TIIE OMAIIA DAILY IJEE: THURSDAY, -OCTOBER 6, 1904.
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The time In which spellbinders way
cash the. various "keynotes" is rapidly
passing. ' ' "' '
A soap mine has been discovered In
Utah. This may be. Uje precursor to
other discoveries .which may clean
Utah's dirty linen.
It took the supreme court of Wiscon
sin a long time" in the LaFollette case
to determine that there was nothing
before it to determine.
What would have "been the effect had
the Episcopal general convention been
called to order in the townl where the
subway tavern is in full blast?
8o far Mr. Debs is th only candidate
who Is making expense as , he goes.
An admission fee of 10,ceuts is being
charged to hear him on his Iowa trip, y
" You can't. rnafce . , crooked, stick
straight' Men who went wrong in for.
mer legislatures are not likely to go
right in the next legislature. Keep
them at home, .'
Since there are four contestants in
the1 race for the capital of Wyoming,
Cheyenne is not so anxious as it was.
In Its case possession Is at least five
points of the contest .. ..
The president of Cornell university
says that any student caught "hazing"
another will be expelled. ' Nothing now
(mains for the students but to Qualify
for the .foot-, ball team. :
If the insurrection inside the Audito
rium bour4Jly -turns on the question
Of popular prices for Auditorium enter
tainaaents the weight of public senti
ment will .be wltb the-.Iasurge.nts every
time. v ; ' - "'
' 'Russians now claim that the Japa
nese are compelling Coreans not only
to enter the army against the Russians,
but also to occupy-the front rowIYr
haps, however, this, is only another ex
hibition of Corean neutrality.
(Both Japan and Russia say they ex
pect an engagement at Tlo pass. The
knowing ones will refrain from maklug
predictions on account of the unanimity
of expectations, but will.. wait until the
Japantsol armies Lav been located to
S certainty. .
. . L J-
, The Bee's directorX of candidates for
legislative nominations gives certain In
formation as to the occupation, nattvlty
and public .positions of each, but ft be
hobven voters to inquire also into the
record and reputation of the candidates
before casting their ballots.
" The corporation managers want Van
Pi:nen to' do It'aguiii this year. It is
np to republican merchants, furthers
and laboring men ty say at the repub
lican primaries Friday whether they
want to be misrepresented again by a
corporation attorney like Van Dusen in
the state senate.
: Vle appointment of First Assistant
Postmaster General Wynue as tempor
ary postmaster general would indicate
that the, vacancy caused by the deah. of
Henry . Payne will probably be per
manently filled before the beginning of
the president's next term. In the mean
time Mr. Wynne will be able to admin
ister the postofflce in good shape.
During the session or tho legislature
three years ago and again during tho
etsioQ of the last legislature, J. II. Van
Dusen was oa the floor of the senate
and In the corridors of the capitol as a
lobbyist for several corporations and
helped put through some legislation that
ha increased our tax burdens. Do we
want a professional lobbyist to repre
sent Douglaa count la the seuate uoj.t
, Jblubatt .
THE FRIEND OF LABOR
Senator Fairbanks is reported to have
said at Stockton, California, that "No
party, from the time of George Wash
ington to the present day, has .done as
much for the laboring man as -has the
republican party-" An examination of
the history f labor legislation will Jus
tify this statement
This shows thst nearly every import
ant act of legislation for the better
ment of , 'labor conditions and tho pro
motion of the welfnre of the wage
earners of the country has been adopted
by the republican party. The first elglrt
hour law In this country was enacted
by a republican congress and npproved
by President Grant the act applying to
all artisans and laborers employed by
the government. Later this law was
extended to include persons employed
by contractors on public works, this
also being done under a republican ad
ministration. The net cresting the fed
eral bureau of labor, now embraced in
tho new department established by the
republican party, was passed by the
forty-eighth congress - and signed by
President Arthur. State labor bureaus
are among the most valuable agencies
for giving A clear insight into the prob
lems of labor and capital. There are
now twenty-three such bureaus in re
publican states' and ten in democratic
states, and of the la'tter only a few
are so efficiently conducted as to be of
any real value. A careful examination
of this lubor legislation by the states
shows a marked contrast between what
has been dono, by the republican party
and what by the democratic. The for
mer has been far more considerate of
the interests of labor in, all 1 respects
and eiecia!ly as regards 'women and
children workers. In the southern
states women receive little considera
tion and it is only in very recent years
and under great pressure that the con
ditions as to child, labor in that section
have been ameliorated. These states.
