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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY. DECEMBER 9. 190.
Tiie Omaha Daily Bee.
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Among other good things, the late
lection seems have broken the tinea
of Tillman's pitchfork.
The slump on the stock market will
probably find fall lamb with an much
fleece as those of the spring.
The next question ts. How much more
money will be needed to finish the Au
ditorium and where is it to come from?
Lincoln Is not the only place whose
society people commit the heinous
offense of "holding mutual admiration
societies."
Colonel Watterson may consider It a
happy coincidence that ba timed ' his
visit to Europe so as to arold that Ken
tuck drouth.
The German Judge who decided that
poker Is not a game of chance must hare
takes lessons In the "science .from an
American expert exponent. .
Mr. Carnegie's eagerness to testify lu
New Tork may make Ohio courts as
much trouble as President Beckwlth's
Inability to collect bis thoughts.
Despite his usual plain language the
president seems to bare left the "tarlff
rlppers" and the "stand patters" guess
lug as to bis ultimate position on the
subject of the tariff.
"Let well enough alone." aa a motto
need only to be changed by the addition
of the words, "If well enough Is right,"
to meet the full approval of the man
behind the president's message.
Omaha is to entertain the national
commander of the Grand Army of the
Republic i next Saturday. He should
have a reception In every way worthy
the man and the' office be holds.
, Mute Superintendent Fowler's bien
nial report is a plea for higher salaries
for school teachers and higher1 axes, for
school patrons. If the outgoing super
intendent does not stand solid with the
, school teachers it will not be his fault.
It is to be hoped ; the Independent
grain' elevator about to be erected by
'members of the Omaha Grain exchange
will'be Independent not only in name
but in fact. Experience has shown that
competition Is nearly always succeeded
by combination.
i - i
Wken John Sharp Williams .said no
republican, not eveu the-president, can
propose s 1U of benefit to the country
for. Which be will not adriso democrats
to vote, ba showed that he had recovered
to a greater extent from the campaign
than some of the democrats of the north
have done up to this time.
All this new fire apparatus and en
larged Are force atill seems to have no
effect on the underwriters, so far as the
rates, for Are risks in Omaha are con
cerned. The underwriters keep right
on threatening increased Insurance tolls
just aa if we were1 doing nothing to make
fire fosses less burdensome.
Paople who attend the inaugural ball
Saturday. March 4, need not fear a dese
cration of the first day of the week, as
the manager of the affair promises to
quit promptly at 12 o'clock, sud that
there, will be no turning of the hands
back,' although congressional, precedent
lulgh warrant such procedure.
Renalaf Millard has Introduced a
' petltlouVt the women suffragists asking
that the. word "sex" be stricken from
all the statehood bills. If the seuator
succeeds in Inducing congress to strike
tha word "act" out ct all statehood bills
now pending, hr may hereafter be en
acted, he will have accomplished a
greater feat than any mau who has ever
held dowa a seat lu either house of con
giaaa. N
T
aid fur the rHitirnxts.
In 'bis reference to the' rhllfpifities the
prcaMcnt said that "every measure
taken concerning the Island should be
taken primarily with n view to their ad
vantage." and lie pipit-wed the opinion
that we should Rive them lower tariff
rates on their exports to the United
State. I nlcKS this is done it will le a
wrong to extend our shipping laws to
them. The president also favors legisla
tion to encourage American capital to
seek Investment in the Island in rail
roads, factories, plantations and In lum
bering and mining.
Speaker Cannon Is reported as saying
that he deems the adoption of a tariff
and governmental roltey with respect to
the Philippines a necessity. "We've got
the Philippines anil are going to keep
them," said Mr. Cannon. "The burden,
then, is on us to provide by 'wise legis
lation for their development, not -at the
expense of the federal treasury, but out
of revenues of the Island. A policy for
the' Philippines, touching the matters
covered In the measure passed last win
ter. Is as necessary as was the govern
ment aid extended to the west and north
west. Congress then gave aid to the
construction of railroads and improved
the rivers so that American citizens
could develop the resources of that great
domain."
