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I P' & ft- 1 ! i m f! 1 J i : i i ii Hi it J !' I : J I Sii i I it! i i I! f I ; IS Tim Omaha Sunday Ber E. ROBEWATER. EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. TERMS OF eUPBCRIPTlON. i Dally Bve (without Sunday). On Tear. MOO Dally liM and Sunday, One Year t.OO Zllustrated Bee. Ons Year 2 Bands? fee, One Year z.UO Saturday Ut-e, One Year 160 Twentieth Centu'y Farmer. One. Tear. Ltw DELIVJKIIBJ BY CARRIER. Dally Be (without Bunday), per copy.. 2c pally Bee (without Sunday), per week. .12c i Am 11 ee (Including Bunday), per week.lTc ' Bur.oay Bee, per copy So Evening Bee (without Bunday), per week. 10c Evening Bba (Including Suouay), per week loc Complaints of Irregularities In delivery should be addressed to CUf Circulation Department OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha city liaii Building, Twen ty -fifth and M streets. Council UllufTs 10 Fearl Street j Chlcago-1640 Unity Building. I New York Temple Court. ; Washington tol Fourteenth Street ! CORRESPONDENCE. 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' BUte of Nebraska, Dougit County, ss.i Ueorge B Tsschuck, secretary of Tn Bea Publishing Company, being duly sworn, saya thai the actual number of full and (complete copies of The Dally, Morning, evening ana Sunday Bee printed during lb month of April, was as follows: l. a,ooo 1 29,BU0 17 ao.oao U 29,B40 13 20,050 so.... ro.eso 21 X,SM0 22 UB.SOO a ifu.ooo !M 89,420 26 89,40O 26 29,SU 27 iiU.ttOO 2S St9,0U0 29 VU,BHO 20 20,4120 ltt,30 a...... so.oao , 4. itV,510 ; I xv.suo ! xu.tao 7 XU.BIO t KO.UtiO JO. 2W,4SO U 2,810 12 .....20,470 U Xu.SlO 14 2it,5SO la. 29,480 Total o,40 Less unsold and returned copies... 1O.10T - Net total sales 8T0,83M Net dally average 20,227 UtORQB B. TZSCHUCK. Cabscrlbed In my presence and sworn to bemre m this rth day of April, A. D. ISeaL) M. B. HUNOATE. Notary Publlo. May rains hare put the Nebraska farmer beyond the danger line. By grace of the weather man, Ne braska hag been having a taste of the water cure. An occasional drouth is decidedly preferable to a periodic downfall of molten lava. Old world nations seem to be willing to let the United States lead In coming to the relief of the volcano victims. If the anthracite miners succeed In (tying up all the railroads In Pennsyl vania a tie pass over the Pennsylvania railroad may be worth having. Mr. Bryan will help to Inaugurate the presldeut of the Cuban republic, but It Is doubtful whether the president of the Cuban republic will be able to reciprocate. Kind Edward need now have no scruples about letting his coronation fes tivities proceed. Our old friend, IMchnrd Harding Davis, is to be there to tell us all about It. The ticket scalpers have had their annual convention and no Injunction from the federal courts was asked for to prevent them fron engaging iu a com-munlty-of-lnterest program. To read the accounts of the various expeditions of newspaper correspondents sent to the scene of the Martinique dis aster one cannot escape the conclusion that every one of them was first upon the spot after the Pelee eruption. Not content with naming the candi dates to be nominated on the republican state ticket, the popocratlc World Herald wants to write the platform to be promulgated by the republican state convention. Such disinterested selfish ness ought to be rewarded. , The measure pending in congress to eonfer statehood oa Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arizona Is referred to as an "omnibus bill." To conform more accurately with historical events In the territory concerned, it should be designated a "stage coach bill." The Danish Parliament has concluded to part with their West Indian posses sions without further parleying. The prospect of them being buried under a layer of ashes by volcauic eruption was altogether too imminent to warrant .;theui lu holding on to their property in the Caribbean sea. 4 Colonel Bryan's friends hereabouts ap- gra4n kuow whether they should rejoice or lafflatitjthe ext Si.jP! many uoss .ixou iroiu me succession to Boss Croker. Colonel Bryan should send some word front Cuba that would relieve them from this embarrassing state of doubt ' The appalling consequences of the re port of the committee of scientists who after Investigation told the people of Bt Pierre that no danger was to be ap prehended from Mount Pelee is not UkCf'7 to strengthen confidence of courts and Juries iu expert testimony that is almost invariably conflicting. It Is worthy of note that no one ofll dally connected with the Louisiana Purchase exposition or with