It is perhaps needless'to add, have long
been u'nder dehiocratlc rule.
No candid person, familiar with the
facts, can hesitate to admit that the re
publican party has shown a much
greater interest in the welfare of labor
than has the democratic party. Take,
for example, factory-Inspection laws.
Out of twenty-eight republican states
twenty-one have established factory
inspections services, while but three out
of seventeen democratic states have
such services, and even in those three
states the service Is not thoroughly en
forced. , Thirty-one of the forty-five
states prohibit 'the employment in fac
tories of children under 12 years of age.
Of these thirty-one states twenty-one
are republican and ten democratic.
Twelve states have enacted laws 'to
regulate "sweat-shops" and all but one
of these states are republican.
These are factt, derived from an ex
haustive review of labor legislation by
Repre8entativa Grosvenor of Ohio,
which every intelligent worklngmqn
should acquaint himself with. He should
carefully . examine , tho ,necor.d of the
porfles in regard to labor. If working
men' wlH do this they will not fall, to
find ample and conclusive proof of the
truth of the statement of the republican
candidate for vice president,
VAN DVSES AS A RKTRENVIIER. ,
Up to the year 1000 tba clerk of the
district court was paid in fees, which
aggregated' from $15,000 to $2u.000 a
year. In other words, the clerk of the
district court had an incono as large as
a railroad president and $10,000 a year
more than the seven Judges of the dis
trict court put together. , During the
session of the legislature in the winter
of 1899 a bill passed the house fixing
the salary of the clerk of the district
court at $2,500 a year and providing that
all the fees of the clerk's-office be turned
into the county treasury. '
When the bill reached the senate.
early In tho session, it was referred to
tho committee on Judiciary," of which
Van Dusen was the chairman. , Van
Dusen held the bill back until the last
day of the session and then reported it
with several amendments, one of these
being the raising of the salary of tho
clerk of the district court from $2,500 to
$.1,000 a year. Under the constitution
no bill can bo voted upon until after
printed copies of 'all amendments have
been distributed In both houses of the
legislature. Van Dusen took no steps
to hae the amendments printed, but
the friends of tho bill procured printed
copies at a Job printing o'ttlce and dis
tributed them in the Semite and house
Just six hours before the hour of ad
journment. This was a stunning sur
prise to Von Dusen, who, doubtless, .ex
pected that the bill would get no chauco
for passage before adjournment
As soon as the copies of the bill
reached- the senate the late Senator
Noyes called the bill up, and rather than
Jeopardise its- success consented to the
$5,000 salary clause and tho other minor
amendment and .forced its passage
through the senate. The amendments
were promptly concurred in by the
house.
Then began a struggle that lasted
nearly all night It .was an open se
cret 4hat the beneficiaries of the $20,000
a -year fee' system had put up a pot of
$5,000 to have the bill killed. Imme
diately after the passage of the bill its
enemies, or, rather, Mr. Van Dusen's
friends, cautered all their personal in
fluence on - the engrossing clerks, who,
after botirs of delay in Its copying, re
turned the bill three or four tlms
garbled and with whole lines left out
and it was nearly midnight before a
correct copy was finally procured and
the bill was delivered to the governor
for his approval.
Why Van Dusen insisted, on the
amendment raising the salary of the
clerk from $2,500 to $5,000 a year, when
he knew that the Judges of the tmpreme
court the governor and the Judges of
the district courts get only $2,500 a
year, , he has never yet explained
Why Van Dusen held the bill back until
the last hours of the session and did not
get the amendments printed, when he
knew that the , failure to print them
would kill the bill, lias also remained a
mystery. .