The concurrence of the president and
the speaker of the house of representa
tives In regard to the necessity for 1 i 1
eral legislation in behalf of the Philip
pines may be regarded ns assuring the
desired action nt the present session of
congress. The bill liefore the senate
which provides for a more, liberal policy
toward the archipelago is to be voted
upon next week and It Is not doubted
that It will be passed, since there ap
pears to be no serious opposition to It.
The popular .verdict having been most
decidedly In favor of the retention of the
Philippines the obvious duty of the gov
ernment is to mnke every provision
necessary to the Improvement and de
velopment of the islands. They are n
part of the national domain which we
cannot afford to neglect, even though
the promise be remote of a return for
what they have cost. .
A (WAVE AIISTAKt;.
The city Board of Review has decided
to assess the terminals and railroad
property located within the right-of-way
of the respective roads within the city
limits of Omaha at the figures fixed by
the State Hoard of Equalization. This.
to use a mild expression. Is a. very grave
mistake. The assessment of railroad
property by the, State Board of Equaliza
tion is made on the mileage basis with
the value of the terminals and all local
Improvements, depots, depot grounds and
trackage alleged to lte distributed over
the entire mileage of each of the dif
ferent roads.
While the distribution of terminal and
depot ground values has always been a
delusion and a snare -its assessment for
state and county taxation purposes is nt
least theoretically based on correct prin
ciples. It .is grossly unjust and unrea
sonable, however, to adopt the mileage
basis for the assessment of railroad ter
minals, depot grounds and right-of-way
trackage for municipal taxation.
Under the constitution of Nebraska
the. basic principle of. taxation is that
each individual and corporation shall
bear their just. proportion of the tax bur
dens, based upon the value of their prop
erty and franchises. The true value of
all property, real and personal, within
the city of Omaha, including the prop
erty of railroads, Is from $120,000,010 to
$125,000,000 and the ratio of the value
of railroad property to all other property
Is at least one-sixth, or from $20,000,000
to $25,000,000. Manifestly the Just and
reasonable proportion of city taxes, which
the railroads should pay In Omaha is
one-sixth of the total amount .of taxes
levied upon all property.
Last ' year the total city tux levy
amounted to $1,400,000, and by rights the
railroads should have paid one-sixth of
that amount, or $233.33.1, but on the
basis fixed by the State Board of Equal
isation the aggregate amount of city
taxes paid by the railroads, within and
without the right-of-way, which includes
depot grounds and depots, trackage, ter
minal facilities, railroad headquarters
and railroad machine shops, roundhouses
and all other property in about $33,0(X.
or $200,000 less than they should have
been If the railroads paid their Just share
of the taxes levied for municipal gov
ernment. '.
By this evasion of their just propor
tion of municipal taxes the railroads
have increased the burdens of -all the
other taxpayers in Omaha by $200,000 a
year and incidentally inflicted incalcu
lable injury upon the city of Omaha.
Fully three-fourths, or $15f),0(N), pf the
taxes which the railroads have evaded
hare fallen upon real estate, and .as the
value .of real estate is gauged by Its net
earnings the imposition of the additional
$150,000 of taxes represents a deprecia
tion of real estate values by many mil
lions. It Is conceded by the big trust
corporations of New York and Philadel
phia that make mortgage loans on mu
nicipal property in all parts of the coun
try that real estate in Omaha is cheaper
than In .any' other city of Its population
in America. Tiie difference between the
value of property li: Omaha -and other
cities of equal population Is due almost
solely to the fact that tuxes are higher
and the earning power of- reul estate
lower than In any other city of like pop
ulation. While It Is true that the right of
Omaha to levy a municipal tax upon the
railroads in proportion to the value, of
their terminals and trackage facilities
through its streets nud alleys is now
being tested lit the courts, it Is a grave
mistake for the city to recede one lota
from its ponltlon while the case Is pend
ing lu the courts. It would be far better
that the Board of Equalization should
assess the property of the railroads at
its true value and leave the collection of
the tax subject to the Hum I decision of
the courts than to ae them at a
mileage basis and allow them to beat the
city out of $200,000 a year.