the United States government exposition commis sion entered any serious objection to the postponement of the fair till 1004. Another year on the salary roll has no terror for any of the Individual INFORMATION WAITED. Now that the State Board of Equalisa tion hns completed Its work of assess ment of the pmpprty of the railroads of Nebraska, the people are entitled to know upon what the board has based Its findings. The board makes no secret of It that it hns assessed only the tangible property of the corporations, but as yet the people are completely in the dark as to what the board consid ers tangible property and what Value has been placed uion It To come to the point, the people of Nebraska would like to know whether the board appraised the right-of-way of each road according to its dimension and locatiou, or whether It appraised the right-of-way in a lump regardless of its length or breadth, or actual market value. The people would like to know at what rate the board assessed the main tracks of the railroads and at what rate It appraised the sidetracks. Were the main tracks all appraised at the same value for each and every road whether the rails weigh fifty pounds to the yard or eighty pounds to the yard, or whether the trackage traversed bridges, culverts and tunnels, or only an ordinary roadbed ? Did the board assess the sidetracks in Omaha, Lincoln, Grand Island, Kearney, Hastings and Beatrice at the same price per mile as It did the sidetracks adja cent to little hamlets and water tank stations? Did the board classify the engines Into first, second and third classes, according to size and power, or did they adopt one price for all classes of engines passenger, freight, new, old, mammoth, or pony engines? Did it classify the passenger coaches and fix a price upon each according to its dimensions and standard, or were all passenger coaches, whether they were palatial passenger coaches or worn-out emigrant cars, entered under tne one head? Did It make a separate computa tion of the value of the other equip ments of the respective roads, or did it Simply appraise all the railway equip ments In bulk regardless of their rel ative value? Did the board endeavor to ascertain and assess the value of depot grounds according to their respective locality, or did It pool all of the depot grounds on each road and assess them at acre sand hill land prices? These questions are very pertinent be cause they go to the very bedrock of the whole mode of assessing the tangible railroad property. A suspicion is abroad that the board has absolutely ignored the various elements in the tangible property of the railroad? and simply copied the assessments of last year with a few variations, adding a bagatelle to the general valuation in order to' make it appear that it was an entirely new assessment. That suspicion cannot be dispelled unless the board favors the public with a specific detailed state ment of the exact figures at which the various tangible railroad properties are appraised. According to the testimony of an ex pert In valuations of railroad property who testified on behalf of the Union Pacific in the maximum rate case, the terminal facilities of the Union Pacific railroad at Omaha and South . Omaha, exclusive of the bridge, were worth any where from 10,000,000 to $10,000,000 five years ago. That was before the new union station was built Nobody will dare contend that these terminals are worth less this year than they were In 1807. But under the assessment just completed by the State Board of Equalization the amount Omaha will be permitted to levy a city tax against will bo $10,700. This will be one-tenth of per cent on a valuation of $10,000,000 or one-fifth of 1 per cent on a valua tion of $3,000,000. For county purposes the thirty-three miles of the Union Pa cific la Douglas county, including all the terminal facilities and bridge, will be assessed at $323,400. When It is borne in mind that the thirty ihree miles of roud alone are capitalized at $3,300, 000 and the terminals and bridge are worth at least from $8,000,000 to $10,- 000,000, the rank injustice done to other taxpayers is so apparent that it requires no discussion. PREPARING rOH MCW GOVtRtiMMNT. Preparations for inaugurating the Cuban government are nearly completed and there appears to be nothlug now in the way of carrying out the program for the birth of the new republic on May 20. President Palma has selected bis cabinet, a minister to the United States has been appointed and attention is being given to other duties devolving upon the executive. The congress is already in session. It