But this if only one of the many legis
lative trick horse performances of J. II.
Van Dusen and shows what he is capa
ble of doing and how dangerous a man
ite wonld be if he were again returned to
his old stamping ground on the floor of
the senate.
-V FAVVB OF LA FOLLETTK.
The decision of the Wisconsin su
preme court in favor of the La Follette
ticket ought to put an end to a factional
controversy which has been a serious
menace fp republican success in that
state at the coming election. While
the division in the republican ranks may
not have imperilled the national ticket
it made almost inevitable the defeat of
the state ticket. Terhaps the bitter
ness of feeling between the factions will
not be wholly removed by the Judicial
decision. The antagonism to Governor
La Follette on the part of a very large
number of Wisconsin republicans is
deep seated. But It is a reasonable hope
that the faction opposed to him will,
from a sense of loyal duty to the party,
put aside hostility at least for the pres
ent campaign and support both state
and national tickets. As a matter of
sound politics there can be np doubt
of the expediency of such a course.
Wisconsin is normally a republican
state. With the party there united It
can win by a decisive majority. Four
years ago McKlnley's plurality was dver
106,000 and Only factional conflict' will
j prevent the republicans from approxi
mating that plurality this year. The
leaders of the opposition to La Follette
are Among the most loyal-tif the coun
try to the policies and principles of re
publicanism. They must earnestly de
sjre to avoid whatever might injure
their party. The defeat of the repub
lican state ticket would be nn injury
and it is hardly conceivable that such
men as Senator Spooner and Represent
ative Babcock, who have been greatly
honored by the party, will refuse to
accept the situation or fail to do their
whole duty as republicans. iLet all fac
tional differences be cast aside and the
party united for a decisive victory.
HOWELL OR WELLER.
The contest for the republican nom
ination for membership on the water
board has practically narrowed down
between R. B. Howell and Charles FJ
Well sr. The question every voter must
ask hlmse'.f is, Which of these two men
can be depended upon to better protect
the interests of the taxpayers and citi
zen of Omahi in the pending negotia
tions for the purchase of the water
works and the management of the works
after they shall have been acquired by
the city?
Howell poses as the champion of
municipal ownership, but Is lacking lh
every ''element of honor and moral
stnmlnt. He has been publicly con
victed of willful deception and duplicity.
Ills presentation of the water works
issue hasi;been a piece -of. grandstand
play. While he lias denied upon honor
that he ever had any relation whatever,
dlrect'y or indirectly, to the water works
company, vouchers covering salary,
board bills and incidental expenses for
more than one year, signed by himself,
show that he has been on the pay roll
of the water company.
. Ills collusion with the company in
pushing through the Howell compulsory
waterworks bill is transparent.' The
bill was gotten up expressly to force the
purchase of the works by the city at a
time when material and labor are high
and when the company can unload the
works at several millions more than
they might be worth by the time the
contract between the city and the com
pany expires in 1909.
If the water compiny had been op
posed to the Howell bill it certainly
would have interposed some objection
and blocked its passage through the
legislature instead of allowing it to go
through on greased wheels without even
a whisper of oppoaltlon to it
No man in Omaha stands higher in the
esteem of all classes of the community
than Charles F. Weller. Vr. Weller
has occupied many positions of honor
and trust in the city of Omaha and is,
moreover, identified with, the commer
cial interests of Omaha as head of the
largest wholesale house in the west.
His word has always' been as good as
his bond. - He has never sought office,
and" it Is fortunate for Omaha that he is
willing to assume the responsibility
which will devolve upon members of
the water board 1n the near future.
THE FENCE THAT JAcJt BUILT.
