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THE OMADA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY. DECEMBER 8. 1904.
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Russell Sage tun undoubtedly prove
au alibi ahould Ills nnnie itpisr on anjr
of those Ohio notes.
For aome unaccountable lea no u Ui
Chicago Great Western railroad liaa not
yet been sold again this week.
Walt till those postal curds fret In ac
tion on oowrress and then keep your eye
on that poHtal savings bank bill.
Hully now predicts &-ieHt oottou. The
New York speculator has apparently
lovt all confidence In the bulling ability
of the boll weevil.
t Mrs. Cbadwlck la causing almost as
much anxiety in 'circles of frenzied
nuance as Tom Lawsou, although she
has not said half as much.
This exceptional winter weather lias
at least permitted. )c ttfreet railway
lines to anticipate, the 0rgt cold wave
by. f farting fires lu the cars first.
World-Herald '"It la useless to dis
cuss the relations of the liquor dealers
and the governor" a half column of
discussion "Therefore we won't dis
cuss it."
Evidently the librarian of congress
does not have as high an opinion of all
copyrighted articles as the authors wh,
go to the" trouble' of protecting their
rights In them.
According to Mayor Moores, women
hare the Inalienable light to go to the
theater bare-headed or bare-footed, so
long as they pay for their seats and do
not flirt between acts.
i Senator Gamble thinks successful con
testants for Rosebud lands should not
be required to' begin residence in Feb
ruary, but the senator must admit that
no one compelled them to enter the
land.
It bat reached a point In the Colorado
election cases that the rumor that the
supreme court Is to open a new ballot
box Immediately Increases the receipts
of the passenger department of the rail
roads. If the stock brokers show the an
tagonism to the president Indicated by
the slump In the market yesterday Wall
treet may be given a demonstration
Just bow little Influence it really has In
the country.
When the seed corn special gets under
full headway Nebraska farmers will lie
able to learn Just what they do not
know about their principal crop. But
perhaps they might teach their teachers
something, too.
It U but natural that Secretary Mor
ton should want younger men as cap
tains In the navy, for this l becoming
the age of the young tuau, and Mr. Mor
ton is not to be blamed for sutudlug up
for bis fellows.
Whenever there Is a stringency In the
city cssh the. council orders all the men
employed -on street Improvements and
street cleaning to lay off. But super
numerary pie biters Inside of the city
ball are never molested.
Not even the most notorious railroad
organs have the temerity to endorse the
refusal of the Nebraska railroads to pay
their taxes and their appeal to the fed
eral courts for immunity by injunction.
It must le rank. Indeed.
Tliu demand of Canadians for a duty
011 rough lumber from the United KUtes
In proof that there Is two aides to the
tariff question an outside and au In
side, and In Ibis case the United Slate
happens to be outside.
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When the Board of Hevlew gets
through ita sessions ls members will be
thoroughly convlaced 'that a lot of o
pla here in Omaha are traveling around
oft . reputations of wealth which Uiey
ii&ve bo light to whatever
ALIEX rnXTRACT LABOR
The fact that during the last IWcal
year over I,.") contract laborers were
excluded from the United Hfates Is con
clualve proof that there are still in this
j-otintry ierwtis representing Industrial
enrjx""'!! win are ready to violate
the law which prohibits the Importation
of laborer under contract. In referring
tu this the coinnilaloner general of Im
migration remarks that the number of
contract lalMirera refused admission in
the last fiscal year was greater than
ever before in any one year and be sug
gests that further leglHlatlon la neces
sary to put an end to the evil.
He urges that to put an end to the
Importation of contract labor the law
ahould provide an adequate punishment
for employers who offend against It and
undoubtedly there will lie very general
acqulescem-e In this rccoinmemWIon.
The enactment of the alien contract
Inlnir law ninny years ago was brought
it bout by conditions which made an Im
perative demand for a restriction of this
nature. Trior to the pnssnge of the law
manufacturers and mine operators, more
particularly the latter. Imported con
tract laborers by the thousands, neces
sarily to the great detriment of Amer
ican labor. Moreover, many of those
thus brought Into the country were sub
jected to a condition of practical bond
age. The situation lecanie so serious
that a remedy was Imperatively de
manded anil i-ongress passed the law to
exclude contract laborers. The law has
never been as well enforced as it should
linve been, bur It has served a good pur
pose, and If now It Is found to be In
sufficient there should le supplementary
leglalatlon. Importation of laborers un
der contract' Is something which the
American people will under no circum
stances tolerate. Free labor Is wel
come, but we want none Hint comes
here under bondage.
