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THE BEE: OMAIIA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE - 1910. 7- :-: ,--. 7 'HIE- omaha Daily Bee. founded BY edward ROSEWATER. I VICTOIl ROSEWATEU, KD1TOR. Entered at Oniaha postofflce second Qla matter. TEUM3 OF SUBSCRIPTION. sr. v:u;:oi7erd..)rww. i Dally l'.ee (without 8umlay, one yc.r.M 00 Uiyt iti v it, niiimuv.. una vmi ... w.v IlL'l IVL'liL-ll UV I'i KK1 lt.il. Evening lite (wtt.iuut Sunday), per week.' Kvenlng Bee twlth Monday), per-week. .10c Munday lion, one year baturday htm, one year 4 Address all complalnU ol Irretularltles In delivery to City Circulation Dtparlnient. OFFICIOS. Omaha The Dee llulldlng. houth Omaba Twenty-fourth and N. Council muffs IS Soott Htreet Lincoln-ell Utile Building. Chicago I'M Marquette building. hew York-Huoma UW-1WI No. West Tlilrty-thlid tsireet. mi ly "iiuiu " an, i i-. -, ... Washlngton-IZJ Fourteenth Bire.i. . cunniorunov- . . .. ...... i .iriiHTMirWf'V I him.,i... pnUiinu ta news uu editorial matter etiouid be addressed: o.naha Dee. 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Treasurer, Subscribed In, my presence and. sworn to before me tbls list day ol May, urn M. P. WALKER. Notary Public, Subscribers leavla the elty ! porarlly shoald have The Bee mailed to them. Addresses will be Certainly, it is warm; It la supposed to be at this time of the year. Aa usual, the court House contractor blames it on the other fellow. The initiative and referendum got such a poor start that it was flagged at the poBt. Somebody's departure "for the scene of the big prize fight" Is chronicled. Where's that? The waters of the Pacific ocean seem I to have .made si vgla 'effort to cleanse San Francisco. Now, If Mr. Bryan can Just be in duced to let these two new states make their own constitutions. . ; J It will take a rather courageous foreman to walk up to Editor Roose velt's door and yell, ''Copy!" Still, third parties are not new things in thla country, Never been a campaign without one In recent years. It was highly appropriate that the president should sign the statehood biiy with two pens, since it makes two Btates. With the aid of the rest of the United States, New York did tolerably well in welcoming the former presi dent. Despair and twins to the colored man are the same, says the Charleston News and Courier. But why draw the color line? ' , Senator Tillman says he will not re sign to oblige his political enemies. Well, then, he might do it for his friends' sake. It Is a relief at anv rata to know it is a roiicr, at any rate, to know at our. congressman from this dis- that trlct Las gotten back to Washington in time to vote to adjourn. Those, same people who were kick ing about the -"unseasonably cool weather" are now complaining about "this awful hot weather." Perhaps those coal, dealers while tarrying among us will consent to give us a hunch ou what , we will have to pay to keop warm next winter. With the example of Oklahoma to guide them, Arizona and New Mexico should be able to keep out of some of the pitfalls that beset new states. uovernor- snaneaoerger nas an nounced . finally that he will not call that extra session. : Edgar Howard ls due to wear crape for at least thirty days. . Th. republican, of Pennsylvania are ,t to be- criticised for trying to get cretary Knox to run for governor. not Secretary though Governor Stuart pretty; good Job. has done a Note that Jerry Howard Is still fighting the battle of Bunker Hill with his mouth, and next time proposes to whip ohn Bull and Theodore Roose- velt, both at once, with one hand tied behlnJ his back. By ' official proclamation Mayor "Jim has undertaken to tell us how to cerebrate a safe and sane Fourth. Most tt us, however, will be inclined to question Mayor Jim s competency as an Instructor on this subject. Camn&itrn Fund Publicity. Having urged congresa Into a speedy fulfillment nf the nrincioal reoublican nlatform pledges President Taft Is now bringing pressure for the enact- country, which are under no more aplred with so much municipal patri mcnt of a campaign fund publicity bill moral obligation to come to the relief otlsm that It would rather have no hoft-. ,nn..rnmon nf ihu Ronnion. of the government In thla way than postofflce at all than to let Senator - - Thla measure Is supposed to be rest- committee lacking tb. my 0T possibly the desire. to com promise the difference between the two houses In such a way as to assure it of the necessary majority In both. The Chicago platform did not In clude a specific demand for campaign fund publicity, but Mr. Taft advocated it during the canvass and he, there fore, feels that he has assumed a per sonal obligation, which he proposes to try to make good. Mr. Tart as a can- didate Showed his faith by his works 1 .... 