' THE BEE: OMAITA, MONDAY, AUflUftT 15, 1010.
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.tati:mi;xt or circulation.
State of Nebraska. Douglas County, bh:
(ieoiKu 11. Txschuck, troiuwrer of The llee
rubllBhing Company, bilnn duly KWorn,
hayn that the ariual number of full and
coinpktu copies of The laily. Morning,
Evening and .Sunday Hoe printed during
the month of Jl l'JIO, was as loiiows
1 44,970 17..
.40,350
2 48,480 IS..
3 41,350 1'.)..
4 65,900 20..
5 49,730 21..
41360 .24..
7 41,830 2$..
8 41,640 24..
... 41,840 25..
10 40,400 .. 28. .
11 ....41,880 27..
12 ....41,510 28..
18 , ...4i,80 29..
14 ..41.740 30..
15 41,530 31..
IS 48,300
Total i
Returned ooples
KTst total.
. .43,670
, .43,930
. .41,800
. .43,130
, .43,370
. .43,040
. .40,300
. .43,310
. .43,390
. .43,300
. .43,410
. .43,330
, .43,450
, .40,300
. .1,333,310
. . . 13,367
1,310,043
43,369
Daily average.
OmIoROB B..TZSCIIUCK,
Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before ma this 1st day of August, 1910.
r . : M, B. WALKER,
Notary Public
Subscribers leaving; the city tem
purarllr should , hare Tbe Bee
mailed ( Iheiu. Address will be
changed as often as requested.
It is still nothing to crow over, Mr.
Weatherman.
At last, at last! The rain proved
that it could come back.
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Do not make fun of bloodless wars.
They are the kind wtf; all want.
Egg plants are, now ripe. These
nature fakers can do most anything.
It would seem funny to hear Uncle
Joe ask tor the speaker's attention.
"Nebraska banks are strong." That
headline is old enough to be a lullaby.
Still, when they begin to count the
votes in that Danville district It may
be different
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The Philadelphia Press asks, "Is art
a life?" Yes, a gay one for those who
have the price.
Just at present Merry del Val prob
ably does not. feel the force of his
name a great deal. ' '
Now that Joe Bailey has come out
for the presidency Bill Bryan better
try moving tp Texas. -
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Mr. Balllnger says he has not con
ferred with anyone about resigning. Is
it to be a surprise to him then?
Timothy Woodruff's vest is said to
have made a big hit. with the presi
dent. If it made any hit at all It made
a big one. .
All we have to say about Governor
Uadley's plan to eradicate illiteracy In
Missouri is that he has undertaken a
man's Job. .
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For an old man Mr. Rockefeller Is
some speeder, ,but who would not be
reckless of .$5 fines If he had nearly
a billtonT l.
Money has a convincing voice when
It can tempt embezzling bankers to
misappropriate a grand total of 28,
000,000 In five years.
That Harvard, graduate who com
mitted suicde would have been more
excusable had he ' done It when he
struck thosq Greek roots. .
A great poet said, "Sometimes we
may learn more from a man's errors
than his virtues." Especially when he
refuses to show his virtues to us.
Down in Florida some nature faker
proposes a race between a horse and
an ofctrich. yet we have been run
ning donkeys against elephants in this
country a long time.
The Charleston News and Courier
reminds its, readers that autoplagiar-
ism is stealing one's own works, in
which case,, wf should observe, it is
not necessary vo toot me norn.
Minnie Brown,the ' Indian maiden
in Okiahomsjr-a prohibition state by
the way wfco drank a quart of whisky
and died, - must have been reading
about Mr. Rockefeller bathing In
whisky. ... .
Mayor "Jim" expects . republican
votes to make him the democratic
nominee for governor, but he has not
yet advanvced a single good reason
why any republican should abandon
his own party ticket to pull democratic
chestnuts cut of the fire.
Eeijublican Opportunity.
Republicans of Nebraska liave an
extraordinary opportunity presented
iu thu toming primary. It Is a fore
gone conclusion thai Governor Shai
lonoerger will be renominated on the
democratic ticket despite all the Dahl-
I maulte bluff and bluster, ana mat
w hoever heads the republican ticket
will hare Governor Suallenberger to
beat in the election.
