The Omaha morning bee., 1924-02-01

Lawyers, Not So Good.
Not Again, Please.
Biggest, Not Greatest.
Nice NeU Dividends.
BY ARTHUR BRISBANE.

a utHlOCTdl, DOtu IespcSldDlc keH-
tlemen, but about them the public
as a whole, knows little or moth
ing.
1t would have been wiser, as re-
CARDS public opinion, and the presi-
dents own political chances. to ap-
point two tirstclass fighting men
like Senators Hiram Johnson, Borah
or James A. Reed.
However. the men appointed will
do their duty, and congress has
power, quite apart from any action
by the executive.
Or, the president might have
chosen Max Steuer of New York.
That fighting person would have
gotten both givers and takers of
bribes.
Secretary DENLY of the navy,
says concerning leases of oil lands
that belong to the navy, Il would
do it all over again tomorrow.
Of course that does not mean
that the secretary approves all the
financial trimmings that went with
the deal, the government bonds
handed over, checks that were given
and not cashed, the valise full of
cash handed to a member Of the
cabinet of the United States.
Some of that, undoubtedly, Mr..
DENLY would change.
What is more important, how
ever, than Secretary Denby's opin-
ion, is what congress and the people
will do.
They will see that it is not "done
all over again."
DIR. Manning, Protestant Episco-
pal bishop of New York, urges con-
tributions to the $15,000.000 fund
to build the Cathedral of ST. John
the Divine. He says, "The $751;
100000 fund will make it the great
est church in the English-speaking
world"
That depends on what the bishop
means by greatest" If he means
the "biggest," that may be true:
Money can make the biggest
thing, but it cannot make the
greatest"
There is a greatness" in many
little church that you couldn't
build into "a cathedral if you had
S150,000,000 to spend on it. That's
one Sonsoling thing in life. What
s worth while, apart from science,
Amoney cannot buy. Even in science
money only pays for laboratory
and materials, not for thinking.
Considering the number of
hungry children in this world, do
YOU think the founder OF Christ
ianity who lacked "where to lay
His head" would be very enthusias-
tic about spending $15,00O,000,
3O0,0OO,000 loaves of bread, on an
expensive inadequate imitation OF
buildings that are real, only when
hey are built and inspired by SIM
pie faith.
Judge Gary puts the common
stock of the steel company on a z,
Der cent basis. He doesn't promise
10 keep it there, but will do so If
prosperity lasts. He sees no rea-
son, judging by earnings OF his
company-biggest in five years
to doubt that prosperity will last.
The fact that increases in divi-
dend follows reduction in working
hours from IL to eight per day,
shows that "where there is a Will
there is a way" Public opinion, OF
course, helps the will to take def
mite form.
You have observed many extra
dividend declarations lately. Some
of these represent a desire to
"create good times" and thus con-
tribute to Mr.. Coolidge's election.
It is generally understood that in
good times the man in stays in. NO
body could have expected the oil
scandal, Of course.
Germans have sure remedy for
sleeping sickness and the tse-tse
fever, which makes great part OF
Africa uninhabitable. They will
give this>remedy to England and
other countries interested in Africa
if the allies will return to Germany
it's African colonies taken away by
the treaty of Versailles.
Land hunger is great, however.
and those that rule the countries
are far removed from the bite OF
thN tse-tse fly. The German
proposition will probably be re-
jected.
When it is suggested that the
Germans should make known their
remedy on the broad basis OK
humanity" they reply that there
was no humanity in the blockade
that starved SO many of them and
in Clemenceau's alleged statement,
4There are 20,000,000 too many
Germans in the world, anyhow,
now"
The state of New York is con-
sidering a tax of 2 cents a gallon
on gasoline, to raise $18,000,O0O a
year for better roads.
Such tax would discourage the
automobile industry and be un-
wise.
Besides it must be remembered
that this particular kind of taxation
is supposed to be reserved to gen,
tlemen that understand and control
oil and gasoline.
Who are the people, that they
should dare nreddle with gasoline
taxation? ~
Copyright 1920
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