appears that a great deal of factional contention is going on which Palma is laboring to conciliate, appealing to the people to show their patriotism by curbing per sonal ambitions. This is not an unex pected situation, for the Cubans l-ive a keen appetite for official position and the emoluments, but it promises to give the new government no little trouble,'! UU1IT, - aflid However. Presldeut Palma seems have abundant courage and vigor will doubtless deal with the conditions KMnHng him wisely and flrfmly. There lso doubt that a very largib ma jority of ttepcopV"onfldenee in him and if be shalNbegln Lis "Sdmluis tratlon on broad and patriotic Hues, with the single purpose of promoting the progress and prosperity of the country, protecting the rights of all and preserving peace and order, he should succeed in placing the government on a stable and secure basis. In such a course he will have the moral support of the American government and peo ple. The order just Issued by General Wood, Incorporating in the laws of Cuba ths immigration, exclusion and contract labor laws of the United States, Is probably the result of a very recent decision by ths Washington authorities, since there had been no public Intimation that such an order was to be Issued. Whether or not the Cuban leaders were consulted in the inauvr aoes uu appear, imi la any TITE OMAHA DAILY BfiEt SUNDAY, MAY 18, 1902. event the new condition imposed will undoubtedly be respected.1 It Is In the Interest of Cuban labor, as It will pre vent the Importation into the island of Chinese and other cheap labor, which without such restriction would cer tainly go there. The effect will be to keep up the price of labor in Cuba, which Is essential to the general pros perity, and It will not necessarily re tard industrial progress. If more labor Is required for developing industries ana carrying on public Improvements t cau be obtained by inducing the Immi gration of such people as may come to the United States under our laws. It is also very Important, If we are to have commercial reciprocity with Cuba, that our labor shall not have to com pete with coolie and contract labor such as we exclude. It would be a misfor tune to Cuba, economically and so cially, to have a flood of the cheapest and most servile labor brought into the island, which undoubtedly would be the case if the planters were left free to import it, and It is manifestly of the greatest Importance that the new re public shall start right In this respect Cuba's population Is now homogeneous and as far as possible it should be kept so. At all events there should be In troduced no element the tendency of which would be to lower economic and social conditions. JVO ZIONISTS iy ZION. The visionary character of the Zionist movement attested by its failure to en list the co-operation of Jews throughout the civilized world according to the ex pectations of Its promoters, Is verified again by its failure to make the colo nists who have been re-established in Palestine satisfied with the conditions that surround them In the Promised Land. An Interesting letter from Wil liam E. Curtis, the well known news paper correspondent relating his obser vations on a recent visit to one of the twenty Jewish colonies planted by Baron Rothschild and given over to the direction of the London Jewish Colo nization society, describes the life led by the modern Inhabitants of what con stituted the ancient Jewish state and draws pertinent conclusions as follows: The appearance of things at Sammarln suggests that Baron Rothschild overdid things and pampered his colonists too much. The houses are too fine for such a purpose. They axe not suitable for farm ers and are so much better than anything in the villages around as to furnish a dis agreeable contrast. The colonists are gen erally discontented. Some who could scraps together sufficient money have gone sway, and quite a number of the houses are empty. Others who still remain, un able to secure funds to pay their passage to any other place, are occupying their time abusing the management, while all of them are opposed to the Zionist movement of which they are a part, because they say there are altogether too many Jews In Palestine today. If the Jews in Palestine today are all opposed to the Zionist movement how can the Jews In other countries be ex pected to favor and support it? Why should the Jews, who have nothing in common, except their creed, and even In that differ as much as Protestant does from Roman Catholic, expatriate themselves and move from-the countries of their birth or adoption to a barren, desolate