Assuming all other things to be
equal, which they are not, the person
ality of the republican candidate will
determine whether or not the repub
licans will reap full advantage of the
unpopularity of Governor , Shallen
berger, which in some quarters has de
veloped into actual hatred. To be more
explicit, if the liberal voters who are
not particularly attached to any polit
ical party are narrowed down to a
choice between Governor ShaUen
bergor and a candidate in their
minds typifying prohibition, they
may forgive the governor's sins
and vote for him again as ' the
lesser of two evils. . If. however,
they are permitted to vote for a re
publican on whose word they may de
pend, and in whom they have confi
dence even though pledged to sign a
county option bill, they will show the
democratic governor that deliberate
deception and coarse tlouble-dealing
are not paying political investments.
This is why we say that republicans
are fortunate this year in having a
man like A. E. Cady standing for the
nomination for governor, and that
they will lose a great opportunity if
they do not go to the polls next Tues
day and make sure by their votes that
he is nominated.
Two Kinds of Land Baying.'
In the old New England states rich
men are buying up old homesteads
and in some cases entire villages and
turning them Into private country
homes or reserves of one kind and
another. In' the west land is also
being bought and sold, 'but In very
different ways and for very different
purposes. One man out here will buy
a vast tract of country, land, not to
occupy as a rural dwelling place, but
rather to subdivide - and Bell out in
small pieces as rapidly as he can.
Perhaps it is not true, 'as eastern
papers contend, that the people need
more farming land, perhaps the New
York Central railroad Is all wrong In
Its mission of endeavoring" to settle
people in the country where they may
have the chance of earning a better
living than . the restricted quarters
which they are able to afford. In the
city offers.' But it would 'seem that
with all the comfort and luxury to be
found in converting these New Eng
land communities into estates of one
family, Bociety would derive greater
benefits if they could be devoted to
homes for a greater number, if the
land could be Improved by fertiliza
tion and it and the villages be left to
those who need them as means of live
lihood. In some cases it Is said entire
communities are obliged to pick up
and move on to new settlements.
It is contraction in one case and
expansion in the other. The 4 west is
charged with ,ihe work of finding
homes for the many, while the east
this portion of it Is being preempted
by a few who can afford the pleasure.
The tendency is not conducive to the
best results. , :
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More About the Tail-Ender.
In view of the question of veracity
that has been raised over the tall
ender resolution supposed to have
been tacked onto the republican plat
form in the confusion of the closing
moments of the state convention, the
following letter taken from the Lin
coln Journal, signed by a well known
delegate from Furnas county, which
is in the Fifth district and geograph
ically right close to Congressman Nor
rls' home, may be of interest:
OXFORD, Neb., Aug. .-To ths Editor
of The State Journal: I noticed by Fri
day's Journal that Mr. Van Citison give
the He to the statement that the Norrls
resolution la a ta'.l-ender passed after two
thirds of the delegates had left' the hall.
Now, I believe that people can differ In
opinion and not lie, and, as a delegate to
that convention, I honestly believe the
nays on that resolution were the- stronger,
and that our esteemed chairman rather
Joecannonlzed the convention by deciding
otherwise.
I am glad to learn that my friend, Norris,
was not the author' of the resolution. Cer
tainly he should pray to be delivered from
his fool friends, as he seems to have no
trouble In whipping his political enemies.
; A. C. RANKIN.
The tail-ender may be innocuous,
but it should not be regarded as part
of the platform, especially when Its
contents protesting against Cannonism
are in direct conflict with the way it
was gaveled through. -
Uncle Sam Liberia' Friend. '
Those countries that became excited
when the United States offered to loan
Liberia $1, 500, 000 with which to re
fund its public debt are getting over
their apprehension, but the strange
thing is that they should' ever have
felt the least concern In the matter.
What was more natural than that
Liberia should look to the United
States for this assistance and that this
nation should promptly give itt
Liberia was given the nucleus of a
nation by the United States, which
sent negroes there a century ago to
form a settlement of freemen, and for
twenty-five years after exercised a sort
of protectorate over them. Always
this republic has been the friend and
helper of Liberia, and the record of
events is a splendid testimonial to the
unselfish desire of a great Caucasian
race to aid another people less for
tunate in opportunity than itself. It
is a singular evidence of American
modesty and phllantbrophy- -that the
I history of Liberia la so little known,
comparatively, among the people of
the earth.
Here comes a day when this strug
gling power finds itself engulfed in
debt, and it cornea, of course, to the
United States, the nation that has al
ways been Its benefactor, for relief.
Undo Sam does little more than en
dorse Liberia's note for the compara
tively small sum of $1,500,000, and
more than one European power raises
the cry of suspicion. It is natural for
Europe to impute to such acts on the
part of other governments motives of
self-aggrandizement, either in political
advantage or territorial aggression,
but has the history of the United
States in Cuba and Porto Rico been
in vain? England and France, more
over, must not begrudge any advant
age little Liberia can obtain so long
as its feeble condition is largely due
to the unequal competition it faces in
the civilization of these European nations.
