TIIE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY 8, 1011.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION,
tfttate nr N'ehrmik a.. Dnuclu County, aa,
Dwight Wllllama, circulation manager of
The Bee Publishing Company, being auiy
worn, aaya that the actual number of full
nd complete coplea of The Dally. Morning,
Kvenlng and Sunday Beea printed during
the mouth of December, 1910, waa as fol-
Iowa:
1. 43,870
17 42,610
II 44,820
J 44,000
....a. ...43,320
4 4S,5or
8.. ........ 43,470
.43,430
7-1... 4,3C0
t.., 43,330
.......... .49,650
10 42,400
11.,... 44,980
11 .....43.&80
II... ....... 42,400
14......... 44,230
II 43,70
II 42,860
1 v 43,520
10 43,620
21 43,640
22 44,900
JS 44,830
24 44,690
25 44,250
21 44,400
27 44,250
28 45,250
29 ..43,090
SO 43,580
tl .....43,640
Total 1,385,750
Returned Copies 11,463
Net Total 1,344,287
Dally Average 43,364
DWIQIIT WILLIAMS,
Circulation Manager.
Subscribed In my preaence and sworn to
before me this list day of uecemDer, isiv.
ROBERT HUNTER,
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How's the old wagon going, boys?
Struck any ruts yet?
Beware of the fellow who asks you
to have a glass of ginger ale.
, Nebraska now has Just an
half dozen living ex-governors.
even
How smoothly the world glides
along in spite of Salome's passing.
But only a week ago we were shlV'
ering in the mldBt of a biting below-
zero blizzard.
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It seems like class legislation to
pension one man because he was bit
ten by mosquitoes.
London proceeds on the safe and
sane theory that a dead anarchist is
the best anarchist.
The Anaconda Standard asks if
Woodrow Wilson has scored. He
seems at least to have made a hit.
It would require no great strain on
the imagination for the Congressional
Record to issue a comic supplement
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Colonel Watterson has gone ta
pend the winter in the Riviera
where they do not have scary men on
horseback.
Are you watching The Bee's junior
birthday book? It will tell you day
by day when all your little friends are
celebrating.
"Boy Aviator Breaks Record," says
a headline. But do not cheer too
loudly for fear the next dispatch may
say he has broken his neck
"To make aviation safer has been
our problem," says Wilbur Wright,
Or did Mr. Wright mean to say, "To
jnake it somewhere near safe?"
Luther Burbank appears to be more
than an expert on vegetables. He
finds California women and eastern
women the most nearly perfect types
A Kansas City man who hugged his
wife so bard that he broke two of her
ribs was fined $200. Does that mean
It is cheaper, if not safer, to hug the
the pther fellow's wife?
all at .:
lus . Houston, so the Pott of that city
' Says, is going to become a great rice
market. That will enable it to lead
in another great reform, the elimlna
tlon of the chop sticks,
Whit duck uniforms are worn by
Indianapolis street cleaners. They
would be appropriate, also, for Omah
street cleaners in the spring, when the
tide is high after the big thaw
The periodical publishers' banquet
In New York brought together such
men as Theodore Roosevelt, Richard
A. Balllnger, Commander Peary and
'Andrew Carnegie. Surely it must
liava made Mr. Carnegie think well of
bis peace bounty.
The Erie railroad manifested its ap
preciation of the services of its oldest
engineer by giving him the locomotive
he runs, as long as he runs it. Possi
bly the engineer would appreciate the
token just as much to have a bigger
share of the money the locomotive
earns instead vf the thing, Itself.
Postal Saving; Beginning.
Some of the good weather friends
of postal savings, along with its oppo
nents, are busily engaged In a system-
tic effort to belittle and discredit
the Inauguration of the postal sav
ings system In the United States.
These Influences which are responsible
for restricting the initial appropria
tion for the express purpose of tying
the hands of the postomce authorities
now point to the fact that the start
had to be made with only one deposi
tory office in each state as inviting
failure and proof of inadequacy.
But "great oaks from little acorns
grow," and if the experience or otner
and older countries is any safe guide,
the establishment of these few postal
savings banks throughout the United
States is but the beginning of what In
a few years will parallel the amazing
exhibit of rural free delivery, which
started with but two or three routes
in a single county.