region in which at best they would be subjects of the Turkish auto crat? Why should the Jews, who enjoy the privilege of citizenship among na tions under republican forms of govern ment abandon the countries to which they have voluntarily sworn allegiance to colonize a country to which they have no other attachment than, that of tradition? If the Zionist movement were to be carried on with renewed vigor, what reason is there to believe that new colonies would fare any better than those already established, which are gladly abandoned by their members at every favorable opportunity. Zionism presents an alluring picture, but rests on impractical foundations. As The Bee has often pointed out the amelioration of the condition of down trodden and oppressed Jews, wherever they may be, la to be accomplished not by returning them to Palestine, but by assisting them to become useful anj self-supporting citizens of the country to which they prefer to attach them selves. The salvation of the twtleth century Jew is not to be soughtln Zion, but within himself by conduct that will earn for him the respect ajfid confidence of the people among wbfem he moves and Uvea. . OVa PHlLirPirt UBU1QA.T10XS. Perhaps the strongest speech that has been made,tu support of the govern ment's poftcy In the Philippines Is that of Senator Foroker, who discussed the subject chiefly with regard to our ob llgaf.ons created by the treaty with Spal.a. lie pointed out that In the first plf.ee we are bound by the stipulations ofVhe treaty to remain in tne islands, asertlng our governmental authority tiere for the protection of every Suan- 'lsh subject there remaining in the en joyment of his property rights. In the second place, we are so bound as to his personal or civil rights, and, in the third place, "we are obligated by the stipulations of that treaty to protect all the Inhabitants of the Philippine islands in the enjoyment of their religious rights and privileges." Another specific obligation which this government is honorably bound to observe Is that the vessels and the merchandise of Spain shall have an open door with us In the Philippines for the stated period of ten years. Furthermore, in taking possession of the Islands the Ohio senator declared that we bound ourselves to the subjects there residing of every other civilized power, by the mere operation of inter national law, to protect them in their property and civil rights. There can b no doubt respecting our duty In this regard and it Is recognized by every nation having subjects in the Philip pines. The United States Is looked to by those governments to protect the inter ests and rights of their citizens in the Philippines and it would 'clearly be dis- bonorabWpn tha part cf the United States not to do so. Still another obliga tion Is to the friendly Filipinos, the large number of natives who have co-operated In the work of establishing and main taining American authority. There are many such and Senator Foraker urged that we have no right to desert them, unless we propose to act the poltroon. Even the opponents of the Philippine policy are not wholly blind to these obli gations, as shown by the terms of their proposed substitute for the pending bllL That provides for the relinquishment by the United States of all claims of sov ereignty over and title to the Philip pines, but the United States shall con tinue to occupy and govern the archi pelago "until the people thereof have established a government," which gov ernment must agree to certain condi tions, among them "to carry Into effect the treaty obligations of the United States with the kingdom of Spain and for the maintenance and protection of ail rights and property acquired under the authority of the United States." Thus our obligations are recognized by the opponents of the government's Philippine policy, but they would com mit their fulfillment to a people who could not be depended upon to keep their agreement and who In all prob ability would be unable to maintain a stable government or keep peace and order among themselves. Senator Foraker has shown most con clusively the weakness and the utterly untenable and unreasonable character of the democratic position, a clear under standing of which will insure its over whelming repudiation by the American people. A A' VMSAF HVVTC. The supporters of the Nicaragua ca nal bill express confidence that the senate will act affirmatively upon the house measure, apparently quite unim pressed by the volcanic and seismic disturbances that have recently occurred in the region through which the pro posed canal would pass, warning