Interest in Francis Race.
The race between former Mayor
James A. Reed of Kansas City and
former Governor David R. Francis of
St. Louis for the democratic senatorial
nomination in Missouri attracts more
than statewide interest, for if Francis
should win there and later In the
legislature it would, in all probability,
add one more to the list of democratic
aspirants for presidential honors In
1912. Former Governor Francis has
been flirting with this ambition for a
long time, but conditions have never
been propitious for actually launching
his candidacy. The fact that he was a
member of the old Cleveland cabinet
at once discounted him for high honors
so long as Mr. Bryan held unbroken
sway over the party, though toward
the last there has been some pretense
at reconciliation with the Peerless.
The fact that Missouri already has
one democratic presidential candidate
in the person of -Joseph W. Folk is
not at all likely to deter the Francis
aspirations, should he succeed as sena
torial candidate, for he Is not a Folk
man and cares nothing about any
plans Mr. Folk may have made for his
own future; .
But some doubt surrounds Francis'
ability to defeat Reed. Though never
ranked in the Francis class, Reed is
yet popular In the country districts,
where he, like Folk, has cultivated the
people's friendship by playing re
former, although usually referred to
as of the grandstand order: He was
mayor of Kansas City, and though
Francis when in his thirties served as
mayor of St Louis and was elected
governor of the state before he was
forty, later serving as secretary of the
interior, in Mr. Cleveland's cabinet,
Reed has his following among the
younger democrats of the state and
may.be able to outrun his elder op
ponent in the primaries. He naturally
would nave the Folk support both for
the reason that Folk and Francis are
not political allies and because
Francis defeat would eliminate him
as a possible opponent of Folk.
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Our . Abominable Primary Ballot
Notwithstanding all the newspaper
words of warning and all the efforts
at Instruction, thousands of voters in
Nebraska will in all probability be
disfranchised at tomorrow's primary
by the abominable ballot. This ballot
is another of the reminders which we
have of the incompetence and mis
direction of the late democratic legis
lature and it ought to be an object
lesson to every voter of the necessity
of rescuing the law making power
from the hands of '.these democratic
law butchers.
Once more, however, before It is
too late, let us tell what the voter
must do, or rather must not do, to
make sure he does not spoil his ballot.
Each person entitled to vote will be
given a ballot containing the names
of the candidates for nomination on
all party tickets arranged In parallel
columns under the fitting party head
ings. The ballot is to be marked with
crosses opposite the preferred names,
but the crosses must all be in but one
party column.. Placing cross marks in
more than one party column is con
trary to the law and the whole ballot
so marked must be thrown out and
not counted.
. Still another confusing feature Is
presented by the fact that we hold
separate although simultaneous pri
maries for school district and for city
offices with separate and distinct bal
lots. Here in Omaha each voter will
have three separate ballots to mark,
and the option of choosing his party
column and the prohibition against
putting crosses in more than one
column applies to each of the three
ballots.
We submit that if anything were
calculated to disgust people with the
direct primary and to discredit lti
popularity this disfranchising ballot
and odious open primary is in a fair
way to succeed in that object.
Among the lawyers at the Douglas
county bar few stand higher and are
at the same time more popular with
their associates than James E. Rait,
who is out for the republican nomina
tion for county attorney. Every law
yer in Omaha who would give an un
prejudiced opinion would say that
Mr. Rait would be a competent and
trustworthy man in that office. Re
publicans should vote at the primaries
for James E. Rait for county attorney.
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Foolish brewers! Short-sighted
liquor dealers! Spending real money
and wasting time and energy vainly
trying to promote "Jim" from the
mayor's office to the governor's chair.
Even if It were in the cards for them
to succeed, "Jim" la the state bouse
would not be worth a penny to them
hs compared with "Jim" iA the city
hall, where he can occasionally grant
favors.
In the short time he has been a
member of the County board, John
Grant has made good and earned re
tention in the place for the remainder
of the unexpired term, which he was
appointed to fill. He is an old resi
dent of Omaha, an old soldier, a tax
payer, and in business has always been
square.' ;
If you want . to reward a political
sell-out vote to continue Fred Brun
lng on the -County board. Although
lecte6 as a republican, Bruning went
jver bag and baggage to the democrats
when they offered him a little pie.
He ought to be running in the demo
cratic primary, '. ' .' '.
One local candidate for office finds
necessary to circulate, a certificate
of character, to which the first signa
ture attached is that of Duncan M.