At the very best, the amount they
would pay " n in"' basis Is too
trivial to be considered, and we feel
sure the people of Omaha would prefer
to have this trivial amount levied upon
their own property rather than remit It
to corporations that have received dona
tions in right-of-way and depot grounds
worth millions. In a nutshell. If the city
Is right in assessing railroad property In
Omaha for municipal purposes at the
value which the railroads themselves
have placed upon it time and again In
the courts, it should stand upon 'ts right
until the highest court in the land has
decreed otherwise.
THK ULT.OMARUAMS& TAX
The tax on oleomargarine colored in
Imitation of butter is 10 cents per pound
and an effort Is to be made to reduce
this to 4 cents. Against this proposed
reduction the dairy Interest of the coun
try is united and has prepared to make
a most determined fight. It Is stated
thnt since the convening of congress
Ietitions have been pouring In asking
that no change be made in the (Irout
law, which provides for a 10-cent tax.
and It is understood that the dairy In
terest of the country Is to be strongly
represented at Washington in opposition
to the Boutell bill, which proposes to
reduce the tax.
Another interesting contest over this
matter Is therefore promised, with the
chances In favor of the existing tax be
ing maintained, though a compromise Is
of course possible. It Is said that the
organization and determination of the
fanners, east and west, in support of
the existing law, has astonished the
most exierlenced members of congress
and while the bill reducing the tax may
be reported from the house ways and
means committee the general expecta
tion appears to be that It will certainly
mejPt defeat on the floor of the house.
A member of that committee is quoted
as saying that defeat of the Oleo trust Is
Inevitable and this appears to lie the
general opinion, if the dairy interest
maintains the vigorous fight It is now
making. With the farmers of the coun
try united In favor of maintaining the
Grout law it is most unlikely that con
gress will reject their demand. ' .
TRIALS SHOULD BE EXPEDITED
lu his annual report the attorney gen-
erul of the United States directs atten
tion to the law's delay in federal courts
and recommends legislation for expe
diting trials. The attorney general cites
several instances of conspicuous delay
In the prosecution of' persons charged
with offenses against the government
and notes that in two cases the defend
ants fled the country and are still at
large. Proceedings against other de
fendants under the indictment cannot be
carried on until the absent parties are
apprehended and it is quite possible that
this 'may not be done. Indeed the prob
ability is that it will not be.
The president in his message calls at
tention to this and urges action by con
gress. He points out that criminals who
have sufficient means to enable them to
take advantage of a system of procedure
which has grown up In the federal
courts, and which amounts in effect to
making the law easy of enforcement
against the man who has no money, and
difficult of enforcement, even to the
point of sometimes securing immunity,
as regards the man who has money.
Thts presents a condition that cannot
fail to attract general attention and
which the president remarks should
especially command the consideration of
the bench and bar of the country.
The subject is not new. Very fre
quently for many years men eminent In
the legal profession and as members of
both national and state tribunals have
discussed the question of the law's de
lay, particularly in the federal courts,
and have suggested remedies, but the
matter has never received serious atten
tion from congress. The president says
in his message: "At present the inter
ests of the Innocent mad are amply safe
guarded; but the Interests of the govern
ment, that is, the Interests of honest ad
ministration, that Is the Interests of the
people, are not recognized as they should
be." This is an Indictment of existing
conditions in regard to the federal courts
which manifestly calls for reform and It
would seem that congress, the many ex
perienced lawyers in which must be
fully aware of the conditions pointed
out by the president and the attorney
general, cannot fall to give serious con
sideration to n matter which Is so obvi
ously important to the proper adminis
tration of Justice. It ts an unquestiona
ble fact that in respect to the matter of
a prompt "administration of justice this
country is far behind most other nations
and particularly Great Britain, and this
fact is not at all creditable or compli
mentary to us. Reform In this respect
is Imperatively demanded, if worse con
ditions are not to ensue, and the country
will expect congress to give heed to the
admonition of the president and attor
ney general. The reproach to the coun
try Involved in existing conditions
should not be permitted to continue.