1 k vi. wnrria and insisted 0n a treasurer to handle the campaign fund ubJect to the publlclty laW 0f .... , ... ., , New York. Tbe republican national committee thus voluntarily submitted to the most Stringent publicity law on gUtute bookfJ Tha enactment of the law by congees would, therefore, merely make compulsory on all candl dates for elective federal office the same requirements with which Mr. Taft's campaign managers complied at hla request. The probable effect of a. federal campaign fund publlclty law. The Bee believes, has been greatly exaggerated, xb is belief Is based on our experience with such a law here In. Nebraska, " UWU UU VU SIB.IUI.O UUVI1V. for more than ten years, only to be sys tematically ignored or evaded by can' parties. In fact, the worst and most flagrant offenders against the Nebraska law have been the closest friends of Mr. Bryan, who has been loudest In demanding this legislation, aa witness the secret and unaccounted absorption of $15,000 of Wall street boodle dur ing the campaign of 1904, procured from the Parker treasury by Mr, Bryan'a Own brother-in-law. A na tlonal publicity law might have made that performance a criminal offense, but it would not have prevented it any more than did the state law under which it was already a Criminal of fense. San Francisoo and New Orleans It is greatly to be feared that San Francisco and New Orleans will never be friends again. They seem to have created an Irreconcilable breach in their rivalry for the Panama-Pacific exposition. Through their newspapers they are carrying on a warfare of bit ter denunciation, which must tend to diBgust quite as many people as It will convince or convict. San Francisco pa pers parade the charge that New Or I leans la a "dilapidated, unkempt city," and that it "lies in the sunstroke and fever belt," and that vyou caifry eggs on tne Siaewaia, IU monms OUl OI ine year." Then comes the New Orleans papers with the charge or bubonic plague, earthquake and fog against the California metropolis. There ls some truth and much ex- aggeration on Dotn sides, out wnat ao the people, or what does congress care about the relative demerits of the two chichi wiuot v'uy id -vuio i holding a successful exposition, though San Francisco offers the specious plea that New Orleans made a failure of Its fair back In 1884 as aa argument against 1910. San Francisco puts up Its strongest talk when it says that it asks congress or the government for no financial aid,. but merely the assurance of a right- of-way for the exposition; that lt will! make the preliminary guarantee of $7,500,000 and all other financial con tributions necessary itself. New Or leans, on tJfe other hand, has not yet made a bonus in cash, though lt claims to be able to do all that may be re quired to insure the success off the en terprise. Of course, If neither cltyj should win out, the canal would be put into commission Just the same. Faying the Corporation Tax. Strong support was given to the Joint resolution introduced In congress ' ian.r 1 ion Postponing until January 1, 1911, the payment of the federal corporation tax and the appeals were rather gen eral in character, so far as localities are concerned. It was not tuerely a cry from Wall street and the financial centers, but represented varied bus! bess interests that believed it would be but fair to defer operation of the new law until the supreme court has passed upon its validity. The view, of these petitioners is that the court will not uphold the corporation tax, or that the court at least regards tbe new law as of doubtful legality, and that this Is reflected by the fact that the supreme court haa granted a rehearing to those cases involving this law's validity, Gsvm a a ArlAii A 1 1 An f 1sn m n a t Ka rva I I """" v to this reasoning, much more, in' fact, than needs to be accorded the argu- mem wai payment oi me lax is naeiy to upset the financial status of the country. It is true that the most of 7t0- Pd "fVV' " U 11 du '"V ftUAp few onl7 IMOO.000 had been lurn"a lnl 100 government, wnne tne total revenue expected to be derived under the law is between f 2 ',000,000 and 127,000,000. A sudden call to pay 1 this much money in a tew days, with- drawing lt from active channels of business, might precipitate a flurry, but 't should be remembered that am pie time haa been given for preparation to pay up. The force of the demand ls further neutralised by a reported surplus reserve In the clearing house banks more than enough to offset this drain on working capital. I The real point ls that should the I court finally declare the law unconstl tutlonal. the tax paid In will have to be reimbursed and will be the tame aa a forced loan to the treasury without In- terest from the corporations of the any other set of taxpayers. Up to Nevada. It is up to the governor or lNevaaa to preVent the prixe fight spewed out by California from being transferred to that state. Nevada has nothing to gain, but much to lose, by harboring this fght. Its position in the sister hood of states aa the only common wealth that legalizes knock-down-and- drag - out fisticuffs and facilitates dl vnrcAB t. no Anviabl ono. and even fop . ktata Wfcere the urlmltlve meth ' ods of the old frontier are still so much in evidence It needs to stand up and throw off this Incubus. It Is an