Vlnsonhaler. Who would take the
risk of giving a certificate of character
to Vlnsonhaler? '.
The Chicago Record-Herald testi
fies editorially, that creosote block
pavement is all right. But that would
not count with J the man behind the
veto pen. here as against "Charley"
Fanning, who gets a commission on
every brick laid In Omaha's streets.
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Christmas is a word to conjure with
in Nicaragua, and when a man says it
is near, his neighbor shivers, for
Christmas Is one of the most terrible
revolutionary leaders, Still, in the
United States, . too, Christmas some
times makes people shiver.
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The strike of street car men In
Columbus bag produced, also a strike
of policemen. Omaha had all it wanted
with Its street car strike without
these additional refinements.
Oregon has one law which we favor
transplanting in Nebraska. It makes
it a criminal offensei for any one to
try to hold, up or shake down a can
didate for office,
Striking; Bflon the Presidency-.
Phlladelpnla Record.
The political assassins have seldom struck
below the presidency1, , but Carter Harrison
was assassinated, while mayor of Chicago,
and the mayor of a small town in Virginia
was recently destroyed by. a bomb.
Threats Deserve' Attention.
Baltimore 'jCmerlcan. -The
man wan shot1 flown Mayor Gaynor
of New York had been Writing -threaten
ing letters, to which no attention had
been paid. It may' be-' the part Of fearless
ness to Ignore threats of this kind, but It
is more prudent'' to put' the writers where
they will be past thia" power of carrying
the threats out. H ' ;- -
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Intoleranev of itef ornsers. - .
SprlngXIeUt Republican.
If Mrs. Alice Long worth, haa replied to
the seaJoua reformers n the west, who
have begged her to stop smoking clgarets,
the fact haa not, been announced,, but the
letter addresed to har. has been published,
and is enough o Arjye. a spirited' woman
to Pittsburg stogies. The passion for re
forming other people is a craving that
needs to be held sedulously In check; it
easily develops intq a worse vice than
smoking tobacco, which, at least does not
breed self-righteousness, Intolerance, ' and
the habit of meddling with other people's
private affairs. - -
SUGAR WORSE THAN RUM.
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Dental Expert Boldly Challenges the
Lightning;.
Harper's Weekly.
New sins are Invented dally, the latest
being-the exhibition of prise-fight pic
tures and Inspection of them. Also new
causes of human depravity are dally
brought to light -the. latest being sugar.
At the state dental ' convention in New
Jersey, last month, a doctor from Hobo
ken told the dentists that the human
race, la fast going to pot along of sugar.
Its low price, he .declared, had caused
degeneration among the people, and he
said: ,
"The loss of energy through tne con
sumption of sugar In me last century
and the first decade of this century can
never be made good. Alcohol has been
consumed for thousands of years, but
has not caused the degeneration of the
whole human race."
It la news that sugar raises such hob
with us. Perhaps the painful things that
happened to the sugar trust were a con
sequence of human degeneration brought
on by too Intimate an association with
sugar. Will the Woman's Christian Tern
perence union please look Into this new
peril?
Our Birthday Book
August IS, 1910.
Walter H. Page, -editor of the World's
Work, was born August 15, 1855, at Carey,
N. C. He used to be editor of the Forum
and Atlantic Monttlly and is a member
of the book publishing firm of Doubleday,
Page & Co.
Kdson P. Rich, general attorney of the
Union Paoifio, la hi years old today. He
was born at Qrlggsvllle, 111. He was edu
cated at the University of Nebraska and
at Johns Hopkins university. He was a
member of the legislature In' 1839 and served
one term as regent ef the University of
Nebraska. He Is also a member of the
law firm of Rich, O'Neill Gilbert
H. C. Bostwlck, - president of the South
Omaha National bank, was born August
15, 1S44, at Trenton, N. J. He has been in
his present position since the bank started
in 1W8. He is also Interested in a number
of other banks.
Moshter G. Colpetser, treasurer of the
Chicago Lumber company, Is just 31 years
old today. He Is an Omaha-born boy and
a graduate of the Omaha High school and
of Phillips Andover academy. He was
manager for the Chicago Lumber com
pany at Grand Island for seven years,
taking the management at Omaha in 1901
Dr. Louis Swoboda, physician and sur
geon, In the Paxtoa block, was born Au
gust 15, 1S6S, In Moravia, and came to this
country In 18M. He graduated In medicine
from the Omaha Medical college and la
now county physician.
Joh-n B. Sheldon, superintendent of tel
egraph for the Union Pacific, Is just 60.