Many of the complaints registered
before the Board of Itcvlew upon inves
tigation prove to be directed at property
which is not legally taxable. A great
deal of valuable property In Omaha, both
real and personal, pays no taxes because
entitled to exemption. This includes, in
addition to all public buildings and pul-
lie property, such private property as Is
devoted exclusively to educational, char
itable and religious purposes. Under
tills head hospitals, schools, churches
and parsonages, art galleries, cemeteries,
etc., are passed entirely by the assessor.
As a matter of fact, however, the law
which exempts, these properties from
taxation does not exempt them from as
sessment and they ought to be included
In the assessment roll, If only to let us
know bow much the taxpayers In gen
eral are paying to the support of these
Institutions la the way of relief from
taxation. As the tat list is now made
up. the question whether or not particu
lar nmnertt is entitled to exemption is
determined by the assessor, although no
such authority is vested In him and no
evidence Is exacted to show that the
property Is leinr used for the purpose
specified. If alt this property were as
sessed and those entitled to exemption
required to come liefore the Board of
Review and make a showing to that
effect, there is no doubt that a great deal
of. taxable property that now escapes
under pretext of legal exemption woniq
be made to pay taxes the same as other
property.
The Auditorium is a semi-public insti
tution. From the financial report Just
made public it is disclosed that the rev
enue from iolltlcal nieelngs during the
last campaign amounted to $004,
whereas the charge for one of those
meetings within our knowledge was
$2oo. It Is clear, therefore, that all did
not pay the same price or the revenue
would be a multiple of $20. From the
same report it will be found that the
rental derived from the two nights' oc
cupancy of the Auditorium for the two
Ak-Sar-Ben balls was only $.'100 or $150
each night instead of $200. The Audi
torium should have a fixed rental
schedule without variation except by
action of the executive board.
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The ruling of the state supreme court
that all legislation which authorizes
cities or counties to compromise legally
levied taxes Is unconstitutional will have
a tendency to hamper the efforts of the
railroad lawyers and tax agents who are
making such strenuous efforts to block
the collection of taxes levied against the
railroad corporations in the various
counties, with a view to negotiating
compromises by which the railroads
would secure material reductions of the
taxes levied against them under the new
revenue law.
The apostolic delegate to the Philip
pines says the pope desires peace in the
Philippines. In tills he will have the
hearty co-operation of the United States,
which has reduced Insurrections to the
smallest proportions in 200 years.
The Impresaton la There.
Philadelphia Preaa.
Pretty nearly every democratic congress
man took to Washington a different story
of how it happened, bul they all agreed
that It did happen. .
Show Ip the Book.
Chicago News.
President Roosevelt recommends a public
accounting for campaign funds. The presi
dent does not seem to care whether the
politicians love htm or not.
Equal (a the Task. ..
Chicago Tribune.
Whatever may be. the requirements of
the office of adjutant general of the slate
of MnanachUHetts, we are satisfied that
General Miles will circus fully up to the
Job. . .
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Pipe Dreama.
Indianapolis News.
Bourke Coclran ' cliww. to ascertain
the cost of Uir campaigns, pnst and future,
reminds one. In a Way. of the lata Sena
tor Ingalls. who on one occeHon made
some remarks about an Irldcscofit dream.
Walling Xatlvtata. Itadely Jarred.
Philadelphia Record.
After all the walling by our. natlvlsta
that the unprincipled ateumehlp companies
were destroying the foundations of pur na
tional existence by bringing Immigrants
here for less than $10 apiece, we have the
aasurancc of the commissioner general of
Immigration that the Intellectual; moral
and physical qualifications of the Immi
grants who got Into thla country during
the last fiscal year were higher than ever
before.
Expansion of tha .avy.
Chicago Record-Herald.
While, therefore, it would be unwise to
cripple the naval service or to Interfere
with the carrying out of accepted plana. It
Is certainly desirable that we should ex
ercise great sobriety of Judgment in dealing
with thia subject. And one thing that
ahould be perfectly obvloua to the nation
Is that we should not build a big navy Just
to have It and boast of It. There could be
nothing satisfying In It If w ahould oome
finally to recognize that It was a useless
luxury. '
PERSOXAI, NOTRS,
The police of Naw York are engaged In
a campaign to discourage the notion that
self-help extends to taking things from the
counters of tha department atorea.