For several months past there has
been a Jog In the North Nineteenth
street boulevard that arrests the atten
tion as well 'as the locomotion of pleas
ure seekers who ride' on two wheels and
four wheete, and especially those who"
are, trying to annihilate time and space
by automobile. The Jog'in the" boule
vard Is caused by A fence that projects
far. into tho middle of the road and
forms an enclosure of a small tract of
laud, from which Its owner stubbornly
insists upon barring the travel over that
part of the boulevard.
The other night, when the owner of
this fence presented himself to the re
publicans of the Fifth ward as a candi
date for state senator he was politely
asked whether he would pull down bis
fence and let travel go on unimpeded.
Mr. Cat hers stuffed cotton into bis ears
and declined to be interviewed. All
the republicans in the Fifth ward, and
some republicans in other wards, say
tbey will not vote for Cathers unless he
pulls down that fence.
Omaha is getting much undeserved
notoriety. in connection with the latest
exposure of the , Farr diploma mill,
which has been grinding out sheepskins
at bargain counter prices in the gulfa of
colleges and universities located at va
rious places, among which Omaha hap
pens to be oue. We do not believe
Farr's fake law school ever did any
buwIr'V'i in Omaha, because it wui thor-vf
oughly uncovered by The Bee as A fraud
before it got started and Farr and his
associates betook-themselves at once
to parts where they were not so well
known. The damage, therefore, Is not
on account of what Farr's school did
here, but its tendency to discredit
Omaha's substantial educational institu
tions. . -
'All Is lovoly. and serene in school
board politics. " , The composition of the
republican school board ticket has been
agreed on without discord and the candi
dates are already as good as elected.
The best part of it Is that they are all
good, representative business and pro
fessional men, for whom no friend of
the schools need hesitate to vote.
The New Jersey manufacturing con
cern which ' introduced Iron bars - into
the life-preservers to bring them up to
the weight specified by law Is now in
trouble, but following the precedent of
the New Yorkv board of steamboat in
spectors it may succeed in proving to
its own satisfaction that the iron was
in the proper place.
The lllllloB-Dollar race.
Bt. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Estimates of the corn crop have been
marked up to nearly 2,600,000,000 buBhela.
It Is no use to deny that this is a billion
dollar country.
A Fitting Penalty.
Chicago News.
About the most fitting punishment for
that manufacturer who put iron Into cork
life preserver to bring them up to the
prescribed legal weight would be to make
him' ewim In one of his own suicide belts.
Coming Event Ct Promlae Before.
Springfield Republican.
It Is nearly a month since the Baltic fleet
was blessed nd started on Its way to the
far east. Yet thus far It has not passed
through the Skagerrack. The Baltic fleet
may be coming, but so la Christmas.
Explanation In Order.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The American consul at Dublin has been
fined $2.60 for running his automobile too
fast. There are many people over here
who would be glad to have him explain
how a man whose salary is $2,000 a year
can keep an automobile that will go faster
than the law allows. ;
Great Spectacle of Progrres.
New York Tribune.
A manufactory of balloons would be a
novel enterprise among American Indus
tries, but a French nobleman Is here to In
terest capital In uch a one, and it may be
In running order and turning out a balloon
a day, or perhaps more, before we know
It With a balloon In the air for every
automobile on the ground, the country
would present a spectacle of progress to
make even the remote Martian observer
wonder what had broken loose down here
and under stress of what conditions we
had all suddenly turned Into, balloonatlcs.
Ray of Light -HI Monument.
Chicago Post.
The world owe a sincere tribute of re
spect to the memory of Professor Niels
Finsen, who has Just died at Copenhagen.
He waa an enthusiastic Investigator. Be
ginning with the belief that rays of light
would cure certain germ diseases, he proB
ecuted his Investigations with no expecta
tion of pecuniary (reward. Ills discoveries
he gave freely for pe good of his fellows,
and the fact that,!, he wa awarded the
Nobel medical prize laat year by, the Nor
wegian parliament"' 1 a sufficient Indica
tion of the great value of his method of
treating that dread malady, lupus vulgaris.
