TltR OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: APRIL 23. 1011.
Tun Omaha Sunday Uee.
rOTTNlJKJJ BY KDWARU HOSliWATKR.
TICTOR ftOHK WATER, EDITOR.
Rmered at Omaha postofflc aa aecond
rlaaa matter.
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MARCH CIRCULATION.
48.017
State af Nebraska. County of Doticlaa. aa:
Jjwlght "Williams, circulation manager of
i n uc ruuMnriini company, oeing auiy
worn, aaya that the average dally circu
lation, leaa spoiled, unused and returned
ooplea, fur tlia month of March, 111, waa
45.UU. UWKillT WIU.UMS,
Circulation Manager.
Subscribed In my presence and aworn to
Be tor ma thla Slat day of March, I'm.
tSaal.) UuBEUr HUNTER.
Notary Public.
wbeorlbrr leaving tba city tMn
Boanrlly ahoald kavt The B
Matted to them. Addreaa will be
I aiaaa:4 aa often aa requested.
Wonder what Bailey really thinks
bt tha Lorltner evidence now.
Douglas, Ariz., probably will not
care to celebrate again on the Fourth
p July,
There are at least two young Amer
icana who will not get mixed up in a
Mexican war again.
Mr. Bryan Is the one man prepared
to refute the old saw that "Nothing
uccoeds like success."
A man doesvnot have to sprinkle
Jxipper on a goat's whiskers just to
prove that he Is a brave man.
When yon pay to ret weighed you must
always tip the scales Philadelphia Bulle
tin. Jlelpt Help! Police!
At any rate, the celebration of
(Arbor day was duly pulled off In a
eafe and sane manner without unusual
casualties.
Republicans and democrats are both
ppllt Into factions In congress, but the
oclalbt party there Is firmly united
nd harmonious.
Carter Harrison promised 70-cent
gas It elected mayor, but now pro
poses to make It 77 cents. Come
fesven, come eleven.
A f trie" new hotel In Louisville has
teen named after Henry Watterson.
Still, that Is not necessarily a reflec
tion on Its namesake.
Only one cabinet change since Mr.
Taft took possession of the White
House, pand he promised to continue
the Roosevelt policies.
Now they are talking of staking our
old college chum, Nicholas Longworth,
out on a diplomatic job, somewhere.
Well, he has the price.
David Harum was quite a trader,
out If he negotiated the deal for this
latest kind of skirt we do not think
much of his genius.
What we are all waiting to know Is
'Whether those champagne riots in
France have reduced the supply suf
ficiently to cause a raise in the price.
Kansas City has invited Jack John
on to fly over that town In the coming
vtatlon meet. San Francisco will
SOt need to Issue any such Invitation.
Former Senator "Lafe" Young says
TJorernor Ftss Is the kind of spoiled
t-hlld to treat with a bed slat. Think
that would beat the big stick?
Tf President Dias could connect up
trith some. of our Chautauqua booking
totrrcous he might prove once more
that "every cloud has a silvery lin
ing SThls Harvard professor who con
tends that woman Is stronger than
man and should bear the brunt seems
ta Vindicate the position of Poor Lo,
tit right.
Think, cf the troops being called
out la a state like Iowa to suppress
riotous citlsens in a peaceable town
like. Muscatine. What Is the worn
coming to?
The Rev. "Billy" Sunday has been
Incorporated Into the William A.
Sunday Evangelistic company. It
may be reasonably assumed there Is
bo watered stock.
BaaaaaaaaaaaaasaaaaaaaasaaasBaaaaaaBBaaaaaasaaasaaas
X Los Angeles man of 91 has
loped, leaving four boys behind, who
axe now searching for their "father.
The' children's ages are respectively
7S, 63, 68 and E6. What an example
for a father to set for his youthful
Innocents.
Dr. Wiley ts a candid man. Every
body knows his fame as a scientist,
and yet the doctor is credited with
having said: "1 regret to say that
you can get a scientific man to swear
to anything.
Income Tax Prospects.
