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THE OMAITA DAILY BEE: TTIITTISDAY, AFIUTj 10, 1002. Tire omaiia Daily Bee. E. ROSK WATER, EDITOR, PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, pally pee (wlthAut Sunday). One Year. (4 "0 pally He and 8indav. One Year .) Illustrated Hee, One Year IW Sunday He. One Year emnmav Bw, One Year IV) Twentieth Century Farmer. One Year.. 1(0 DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Xllv Hee (without Sunday), per copy., in Ial1y Bee (without Sunday), per week. ,12c pally Bee (Including 8unJay), per week.Kc Sunday Bee. ner copy &c Evening Bee (without Sunday), per week.loc. Evening Bee (Including; Sunday, per week i.tc Complaints of Irregularities In delivery should be addreoeed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha City Hall Building-, Twenty-fifth and M -streets. Council Bluffs 10 Pearl Street. Chicago 140 Unity Building. New York Temple Court. Washington 601 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and editorial matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letters and remittances should t addressed: The Bee Publishing Com pany, Omaha. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamps accepted In payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, as. I George B. Tsschjck. secretary of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, aya that the actuai number of full and complete coulee of The Dally, Morning, Evening ana Sunday Bee printed during the month of March, 1902, waa aa follows: 1 Stt.UTO 17 !ff,S30 SU.TOO lg Sit,430 1 a,5.K) 4 2n,770 20 28,5UO 3.80 21 Zlt.OlO 22 UO.AOO 1 SW.B20 23 Stt.OBO I lt,4ilO 24 itlMHO t...Utt,7UO 25 SHt.BIMI 10 2W,460 26 2,SUO U Ittt.AOO 27 2,BftO U 2IU.3TO 28 21,54) U 21t,40 29 21,B40 M ..H,20 80 SIU.DOO U 2U,70 31 Jfll.OiO 1 2U,JOO , Total 917,420 Leas unsold and returned copies.... ,oo7 Net total sales 007,(1 1 a Nat dally average 3itt,U77 GEO. B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 31st day of March, A. D. lv GEORGE RASMUSEN, (Seal.) Notary Public. April Is the tree planting month in this climatic zone, riant trees. Democrats In eonjrress might do well to offer a prise for Information telling them where they are at. With a large section of the east snow bound In April, people hereabouts have Another chance to prate about the su periority of the west Every patriotic householder in Omaha should have a PI agree posy garden in bis own front yard without depending ira anyone else to furnish It for him. With de facto market' place at the same old stand and a defuncto place on Capitol avenue, the market master Is out of business and the city is out of pocket. One thing Cecil Rhodes' will has al ready, accomplished. It has given Editor Stead a topic of discussion to keep bis pen busy for some time to come. The new South Omaha council has made a good start With a deadlock on organization, it keeps Itself from doing mischief and may save the taxpayers some money. The king of Denmark has celebrated bis 84th birthday anniversary. With the examples we buve of long-lived monarch, who will contend that wear ing a crown is a premature death pro ducer? It Is to be hoped the supreme court will not be bashful about setting limits to the flow of legal oratory sure to bo again set In motion when the report of the referee in the Omaha tax case comes up for final disposition. Western stove makers have agreed through their combine to screw prices up 5 per ceut Inasmuch as this Is the time stovepipes usually come down, the protest will probably be deferred until consumers feel the raise. County Commissioner O'Keeffe Is emi nently correct when he proposes to dis pells with the druggibt at the county poor farm. What Its Inmates need most la fresh meat, fresh milk, fresh vegeta bles and fresh air. Throw physic to the dogs. Instead of accepting British bospltaV Sty tendered him as special ambassadot to the coronation, Whltelaw Held win pay his own bills. This will be another bitter disappointment to the political demagogues who delight to rail at roy alty and bowl about imperialism. Mayor Harrison of Chicago talks in bis annual message to the council about straitened municipal finances lu words that sound most familiar. If there Is a city In the United States that is not tampered by short funds in Its treasury It has been hiding its light under a bushel. Tor the recent city election In South Omaha the total vote polled proves to be nearly as large as the total vote polled at the city election held in Lincoln the am day. In the census tables Lincoln la credited with a population of 40,000, as against 20,000 for South Omaha, but th election figures do not bear out the proportion. Our Dave has kept the wires bot for tha last two weeks with assurances to tha Commercial club tKat the Omaha upply depot section of the Indian bill la positively all right. There never was any serious apprehension that it was all wrong, but as the re-election campaign la about to open. Our Dave is bound to keep himself, before , his constituents jrlta fow frandataad plays. TfllE PRESIDENT AT CHARLESTON, The reception of President