PoBtal savings systems which have
been most successful have not sprung,
like Jove, full-fledged from Minerva's
head. Available statistics, officially
compiled, show that in Canada postal
savings was instituted In 1868 with
eighty-one offices, since Increased to
nearly 1,200. Russia started in 1889
with 184 offices and now has approxi
mately 5,000. Sweden began in 1884
with 1,575 offices, which have since
doubled in number. Austria at the
end of its first year in 1883 had 3,219
offices and now approximately, 7,000.
Holland opened its postal savings
banks in 1881 with 909 offices and
now has 1,500. Italy counted 1,989
offices at the end of its first year in
1876, since multiplied to nearly 9,000.
New Zealand started in 1867 with
forty-six offices and now has twelve
times that number. Great Britain
began in 1862 with 2,535, now grown
to over 15,000.
The one country of importance in
which the number of depository offices
has stood nearly stationary is France,
which started out in 1882 with 6,02 4
offices and has now approximately
8,000 depositories. As we have al
ready noted, in only two countries
where postal savings banks have been
established have they been discon
tinued, namely, in Victoria . and
Hawaii. In Victoria the system grew
from thirty-one offices in 1866 to 380
offices in 1897, when merged into the
trustee savings banks, and postal sav-
lngs in Hawaii, after running ten
years, were discontinued with annexa-
tlon to this country in 1896.
Those who have been fighting off
postal savings banks so persistently
were, therefore, properly advised that
if once established and given a foot
hold in the United States they would
surely be a permanent institution and
grow steadily into popular favor and
enlarged 'usefulness, no matter how
small the beginnings. When pre
tended friends of postal savings In
dulge in sneers and gibes at the com'
paratlvely small number of initial de
positories they may be put down as
enemies of the system in disguise.
The Publio and the Press.
In his address to the periodical
publishers in New York Theodore
Roosevelt affirmed the belief that "the
man who writes for the public press
is just as much a public servant as the
public offlcerholder." Champ Clark,
on the same occasion, ' expressed the
opinion that "the editors and publish
ers are the greatest educators of our
time." Of course, some folks will dis
sent from these views, yet most people
will concede the educative and public
service character or the press
weekly, daily or periodical.
The press can and will exercise a
better and wider Influence by securing
more cordial relations with the people,
The people have been considering the
press as one of their chief problems.
The press certainly has found the peo
pie to be its chief problem. No more
difficult task confronts it than that of
addressing and adjusting Itself to the
public demands. iSelflsh ambition of
people tends vastly to complicate this
task. Journalism is a business about
the inner workings of which people
have known comparatively little and
apparently cared less, yet still claim
ing a large right of censorship. But
it is a wholesome sign that this ignor
ance and indifference is beginning to
disappear, for it makes for a better
and higher standard of journalism.
The scholar has rather grudgingly
given credit to the press as a force in
education. That is because, we be
lieve, he has overlooked the salient
point that the clientele of the press is
heterogeneous and not homogeneous
The same fault may be found with the
logic of the man who pleads for what
he chooses to call tho Ideal newspaper
Certainly there can be no excuse for
departing from high moral ground
but neither can the press overshoot
the average Of intelligence in a coun
try like ours, where equal rights and
representative government are cardi
nal principles.
The press has been aptly called the
mirror of current events and the or
gan of public opinion. If that be
true, then the people are left entirely
as Its monitors and cannot shirk their
Bhare of responsibility. It is this
theory which suggests that the aver
age journal strikes a moral and Intel
lectual tone as high, if not higher,
than the community by which it is
maintained. And if this is not true
the community must be largely at
fault. A New York minister recently
denounced the newspapers' on the
score than only 39 per cent of the!
contents was ".worth while." The
World quickly retorted thst this made
out a very fair case for the newspa
pers, putting them on a par with the
average achievement In most human
activities. If 39 per cent of the ser
mons preached were "worth while,"
then we would have an effective min
istry.
Model School Buildings. ,
Chicago Is about to begin the erec
tion of a series of public school build
ings which It proposes to make model
structures, at the same time saving
300,000 on the first six buildings.