Frederick Vanderbllt seldom goes any
where In society, lie dislikes It extremely
and It la aaid that ha frequently absents
hlmaelf when his wife haa house parties.
A Philadelphia Judge has decided that a
wife may go through her husband's pock
eta, but a husband cannot go to his wife's
porketbook for money. This is one of the
poor rules that doesn't aeem to work both
ways.
Blr Lowthian Bell, one of Great Britain's
famous metallurgists, who visited thla
country fourteen years ago at tha ago of
75, haa Just been elected president of the
Brltlah Institute of Mining Engineers. Ha
la atill vigorous at tha aga of 89.
Prof. Barrett Wendell of Harvard uni
versity, who has gone to the famous 8or
bonna institution In Paris, haa keen moat
cordially welcomed by educators and lit
erary men of that city, who are much In
terested In the flrat efforts to Install an
Kngllah department In the famous uni
versity. Timothy I Woodruff, ex-lleutenant gov
ernor of New Tork. is taking boxlnglea
aona with a featherweight pugilist as hi
trainer. Ha spends half an hour every
evening with the glovea on. He started
the practice, ha says, for exercise, but
adda that ha hopes some day to go in tha
ring with Prealdent Roosevelt
David R. Francis, president of tha Bt.
Louie fair, aaya that one of tha smart mi
thinga ever aald in tha ground was uttered
by ona of the attendanta at tha Turkish
mosque on the Pike. An elderly spinster
fell Into cOnveraatlon with thla subject of
tha sultan, who speaks excellent English.
She waa muih Interested In hla spiritual
welfare and aald to him: "I hops you go
to church every day like a Christian." Tha
man replied quickly: "No, madam, 1 go
every day Ilk a Turk."
There waa a great hubbub In New Tork
City for a week over a lot girl of 14 who
waa supposed to have been kidnaped, but
who haa returned to her home and
made- what looks like a natural explana
tion to thoaa who understand tha working
of tha childish rnlnd. "I wasn't loat," h
aid, "and I waan't kidnaped. I . want
away from home of my own accord and
have earned ray own living for whole
week. I left horn beraua I did not
want to go to school becauea I was the
lartttt girl In th claaa
noun Afiorr sew tork.
Ripple the arrat of Life
Metrnpitlle.
New Yorkers are Just waking P "
fact thst while ths contract for electric
lighting rails for I,fnO candle power arc
light, there hasn't been a light of that
standard In sight In the city for four
years. Information has bn furnished to
Commissioner Oakley of the Department
of Water Supply. Q and Electricity, to
the effect that net one of the arc lights
In the city's streets furnish greater than
a l,200-candle-powr light. While the aver
age would not run more than l.OW candl
power. Pinned between two piles of pier at the
foot of West Twenty-third street so tightly
that the combined effort of a score of
firemen and policemen were required to
release him before the rising tide should
cause death by drowning, a man supposed
to he George Fahey became a raving
maniac and died In s hospital. A police
man heard Fahey's cries for help. A rop
was passed under tha man's arms and
five men attempted to pull him out. but
only wedged his body In more tightly.
The rising tide was at the level of the
frightened man's chest and his screams
urged the rescuers to greater haste. Four
more policemen were summoned, but their
efforts proved unavailing. An urgent call
for more help brought a flreboat and the
members of a nearby hook and ladder com
pany with axes and hooks. The water
had risen to Fahey'a chin. One man
held his head above the water and poured
whisky clown his' threat, while the fire
men chopped at the piles which held him
prisoner.
When It was nip snd tuck whether the
tide or the rescuers would win, the piles
gave way and Fahey was taken out a rav
ing minlac, and resisted efforts to revive
htm.