Professor Flnsen's monument la a ray of
light, a ray that "has distinctly lessened
the sum total of hi(man suffering. He lived
not to accumulate wealtWi not to wield
power, but to do good to humanity. Would
that this rushing, restless, money-mad
world had more like him.
MAXIMS OP ROOSEVELT.
.
Legislation to be thoroughly effective for
good must proceed upon the principle of
aiming t get for each man a fair chance
to allow him to show the stuff there Is in
him.
Finally we must keep ever in mind that
a republic such as ours can exist only by
virtue of the orderly liberty which comes
through the equal domination of the law
over all men alike.
The western half of the United States
would sustain a greater population than
that; of our whole country today if the
water, that ,now run to waste were saved
and used for Irrigation. I
The first great object of the forest re
serve i 1, of course, the first great object
of the whole land policy of the United
States the creation of homes, the fa
voring of the home maker.
The living can best show their respect
for the memory of the great dead by the
way in which they take to heart and act
upon the lessons taught by the lives which
made these dead men great ,
Among the benefactors of the land her
(the mother) place must be with thorn
who have done th best and hardest work,
whether as law givers or a soldiers,
whether In public or private life,
yl desire to see In this country the decent
men strong and the strong ' men decent
and until we get that combination In pretty
good shape we are not going to ,be by any
means a successful as we should be.
Let us speak courteously, deal fairly, and
keep ourselves armed and ready. If we
fio these things, we can count on the peace
that come to the Just man armed, to the
Just man who neither fears nor Inflicts
wrong.
The question of the municipal ownership
of these franchises (traction, etc.) cannqt
b raised with propriety until the govern-,
ments of all municipalities show greater
wisdom and virtu than has been recently
shown.
If you ar worth your salt and want
your children to be worth their salt, teach
them that the life that Is not a life of
work and effort Is worthless, a curse to
the man or woman' leading It, a curse to
those around hin or her.
I want to see every man able to hold
hi own with the strong, and also ashamed
to oppress the weak. I want to see each
young fellow able to do a man's work
In the world and of a type which will not
permit Imposition to be practiced upon
him.
Th great corporations which w have
grown to speak of rather loosely a trusts
ar th creatures of the tat. and the
state not only has. the right, to control
them, but It la In duty bound to control
them wherever the need of such control
Is shown. '
Probably the large majority of the for
tune that now exist In this' country have
been amaaied, not , by Injuring mankind,
but a an incident to th conferring of
great benefit on th community whatever
the consclou purpose ' of those amaaslng
them may have been.
Ther nvr haa been devised, and there
never will be devised any law which will
enable a man ta succeed av by th ex
ercts of those qualities which have always
been th prerequisite of ilbces the qual
ities of hard work, of ka laltlllnae,
unfUnchloa wilt
BITS OF WASHMOTOI LIFE.
Mlaor Seene and Incldaat Sketched
ob the Spot.
United States Consul General Dillingham
at Aukland, Australia, In a report to the
Department of Commerce, tells of a new
system for preventing railway collision.
He says: v
"An interesting change has recently been
made In the signaling system In Xew Zea
land's railway, which. It 1 thought, will
make collisions absolutely Impossible.
"For a long time, up to a recent date
what is known a the 'block' system ' has
been generally used, but the 'tablet' sys
tem has now been introduced. The essen
tlal point In the new system is that no
engine driver Is allowed to leave a station
without a tablet In his possession, and the
element of safety rests on the fact that
the machines are so made that It is impossl
ble for two of the tablets to be out at the
sam time. If a driver leave Auckland
for Newmarket with a tablet, that tablet
has t,o be deposited In the machine at New
market before another tablet Is issued al
lowing a return train to leave that station
for Auckland, and the electrical connec
tion between the two stations makes It
Impossible to extract a tablet from the
Auckland machine until the tablet- has
been put Into the machine at Newmarket.
"It Is claimed by railroad experts that
Aider the new system two trains cannot
be on the same section at once, so that
the danger of collisions is entirely done
away with."