Incubus and around It. Nevada cannot get These are not the elements that make for the upbuilding and prosper- of Nevada has Joked long enough, it has been too content to lounge around in Its buckskins and bootK playing , with its shooting Irons; It is time for It to dress up In real civ ilian clothes and begin to take life se riously. Some doubt seems to exist as to the power of the governor under the law to prevent a prize fight. The state legislature enacted a measure specific ally for the purpose of legalizing the Fitzsimmons-Corbett fight in 1899 and, so far as, known, that statute haa never been repealed or amended, and friends of the pugilists contend that Its pro visions plainly prevent the Btate from Interfering with the fight. A really determined governor, however, would find a way. Keep Cool. Common sense is the best fan one can use in hot weather. . It will keep one comparatively comfortable when Ice and other artificial agencies fall. It is always possible 40 avoid sun strokes and becoming overheated, no matter what the temperature may say about it. Strict adherence to the simple laws of sanitation will go a long way toward offsetting the effect of the heat and sanitation in this case has a mental aspect as well as physical. The man who keeps his mind in good order, controls his temper and emotions and goes about his daily duties temper ately and evenly day by day is seldom tbe man who suffers most from the heat, It is the man who undertakes Irregular tasks, or frets about the ex cessive heat and. gives too free rein to his Indulgences that usually gets over heated or is the most -uncomfortable- Hot weather is perfectly natural. U,. ,ali juat aa much. ,0 aB . cold wafW or the avaraea cool and warm, and lt 9 the person who fits lnt0 tne eve aVerage tenor of his way wno ls De9t BUued to the exigencies which Old Sol. In his most enthusiastic periods, imposes upon nlm. But we have not had any sunstroke weather as yet this season; It has been a nttje -warm and we have felt It more because It came so abruptly, but we needed lt to thaw us out, for winter held , on an unusually long time. No Special Session. Governor Shallenberger gives it ,OUt as his definite conclusion not to con vene the legislature in special session to submit the Initiative and referen dum amendment to the constitution according to the peremptory demand made upon him by- William Jennings Bryan. The governor Bays he will make a detailed statement of the reasons for his - .i v... ...11- .... i "1UU' uuv Is necessary. All he has to say is that he can discover no existing emergency as contemplated by the constitution warranting such an extraordinary ac tlon, and no widespread publlo senti ment favoring the overriding of the constitution. The action of the governor, how- v ever, creates an emergency within the democmlc party wn,ca u w,u be ,n. terestlna- to watch. In maklnr his . . 'UH'1' '" kv "" "''" Bryan declared, and he has repeated the declaration in his subsequent Bc-eeches on the subject, that If his plan for submitting the initiative and referendum at the forthcoming elec tion was not carried out forthwith he would insist on incorporating into tbe democratic platform a plank pledging county option. ir the liquor ques tion must be disposed of before we can BAf.ii r tha Initiative and rofcronrlnm " - he thundered, "then the sooner w. dis- pose - Of lt tbe better." And Mr. Bryan's pronouncement in favor of county option leavea his party no al- ,.,H,. in th mtho,1 1.rtn " " f 4 , i ,v . . ... . . . :,. where he has proclaimed lt to be his rule not to talk home politics except when he is at home. His return, how- ever, is scheduled for the first of July, by which time he will doubtless have ..,, Tft WMla ernor Shallenberger's decision disposes of the extra session, It ls reasonable to suppose that lt does not dispose of Mr. Bryan s fixed determination to make the democratic platform convention dance to his music. 1 It seems that the reporters entlrelv omitted to mention that the colonel re- turuea irom jbiun va toe anniversary or the battle of Waterloo, but then there were several other things to men tion. The slip-up of the appropriation for 1425,000 for enlargement of the Liu- coin postomce building wmcn senator Burkett got through the senate Is the cause or unsuppressed glee on the part of the Lincoln Star. The Star Is In Burkett claim credit for anything. The city council wants to put an end to the enterprise of city employes who endeavor to earn money on the side, by circulating street and paving petitions. Not a bad Idea. But what about the firemen and policemen who are also hiring out on extra Jobs when they are supposed to be subject to call by the city at any time? The Indian chief who, after taking in the whole reception at New York, summed up the entire proceedings more completely than any other chron icler, when. In placing his foot on the brass rail in a popular grill room, he quietly observed, "Umph, big day." If It be true that civil war veterans were left out of the Roosevelt recep- tlon parade. It