None of the real estate' booms In south
ern snd western towns a few years ago.
when building lota that had been staked
out In corn fields were sold two or three
times a day "by the front foot," has ex
ceded In activity the speculation in Bronx
property. A correspondent of the Philadel
phia Ledger relates that a few daya ago
brokeis were quoted as predicting that the
boom had reached Its height and as ex
pressing the opinion that If It continued
much longer there was danger of a dis
astrous collapse. But Instead of diminish
ing, the speculation fever has become more
virulent . daily. Many out-of-town people
have been attracted to the scene by the
stories of fortunes made in a day. In
every corner In the boom districts, which
number about half a doien, groups of men,
women and' children are talking "lots"
and comparing values here snd there. It
looks more like an election day than any
thing else. All the old vehicles that could
be mustered are utilized to carry the pros
pective purchasers around. As fast as
they are emptied they are filled with new
buyers, scurrying off In all directions. Mln
utee meant dollars, and the men who want
to buy were so thick tha men who had
property for sale had but little time to
spend with one party. There Is hardly
a lot for miles around which has not been
sold two or three times within the last
eight weeks; but atill there are thousands
of ,lots for sale at all prices. On the
Rout hern boulevard and Prospect avenue
the sales made are said to show an In
crease of 10 per cent ov-r prices reported
on the asking price of the preceding Sat
urday. While viewing the animated acene
an old real estate broker remarked.
"Heaven help the people who are loaded
up , when the bottom drops out of this
boom,"
One of the latest notions adopted by
New Tork mothers who go In for the cult
la to make baby take Its afternoon nap out
of doors, and that In all but sero weather.
In a box, made especially for the pur
pose, fastened securely outside the win
dow, the modern baby takes Its afternoon
siesta unmindful of the cold, for It Is well
wrapped In warm blanket and aurrounded
with hot water bottles to guard against
tha chill of a late rail afternoon.
Instead of breathing the dead air of the
ordinary sleeping apartment it la taking
Into its tiny lungs pure oxygen on which
tt Is to thrive and grow atrong. One Co
lumbia professor, who breathes according
to theory, was one of the flrat disciples
of the fresh air nap for his offspring: and
now there are scorea of persona In the
city who are following In his wake.
Prosperity among Wall street brokera
haa cauaed a general movement for larger
offices. It la estimated that the leases
signed within the past month by bankera
and brokera Intending to move Into new
offices will aggregate an annual rental of
over t2.00O.O0O. Not for a long time, if
ever before, haa there been such a general
moving Into larger quarters, for, In the
present market boom, financial firm can
barely get men enough to handle their
business, and in almost every active house
the clerka are kept until 10 and 11 at night
In order to keep up with the work.
The remarkable growth of club life In
New York City la shown by the fact
that whareaa a decade ago there were
barely 2,000 bona fide club members In
ths metropolis, a recent compilation re
vealed more than 60,000 resident members
of some sixty clubs, exclusive of societies
having no houses of their own. This In
cease of more than 100 per cent la quite
out of proportion tq the Increase In gen
eral population. It I an Interesting fact
that an Increasing difficulty Is being ex
perienced by even wealthy men In gaining
admission to any one of a half dozen ex
clusive Fifth Avenue clubs. Membership,
for Instance. In the Union club la a privi
lege aa rare aa It la coveted, and the
earn may be said of the Knickerbocker
club and other faahlonable organisations
combining business with pleaaur. Head
ing the list with a required fee of $1,000,
the Knickerbocker la tha moat expensive
purely social organisation In tha United
States with which to attain Identification.
More than $8,600,000 haa bean Invested by
the various New York cluba In eatabllah
Ing home for themselves, and a ratinu
of 6,000 or mora atendants la required to
maintain them. J. P. Morgan Is the most
prominent clubman In the city. He be
long to eighteen organisations, and his
annual dues approximate $7,000.
With a living rabbit bound tightly to
him, while a piece of the animal's akin
six Inches wide is grafted securely to his
leg. the life of Cornellua Poet. 16 years old.
of Paaalac, N.. J., la depending upon that
of tha rabbit. If tha animal lives until
tha grafted akin takes hold tha operation
will ba a moat remarkable ona In medical
annals, besides aavlng the boy's Ufa. It
Is two years since tha boy was burned, and
unleta new skin can be made to grow on
tha place where ulcere now ara, tha vital
drain n tha boy's sytm will kill him.
