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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7. 1904.
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publishing Company, being duly sworn,
sm-s that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Daily. Morning.
Kvi nlng and Sunday Bee printed during
the month of November, 1304, was as follows:
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N'et total sales 943.B14
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befoie me this 30th day of November, 1904.
tScal) M. B. Hl'NOATE,
Notary Public.
Mrs. Chadwlck is proving the fallacy
of the old saving that a woman will al
ways tell everything she knows.
The Initial paragraph of the presi
dent's message bears conclusive evidence
thnt It was written since the election.
Radicals of noltrjy side can accuse the
president of blu'rking the question raised
by orgxnlKcd labor and organized capi
tal. If the Dogger bank hearing does not
start soon the people of Kussla and Eng
land may have to be told what It Is all
about.
t Tip to bank cashiers: If any unknown
woman wants to borrow money on notes
endorsed with the name of .Andrew
vCarriegle, don't lend It ..
' Andrew Carnegie declares that he no
longer gives notes or endorses other
people's' pnper. A very good rule of
business only most business men are
' not In position to apply It. ' '
Nan Patterson Is particularly unfor
tunate. Having to stand trial for her
' life, she is denied the usual advertising
by reason of the, unseemly haste of Mrs.
Chadwlck to occupy the center of the
stage.
A six-day wheel race In progress at
New York has already causod.wrlous In
Jury to two of the participants and this
seems to be about the only excitement
the spectators tan draw from the ex
hibition. President Ilockwlth of : the defunct
Oberlln bank should thank his stars that
that ("Carnegie" note was not for a mil
lion dollars rather than for half that
amount He bad his mouth open for the
line and rod as well as the hook.
Chicago druggists who substituted
other things for medicines called for in
prescriptions art to be arrested. As
the prescriptions were decoys, It is pos
slblo that the substitute will be the
. only ones to suffer something unusual
In such cases.
British authorities have ordered the
arrest of Burke Hoche for delivering a
warship to ' liUKuiu, but whether the
crime to be charged Is violating the neu
trality laws or that of showing British
vigilance to be Ineffective Is not made
piib;iv at this time.
The o flU la I canvass ot lilt- vote of
rlouth Carolina shows only one ballot
marked, to the credit of Tom Watson.
The cry uUiut the suppression of the
Watsou vote will have to lie directed
to the southern states and lodged against
the former democratic allies.
l'oi;it'r enatr Carter of the National
Loulsiuhti fun-lut- exposition commis
sion says that complaints of fifty alleged
-fraudulent ruses have come out of 25,000
uwards made at the exposition. Can It
be possible that only fifty competitors
were dhappolnted in the findings of the
Judges?
It was to be hoped that French social
ibts, who have loig been carping on
the subject of reform, would have made
'jrae attempt, U rerorui tie duelling
nicLhoda of that countr, but the recent
meeting between the socialist leader and
an angered citlieu Indicate that the re
formers have nothing more effective to
offer than the oridnary bloodless variety.
I Jit tore congress passes Bourlts Cock
ran't bill for the publication, of sworn
statements of national campaign funds
it might inquire into the operation of
siuiTIar tegtslation in Nebraska and a
!Yy otlur states, where the sworn state
ine.nt of campaign expenses are notor
iously farcical. It could, at any rate,
ieara several things from such an in
quiry as to bow not to trains tha law.
"i "' ' "
THE PBESWKSrS MESSJOE.
President Hoosevelt's annual message
is very practical. There la no politics in
It No reference is made to the tariff.
which may have executive attention
later, but other matters of domestic con
cern receive careful attention.
At the outset the president admonishes
against unnecessary Increase of the ordi
nary expenses of the government urging
.that the cost of doing government busi
ness should be regulated with the same
rigid scrutiny as the cost of doing a pri
vate business. There is favorable prom
ise that this advice will be beeded by
congress. On the ever-important subject
of the relations of capital and labor the
president speaks with clearness and
force. He approves the organization of
labor and thinks it ought to be encour
aged, "so long as it is conducted with
a due and decent regard for the rights
of others." Tbe pervading idea 1n the
treatment of this subject is that the
laws must be respected and obeyed and
that under no circumstances should vio
lence or mob rule be tolerated.