The annual report of the director of the
mint gives Instructive figures on the pro
duction of gold and silver In the United
States for the calendar year 1903. The
total value of the gold product is com
puted at $73,591,700, and silver at $29,322,000.
The total output of gold show a decline
of $6,400,000, and of silver a decline of 1,
200.000 ounces from the figures of the pre
vious year. The falling off in both metals
Is almost entirely due, according to Mr.
Roberts to labor troubles in Colorado, The
most Important gain by any state was
about $500,000 In gold by Nevada.
Colorado led all states in the output of
gold and sliver, California taking second
rank In gold and Montana In silver.
For the whole world the value of gold
produced during the year Is computed at
$325,527,000 and silver at $92,039,600. These
figures show a gain over the output of
1902 of $29,637,600 In gold and 9.109,331 ounces
In silver. The commercial value of the
silver output Is $6,632,400 greater than In
1902, at the average price of 54 cent per
ounce, compared with 63 cents In the pre
vious year. The most important gains In
gold were $28,974,400 In Africa and $7,631,300
In Australia; and the most serious loss was
In the United States, The most important
change in silver production was in Mexico,
which reports an Increase of 10,323,338 fine
ounces. Australia shows a gain of 1,656,819
ounces.
We are a billion country In many re
spects, most emphatically, so in the out
put of stamps from the bureau of engrav
ing and printing. More than 6,500,000,000
postage stamps will be printed during the
present calendar year. The exact figures,
as estimated by the officials, will be 6,964,
800,000. Of this number 1,791.000,000 will be
made up of 1-cent stamps, 3,627,200,000 of
2'8, and the remainder of the higher de
nominations. The bureau of engraving and
printing strikes off 20,800,000 stamps every
day. This average is kept up for the 306
working days In the year.
The dally shipment of stamps to the 70,000
or more postoffices throughout the United
States runs from 10,000,000 to 70,000,000, the
latter being the highest number ever sent
out In a single day. About 100,000,000
stamps are always kept on hand for any
emergency.
"Why, sir," said the man In charge of the
stamp division a few days ago, "we count
In millions and billions here. We can tell
without difficulty whether the country is
prospering or floundering In the slough of
adversity. In fact the order sheet for
stamps Is an accurate barometer of indus
trial conditions in the United States. As a
political argument nothing better can be ad
vanced than the unusually heavy demand
for stamps during the last four years. The
calls upon us necessitate 'constant activity.
The sales of stamps ha Jumped with leaps
and bounds since 1900. In that year we
shipped 3,958,000,000; In 1901, 4,270,000,000; in
1902, 5,135,930,(00, and In the present year we
hope to pass the 6,000,000,000 mark.
"Our best month Is January. Business
picks up in December as a result of the
holiday season, but-we reach the flood In
January. August is the slack month, and
February ts counted among. the dull periods.
The demand in the first twenty days of
every quarter Is unusually heavy, and at
such times our daily shipments foot up
millions.
"The task of printing and distributing the
little certificate that appears on the letters
in the United States malls Is a tremendous
one. Great skill ts required in every branch
of the work. The best plate printers that
can b obtained In this country are em
ployed, and the women who examine and
count the stamps are among the most ex
pert of the small array employed in the
bureau of engraving and printing."
The government has been printing Its own
postage stampa since 1894. Previous to that
years the work was done under contract.
Under the present system the bureau of
engraving and printing must compete for
the work with private companies. Lost
year the competition was lively and the
bureau won on a small margin.
The Insular possessions are beginning to
draw upon the government for large ship
ments of stamps. The Philippine take
6,09,000 a year and Hawaii and Porto Rico
ench 8,500,000 a year.
Formerly postage stamp were simple In
design. The series authorized last year ar
more elaborate than any ever before Issued
by the government. They are more ornate
and carry the year of birth and death of
the subject. This gives them an educa
tional value which they did not possess In
former years.
PERSONAL NOTES.
..Contrary to the reports circulated in
the United States, Emperor William I said
by member of his suite to be In perfect
health, and to - peak In a clear and natural
voice.