OVHKAV OF CURPORATIOXS.
President Roosevelt has defined the
purpose and functions of the bureau of
corporations In a way that no one can
misunderstand. The common Impres
sion that the bureau was to conduct Its
Investigations In a secretly inquisitorial
manner is not correct. It Is rather the
policy of the bureau, as stated by the
presldeut, to accomplish the purposes of
its creation by co-operation, not an
tagonism; "by making constructive legis
lation, not destructive prosecution, the
Immediate object of Its Inquiries; by con
servative investigation of law and fact.
and by refusal to Issue Incomplete and
hence necessarily inaccurate reports."
This policy of open inquiry and not at
tack upon business the president says
has enabled the bureau to gain not only
the confidence but also the co-operation
of men engaged In legitimate business.
This statement of -the general policy
of the bureau of corporations is undoubt
edly In nccord with the intention of con
gress; in creating it, but it ls to be pre
sumed that whenever u 'corporation de
clines to co-operate, with the. bureau tuJ
an inquiry the latter will not hesitate to
employ secret means In order to obtain
the information it desires. While un
doubtedly the policy, defined by the
president will be followed In all cases
where corporations are found willing to
accede to the requirements of the bureau,.
such as are not -will not lie permit
ted to escape Investigation by whatever
method shall be found expedient and
practicable and such corporations will bp
very likely to have made public what
ever of their affairs the- bureau may be
able to ascertain. There will be a care
ful safeguarding of the business of cor
porations which take the bureau Into
their confidence, but those which do not
are likely to have their affairs exposed to
the public view.
The bureau of corporations has been
actively at work since Its organization,
much of the labor being of a prepara
tory character, and it Is now In a posi
tion to carry out the purpose for which
it was created. That It will do this ef
fectively there Is no reason to doubt.
OUft yURTHU'KSTF.lW TERRITORY.
The great territory of Alasku has
made marked progress in the last few
years and there Is every reason to ex
pect that it will continue to make rapid
advance If the proper encouragement la
given It by congress. It Is well known
that this part of the national domain
lias very great resources, how great has
not yet been fully ascertained, but such
development as has been made there has
paid many times over the price given
by the United States to Russia. The
annual contribution ' of Alaska to the
wealth of the nation amounts to many
millions and It is certain to increase
from year to year.
It is a region which is commanding
general Interest and President Roosevelt
has very properly given to It extended
reference in his annual message, with
recommendations that ought to receive
the attention and favorable action of
congress. He points out that It has lu
tome respects outgrown Its present
laws, while In others those laws have
been found to lie Inadequate. He there
fore urges additional legislation that
will meet the growing requirements of
the people of that portion of our domain
aud Improve conditions there. Among
other things he urges that Alaska ahould
have a delegate In congress and this Is
manifestly desirable In order that con
gress may at all times be able to obtain
accurate Information as to the condi
tions and needs of the territory. The
considerable American element there,
which will be steitdily Increased, ought.
to have a representative at Washington
who is fully acquainted with Its wuuts
und also what Is necessary to th further
development of that valuable possession.
The president ixjinls out what the
more pressing of lliese needs are and It
would sem that there should be no de
lay on the jiart of congress In providing
for them. There is time to do this at
the present session and the Interest
which the president, has manifested In
the matter and which Is aha nil by nil
the people uu the Pacific coast who are
concerned in Alaskan development
should lndm congress to provide at
once the legislation which In suggested.
The government cannot afford to neg
lect a isrt of the country which has
lieen so profitable ami which gives
promise of such great lieneflts In the
future as our vast northwestern territory.
pKusiaoc s fix a ya tttisu.
There is danger that a large portion
of the money realised from the collec
tion of delinquent taxes under the scav
enger law will be thrown Into the city
dump, commonly known as the general
fund, when by rights It should be used
for the repayment of moules diverted
from the proceeds of the refunding
bonds Issued last year. It was a palpa
ble violation of the letter and spirit of
the law to draw any part of the pro
ceeds of these Iwiiils out of the treasury
for any other purpose than refunding of
bonds previously issued, but the diver
gence of the proceeds from the sale of
refunding bonds was excused under the
plea of extraordinary emergency and
financial neitsslty.
