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t TITE OMATFA DATLY BEE: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1902. 'Hie umaiia Daily Bee, E. ROHEWATER, EDITOR. rUELlSHEU EVERY MORNINO. TERMS OK SUBSCRIPTION. Dully Bee (without Hunday), One Year. Uaily Bee and tjunuay, one lear jllumrated kite. One k far Mummy Bee, One Year Haturuay Bee, One Year Twentieth Century Karmer, One Year. UiSLIVEKKD BY CAKKItR. Dally Be (without Sunday), per copy. Dally liee (without Hunuayi. uer week 14.00 K.Oll l.0 .l.w .. 2c lac Dally Bee (including bunuay', per week.. 17o tunuay Bee, per copy bc evening wee (.without Hunoayi, pr ween ov "week" "e8 (,ncluillng Bu,:?a:...p?rioo .h?uraP!r.1r.edr?ogCUy'tUrcu".ttllVDrej: pertinent. OFFICES. . Omaha The Bee Building. Mouth Omaha CMy Hall Building, Twen - ty-nflh and M Streets. Council Bluffs lo t'earl Street. Chicago 1MO Unity Building. New York 23M Park How Building. Washington dot Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. rnmmiinlnnlW, r,latln In nl and dl 'torlal matter ihouid be addressed: Omaha I bchine'hV Tetters. Bu-lneiH, letter and remittances should be addreeaed; The Be Publlahlng Com- lltnyi vITlfiLflss-. remittances. Remit by d rait, express or postal oraer, tiavalil la ft, n Pit hHshi',.- ComuaQV. only 2-ccnt stamps accepted In payment of I nail accounts. Personal checks, except on uinuhu. or eastern exchanges, not accepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Ooorge B. Tar-chuck, secretary of The Bee : Publishing Company, being amy sworn, ays that tho actual number of full and icooiDleta cotls of Tbe Dally. Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during tn month of August, lwi, was aa rouows; ...as.Tao ....S8.T70 ....XtJ.ttlO II.. 17.. 18.. .SM,tRH .84,820 I ..St,380 ..X9.T70 1 8,H 2S.760 1 28, TOO 88,7SO 88.06O 10 88.7SO 11 28,750 13 28,730 IS 28,820 14 .38.020 .IS 88,730 20 80,380 21 80,120 21 20.000 a ao.sio U 28,783 28 H0.830 26 20,800 27 29,930 28 89,900 29 30,070 80 90,110 81 29,120 Total Lm unsold and returned cople .000,440 . ,87T i Net total sales Sliu.son Net dally average 28,021 GEO. B. TZ8CHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to , erore me taut ut day or September, A. D., lt- JO. U. HUJVUATK. (Seal.) Notary Public. And now there is to be a combination among the owners of cord wood. AU roads run to Omaha while Ak-Sar- Ben holds his royal court here. The battle of Nebraska Is progressing with smokeless and noiseless powder. Is 11 U cuuia Jo lujuuciluiia L pioxy whenever the judges are too busy to do the work themselves? Berlin waa a little too high up for Ne braska on the diplomatic tree, but Rio Janeiro seems to be within reach. Put It down that no other country In the world except the United States ever prepays Interest on Its public debt. Connecticut democrat have also turned the Kansas City platform toward the wall. Isn't this rubbing It In with a wooden nutmeg grater? ' Montana Is not a big state in point of pojnflatlon, but we presume it can sup port two democratic parties Just as well aa Delaware manages to support two republican parties. m . President Roosevelt is out of the reach of any trust that J. Plerpont Morgan can form, but J. Tlerpont Morgan may find that he Is not entirely out of Presi dent Roosevelt's reach. Russell Sage la again calling down brakes oh the financial train. Your Uncle Russell can see a red light ahead on the money market further than any other of the Wall street engineers. If D. E. Thompson accepts the Bra illan mission he will have to brash up his Portuguese as well as his French vocabulary. lie has been studying Mex ican Spanish for some years. Mexican war veterans have Just held thelr thirtieth annual meeting, with fifty members present, representing ten states. As an old settlers' reunion It la said to have been a brilliant success. , The Postofflce department has Issued a proclamation designating nine Alas kan postofflces for which no mall will be received during the winter season. vHere Is where wireless telegraphy has a clear field to get In Its work. It la now up to Police Judge Berka to 'decide whether the samples of art ex htblted In the picture slot machines eon 'form to the rulea that would be observed by the hanging committee of an art loan enterprise. Verily, the wisdom of Bolo- mon would be overtaxed on a police court bench. The latest advices are to the effect that the emperor of Corea may not be dead, as reported. Even should his lm portal highness remain In tho land of the living be will not be able to enjoy reading many obituary notices, as most of the eulogies were withheld to await the official death certificate. ' Fifteen million dollars worth of rail road property lu Omaha paid exactly $2rt,0i0.00 