The Chinese government has demanded
Indemnity rf $40,000 for a subject who wa
killed by a Nevada mob. When a China
man I horn his government appraises hlro
at leas than 30 cents.
A Boston newspaper has discovered that
th democrat have a campaign fund of
$11,000,000, and now the democratic man
ager ar willing to give him $9,500,000 If
the paper will tell them where It 1.
Rear Admiral Rodger, who retire as
commandant of th Brooklyn Navy yard
this week, on account of age limit, has
been appointed president of a special
board for th Improvement of th navy.
The death of ex-Mayor Franklin Edson
of New York, whose term of office waa In
1882-4, leave Edward Cooper, Hugh J.
Grant, Thomas Gllroy, Robert A. Van
Wyck and Beth Low as th surviving ex.
mayor of th city.
Dr. James F. Love, a native of Philadel
phia, ha Just returned to that city from
Egypt, where h has resided for fifteen
year.' H come almost aolely to cast hla
vol at vthe coming election. Dr. Love
went abroad nearly fifteen year ago and
found a profitable field for th practice of
bis jrp(elon of dntlt, -
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,j.;,iia
All persons who believe in documentary evidence and are sat
isfied '
WITH 6 PER CENT
are invited to buy "Conservative" paid-up certificates and out
their coupons with us every six months, if they need the
money. Otherwise the interest compounds.
Assets of nearly $ 1.200,000 with choice real estate security.
Under direct supervision of the State Bank Examiners. Be one
of us.
CEO. F. GIIM0RE, Prtsldent
CHA5. C. CEORGE, 1st Vkt-Prtit.
I. A. SUNDERLAND, 2nd Vke-Prtst.
JOHN F. FLACK, . Gen'l Manager
THE WEST AS A SELLER.
fend Larger Tonnage to the- East
Than It Receive.
New York Evening Post.
President Mellen of the New Haven rail
road remarked, at the close of March:
"The slump In business In New England
Is not only alleged; It Is a fact." Only a
few weeks later, after a 10,000-mile western
Inspection trip, E. II. Harrlman observed:
"Conditions In the west and southwest are
much better now than I had expected
last fall. More conservatism Is being
shown there thiSk here. The west Is In
good shape to look after It own financial
requirements."
These two Interviews fairly , well voiced
well posted opinion, regarding the cast In
general on the one hand, and the west on
the other. The accuracy of the two state
ments have been fairly confirmed by the
country bank exchanges during the first
eight months of 1904, which showed de
crease of 15 per cent in the'middl east,
Increase of 10 per cent In the south, but a
practically stationary condition throughout
the west. Another and still more instruc
tive test is the Atchison railway's showing
of eastbound and westbound freight, pub
lished In Its annual report this week. Here
are the figures:
JTons. Tons. Tons.
1904. 1903. 190&
Eastbound 6,832,607 6.134,300 5,8l'3,041
Westbound 6,363,090 '6,845,793 5,773,052
The eastbound business represents mostly
grain, live stock, cotton and lumber, prod
uct of the west; the westbound Is chiefly
manufactured goods and general merchan
dise which the west has bought. These
figures are abundant confirmation of the
nature of western "trade reaction" this
last season. The west sold more than be
fore and bought less; hence it ought to ba
richer now han a year ago.
PASSING PLEASANTRIES.
"He's writing a novel." 1
"I supposed he was out of hi mind. .
"He Is and he thouarht it would be more
successful If he wrote it white In that con
dition. It's to be of the regular popular
order, you know." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"You can never Judge a man by his
clothes, you know." ,
"No, but you can juage mm preuy wen
by hjs wife's clothes." Philadelphia Press.
"Don't vou sometimes promise more than
you can fulfill?"
xes, answerea ornaiui- ouibumui.
"Sometimes a promlsi Is an investment,
and the difference between it and the ful
fillment repredentu the margin of profit.
Washington Star.