It was not only expected but prom
ised that amends would Is made for
this questionable method of financiering
at the earliest possible moment through
the collection of delinquent taxes. Now
that the'eudless chain by which floating
debts are created one year and con
verted into permanent bonded debt an
other year Is again to be set in motion,
the only excuse given Is that the ex
penses of municipal government exceed
the amounts authorized to be expended
under the charter. In other words, that
the needs of Omaha have of late be
come much greater than the allowance
contemplated and fixed by the charter.
Apparently our municipal authorities
seem to be oblivions of the fact that
Omaha Is a corporation of which the
mayor and council are president and
board of directors, while the taxpayers
are -the stockholders. Suppose the
stockholders of any corporation should
under the limitations of their articles of
Incorporation, or for any other reason
expressly limit amount of funds to be
expended by the board of directors,
would the directors be empowered or
Justified In Incurring liabilities over and
above that amount, and If they did In
cur these liabilities In violation of the
articles of Incorporation, would they not
be held personally and Jointly responsi
ble for exceeding their authority? Why
should not the same rule apply to, the
mayor and council? Why should they
Ignore and override the charter limita
tions under any pretext? Why should
the municipal authorities pursue a policy
that piles up the bonded debt from year
to year and correspondingly increases
the tax burdens?
Every time a proposition has been up
to Issue city bonds to take care of an
accumulated floating debt we have been
told that the loan was made necessary
because of uncollected taxes and that
the delinquent tax list stood as assets
against It. We are now realising on
these assets through, the scavenger law
collections, but no measures have been
taken to apply the proceeds to sinking
the loan. If this money is now spent
for other purposes we will still have the
debt to meet and when It becomes due
the only alternatives will be to levy a
new tax or Issue renewal bonds. For
such deficit financiering to reach the end
of the rope Is only a matter of time.
One of the speakers at the Ministerial
association of Lincoln the other day Is
reportetl to have said: "The state of
SfKiety In Lincoln today Is deplorable.
The university society., which really sets
the social pace for Lincoln, la one con
tinual round of banqueting and gaiety,
money flowing like Mater and holding
mutual admiration societies." Surely
this Is flju awful state of affairs. Better
organize a Civic Federation.
Nebraska's members of the electoral
college will meet January' 8 to record
the vote of this state for Roosevelt and
Fairbanks. How many of them would
like to carry the message to Washing
ton has not been announced. It is safe
to say. however, that none of them
would dodge If he saw the honor coming
his way.
Attorney General Prout has called a
conference of the county attorneys to
meet at Llnvoln next Wednesday. It
would 1m interesting to know how
many travel on railway passes to a con
ference which will consider the best
way to oppose the railway fight against
the new revenue law.
It is said Alexleff recommends that
the. Russian Black sea fleet t sent
through the Dardanelles to the far east,
but as It was this admiral who wanted
war with Japan, his advice will proba
bly be discounted by those now lu
power.
Helplug Along; a Theory.
Philadelphia Record.
Casale Chadwlck and some unnamed mu
tual friend are now reported to be engaged
in an effort to rescue Andrew Carnegie
from danger of the disgrace of dying rich.
Signs that Mag Be Kelt. .
Washington Post.
A. democratic newspaper ought to be In
close enough touch with Its party to know
that it la going to be a long, hard winter,
without relying upon the government's
weather reports.
I nrle Joe on Deck.
New York Bun.
The Hon. Joseph O. Cannon has hla wits
about him. No fumes of the November
victory linger In hla convolutions. Hera
i a homely and pithy speech of the Dan
ville philosopher: .
"There Is a gap of about t3A,uuu,0iu be
tween tue Aeat and the 'pants.' "
Appropriation hunters please obaerve a-
preserve.
A Military ftceesalty.
New York Tribune.
Russia seta aside 15,000,000 to begin to
double track Ita Siberian railroad. The
prcsptcta are that before the work Is com
pleted the r wll be over and the Rua
ataas in effect out of Mam hurln for good,
ao far aa military occupation la concerned.
Tae road. Uowever, will always be useful
to serve the Interests of peace, though It
haa not been a success la serving those of
war, and would not b enual to Itt needs
even If another track were to be ltld down
according to the program.