They are to have all the latest
features and facilities, some of which
the old and more costly buildings did
not possess. They will be fireproof
throughout and built so as to admit
of the best possible sanitary regula
tion. The style of architecture is to
be very simple.
In this last feature, no doubt, much
of the financial saving is to be found.
Gingerbread decorations add nothing
in comfort or safety. It seems the
Chicago Board of Education, with the
aid of a competent architect, has en
deavored to reduce the construction
of these schools to uniformity, and
therefore the result of its efforts will
be watched with general Interest. If
there is one kind of building above
all others to which the best thought
should be given it is tho school. The
formative years of life are spent in
schools, and where they are defective
in ventilation, or in any means of san
itation, they are unwholesome and un
fit for growing children.
Another commendable feature
about the Chicago model school build
ing is its provision for gymnasium,
household art departments and man
ual training. These are elements in
popular education whose emphasis is
expected to bring tangible results.
They point the way to more practical
learning and larger usefulness in the
common activities of everyday life,
too often subordinated to less helpful
agencies.
Business and Religion.
The world is wary of the man who
uses the power or influence of his
church or religion to promote money-
making schemes. It Is well enough
for men to carry their religion into
their business; indeed, they can
scarcely do otherwise and appear as
effective churchmen. But that never
warrants them in exploiting sacred
offices for secular ends. Combining
church affiliation with financial enter
prises for the purpose of increasing
the profits of the latter Is bad and will
sooner or later reflect -evil results
upon the individual churchman and
his church.
Regrettable as it may seem, the
practice is common enough to Invite
criticism. Nor need the church be
come impatient of the strictures. It
cannot fairly deny the right of out
siders to criticise so long as it is the
outside world with which the bargain
is to be struck. It is a "melancholy
monument to the sin of deception"
which thus has been reared In the
name of religion by all too many men,
who should be upholding different
moral standards. It is a sad commen
tary upon the righteous influence they
pretend to wield. The church has a
duty toward such men, pointed out
by its Founder when He drove the
money-changers from the temple.
Let a group or company of men hi
the church, particularly members of
the same body, float a business ven
ture of a speculative character on the
strength of their religious connections
and at once they have raised the worst
sort of doubts of their own and their
church's sincerity. When the ven
ture falls, as many a one ultimately
does, it becomes known as a church
failure and the name of the church
must go down into all the questiona
ble mire of consequences that ensue.
It is just such examples as this that
make the term "sanctimonious moun
tebank" possible.
Fraternities and Scholarship.
With so many of the leading college
presidents and professors arrayed
against the fraternity, one might ra
tionally inquire if these societies will
not soon cease to exist in their present
form. In bis recent criticism of the
fraternity system President Schurman
of Cornell declared that "fraternity
men do not study enough." He as
serted that the percentage of students
forced to leave college each year is
larger in fraternities than outside.
Dr. Cyrus Northrup, president
emeritus of the University of Minne
sota, agrees with Dr. Schurman, and
Russell H. Chittenden, director of the
Sheffield Scientific School of Yale,
with six societies owning their own
homes, property of very high values,
and that are now building their own
dormitories, says: "The interests of
fraternities and scholarship are an
tagonistic." These men certainly cannot be
charged with' prejudice against the
fraternities, or students who patron
ize them. They must be credited
with the best of motives and no one
would question their right of judg
ment. In the light of these facts,
why is it not time for colleges and
universities to reform the "frat." Is
there any reason why any other ex
traneous Influence should flourish at
the expense of scholarship, the primal
purpose of the college? No one with
the least conception of what the fra
ternity is and what it dous to college
life will question that it tends to di
vert the minds of students from their
books aud center them upon outside
matters; that it fosters the typical
college spirit of rivalry in unhealthful
ways, such as competition for main
taining the most comfortable frater
nity house and keeping up the most
attractive personal appearance. These,
of course, are evils which no college
or university wants to stimulate.
Another objection goes to the segre
gating into groups, forming class dis
tinctions. This Is bad for the institu
tion and It Is very unjust to the stu
dents, financially unable or Intellectu
ally disinclined, to Indulge in fratlsm.
When educators like those men
tioned come to throw the power
of their combined Influence against
this abuse that they declare is under
mining the stability of education In
this country it will have either to give
way or undergo a reform that will
eliminate its objectionable features.
