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Notary Publ.c.
Lost we forget, Delaware is "till in a
senatorial deadlock and shows no more
eigns of electing a United States senator
than doea Missouri.
"Uncle Joe" Cannon scorns to be op
posed to omnibus building bills, llow
our Dave'! nmst ' Itch to give the
sinker Homo advice on the subject!
KATE BILL PASSED THE HOVSB.
The house of representatives passed
the Ksch-Townsend late bill by a nearly
uaaoimoti vote .TJi lelng recorded for
the measure aud ' 17 against, 43
members not Toting. The bill provides
for the. appointment of two additional
Interstate commerce commissioners,
making the uumlxT seven, and Increases
the salaries of the commissioners. It
establishes a court of record with full
Jurisdiction In law and equity, to be
called the court of transportation and
composed of five circuit Judges of the
United States who shall be designated
by the president.
The commission Is given power, when
complaint Is made In regard to a rail
way rate or regulation being unreason
able or unfair, to divlare and order
what shall be a Just and reasonable rate
or regulation, and the order shall of Its
own force take effect and become opera
tive thirty days after notice thereof has
been given to the person or persons af
fected, but proceedings to have it re
viewed by the court of transportation
may be instituted at any time within
sixty days after notice by the person or
persons affected. It Is provided that the
court of transportation shall have ex
clusive original Jurisdiction of all suits
and proceedings of a civil nature In law
or equity brought to enforce the provi
sions of this act and the act to regulate
commerce. The authority of the court
Is comprehensive and appeal from Its
Judgment. or decree shall He to the su
pfpine court only and must be taken
within thirty days from the date of
entry thereof. The supreme court Is re
quired to give precedence to the hearing
and decision of such appeal over all
other causes except criminal cases. A
heavy penalty is precriled for refusal
or neglect to oley or perform any order
of the commission authorized "by the
act.
It is not expected that the bill will
pass the senate at the present' session.
The committee on Interstate commerce
of that body is not showing any very
ardent Interest in the subject of rate
regulation and there Is a good deal of
opposition In the senate to action at this
session. It seems to be a prelty safe
conclusion, therefore, that the bill passed
by the hous will not even come before
the senate of this congress. An extra
session of the Fifty-ninth congress will
consequently become very probable.
The release of the manager from
charge of responsibility for the Iroquois
theater disaster may make some other
managers regret spending pioney for as
bestos curtains.
Now that the Presbyterian churches
of India have united under one general
assembly there Is hope that all the
Scotch Presbyterians will consent to live
In peace If not In harmony.
Hussla explains that French bids for
war materials were too high, compared
with the Oernian offers. But then there
was no reason, for conciliating powerful
Interests In France, anyway.
Dominicans express pleasure because
the United States will administer their
financial affairs for a time. Those na
tives have demonstrated at least that
they know , a good thing when they
aee It.
The sinking of two steamers this week
shows that Inventive genius has some
thing still to do to solve the problem
of maritime travel and should not waste
all of Its time fooling with flying machines.
The railroads report that the first of
their bomeseekers' excursions is consid
ered satisfactory by their passenger de
partments. If so, the next excursions,
favored by weather conditions, ought to
break ill! records. ,
V" i 1 1 1 1
Judge Hears baa given out another in
teresting chapter In the serial he Is col
laborating with former Speaker Mockett
od the Inside history of a whitewash re
port made to the last legislature. It la
Mr. Mockett'a turn next.
Representative Comerford of Illinois
now probably rvallaes the difference be
tween moral certainty and that kind of
certainty which Is necessary to make
a persqh charged with crluio throw him
self on the mercy of thi court.
SOUTH SEEKIXO LABOR.
f At a gathering a few days ago of
southern manufacturers and others in
terested In the Industries of that sec
tion the leading topic discussed was the
south's need of lnbor and how a supply
could be obtained. United States Sen
ator Simmons of North Carolina said
that the chief difficulty grows out of the
objection of the white wage earners to
being brought Into competition with the
negro, whose wants compared with his
are meager and who are contented to
live upon a lower plane than will satis
fy his aspirations. This has been the
main nttstacle, be said, and Is to an ex
tent still an obstacle to getting desir
able wage-earning immigrants to settle
In the south. He urged, however, that
whatever may have been true of the sit
uation In this respect in the past, there
Is but little In the present Industrial
status of the negro in he south upon
which to longer base this objection.