of 1he danger that would constantly menace a waterway there. Referring to this ths Philadelphia Press says that "in the light of recent ghastly experience, what folly it would be to spend $200,000,000 in carrying a canal across a lake with a smoking volcano in it" and the New Tori; Sun points out various forms of danger that a Nlcaraguaa canal would Ik subject to. These are direct destruction of the canal, or a part of it, or its works, by a volcanic eruption or explosion; de struction of the dam or the locks by a heavy earthquake during one of the frequent periods of subterranean Insta bility; structural damage to tho canal works by the lesser but almost con stant earth tremors; destruction or dam age by a tidal wave in the lako of Nic aragua; a permanent change in the to pography of the region by some great natural convulsion. There are other forms of danger, but these are ' qulto enough. It would seem, to show the folly of constructing a canal through a region covered with volcanoes and where earthquake disturbances are frequent and so we are inclined to believe the senate will think. . THE ANTHRACITE COAX. STRIKE. The strike of the anthracite coal miners is formidable in its present pro portions, but there is danger that it will not be confined to the men now out There is a proposition to Involve the miners of bituminous coal in the contest and it Is not Impossible that this will be done. It Is to be presumed that there is a general sympathy bujif organized miners with the antsraclte strikers, mainly for the reasa that the vital point in the contest' is for the preservation of the anthfaclte organiza tion. Other miners. rIl see that if that is destroyed It Ol mean the end of all organization ?and this will be very likely to induce taem to assist in the contest If they Should so decide it is easy to understand that the result might be mos damaging to the business Interests of, the country. It is apprehended that 4 prolonged struggle between the an thracite operators and miners, which seems to be expected by both, will work great injury to business, and If there should be a stoppage of coal min ing throughout the country for any con siderable length of time tho conse quences would certainly be disastrous. The operators, so far as appears, are entirely satisfied with' the situation. Indeed, some of them practically de clared a lockout before the strike was formally ordered and none of them has at any time since tho controversy began shown any disposition or desire to treat with the miners. It has been evident from the first that the operators were not only willing that the strike should come, but really wanted a test ot strength at this time, as being the most favorable season for such a con test The preparations which the op erators have mude for carrying on the fight show this. Meanwhile the situation in the anthra cite region is receiving attention at Washington, with a view to ascertain ing whether there is a combination there amenable to the anti-trust law. The subject has been discussed by tbe president and cabinet and the attorney general received instructions to make a thorough inquiry as to whether ther is a coal combine. It Is stated that the Department of Justice has received from the United States attorneyflu tho coal regions evidence tending to show that the coul combination is fully as much in restraint of trade as tho Beef trust or any other combination In this coun try. It appears that the capitalists of tho five largest railroads which pene tiate the coal regions control the greater portion of the coal fields, and their methods are declared to be most auto cratic. ' They determine each month what tho output for tbe ensuing month shall be and the amount that each op erator .shall produce. There Is no doubt whatever of tbe existence of a hard coal combination, but whether It can bo reached under tho anti-trust law is a question, though If tho meat combina tion Is contrary to law certainly the coal combination must be. The result of Attorney General Knox's Investigation will be regarded with general Interest Announcements from tbe seats of our colleges and universities seem to Indi cate that tbe summer school habit is assuming constantly greater proportions aud that few of our more Important Institutions of higher education will bo without a summer session this year. The summer school varies In character In different places, being designed to satisfy the needs of different classes of students or to supplement work pursued at home or In other institutions. That there is a real demand for the summer courses goes without saying or they