Dr. Schurman seems to concede the
possibility of wholesome fraternities,
for he adds, "If fraternities are to
prosper you must find some way of
getting more work done."
Gun Habit Among Boys.
Several boys In a western town are
playing "hold-up" when one shoots
another accidentally, but also fatally.
In a northern city the same day, or
night, two other boys, giving the touch
of realism to the game of "hold-up,"
rob and shoot at a hotel clerk and kill
a policeman. The two deeds have no
direct connection, yet it is impossible
to determine that they have no moral
relation. One is the sequel of the
other, in principle. Both are warn
ings against the gun habit and the
game of "hold-up" among boys, warn
ings which parents should heed. Very
few boys practice promiscuous shoot
ing that they may train themselves to
rob and kill, but tragedy often comes
to the unskilled hand and the well
meaning youth.
Criminal carelessness is just as bad
for the victim and his family, if not
Indeed for the one responsible, as
premeditated crime. At least its tolls
have been heavy enough to arouse
parents to their duty in such matters.
Boys seldom practice the gun habit ex
cept where parental control has been
lax or indifferent. It is a shame to
mar an innocent life, just as it is a
crime to destroy one and both in
evitably, follow fatalities like this
where accident, not crime, was the
cause.
Entirely too much of the lurid hero
vaunting is set before children, any
way. It is dangerous to arouse youth
ful imagination too much by such ex
amples. A boy's reading and sight
seeing and companionship may be so
guided and directed as to reduce the
danger from these tendencies and It
1b the duty of the home to see that
this is done.
Besponsibility for Government.
Governor Aldrlch in Mb Inaugural
lays down a peculiar proposition when
admonishing the legislature against
playing politics; he declares that this
was the purpose the people proclaimed
by their votes at the last election, be
cause "they did not permit a repub
lican governor to have a republican
majority in the legislature, neither did
they give a democratic majority a
democratic governor."
Governor Aldrlch insists that the
plain lesson of the recent election is,
"Frame and pass a few laws beneficial
to all the people and then adjourn and
nv the DeoDle's money." and ex
presses the hope that this distribution
of power between the two parties will
work out for the general good.
If it is the governor's desire to
make the best of a situation which
cannot be altered he is to be com
mended. But if he means to enunci
ate the doctrine that the best thing
that can happen to our people Is to
have a governor and legislature of op
posite political faiths, he wrill encoun
ter vigorous dissent. If such a doc
trine were applicable to governor and
legislature the same logic would make
it applicable to mayor and council and
to president and congress. If it is
good thing for the people of Nebraska
to refuse to give a governor the sup
porting arm of a legislature commit
ted -to the same political principles,
then it would be a good thing for the
people of every city to refuse to let
their mayor have a council that will
co-operate with him and for the peo
ple of the whole country to refuse to
give the president a congress that will
help him carry out his policies.
As a matter of fact, a president, a
governor or a mayor should be elected
to do some definite constructive work,
and to do this successfully requires a
large measure of harmony between
executive and legislative branches of
government. The hampering of an
executive with a legislature controlled
by the political enemy and out of
touch with his purposes means that the
administration, instead of being stead
ily progressive, must for the most part
merely mark time. If a republican
governor and a democratic legislature
conduces to the general good, will
Governor Aldrlch, when he comes up
for re-election two years hence, advo
cate a continuance of this condition?
Would he not, if he had his way, pre
fer to have a republican legislature to
work with him? And, if so, would he
not recent the intimation that the gen
eral good would thereby suffer?
The whole question resolves itself
into one of responsibility for govern
ment. No one who believes In party
government will subscribe to the doc
trine that responsibility should be
divided. On the contrary, our Amer
ican experience has proved that better
results are secured by venting control
of the government In the representa
tives of one political party, subject to
strict accountability to the people and
the penalty of being turned out of
power for corruption, inefficiency or
abuse of popular confidence.
Divorce has scored a gain In the
last year. It now follows every
twelve marriages, whereas the last
record was one for every thirteen
marriages. Which leads someone to
suggest that the "trial marriage," as
practiced In one or two foreign coun
tries, where the ratio of divorces Is
not so bad, would be less demoraliz
ing. At least It is time for the Amer
ican people, who care about the home
and the family as the unit of society
and the foundation of the society, to
begin to think about some reasonably
adequate remedy.
