real
results. The antidoie Tor this is the though,
that when the men and women who make up
the body get together something OF cons,ruc-
tive nature will issue. Secretary Wallace scods
the mortgage bankers Mr.. Barrett rails against
congress, and Mr.. Smith and others who have
been placed nigh in the several organized groups
OF farmers similarly beat over old straw and
send Up clouds OF dusty chaf, without discover
ing grain OF wheat II the conference con-
ines its deliberations TO consideration of the
well-known fact that farm prices are too low
that the farmer was debated too rapidly, and
that money is required to carry on agricultural
operations, it will be OF very little service
What may be done is to look for plan that
will help by considering the future Cooperative
marketing, diversihcation of crops, the addition
OF dairying, and other remedies have been sug-
gestcd. All OF these have merit, but each must
bc applied in practical way. Cooperation in
marketing, for example, requires capital and man
agement, and demands the rigid application of
fundamental business principles, il it is to be
successful. Crop divershcation implies the
HSNSSsRy vi Hldlk kCt dHu tlllS III turn 1nCluQPS
the element OF transportation. Darying involves
the same factors, and all tend i'll the same direc-
ton. The farmer must be able to personally
finance greater part OF his undertakings, and
this requires capital.
Capital furnished by the banks is available,
but it is expensive, for the banker gets the profit
that accrues from the farm operation and not
the farmer. The only way out is the slow one
OF work and employment of earnings as far
as possible until the point is reached where the
farm is independent of the bank
This is but one OF a number of constructive
ideas that ought to be considered by the con-
ference. Time spent in studying the causes Of
the depression may serve to determine what
remedies to apply to situation that has come
to pass. Concrete plans for the future will be
OF more benefit. The fat is in the fire so far
as the 1921 crop is concerned. How to get money
ior the crop of 1922 and the years to come is
what the farmer wants to know and what the
delegates at Washington should try to discover.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-23

physical training Is warrant Tor extravaganza in
management Supremacy in college sports and
games is not prime necessity. aud in the end
is secondary TO the proper training Tor probes
a gymnasium aud stadium. or the maintenance
oi merely cultural activity OF the great school.
the sport should take a back seat. Nebraska has
gained notable distinction In the general field with
far less Of equipment than now Is available. and
may yet command respect for its physical as
well as It's intellectual prowess without indulg-
ing In any lavish expenditure on irs at time
when money Is sorely needed for more pressing
puTposes.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-23
Money In Elections.


Edgar. Nsb,. Jan, lf,-To IA,
Editor OF The heei | have beer
reading the account OF the democrat
love feast held IN Omaha a few day,
ago aud that they have returned Il
IefTersonian simplicity since Noyem,
her, 1890, and how some OF them
are alarmed at the amount OF none,
spent by the friends OF Senator
Newberry la the campaign for the
United States senate, but they do moi
say anything about the money that
Henry Ford spent and the under
handed methods he used In trying 10
get the nomination on both the
democratic and republican tickets III
the primaries. which was as bad il
not worse In It's contempt for morals
and It's effect on the electorate of
The state OF Michigan az the use OF
money. In advertising during the
campaign.
Henry Ford II man OF great
wealth and l have no doubt that he
spent as much money On the truth
was KNOWN AS did Senator New
berry. With an organization which,
commercial In It's nature. responded
To his every political wish, II reached
out over the state, He had his men
working for him by the month. run
ming Ford machines all over the
state OF Michigan, and that was not
All. He had the support OF the
whole democratic administration
from the White House down. He
was President Wilson's candidate
and there was government money
used In advertising the Ford cam
paign. but IL was used In such way
That IL could not be got at and. OF
course, 1t went in as expenses of
the war.
Democrats are no saints when Il
comes TO spending money In politi-
cal campaigns and when they get
beat at their own game they squenl
and begin to holler fraud and cor
ruption. IL is amusing to read the
speeches OF the southern democrats
in the senate on the seating of Sena-
tor Newberry. They say II is the
blacklist thing that has ever occurred
In the United States senate. II some
of the fraud could be shown where
senator's have held seats
in the United States senate they
could possibly stand up there and
talk abour fraud. But no one would
dare to start contest against a
southern gentleman from Missis-
sippi, Alabama or Georgia.
As a matter of fact there has not
been a fair election in most of the
old slave states since the civil war.
Hundreds of congressman have held
their seats in the United States con-
gress where the elections have been
carried by bulldozing, intimidating,
counting of votes. and
wrong about that, no con-
test from down there; the northern
democrats know all about it. but
wink at it. In the case OF Senator
they do not show that
here was any fraudulent votes cast
or ballot box stuffing. but that there |
vas too much money spent. Henry |
Ford spent all the money he could |
Use, but could not get votes enough. |
hat Is the whole thing in a nut |
she'll.
REpTTRTJCAN
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-23
Athletics and the University.