Poverty Xahe a Plata-erst.
Minneapolis Journal.
"General" Coxev has filed a petition
In bankruptcy with liabilities placed at
$27,0110. and asaeta to burn-that Is. they
are mostly straw and therefore highly
combustible. The commonweal" -leader
whose army of protest against plutocracy
created a mild sensation a few years ago.
tried to be a plutocrat himself on the
strength of the advertising he received.
A Happy Outlook.
New York Sun.
The American people were never ao open
to reaannable argument as they are now.
Never were they so magnanimous in spirit,
so tolerant, ao free from the blaa of preju
dice fatal to fair and generous judgment.
It looks aa if we were entering on a period
In which controversy for the sake of con
troversy and because of mere pride of
opinion woirtd give place to a search for
reasonable grounds of agreement.
President Harrison's Memoirs,
Philadelphia Record.
Among the private papers of the 1st
President Harrison his literary executor
Is aald to have found a complete history
of bis presidential administration, with a
frank but calm and . Judicious discussion
of all Its political Incidents. Including the
action of Mr. RUIne and his friends. It
is said this will not be published at pres
ent, and may not be published at all,
though Oeneral Harrison s biographer will
have the benefit of the Information It con
taJns. The document ought to be pub
lished while It is of great Interest. A cen
tury hence It might interest a few his
torical students, and that Is all. General
Harrison and Mr. Blaine are dead, and the
former'a view of his own administration
ought to be published while people who
knew them remain alive.
A CONFLICT OF DRCISIOV
Ratings of State and Federal ( onrta
oa the Eight-Hoar Un,
Philadelphia Lodger.
The New York court of appeals In sev
eral cases has decided that tlie law of that
state prohibiting contractors who make con
tracts with the atate, cities or counties
from exacting more than eight hours work
a day from their employes Is unconstitu
tional. In the last case Involving the
question, three of the Judges decided that
the law could not be sustained-, for the
reason that It violated the fourteentli
amendment of the federal constitution,
which provldea that no state whall "deprive
any person of life, liberty or property
without due process of law. Two of the
Judges followed the decision In a previous
caae. In which it waa held that the law
requiring contractors for public work to
pay employes the local prevailing wage
rate Is unconstitutional. -
The New York dccllons declare that en
actments regulating wages and working
hours on public work have no constitutional
sanction. This Interpretation of the pow
ers of legislatures is In conflict with thf
decision of the federal supreme court In
the Atkins case Involving the construc
tion of the Kansas eight-hour statute.
Its constitutionality was challenged on the
ground that It violated the fourteenth
amendment. Justice Harlan In sustaining
the legislation said:
"We can Imagine no possible ground to
dispute the power, of the state to declare
that no one undertaking work for it or
for one of Its urtmlclpal agencies shall
permit or requtrf $n employe on such
work to labor In excess of eight hours o(
the day, and toinfllcf" punishment upon
the contractors who disregard such a reg:
ulatlou.
"It cannot be deemed a part of the lib
erty of any contractor that he be allowed
to do public ' work In any mode he may
choose to adopt i without regard to the
wishes of the state. On the contrary.
It belongs to the' state, as the guardian
find trustee for Its people, to prescribe the
conditions on which it will permit public
work to be done,
"No one Is entitled of abnolute right
and as a part of his liberty to perform
labor for the state and no contractor for
public work can excuse a violation of hi
lawful agreement with the state by doing
that which the. statute under which he
proceeds distinctly forbids him to do."
Chief Justice Fuller and Justices Brewer
and Prrkham dlsljenteit. Unless there are
features of the New York cases which dis
tinguish them from the Kansas' case not
at present discernible by the lay mind,
thp New York decisions will not sur
vive examination by the federal supreme
court. ;
REFRESHING GOOD SEA SE.
Discovery of Rankers Who Conld ot
Re Chadvrlrkeil.
Indianapolis News.
It seem that occasionally the Chadwlck
woman found a banker who could neither
be bribed nor "hypnotised" Into lending her
money. The briber- reems to have been her
favorite device iter appeal waa directly to
the cupidity of the men whom ahe ap
proached. In a dlnpatch to the Cincinnati
Enquirer from Elyrla Is the story of three
bankers with whom she found It Impoalble
to do busnesn. Arthur B. Taylor, cashier
of the Lorain County Banking company of
Elyrla, waa "treated to a persuasive argu
ment in Cleveland, where h met Mrs.