He was born In' Ottawa, Canada, and
started tn as telegraph messenger for the
Montreal Telegraph company in 1871. He
u promoted to Jd present position in
1W7.
Around New York
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Blpplea ea the Current ef X.lfe
as Seen la the Oraat Amerloan
Metropolis frost Hay te lay.
'ihe old boys of today, whose memor
ies hark hack to their youthful sight
seeing tours of New York, will recall
the thrlls experienced In the u.me mus
eums. Beside the door the figure of a
policeman as' large, as life and as chesty
a a live one. Ther gallory of wax fig
ures of crowned heads togged In royal
regalia. A succession of chambers of
horrors depicting some notorious crime or
tragedy or mystery. Occasionally some
comic picture or amusing mechanism re
lieved the somber strain and checked the
rising desire of red blooded persons to
take, a parting fall out of the oqp at the
door. Twenty or more years ago, a visi
tor to the big city rarely passed up
Wood's or Buber's museums. The former
disappeared several years' ago. Huber's
went under the hammer last week. The
extinction of the business, the New York
Sun surmises, Is due to the passing of the
Puritan spirit, which would not patron
ize theaters, preferring the sedate and
sombre atmosphere of wax figures.
Public taste haa changed, old forms of
amusement cease to amuse and finally
vaudeville and moving pictures hastened
the dime museum to the Umbo of ancient
things.
Following the revocation of railroad
passes, which the Interstate Commerce
law abolished several years ago, the tele
graph companies announce that the tele
graph franking privilege is soon to be
withdrawn from many of those who for
years have enjoyed it
The amendment of the Interstate Com
merce act eliminating the frank except
for the exclusive use of telegraph com
pany officials and their families was
passed by the last session of congress
and approved by the president on June
18, to take effect on August 18.
Anticipating the, latter date the com
panies have sent out printed notices to
all their frank holders asking them to
send tn their unconaumed supply for can
cellation. The half rate franks are in
cluded, and It Is expected that on and
after August 18, the "complimentary
business" will be discontinued.
Police Lieutenant John W. Earley of
the New Dorp, Staten Island, station, on
his way home met a foe who was too much
for him, and the police reserves rescued
him from a ditch Into which ex-Alderman
John Glllen's goat knocked him. The
highways of that part of Staten Island
differ from the field In that on the roads
the grass grows only three or four feet
tall. Earley at 1 a, ' m., strode along
bravely until a white object leaped into
the air and then landed solidly between the
lieutenant's belt and his gold "badge. The
Impact deprived the policeman of every
thing but his breath, and that be expended
in a yell for help that was distinctly heard
In the New Dorp station and in Glllen's
hotel.
The ex-alderman and the men from the
station found Earley almost unconscious
In the ditch that runs along the road. The
goat was munching thistles.
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Ten-year-old Robert Quintan of East
Newark had a bad attack of the fishing
fever several days ago. He didn't have a
pole of his own and decided to steal one,
but a big cop nabtted him for botching
the job of breaking into a fishing tackle
store and Recorder Fitzgerald held Robert
for; the Juvenile court
County Judge Carey ,bis. timi la Bob
alto) heard the boV's story when the case
came up at the court house In Jersey City
and he didn't scold at all, although he
told the small prisoner that it was very
wrong to steal. He said he would
have to do some thinking -over the matter
and the boy was directed to take his seat.
Then the judge gave the court officer some
money and later the constable walked into
the court room as big as life with a regular
rod. steel and bait box. The judge's eyes
sparkled - as he made the presentation
speeoh, and Robert Qulnlan trudged out of
court' with the fishing tackle under his
arm, firmly convinced that he would never
again be' tempted to steal.
Judge Carey has a 10-year-old boy, and
his name is Bob, too.
"Much has been written about man's in
humanity to man, but it would stir one's
Indignation to see the brutality of animal
to animal in time of sickness," said a
keeper of the Central Park menagerie,
quoted by the New York Sun.
"Take the case of the Four Old Maids In
the Cape buffalo paddock. Those four buf
falo cows have lived together there for
years throughout sunshine and storm and
without anything to make 'em jealous.
Thsy ought to be friends and they are
when all are in good health, but when one
Is sick all the others kick and bite her
cruelly. She's too feeble to resist and
has to be taken away to save her life. It
Is the same with all the other animals
and with all the birds. As soon as one
gets sick all the others attack the invalid
In an effort to malm or kill."