Roosevelt at Charleston lias beett cordial and en thuslastlc as It was expected to bo. The people of the south respect the great office of chief magistrate of the nation and know how to honor Its Incumbent They showed this when President Mc Klnlry visited that section and Mr. Roosevelt has a personal as well as an official claim to their regard and hospi tality, his mother's people having come from the south. The incident growing out of the difficulty between the South Carolina senators probably kept some people away from Charleston on "Presi dent's day," but they were not missed, for the demonstration Is said to have been the greatest the city has ever known and there have been some no table ones. The address of President Roosevelt yesterdny was appropriate and charac teristically earnest and sincere. The Icople of the south will see In it the hearty assurance of his desire to strengthen the sentiment of unity and fraternity and they may confidently ac cept it as voicing the feeling of the people of the north and the west Inso far ss It speaks for patriotic devotion to the union- That portion of the ad dress which relates to the West Indies, particularly Cuba, will command gen eral Interest The president reiterated his conviction that the Cubans having assumed a peculiar relationship to our policy they must stand In a peculiar relationship to our economic system. He urged that having Insisted upon Cuba adopting toward us an attitude differing politically from that which it adopts toward any other power, as a matter of right we must give a different and better position to Cuba, economic ally in Its relations' with us than 'we give to other power. We should deal with Cuba, declared the president, lu a spirit of large generosity. Thus Mr. Roosevelt has again stated, with "suffi cient expllcltness, his position on the Cuban question. , He outlines no spe cific policy, but simply urges that Cuba shall be generously dealt with. Another matter of Interest In the ad dress is the reference to problems con nected with our industrial system. These, he said, are not Insoluble, "but they can be solved only If we approach them In a spirit of resolute fearlessness. of common sense and of honest Intention to do fair and equal Justice to all men alike." Failure must result from adopting the policy of the demagogue, nor can we afford to follow those who fear to recognize injustice and apply a remedy. We must have wise and Just laws and they must be fairly and honestly enforced not In the Interest of the poor man or In the Interest of the rich man, but "In the interest of each man, be he rich or be he poor, giving immunity to no violator, whatever form the violation may assume." This is the spirit that prompted the president to order proceedings against the corpora tions charged with violating the anti trust and interstate commerce laws and it gives assurance that the administra tion will not falter In Its duty to seek the enforcement of these laws. President Roosevelt's visit to Charles ton has perhaps its chief value in the opportunity it gave him to speak to the country on matters of general impor tance. THt CUBAN CONCESSION. The indications are that the bill grant ing a tariff concession of 20 per cent on Cuban products will pass the house. a considerable number of democrats being favorable to the measure not be cause of any Interest in Cuba, but for the reason, as given by Representative McCleilan of New York, that the con cession "Is a breach in the wall of pro tection." A few of the democrats. It is but fair to say, are not thus actuated, but it is not to be doubted that mott of them who support the bill thus rea son, at the same time regretting that the breach cannot be made larger, as some of them have proposed. Assuming that the bill will pass the house, the probable attitude of the sen ate becomes a question of Interest Opinion In Washington is divided re garding It Some predict that there will be no very serious opposition to the measure in the senate, while others ex press the opinion that the democrats will make a determined effort to have the reduction Increased and perhaps will also briug forward au annexation scheme. It is very probable that demo cratic senators will seek to have a larger breach made in the protection wall, but If they find this cannot be accomplished It' is not likely they will undertake to defeat the bill, since they will regard a 20 per cent breach as very much better than uoue at all. It Is the understanding that a majority of the republicans In the senate are dis posed to favor the proposed concession, though there will be a strenuous opposi tion to it on the part of some of the republicans, but how many of them Is yet to be disclosed. At all events a prolonged struggle over the bill In the senate is to be expected. Meanwhile the advocates of concession profess full confidence lu the result . MEXICO'S FREStDEHT, It Is reiwrted that President Diaz of Mexico contemplates resigning and may do so before the cud of the present year. The, retirement of that distin guished statesman, whose administra tion of the government of Mexico for