In regard to the corporations engaged
In Interstate commerce the president
says that abuses cannot be eliminated
by state action and that the national
government alone can deal adequately
with them. This should be done in no
intemperate and destructive spirit yet
with a determination that will assure
correction of abuses. If existing laws
are found to be insufficient for the pur
pose others should be enacted to supple
ment them. This plainly Indicates that
there is to be no change of policy toward
the corporations on the part of the ad
ministration. Wherever abuses are
found to exist the laws will be enforced
against the culpable corporations.
The president declares that above all
else "we must strive to keep the high
ways of commerce open to all on equal
terms, and to do this it is necessary to
put a complete stop to all rebates." The
private car and private terminal track
and side track systems also must' be
stopped. The opinion is expressed that
as a fair security to shippers the Inter
state Commerce commission should be
vested with the power, where a given
rate has been challenged and after full
bearing found to be unreasonable, to de
cide, subject to judicial review, what
shall be a reasonable rate to take its
place, the ruling of the commission to
take effect immediately and to obtain un
less and until it is reversed by the court
of review. In the opinion of the .presi
dent which accords wl'th that of the ma
jority of shippers, the most important
legislative act now needed as regards
the regulation of corporations is this act
to confer on the Interstate Commerce
commission the power to revise rates and
regulations. This indorsement of the
proposed amendment of the interstate
commerce law will stimulate the move
ment to secure such amendment and will
not be without influence upon congress.
The president refers only briefly to the
currency, remarking that the question
should receive the attention of congress
and suggesting that every silver dollar
should be- made by law redeemable in
gold at theoptlon of the holder. : As
there does not appear'to be any urgency
nor any general public demand for legis
lation of this kind it is probable that
nothing will be done at the present ses
sion of congress. On the subject of im
migration the president says there is no
danger of having too many immigrants
of the right kind and it makes no differ
ence, from what country they come, but
we should not admit masses of men
whose standards of living and whose
personal customs and habits are such
that they tend to lower the level of
the American wage-worker. He urges
that it is vital that we should keep high
the standard of well-being among our
wage-workers. Fraudulent naturaliza
tion Is characterized as a curse to the
government and a revision of the nat
uralization laws is recommended.
The statements as to our foreign pol
icy and the attitude of the United States
toward the other nations of this hemi
sphere may provoke some criticism, but
It is not to be doubted that they will be
very generally approved. The upbuild
ing of the navy the president regards as
a patriotic duty and hei earnestly recom
mends that there be no bait In the work.
The message closes with a reference to
Philippine conditions and an argument
for continuing the work of uplifting the
natives of the islands in the scale of
civilization and the capacity for self-
government. ' ,
PROGRESS VP THE WAR-
All interest at present in the far east
ern war centers upon Tort Arthur, where
the Japanese are reported to be holding
the advantage they recently . secured at
great sacrifice.. The Russiuns have per-
Blatantly endeavored to recapture 203
metre hill aud according to the latest
information have lost heavily in attacks
on that position, . thus materially weak
ening the garrison, which probably does
not consist of more than 10,000 effective
men, if indeed the number is not con
siderably less. "'The' occupation of this
hill enables the Japanese to direct a v de
structive fire from their heavy guns
against the warships of the enemy and
it is stated that they have done this ef
fectively, though no statement is made
as to the extent of the damage done.
Another general assault is likely to be
made at any time and it is by no means
Improbable that it will prove successful,
unless conditions are far less serious for
the Russians than have been repre
sented. If the garrison has not more
than 10.000 avallables it is evident that
It cannot much longer bold out against
assaults of 60,000 Japanese, which is the
number stated a couple of weeks ago to
be investing the stronghold.' . , -
Meanwhile military operations else
where are not especially active, though
there is continual fighting in a small way
and each of the armies Is keeping a care
ful watch upon the movements of the
other. It does not appear probable, how.
ever, that general engagement will oc
cur In the near future, the chances being
tbat the armies may remain in about
their present position for several months.
or during the winter. A good deal, bow
ever, will depend upon the fate of Toft
Arthur. If the Japanese should capture
that within a short time a large force
could be sent to Marshal Oyama and
with such reinforcement be might bring
on a general engagement He is thought
to be now confronted by a much superior
force, but this is doubtful, for it seems
hardly likely that Kouropatkln would
remain comparatively inactive if his
army materially outnumbers that of the
Japanese. ,
As to the Baltic fleet it is making
slow progress toward its point of concen
t ration in the eastern seas, but within
the next sixty days it may be sufficiently
near the scene of action to demand the
attention of the whole of the Japanese
fleet Should Tort Arthur bold out that
length of time a turn might come in the
course of the war that would be very
serious for Japan, but every reasonable
probability is that Tort Arthur will fall
long before the Baltic fleet con reach
eastern waters.