Undoubtedly there Is substantial
ground for this view, but the objection
of the white wage earner to competition
with negro labor Is not the only explana
tion of why so few of the Immigrants
that come to this country go to the
southern states. The more intelligent of
them find on coming here that educa
tional and social conditions are generally
better In the north than In the south
and this has no little weight with thein.
Negro competition Is an, Irremovable ob
stacle to the south securing white labor,
but it will be more successful In getting
such labor when its educational rrhd so
cial conditions shall have improved.
practicable and within the power of con
gress Is the ono that should be pursued.
There Is no serious doubt In any quar
ter that the private car line compaules
can be made subject to the act to regu
late commerce and their charges passed
upon by the commission. This being
the case and the Idea of abolishing the
system being of questionable practica
bility, the plan of regulation should be
adopted. If upon trial It be found want
ing and the abuses complained of were
not corrected, there would be nothing
In the- way of congress considering a
proposition to abolish the private car
lines. Regulation must come first and
be given a thorough trial and If faith
fully enforced there can be little doubt
of a satisfactory result.
Thorn? Colorado experts might, be per
mitted t euler a testifying match, the
side falling to Identify as illegal the
greater number of 1ml lots to be declared
disqualified. This would at least reduce
the number of careless witnesses one-lmlf.
The entire harvest of the retrench
nicM campaign directed against redu
cing tho city tax levy seems to have
been the extinction of one lone stenog
rapher In the office of the city electri
cian. This great achievement should be
duly recorded od the minutes of the city
council. . . . '
As the house has passed the Kscii
Townsend bill, the United States senate
lias an opportunity to show that It la
not so far-from the people as some
1 in a glue., By springing a surprise lu the
shape of speedy passage of this law the
senate would do much to restore popu
lar confidence lu that. branch of con
gress. But the unexpected Is not likely
to happen In this Instance.
In their official capacity the Board of
Fire and Police Commissioners do not
object to a two-shift system in the fire
department that would compel them to
"inploy third again as many tlremeu.
nvlded the money were forthcoming to
lia t he bills, but lo their capacity as
t 'nylng cltlxens, who would be called
til mii to contribute their share of the
Increased expense for fire service, they
would probably, prefer lu have the tax
rate kept down.
ABOLITION OR REQULATlOSt
lu his annual message President
ltoosevelt urged that the abuses of the
private car system must be stopped. In
Its last report the Interstato Commerce
commission pointed out some of the
abuses of the system and' recoiumend.Hl
supervision and regulation. This recom
mendation is opposed . by some who
think that the private car lines ought to
be wiped out of existence and this op.
position threatens to embarrass the
moaymenf" for legislation to regulate
those lines. It Is remarked that If the
men who are advocating legislation to
do away with the private freight car
system entirely are ia earnest In wish
ing to stop the abuses that have grown
up In the use of the System they are
short-sighted, since there seems to be no
possibility of getting a bill through
either houe of congress to do what they
contend should be done that Is, pro
hibit the use of private cars aud compel
the railroads to supply ail the curs of
all kinds that are needed at any time to
transport various kinds of freight over
their lines. '
The idea of doing away entirely with
the private car lines is doubtless Im
practicable. It was not. suggested by
the president, who It Is quite likely con
sidered It when preparing that portion
of his message relating to rebates and
private car line abuses. There Is no In
ttmatlon in the report of the Interstate
commission thar that body hflleves the
private car system csn be abolished by
legislation. There appears to be no
doubt, however. In regard to the author
ity of congress to provide for the regit
latlon of those lines. Measures for this
pnrpose hare been . Introduced In con
gress and It Is believed by their support
ers that they would be found sufficient
to remedy all of the abuses attending
the use of private can. If this proposed
legislation should be fouud Inadequate
for the correction of abuses, then con-
grea might take up tho question of the
abolition of the private car Hues and de
termine whether or no It has the au
thority to go beyond" the matter of regu
Is I ion. ........
J ue course that Is eouceded to be
the power to choose a secretary for
each two succeeding boards, which Is
what a three-year term would bring
about.
rALSEAXD TRUE ERIEXDS OF PRIMARY
ELECTION REFORM.