Mr. Bryan assures the Wall street
organs that they need not be afraid
of his trying to dictate to the demo
cratic party, but that they can' count
on it as a certainty that he will use bis
knowledge of men and political his
tory to prevent the playing of a
bunco game on the voters. In 1904
Mr. Bryan talked this way, too, and
then took the stump for Judge Parker,
whom he had previously denounced
as an untrustworthy tool of Wall
street. Is history going to repeat
itself?
Nebraska has had no bank failure
whatever during the last two years,
while the time deposit guaranty law
was in a state of suspended anima
tion. This is a decidedly fortunate
circumstance, for if there were some
contingent claims awaiting the guar
anty fund the impending enforcement
of the. law might take on a different
hue.
The supreme court gave Associate
Justice Vandevanter a cordial wel
come by reversing his bank guaranty
decision on the same day It formally
inducted him into office. But it also
affirmed another of his decisions, so
honors are easy.
Report has it that ex-Attorney Gen
eral Mullen will locate in Omaha,
bringing with him all the effulgent
glory achieved in his two months' in
cumbency of the office. Welcome to
our city.
That "mlker" who pleaded guilty
that he might hasten to the peniten
tiary to see Mabray "do time" for get
ting the gang in all the trouble has a
rather peculiar sense of humor, after
alL
Worse Thlnas Than Cold Feet.
Emporia Gazette.
One of the celebrated aviators has con
cluded to abandon the business while his
neck is unbroken. There are worse things
than cold feet In this world.
What Would Happen Then.
St Louis Republic.
The wholesale vote-buying In Ohio is
said to show the need for woman suf
frage. But what difference In principle
would there have been If votes brought
only $4.90 InBtead of to or $9.98 Instead of
110?
Smoke 1 pi
Houston Post.
Champ Clark has distributed a barrel of
cob pipes among the members of congress,
but we are expecting the appropriation
to reveal no diminution of the mere-sham
tendencies of congressmen when It comes
to voting away tho people's money.
Did 'Kebraskana Get the Money f
Kanaaa City Times.
A profit of $100,000 for Kansas bank
robbers within the last three months In
spires the fear on the part of the state
officials that certain Nebraska citizens
have concluded that blowing safes Is al
most as profitable as raining wheat and
less risky.
Getting; Heady for Uualneaa.
8t Louis Globe-Democrat.
While this will be an off year In pol
itics there la sure to be more or less skir
mishing In preparation for the big battle
of 1912. Colonel Bryan la already at work
organizing his forces, and Governor Wood
row Wilson la Industriously practicing a
new college yell.
What Are They Thinking- About?
Wall Street Journal.
Vice President Krutschnltt of Southern
Pacific reports the late E. tl. Ilarriman
as saying that he liked to see a vice
president "leaning back In his chair with
his feet on his desk, thinking thinking."
There's a lot of them doing that now, but
the Lord alone knows what they are
thinking about.
FOOLISH WAll SCAIIEM.
A California View of Cnrrent Hot
Air Alarms.
San Francisco Chronicle.
No observant American Is unacquualnted
with the causes which preserved the
United States from assault during the va
rious periods In Its history when the navy
was almoat a negligible quantity, and Ita
army only a police force.
Every man of common sense In this
country understands why Great Britain
did not send over ita fleets and blow New
York City out of water when Cleveland
aent out hla bellicose Venezuelan message.
The same cause would operate as ef
fectually with Japan. Only a nation of
madmen could be capable of resisting Its
Influence.
The I'nlted Statea la a country of conti
nental area. It has wtlhln Its borders all
the resources necessary to fully avenge
any wanton aggression, or, for that matter,
to repair any blunder It might make under
the Influence of pasnlon. No enemy, no
matter how formidable, could effect more
than a temporary lodgment on our shores,
and no enemy would dare think of doing
anything of the kind.
The story told of the Implicable charac
ter of the elder Cato who. In the Roman
senate, day after duy, repeated "Carthago
must utterly perish," foreshadowa what
would happen If Japan or any other coun
try ahould wantonly attack the I'nlted
Statea.