certainly did not renre- sent any wUh of the honored guest and, doubtless, had he known of it there would have been a little side demonstration. The statehood bill haa been made a law by the president affixing his name with an eagle's quill. Now hear the eagle scream on tbe impending Inde pendence day In New Mexico and Arizona. Mayor "Jim" announces that his portraits will aoon be seen on buttons and badges all over the state. After his portrait on those cigars folks may be expected to stand for anything. Chief Concern of, the West. St Louis- Qlobe-Democrat So far as the west may be concerned. the long- and short haul clause of the new railroad bill Is not so disturbing as the question of a long or short crop to haul. Bryan and the Yellow Peril. Brooklyn Eagle. Mr. Bryan told the World's Missionary conference that the only Yellow Peril was the lust for gold. What was the use of preaching his coinage dootrlne over there? A Tour of Inspection. Indianapolis News. One does not exactly gather from the reports whether the trip of Secretary Dick. lnson and his family, General Clarence R Edwards and hfs family, and some others, Is a tour of the world, with incidental In spection of fortifications here and there, or inspection of fortifications here and there with an Incidental tour Of the world. But. of course, It is really immaterial, as the cost to the government will be the same In either case. The Old-Fashioned Fourth. New York World. 'Our forefathers", celebrated the Fourth with gunpowder; but they did It In small communities, using arms of short range and squibs of, trifling power compared with the diabolic Inventions of today. And they did not negleatthe reading of the Declaration, or patrlotlo orations and other similar observances'. The nation-wide movement to- restrict the m(d-summer slaughter does not seek to destroy, but to restore an "old-fashioned Fourth." ONE LAW THKV FEAR. Sherman Antl-Truat La.Tr an Bffec tire One. New Tork World. Whenever the members of a monopolistic conspiracy came face to face with the Sherman anti-trust law they show unmis takable signs of fright. A mere threat of its enforcement throws prospective defend ants Into terror. Proceedings actually be gun under It In any case make connerv at've business men turn pale and develop In Wall street all of tha symptoms of panto. This law covers precisely the ground that Its authors had in view. It forbids com binatlon and conspiracies in restraint of trade, and, like any other criminal statute, provides BuVere penalties for those who disobey and tvery principal of fight justice oontalned In lt ls derived from the common law. Even Its language has been familiar to English-speaking people for generations. I ' "i "uv.il Th. hut Vl u tUim 1 - 4. K.I. ...... dread proves two things-one, that as people we are In tbe habit of engaging In business practices long outlawed, and the other, that a measure wise and necessary has never been consistently enforced. If this law had been applied honestly and fearlessly from the first, the people would have escaped many wrongs and oppressions, Few questioned the justice of the Sher man act when it was passed It was only after years of license had bean extended Ut)f year, o Iloen8, bad be-n ,xtonded to commercial and industrial rapacity that ther. grew up a "business" element which luuna. """ auppon ior tne conten tlon that the law ls ruinously drastlo and Impassible of execution. The Sherman anti-trust law ought to be enforced to the letter. It la pettlfogger- v.root ."?oy-proot it was honestly drawn. It needs only to be honestly en. forced. Ther is no other remedy for the offense at which lt was aimed. Our Birthday Book !. xl. a T .- l 1 . . - .. . r 'Zrn ,. i iTt Ban Jacinto, Texas. He Is a lawyer bv profession, becoming general counsel for tha Un,on Paolfl under Wpr Harriman and I -"- "" i" me uvv6t..,.a ..it.,! mi mm ucain io tne administration headship of the Harriman nn,. - w ,T, from Wyoming, is lust 88. He ... hr. Hinsdale, Mass., and served la the union army, locating In Wyoming in 1S68, where he served aa governor before being elected to the ..natel T was bom Ju Oxnard, the beet sugar man. June tt, 180, at Marseilles. France. Mr. oxnard and Ma hrih i eated the two pioneer beet sugar factories n this country, one of them in Nebraska, He la now residing In California, Cy Warman, writer of railroad stories. ls U today. He is a real locomotive en gineer and has run on railroads all (over the country, J, Clark Colt, with the Lee-Olaas-Andree- Hardware oompany and the Colt Auto- 7.' iT'lTil neM here In Omaha since ltw, and Is booster all the time. Millard M. Robertson, president of the Model Steam laundry, is tt years old today, He waa born In Bethany, Mo. He haa been manager of the Omaha Towel Supply com pany since UST, acquiring control of the Model lauudry In 16. . Politics in Nebraska WUllaaa Xaywarl Telia aastern era Where ITebraska pubU eaaa Are Standing These Bays. New York eun. William Ilayward, secretary of the repub lican national committee, waa among those who went