lu city taxes for the year .1002, while tho owners of other prop erty of equal value were compelled to pay $180,000 In city taxes for the same (year. How much longer will Omaha taxpayers tamely submit to such rank Injustice? Omaha contributes millions every year to the railroads in the shape of freight and passengrr tolls and affords the rail roads police and fire protection and all the benefits of municipal government at a cost of more thau $1,000,000 a year. Why should not the railroads cheerfully contribute their full share toward the xpenses of maintaining our city gov- ernmeatl RtLTlUfi VPttN Disro.tTtiTT. The hope of the democratic party now n In the pnot in In popular dlseontpnt, of which thin Is Rlway more or loss, however favorable the Industrial and other condition. In every national campalKn for year the appeal of that pHrty has been to the dlosatlfified senti ment, which It ha Bought In every pos sible way to Increase and Intensify. The leader are not counting upon the farm er, becauso these having abundant crop and being prosperous are well antlsfied with existing conditions. Rut thev hope to gain recruit from the working "m W,,m ? fes to believe there Is a great deal of dissatisfaction "arising out of the pres ent high prices and the failure of wages to keep up with them." We noted recently the statement of a democratic leader that the bad condi tion In the anthracite coal region and In a good many manufacturing centers "where, the people, although occupied. have hard work to get along, Will do a at deaL. we are not looking to the Agricultural states for our gains, he hu If Ig In the CODEestcd districts. Where political conditions are' more .nicely .,... . il weighed, that we shall encroach on the opposing party." In a late Interview the chairman of the democratic na tional congressional committee endeav ored to prove that there Is no prosperity, an effort utterly futile when addressed to Intelligent people. He asserted that worklngmen are paying more for their living and have not received an ad vance In wages over what they received five years ago, but neglected to speak of tho increased opportunity for labor that the worklngman has and Ignored the fact that steady employment Is an evidence of prosperity. There Is every probability that the democratic party will gain less this year from popular discontent than In the past particularly six years ago, when dissatisfaction among the people with then prevailing conditions was much more general than at present. There is undoubtedly an exaggerated Idea as to the extent of discontent among the working classes at this time. We think there Is no doubt that a very large ma jority of them are well satisfied with constant employment at much better wages than they received five years ago. It Is true that the cost of living has Increased, but except as to a few of the neces saries It is now less than a year ago. In any event, what does the democratic party offer that would benefit the wage earners? The overthrow of protection, which that party demands, every Intel ligent worklngman knows would be dis astrous to labor. Grant that it would reduce the cost of living, It would at the same time destroy the opportunity to earn it There is no promise of better ment for wage earners In democratic success. That party's policy is hostile to tbe Interests and the welfare of the industrial classes and it is not to be doubted that this is well understood by all Intelligent worklngmen. EX-UOTCRlfVR BOIES US TRUSTS. In bla formal acceptance of the demo cratic nomination In the Third Iowa congressional district ex-Governor Bolca for hl9 keynote proposes Just one thlng- free trade as the exclusive remedy for trusts. This he proposes In order, as he says, "to strike the heart of the trusts." He utterly Ignores all other suggestions of remedy for trust evils, and Is oblivi ous or contemptuous regarding the views of all other publicists of standing on. this subject. No recognized authority, whatever his opinion of the tariff, has gone so far as to advocate free trade as a complete remedy for monopolizing combinations. Radical free trader as be was, Mr, Bryan at the Chicago trust conference In 1000 would only advocate It as a partial remedy, and Insisted mainly on national control, but with a states rights string tied to It Mr. Boles strikes out as an Indiscriminate destroyer, and his appeal constat simply of the time-worn sophisms of free trade revamped under the text of trusts. One Important check on trust oppres sions Is the multitude of competing in dlvidualu, firms and Independent cor porations which, In most lines, still en gross the bulk of production. Mr. Bolea would really strike these to the heart by tariff revolution and sacrifice