The eventual ratification of the In
come tax amendment to the federal
constitution, although it may be de
ferred for another year or two, seems
reasonably assured notwithstanding
the persistent opposition that It Is
meeting In many states. The last sum
mary of returns Bhowed thst the leg
islatures of twenty-nine states had
acted favorably and nine adversely,
With eight legislatures still to act, of
which four are almost certain to be
affirmative. This would make thirty-three
states ratifying out of a nec
essary total of thlrty-slx to mske the
three-fourths required by the consti
tution. v It Is not to be expected that
the remaining two or three would
long be lacking.
I this connection discussion has
been started again as to the right of
a state to change its vote on a pro
posed constitutional amendment. The
ratification of Arkansas has been re
corded In favor of the Income tax
amendment after the legislature had
first rejected such a resolution. No
one seriously questions the right to
ratify at any time, but It Is denied
that a state could legally withdraw
its ratification by any subsequent re
versal. This point is Involved In a
resolution' Introduced In congress to
declare one of the war amendments
Void because excluding states that re
scinded ratifying resolutions before
the necessary three-fourths were
recorded. These amendments, how
ever have all stood without success
ful attack In the courts and have
doubtless established for the states
the principle of once rstlfylng, always
ratifying.
How long an amendment to the con-
stltuUontould hang in the air awalt-
ng affirmative action by the state
legislatures and whether new states
may properly make up the number
has so fsr been a purely theoretical
question, but it is conceivable that It
might become a practical one in con
nection with this very Income tax
amendment When the amendment
was submitted we had forty-six states
In the union, but we may have forty-
eight before it is ratified. Should the
new states be counted? if so, what is
to prevent creation of new states for
the very Durnoan rr r,rDHti
, ' - . I, I 1 V U
changing?. There is. precedent for
counting new states In Just such a
case, but here, too, It has not been
tested In the courts. If the adoDtlon
of the Income tax amendment rested
on the votes of Arizona and New
Mexico, we would expect such a test
But the probability Is. as already
stated, that the amendment will go
through with an unquestionable three-
fourths majority of ratifying states.
Social Creed for Church.
Th social and moral reform hnnri
of the Presbyterian church in Canada
has decided to ask its General Assem
bly to endorse a set of niinclDles for
social and Industrial reform which the
board has adopted and to put them
forth as the "social creed" of Presby
terlanlsm. The church, it contend
is morally bound to strive for these
propositions of betterment:
(1) A full acknowledgement of h k.
llgations of wealth; (I) the application
oriaiian principles to the operation
" maustriai associations, whether of
capital or of labor; (J) a more equitable
distribution of wealth; (4) the abolition
of poverty; (5) the protection of ohlld
hood; () the protection of wnrvin.
pie from dangerous machinery, objectlon-
auia conoiuons or labor and" occupation
diseases; CJ) regulation of women's occu-
v...ul. u m safeguard the physical
and moral health of themselves and of
future generations; () relief of
persons and their families from tha bur
den of Industrial accidents; () release of
me worker from work ona day In seven;
(10) conciliation and arbitration In i.
duatrlal disputes; (11) proper housing:
(12) humane and aclantlfln e
fectlvas; (is) punishment of nrimin.i.
with reformatory purpose onlvt m
position to vice; (16) guarantees of pnre
food and drugs; (1) provision for whole
some recreation.
This, to Bay the least, outlines a
man's Job. for the Presbyterians. As
the Continent observes, the nroirram
might have been more fortunately
stated had It been more thoroughly
digested. Some of the principle are
of course, those now held up as cardi
nal by many social and industrial or
ganizations. Others are unique, or
appear to be. The abolition of pov
erty, for Instance, has not been made
the goal of many institutions. It
might be desirable, and yet that Is
questionable, but It has not been ac
complished In the world's "history and
probably will not be much this aid
of the millennium. It Is well, however,
wnen the church indicates so much
concern for the vital needs and inter
ests of humanity as to set for Itself
such a large task aa this, and If thla
and other aggressive denominations,
which are doing big things In the
world, will take hold of ihls nlatform
of principles in dead earnest undoubt
edly momentous results will come.