many years has placed him in the front rank of great constructive statesmen, would command Interest far beyond the boundaries of bis country and particu larly lu the United States, where the name of I Has U familiar and respected. This country has had no warmer friend than Mexico's chief executive, who has not only been solicitous to malntalu and strengthen good will between the two countries, but has given encouragement to the investment of American capital In Mexico, many millions of which have gone there and found profitable em ployment, It Is natural to apprehend that tha successor of Dial would b a less brond-mlndcd nnd proRresslve statesman and therefore loss favorable to foreign Investors. i Should President Diaz resign he would probably be succeeded by Senor Llman tour, the present secretary of the treas ury, who Is regnrded as one of the world's great financiers. He has been exceedingly successful, under adverse conditions. In his administration of the Mexican treasury, having sustained the credit of the government In the face of the attempts of European bankers to depress the values of Mexican securi ties. Since he took the treasury port folio every obligation of the govern ment has been paid when due and the treasury has now many millions of sur plus, largely from Import duties. Senor LImantour is In the prime, of life and Is of course in full sympathy with the policy through which Mexico has In recent years realized remarkable devel opment and prosperity. THE DEMAND FOR NORMAL SCHOOLS. State Superintendent Fowler has reached the conclusion that one of the Imperative needs of Nebraska Is the es tablishment of one or more new normal schools. Prof. Fowler points to the fact that Nebraska's only normal school at Peru Is by reason of its location almost Inaccessible to students from the cen tral and western portions of the state and Its facilities are inadequate to sup ply the demand for trained teachers. Conceding all that Trof. Fowler has said on this subject we doubt exceed ingly the wisdom of any increase in the number of state institutions before the financial difficulties with which the state is constantly compelled to grapple have been overcome. It Is doubtful even whether it would be prudent for the coming legislature to attempt the location and establishment of additional normal schools In parts of the state that are ambitious to obtain such Institu tions. Would It not be more economical and more practical to enlarge the sphere of the State university by the creation of a normal department? The university already possesses ample equipment in the shape of libraries, laboratories, gym nasium and so forth and comparatively small additional outlay would be neces sary for extending these facilities to meet all the requirements of a normal department The faculty of the univer sity could moreover be utilized lu con junction with a limited number of teachers who would make normal train ing their specialty. The State university would offer other advantages to students that could not be had In any other Ne braska town. In point of railway facili ties Lincoln Is within easy reach of every section of the state and a normal school at the state capital would for many years satisfy all legitimate de mands for normal education which the state can afford to meet In whetting the appetite for normal schools Prof, Fowler unwittingly opens the way for repetition of the abortive contention that has absorbed so much time and energy of every legislature within the past twenty years. During every session since the first normal school was established normal school bills have afforded trading material for schemers and jobbers and some of the most pernicious legislation has been en gineered through by tie-ups with rep resentatives of every community with an eye on a normal school. The tendency of the time is to concen trate rather than to scatter educational work, and this idea should be constantly kept In view both by lawmakers and by educators In pluunlng changes and reforms. Omaha has always felt Justly proud of its uniform hospitality, but hospital ity may sometimes be overdone. The proposed entertainment of the so-called "National Editorial association" belongs to that category. That association is simply an aggregation of junketeera or ganized for the purpose of working the railroads for free rides and working the various communities for free banquets and lunches. The National Editorial as sociation is not lu any sense a body rep resenting American journalism. Out of over 20,000 publications in the United States the roster at its last annual con vention at the Buffalo exposition was less than 400. Nebraska was represented by seven weekly publications from six towns, the largest of which Is West Point In other words, out of the 608 publications lu Nebraska Just six par ticipated last year In the National Edi torial association. Out of more than 700 newspapers In Kansas only nineteen weeklies were on the roster of 1001. For the Commercial club and city coun cil to extend an invitation to a body of newspaper nondescripts Is like wasting fragrance on the desert