Departure of the director OF athletics at the
University of Nebraska. he having accepted a
similar position at the University Of Minnesota,
revives discussion Of the postponed gymnasium
and stadium al Lincolns 1t is regrettable that the
state can not at this time afford those very neces-
sary adjuncts to modern athletics, but under the
circumstances the choice was forced. The Bee
has always advocated athletics and physical train
ing in connection with the schools 1t believes
in the track teams. football, baseball, wrestling,
boxing basket ball, and all other OF the long list
of SPORT that make up the schedule. 1t also is
strongly of the opinion that training in these
should be made compulsory, part Of the regular
curriculum that the ideal of sane mind in a
sound body will be attained. We do not, how
ssss. beGeve that the admitted imnnrtancA OF
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-23
America for Americans. "

! Chicago is going to have no foreign dctation
as to its opera not if Mary Garden can prevent
| it. OF course, Mary being true American,
born in Scotland where all true Americans
come from, including Sir AIRY Lauder-another
noted song-bird, although he sings for Omaha
and Mary will motive are comforted by the
thought that she is going to uphold the tradi-
tions OF the native opera at all hazards.
1t is high time that somebody came forth to
achieve this. For many, too many years we have
been taking our tempo from the effete and de-
cadent Europeans. Verdi and Wagner, Puccini
and Bizet Mascagni and Strauss, and all that
outfit, have crowded the native talent entirely into
the discard. George M. Col,an and Irving Berlin
have had to take second place, while Thurlow
Lieurance and Rosamond Johnson must be con-
tent with writing an occasional lyric and never
aspiring to opera. Moreover, songbirds whose
birthrght entitled them to the use of good
American name have found it necessary to adopt
a manufactured patronymic that smacked of for
eign favor to get hearing. All this Chicago's
own Mary Garden proposes to change. Lucien
Muratore is remarkable tenor, but if he ever
gargles for the edihcation of Chicago hereafter,
it will be under the Stars and Stripes and not
the tr-color.
We like to put aside the thought that per-
haps the fact that Lucen is the successful second
or third husband of Lima Cavaleri, herself
cantatrice OF no mean attanments, may have
something to do with the revolt suddenly stirred
up in the opera company that used to cost the
Harold McCormicks around half million dol
lars a year 1t is just possible, you know that
what Mary means by mo foreign detation" is
that she. will say when Lima may sing and when
she woii't And out of that grows the trouble.
lust for the present the roster of the Chicago
Opera company reads like voting list in
one Of the poygot precincts rather than roll
call of the descendants Of the Pilgrim Fathers.
However This can be renedied
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-23
CAUSES OF HERNIA.
By Or. w, AEvANs

SAUSES OF HERNIA.
Would like TO know" J. w. r
asks. what percentage, of the popu
latlon has hernia. what causes her
MIA; what causes strangulation an,
what is the danger OF strangulatioi
and what is the chance OF sayin,
life by operation IN strangulation
ls there any application or linlmen
or medicine that cures ruptures"
REPLY.
The report on the draft show
that or the young men examined
for service In the United State,
army In the world war, about
per cent had hernia or inKuina
rings large enough To make an,
strain risk hernia. or the firsl
100000 men examined, b7,372 had
hernia and an additional ba,2g.
showed enlargement OF the rings.
or course, this Is not fair sam
pie OF the entire population, and
vet l Know or no other way OF get.
ing ut the existing conditions as
good. Hernia is not reportnble al
any health department. and the GEN.
sus investigation OF men and their
parts stops short OF hernia.
One estimate In one man in each
l60, but ] think this would be re-
garded as low.
Hernia Is more frequent In cer-
tain sections than I'm others.
Hirsch tells us that In certain
mountain sections Of old Bohemia,
one forty-fifth OF the men have Il.
That IN Luga, a province In Swift
zerland. ] per cent of the total popu-
lation have IL.
In examining recruits for the
French army half Il century ago. in
n period OF ~ years. one-thirtieth
or the men examined had II.
1t is especially prevalent in Sici-
hans and Greeks, according to the
same authority.
In "The Defects Found In Drafted
Men" we find the statement that
two principal centers OF hernia
seem to be shown in these tables
Omitted States).
The northwest: Idaho, Wyoming,
Utah, Oregon, California and Mon
tana being one, and the south At
lantic: Florida, Mississippi. Virginia,
Georgia, Alabama. Texas and Okla
homa being the other
Maryland and the District OF CO.
lumbia have least.
Men have hernia far more fire.
quently than women do.
What causes hernia?
Hirsch gives two great causes and
he cites arguments to prove both.
Congenital laxity of the parts. Peo-
pie are born that way, or rather they
are born of a makeup which renders
1T almost certain that they will get
that way.
Some peoples have a national in
heritance of anatomical peculiari-
ties" Love and Davenport speak OF
the rangy build OF Scandinavians as
especially predisposing to hernia.
The other is bodily strain--such
as hard work, heavy lifting and
climbing.
Hirsch tells of Swiss practice
which causes many hernia in peo-
pie built that way. They roll a
heavy load of hay into bundle, put
4 rope around it, lie down on hill
side below the bundle, and by a
snappy jump and roll, |
stand up with the bundle on the |
shoulder.
What causes strangulation? In
the escaped parts are |
caught at the neck Of the hernia in |
such a way as to shut off the blood !
supply and squeeze the tissues
The danger is great in strangula-
ion. Death results unless the !
is quickly reduced or
In operation Is done with the great
est dispatch. IT operation is done
Early, the probability is that life will
De saved.
The answer to your last question
s.: No. Il
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-23
TODAY.