The Child's Eight to Walk Bifht
Parents and teachers should give
more attention to the way children
walk or carry themselves while walk
ing. Gaits formed In youth are sel
dom improved In after years. Whether
It be true or not that character Is be
trayed in carriage, there la a crying
need in this country for more grace
and ease in the manner of walking.
This must have occurred to anyone
who has stood at a given, point on the
street and observed crowds of people
passing, noting the varied gaits, some
utterly grotesque.
Sometimes affliction palsies the
body or mars the step, but even
where It doe not In many cases, es
pecially among men, there Is a total
lack of grace. In the) gait This often
amounts to a real handicap la Ufa
and might easily have been prevented
by the proper training at the proper
time In childhood. In the years of
maturity men who follow sedentary
pursuits have enough to counteract In
their physical being without essaying
any new or Improved systems of loco
motion.. If they have not acquired a
good one earlier In life they are not
likely to then. Tired, worn and weary
muscles will not respond ss readily.
In their physical culture plans the
schools, private and public, should
not neglect this very important de
parture. They should impress upon
the young minds the necessity of erect
shoulders, good poise and elastic step.
It would not only do much to insure
a well-appearing carriage later, but
it would encourage the proper func
tions of all the organs and muscles of
the body and contribute to a sound
and safe development, supplying the
best possible groundwork for health
and strength in maturity. Perhaps the
carriage and character have a closer
relation than one might suppose, for
certainly both are susceptible to
change and a slovenly, ungainly gait
might easily In time tend to make fSe
character of the same sort.
Kvery sound, healthy child has a
right to walk right.
An Unsuspected Reform.
A test case to determine the valid
ity of a law prohibiting the emnlov-
ment of women after 10 o'clock at
night Is attracting widespread atten
tion and eliciting more or less com
ment throughout the country. In a
recent signed article in the Outlook
Theodore Roosevelt referred to this
case emphasizing the importance it
might develop as a precedent for leg
islation for the amelioration of the
conditio of wage workers. The im
pression seems to prevail that this is
a new law recently enacted experimen
tally to break ground In this field of
labor reform.
The fact is that this Nebraska law
limiting the hours of labor for women
is not a new law at all, but has been
on the statute books of the state for
twelve years.. It was enacted In 1899
by a legislature that laid no special
claim to.be made up of reformers or
uplifters, and contains various pro
visons, which, for the most part, have
been accepted and put Into force. The
first clause of the law, which is the
essence of it, reads as follows:
That no female shall be emnloved In
any manufacturing, mechanical or mer.
cantlle establishments, hotel or restaurant
In thla state more than sixty hours dur
ing any one week, and that ton hnnra
shall constitute a day's labor. The hours
of each day may be so arranged as to
permit the employment of such females
at any time from 6 a. m. to 10 o'clock
p. m.; but In no case shall such employ
ment exceed ten hours In any one day.
It will be seen that the prohibition
of. women's work after 10 o'clock at
night is but one of the several features
and Is restricted, as is the limitation
of the number of hours per day and
per week to women employed in man
ufacturing, mechanical or mercantile
establishments and hotels and res
taurants; in any other occupation
women may work as long as they
must. Another section of the law re
quires employers to furnish seats for
women employes In these establish
ments and permit them to sit down
when not engaged In work requiring
them to stand, and still another to
post notices stating the exact hours of
work and the time allowed off for
meals. When the law was enacted it
is doubtful If anyone had the slightest
notion that It would raise any great
constitutional question or that it
would ever come Jo be a beacon light
of reform for other states. And vet
this law promises to produce a cause
celebre.
"A Human Derelict."
A recent Issue of the Evening
Chronicle of Manchester, England,
contains this little Item buried in an
obscure corner of an inside page un
der the unobtrusive caption, "A Hu
man Derelict":
A man whose identity has been a mys
tery for ten years died yesterday In the
Dunflrmllne Workhouse, lie was seized
In the streets of the 'town a decade ago
with a fit of apoplexy, and was picked up
by a policeman. It was found that ho
was a stranger In the town, that he could
neither read nor write and that he had
lost hla hearing and his apeech. No one
has been able to find out who he was or
whence be came.