air. When It takes an all-night's work with hammer and tongs at the hands of imported boosters to push a resolu tion through the South Dakota cattle men's convention favoring the land leasing bill, It Is plain that sentiment Is by no means one way even among those directly affected. The Interests of the small cattle grower and the big cattle syndicate are not the same and cannot be made to appear so by the most plausible argument But were the cattlemen all united, that would not make the land-leasing scheme appear any less objectionable as a measure to shut down on the settlement of the public domain by which alone the west ern country can be built up and strengthened. The west wants every available acre productively employed at its greatest capacity and this object would be frustrated by turning the land over In huge tracts to the cattle syndicates, to the exclusion of all others. It Is announced that the new demo cratic congressional committee that Is to usurp the power of the regularly con stituted national organizations Is to rec ognize all factious In Its makeup, plac ing sliver democrats and gold democrats side by side, but ignoring the populists completely, Populist senators and con gressmen who have entered democrat! caucuses must be gratified at this cor dial treatment In which goldbugs wh fought Bryan are preferred over fuslog populists who supported him. Having agreed on the site with excep tional unanimity, Andrew Carnegie's gift of a library building to South Omaha ought to take tangible form dur ing the coming season and be ready for business within a year. The only way to realize on a library Is by opening It up to the use of the public. The German government Is said to have nought the patent rights for an American device of an automatic switch board for Its postal telephone system. The Germans will have to pay tribute to American genius every time they want to talk to each other at long range. A Time for Sobs. Detroit Free Press. Mrs. Carrie Nation promptly cut Ne braska off the list of her prospective hatchet soirees. Bargain Hash of Royalty. Portland Oregonian. As a summer resort for crowned heads the United States Is looking up. Pros pective visitors should come early and avoid the rush. Salary No Object. Indianapolis News. According; to the report of the St. Louis grand Jury, one official has made $25,000 a year out of his position, which was sup posed to pay but $300. Salary was no ob ject with that man. Three of a Kind. Philadelphia Press. It Isn't every party that can present three minority reports on a given public question, but the democrats are quite equal to It In the Cuban Issue, while on the Philippines some leaders change tbelr views over night Cause of Hlarb. Prices. Indianapolis Journal. The reports gathered from all parts of the cattle country show that scarcity, not the packing combinations, has made prices high. Combinations may not have eon science, but many of them have too much sense to kill the goose that lays the golden egg, which, in this case, is to put prices so high that the mass of people must pur chase sparingly. Sees Trouble Afar. Minneapolis Journal. The only objection to Cecil Rhodes' provi sion for 250 American scholarships at Ox ford Is that It means that we shall soon have 250 collegiate Anglo-maniacs let loose among us yearly. The genuine English man Is a good fellcw and is appreciated better in America than in any other part of the world, but the Anglo-manlao can cause a riot almost any time. The man just out of college Is not always the most lovable creature in the world. What a combination, then, will we have in 250 Oxonian Anglo-maniacs descending upon us annually. A Fake or a Factf Indianapolis Journal. The reported destruction or removal of Alaskan boundary monuments by British authority Is emphatically denied by Cana dian ministers. The minister of the Interior says there Is net at present any surveying party from Canada eagaged In defining the boundary, and he is sure no government employe has done such an act as that charged. The Canadian minister of public works pronounces the story "a huge farce." So before getting warm over the matter we had better await the result of an in vestigation. COMMISSIONER PROITY'S POINTS. Competition a Vanishing- Qaantlty la the Railroad Service. Minneapolis Times. Interstate Commerce Commissioner Charles A. Prouty, in his address before the Illinois manufacturers last Wednesday evening, made two especially forcible points. J First: The profit of operating a railway increases rapidly with the increase of traf fic; actual expenses of moving decrease In proportion as traffic Increases; fixed charges are much the same whether the amount of the traffic be great or little. In other words: The greater the traffic the smaller should be the rates unless it is the Intent of the owners of the railway to milk the public unduly. Second: No reduction of rates has ever been brought about except as a result of competitions; no advance in published or actual rates in recent years has been ef fected except by the elimination of compe tition. Mr. Prouty recognizes that