Yesterdays gone-it was only a dream
OF the past there is naugLt but re-
membrance.
Tomorrow's vision thrown on Hopes
screen,
A will-o' the -wisp, mere semblance.
This moment my past and my future
FORM
I may make them whatever l choose
BY the deeds and the acts that L now
perform,
BY the words and the thoughts that
use.
So I fear not the future nor mourn o'er
the past
For / do all I'm able today
Living each presen. moment as though
'twere my last:
Perhaps 1t is! Who knowss Who
shall say?
Thomas Carroll Howard In Forbes
Magazine.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-23

broadcast today. There IL also
fis ht 10 take wood alcohol
There are always tao sides 20
story, The public does not know
the strikers side, Haven't YOU any
feporiessf From personal inter-
Views with men who have worked
al the packing houses have learned
thAt things are not running so Well
for tho packers. their contradiction
notwithstanding,
At cudahay's they have plenty OF
men. but inexperienced, The offai
is not saved, The men shoot craps"
all night Soma OF the characters
employed thare are 80 desperate as
10 make conditions unsafe for other
men. Eyeningstlme cigars aud slg-
arets are passed around. each man
grabbing a handful Men smoke az
work They receive board and
lodging free, unless they quit, when
il is deducted from wages, This fact
that packers can feed and lodge
men is evidence that they are not
fair
Al 10 the negro problem. they
are not treated any better now by
the strikebreakerr There should
h. no negro question II fetts with
the negro himself. Ills lack OF edu-
cation is handieappins him. Social
equality or intermarriase ~ out OF
the question. Why do no9 differ
.nt plants or animals intstminslel
Birds Of a feather flock together.
IL must be nature and Gods Law,
Everyone admits II IL IL lfoor time
10 strike. circumstaneIs have
deemed otherwise, ff ail employers
would be honest and would 1psy each
man fair wage unions would he
Unnecessary. But when titey prom
ise 10 cut the throat OF labor. then
self Representation is natuTal ana
proper. IL lis not right 10 t4ke away
from another man. Them ore q
strlkehreaker is a sinner. while
do not work AT the paeklnsS houses
now, j have formerly. and know
them from top TO bottom. There
should be an investigation OF pack
ing house conditions. Give bus fair
and square newspapers. GRN
fair and square Christian news
men.
Armour a. Co.'S statement
they have their own conf
boards IN ridiculous. The IN
the board must vote their W
be discharged.
ANDREW CARLSC
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-23
It's a Dollar Worth a Dollar.

But there is one thing about the new dollar
which cannot fail to dsarn the most valid criti-
cism of the artistic high-brow, and that is its
value as currency. 1t is the only piece of money
now extant that is worth precisely 100 per cent.
Besides it the English pound, and the French
franc look cheap and mean, while the German
mark and the Russian roube are the merest imi-
tations Of money. Thus, whatever artistic ex-
cepton may be taken to the new American dollar,
even the most captious critic is obliged to con-
fess that, as token of value, it stands in class
entirely by itself-St Paul Pioneer Press
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-23
Aliens and Firearms.

Omaha. Jan. 21.--To the ~
OF The Bee: / note In The Bee
item stating that the game war
has cautioned aliens to take
aliens license for hunting, fee,
Section 43. subdivision b. Article
chapter 81 OF the session laws
1921, makes this fee for aliens ~
hunting and fishing license.
Section / of chapter 140, same
session, forbids an alien TO "own.
keep or have in his possession fire.
arms OF any character or for any
purpose whatever" and provides for
$50 TO 800 fine for violation.
This was later law. approved
after the first. The hunting and
fishing license permits hunting. but
does not mention gun, and IL 1t did,
II would be annulled by the later,
special law.
1t seems to me. therefore, that an
alien may hunt. but cannot have a
gun. lie might provide himself
with well-filled salt shaker or a
club Or bow and arrow, but a hunt
ing license gives him no right to
carry gun. A. l.. TIMBLIN.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-23
The Bees Platform
Usioa Passenger Station.