A New York court has refused a, certifi
cate of Incorporation to "The Souse Club,"
a social organiaaiion oi weauny nw
Yorkers. The would-be incorporators set
forth that' the club was organised "for
social, literary and athletlo purposes, and
for mutual Improvement" But the court
could not understand how a club, adopting
for Its name the colloquial term "Souse,"
could operate Uor mutual Improvement
and accordingly wrote on the petition the
word "denied," on the ground that the
use of such a name would be against pub
Ho policy.
CAarles Collman was a popular man In
North Hempstead, Long Island, until he
became a dog catcher on July 22 last and
began to break all records at $1.60 a dog.
He discovered in two days that while he
had earned 427 he had lost 59 friends and
that people called their children in as he
passed, slammed the doors In his face and
glared at him. He has resigned and hopes
bis resignation will be accepted.
Center of Popalatlon.
Indianapolis Star.
The center of population under the new
census will not. It is thought be moved
far from the preaent center. This Is not
wecause the population of the United
Ststes has not greatly Increased, but be
cause the bulk of the Increase Is not, as
usual, In the wsaL There has been a
great addition to the number of Inhabi
tants southwest, especially In Texas; but
on the other hand, a large percentage
of the Immigrants who arrived during
the last few years scattered themselves
over the eastern states. Rhode Island's
Increase, for example. Is II per cent In
every direction there Is still room for
more.
Shlftlasr af the "Wild West."
Denver Republican.
Evidently the wild and wooly west has
moved eastward some 1,000 miles, On
Monday there was a holdup Just outside
of New York city, a street gang fight
In which thlr.y shots were exchanged
and two participants killed, and the next
day the mayor ot vbs o. y was shot down
FARM LAID VAl.tM.
Kffect of atleaal Development and
Malnfnl Prices.
New York Journal of Commerce.
It In reported that practically all the
agricultural schedules of the census have
been received at the bureau In Washington.
Thi-y have not been fully tabulated, but
the process Is said to be so far advanced
thnt a general staterm-rrt of the salient
features about the principal crops, areas
cultivated and values of land can be made.
Among other things It Is stated that the
returns show "an enormous growth of land
values' practically In every section thus
far studied." and that Is some sections
"the returned land values will Indicate an
almost phenomenal Increase." In some
states the figures are said to "show an In
crease of two and one-half times or nearly
that" since the previous census. This Is
not "most marked" where new lands have
been taken up and brought under cultlva
tlon but "In the middle west."
This. If verfled, must be considered an In
teresting and significant fact end It pro
vokes the inquiry what has caused such an
advance In agricultural land values. It
may be said that It Is due to Increasingly
profitable crops, but what are they due to?
The cause, where the advance has been
greatest. Is not Increased quantity of land
under cultivation, and according to all ac
counts It Is not Improved cultivation and
larger yield due to more Intelligent and
skilfully directed Industry. It Is mainly
high prices obtained for products, and these
are due to Increased demand In proportion
to the supply.
In other words. It Is the growth of popula
tion and the development of Industrial and
commercial communities, the multiplication
of markets and better means of access to
them, and a consequent Increased demand
for farm products out of proportion to the
t.icreaae In supply, that has so greatly en
hanced the value of lands In the middle
west. The same forces Increase .the value
of land In the Industrial and commercial
communities themselves. If the census
ascertained and reported the value of all
lands , Independent of buildings and Im
provements provided by capital and labor,
we should have a measure of the vast
heritage of wealth produced by the people
as a whole rather than by individual ef
fort. RKAL BIG BUSINESS.
Vastaeas of the Transportation Indas
trr of the United States.
St Paul Pioneer Press.
The extent to which the transportation
Industry figures In the Interest of the
country is strikingly illustrated by the
report of the Interstate Commerce commis
sion. On the 234,868 miles of road In the
country are 1,602,823 employes. The par
value of the railway property is $17,487,868,
93S, and during the last fiscal years there
were carried 891,473,426 passengers and
1,666,559,741 tons of freight 'The gross earn
ings of all the roads for the year ending
June 30, 1909, were approximately $2,400,
000,000. Of . this . immense sum 41 per cent
was paid out for labor. Fuel, oil, ma
terials and supplies took up 17.3 per cent,
while 4.26 per cent was used for betterments
and Improvements. Dividends absorbed,
7.2S per cent, or less than one-fifth the
amount that was paid for labor.