competition Is fast becoming a vanishing quantity. He does not believe that It can be restored so long as a few men practically own the transportation systems of the country, but he does believe that a rate once pub lished should be subject to supervision and change. If shown to be unjust, by properly constituted commission appointed by the federal government. It is distinctly gratifying to be able to commend the Interstate Commerce commis sion or any of Its members for, until within the last few months, the body has been ornamental merely. If, Indeed, It was that, and of benefit to the publio there was cot a vestige. LIVENING THE "RECORD." Spasmodic Attempts to Modernise the Organ of Coagreaa. Chicago New a. A publio which has long felt that the Congressional Record was lacking in cer tain indlapenslble features of an up-to-date publication will welcome the evident purpose of the publishers to start a humor ous department with wood-cut Illustrations. The solid columns of reading matter In the Issue of April 1 are enlivened by the draft of a treaty brought to light by Representative Patterson of Tennessee. It is the treaty entered into between the sul tan of Sulu and General John C. Bates and sets forth among other things the salary which the United States is to pay the sul tan and his chief lieutenants. The sultan, It Is noted. Is to receive 250 a month in Mexican dollars, the Dato Rajah getting 75, the Dato Atttk 160 and Datos Joaka naln and Calbl $75 each, while Hablb Mura and Serif Saguar are to receive much smaller sums, Saguar's pay being a paltry $15 a month. The enterprise or the Con gressional Record, however, shows Itself not merely In the publication of the treaty but in the reproduction of the signatures of the sultan and his followers. The sul tan's signature, it appears. Is a startling arabesque, with a small pretzel as the cen ter of the design and huge ornamental loopa at either end. The Dato Rajah's signature looks like a bit of rapidly wiittea short hand, while the joint signatures of the Datos Calbl and Joakanaln look like the photograph of a set of microbe "cultures." It Is only fair to presume that Mr. Patter son, the contributor, and the accomplished editors of the Record Introduced this novel feature solely to pleas and enlighten their readers, who otherwise could bavs bad only a falat Impression et Hero chirograph. Great Stretch of Power Chlrsgo The oleomargarine bill is the latest and most odious and offensive example of thu practice of using the national taxing power to prohibit a domestic Industry. Tho tax ing power has long been used to prevent the Importation of the products of foreign In dustries In order to give protection to the Amerlcsn manufacturers or growers of similar products. Its use to "regulate" out of existence one domestic Industry for the benefit of another industry or for the alleged protection of public health or morals Is of later origin. There Is a tax of 10 per cent ou th circulation of state banks. That tax was not Imposed as a revenue measure, but to destroy state bank notes and leave a free field for the national bank issues. That tax seemed an essential part of the system which gave the country a safe bank note currency. But the practical Illustration of the axiom that "the power to tax Is the power to destroy" has served as a precedent for a similar use of the taxing power where Its expediency may be ques tioned. The war revenue act of 1S!8 contained a provision for the taxation of bucket shops which aimed at their extinction. A brief controversy between the house and senate as to whether that provision shall be re-' pealed with the war taxes or left in force has been determined in favor of repeal. The tax on bucket shops is to go with the other war taxes. The bucket shop busi ness is objectionable from many points of view. It should be regulated, controlled or prohibited. The bucket shop itself Is ob jectionable from the point of view of the moralist who sees in tolerated gambling an Intolerable evil. But it Is open to question whether it properly comes within the pur view of the national authority to control bucket shops, policy shops or any other kind of shops which are subject to the police powers of the several states. On the whole, the Tribune would like to see the bucket shop tax retained, but It cannot help BITS OF WASHINGTON I.I FK. Scenes and Incidents Sketched on the Spot. Congressman Shafroth of Colorado thinks there is room for improvement in Old Olory, and proposes a new arrange ment of the stars in the field of blue, so as to accommodate stars for all states, territories and Insular possessions. At present the stars are not symmetrical and are not arranged alike in all flags. Mr. Shafroth's scheme for a new arrangement is set forth In a bill Introduced In con gress. It provides that thirteen stars, to represent the original thirteen states, shall be formed in the shape of a large circle. The balance of the states are to be represented within this circle by a series of smaller stars, arranged in the shape ot a five-pointed star. The form of the star is to be fixed and each star will represent