' Tha burn on tha boy's leg and thigh Is
fourteen Inchea long and ten Inches wide.
Tha boy waa playing near a match factory
two years ago, and picking up a wet piece
of phophorus put It In his pockat. Tha
heat of tha body dried It, tha phoaphorus
took fire and terrible burns resulted.
Aatealaklag Moderation.
New York World.
The American Shipper' asaoclation ac
cuses tha Railroad frusta of. planning to
gtt $260,000,000 mora per year by raising
rates. I that all? Cltve. In India, with
power absolute, was "astouUhta at bit own
moderation
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THK PRF.IDF.XTa MEMlOF..
f ever the Field.
St. Ixuls Olnh.j.omorrt (rep.V
Comprehensive, ei-erinV and Illuminating.
A Man nf Idea.
Chicago Chronicle (rep..
The utterance of a man of Ideas, of cour
age and of power.
The Voice of the Peot.le.
( Cincinnati Enquirer (dem.).
The prealdent today speaks with
voice of tha peopla.
the
lareaaaat Artltlty.
Minneapolis Tribune (rep ).
The dominant note Is Incessant activity
on the part of the federal government to
secure the welfare and Increase the pros
perity of ths people of the Vnlted States.
A Striking reatnre.
Kanaaa City Star Unci.).
The striking feature Is Its completeness.
It ahows how thoroughly Mr. Roosevelt
has considered the whole field cf federal
responsibility, need, powers and limita
tions. A t'rylna Sin.
C'lilcsgo Record-Herald (Ind.).
The president haa laid his finger on the
crying sin of the railroads. The ending of
rebates will be the beginning of a new era.
They have built up some powerful corpora
tions and are the mainstay of others. The
president who stamps out rebates will leave
little of the trust problem to be solved.
Aa Admonition.
Kansas City Times (ind.). '
At once an admenitlon against Intem
perate and hasty action on the part of
congress and n warning to the trusts that
they must sooner or later act "In a spirit
of Justice end derenry," and "with due
regard for the Interests of the public as a
whole."
BACK TO THK FARMS.
Hopefal Slgcn for Pntnre Prosperity
and llapplneaa.
Chicago Chronicle.
Secretary Wilson conveys to the American
people the more than welcome Information
that the desertion of the farms for city
life which has been going on at an alarm
ing rate for the last twenty year seems
to have come to an end and that some
thing like a reaction has set In.
If this Is true nothing could be a more
hopeful sign for the future prosperity snd
happiness of this country. I'ntll a few
years ago American cltlea prided them
selves greatly on their rapid growth In
population and never wearied of presenting
statistical tables showing an annual in
crease of from 10 to 20 per cent.
After a while It was observed that all the
cltlea not only of this country but of all
countries were growing In the same way.
Finally it dawned on our understanding
that the farms were being proportionately
deserted and that what we had been priding
ourselves on was nothing more nor less
than a deplorable national disease. AV'hat
we had hailed as solid municipal muscle
and fat waa Seen to be dropsical wind and
water.
This wild flight of the country people to
the cities Is something of a mystery, be
cause It has taken place simultaneously
with an Immense amelioration of the lone
liness and hardships of farm life. In our
day the trolley car darts by the farmer's
gate, the letter carrier hands him his mall
and the bus calls to take his children to
school. Farm work Is now beginning to be
done by storage batteries. The farmer ia
no longer compelled to manufacture every
thing he needs, but can buy it for a trifle
at the nearest town. On his table are the
finest periodicals and books In the world,
he reads them by an electric light, be tele,
phones bis orders around the farm or his
gossip to hla neighbors and rides to the
depot In an automobile.
How It Is that men so pleasantly situated,
with the sweet privilege of looking nature
In the face, breathing unpolluted air, drink
ing pure water and eating pure food, can
give it up for the grime and filth, the
smoke and stench, the close quarters and
adulterated food, the starvation wages and
Incessant strikes, lockouts and mobs of
the city will always be regarded as an
Insoluble problem.