Now comes the World-Herald to the
front with a long-winded appeal for the
enactment of a dlsect primary law "that
will wipe out state, aa well as county
conventions, and abolish the whole dele
gate system." The appeal It so plausi
ble that any one unfamiliar with the
political history of Nebraska and with
present political conditions In this state
might easily be led to believe that the
popocratlc organ has been enlisted
In a battle for primary reform
for many years and really means
what it says. Those who are
up to the World-IIerald'a tricks, how
ever, will ask themselves why that
paper should have waited till the elev
enth hour to champion the direct pri
mary election law and they will be un
able to shut out the suspicion that its
fervid advocacy now is prompted only
by the conviction that primary legisla
tion la foredoomed In the present legis
lature and seeks merely to put It In po
sition to blame the republicans and
make political capital for the democrats
upon a promise to do better when
restored to power.
The facts are, however, that every
step in the direction of primary election
reform In Nebraska has been taken by
the republicans and that the democrats
are today more firmly In the grasp of
machine manipulation of conventions
and convention delegates than the
republicans ever were. The repub
licans In several counties In the state,
without waiting for a primary election
law, have worked out through their
rules a system of direct primary elec
tions. Down in Lincoln republican candi
dates for city offices have been nomi
nated by direct vote for a number of
years, but no democratic nominee has
ever gotten his commission directly
from the rank and file of the party.
The republicans of Omaha have for
two successslve years nominated their
candidates for membership in the Board
of Education by direct primary, but no
iieinocrauc cauuiaate ever nau such a
nomination.
The republicans of Douglas county
have several lines nominated their
county tickets hy direct primary vote
and the present legislative delegation
from this county was nominated In the
same way, but no democratic candidate
for office in this county ever secured
his nomination by direct primary vote.
The republicans of this Judicial dis
trict nominated their candidate for dis
trict Judge last year at a direct primary,
but no democratic candidate for district
Judge In this state ever had a direct
primary nomination.
Three of the delegates from Nebraska
to the republican national convention
at Chicago, that nominated Roosevelt
and Fairbanks, were chosen in con
formity with the expression of the party
registered at a prima ry election, but no
delegate from Nebraska ever went Into
a democratic national convention to
help nominate a democratic candidate
for president without the intervention
of intermediate conventions.
The republicans of this Second con
gressional district nominated their
present congressman-elect In a direct
primary, but no democratic candidate
for congress In Nebraska has ever had
a nomination by direct vote of his
party. What is more in point Is the
fact that the outgoing democratic con
gressman, who, although in absolute
control of the democratic congressional
nomination machinery, has had three
convention nominations instead of direct
primary nominations, is commonly sup
posed as proprietor of the World-Herald,
to have something to do with Its
political policy. If that paper's cham
pionship of direct primary elections were
not developed for the occasion, and
prompted and Inspired by Insincere mo
tives, would he not have seen to It that
the rank and file of the democrats were
given an opportunity, to choose their
own candidate for congress, If not for
any other office, rather than force them
to abide by the work of machine-made
conventions?
There is no question but what there
Is a general demand for direct primary
legislation, and there Is no question,
either, but that a direct primary elec
tion law for Nebraska will be had, If
not from this present legislature, from
a future legislature. But it will have
to come at the hands of the republican
party, because the democratic machine
can uever be trusted to respond to. a
popular demand.
A bill pending at Lincoln, on its face
limiting the school board to engaging
school officers for terms of not more
than three years. In reality enables that
lody to make the term of Its paid secre
tary three years Instead of one year, as
now. Tho secretary of the school ItoarU
Is, In fact, its executive officer, charged
pot only with the business administra
tion of the schools, but also with the
keeping of the records aud the audltlug
of the accouuts. If auy change Is to
be made It ought to be In the direction
of making the secretary an elective offi
cer, Independent of the school board and
responsible directly to the people. If
the secretaryship were an elective office
a three-year term would uot be ohjeo
tlonuble, but if It Is to be filled by the
school board, oue board should nut have
In connectlop with the unfortunate
wreck on the Milwaukee the ofilcers of
that company are entitled to special
commendntlon for the extra efforts they
put forward to give all Interested par
ties the most prompt and complete In
formation possible regarding the dead
and Injured. In this their course Is In
strong contrast with the policy pursued
on similar occasions where certain other
roads seemed to regard it their duty to
keep the extent of the wreck and the
number of casualties away from the
public. The fact that this wilful with
holding of news constitutes a torture of
those who have relatives or friends In
volved In the disaster Is too often Ig
nored. It is to be hoped that this good
example la an Indication that the rail
road managers are beginning to realise
a duty In this matter to the public,
which Is second only to their duty to re
lieve the wreck victims.