IXEXCVSABLB ISDIFFEREXIE.
The taxpaying citizens of Omaha
are exhibiting inexcusable indifference
toward the matter of securing needed
charter amendments from the coming
legislature. The delegation from this
city and county have been elected to rep
resent their interests and we will all be
taxed to pay our share of the expense
of the legislative session, but the ex
penditure of this money will be wasted
or profitable according as we eecui-e leg
islation that will stop treasury leaks and
give us more efficient local government
There are a dozen places in the city
ball and court house where neat sums
can be saved by appropriate legislation.
We are now haying separate assess
ments of our property made by distinct
boards of assessors for Omaha, South
Omaha and the county, when one assess
ing officer with bis deputies can readily
do the entire work. We are maintain
ing in the same way three official treas
urers to collect the taxes and cash the
warrants, when one could easily super
vise the entire business. We are main
taining duplicate sets of auditors for
Omaha and for the county, two corps Of
engineers and draughtsmen, duplicate
superintendents for the city and county
buildings, duplicate jails for city and
county and a host of minor duplications
that cost money all the time.
Our machinery for constructing pub
lic works, especially the paving and re
paving of our streets, has failed sig
nally, these improvements having been
almost completely blocked for a year at
a time by conflicting interests of war
ring contractors. The cost to our busi
ness men and to the city at large of
these worn-out pavements ' would be
startling If it could be measured In dol
lars and cents.
As a cold business proposition, with
out reference to anything else, the pro
posed charter amendments ought to
arouse the interest of our property-owning
people. If they continue to let
things drift alongonly to complain later
because nothing has been done, they will
not be able themselves to escape pnrt of
the blame.
Another odious trust is about to be
launched 'in Omaha by a combination of
hotel clerks against deadbeats and hotel
bill jumpers. The proposition Is to In
vent a code by which the clerks of all
the hotels that are parties to the com
bine are to be notified at once when
ever one of them turns down a seedy
or suspicious looking Individual unwill
ing to put up cash in advance or unable
to deposit baggage to cover his account.
When these arrrangements are in per
fect working order and the poor and
unfortunate is unable to hypnotize the
first hotel clerk selected for his victim,
be will find himself blacklisted at every
other hostelry within walking distance.
The hotel clerk has been proverbially an
autocrat of frigid temperature, but this
scheme is likely to make him more than
ever a cold proposition, registering below
zero even in the hottest days.
. About twenty state societies and as
sociations, devoted to the propagation of
various agricultural Interests and in
dustries, chiefly in connection with Jive
stock breeding, dairying, grain cultiva
tion, horticulture, etc., are to meet in
Lincoln during the1 week immediately
before or after the first of January. Of
course, Omaha would not want to de
prive Lincoln of anything that belongs
to it but could not these organizations
be made to see an advantage in hold
ing their meetings occasionally in this
city instead of at the state capital?
Lincoln might properly entertain them
lit legislative years, with the off-year
convention located in Omaha. Lincoln
has gotten all these meetings by care
fully cultivating the different associa
tions and Omaha has lost them solely
through indifference.
The resolution of the police board
with reference to further legislation to
provide means of replenishing the fire
men's relief fund is good so far as it
goes, but it does not go far enough.
The police relief fund and the firemen's
relief fund should both be on the same
level and both should be accumulations
of money legitimately secured. The
benefit balls and entertainments, with
the promiscuous solicitation for the sale
of tickets, should be stopped once and
for all time, as approaching altogether
too close to petty extortion.
Omaha's strenuous truant officer re
ports that in performing the duties de
volving upon him during the past month
be has walked 238 miles. If be worked
every day in the month except Sun
days this would mean (list be bad cov
ered more than nine miles every day In
healthful pursuit of the elusive truant
The only thing the report lacks to make
It absolutely satisfying is an exact pe
dometer record of the number of miles
traversed by the truants In getting
away from him.
i , ?
That disastrous fire In New York City,
resulting from the explosion of an auto
mobile gasoline tank, again suggests the
necessity of strict regulation and thor
ough Inspection of the storage, sale and
nse of explosives, gunpowders and
highly Inflammable oils. An ounce of
prevention is worth a whole ton of cure.
"Swre, Mike!"
Cleveland Leader.