Chadwlck by appointment." He thought
that the Chadwlck securities were of
doubtful value, arid so he said: "Mrs.
Chadwlck. I am too young a man to take
a chance with you," In the mutter of dis
cretion and good aenee Mr. Taylor showed
himself an octogenarian aa compared with.
Beckwlth and Newton.
Parka Foster, pxeHilent of the same
bank, waa equally sane. Mrs. Chadwlck
offered him. a premium of J1.000 for a loan
of $3,500 for three daya. Hla answer was:
"It Isn't buslnese." We ahould say so, and
yet many men that were supposedly shrewd
were caught by thla trick caught because,
they wanted to be caught. They were after
the premium and tere willing to take their
chancee. Finally, 'we have the ease of
George II. Ely, president of the National
Bank of Elyrla. Mr. Chadwlck Inclosed
a 150 bill in a letter asking for an appoint
ment. Mr. Ely prpmplly returned the bill,
saying that "he preferred not to do bul
nes." These men all took the proper, and at the
same time the perfectly obvloua course.
The surprising thing Is. not that they
should have acted as they did. but that the
others ahoi.ld not have acted In the same
way. The mere attempt to buy a loan, by
offering a bonus, or promising to pay a
foolishly high rate of Intereet. ought to be
enough to put any honfst banker If he has
ordinary good sense on hie guard. Yet
this was sll there was to Mrs. Chadwlck's
syetem. A high rate of Interest always
means that the a.curlly is doubtful and
that the rlak la great. Therefore, when
Mra. Chadwlck offered to pay exorbitant
Interest, and large premiums on loans, ahe
hi effect confessed that there was grat
risk In the venture. No other Inference
then this waa posaible. The bankers who
did buslneas with her were movrd by pre
i Isely the same motive which prompt men
to buy "green goods." They are entitled
to no eympsthy. The business hich they
did with thla woman waa neither roore'nor
less than gambling. They took the gam
bler's chance, and whether ibe ) or win
they are or
1T OF WAmGTO MFK.
Miner Scenes anal Inrlaeats Sketched
the Snt.
The congressional flower show lssted but
a few hrlef minutes on Monday, scarcely
long enough to fill senators and repre
sentatives with the odors of countless
blossoms. As a floral spectacle It was .i
wonder. "The posy exhibit." says Walter
Wellmsn In the Record-Herald, "was tin
usually lavish on the republican side of
the house, snd In the sinate chamber all
previous floral display were eclipsed. In
the popular branch, where for some reason
Interest centers on such days ss this, prob
ably because of the bigger crowd, almost
every republics n member had some sort
of a bouquet on his desk. On the demo
cratic side there was s dearth of posies
snd word wss passed round that the demo
cratic members, having a sense of the
fltness of things, had sent out the usual
notice to their friends 'No flowers.'
" 'A howling mob In a florist's shop.' was
Breaker Cannon's description of the house
ef representatives a few moments before
the gavel fell at noon.
"The floa-ers bent and nodded to the
breete. They were so profuse as to be
almost ridiculous. They were In everyone's
way. Pages were rushing lo snd fro with
arms full of bunches of roses and sweet
peaa and chryeanthemnms. Out In the
lobby were bushfls snd cords more for
which room could not be found on the
floor. The congressional flower show Is
becoming sn annual nuisance.
"It would not be so bsd If senators snd
representatives, or their wealthy friends,
bought theie arrays of nature's beauty.
As a rule thsy do not. In nine cases out
of ten the floral displays are the offerP.igs
of men snd women In the departments
here in Washington who want to show
their rrntltude to the statesmen who se
cured their Jobs for them yes, got their
places for them, despite the civil service
rules. Some spend their money In grati
tude, others wish to cast floral anchors
to windward, as It were, having promo
tions and such In mind. Many can 111 af
ford such luxuries. The custom Is a goo l
thing for the florists, but It Is degenerat
ing Into a good deal of a farce."
A few days ago Congressman Tawney of
Minnesota presented to the president on
behalf of Jacob Hcherfleus of Winona, !