It la: estimated that, counting the
families ot the employes, more than 6,000,
000 persons are dependent directly upon the
railroads, while hundreds of thousands ot
others in the mines and mills and forests
are Indirectly dependent upon the railroads,
as their labor Is made profitable largely
by reason of the transportation facilities
offered for their product Immense as the
railroad .expense are,, however, and .liberal
as la the share that labor geta In the dis
bursements, the dividend account shows
that the Industry Is profitable to the ex
tent of warranting the vast amount of
money represented In the investment and
In the cost ot operating them. The figures
serve to show the Importance of proper
laws and a proper adjustment of rates and
other questions In order that the Industry
may not be Injured nor allowed to work
an Injury upon its dependents.
IOWA'S CURIOUS PROPOSAL,
gag vested Redaction of Width of
Pnblv Roads.
, . , Boston Transcript ,
Governor .Carroll of Iowa proposes to
reduce the rural highways of the state,
which now average sixty feet In width, to
forty, turning the margin df ten feet on
each side into use by the farmers In raising
corn. He computes that this transfer would
result In an! added yield ot 8.000,000 bushels a
year. That! he should even propose such' a
thing shows how completely cultivated the
better. Mississippi valley states have be
come. No one riding through rural New
Hampshire, for example, even If Its high
ways were needlessly wide, would propose
the turning of any part of them back to
private owners to enlarge their crops, since
so much of the land they now have lies In
disuse.
A good solution for the Iowans might be
for the publlo to retain title to the high
ways at the fuH width, but to allow a
strip of ten feet on each side to be utilised
by the owner of the adjoining property
until such time as the growth of population
made It desirable in any place to employ
the whole street surface. This Is the sys
tem in the District of Columbia, and it
works admirably.. It will be many years
before rural Iowa will need highways mora
than forty feet wide, and the present
tendency of good road construction Is to
ward an Improved road surface, but one rela
tively narrow; to macadamise a space, wide
enough for one vehicle, letting the turn
outs take their chances with the road as
nature left It, haa become an exceedingly
practical method of road improvement at
moderate cost
Talks for people
There Is a hatter In Chicago who
believes In advertising be bag bad
proof of Its power.
This is the story: Hit location was
good, bis hats were good, be charged
fair prices and he never advertised.
Perhaps be thought the bats would
sell themselves, perhaps be didn't be
lieve In advertising, or thought it un
dignified. At any rate be did not
advertise.
He tried as bard as be could to
make a success, but business was
pretty bad after awhile it gpt worse
and he waa on the verge of bank
ruptcy. One day a newspaper man went to
see him and talked advertising. Tbe
hat man figured that things couldn't
be worse, so he grasped at advertis
ing as a way out of bis difficulties,
as a drowning man grasps at a straw.
As a starter be tried Panama bats.
Tbe newspaper man got up some bully
good copy and illustrations, and it
seemed that every man in Chicago
wanted a Panama be sold hundreds
of them. By and by more copy ap
PERSONAL NOTES.
By the tnagle tvteh of eonecilflatlon tfi
capital of two big drug concerns, $S,5V
before the merger, was Instantly Inflate
to $15,000,000.
The poet who sings about "Whrn 1
Rains In the Country" mocks the mulcl
temper of the season. "How Dry 1 Am
la the seaonahle record for the machini
and precious little of It goes a 1"S
South Australia's new labor premier,
John Verran, has placed himself and
party In line with the forces that n u
for social and moral reform. Having J
nounred gambling, Mr. Verran preacr.,.
a sermon at Port Tlrle to a Christian r.i
deavor conference. ,
Edward Northan, a bright, qulck-w u
boy of 12, the great-grandchild of the ii
President Harrison, la tsllnglng hash
Chubb's bosrding house In Ann Arbor, hi
Ihe way Edward does It make t!
Job much less of a come-down than m. t
people would think It for a president prl
geny. ;-
Count Zeppelin says that the gem-i t
use of airships will have a TastroJ
effect on furred and feathered game. Al
animals show fear at their approaolt
Partridges, quail and other game bird
cower and hide themselves, and domeitl
cocks utter warning crows as If they pel
cetved some gigantic bird of prey.
Although King George is almost a te
totaler, he is the owner of a private dit
tlllery which produces excellent Bcoto
whisky. The king's distillery Is on hi
Scottish estate at Balmoral. For a Ion
time It was operated commercially by
dealer, but when the lease lapsed to th
crown. Queen Victoria continued Its opera
tion. v
The claim of Frau Dutklewlts of Poses,
born February 21, 1785, to be the olde(
woman in the world. Is now contested b
Mrs. Raba. Vaslka, who was born Majj
1784, In the little Bulgarian village a
Bavelsko. The record of her birth Is pr
served In a neighboring monastery. Mrl
Vasllka for more than 100 years regular!'
worked in the fields.