With new 4iamcs at the head of the
official roster, the Commercial club Is
bringing new blood to the front, which
ought to tell strongly on the work of
that organisation for the coming year.
The selection of President Wright Is, as
usual, In the nature of a promotion
from the position of chairman of thw ex
ecutive committee, while the la.ter place
Is to be taken by F. W. Judson. who
may be depended upon to give vigorous
and energetic service In the discharge
of the responsible duties entailed. With
Its restored membership and enlarged
scope the Influence of the Commercial
club ought to be widened and the work
accomplished increased.
As one of the Inducements to the sup
port of the Omaha-Llncoln-Beatrlce elec
tric railroad the promoters are prom
ising to supply electric light aud power
to the farmers along the tine. If this
scheme should be feasible the Nebraska
farmer" will soon enjoy all the comforts
of city life without its discomforts. He
can order his groceries by telephone,
read his dally paper by electric
light, grind feed for his cattle by elec
tric power and charge his automobile
with direct current. Electricity on the
farm Is evidently only In the Infant
stage as yet.
' It. is to be noted that It Is the mem
bers of the county board who claim to
represent the only Simon-pure repub
licanism In these parts who have tied
up with the democratic member of the
board to divide the patronage and
gather the fruits of republican victory.
Ready for Greater Taaka,
Chicago Tribune.
Mr. Bryan has secured an editor for the
Commoner. This will give him more time
to edit his farm and the democratic party.
Ace of Blar Thlnaa.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
This la cert.ilnly the age of big things,
as ia proved by the'fact that a blgtch on
the sun's face M.OMl miles in diameter' Is
called a siot.
A Modern Olive Branch.
Waahln-ton Post.
In consideration of a donation of t30.
000,000, or of the Iy)ckhart helra has sup
pressed her unfriendliness toward other
heirs, and will not contest the will. Most
of us would be willing to suppress a whole
lot of unfriendliness for even leas money.
Speed the Good Work.
Minneapolis Journal.
The Nebraska senate Is going to observe
Thursday as the anniversary of the duy
when Senator Richard O'Neill arose In the
sacred senate chamber and said: "Every
man should be proud of the land of bis
nativity, whether he wua born there or
not." There are some memories one doea
not willingly let die.
Sore Road to Reform.
Baltimore American.
A high state official of New York has
evolved a etartllngly simple theory for the
abolition of corruption, ft is for every In
dividual to begin with reforming hlmaelf,
and then, of courae. the whole will have
to be pure with all the parts Immaculate.
It la a wonder that no one ever thought
of so simple and feasible a plan before.
ITRAM'E RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
An Extraordinary Occurrence, with
Small Loaa of Life.
Chicago Tribune.
An accident occurred recently on the New
York Central railroad which is probably
without parallel In railroad annuls and
which was at the same time remarkable
because the lose of life waa so small. Two
passenger trains were pasxlng each other
at a high rate of speed when the boiler of
the westbound engine exploded. Tho force
of the explosion was so terrific that it
hurled the cars of the eastbound train from
the tracks and. carried one of them forty
feet Into an adjacent field. Seven or eight
coachea were picked up and scattered about
aa by a whirlwind, while the exploded boiler
was hurled to such a height that the east
bound train passed entirely under it before
It came to the ground. Paaaenger cars and
sleeping coaches were strewn along the
track for a distance of 800 feet, some turned
bottom side up. sohie upon their sides, a
few remaining upright.
The logical result of such an accident
would have been a ghastly Hat of killed and
Injured passengera and trainmen. Unfor
tunately the fireman and engineer of the
westbound train were killed. But the scorea
of passengers on the wrecked trains es
caped with no loaa of lire and no fatal In
juries. Thirty-three were bruised and
shaken up badly, but moat of these persona
were uble to proceed with their Journey the
aame day.