Minn., a rapier which had been In the
possession of members of the Magnus
family In Bavaria and the United States
since the fifteenth century. The rapier
was handed down to the eldest son of
each generation until It came Into the
possession of Captain Leonard Magnus,
who was an officer In a New York volun
teer regiment during the civil war. Cap
tain Magnus had no male descendants and
the sword was given to his son-in-law,
Jacob Scherfleus. Mr. Srherfleus has no
son. and wished to give the rapier to
President Roosevelt, whom he greatly ad
mires. Mr. Roosevelt asked Mr. Tawney to
thank Mr. Soherfleus for the gift.
It Is understood that a determined effort
will he made to expel from the house of
representatives Congressman lleflln of Ala
bama. In a speech at Tuskegee, Ala., In
the recent campaign Representative lleflln,
referring to the ociApinn when Booker T.
Washington was entertained at the White
House, said: "There they sat. Roonevelt
and Booker, and If some Csolgosx or one
of his kind had thrown a bomb under the
table no great harm would have been
done the country." A circular looking to
Hefllns expulsion Is being distributed
among members of congress on the ground
that such remarks are calculated to Incite
attempts upon the life of the president of
the United States. Mr. Heflin explained
later that he Intended these remarks as .t
Joke. In the same speech he said, re
ferring . to ,tlie lynching of .. negroes .at
Btatesvllle. Oa.. that it was "th rending
off of a few more republicans singing
Nearer, My Qod. to Thee.'" "This," pays
the circular, "was a brutal allusion to the
death of President McKlnley."
Major General Oeorge L. Gillespie, as
sistant to the chief of staff of the army,
has been granted a patent on the design
for the new medal or honor. This Is the
flnal step to be taken by the officials of the
War department to Insure the exclusive
use of this particular design to veterans,
who, by their valor on the field of battle,
merited high distinction and were dec
orated by their country with the medal of
honor.
Many of the congressional families find It
hard to enter into the social life becausa
of the lack of what Is considered a proper
place to receive calls. A group or women
from one western state have surmounted
this obstacle very cleverly for the lust
several winters by combining and engaging
the parlors of a largo apartment hotel lit
which several of them reside. The arrange
ment proved a most pleasant and drtlrable
one. v
SKCOD CLASS MAIL REFORM.
Effect of Hestrlctlna the f'lasa tu
Legitimate Publications.
Philadelphia Press.
The salient feature of the annual report
of Third Assistant Postmaster General
Madden Is his discussion of second-class
mall matter, or publications, and the ques
tions growing out of It. General Madden
was In this post when the reform orders
of July, 1901, were Issued, and he haa
been there ever alnce. Their practical ad
ministration haa devolved on him. He la
master of the subject, and haa shown
fidelity, courage and tenacity In carrying
on the reform.
The vast Importance of rectifying the
abuses Is presented In a single statement
of the report. Second class matter con
stitutes about To per cent In bulk of all
the malls which pay postage and yet It
furnishes only one-twenty-flfth of the pos
tal revenue. That la, last year it paid
only f5.t7.1&8 out of a total of l:i;.600.um.
This extraordinary disparity is aggravated
by the fact that more thaq half the matter
w'rch geta the benefit of the cent-a-pound
rate was never designed by congress to be
included in the second clasa, and ought
to pay S cents a pound. It has crept In
through mistaken constructions and lax
ailmlniift ration.
The reform ordera were intended to
eliminate the excrescences and limit the
second clasa to the legitimate publications
contemplated In the original classification.
Their exclusion or recognition only in the
third class where they belong Is a work
of time, for they must be treated In de
tail. General Madden, besides setting forth
the evils with great lucidity, shows how
much haa been accomplished In rectifying
then), First, the whole line of books
which had stolen In haa been cut off.
Second, the newt agents, usurped privileges
of making Uncle Sam carry unsold coplea
of magatlnes at a loss of 4 cents a pound
haa been stopped. Third, the great abuae
In erfteaslve sample coplea haa been re
duced. Fourth, the use of the pound into
privilege by Institutions conducted purely
for profit lias been halted.
This Is a large advance, but the great
est and most difficult abuse remains to
be handled. This is the vast quantity of
fake publications which, tempted by the
low rate of poatage, are put forth purely
for advertising purposes. The whole re
form has been hampered and delayed by
adverse decisions of the lower courts, tut
the final Judgment of the supreme court
has fully sustained the authority and the
principle hlch He behind the good work,
and if tieneral Madden shall be auppuitrd.
aa he ought lo lie. it will ao forward to
the great adautage of the country.