In that event every American would be
S Cato. The world understands this, and
that la the reuson why we are reasonably
assured that we shall not be bullied even
If we fall to create the biggest navy afloat,
or refuse to raise a conscript army.
People and Events,
The Mexican revolution I revolutlng
arotiml tohacn. Hut the Ingredients are
nut up to the standard of hut stuff.
That New Year blast front the north
was an Impressive reminder of what
Medicine Hot ran do when It kicks oft
Us lid.
During the last year Maine fishermen
landed 2O.0n0.CH0 lobsters without trca
passlng on the preservea around Cape Cod
and Coney Island.
The recent discovery of a hiTd of dino
saurs In I'tah need not be viewed with
alarm. They cannot break Into the legis
lature or congress.
Every seat In the downtown cafes In
Kan Francisco was sold for New Year's
eve a wc k before it o a head. That Is
the kind of a shake-down Han Franciscans
enjoy.
Since tho stork deposited twins at the
home of Flnli-y P. Dooley, the philosopher
of Archcy road heartily supports the
movement for the suppression of Inaugural
bawls.
"For downright deadly danger from foul
and germ-laden air." says a health de
partment bulletin In Chicago, "the street
ears, both surface and elevated, have the
strain-heated, unventllated flat 'backed off
tint map.' "
Over 200 fortune tellers, palmists, clalr
voyants, etc., have been put out of busi
ness In New York City. These fakirs have
bei n dealing extensively In futures, leaving
Wall street with barely enough change to
rattle In the tills.
A wholesome and happy thought Is the
suggestion of a New Jersey woman to
compel married men to wear rings In their
thumbs as a label of the married state.
Doubting maidens could then enter an
ashembly of men and by simply murmiim
ring "thumbs up," avoid wasting her
charms on the hopelessly hitched. As a
nu ana of conserving natural resources the
thumb ring Is "Just a dear."
Ill-Alts Til 10 Hit YAM I.AIIKI..
llnekalldlnaj Brethren Hemlnded
the Denver Platform.
Washington Star.
of
Mr. Bryan Is quoting the Denver plat
form to his political brethren, lie remem
bers Its terms, and calls upon them to do
so. He seems to think that aome have for
gotten the Instrument, or are trying to for
get It. He considers It as -good and bind'
lng now as when adopted, and recommends
It aa a- guide In this time of victory.
There la In this the pride of paternity.
Mr Bryan shaped that deliverance to the
very letter. He held the Denver convention
In the hollow of his hand. His lieutenants
were on the ground In force, and the tele'
phone connection with Lincoln was per
fect and In use. What Mr. Bryan at Fair
view said "went." He waa sounded on
all points, and responded on all. The plat
form was made by the man who waa to
stand on It, and he knew his own size
and dimensions. Later, he approved of his
own work enthusiastically.
But the platform tailed. The country
would not accept It. Mr. Taft, standing
on a very different structure, got the votes
and the prize. And then It appeared that
the Denver platform had been accepted by
some delegates not altogether in favor of
it. Realizing that Mr. Bryan would be the
leader, they simply acquiesced In what he
proposed. If he was willing to take full
responsibility they were willing that he
should. They wished him success, but
doubted his ability to achieve It
These are the men Mr. Bryan now has
In mind. He knows their attitude and
their strength, and that their purpose Is
to shelve If possible both himself and his
views. As the Denver-, platform did not
prove the kind to "get In on," they would
fashion the next differently. They are al
ready at work collecting material.
We should not have to wait until the
meeting of the next democratic national
convention for a clash between Mr. Bryan
and his opponents on this score. It will
come before then. It may not come at
the Baltimore jubilee, or at the approach
ing conference In this town, though on
both those occasions each faction may cau
tiously examine the strength of the other's
position. But next winter It Is bound to
come. The tariff alone will bring It; and
once the shindy begins other things will
enter and add to the energy of the con
test. Mr. Bryan Is not a declared candidate
for another national nomination, but Is
a candidate to help prepare another na
tional platform. He is not likely to ask
for a reaffirmation of the" Denver per
formance, but Is certain to try to retain
as much of that aa time and change will
allow.
SAFE GUARDING DEPOSITS.