The writer of the headline told the
story In those three words. What
harsher fate, we think, could befall a
man who yet lives? How many deaths
of anguish and grief and loneliness
this poor unfortunate must have
died before he found relief In physical
death. He waa utterly lost in the
world, his Identity known to none but
himself and he deprived of every
means of communication. Imagine a
man who could neither hear nor
speak, nor read nor write a syllable.
For all that, he might aa well have
had no limbs and no mind, for they
were worthless to him. By being cut
off from social Intercourse with other
ufm. Napoleon at St. Helena, Dreyfus
at Isle du Dlable, felt the severest pen
alty this side of the guillotine France
had to Inflict The miserable victims
of Russian Intolerance banished to
Siberia suffer no torture more extreme
than lack of communication with the
world and those they love. - Yet what
are such punishments as compared
with the fate of this poor creature?
The other day In Philadelphia a
woman who had lost a hand and part
of a foot and was yet left a widow to
support several small children by la
bor wrote to one cf the -dally news
papers merely to express her Joy and
happiness at the blessings she still
possessed. She had employment and
the strength left to perform her dally
tasks her little ones and friends,
good friends. She felt aha had been
specially blessed and should say so.
Such esses as these are enough to
shnme the able-bodied man aud
woman with all their faculties Intact,
with comfortable homes, good com
pany, and yet who constantly find
something to complain about.
Reciprocity Passes House Again.
The Canadian reciprocity measure
has passed the house by a large ma
jority, and unless a vote is prevented
will probably go through the senate,
In which event it will, of course, be
approved by the president and become
a law so far as the United States Is
concerned. The Underwood bill, as
It Is now designated, differs In no ma
terial point from the original MrCall
bill, which passed the house at te
cloBlng session of the last congress and
failed In the senate for want of action.
It contains all the essentials required
by the president and, like the former
bill, passed the house unamended as
It came from the committee. It seeks
to put Into effect the agreement
reached by the president and members
of the Canadian cabinet reducing tar
iff rates in many articles and estab
lishing free trade in many others.
The largest support for the bill
comes again from the democrats, all
but ten of the house majority voting
for It, the republican division record
ing 67 for and 78 against. While in
theory the bill was expected to, and
did, draw its chief sentiment from in
dustrial sections and their'renresenta-
tives and Incurred its principal oppo
sition In the agricultural districts, yet
the vote shows a decided breaking' up
of sectional and other lines. New
England, whose large manufacturing
Interests are supposed to benefit
largely under the measure, furnished
many opposing votes, while some of
the great agricultural states," which
have most to fear from It, did not
turn against its passage.
Of course, the democrats profeBS to
believe that their proposed "farmers
free list" will offset any disadvantages
to the farmers, but that is also a ques
tion. If the free list is merely a dem
ocratic move for free trade It can look
for little favor from republicans and
will not become law at this congress
with a republican senate and president
in position to block it.
Postal Savings.
Postal savings may even now, after
so brief a trial, be regarded as no
longer an experiment In this country.
Only a few months have been required
to satisfy the administration of Its
success and to make it distinctly pop
ular among the people. On the basis
of results the postmaster general ex
pects to establish forty-five new banks
May 1. For the purposes of making
the initial test the government estab
lished forty-eight of these banks in
forty-six states, selecting aa near as
posslbl. towns of Industrial elements
so as to catch the Bmall investor.
The results have proved satisfac
tory, but the agricultural states show
up with a larger amount of deposits
than the industrial. For instance. thA
total of all deposits made In twenty-
eignt omces east of the Mississippi
river up to March 31 came to 175. krk
while those in only twenty-two offices
west of the river amounted to 248,
699. The weight of sentiment for rh'
reform, of course, came also from the
west. The office at Leadville. though
which is an Industrial city, had the
largest number of open accounts, 427,
with total deposits of 134.(579 tt,!
to March 31 the total number of open
accounts in tne forty-eight offices was
4,307, total amount of denoaita n
hand $201,961, making an iv.r.
deposit for the entire number In n
the states of $46.89. This represents
a big gain for the month of March, as
at the close . of February th total
amount of deposits on hand was but
$133,869.