TWO GREAT RKtKME PRODK KRS.
I.lannr and Tohacrn Tarn Bl Money
Into the Nallon'a Till.
New York Sun.
The commissioner of Internal revenue re
ceived during the flwal year ending with
last June $2t2,9n4.iiot This was HMKl.OCI
more than his collect lonn n l!i2-.
Distilled spirits and fermented llqifors.
snd rlgsrs and smoking and chewing to
baccos, contributed most heavily to the
revenues. There was collected from the
tax on distilled spirits. $1..vm,2C: on fer
mented liquors. W..1U-'; on tobacco, 144.
865.10ft. Drinkers and smokers, and all users
of tobacco, Who appear to ! Increasing In
number, contribute more than nine-tenths
of the total Internal revenue.
Of the stAtes, Illinois paid the most In
ternal revenus taxes. Then came In order
New York, Indiana, Kentucky. Ohio. Penn
sylvania. The ststes paying the smallest
amounts were Arksnsas, Idaho. Maine, the
Dakotas, Vermont snd Wyoming.
Of the sixty-six collection districts, the
Fifth district of Illinois reported the largest
collections, the receipts from that district
amounting to .14.0S9,J15. The district of
Hawaii was the lowest In point of collec
tions. Its receipts smountlng to only $I4,6.T'.
That snuff Is still taken In vast quan
tities Is shown by the circumstance thnt
the revenue from snuff Increased by (1.156,
7K9 last year over 1!W2-0B. On the other
hand, the receipts from taxes on cigars
and cigarettes fell off by I15.7S1. ss com
pared with the same year. The present
state of the tobacco trade Is shown In
this table for 1904:
Clgar
Irge. number 6.707. 471
Small, number i.S44J7
Cigarettes
Small, number 3,22.
Large, number ft.t.'l.KlO
Tobacco, pounds i .US.kAii.71ii
Snuff, pounds 2O.15T.6S0
New York has 5.SW tobacco factories,
which used 3S.Wio.wio pounds of leaf, making
1.563,000,0110 cigars during the year. Penn
sylvania, csmo second on the list, with
6.144 factories using 3'.4H0,u0 pounds of to
bacco and producing 1.W4.W0.000 cigars and
stogies. Third In the lint ws Illinois, with
2.61S factories urlng i.Jv.onO pounds of to
bacco, and making 3:4.iO,iiO cigars. Flor
ida, where tobacco working Is one of the
principal industries, had 418 factories, using
4.85,OCrt pounds of the weed to make 235.
64.000 smokes. Alaska has five factories
and Hawaii only one.
In the calendar year of 19ii3 cigarettes
to the number of 3, SHU, 487.216 were turned
out In lfHf.' their record was 2,fl71.:)0.44T.
That Is, the popular demand for stimu
lation keeps the Internal revenue commis
sioner In funds.. There still is a consider
able tincture of human nature In humanity
at the beginning of the new century.
PKRSOVM. NOTE.
Judge Andrea- J. Harlan of Savannah,
Mo.. Is the only surviving mcnilter of the
Thirty-first congress. lie was born In
Ohio in 1813.
Wiile Italy Is endeavoring to exprena its
inexpressible appreciation of J. Plerpont
Moigan. It should not neglect the opportun
ity to have that cope nailed down.
Dr. Henry Pratt Judson of the University
of Chicago, predicted, in a lecture the
other day. that in the near future thern
would be a worldwide nation ruled by one
government.
Dr. Otsuka. director of the K'lusiu Agri
cultural Experiment elation in Japan. Is
In New Orleans studying rice culture und
the methods employed In Louisiana In rais
ing and refining sugar.
"Uncle Joe" Cannon has to refuse the
decoration of the French Legion of Honor.
Most people would be satisfied if Uncle
Joe carried the decorative principle far
enough to stop chewing on the end of an
iinllghted cigar ; for a time.
Rev. Edward H. Welch, professor of con
stitutional history at the Georgetown uni
versity, died last Friday. He was horn
In 1822.' graduated from Harvard In 1840.
and later studied at the great school of
Jurisprudence at Heidelberg, Germany.