Given up by his relatives as long dea.
and almost forgotten by thsm, Edwl
Clark, who In IMS went to the gold field
of California, returned to Providence, K. 1
last week and went immediately to Joi,
his only living brother at Oak Blutft
For 67' years, none of the Clark family
some of whose members live In this clii
had heard a word from the western minei
TAPS ON THE FUNNYBONE.
"A friend of mine who visits that newl;
married coupie saw tne husuaixl lue oiui
oay tnrowlng stones at his wue."
"Good heavens! Was sne nurt?" a3
"is 01 a Dit ot it. one was jui tickled t
death, i'hey were Oiainonu Siomjjt. ' Balu
more American.
Suburb I tell you there Is nothing Ilk.
a trip to the country!
Avenue-Vee; it certainly makes one ap
predate the city tne better. juuge.
Church Usher I had a s.ngular experl
snce at the service mis morning.
Friend What was ttr
C. U. A vtranger 1 was showing Into I
Seat whispered tuat he wan tea to be wake
at 11:30 snarp, aa he nad to wake a train
Chicago irioune.
"For a spring chicken, madam," sat
Dawson, "1 must confess that 1 considej
this a iret-ty tough bird."
"Yes, Mr. Dawson," replied the landlady
amiably, . " but you muwt . rememoer thai
we had a pretty tough spring. .Harper
Vveekly.
"Mike." said Plodding Pete, "dere's
farmer up de road dat says hell givf
you si for a day a workl" j
"What's ae use of temp-tin' me whet
you know 1 ain't got ae tune. You orta
understand dat out 0 .practice njee I an
t-'ud take at lea
". sWoelu,, 10 : de
day's work." Washington titar,
"I suppose John Smith and Pocahonta
lived happily ever after."
"Of course. He was one man wh
couldn t put up the shadow of an argu
ment When her relatives said he owe)
everything to his wife." Houston Post.
He Women who Imitate men elmpl;
make roois or themselves.
She Yes, when the Imitation Is a gooi
one. Koston . i ransenpLv
Aunt Hepsy, who never bad attended
hall flram h.nr. T1a,Ar,A nr iappa. ,
the language addressed by the spectator
to tne umpire.
"Welt, that settlea It in my mind." sh
exclaimed. "They don t play this game il
heaven I "Chicago Tribune.
"Where did he get the srora-eous medal?
"In one of those Central American revoi
lutiona.
"Did he do .any fighting?" .
No. 1 think he loaned the insurgent
commander enough cash to buy a pair oj
shoes and a bunch of red feathers." Clave,
land riain Dealer.
TEE RAIN.
W. D. Necbtt In Chicago Post
The dusty road lay long and still
To where It broke across the hill;
The weary breese would come and lift
A puff of dust and let It drift
Against the haggard clover-bloom
That gave but ahadows ot perfume,
Ana on tne grass that was aa grsy
As ever any dust that day. .
The tree stood, thirsting, lank and lean
with ramine-yeliow m their green,
With leaves as shriveled as the hand
Of some old man who scarce can stand
Because of all the years he feels;
The wagons moved with rattling wheels;
The bees with angry hums sailed by, -The
birds chirped to the empty sky.
The twilight came without a breath
Of wind, and waa aa still as death;
And all the night the hot atara glowed.
While crickets clacked a cracklv ode:
The dawn woke white and brought a send
ui uio oanara s neat, intense.
And the tbln doss lay roundabout
With their long, red tongues lolling oul
Then suddenly a breese laughed by
And tossed a hase across the sky.
And running, raping down the hill
Cajne rain drops with a subtle thrill.
As when some rippling dance notes surge
Across tire droning of a dirge.
And brook, and liver, hill and plain -Leaped
up and sang: 'The rain) The rain!
who sell things
peared advertising other bats an
they were sold. Business was prett
good and after a while it got bettei
but be didn't stop advertising.
He keeps bis advertising runnin
as steadily as the ticking of a cloc
and says he sells more hats than an
other hatter in Chicago. At any rat
he was saved from bankruptcy,' hal
enlarged bJs store, and sells thou
sands of bats every season in and ou
of Chicago. j
And nothing but advertising did it
, Good advertising Is the greates
business building force In tbe world j
It will build up a run down busines
and keep a good business from runJ
nlng down and the time to advert
tlse is all tbe Urn.
Tbe Bee bas a Special Bervici
Department, Mr. Merchant, tha
win be worth your time to knod
about, whether you accept our prop!
osition or not. . They will add idea
to yours. They will suggest improve!
ment and stimulate exparslon.
May we submit them?
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