Mrs. Chadwlck of Cleveland is reported
to be beautiful. But pehaw! Her beauty
couldn't have had anything to do with the
eagerness of all those rood old gray-neded
bankers to count out the money to her.
Wot Worth the Price.
Chicago Tribune.
One can scarcely blame the Hon. Tom
Tibbies for deciding, after having read the
newspaper clippings about himself which
were furnished by the clippings bureau,
thst they were not worth 6 cents apiece.
lllah Ideals Always Iw Stock.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Secretary Tart assures the Republic of
Panama that It has a great future if It
follows high Ideals. In case Panama has
any trouble In discovering the high Ideals
Uncle 8am will be glad to furnish a Job lot
on short notice.
Possible Fatare Allies.
Kansas City Star.
The old report that Rursla Is contem
plating an alliance with Japan on the prin
ciple of the adage, "If you can't beat "em,
Jlne 'em," la probably founded on a state.
ment made by a Russian diplomat last
week. "When we have won," he said. "w
shall astonish the world by our generosity.
We shall propose terms that will turn
Japan from our enemy into our ally, and
make us conjointly masters of the Paclfls.
England will again be Isolated and we shall
head a triple alliance of the far east."
What weight le to be attached to this pre
diction Is not known. But it Is an Inter
eating theory and the plan suggested Is by
no means Impossible. Japan, for Instance,
has practically made an ally of China with
which it was at war ten years ago.
FeellB- Toward Rich Me.
Indianapolis News.
We suppose that If the truth were known
few rich men are really and deeply happy.
Mr. Rockefeller admits that they may be
most miserable, and surely he ohould know.
No man that knows anything about human
nature will deny that a rich man may be a
good man though the task Is not an easy
one. The quarrel today with men of wealth
Is not ths result of hatred or Jealousy of
wealth, but of the conviction that many of
our rich men are not good men, not honest
and patrlotio citizens. That Is the trouble.
When men with millions of dollars use them
to corrupt public officers, to buy councils
and legislatures, to purchase seats In the
senate, and generally to win advantages
at the expense of the public by debauching
the servants of the public, the people are
naturally disgusted and alarmed. This Is
a point that cannot be made too strongly.
But It Is one to which Mr. Rockefeller gives
little attention in his interesting Sunday
talks. The question primarily Is not one of
the possession, but one of the use of wealth.
So it Is not wealth, but predatory wealth
of which the people are Jealous.
IRRIGATION FOR THE EAST.
Profits of Artificial Moisture Appre
ciated by Track Gardeners.
New York Sun.
The Irrigation of our arid regions has
commanded much attention, but the sys
tem may profitably be extended far "...
them, though the understanding of its
value Is comparatively new to this part
of the union. . A. few truck and other
farmers In New Torlc and neighboring
states have tried It for 'years, and they
have found that Irrigation In the east Is
profitable. A gradually widening circle of
agriculturists has been brought over to
this view. It is a little strange perhaps
that our farmers generally did not take
more rapidly to the idea, for they are
only Just beginning to repeat the experience
of farmers in France, Switzerland and
Italy, where some of the Irrigated dis
tricts have a larger annual rainfall than
the Mississippi valley.
During the past year the Department of
Agriculture has been making Investiga
tions in our humid regions, particularly in
the eastern part of the country. Its re
port. Just published, deals almost exclu
sively with the irrigation of market garden
crops. It was found that many of the
market gardeners of Long Island, New Jer-
y and Massachusetts are beginning to
discover that it Is very profitable to irri
gate their crops. In, nearly every season
there are periods of little rain during
which the growth of vegetation Is seriously
checked. The proper application of water
at these times prevents the diminution of
the crops that would otherwise occur.
At other seasons when the rainfall is
considerably below the normal Irrigation
Is an insurance against serious damage.
These facts have now become so well
established that the method Is steadily ex
tending among our market gardeners.
Mr. Bach of Flushing, In Long Island,
who has thirty acres of garden truck under
irrigation, estimates that the value of his
crops was Increased $5,000 last year by
artificial watering. Mr. Rawson of Arling
ton, Mass., says that the value of his
market garden crops Is often Increased 0
per cent by Irrigation and nearly always
as much as 25 per cent. The testimony
Is general that the size and quality of
strawberries, onions, cauliflower and other
small fruits and vegetables are much im
proved by Irrigation.