down the bay on the Andros coggin last Saturday to greet Colonel Roosevelt Mr. Hayward came on partly to pay hla respects to the colonel and at the same time to try to get the latter to go out to Nebraska In August for the conven tions of the Union Veterans Republican lubs and the Epworth league, and waa dis appointed to learn that Colonel Roosevelt had decided not to make any western ap pointments before the John Brown cele bration In Kansas In September. Mr. Ilayward Is out for the nomination for congress In the First district of Ne braska, which Is now represented by John Maqulre, democrat, and which was once guilty of sending William Jennings Bryan to Washington. It Includes Lincoln, the capital, and It Is Mr. Hayward's proud boast that It contains less Illiteracy than any other congress district In the United Btates. Mr. Hayward Is more than hope ful of winning In the dlreot primary and In the election as welU lie makes bis home In Nebraska City. How about the Insurgents out In Ne braska?" Mr. Hayward waa asked. I don't know that I believe In any kind of adjectives or qualifying words for republicans," was tha reply. "I navs no apology to make for the republican party ither In Nebraska or anywhere. But out there we prefer the term 'progressive1 to insurgent.' " "What Is a progressive?" "One 'who takes advanced ground. In the first place on Roosevelt policies; who sticks unalterably on Mr. Roosevelt's main proposition that the most powerful cor poratlon Is tinder the same obligation to obey the laws as the most humble private cltisen. That Is, after all. all that Roose velt haa said, and that Is what Nebraska republicans believe In. In our state," Mr. Hayward continued. warming up to his theme, "those men are known as progressives who In the face of ridicule, of calumny and threatened politi cal annihilation advooated and fought for the S-cent passenger law, a law providing for a railroad commission, a measure for terminal taxation, the pure food law and the dlreot primary law. In the convention of 1900, which nomi nated for the governorship George I Shel don and for the United States senate Norrls Brown, were a good many republicans who were very active In their opposition to these men and those measures I have men tloned, and as the result of their oppost tlon were defeated. These have assumed to themselves the title Of Insurgents or progressives. The latter term has not been very applicable to them, the reason being that they never' progressed until the remainder of the party had got so far ahead of them that they had to double quick In order to catch up. They now pre tend to be In the vanguard. That ls the situation In Nebraska. The thinking republicans are progressive, not Insurgents, In the sense of revolting against President Taft or the republican party. They simply follow the example of one Theodore Roosevelt, who always did his lnsurging within the reservation, "I feel safe in saying, however, that with nine-tenths of the republicans of Nebraska there is a feeling against the re-election of. Speaker Cannon, who Is regarded as an obstacle to the growth ot the republican party. They know of no reason why Cannon in his position should be held sacred by the republican party or by any member of it ' "As for the tariff, tha republicans ot Nebraska are not entirely satisfied with the tariff bill; nor, on the other hand, ar they ready to condomn lt In its entirety There are certain schedules, such as that of wool, which they believe should have been lowered. Personally I believe in tariff commission to gather facta scienti fically and accurately on which to base future reduction in such a way aa to oomply exactly with the requirements of the Chicago platform, to cover the differ ence In the cost of production at home and abroad, and yet in such a way as to do aa little violence as possible to established business. 'The liquor fight In Nebraska la fight primarily for county option; In others words, making; the oounty the unit of local option, instead of the menlolpallty. The only bearing lt could have on the congress situation would be in regard to the federal law. Personally I am In favor of a federal law to prevent the shipment of liquor into a dry territory under any cover or shield such aa the Interstate com. meroe law. But In my opinion every right thinking person would be glad to see the liquor question settled and free from the machination of politics. It ought not to be determined by and under the conditions that surround politics any more than absolutely necessary. ' "I think the republican party in its principles and performances is so far superior to anything the democratic party has ever done that It will hold together, even though each Individual may not find In the party platform or In the laws enacted what he wants In every particular, As for demooratlo prospects, they are as they always are six months before an election, brighter thari at any other time, For the last forty years they have been able to carry the country In June and lose It In November. "Aa for things