would not enjoy the patronage that war rants their continuance and expansion. The summer school work of our colleges aud universities Is destined to grow and keep on growing at least for some time to come. In the report of the year's work read a week ago by the secretary at the meeting of the National Municipal league at Boston, Omuha was included In the enumeration of cities where signal victories for reform had been won through the Intervention of a local municipal league organization. By going all the way to Boston we are able to learn that five members of tho Omaha school board and the city police judge were elected last fall by the Municipal league, for which achieve ment due credit is now claimed. Clrlaaj the Snap Away. Washington Post. There were 6,000 women at the Los An geles convention. Think of how the night key was overworked by the loved ones who remained at home. Cheering; Welcome Hone, Baltimore American. Cuba is doing honor to its new president in a way to convince the world that the first man chosen to this office will be re spected by the people of the island. How Watch the Ermlae Fly. Philadelphia Press. It is understood that when King Edward gets through with the coronation he is go ing to tackle J. Plerpont Morgan and the shipping combine. This sounds very inter esting, but what it likely to happen is that the king will keep on sawing wood at tbe old stand In Windsor and will let J. P. se verely alone, or elae ask to be let In on the ground floor. Oar Moralng Tipple. Philadelphia Record. The quantity ot coffee consumed In the Usited States Is so large in comparison with other beverages that it easily holds first place. The visible supply ot coffee in the markets is now unusually Urge and there Is assurance for a year to come of low prices. Cheap coffee will go a little way toward easing the drain upon the householder's purse consequent upon the high prices of other foodstuffs. , ' the abolition or adam. Protest Aaalaat the Attempt to Efface Btm from First Plaae. Atlanta Constitution. There Is evident need for some enter prising party to organize a grand order of the defenders of Adam. The theologians of the country, are getting all at sevens and sixes again over the question whether Adam was a sure enough man or only a myth of the superstitious creation ex pounders of tho first eras of doubt and debate. , Possibly It l. T.O part of the privileges ot a layman to cut Into the discussion. Nev ertheless the distinction between theolo gian and layman being an afterthought and purely professional, we venture our p rotes' - against any endeavor to efface 4dm from the first place In the gene alogy of the human race. Evidently, the race had to have a beginning somehow and somewhere, and we are of the opinion that most people are satisfied to have Adam stand godfather for the tribe. He Is certainly a better sort of federal head than any anthropoidal chimpanzee that Darwin or any other scientist has ever advertised to us. Even if he did make that alleged mistake about the apple In Eden he did his best afterward, as far as anybody knows, to make things right by working hard and doing his best to keep the commandments. Unless somebody can get back of Adam aad find some person who In all points Is better credentlaled to become the father of the human race, there will not appear to most people any good reason to push him off the front seat and consider that all of us, like Topsy, "Just growed." The truth Is that, so far as human knowledge goes and so far as science has been able to acquire trustworthy data, there is as much authority for believing that Mopes told the truth about the crea tion of Adsm as to believe that mankind evoluted from a ring-tailed baboon In some primal forest of prehistoric times. We stand for Adam, let who will take the part of the monkeys! PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE). Reports of the strikers doings In the anthracite region may be classed as Idle speculation. The pre-eminence of Indiana as a liter ary foundry receives a fresh boost by the discovery that one noted author is an ex pert la fabricating doughnuts. Whatever reform may be necessary in certain measures, there Is no danger of ths bottom dropping out of the strawberry box. That will be found always sear the top. Critics of all parties agree that a few Swift Philander Knox directed at the anthracite coal trust would provoke an eruption of popular applause from Maine to Oregon. As aa Incident showing the progress of ths dear girls in political science It is re lated than 206 delegates at a 'woman's convention In Illinois cast S64 