!. New Uaioa Passenger Station.
z. Continued Improvement Of the Me-
brAska Highways, including the pave
msnt with . Brick Surface Of Main
Tharoushfsres leading into Omaha.
>. 4 short, lew.rats Waterway from the
Cora Belt 10 the Atlantic Oessn.
4. Home Rule Charter for Omaha, with
City Manager form Of Government.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-23
It's How You Live Now,

J. K. writes: cover nine years ago
1 applied for 20-year endowment
policy in one OF the life insurance
companies, but was rejected for
albumin in the urine. At the time of
my applying l was doing night work
and drinking pretty heavily. Three
years ago got an attack. The doc
tor said it came from the kidneys.
Since then l go to a doctor for an
examination once a year and for the
last three years for a test of my
urine, and the Doctors examination
shows my kidneys, heart and lungs
in excellent condition am about
SO now
81. With the above favorable tests
and reports, and barring accidents,
may / live to q good old age?
"2. Does excessive alcoholic drink
ing create albumin in the urine?"
REPLY.
/. You have fair chance to live
longer than the life expectancy of
men SO years of age. That is IAN
years
2. Yes. Not infrequently a man
with your history of bad habits re-
sulting in Bright's disease gets all
right when he follows proper habits.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-23
No Hurry to Catch the Men.

After fellow inmate had died from small
pox, eight prisoners hastily made their escape
from the county jail at Poteau, Okl Who will
try to catch them when they may have caught
something themselves and the catcher who
catches them may catch more than the eight, as
suming that they have caught it?-St. Louis
Globe Democrat
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-23
a1eS9eeS::..lsAaq7z9o

The bee ofisrs It's soian,as freely Go its
readers sho A,re 10 discuss any public
aussttoss u reau~.is that letter. be
reasonably brief. not over svo ssfds. ID
Aisa fnsists that the name ~ the writer
accompany each letter. not nsesss4r,is
Tor pubiisstioss but that the editor ma,
hno~ With shsm hs IL d~siins, Tho nee
dees not pretend 10 eadasss or accent
Views az apinlans expressed By sasss-
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-23
Packing House Conditions.

Omaha, Jan. 19.-To the Editor of
The Bee: The packers are killing,
a writer says. to which l will add,
they are killing lice, according to
testimony of one of the watchmen
at the packing houses
The right to work is as sacred as
to strike. This sentiment is spread
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-23
Here comes the special session.
Explained.

The discovery OF the federal government that
the average bootblack has more than four chill
dren throws light upon the apparent permaneney
Of the 100 per cent increase in the cost OF shines,
an event Of the war. How many children the
barber has is, apparently, the only thing he
hasn't mentioned but doubtless he. too, has
large financial problems due TO little ones
Louisville Courier Journal
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-23
On the CoIored Workers Side.

Omaha, Jan. 20.-To the Editor
of The Bee: To the readers Of
this paper / want to say some
thing in defense of the colored union
man-after reading the letter by
A. II. Nelson, an employe of one of
the packing house plants of South
Omaha.
Right here, l say that il the
writer is packing house employe,
strike breaker, as the world is
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-23
One Of Sundays lows.

One of the peaceful joys of Sunday is that
it usually passes without any group of gifted
people passing law forbidding us to do some
thing we want to do or compelling us to do
something we do not want to do.-Worcester
Telegram.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-23

Lloyd George doesn't exhibit any outwar
signs Of laying down the job ne has been on &c
so many busy years.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-23
Wisdom Is n Gift,

A Philadelphia appreciated his
cook SO highly that in his will he
left his automobile and $4,000, the
latter, possibly to provide the where
withal to run it.-Pittsburgh Ga
zette- Times
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-23

If north and south Ireland can agree so
readily, world peace ought not to be listed as
impossible
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-23

Cheaper cement or no road contracts is tn
ultimatum from western states to the cemen
trust, and watch for the outcome.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-23

The pan-Irsh congress at Paris agrees not
to talk politics, but can SO many true lrishinen
get together and refrain from exercising their
greatest talent?
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-23

In taking John kendrick Bangs death has
removed another American singer whose harp
was always attuned to cheerfulness and hope.
His song will be sorely missed in world that
lust now needs all its optinists
Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-23

Speculation as to the identity OF the next
pope may occupy the next few days, but there
will be none as to the perpetuty of the church.