The current discussion of divorce aud I
need of national legislation on the su
Ject recalls Susan B. Anthony's remark,
made several years ago. "The divorce
court," said she, 'Is to the American
woman what Canada was to the fugitive
slave in years gone by."
To the Prudent Investor
It is not enough to bo assured that a banking concern is the
oldest, the largest or the most progressive of its kind. Ho
will want to know all about its condition and its ratio of ex
pense to receipts anil expenditures.
The "Conservative." with f 1,200.000.00 resource and
reserve of f 10,000.00, is the safest and largest sayings asso
ciation in Nebraska, and it s condition i best described in
the three words, "Sound, Solvent aud Successful." Its ra
tio of expense is less than '2 percent of the annual receipts.
(Jet a statement of growth and resources; then you will
want some of that good, paid-up stock, which is paying 6
per cent per annum.
The Conservative Savings and
Loan Association.
tiC.O. K. GII.MOHK. Presldeut.
IHU. C. CKOH;K. 1st Vlrs-Prn.
J. A. SI I)ERI.AM1, 2nd Y-Pres
JOIIX F. FLACK, Oenl. Mgr.
Announcement
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main floor. Here you'll find the largest
selection it has yet been our pleasure to
show, consisting of all the newest, latest
and best domestic and Imported novelty '
toys, games, etc. We invite you, one and
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Orchard
CARPET
A MATTER OF HEALTH
so lately Pure
IAS HO SUBSTITUTE
SMII.IXtt l.lE.
"I've got a clever cashier."
i es :
"He can balance his books on his noe."
vivvrutiiu K IB 1 II lH'HIt'l
"Ah! my friend." sum the prison visitor,
"how your life has been wasted! If you
had only followed the right path you
wouldn't be here now."
"Huh! I follered de right path.-' replied
the convict, "but so did de cops. Dere s
where de trouble win." Chicago Tribune.
"Is your husband a condition critical?"
"No." anHwered the imtlent looking
woman. "That's what makes me think he
must le sick. He doesn't find any fault at
all." Washington Star.
Nemrlch How'd you get along nt the
dinner?
Mrs. Newrlch Flue. When they eat pie
Willi a fork, I done It. too, eo as not to let
'em see their break. New York Sun.
"Your wife Is doing some baking toilsy,"
said Mrs. Naylsir. "What Is It? Bread or
cake? "
"She doesn't know." replied Newllwed.
"She liusn't finished yet." Philadelphia
ledger.
"Why don't you make an effort to do
something that will cause your ranie to be
written high In the annals of history?'
"I'm not Interested In any Arms thit
publish history." answered Senator Sor
ghum coldly. "I don't see why I should
be providing them with material." Wash
ington Star.
The thoughtful little boy with the high
forehead tied an oblong receptacle made of
tin to the dog's tall and watched the ani
mal go tearing down the alley.
"For a Scotch collie." the boy explained
to the bystanders. "1 thought he wasn't
quite as canny as he ought to be." Chi
cago Tribune.
"How did you manage to persuade our
near-sighted friend not to vote for that
candidate?"
"I got him n pair of opera glasses and
hail him look nt the portrait on a campaign
banner." Washington Star.
A MUXATE' COWESSIOS.
Washington Star.
Down by the livery stable, on a sultry
summer day,
Cy Jones got out the checker board aud
challenged me to play,
I thought I atood n chance, for I . had
watched the game a bit;
But he started for my king row. I was
vanquished wh -n he lit.
And everybody laughed and said I had my
self to blame
For thinking that Cy Jones would let me
best him at the game.
That's my earliest disappointment. It em
bittered my career.
I went and got a book and settled down to
work severe.
1 beat some other players, and then, as
time went by, '
I thought that maybe J, was strong. .enough
to tackle Cy. -'
Bet my well laid calculations seemed to
falter and go lame.
Cy let me take a man and then Jumped
three and won the game.
As years went by I had . some luck and
prospered more or less.
And yet there's Just one little thing that
spoils my whole success
1 know that I am envied as a most sagac
ious man.
Likewise admired or hated for the way
that I can plan.
Cy hasn't made much money but I know
that. Just the snme.
If ever we play checkers, he will beat m
at the game.
205 SOUTH 16th ST.,
OMAHA.
r-Wilhelm
COMPANY.