These figures must be tkn i
for yhat they are, the crude begin
nings, put they must Indicate tha ulti
mate outreach of the postal savings
system in tbra country. All mnnv
order postofflces will, no doubt, finally
become postal savings banks, and it Is
not at all improbable that in time eit
and rural carriers will do the work of
collectors for the banks, so that it will
be almost as easy to start an iMn..M
and make a deposit as to mail a letter.
Caring for Consumptive.
This country did a great thing for
humanity when it entered upon its
crusade to stamp ont the white plague.
Of course It has not by any. means
perfected its task, but It has done well
In beginning It and can point to some
excellent results as evidence that what
it conceived to be possible Is. From
a belief that consumption was well-
nigh incurable to numerous proofs of
practical restorations, this movement
has come and It Is scarcely more than
started.
States and cities are doing much
collectively and individually to care
for the victims of pulmonary disease.
The state legislature in Kansas re
cently appropriated $50,000 for the
erection of a tuberculosis hospital In
some town in the western part of the
state yet to be selected, and the city
of Worcester, Mass., has sei aside
$30,000 for a similar purpose. The
Massachusetts hospital will be re
served chiefly for those In the last
stages of consumption. This seems to
imply that it is not In the expectation
of effecting cures so much as It Is for
giving proper sanitary care to the
cases as a means of preventing a
spread of the disease. It is Just as
much a part of the campaign to pre
vent the spread of the disease as it is
to effect lndiviual cures. Worcester
has done well, and what It baa done
must be doua more generally over the
country. There are undoubtedly cases
of tuberculosis snd consumption which
no physician would think of pro
nouncing curable by human means,
but melancholy as may seem the mis
sion, hospitals for the especial care of
such cases would serve a tremendous
good. '
As a people we have fcone far
enough in the fight with this dire
plague to realize how utterly careless
of human life we had become In our
Ignorant and slipshod methods before.
At the same time we have learned
Invaluable lessons at great expense In
life. We have also learned that plenty
of air, exercise and sunshine for those
not afflicted are among the most
potent preventive remedies that can
be employed to check and overcome
the rapacious malady.
It is to be noted that the solicitude
of the democratic minority for re
publican insurgents In the last con
gress has completely disappeared In
the present congress in which' the
house democrats have a majority. In
a word, a republican congressman
looks good to a democrat only when
needed to help the democrats out of
a hole.
Mr. Bryan's Commoner refers to
Mr. Martin, the new democratic leader
of the senate, with a question-mark
after his title. Senator Martin will
doubtless reciprocate the compliment
when he refers to the leadership of
Mr. Bryan. J
Sure Thins;!
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The lumber trust opposed to reciprocity?
Perish the thought! Didn't it spend $100,000
on the Illinois legislature for reciprocity?
Laurels to fl Won.
Boston Herald.
To get the country out of (he M..tn.n
affair without actual trouble will add to
Mr. Taft's laurels quite aa much as to
secure the ratification of an arbitration
treaty.
Coatly Ash Heap.
Washington Herald.
If we continue as we have at.irt,.,!
the fire loss for the year will foot up more
than roo.000,000. The worst kind of Im
providence of the most Improvident nation
in tne world.
Give Them Sea Room.
Philadelphia Record.
From accounts of prevalent snobbiHhneas
at the naval academy In Annapolis It would
be a good thing to send some of Its offi
cials to sea and keep them a long time
from coming back. They would then have
time to reflect that this Is not a country of
class distinctions.
Taltlna; Ordinary Chances.
Indianapolis News.
Of course, Innocent by standers oughtn't
to stand around the border where they
are likely to bo shot, but when.you reflect
that a battle offers even larger possibili
ties for fatalities than an automobile race
or an aviation exhibition. ' it must be ad
mitted that the taking of such a risk to
enjoy such a sight Is by no means un
natural. An Unreasonable Requirement.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Interstate Commerce commission has
ruled that the railroad requirement that
lost commutation tickets must be produced
before a refund Is made Is unreasonable.
Of course it Is, for how Is a lost ticket
to be produced? put on the other hand,
bow Is the railroad to l;now It has been
lost by the claimant unless he produces it?