votes In a contest for officers. It wasn't s good day for voting, either. Age does not wither nor repetition stale the charm of the story that a telephone girl at Baa Francisco who responded to a call In low, sweet tones bewitched a mil lionaire at tbe other end ot the line, and Is now enjoying the hooeymooa in Europe. Ten p. m. Is the curfew hour for married women la Long Island City, according to the dictum ot a local court. After that hour a .dutiful husband may, with s clear conscience, retire to his snoosery and Isgve his better half to rustle along with the night key. Justice may he slow In catching on, but It la getting there in spots. St. Louis is still undecided whether to put off tbe fair another year, move down on Mexico and kidnap Councilman Krats. Mr. Krats Is one of the expert reformers of tbe towa whose marvilous industry aa s franchise Dsomoter enables him to en joy the kalyeoa kiss of Mexico's chaste auroral sephyrs. He Is too great a wonder to he omlttea from the coaUnc show. BLASTS FROM RAM'S HORN. Purity opens the wsy to a world of glad ness. Memory makes many payments for a sood deed. Tbe firm and ths garden are tbe best gold diggings. Learn to be contented, and you will know how to be rich. Loving deeds are the best seeds; they bear la all soils. Care is the stumbling-block La the path way of happiness. The merry-hearted have a fortune that thieves cannot steal. The weakest saint on his knees Is too strong for the devil. Do your best today and you will he able to do better tomorrow. The happiest people in this world are those who are at rest from themselves and at work for others. The devil Is not worrying over the preacher who puts more rhetoric than Christianity Into his sermons. SECULAR SHOTS AT THK PIXPIT. Chicago Tribune: A committee on the re vision of a church erred can do more work and less revising than any similar body of which we have any knowledge. Chicago Record-Herald: A Cleveland preacher has discovered that the recently developed love for sports here In America Is a sign of degeneracy. Down with the muddled oafs! Washington Post: A proposition to In troduce a vested choir has split a Philadel phia Methodist church In twain. It Is a very easy matter to guess which way the younger members of the congregation went. Boston Transcript: With the vivid de scription of the cloud of fire descending on the Lesser Antilles fresh in mind. It re quires no great amount of imagination to encompass tbe horrors of the old-fanhloned orthodox Judgment day. Minneapolis Journal: Governor Taft's mission to the Vatican Is sensible and proper In every way. and It Is humiliating that the administration should feel it nec essary to explain the errand In apologetic terms. We are living In the twentieth cen tury, but superstition Is not dead. Chicago Chronicle: Another somewhat well known clergyman wba has ceased to believe or to teach the tenets of the creed to which he Is a nominal subscriber Is go ing to put his church to the trouble ot a heresy trial Instead of acting like an hon est man and severing his connection volun tarily. The wonder grows that a man should wait to be kicked out of an organi sation whose dogmas he rejects and whose teachings he ridicules, and the worst of It Is that It seems to be true almost entirely of preachers. The layman who undergoes a change of religious faith does not wait to be told to quit. He seeks another com munion, or none at all, and that la the end of It. The clergyman alone has to be served with a writ of ejectment. CAPITALIZING THE FLTIRE. People Who Pay the Freight Also Pay for the Water. Philadelphia North American. It Is admitted by "financial authorities" that the $37,600,000 of stock retained by Mr. Morgan for promoting the new Ocean trust Is nothing but water, since it approximately represents the difference between the nominal capitalization of the ship combine and the .actual value of the 1120,000,000 worth of stock. That is to say. In order to provide for Mr. Morgan's .commission one-third water.' was added to tbe capi talization. It is sot expected, these same expert "authorities" explain, to make this added and wholly artificial value out of higher freight rates. That is to be ac complished by economies of administra tion and operation and the developments of the years. A similar announcement was made when Mr. Morgan organized .his Anthracite Coal trust a year ago. At that time much was said about the economies to be effected by consolidation. These .economics. It has already been demonstrated, have not served to make coal cheaper to the consumer or wages higher to the miner. The