Need of a. Check on Wildcat Basking
Operations.
Kansas City Times.
The United Statea supreme court has de
clared that the bank deposit guaranty laws
of Kansas, Oklahoma and Nebraska are
constitutional, thereby furnishing a sub
stantial legal basis for. working out the
problems Involved In this new departure
In banking.
The direct and immediate benefits of the
guaranty system can be plainly understood,
but the flood of ultimate bad results that
may flow from an Improperly safeguarded
system la not so clearly perceived, and
therefore it la all the more important to
give It careful consideration.
The losses to depositors from occasional
bank failures are so Insignificant in com
parison with the aggregate deposits in all
the banks that there would be no objec
tion to a ByBtem of mutual guaranty or
Insurance, whereby all the banks should
pay the losses of the occasional failure. If
It were not for the fact that such a sys
tem. In its simplest form, makes the poorly
managed bank, as safe aa (he most con
servatively managed bank In the eyes of the
depositors, and actually puts a premium on
bad management. It taxes honest and con
servative bankers to pay for the mistakes
and shortcomings of the dishonest and in
competent banker.
Moreover, its general effect Is to re
lax the watchfulness and conservatism of
bankers In general, and tends to encourage
such an Inflation of credits as would In
crease the disasters of periods of financial
crUes.
To prevent 'these very bad features of
the deiHjsit guaranty system must be the
purpose of lawmakers and of officials who
are called on to apply and enforce the
law.
The guaranty deposit system Is in ita
experimental atage. Probably it has come
to tay and may be generally adopted ulti
mately by the states, and also by the gov
ernment to apply to the national banks.
But It must be so carefully safeguarded
that It will offer no encouragement for
reckless .and dishonest banking. The
penalties of bank wrecking, whether
through dishonesty or through Incom
petency must be Increased.
The assured solvency and the conserv
ative management of the great majority
of the banks must not be jeopardized.
That Is of vastly more importance than
Insuring depositors against loss from tha
occasional bank failure.
Kcoaouy Climbs.
Washington Star.
It must please J. J. Hill to note the
number of people who are willing to
economize by taking upper bertha.
SERMONS BOILED DOWN.
The best way to lift men Is to meet them
on a level.
Heresy hunting Is simply an obsession of
omniscience.
We find the worst In all by trying to get
the best of any one.
The worst foe you have Is the man who
would kill all your enemies.
Heavy words In meeting will not make
up for short weight In market.
With all our doing things for people they
need most our being men to them.
Magnify your personal rights and you are
sure to create some social wrongs.
Modern life pushes a man Into the mud
nil then chides him for materialism.
Some turn their backs on ordinary prin
ciples to gaze at heavenly prosperta.
Progress In the human race depends less
on getting ahead than on helping along.
A man may go up when you kick him.
but you cannot claim credit for kindness.
Boasting of saying what you think la
often an excuse for not thinking what you
say.
True charity will seek to purify the well
and not rest content with painting the
pump. Chicago Tribune.
SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT.
New Tork World: Five preachers so far
are mixed up In the Adams county vote
buying scandal In Ohio. There Is evidently
lots of room In Ohio for five more ex
preachers. Cleveland Plain Dealer: A Philadelphia
pastor requests his congregation not to
cough In church. They will probably re
member that when the contribution pints
comes around.
Boston Transcript: The Pennsylvania
priest's heroism In crossing thin Ice to give
absolution to a drowning girl owes Ita
thrill less to Ita novelty than to its lack
of novelty. A similar deed of bravery
aboard the Republic Is not forgotten.
Boston Herald:" A clergyman speaking
three languages desires to enter the con
sular service, and like as not he will prove
quite as efficient a commercial represen
tative of the United States as any of. the
political lame ducks who customarily
waddle about In our consular service.
Philadelphia Record: On New Tear's day
Archbishop Glennon of St. Louis made
some remarks on war that reflect a grow
ing public sentiment and must stimulate
the condemnatlou of war and aid In dis
pelling the blindness created by military
glamour. "The professional soldier," he
said, "deserves no admiration, and Is not
one who should be held up as an Ideal
man." He denounced the absurdity of the
idea that every nation should keep Itself
armed to the teeth, on land and sea, as
a means of preserving peace. "It is a
strange way to preserve peace," he said,
"by going to the foundry and have guns
cast to kill people." The more that people
think upon these sentences the more they
will recognize the truth of them.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
"I'm going to be your hub," remarked
the young carriage builder at the altar.