With the higher price for crops and more
Intensive cultivation that are coming with
Increased density of population there Is no
doubt that irrigation will take Its place
as an Important agency In the agriculture
and horticulture of the eastern half of the
United States. '
PERSONAL NOTES.
The farmers of the United States have
raised enough corn this year to pay off
the national debt, but it is not generally
apprehended that they will undertake to
do it. -
President Dillon of the North Missouri
Press association accepted the presidency
of that organization with the understanding
that he would get married before his term
ends.
The United States life saving service
rescued 8.300 persons last year, considerably
more than were killed by its life-destroying
service, so the balance is still on the
right aide.
Dr. Stephen Call of Ingalts, Okl., is about
80 years old, but he spend his winters In
the woods coon hunting. His friends de
clare he is the oldest and greatest coon
hunter alive.
Henry H. Rogers, the Standard Oil man,
who once worked for $118 a day, la a little
fallow, not much larger than Jay Oould,
has a cowlick on each side of the part In
the middle of his hair, wears an Iron
gray mustache with cow-horn curls and
takes off his hat whenever he enters a
broker's office, Just as an ordinary servant
should do.
Charles E. Pope of Sandwich, Mass., the
oldest bell ringer in the United States, Is
desd at his home, where he waa born and
lived all bis life. He was 84 years old and
for over sixty-two of those, years he had
been bell ringer at the First Parish church
In Ssndwlch. In this way hs aided in
giving public notice to many notable events,
such as completion of the first Atlantic
cable, the firing, upon Fort Sumter, the
fall of Richmond, the surrender of Lee,
etc. He also tolled the bell whsn Lincoln,
Oarfleld and McKlnlsy were assassinated.
C.OIP ABOIT THE WAH.
Real Koaroaatkls).
In "Japan, an Interpretation," the late
Lapcadlo Ileum draws a charming picture
of the old Japan and the spirit of Its peo
ple which Induced him to make the Is
land empire his home. He says:
"The wonder and the beauty of what
remains of the old Japan cannot be less
ened by any knowledge of the conditions
that produced them. The old kindliness
and grace of manners need not cease to
charm us because we know that such man
ners were cultivated for 1.000 years, under
the edge of the sword. The common polite
ness which appeared, but a few years sgo.
to be almost universal, and the rarity of
quarrels, should not prove less agreeable
because we have learned that, for genera
tlnns and generations, all quarrels among
the people were punished with extraordi
nary rigor; and that the custom of the
vendetta, whkh rendered necessary such
repression, also made everybody cautious
of word and deed. The popular smile
should not seem less winning because we
have been told of a period In the past of
the subject classes, when not to smile In
the teeth of pain might cost life Itself.
And the Japanese woman, as cultivated
by the old home training. Is not less sweet
a being because she represents the moral
Ideal of a vanishing world, and because
we can faintly surmise the cost Incalcul
able cost In pain of producing her.
"However Intolerable may seem to the
mind of the artist or poet those countless
restrictions which once ruled all this fairy
world, and shaped the soul of it. he can
not but admire and love their best results,
the simplicity of old custom the dainti
ness of habits the delicate tact displayed
In pleasure-giving the strange power of
presenting outwardly, under any circum
stances, only the best and brightest aspects
ot character.
"What emotional poetry for even the
least believing In the ancient home religion
in the lamplet nightly kindled before the
name ot the dead, the tiny offerings of
food and drink, the welcome-fires lighted
to guide the visiting ghosts, the little
ships prepared to guide them back to their
resU
"And, the Immemorial doctrine of filial
piety exacting all that is noble, not less
than all that Is terrible, ln'duty. In grati
tude. In self-denial what strange appeal
does it make to our lingering religious In
stincts, and how close to the divine appear
to us the finer natures forged by It!
"We know there is Illusion not as to the
n-ality of the visible, but as to Its mean
ingsvery much illusion. Yet why should
we feel obliged to confess the ethical gla
mour of a civilization as far away from us
in thought as the Egypt of RamesesT Am
we really charmed by the results of a so
cial discipline that refused to recognize the
Individual enamored of a cult that exacted
the suppression of personality?
No, the charm is made by the fact that
this vision of the past represents to in
much more than past or present that it
foreshadows the possibilities of some highei
future, in a world of perfect sympathy.