entire savings have been absorbed by the trust people for their own exclusive use. The same end is obviously aimed at by Mr. Morgan in the promotion of his ocean trust The economies ot administration and Increase In business will not be suffi cient for years to come to Justify divi dends on the immensely Inflated capitali sation ot the combine, so that no matter how prosperous the conditions may be In tbe ocean carrying business the trust will always have a plausible pretext for keep ing up rates. The scheme works excel lently from ths financier's standpoint, but It leaves the rights ot the publlo entirely out of consideration. Special ' Clothing Sale Monday Boys' $2.50 Suits and 25 Cent All Wool Knee Pants They were not all sold at our Saturday sale and we are anxious to dispose of them. Maybe you could not attend on account of the rain. We hope such is the case, because we feel assured you are letting one of tbe. best bargains offered in a long time slip by if you fail to come and see what we offer at Juvenile Suits 3 to 8 years $2.50 2-Garment Jacket and Pants Suits sizes 13, 14, 15, 10 $2,50 NO CLOTUING FITS LIKE OURS. Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers, He B. Wilcox, Manager. DOMESTIC PI.F.ASANTRIRS. Broc-klvn Life: "So she Jilted the sou and married the father." "Yes. Khe thought an Income better than an allowance." Pultlmore Herald: "Remember, my dear -brethren," said the minister, "thitt charity rovereth a multitude of sins. I hnp you'll be unusually generous In your offering this morning." IVtrolt Free Press: Miss Oldglrl (worth a million) No, sir, I will never marry you. Now. I trust I've made myself p'o'n- Cutting Hints Its entirely unnecessary! I assure you. New Tork Weekly: Young Husband Seems to me It Is costing us a great deal to live. Young Wife I know It Is. but I can't Imagine why. I always buy everything in very small quantities. Harper's Bnsaar: Albert Why, don't you recollect that glrlT That's the girl you used to rave over last summer called her a "poem" and all that. Kdward By Jove! so it 1st I never could commit a "poem" to memory. Brooklyn Life: Rhe You wouldn't mind savin this over again tomorrow, would you. dearie? I am a member of the M. 1. 1). C. club. "Why. what does that meanT" "Moonlight proposals don't count." Philadelphia Press: The Maid Do yoit think It's unlucky to set married on a, Friday? The Pachclor Of course. Why should Friday be an exception? Baltimore American: "Your new offlce boy may be all right, but he stammers so. "That's the beauty of It. If a client calls when I've stepped out for a moment I have time- to gtt back before the boy gets through explaining where Tve gone and when I'm expected to return." Cleveland Plain Dealer; "Where In the. world did she ever get that ugly, little, lopsided husband of hers?" "That's one of her finds. ' "One of her finds." "Why, yes. Didn't you know she was a bargain fiend?" MAKK ROOM KOH THE KICKER. S. E. Klser In Leslie's Weekly. The man who Is willing to thankfully take What the world Is willing to tender Will leave no such record as men who win make His mark will bo shallow and slender. The world passes by The timid and shy, Though they may be deserving, and sticks Very glad that It may Its must gorgeous boquet In the coat of the fellow who kicks. Columbus was not of the satisfied lot Who took what tho world kindly sent them: What he wanted he boldly went after and col Whe ox en the fates stood oDDOslna- he bent tnem. v Had he asked for no more Than men laid at his door His name In Time's mists would be hid. Unhonored, one day. They'd have stored him away But Columbus could kick and he did. - wild shore, Bhe bore from disgraceful oppression Mon who kicked and who won the soul freedom, therefore. That we hold as a sacred possession. And Washington, too, And his followers, knew That they who ask only what tyrants will lve May expect to be fed On the crusts of the bread And In pitiful slavery live. Ah, pity the man who, with fear In his breast Goes tolling and never complaining; They will add to his burden and grant him no rest. While the one who goes kicking keeps gaining. The world may approve Of the timid who move Complacently on, but it picks Foe Its favors the man Vho exacts all he can Oh,' the winner's the fellow who kicks. 20 Per Cent Discount Artistic Printing and Developing. J. C HUTESOH & GO. 118 S. 15th St. Near Old P. O. teggWU jim .I,,., ..um , .. ,1,,,, , Sailor Suits 4 to 9 years $2.50 IPOGO J jST CAM ERAS M Double-Brcastcd All Wool Jacket & Pants Suits Knee Pants 1 to 12 years 12, 14, 15 and 16 years $2.50 $2.50 r i nonorajla V 1