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aya that the actuai number of full and
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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.