out in Nebraska, well It hardly seems reasonable to elect democrat to congress from a republican district In Massachusetts because of high prloee for farm products In Nebraska and also elect a democrat in a republican dis trict In Nebraska because ot the high price of manufactured articles In Masse chusetts. I waa born a republican and ex. pect to remain one. I waa born in Ne braska, educated there. All my social, business and family relations are in Ne braska, and," added Mr, Hayward, "I am for Nebraska against the world." Mr. Hayward ls a son of the late United States Senator Monroe L. Hayward. - He was state chairman in three political oam- palgne. During the Spanlsh-Amerloan war he waa captain In the Second Nebraska Volunteer Infantry ,and he has been Colonel of the Second regiment of the Nebraska National guard. He is 83 yoora old and married. Ancient Names fa B-rldemee, Chicago Reoord-Herald. With Julius Caesar Burrows of Michigan In the senate and Napoleon Bonaparte Broward of Florida coming In, some peo pie win regard It aa a matter of small con. sequence that we have no Daniel Websters or Henry Clays In the moat dignified de liberative body on earth. Keen Oil of It. Philadelphia Bulletin. Now that he haa been Indloted along with seven leaser figures In the ootton tpecu latlve field, James A. Patten may reiterate with greater effect the advice he gave some months ago to young mr namely not to dabble in tbe stock market, PERSONAL NOTES. rpary Is homo, but poor Cook, where Is he? One Pennsylvania candidate expended U cents In the campaign. He was beaten, but few have so cheaply achieved defeat. Informer Parr Is to get $100,000 Instead of 11,000,000 and does not seem satisfied. Many persons, however, would tell all they know for much less. William Dean Howells confesses In Har per's Maa-aalne that In the early career of Mark Twain he "silted" out all the real meat In the stuff submitted to the Atlantic Monthly by Mr. Clemens. Miss Clnra B. True, who for a number of years directed the destinies of several In dian reservations In southern California, as gone to New Mexico, having resigned from the Indian service to turn her ac tivities to ranching. Of the ninety-two United States senators but nine have mothers living. These fortu nate senators are Flint of California. Bev- erldge of Indiana, Owen and CI ore of Okla homa Nelson and Clapp of Minnesota, Kean of New Jersey, Dick of Ohio and Smith of Michigan. Frederick W. Rlvyer of Milwaukee, presi dent of the Northwestern Malleable Iron company and other important Industries there, who recently died at the age of (2 years, deserves mention because almost unaided he Introduced Industrial eduoation in hit city and established a trades school. RAILROAD IJtCOMK AMD OUTGO. Weak Prop Under Arcsmtat for Increase Hevenne. Indianapolis News. There Is at least a possibility that by the time the Interstate Commeroe commission gets a chance to consider the reasonable ness of the Increase In freight rates, one of the strongest arguments in favor of such an Increase will no longer be avail able. That Is the argument that the car riers need an Increase of Inoome becauve of the Increasing cost of materials which they use In their business. There ts now no doubt that prices are decreasing. A list of wholesale prices compiled hy the Boston Commercial Bulletin on June 10 as compared with the highest point of the year Shows material reductions In provis ions, produce, rubber, lumber, cor-per, Iron and steel, petroleum, coal, hides and leather, boots and' shoes, wool, wool textiles, cotton and ootton textiles. Some of these com modities are used In large quantities by the railroads, and henae every reduction In the price of them reduces their cost of living Just so much. Commenting on this subject, the Commercial Bulletin says: "The 'Increasing cost of material' It a bit threadbare as an argument In view ot the cold testimony of the market reports." On the other hand, the Financial Chroni cle, In tabulating the returns on grots earnings for May made by forty-eight rail roads, covering miles, or about one third the mileage of the oountry. showt that the Increase over May of 190) It SS,- 77J.TT1, or 18.98 per cent. Attention i also called by tha Chronicle to the fact that this year's gain comes after considerable gains In May of 1908. w hen a similar tabu lation, ooverlng a somewhat smaller mile age, showed an Increase of $6,820,871, or 14.78 per cent. So lt will be seen that the railroads are not only enjoying a steady Increase ot Income, but that they have alto the heartening prospect of a decreased ex. pendlture for materials. A careful Investigation of the situation by the Interstate Commerce commission, however, ls both right and reasonable. Certainly the public will get some wel come light on it. and it Is not impossible that the railroads will find that they are not nearly ao badly utt as they had though SUNKY OEMS. - The tardy clubman nauied at the door of ma tmoKing room. Slodger given out the dally atatement of hit health and tola ail about ma symptoms yetr- "Tea," said the man Inside the door. "He's Just finished." "Ail right, in come in. Chicago Trib une. - 'Tou haven't much of a memory for dates, said the conversational boarder. "Nope. replied Fanner Corntossel. used to have. But lt Interferes with bust- nett when you're aelltn' spring chickens." Washington star. "I hear youna Banks has gone to the dogs." 