a distinct state. For instance, the star forming the upper most point of the Inside star will be named for the state which was the first after the thirteen original states to enter the union. The other stars will be named after the other states In the order ot their admission to the union. Space will be left In the four corners of the blue field for stars to represent New Mexico, Arizona and the other territories as they are admitted to statehood. In addition to giving a fixed and definite arrangement tor the stars In the flag, this schrme will stimulate state pride In the emblem, for each state will know just which star represents it In the Redfleld Proctor made all the pages in the senate happy the other day by presenting each of them with a half gallon can of pure Vermont maple svrup. The senator owns several large groves of maple trees, which are drained every spring of their sweet Juice. The other day he noticed that one of the pages was listening Intently while he was describing his sugar camp to a friend, so he decided to send each of them a good supply of the sweet stuff. The pages were well smeared with the syrup five minutes after It came Into their possession and there has been unusual sweetness to all the bills and public docu ments which have been handled by the pages since the presentation. Oscar Fish of Valdez, Alaska, who was recently awarded for another period of four years tie contract for carrying the United States malls from Valdez to Eagle, is tbo beet paid mall carrier In the world. In accordance with his contract with the gov ernment he receives $35,000 a year for mak ing two trips a month between the points named, a distance of about 413 miles, or nearly $1,500 for each trip. The mall carried Is limited to 300 pound and consists generally of letters only, newspapers and the more bulky articles being carried, however, when the mall- is unusually light. Postofflce department officials say. how ever, that the sum paid to Fish is very reasonable when it is considered that Fish makes his trips by dog sledge and that he has the most dangerous route of any mall carrier in the world. His twenty-four trips a year keep him busy most of the time, and he' practically Ukes his life In his hands every time he starts out on bis solitary journey. Fish has the finest team of dogs In that fsr northern country, end some of his trips are made in record time. He has been given up for deed many times by residents of Valdes and Eagle, but so far has always managed to reach the end of his Journey, although sometimes overdue and occasion, ally very much battered up. He has fallen over precipices, got mixed up In avalances, has been starved, frost bitten, frozen and injured, but is still draw ing his $36,000 a year from the government and says he expects to continue making his adventurous trips until "snowed under." President Roosevelt snd "Uncle Joe" Cannon are engaged In a tug of war over tbs name which shall be used when refer ence is made to the building occupied by the president. Mr. Roosevelt, early In his administration, decided that it should be called "White House," because that name was more distinctive than "executive man sion," Inasmuch as the residence of the governor of every Btate In the union is known ss an executive mansion. When the committee on appropriations was con sidering the sundry civil bill which con tains the appropriation for the mainten ance of the White House or executive man sionMr. Moody, who had Just been sp polnted a member of the cabinet, reminded Mr. Cannon that President Roosevelt pre fers the term "White House." "He does, eh?" asked Cannon, peering at Moody over his spectacles. "Well, I have been putting 'executive mansion' In this bill for a good many years and I sm too old to chsnge my habits. If the presi dent objects to the wording of this bill let him veto it." Mr. Csnnon had hla way. He says he la not afraid that the president will veto the bill, because then the president's pantry might become empty. Washington Is the Mecca of the newly made brides snd, necessarily, the bride grooms, but, of course, the latter are not considered. Every train from all four corners of the United States has lu contingent ot .spring Tribune. seeing In this and ail similar legislation a dangerous abuse of the true functions ot the national government. A few yesrs ago the pratftlre sprang up of mixing wheat flour with corn flour and selling the product as wheat flour. The millers took exception to It. They appealed for congress to use the taxing power for their protection against a new Industry which they said injured trade in many ways. Congress granted the prayer. A special tax was Imposed on the manufac turers of mixed flour and a tax was put on their product. These taxes produced $6,600 during the last fiscal year. The tax ing power has about destroyed the mixed flour Industry, whose product was not an unhealthful one. Should the power to tax in order to destroy be used In any such .case? Sixteen years ago a small tax was levied on oleomargarine at the instance ot the dairymen. The ostensible object was to "regulate" the