After many a thousand years there may be
developed a humanity able to achieve, with
never a shadow of illusion, those ethical
conditions prefigured by the ideals of Old
Japan, instinctive unselfishness, a common
desire to find the Joy of life In making
happiness for others, a universal sense of
moral beauty. And whenever men shall
have so far gained upon the present as tc
need no other code than the teaching of
their own hearts, then Indeed the ancient
-1 of Shinto will find Its supreme realiza-
lon."
"At 60," says a writer In the World's
Work, "General Kouropatkln has the same
restless energy that he had In his youth
when he stormed through the ( horrors of
Plevna with Skobeleff, and he is one of the
most famous military men now living. Like
Skobeleff, he Is a great leader of men, and
he knows the value of the theatrical pomp
and braggadpcio that appeal to the Tartar
hearts of, his Russian soldiers. But, In spite
of his boasting addresses, his ostentatious
slapping on the back of his "brother" Ivan,
the private; In spite of his carload of Icons,
amulets and crosses, with the exhortations
and benedictions of his priest, he Is a cold
blooded calculator, patient and untiring in
his study of detail, modest and Just. He If
the Idol of his army. Endless toil has been
the keynote of his life.
"His lust for hard work showed Itself
early. At 18 he scorned the fashionable
Imperial guards and chose a commission
in the Turkestan rifles, because he wanted
work. After brilliant service ending at
Samarcand he returned to St. Petersburg at
20 to complete his studies in the academy
of the general staff. He was a hereditary
noble of Pskdrf, but he worked desperately
hard and in 1874 took the highest honors.
On leave to study abroad after the Franco
Prussian war he helped to reorganize the
French cavalry. General de Galllfet, the
first cavalryman of France, declared in his
report that the most brilliant results of the
work had been gained through the advice
of young Kouropatkln. His remarkable
strategic ability n the maneuvers near
Mets made him the first Russian to become
an officer of the Legion of Honor for mili
tary service.
He has been severely wounded several
times. In the Russo-Turklsh war he was
the battle brother of Skobeleff. At Plevna,
byl SkobelefT's side, he saw 8.000 of his
chief's 18,000 men fall. The only officer not
dead or wounded, he led 300 men in a charge
agaluit a battalion of Turks. Only a
hundred returned, but the Turks had been
driven back into the famous "Redoubt No.
IS." He. ha won every decoration for valor
that the czar has In his gift Skobeleff
said of him that he was the coolest and
hardest nerved man he had ever seen under
fire." '
Until 1887 there was no public telephone
service in Japan. The first dty systems
were ' Installed In Toklo and Yokohama In
1890, and these were followed shortly by
others, until at the end of 1901 there were
ITS public stations, with twenty-five city
systems and 25,000 subrrrlbers. At the same
time 25,000 other persona were demanding
telephone service.
The telephone and telegraph apparatus
In Japan Is of the most modern type, as
progress elsewhere la followed closely. Tlie
rapid development of these two arts Is
characterised by the following statistics,
showing the number ot telegrams sent for
different years. ' In 1871 19.000; in 1881, ,&86..
000; In 189L 4,(14,000, and in 1901, 16,221,000.
General Linevltch, now in command of
the first army In Manchuria, Is one of the
very few Russian- officers 'who have risen
from the ranks to Important command. He
was born In 1838 and on leaving school en
tered the frmy as a private. At the be
ginning of this year he acted as commander
In chief until the arrival of Kouropatkln.
His admirers claim that had he not been
superseded the Jap never would have won
so many victories.
Polaaaers aad Their MlarrattOB.
Philadelphla Record.
A college professor out In Nebraska In
deploring the great increase of the foreign,
born population of the United States de
scribes the Poles among others as belong.
Ing to the class of "undesirable" Immi
grants. Persons who are, perhaps, much
better acquainted with the Pole a their
employers entertain quite a different opin
ion concerning them. What I to be said
tf them In general terms Is that these Im
migrants possess the good and bad quali
ties of a brave nation whose misfortunes
have at various epochs excited the sym.
patales fas world.
state rnr.M comment.
Tekamah Journul; it Is reported that
the Omaha Indinn- are soon to receive a
payment ,of $lo. Times will be lively
around the reserv.itlnn if Father Bcbell will
stay away while this money Is being spent.
Norfolk News: The Omaha World
Herald Is now attempting to drift the
sentiment against the dynamite outragers
Into polltk-s. but the fI1e of the metrop
olis are onto the World-Herald's tricks
and will not be drifted unless they are
assured that such a cour-e is right from
some other source.