B,,lrl thfi blushing partner, "and
I 11 supply the spokes."
"And I," added the clergyman, "ant the
tle-r. Wheel now proceed with the Cere
mony." Boston Transcript
"Have
long?"
you been engaged to George
"Well, he called last night Oh, yes! ever
since last year." Baltimore American,
Nan This Is my latest photograph.
What do you think of It?
Fan It's beautiful, dear, but It doesn't
look the least bit like you. Chicago
Record-Herald.
"Do you believe there really is any such
thing .as platonlc affection, Henpeck?"
queried Dobson.
"Well." said Henpeck," scratching his
head reflectively, "I believe that after five
or six strenunua year a of married life one
can acquire it" Harper's Weekly.
"John says he knows Ms wife like a
book."
"Probably he does. Like a scrap book."
Judge.
"I see that a New Jersey woman wants
a law that will compel husbands to wear
thumb rings."
"Dear me! I'm afraid that would com
pel a good many New Jersey men to keep
their thumbs In their vest jKiokets."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"But," he complained when she had re
fused him, "you have given me every reev
aon to believe you cared for me."
"I do care for you, George."
"Then why don't you be mine?"
"I want to-let your stuck-up mother and
sisters understand that 1 don't consider
you good enough for me." Chicago Record
Herald. "Why do you live so far out of townT"
"Well, 1 have three pretty daughters."
"Ves."
"And the cars stop running at 11 p. m."
Toledo Blade.
AUNT HANNAH'S VISIT.
Washington Star.
Take me back to Turkey Level; dat's da
place where I belong.
I hardly struck de city till I said "Dar's
sumpin' wrong!"
I stepped up on a omnibus and as de
fare to pay.
De driver simply turn a crank and wa
was on our way,
I's feelln' mighty nervous an I's gettln'
kind er cross.
Take me back to Turkey Level; lemnie
ride behind a boss!
I went to dat big house to see de white
folks dat I know;
A young policeman peeked out through
de bars an" says "hello!"
I stepped right In beside him, 'case he
dtdn' have no proof.
He Jerk a handle an' we started sallln'
foh de roof.
I couldn't hardly ketch my href. I was
a sight to see.
Take me back to Turkey Level. Steps
Is ood enough for me!
De way dem white folks does Is sho ly
curious to me.
I says, "Please light a fire, 'cause I's as
cold as I kin be."
Dey turn a little spigot In an Iron fence
so neat
And dey fill de little settln' room chock
full of tireless heat.
I never seen de like o' dat In all my
blessed days.
Take mo back to Turkey I.evel, 'cause I
wants to watch de blaze.
Dey never makea no speclnl dlf Trend
'twlxt de day an" night.
Dey twists a little button when dey wants
to strike a light.
An" when dey wants some music, dey
takes paper from de shelf
An' feeds It to de organ den It goes an'
plays Itself.
De candle light Is plenty an' mo" com-
fortln' by far.
Take me back to Turkey Level. Lemma
hear dat old guitar!
Cut This Out
Beclpe that Breaks a Cold in a Day
and Cures Any Curable Cough.
wwww.w..... ........ .M.nj-in --.-
"Mix half ounce of Concentrated Pine
compound and two ounces of glycerine
with half a pint of good whisky; shake
wall and use In dose of one to two tea
spuunfuis after each ineul and at bed
time." Sniallei duaea to children accord
ing to age. Anyone can m.x this. But be
aure to get only genuine (Globe) Concen
trated Pine. Knell half ounce bottle cornea
In a aealed tin screw-top case. If the
druggist does not have It he will quickly
get it Many mixtures are of large quan
tity and cheaper, but it la risky to experi
ment This formula comes from a reli
able doctor and Is certain.
One of our principal uptown druggists
elates that he sells these Ingredients ci
stantly during the winter and that he has
seen this mixture work wonders In curing
the severest kind of a cough and oold In
short order. He advises that It be kept
on hand at all time in svery family
Adv.