'Why. I saw him only yesterday and he Is a fine, steady-looking young fellow not a bit nissipatea." "I didn't say be waa dissipated." "Tou said the same thing that's he haa gone to tne nogs." "ho ne nas. tie s a veterinary surgeon." oammore American. "How are you going to meet the ara-u- menta of your opponents?" "Easily.'' reDlled the statesman. "Thev can't hold a successful meeting. I've made exclusive contracts with all the brass bands In my district," Washington Herald. Jim at tne psyonoioBioai moment t uladys I don t know whether you d ex ectly term tt the psychological moment. A Dig woman wno caned nereeir nis wire en. tered the room Just then. Young's Mage- HUI, "Are you the lawyer who has secured divorced for so many people? I have been quite successful, madam.' "How much does a divorce cost?" "Depends on circumstances. On what grounut ao you wisn aivorceT OH. mercy, 1 don't know. I'm not mar. rled yet, only engaged, but I think It Is a woman s auty to familiarise herself with every phase of domestic life. Oood morn Ing.'1 Phlledelphla Ledger. "Tea. we aet all the benefits of mountain limbing here," says the man with the nnsea wnisaers. "Mountain oIlmblngT" asks the man who haa Just arrived. "Why there isn't a hill tan feet hlah within twenty miles!" '1 know; but we sleep on the fifth floor and there Is no elevator." Judge. SUHMEB. eassMaeasae I Detroit Free Press. We giuiuDied a lot At tne rain ana the cold, But now it is not And the roses unfold. And the sweet summer breese carries pertume with It, And we loll at our ease. And we don't oare a bit For the gray or the sklet And the chill of tne rain That we used to despise. For It'a summer again. We grumbled and growled When the weather was bad, We frowned and we soowlea And we made ourselves sad, But the skies now are blue And the sun shines above; The devea sweetly coo Their professions of love The trees nod end sway In their garments of green, And we've ail put away Any thought that was mean. For It's summer again And the roses unfold; The brooks tall to me The sweet story of old; Tbe hollyhocks bloom By the gate aa of yore) And gone la the gloom And the chill that lt bore O, we don't oare a bit For grlin yesterday's woes. Today brings with It . The sunbeam and the rose. This la the way, We are mournful and tad For a week or a day, In the end to be glad I And never a sigh But It turns to a smile, And the tear In the eye Disappears In a while. For yesterday's woes, Dtsapi-nlntment and doubt, Whn trrlm winter goes, Bummer quickly wipes out, Army Gossip Matters ef interest Oa ant Back of the rirlag X.lae QUenee frost the Amy and JTavy Begtster. The sum of $,000 wss appropriated fof the current fiscal year to be used by the slKnal corps for the purchase and develop, ment of wlrlea telephones, and the gen eral deficiency bill ft the present congress extends this appropriation to the next fis cal year. The signal corps hat already done some work In the way ot experiment ing with wtrelesa telephones, and testa have been made between a station on top of the Mills building and one at the bureau of standards at Washington. While mes sages have been transmitted between the two stations, much In the way of Improve ment development rumalns to be done. Chiefs of bureaus of the War Department with whom are serving army officers who nre detached from their line commands. have been called upon to show the reasons for the continuance on the duty cf those offloert. The reports will undoubtedly thow that the reasons are urgent sn.l that the officers on this detached duty rannet be spared. The same Inquiry has been made In other directions, In the nor, aa expressed In a statement issued by the sec retary of war, that the Hat of so-called absentees In the line may be reduced. Those who know something of the situ ation entertain no such expectation. The number of officers who are likely to be recalled from detached duty will be few Ir.deed. That has been the experience hitherto whenever efforts have been made. they have been periodically, to cut down the number of officers on detaohed duty. Considerable Interest attaches to a deci sion which has been rendered thlt week by the comptroller ot the treasury relating to the payment, or. In this case, the non payment, of the death benefit authorised by the act of May 11, 1908. ' That law pro- ldld that army and navy officers and en listed men In the service should designate the person to whom an amount, equal to six months' pay, should be paid In the event of death. In the case under con sideration the late Lieutenant O. B. drlmm of the army signal corps, who died In service In November, 1908 that officer neglected to designate a beneficiary. A