Kearney Democrat: The city of Omaha
deserves to praise the action of Governor
Mickey In his appointment of Dr. George
L. Miller as a member of the Omaha
Board of Fire and Police commls-ion. suc
ceeding Judge McHugh who resigned. No
more deserving compliment could have
been bestowed by Governor Mickey upon
a more competent and worthy man.
Springfield Monitor: Senator Dietrich,
Nebraska's member of the upper house
who Is about to step down and out has
an idea. It Is nothing more nor eim thnn
to have the army of prisoners In the
United State who are now doing time for
various offences do service in the con
struction of the Panama canal. There is
merit no doubt In- the suggestion and be
sides helping this big undertaking It would
give the prisoners employment and they
would have a chance to lay up a little
nest egg for use when free again.
Emerson Enterprise: The Omaha Bee
thinks the way to stop bootlegging among
the Indians Is to establish a non-license
zone around the Indian reservation. This
might help- if the sone Included the Mis
souri river, Sioux City and Omaha. An
other good way would be to punish the
Indians for getting drunk. They are citi
zens and might be treated as such. And,
again, if the federal court will Impose sen
tences which Includes a large fine and a
year In the penitentiary, as was done lat
week, bootleggers will soon seek some other
avocation.
Wayne Herald: The grafters living In
and about the Winnebago agency may be
able to make those in authority believe
that Father Schell Is a crank and that his
charges of corruption are baseless, but to
people living in proximity to the reser
vations and who know something of the
methods there prevalent his charges are
not doubted. There is and has been for
years about as graceless a lot of scamps
operating among these Indians a can be
found anywhere on the face of the earth
as can be proven by dozens of men who
have attempted to do business with the
aborigines on a business basis, and who
found the wheel blocked at every turn.
This gang of fellows look upon the Indian
as their legitimate prey and when others
attempt to do business with them without
paying tribute to the white buzzards they
have found these fellows In between them
and the parties they were attempting to
do business with.
WHY FREIGHT RATES INCREASE.
Straggle to Earn Dividends on In
flated Capitalisation.
Chicago Tribuna
The common explanation 'of higher rail
road rates given by the officials of the rail
roads ia that material and wages are in
creasing and that It cost more to furnish
the service. It is said, In addition, that
freight rates are a most difficult thing to
determine; that "there Is no fixed rule or
exact science that can be applied to them."
and that only the most experienced traffic
managers are able to say whether a certain
rate will be remunerative to the company
or not. Indeed, it is the common practice
of traffic manager when questioned before
the Interstate Commerce commission to
state that there Is practically no Intelligent
basis for making rates.
But all railroad officials will admit that
rates must have some relatlon'to the capi
tal stock and funded debt of the road. The
dividends on the stock and the interest on
the bond enter into every computation of
what the rates should be in fairness to the
railroad.
If, then, freight rates are bound to be in
fluenced by the capitalization of the roads
every Increase In that capitalization which
doe not represent actual money added to
the road in the way of equipment will
eventually be, reflected In rates whose Jus
tice may well be questioned by the pub
lic. In 1900 the Chicago & Alton Railroad
company was leased by the Chicago & Al
ton Railway company. Note the difference
between the words "railroad" and "rail
way," and bear In mind that they are two
separate, corporations. The railway com
pany leases the railroad company.
The Chicago & Alton Railroad company
on December SL 1898, stood a follows:
Main track operated, miles 843.54
Total amount of stock $22.230.tJi
Total amount of bonds S.iftl.HM
Sundry liabilities 8.8&o.8u0
Total liabilities $34,732,250
The Chicago & Alton Railway company
on June 30, 1900, stood as follows:
Main track operated, miles 8G5.18
Preferred stock paid In $19,544,000
Common stock paid In 19 542,kn0
Funded debt 22.WO.Ou0
Sundry liabilities 4.088.897
Total liabilities $tie.i;5.697
During 1899 the bond of the Chicago It
Alton Railroad company were Increased to
$40,000,000. Interest on these bonds waa guar
anteed by the railway company. Adding
this $40,000,000 guaranteed bond issue to the
liabilities of the railway company a grand
total of $106.000.0tX Is secured. The esse
then stands:
Capitalization In 1898 , $84.72,000
Capitalization in 1900 105,000.000
Other Instance of Increased capitaliza
tion might be given, but they are unneces
sary. The case of the Alton I sufficient to
prove why freight rates are tending up
ward instead of downward. In 1900 that
railroad was practically the same in mile
age and equipment as in 1898. But It was
capitalized for three times as much. The
rale which might have earned a fair In
come on stock and bond in the former
year would not have been so remunerative
In the latter year. A curious coincidence
In this case I that the year in which the
capitalization of the Alton was so heavily
. The
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World's Fair Saint Louis
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f arfar derived frem grapes.