The explosion Is suppoaed to have he en
caused by low water In the boiler, due poa
slbly to the freealng of pipes by the In
tensely cold weather. The exact cause
probably will never be known. The accident
was on of those which lie In the disputed
territory between the preventable and the
unpreventable. It probably waa due lo the
fact that man cannot be absolutely Infalli
ble In the control of the forcca which have
been harnessed to secure rapid transporta
tion. All the risks which attend high apeed
cannot be eliminated so lor.g as the hand
ami brain of man direct It.
Most of the coaches which were wrecked
were sleeping can, and the miraculous
escape of their occupants is further proof
that people In these cars are almost always
Immune from serious Injury In wrecks. The
position of tlieae coaches at the reiir end
of trains makes them leea expnaed to head
on collisions, but the real explanation of
the comparative safely of their occupanta
la the solid construction of the cara. A cer
tain number of railroad aicidenta are un
preventable. but a practical means of re
ri'ieing fatalltlea In all accldenta la the uae
f heavy steel cunilructsd coaches.
C
GETTIMI RICH FKiHTIMJ.
. .
Japanese Theory of War Snpnorted
by Statistics.
The Idea 'prevalent In many quarters
that Russia, with Its vaster resources, will
eventually triumph, Is a source of amuse
ment for ths Japanese. One of the smooth
pr-ss agents of the Island empire, SaJIro
Talelah, B. 8.. Ph. V., In a letter to Ameri
can Industries, asserts that Japan. In
stead of being oppressed by war expense
Is actually getting rich fighting, lie says.
In part:
To rstimate the relative financial re
sources of the countries by the apparent
disproportion In territory and population
would lead to erroneous conclusions. Those
who visited the St. Ixuls exposition will
have noticed that Japan was very satis
factorily represented at the fair, while
Russia withdrew from participation. After
the lapse of almost ten months of military
operations between the two countries there
has been ro apparent weakening of ths
Japanese financial resources. I'p to the
end ol October the amount secured by the
treasury for military purposes was ap
proximately 400,000,000 yen ($300,000,000). This
was made up of 17,000,000 yen of national
bonds, 86.000,000 yen of foreign loans.
6.S0O.0O0 yen from the Nippon bank, and
MO.000,000 yen from extra taxes and other
sources. This sudden withdrawal of money
from the market, however, has not af
fected any other financial operations. The
reserves In the banks of the leading cities
In Japan showed at the end of October an
Increase of 18,000.000 yen over that of last
February, while the postal savings showed
an increase of about 16,000.000 yen In the
same period. There wna also a consider
able increase In the ordinary commercial
operations of the leading banking Institu
tions. More Important still In this respect was
the Increase of capital' invested for Indus
trial purposes. Statistics show that 925.
000.000 yen were so invested at the end of
October, against 910.000,000 yen at the be
ginning of the year. Naturally a largo
part of this Increase In industrial opera
tions has been for extending branches of
Industry which are related to the furnish
ing of military supplies. At the same
time scarcely any new Industries have ar
isen on account of the military require
ments, but the Increase has been almost
altogether In the development of already
established concerns, particularly so since
It requires a year or two of experience
In order to properly qualify for the pur
pose of supplying the military demands.
It is trut. that there was an Increase of
21,000.000 yen of exchangeable notes st ths
beginning of November, but most of them
have been shipped to th front, leaving
only about 8,000,000 yen for circulation at
home.
At the beginning of the war the people
of Japan were somewhat apprehensive of
the financial results, and were more . In
clined not to spend money already In hend
than to make special efforts to earn ad
ditional Income. The result was some
stagnation In money circulation. In one
case a large textile manufacturer In Kyoto
was obliged to dischare over 1000 hands,
which were directed to take care of other
miscellaneous work. But victory after vic
tory secured by the bravery of the soldiers
In the Held, bucked by the patriotic ef
forts of the non-combatants st home,
caused the most faint-hearted to see thjit
the war would apparently have but a slight
effect on actual economic conditions In
Japan. Slight changes In the result of
military operations have 110 serious effect
on the stock exchange of this country.
The recent destruction of the Russian
squadron at Port Arthur has not enhanced
the prices of valuable stock, although the
contrary has been the case In the London
stock markets. Thus It would appear that
the former dullnebs In business was caused
not by a scarcity of money but by the
sentimental attitude of the people.