Ethet-Maude Is bosatlng that she had
a large partv at her house on her birth
day. Were you invltedT
Kate No; but I understand that one of
the guests weighed almost 300 pounds.
Somerville Journal.
First Clubman (remlnlscently) Was your
daustiter married then?
Second Old Clubman (whose daughter ha
been thrice espoused, absently) Yes, now
and then.-rTown Topics.
Joseph had donned his coat of many col
ors. "I think I will have to take my clothing
to some other steam dye works In the
future," he said, as he looked ruefully at
the garment.
Which only goes to show that the dyers
of Canaan were thoroughly modern. Chi
cago Chronicle.
"Wat Isyer goln' t' do wld dat saw.
Mister Doctor?" asked the alarmed colored
patient In the hospital ward, aa he saw
the surgeon come In the room with a saw
and other Instruments.
"Oh, Sam," replied the physician, with
Strangers
May not be as well versed in clothing and where to get
It as town residents. And if friends-have neglected to
mention the "fact" that Browning King & Co., make "all"
of the clothing they sell and that clothing is the best in the
world, they might be tempted into taking something home
that would forever cause distrust of Omaha.
Now is the time to pick out a top coat or a good
serviceable winter suit one that will meet your every
requirement and give the satisfaction you expect. Dpn't
wait until the last minute to make the selection.
COMB TODAY.
COATS Kft cifv $18 $20 and S25
NO CLOTMINO
HATS
R. S. WILCOX, Mgr.
Read This AdI
We are 13 years old, and over
We have 1300 mortgages, and over
. We have 1300 stockholders, and over,
which breaks the "13" spell.
The Conservative Sav
ings o Loan Association
205 SOUTH SIXTEENTH ST., OMAHA
a 2x6 smile, "I'm Just going to see If I
can saw where your trouble Is." Yonkera
Statesman.
Maggie Sav. everybody ses you're dead
Stuck on Chimmle.
Mame Metibe I am. He cert'n'y kin
make love tor beat do band.
Maggie Kin he? Where did he learn
dat?
Mame He's bin caddyin' on de Shady
nook golf links all summer. Philadelphia
Press, i
PEPO TIIE STRENIOI'S.
Young Pepo awoke in his house 'neath tha
mold,
Though adorned with, silk tapestried,
walls.
It wa narrow and dark, and ie yearned to
push up
To the top where the warm sunlight falls;
So he Hung wide the portal, pressed up in
the light.
Where i ue sky its blue banners unfurled.
And he rejoiced with high Joy in th free
everywhere,
And took step with this work-a-day world.
Folks said he wa coarse, and they liked
not his airs,
But he saw things to do, and he flung
Bright emerald canopies over the sward.
on columns of crysoprase hung;
To the gray crumbling top of the old gar
den wall.
He climbed, then ran over the bank
And set golden goblet turned up to tha
dew,
Whence the birds and tha honey bees
drank.
t
Then he laid by the roadway great sacks
of rich fruit.
For his work was not solely for show,
That others might profit by what he had
done.
In the time of the frost and the snow;
Now this ardent young Pepo, of purpose
and vim.
This vigorous confrere of thine.
With retlen activity doing hi best,
Waa only a pumpkin vine.
That each may not be an Adonis I true.
And people may not like our airs;
But in doing tha things that our hands
. find to do
We may ease what the other one bears;
Recking not how tha crowd, la Its bustls
and haste.
May measure up your work and mine.
In duty to self we should not be outdone
By a strenuous pumpkin vine.
ROBERT -MCHESNCT.
If your
Eyes ache
or smart, or burn or
water something's wrong.
It may be only tempor
ary, It may be permanent.
Whatever it is. It .must'
be corrected with the right
glasses frames fitted right
lenses ground right and
at a pleading saving in
cost. -. .
This is tbi place to come. W
manufacture all our own glasses, and
employ only the moat sclentltlo
opticians.
J. C. Iluteson & Co.,
Consulting Opticians,
215 S. 16th St., Paxton Block
in Omaha
FIT5 LIKE OURS."
FURNISHING
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