And if he produces it It Isn't Inst.
Slim Pnrae Embarrassing".
Philadelphia Record.
Probably of all the guesses as to the
cause of the resignation of Ambassador
Hill who has so able represented this
country In Berlin, none Is so near right as
the surmise that he could not afford to
stay. He Is not a rich man, nor a snob;
but snobbery sets the pace at too many of
our embassies, and It requires Iron nerve
to bear the strain of oblique action and
cemmentary.
The Toll of Careleeaaeaa.
Baltimore American.
Following the fire disaster in NV Vnrlr
a permanent committee of publio safety
Is to bo formed to take "radical measures
for fire prevention In the city. One step
In such measures should be to rail ntten.
tlon to the dangerous careleKsneas which
prevails and to subject It to legal penalties.
There Is a terrible annual toll In the way
of the sacrifice of life paid to this crimi
nal carelessness, but so far the general
public falls to recognize the serlouanesa
of the matter.
C1I4VG1VU THH CAI.KNUAR.
Outline of Plans that Command Inter
national Attention.
Brooklyn Eagle.
As seven times fifty-two are 864, It Is
obvious that if we could contrive to lose
one day out of our calendar year the keep
ing of records would be greatly simplified.
The man who was married on Wednesday,
September 7, could celebrate his wedding
day on Wednesday every year; the Fourth
of July would always fall on Thursday,
as It did In 1771 and Christmas and New I
Tear's would always come on the same
day of the week.
The British government Is sounding the
sense of the conuuerclal interests of Eng
land on such a revision of the calendar,
to be reached by dropping out the first
day of the year, making It a holiday, but
not permitting it to count In the days of
the week, of the month or of the quarter.
By thue making ona waste day you would
get a year of exactly fifty-two weeka, and
the year would divide Into quarters of two
months of thirty days and one of thirty
one days each. The Han baa a good deal
to recommend It. but Prof. Jacoby of the
Astronomical department at Columbia
points out that tbe Saturdays and Sunday
each side of the waate New Year's day
would be eight days apart, thua making
aecular daya of tha days which would have
been Biwdays by our present calendar, and
permitting work and amusements on theni.
He believe that the rellgloua world would
hold that to be a violation of the Fourth
Commandment, that the churches would
oppose It on that ground, and that they
are powerful enougii to prevent Us adi
tion. s
Prof. Jacoby propose to pet around the
difficulty by dlacardlng one day every
to the calendar, which would not eertouMy
disarrange the reckoning of the aeasona.
Tlere Is a simpler way than that, if Mr.
Jacoby will accept a augKeation. Thla Is
the era of lowered apeod record every
where. Why not petition PhoePua Apollo
to hurry up his horse and make his an
nual circuit in 364 days instead of 3AS? The
motto of tha hour la: "L George do it."
Apollo may not be named George, but
anrely he ought to be willing to whip up a
bit to cava the who!-world so much bother.
People and Events
Picturesque romance never Introduced a
I flsure as Interesting as Ihe Missouri bride
ji.f M. wedded In pink chiffon, pllk hobble
j gown and diamonds. Wasn't she a dear?
Pictures of Raster parades on eastern
parade grounds show a woeful scarcity of
plug hats. Hardly enough of them were
visible to start a shooting match In a
border town.
The champagne war In France is not a
seiloua menace to aristocratic thirsts In
Ihls country,. California and Kelly's Island
will come to the rescue, and the label fac
tories will do the rest.
An Italian professor says the entire popu-
, latlon of the world could stand shoulder
to shoulder In an area of 600 miles square.
He drew his conclusion from a view of
canned humanity In street cars during rush
hours.
Tue test of woman's regeneration In
Colorado Is approaching. Thirteen women
elected to office In that state are scheduled
to dine together. If they boldly defy the
hoodoo number a decision from the umpire
will bo superfluous.
Winter's sweeping finish at the fuel bins
sends Old King Coal to his summer vaca
tion chuckling merrily. This Is his time
to burn up some of his money. The date
of the return holdup Is fixed, but let's for
got and be happy for a while.