While the aspect of Japanese trade at
home ia satisfactory the prospects for for
eign trade are no less encouraging. The
disturbance caused by the Vladivostok
squadron waa only temporary and could
do little to affect over-sea trade except to
cause a Jump In marine Insurance for the
time being. As the command of the sea
betjveen Japan, China and Corea Is now
In our hands Wade between these coun
trlea will t e carried on In the old fashion.
A comparison In the value of our exports
up to October last with that of the same
period of last year showed an Increase
of over 17,300,000 yen. The chief features
In these exports sre the trade In silks
snd matches. Besides this, the war has
had the effect of furnishing an additional
advertisement for the products of Japan,
and consequently Japanese wares attract
more attention in foreign markets. It is
to be noticed, also, that prices have not
been materially increased on general mer
chandise. The Imports into Japan have also In
creased U'P to October they were over
81,000,000 yen in excess of those of last
year. This was largely due to the enhanced
demand for army supplies. In wool, Italian
cloths, etc., there has been a decline; which
la teatlmony to tne fact that the people are
not given to Indulging In luxury In a time of
emergency
Considered from every point of view,
Japan's economic position is a sound one.
In, general industrial operations the cur
tailment of activity In one direction Is
made up by enhanced enterpriae In an
other. The farmers have harvested spe
cially good cropa this year, the Increase
over last year being estimated at 80,000,
000 koku of rice and 6,000,000 koku of
wheat. Taking due note of the financial
strength of the country and the need to
be prepared for ull emergencies the gov
ernment has proposed a bill to increase
taxation on seventeen different articles, so
aa to bring about an Increased revenue of
75,000,000 yen. Among tho proposed In
creasea are some Import duties. The bill
la now being discussed by the Diet.
Seeing the aatlsfactory conditions of
Japanese industries and trade In the mldtt
of severe war, snd that the Industrial
activity of the country Is steadily Increas
ing, It may readily be Imnglned that there
will be a tremendous increase at the close
of the war.
(Note A yen la about M cents. A koku
equals iM bushels or 38.7 gallons).
PKRSOWAl. .NOTKS.
How would you Ilka to he the Ice king?
.Grand Duke Serge, recently removed from
hla poet aa governor of Moacow, la one of
the most hsted men In Rusaln, where many
regard him aa the ciar's evil genius.
Nor Is there anything surprising In the
report that General Kouropatkin purposes
to retire on account of his health. All
along he has been of a retiring disposition.
Having recovered hla farm in the Orange
Free Slate, ex-Prealdent Steyn has re
turned to South Africa and says he hopes
lo "finish hla Nfe ns quietly as did Na
poleon in St. Helens."
The president will have a busy time In
Philadelphia on Washington's birthday. He
will speak at the university and attend a
luncheon given In hla honor by the Phila
delphia troop of cavalry and the Pennsyl
vania Society cf the Cincinnati has also
asked !lm to attend a dinner.
The two most enthusiastic pedestrians in
congress are Congressman Uttlefleld of
Maine nnd Congressman Hourke Cockran
of New Yolk, between whom a very warm
frleiidshln has developed. Kach Is a lawyer
of considerable renown and both are
keenly alive to Interesting legal topics.
Thej walk and talk together by I tie hour.
conronTio piBi.ttrr.
Some Proposed Remedies Discredited
by Kiperleare.
Boston Trsnscrlpt.
In the genersl discussion cf the public
transportation queetlon. the matter of cor
poration publicity, which occupied so much
of the public attention a year or two ago,
seems to have been pretty much lost to
sight. Yet there sre before congress va
rious bills snd propositions for sn addi
tional publicity regarding corporations, and
the public, ss well ss the corporations di
rectly affected, is Interested in the sctlon
of congress upon these matters.
It was one of the original Ideas, In es
tablishing ths bureau of corporations, that
there should be reports to thst department
which would allow the standing of corpors
tlons engaged In interstate commerce. Rut
the corporations protested that they did
hot wish to give away their trade secrets
or place the details of their business In the
hands of a competitor. The law, therefore,
was passed so that Information obtained
by the bureau of corporations Could be
used only as n basis for recommendations
of a change In the statutes and by the
president In executing the existing stat
utes. Congressman Uttlefteld has before
the present congress a bill providing for a
greater measure of publicity. Ilia bill calls
for annual reports from those engaged In
Interstate or foreign commerce, giving de
talla of organlxatlon and consolidation, the
amount of bonds and stock Issued, the capi
tal pakl In, either In cash or property, tho
names and addresses of directors and the
rules governing the transaction of business,
such reports to be made public property.