Increased was the same year In which
freight rates began to advance.
Railway managers and owner will al
ways contend that they must be allowed a
fair rate of interest on their Investment.
The stocks and bonds will be pointed to as
the Investment. Fictitious Increase ot
stocks and bonds will result in unfair In
crease In rates. For this reason the Inter
state Commerce commission should be
given greater powers to restrain this In
evitable tendency toward unfair ratea
PARCELS POST SERVICE.
Saaaested Knlarsremeat of Rural Free
Delivery."
New Tork World.
Reasonable rates' for pVi-tal parcel serv
ice would lessen the deficit in the cost of
rural free delivery. There are now 28.071
rural free delivery routes. The average
cost Is about $900 and the total cost about
$25,000,000. The rural free delivery I of
great worth to the localities which It
serves. It gives to the farmer as good
postal facilities as the residents of cities.
It saves his time in going several miles
for his mall; It adds to the Value of hi
property, tends to better roads and make
country life less lonely.
Managed on business principle It net
cost could be greatly reduced. The farm
er's mall consists less ot first class matter
than of newspapers, magazines, book and
the many small articles which can be sent
by mall. A low parcel rate, as advocated
by Assistant Postmaster General Brlstow,
would give the farmer the advantages the
city resident has at hand in his news
stand and book store. It would also enable
the easy purchase of the many small arti
cles which the farmer's wife and family
desire.
Even the express companies, which have
successfully opposed the establishment of
a government postal express, should not
object to the enlargement of the rural
delivery service by a low rate on small
parcels not over five pounds in weight.
What a commentary It is upon our gov
ernmental conditions that In discussing any
propoKed public Improvement there must
be considered not so much Its value, Its
advisability or Its necessity, but the atti
tude of some politically powerful corpora
tions that may be indirectly affected!
TRIFLES LIGHT AS AIR.
Friend So you think the Japs are par
ticularly versatile?
Tourist Yes, they 'are the only--nation
In the- world whose men can use an em
broidery needle and a gun with equal
facility. Detroit Free Press.
Feeder I believe thoroughly In the , antl
tipping movement.
Plunger So do I. I went broke on the
last tip a fellow gave me, Cleveland
Leader.
Little Elmer Paia, what is hypochon
driac? Prof. Broadheud A hypochrondiae, my
son, Is a person who has no disease, but
many complaints Puck.
"Christmas comes but once a year," said
the chctry citizen.
"No use of its coming twice a year,"
said the moroxe person. "Must give a man
a chance to nave a little money before he
can spend It." Washington 6tar.
Man with the Retreating Chin They
Bay Archie made a miHfit marriage.
Man with the Bulging Forehead Yss, I
reckon you might call It that. Half a
dozen mlKses tit for him before one of 'em
got hlma-Chlcago Tribune.
"Yes," said the gay roisterer, "I'm hav
ing my fling. My motto is, 'Let things
rip.' "
"Go ahead," said the wise man, "and
pretty soon the only motto above you will
be R. 1. P.' " Philadelphia Ledger.
Before a girl Is married, ahe would rather
he would bring her a .box of chocolates
when he comes to call. After she is mar
ried, she would rather he would bring
home a bunch of violets occasionally."
Somervllle Journal.
THE RILING PASSION.
.
Town Topics.
Among the dusty Kmn that line the
study walls
I found sweet Marjory ono winter' day
Scanning with deep Intent a volume, rag
ged, worn.
That aeemed within her mind to have
full sway.
For now she aralled, anon with gloomy
frown
Chased smile away, '
"No doubt." I thought, " 'Us some en
trancing tale I
Of chivalry and days when knight were.
bold,
When storied lore was piped; by. minstrel
sung,
And love, like all men's hearts. Was gold
When love and life were In their pristine
youth
And ne'er were sold,"
Obsessed to know what dreams of poet's
art
Could thus beguile and charm my gentle
sage ,
I crossed the room; then, bending softly
o'er,
I kissed her brow and scanned the open
page.
And read: "The skirt and hats thl year
are very lame, and
Red Is all the rage."
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