The chestnut tree blight has become so
alarming In Pennsylvania as to oall out
a ineasage from the Kovernor urging pre
ventive measures. However, the vocal
chestnut Is Immune and able to give re
morseless time a run for the stakes.
Several honest, thrifty lloosler farmers,
as a winter recreation, worked up a nice
business hatching crows in an Incubator
and turning In the birds for the state
bounty. They didn't want the money as
much as they desired to serve the state.
Notwithstanding the fame of Germany
as a progressive empire, the enterprise of
pumping wind Into ' loaded schooners of
beer doesn't command Imperial favor. Bev
eral pumpers have been Isolated from their
fellows for striving to fit high "collars" to
short necks.
CORRECTING A PATENT KVII,.
Mraanre ' Calculated to Spar laves
tive Skill.
Minneapolis Journal.
A really progressive law Is proposed by
Representative Martin Littleton of New
York, who, assigned to the committee on
patents, seeks to arouse that somnolent
body from its slumbers. HIb drafted bill
provides that any patent not used for two
years will become the common property of
mankind.
This Is a simple provision, Dut one that
will unlock much Imprisoned energy, and
result In great progress for America.
The privilege of patont Is designed to
stimulate Invention and incidentally to re
ward the Inventor for his contribution to
the powers of society. How important the
patent Is appears when we remember that
almost the whole of society's material de
velopment has been brought about bythe
inventions of a small number of Individ
uals. But patents have been curiously
abused and their privilege used to prevent
progress and to postpone Improvement.
Some contrivance is patented that , will
revolutionise an Industry, compel .the dis
carding of expensive machines, the making
over of w hole plants. Bo those In control
of that industry purchase the patent and
put it In storage. -It Is cheaper to spend
hundred thousand dollars In buying tbe
patent than to spend half a mil Hen In ap
plying the Improvement to their plants.
It Is said that there Is scarcely an In
dustry that has not scores of patents in
cold storage, which if used would result
In enormous progress. No doubt this un
progrcsslve policy on the part of Invest
ment is as shortsighted from the viewpoint
of the Investors' interest, aa It Is from
that of society as a whole. But it la en
tirely natural. The defect lies In the law.
which permits a privilege of negation,
whereas the only prlviliesie designed was
a temporary affirmative privilege. No one
should be allowed to own a patent for the
purpose of preventing Its use. . His privilege
In the patent should, be Inherent In Its use.
AN ARUUMKMT FOR CAtTIOV.
Perils of Intervention In the Mexican
Disturbance.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
There are perhaps 80.000 or 75.0(10 citizens
of the United States engaged in legitimate
civilian pursuits In Mexico. They are scat
tered in all parts of the republic, many of
them at distant lntorlor points, surrounded
by natives and even In limes of domestic
peace, liable to the perils of frontier life.
What might be the experience of these
hard-worltlng Americans were the United
States to rush an army across the border
on a supposed mission of peace? With
Mexicans inflamed by what they would
be certain to consider an unmerited Inter
ntlon, what security of life would these
engineers and business men from north of
the Rio enjoy?
This Is one of the considerations to be
kept In mind by those who would pitch the
United States Into this quarrel which, la
being watched with much anxiety from
serosa the boundary line. Let us not with
out ample reason sting unreasoning Mexi
cans Into measure of bloody retaliation.
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delicious flavor if you use
St. Charles
Evaporated
Milk
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ChlcaaS Record-Herald
BronklTil r
preacher Is to have charge of the Iyndot
Tabernacle, la this reciprocity or retalia
tion?
tlnisters of th I
I to trail IherrH
of questionable t
Baltimore American: M
gospel can hardly afford
calling through the mire of q
localities even In quest' of evidence of law
breaking.
Chicago Post: The good, old-fashioned
atheist hsd lots of laughable qualities. Ha
Is easy game. But he multiplies bis
strensth manyfold every lima the church
holds a heresy trial.
Cleveland Plain Ivaler: According to a
Clilrago preacher the world Is more sub
merged In sis) than It was in the worst
days of the Roman empire. Why do sen
sational exhorters Invariably use
fortunate old Roman empire as a
example?