short time before hit death, while on leave of absence at home, be Informed hit rela tives that It waa hit intention, to desig nate his mother as the beneficiary. He did not do so formally, however. The auditor for the Navy Department decided that the death benefit could not be paid, whereupon affidavits were presented from a brother i and a sister of the deceased officer aiming to show the intention of the army officer. The comptroller has affirmed the auditor's ruling and decided that the evidence sub mitted is not aufftcient to show tuoh a designation of the claimant aa beneficiary : as It contemplated by the law. Thlt is another Instance which should Imprest of ficers with the necessity of promptly and tufftolently designating a beneficiary. The tentative order prcrlblng regular physical exercise and an annual physical test for army officers it reposing in the general staff of the War department, to gether with the (voluminous documents from various tourcet, including the de partment commanders, the surgeon general of the army and the officers at the army war college and the service schools at Fort Monroe, Fort Riley and Fort Leavenworth, who lent themselves to an experimental' application . of the , provislont of the amended requirement.. , If, is generally .un derstood that the order will not be form ally Issued until Major General Leonard Wood assumed his duties In Washington at chief of ttaff and taket up the subject. The variety of opinions submitted ls due to the failure of the War department to specify In unequlvooal terms the purpose of the physical test. As has been pointed out by the surgeon general ot the army, the regulation must be according to one standard if the Intention It to encourage regular phy ileal exercise and to quite an othsr standard If tha object of the order la elimination. One provision to the tentative order, which haa attracted much attention and which hat been the subject of offlolal comment, Is that which excludes from cer tain requirements officers of the corpa of englneert who are engaged on civil duty.' It haa been pointed out . that officers of other branches of the army are Identically situated, so far as tha character of their taska beer any relation to tha require ment! of phyeloal exercise or to the ex-t caption from an annual physical - test. Evidently the first thing to be determined, In reaching a conclusion upon the provi sions of the physical test order, will be aa to Iti object, and the full knowledge of the policy of the administration In that "re spect will aid the new chief of ttaff in framing Us recommendation! to the secre tary of war. An Interesting question haa been before the War department at the Instance of Colonel Joseph Garrard, Fifteenth cavalry, on duty at Fort Myer. The occasion for a ruling grew out of a circumstance at Fort Bherldan where the commander, Colonel W. L. Pitcher, Twenty-seventh Infantry, deposed an officer of the Fifteenth, cavalry from command of one of the troops of that regiment ttatluned at that pott and as signed him to duty with another troop of the regiment at the tame station; at the same time depriving the officer of the privi lege of leaving tbe limits of the post for one month Colonel Oarrard questioned whether a post commander had the au thority, under regulations and approved customs of tht service, to relieve an of ficer not of hit own regiment from com mand of the company to which he ls regu- larly assigned and attach him to duty with another company that la provided with an officer. The War department hotda that tuch authority It possessed by a pott commander on the ground that 'tuch officer It vested with a large responsibility and thould have a large discretion. The power has not been In words lodged In the regimental commander or elsewhere, and Ita exerolse teemt to be quite neoetiary for the poet oommander. Another quettlon raited waa whether the post oommander haa authority summarily to confine an of ficer to the limits of tbe post for a speci fied time as a punishment for alleged dereliction of duty without affording the cffloer an opportunity to be tried by court martial. It la held that the eommandln officer of a post oan discipline aa of f loaf of bis post by denying him a privilege without giving the officer the right to de mand a trial. The fact that company com . mandert are prevented from depriving soldiers of privileges without giving them a right to demand trial oannot be eon tldered at establishing a polloy extending to the cases of officers. - Believe It or Pass. . Cincinnati , Enquirer, . . Aocordlng to an artlele now going tht rounds, we are soon to see a "poor man's" automobile. That la to lay, the price and upkeep of automobllea It going to be ao greatly reduced that even the poor men oan afford one of tbe machines, it will not do to take too much stock In such re ports, of courts, for there are very few luxurlea that get within the reach oft the poor man In the old world, to we give these particular! of the report without ad mitting that there it a great deal In them. . t