It seems to ua that Congressman Little
field's bill falls to accomplish what Is
needed. He appears to proceed upon the
old Massachusetts theory of protecting the
public against overcapitalisation by pub
licity. The theory never worked In this
state in practice, nor will It ever do so. nnd
the fictitious values given to aome of the
Massachusetts charters by the prevalence
01 mi poputsr Idea that the state somehow
guaranteed the solvency of tho corporation
was actually harmful and was one of the
tnings which led to the chance in th law
Mr. LJttleftcld'B attempt to prevent the
evna or overcapitalisation In this way is
not likely to prove effective. The lnvMi.
Ing public takes care of a large part of the
ewis or overcapltallzntlon In these duvs by
refusing to buy the stock, which ultimately
finds its true level.
The suggestion la put forward that what
Is needed is an annual or semi-annual re
port to the bureau of corporations, to bo
made public, showing the assets and Iln.
bllltles of companies, and their Income and
expenditures during the period covered by
the report Such reports would lend to
safeguard the public against fraudulent pro
motion and give the public deflnlt lrn,,u.
Hon regarding ths earnings and solvency of
imse corporations. Nor would It be giving
information which could be used by one
competitor agsinst snother as long as the
reporting corporations were honestlv and
efficiently managed. Such an amendment
would go toward making fraud and manip
ulation Impossible, and the public la eti
titled , to some knowledge of the facta
which would be furnished
A TEST FEW CAX STAXD.
It C ornea with the Cold Gray Dawn of
tho Winter Moralng,
Baltimore American.
When the spring Is here, when the woods
and tho forests are taking on their vernal
verdure; when the grass has put on Its
beautiful coat of green; when the birds
have returned from the south and are fill
ing the air with their sweet notes, full
of gladness and real Joy; when all nature
Ir, at her beat, life seems very pleasant and
all Its rosds lesd to hspplnesa snd sweet
content. When summer comes, with the
flowers In full bloom; when oun and rain
have combined to aid the growth of plant
snd tree; when even the heat cannot
force man to forget the season's pleasures
and enjoyments, life's grand, sweet song
continues and finds an echo In every
human heart. Then in autumn, when na
ture's work Is done; when the ripened
grain and tho perfect fruit have taken tho
place of the seed and flowers, the song
keeps on, with all willing to swell the
great chorus.
In winter It Is apt to lis a little dif
ferent. When the head of the household,
who In spring, In summer and In autumn,
has been finding life full of charm, wakes
up about 7 a. m., discovers the furnsce
fire has departed; that the watorback of
the kitchen range has burst; that all the
pipes are froxen then comes the teat of
the real man, the trial through which few
can go with complete succeas and with
credit to their standing In the church or
In the business community. To blame
these conditions on the wife Is Inhuman;
to hold innocent children responsible would
be the height of brutality. The man who
can .face such surroundings without a
tremor, can meet them and conquer them
without ths use of a word unworthy of
the life of a respected cltlsen, Is not easy
to find even In this good city, and when
found must be counted as a model among
his fellows.
Even when he has met and conquered
the weather dragon of the home there are
other enemies of human happiness lyln
In his pathway. The slippery sidewalks
Invite a collision with the Ice, which Is
just as hard today as it waa when It
first made Its apeparance In the world,
and which la guaranteed to leave Just aa
many sore spots on the human anatomy
as It did centuries ago. Then the man
ran expect to find his office cold, his office
boy mtsalng and a violet tinted note lying
on his deak from his typewriter declaring
thst her cough la so bad she will not be
out for s week.
Still winter has Its pleasures, and even
sero weather Is not without Its redeeming
features. Those who csn keep these fea-
Fifty Yesrs iha Standard
1
Uado from pure crcp of
tartar derived from g apes.
tures ever before their even, wV tu si
ways, find n bright side to nsture's mim
face, have solved one of tne naraesnrroD
lems In the Uvea of men.
CHURCHES IN INDIA U ITE
Presbyterians Are Xow Vader sine
tieneral Aaaemhly After Serle
of Meetlnsva.