8t. Louis Republic: In ona
the un
horrlhle of the
churches in Chicago's foreign quarter tha
priest was greeted with a voUey of ancient
eggs on Knster Sunday. The church was
dedicated to St. Michael the Archangel,
who wns, If recollection serve, the leader
of the armed hosts of Taradlse. Who
says there's nothing In a name?
Indianapolis News: The dispatches from
Rome announce that In Kngllsh speaking
countries the power of the bishop aum
marily to remove priests has been greatlv
curtailed by a new nils that haa Just been
adopted. Hitherto the power (of tbe bish
ops In such cases has been absolute: t'n
der the new regime nine causes are speci
fied for which priests may be removed
heretofore. But In all other cases the mat
ter must be determined, not by the bishop '
alone, but by a special court ooniLstlng of
the bishop and two priests. Tiro new
classes of diocesan officers are to be con
stituted for the purpose of executing the
new law.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
"There is no use giving you a check, hit
dear. My bank account la overdrawn."
"Well, give It to me anyway, tleorge.
And, say, make It for $r00. I want to pull
It out of my shopping bag with my hand
kerchief at the t.riuKi' nunc this after
noon." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Little Pitcher Pon. did von ver Ho hi
Jumps?
t ather No. my son. I never took, to
athletic sports. Why do you ask?
1.111111 riivnei uecause 1 neara Airs.
Smith tell Mrs. Jones yesterday you were
Butu m uuunwr. nainmora American,
- - svu ..... mi , i nVUI I I1H.W
daughter tied for life to a stupid fool.
I I AF ttlllrnv Than 4.n.i' wr.ni a I. I 1.
T-Tni 7 Id k?a -1 - r . i
. , i via 1 1 1 in rv J-lIU U
better let m take her oft your hands ?
UnOtAH 'T ...... I .
you'd
"What's the trouble "between Throgglns
and Hits beautiful bride?"
."'Haven't you heard? She's suing him for
divorce, on the ground of incompatibility.''
"Sorry to hear that. She's a peacherino,
though, all right."
"A peach o' Reno? O,- I suppose! she'd
be a peach anywhere." Chicago Tribune.
Him I know you think It la time for
me to go.
Her Oh, how Interesting! How did vrni
get so successful in thought transference?
Toledo Blade.
"Tou have taken an early breakfast, two
luncheon, afternoon tea, dinner and a lat
supper!" exclaimed the Invalid's wife.
"Yes; you see the doctor has said I may
smoke nnlv nna nioop ... v. id.
Chicago Record-Herald.
"And now, Henry, you must go Into tha
library and ask papa's consent."
"What! fjk Aalr nn.' V.I- - .1 11...
yellow-whiskered gink! Not on your life,
sweetheart I Nix on the papa. If he a
trot onv fiviarak In I, I .1 v
' '"Jl" 1,1 ' ' ' ne ran ounia to
meefre!M"-Oleviand Plain Dealer.
'Whut VTkll a. 4n .has aa
JJllr? 1 ent 11 Mrs. DubblelKH.
'Whv nViaa'ai si 11 mm-. tr .
- wuv av ner nail-, nmr
oif'iai "P comp,exlon7vry bit of nor ja
..TaY?11 what of lt?" retorted DubMettth.
shouldn t It admire a self-made woman?"
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"ALL FOB THE BEST.
An Old English Bong.
A"'" ,or, the bet. sanguine and cheerfm,
Troubles and sorrows are friends In
disguise;
Nothing but folly goes faithless and fearful.
Courage forever is happy and wise.
All's for the best, if a man will but know it.
Providence wlshea us all to be bleat;
This la no dream of the pundit or poet.
Heaven is gracious, and all s for tbe best.
Aw" Jorthe best' tnen f,lnK way terrors
Meet all your feara and your foes In the
van.
And in the mldat of your dangers and j
errors f
Trust like a child while you strive like 1
a man. 1
AU" r the De8t unbiased. Unbounded
Providence relgna from the east to the
west.
And by both wisdom and virtue surrounded
Hope snd be happy that all's for the best.
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