Not only do the farmers wrong them
selves when they flock to the city, but they
Inflict a terrible Injury on society. Agri
culture I paralycad and the cltlea are
glutted. Impoverished and corrupted. When
they have come to the city and made
themselves and everybody else miserable
The
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THE HIGHEST AWARD
of the "
World's Fair Saint Louis
" This is even higfier than the Gold Medal
Your Eyes
1)14 -aa aver atop ia thlak that, with tUa emeeplloa of tha heart,
tha aye la tha hardeat worked part of the body.
Aa laaat aa yea ara awake and yaar ea ara open they arc work.
Imm I" your service.
Three pair of aaaaclea control the moveuieat of each eyeball.
Tha two eyeball asavo aaaatly together. Wk. aa thlak of thla
rMambr wa ara eselaalva anaaafartarlaa optlelaaa make aar owa
laBSVS aad ara tha "Foaatala Head" for optical wark. of all kind.
Ulaaaee atted f 1 aad op.
Hutesoa Optical Company,
Exclusive Opticians 213 S. I6lh St., Paxton Block, Omaha.
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and adds to the health
fulness of the food
they then propose as a remedy not a re
turn to the farm but socialism.
"Back to the farm" should be the watch
word of Americans. It Is to be feared that
Secretary Wilson is fur too sanguine, but
if Ills prognostication Is correct It I the
best news this oountry has heard since the
surrender at Appomattox.
PI.EASASTI.Y POINTED.
ll lllHl P n ut", I 11 lie r.'l - i
at ll:r! p. m. and was accepted at 12.01
a. m. Philadelphia Ledger.
"I see that lr. Iowle says that he can
make It rain money. '"
"Well, that's the sort of shower that
would reconcile a man to the fact that he
had forgotten to bring hla umbrella."
Cleveland Plain Uealer.
"Is thla Miss De Muir?"
"Yes, sir. Pray be seated."
"Thank you. Miss De Muir, I am M.
Hoppendyke. I wish to ask you what your
intentions are tn permitting my son
dance attendance upon vou six evenings
In the week." Chicago Tribune.
"How do you manage to save up money
for Christmas gifts?"
"I arrange for the plumber and the coal
dealer to draw mv salary on alternate
w,feks. Then I work nt night, and what t
get Is all mine." Cleveland Leader.
"When I feel discouraged," said the Rev.
l)r. Fourthly, "1 Just take a walk In the
cemetery and read the Inacrlptlona on the
graves of my former parlshoners. There I
am Informed that they are all In heaven,
and I can return to my labors with a
consciousness of work well done." Cleve
land Leader.
King Frederick of Prussia, who waa look
ing at his giant grenadiers, had begun tn
wonder If they were good for anything ax.
cept to look at, after all.
"Talk about your Big Sticks!" he muttered-
"Great Scott) I've got a regiment
of 'era!" Chicago Tribune.
"Do vou believe that people who marry
In haste repent at lelaure?"
"No," answered Mlsa Cayenne. . "Some
times they are kept so busy finding fault
that they never have any leisure."
Washington Star.
Buxom Wife Oh, John, why do you per
sist In wearing; tnose tignt trousersr 'jne
make you look so thin.
Hubby "Taln't the pants make nie loo
skinny. If you. Mocjern Society.
AT THE KD OF THE SEASON.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
I met a little quarterback.
He was a bird, he aald.'
There were eome tran upon hla faca
And bumps upon his head.
"Our bunch Is to the bad," said ha,
"We are a crippled crowd.
This morning when I looked them o'er
1 swear I wept aloud."
"How many are there on your teamT"
I asked the tearful lad,
"How many did you have before
They put you to the bad?"
"Alas," said he. "a few are hera
And some, I trust, In heaven.
Before the season opened up
I think we were eleven.
"We wera a sassy bunch," quoth he,
"Before we got our pullback.
Two of us in the churchyard He
Our center and our fullback.
"Our right guard broke his vertebra,
Our left guard lot an arm.
I am the only player left
Who haa not met with harm."
I sought to ascertain from him
How many were in heaven;
But he could only weep and say,
"Kind sir, we were eleven!"
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