NKw YORK, I eb. P. Information
been received by the Board of Koiten
Missions of the Presbyterian church
that the Presbyterian churches In 1
have been united Into one general as4
bly after a series of meetings at Alluha
The churches Included are: The Chi!
of Scotland, t'nited Kree Church of t
land. Preshytermn Church of Kngl.ll
rresbylerinn Church of Ireland. Pre
tcrlan Church in the I'nlted States f
America. Reformed (Dutch) Church If
America and Tresbyterlan Church If
Canada.
They have thirty-three presbyteries all
832 churches and a total community If
73,953.
This Is said to be the first occasion
which churches of Amerlra snd Kun
have been united.
SMILIXG REMARKS.
"That Chicago polygamlst says a lot
women that he never met are claiming
married them."
"Well, It seems very Impolite on his pa
to Interfere with their desire to secure
little notoriety." Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Pastor Brudder Jackson, you doi
wore oem squeaky snoea 1 cnu cn asm a
Sunday. Didn' I tolo ye t' lie de soles J
em .'
Brother Jackson I'ahaon. I done IM
'em. an' iled 'em, an' lied 'em, an' de m
I lied 'em de wuse dey squoke." Chlcssi
muune.
"Oh, doctor," wept the young wife, "
you think thin sudden selsure of Henry
Is a severe caae?"
"N no," i-rald the physician, leaning ovj
and smelling tne patients nreatn.
think it must have been about half a case
Cleveland Leader.
1,
hi
Miss Knox Yen, he said you reinlnM
m of his watch. 1
Miss Oabble Ah! I suppose that s h
wav of paying a compliment.
Misa Knox I don't think so, dear. He
merely remarked, In explanation, that his
watch was an "open lace." Philadelphia
Press.
"Did Gnuloah set the grip. Ths last tlms
I met him he was sure he had It."
"No, it waa his wife who had it."
"That's just like Uoulosh. Everything
he hs Is In his wife's name." Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
"Pa, what's a preferred creditor?"
"The kind I prefer Is the one who Is
willing to take It for granted that I'll pay
him Juat as soon us I can conveniently
spare the money." Chicago Rocoid-IIor-ald.
"I've decided to patronise your store,"
she said, condescendingly; "everybody
says you keep such pure drugs and all
that."
"Yes, madame," replied ths new drug
gist, "we are particularly careful- to sup
ply only the best. What can I do for you,
madame?"
"Give me a. 2-cent stamp, please." Phila
delphia Press.
THK SXOWSTORM.
Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Announced by all the trumpets of Ihe sky
Arrives the snow, and, driving o'er th
fields,
Seems nowhere to alight; the whlted air, I
Hides hills snd woods, the liver snd ths i
heaven,
And veils tho farm house at the garden's
end.
The sled and traveler stopped, ths courier's
feet
Delayed, all friends shut out, the house
mates alt
Around the radiant fireplace, enclosed
In r tumultuous privacy of storm.
Come sea the north wind's masonry,
Out of an unseen quarry, evermore
Furnished with tile, the fierce artificer
Curves his white bastlnna with projected
roof
Round ovary windward, stake, or tree, or
door;
Speeding, the myriad-handed, his wild work
So funiilul. ho savage; naught cares he
For number or protection. Mockingly
On cooo or kennel he hangs Parian
wreaths;
A swan-like form Invests the hidden thorn;
Fills op the farmer's lane from wall to
wall,
Maugre the farmer's sighs; and at the gate
A tapering turret overtops the work.
And when his hours are numbered, and the
world
Is all his own, retiring, as he were not,
Lesves, when the sun appears, astonished
Art
To mlmlo in slow structures, stone . by
stone, ...
Built In an age, the mnd winds n!gV-
The frol'le architecture of the "snow.
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tt.,.''amsanus. a- ,' ' , J
You walk with
her. you rock her,
you give her sugar,
you try all kinds
of things!
But she coughs
all through the long
night, just the same 1
No need spending another
night this way. Just a dose
or two of Ayers Cherry
Pectoral will soothe the
throat, quiet the cough, insure a good night's rest.
Ask your doctor about the wisdom of your
keeping this remedy in the house, ready for these
night coughs of the children. Doctors have the
formula. They know all about this medicine.
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