business and obtain revenue. The hope of the dairymen was that the business would be destroyed. The hope was frustrated. Therefore they have asked congress for and are on the eve of ob taining legislation which will practically put an end to the manufacture of a food product which Is not injurious to health, which a great many Americans have been buying because It was cheap and enjoying because It was an acceptable substitute for butter. The practice of using the taxing power at the instance of one domestio Industry to destroy another domestio Industry is dangerous. It has been carried too far. If it is to become a settled rule of action that an Industry which can command the necessary votes In congress may use the taxing power to crush out home rivals the abuse of power may in time become Intol erable. It is time to put a limit to this perversion of the functions of the national government brides. At the White House and the hotels the number of newly married couples has been so large thst it has become a matter of general comment. The doorkeepers at the White House attempted to keep count of the brides one day, but lost their reckon ing after the number bad reached seventy five. "Deed, mister," said one of them. "we see nothing but brides, brides, brides." All of those counted wore white veils and light gowns or had other earmarks of the newly wedded. These experts never fall to spot a newly married couple. When people are under suspicion, but are not demonstrative enough to make it certain that they are on their honeymoon they are led Into the blue room and put to the crucial test. When the guide announces "This is the room in which Mr. and Mrs Cleveland were married," there is always an exchange ot glances which settles all doubt. "Brides and grooms alwsys come to the White House when they are in Washing ton," remarked one of the employes. "It Is usually possible to spot them by the great Interest which they seem to take In the furnishings. They all have furniture on the brain and examine the carpets and upholstery with great care. And then they always sit on the sofas. They haven't recovered from the habit of sitting on a seat which is just large enough for two." - THE BEEF "TRUST." An Eastern View of a Recent East era Roar. Brooklyn Eagle. One should be careful to separate the facts from the yellow dye in the New York Herald's exposures of the beef trust. First, It is clear that there is no "trust," in any such senee as there is a steel trust a sugar trust or a merger of the northwest ern railroads. There are five large beef firms. They are not consolidated in any legal form. There seems to have been an agreement among these five not to under sell each other and to maintain prices. The Herald says the firms maintained an arbi trator in New York to adjust the buelness of the various firms and to prevent compe tition. The firms say they did not. The Herald said it found the arbitrator and then that it lost him again. But undoubtedly these firms did not propose to sell their beef at a loss and undoubtedly they kept the price as high as they could. That is the very first principle of buelness. But that they had any such monopoly as would enable them to raise prices to a prohibitive point has not been proved. The negative is pretty nearly established by the fact that the prices have not been raised to any such extent. They have been raised from 1 to 4 cents a pound on various grades of meat Part of that Is due, according to Secretary of Agriculture Wilson and other experts to a rise In the pries of beef on the hoof in western markets and to the cost of corn, which Is fed to the beef during February and March. It Is also partly due to a general rise of prices, beginning with wages, due to general prosperity. The cost of production in all industries has risen, as well as the cost of corn for beef. A chief feature ot this is the cost of labor involved, due to the shortening ot hours of work. If a man gets the same pay for eight hours which he formerly got for ten, tho manu facturer who sells the goods must put this extra cost for product into his prices. The Increased cost of labor does not enter so directly into the raising of beef as it does into some other lines of business, but the cost of corn does, and the Increase In both Is a part of a general increase due to the good times. More men have money to pay high prices for beef at present than WW THE PROPER STYLE There is just the right style about our suits this season a something that distinguishes them from the ordinary sort and they are beautifully tailored and there are sev eral prices between t $10.00 and $25.00 and a wide selection of patterns at each price. SPRING UNDERWEAR. SHIRTS. GLOVES, HOSIERY, NECK WEAR, UMBRELLAS, HATS AND CATS. RAINCOATS. No Clothing Fits Like Ours. Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers. R. SL Wilcox, -Alaoftficr. had It two or three years ago and the rise is no such hardship as it would have been then. The prices of labor and of products tend constantly to equalize each other. The oaly thing which success fully interferes with that process Is a "cor ner," such as has been the dream of spec ulators fur generations. No such corner has been successfully maintained In fool products here and there is no cbanre of such a corner in beef, although that Indus try, like other Industries, has fallen into a few bands. t.AI CHINA OAS. Pnmervllle Journal :Hlcks Poor old BJen kins died Sunday. Will oj ge with ma to his funeral tomorrow? Wicks With pleasuret Cleveland Plain Dealer: "I see that the Canadian customs officials have seised $la, 000 worth of artificial teeth." "I'll bet there'll be a lot of International jawing over that outrage," Philadelphia Press: City Editor-Why do you Insist that the colonel Is a candidate? Didn't he tell all you fellows that he wasn't? Political Reporter Yes. but the very next minute he Invited us to have a drink. Atlanta Constitution: "I have a feeling that tho devil Is present In this meeting to day," said the minister. "Amenl" crlrd an old brother from a far corner. "You've got him In cliee quarters. Irfick the doors and give him, where ho came from!" Chicago Tribune: "If I only hsd an am bassador at tha court of love!" sighed the bashful swain. "A minister would be good enough for me." replied the demure maiden. "Arabella!" "Herbert!" Philadelphia Tress: Mamma I told vou to tell Mr. Soft Man be must say "good night" to you at 10 o'clock.- Daughter Yea, ma, and ho started In last night Mamma Nonsense! It was after 12 Daughter Yes. but he started to say "goodnight" at 8:30. Washington Star: "The members of your legislature stand by you loyally." Of course they do." answered Senator Sorghum. "It's another evidence that hon esty Is the best policy. I never promised a member one cent for going back on somebody else) that I didn't pay him." New York Sun: Madge The one thing that seems to please her most about her marriage Is that It enables her to keep a carriage. Marjorle No wonder she's pleased. That girl never could get a soat In a street car. Chicago Tost: vie he rich?" "Not very." "How do you know?" "He wasn't particularly courteous to the assessor who called upon him, which is a clear Indication, that he hasn't much on which he ought to pay taxes." Brooklyn Dlfe: He Do you mean to say the plumber has not been here yet? She No; Isn't It shameful? And we are such good customers; our plumbing Is nearly always out of order!" , Philadelphia Catholic Standard: Willie Pa, what does "trust" mean, anyway? Pa Well, trust means "confidence," for one thing, and Willie Oh! then a trust magnate is a confidence man. Isn't he? Washington Star: "We are continually being misrepresented by the newspapers," said the Irate statesman.' "Well," answered Senator 8orghum, "If the press' waa successful In Its efforts to be absolutely accurate, some of us would never get Into office. BONO OF THE EDITOR. J. J. Montague In, the Oregonian. With spirits weary and worn. With eyelids heavy and red, Sat a newspaper man, and Jumped an inch At each throb of his aching head. Pore, pore, pore. O'er the paper every day. And as he read, In a voice full sore. He sang this painful lay: "Bead, read, read. With attention merciless; Read, read, read, .- ' Till the old sheet's on the press. Column and stick and head. Head and column and atlck. Till the brain is numb, and the soul is dead. And the heart Is faint and sick. "And what do I find but beats And wrong-font editor's views, And sermons long, and speeches weak, Played up In the place of news? And captions gone astray. And headlines out of gear. And the picture of Roosevelt run above The name of some pioneer? "Read, read, read. Of Sampson, Miles and Schley, Read, o-ead. read. As the weary days drag by, That the king of Spain nas a new sprint crown. Prince Henry's bat blown off; That a Russian force of a hundred horse Is quartered at LetegetolT. "And the same old rumors of war. And the same old rows at home. And the same old strikes In the rolling, mills And the same old strikes at Nome, It Is oh. for Mary Jane Holmes, And the duchess, and Hunter, too, The Congressional Record's massive tomei Would even look good to you. "Through the window comes floating in The perfume of springtime, bland; You can hear the beat In the busy street Of the drum of the German band, But column and head and stick, And stick and column and head, Are looking at you, in cold, cold print. And simply must be read. "Oh, for a taste of the joys Of a Mother Goose nursery rhyme; Oh. for a glance at the wondrous tales That began: 'Onoe on a time ' But there Is no time for love. And there Is no time for Joy, No time at all, but what's beaten above By the buck-dancing galley boy. "Oh. foremen who wildly shout For copy the whole day through, You little know as you slice up 'takes' What a lot of harm you do. For yfcur minion and nonpareil, Your agate and bold black fuce Are the cruelest things this side of well, We trust that you'll see the place." . With spirits weary and worn,; With eyelids heavy and red. Sat a newspaper man and pored and pored Over single and doubts lead. Read, read, read, Till his brain refused to think. And before his brain danced a whirling mass Of type and turned rules and Ink.