busi ness prosperity In a blind effort to remedy trust evils. When evil-doing American trusts had-got rid of domestic competition, In tbe general depression that always follows democratic tariff meddling, bow long would It take them to combine with British and other for eign trusts on tbe basis of a community of interests? Even as the case stands such alliances have ' already been formed, and that, too, by the managers of some of the Identical trusts whose aggressions are most complained of. Mr. Boies' pronunclaiuento Is utterly fatuous. He knows that during the term for which he is a candidate for election tho senate will not permit a general ripping up of tbe tariff, whether the democrats succeed lu controlling the house or not. He selects his portion (o gull voters and to make a platform for himself as already an aspirant for the presidential nomination at tbe next national convention. Under the plan of Tax Commissioner Fleming all taxable properly lu Omaha la to be assessed for the coming year at full value. This would be eminently right If all property was required to bear Its Just share of the burden of taxation In proportion to Its actual value. But If six-sevenths of the tax able property Is to be assessed at 100 per cent and the one-seventh which represents the railroads Is to pay taxes on less than 2 per cent of Its actual value, the new departure will work greater Injustice to tho great body of taxpayers than did the assessment for 1002, which was made on a basis of 40 per cent. The only way for the tax commissioner to carry out the spirit as well aa the letter of the constitution I to schedule the property and fran chises of the railroads at 100 per cent, the same a he proposes to do with tbe property of the street railway, gas, electric lighting, telephone and watir companies. ORGAMZtD LABOR i.VD STRIKES. SOUTH OMAHA, Pept. 26. 190J. To the Editor of The Bee: I fully appreciate your generous motive and sincere desire to be fair and give all sides a chance to be heard which prompted you to give my letter pub licity, notwithstanding that many of your opponents persistently assert that you re fuse to publish any matter not agreeable and In accord with your own views and Ideas. I thank you for thevvaluahle space so generously contributed making public my personal vlews of tbe Union Pacific strike situation and the manner It Is being con ducted by those engaged on one side of the strife; for I feel sure I express the con victions and sentiments of a vast majority of the community when I assert that fre quent and persistent strikes fail to accom plish any good, but are against the spirit of true Americanism as well as detrimental to public policy,' uncalled-for and Inexcus able, and only calculated to heap misery and destitution upon the families of the wage workers, at the same time disrupting business affairs, while the citizens are kept In a constant state of turmoil and excite ment. I very much fear if tbe Imprudent course being followed by strike leaders and labor agitators Is continued there will be more Idle men in the near future than was ever known before in the hlitor of the country. Why? Because the large operators snd manufacturers, whose patience Is about ex hausted, will close up their establishments. Tbe employers of labor In all lines of busi ness are heartily tired of being dictated to by the employee, and the whole business agencies of the United States will quit for a season and take a reat, until the laboring class can appreciate good pay, good treat ment and the general prosperity that all are now enjoying. .1 heartily concede that a majority of laboring men mean to do right and frown upon those false leaders who are continually .ytng to mislead and deceive them. And I am firmly convinced that a man who joins some of the unions lowers hla manhood and aurrendert Thla Indnnend. ence to a tyrannical dictum of coercive leaders. Tou say that some of the Union Pacific's shopmen who left goodjobs and went out on a strike were a long time employed by the company and some own their homes. Well, I don't suppose any of these were en rolled as pickets, Intercepting and molest ing others who desired to work. If so, they are surely blind to their own Interest and subject to serious condemnation. One would conclude by reading your article that the unionists and strikers con stituted the rank and file of those who work. wish to remind you that this whole na tion Is made up of a stupendous and stren uous class of Industrial people, and the per son who won't work. Is not entitled to any abiding place on top of tho earth. All hon est labor Is honorable. Even the ragpicker and junkdealer follows a worthy calling if their business methods sre conducted In an upright manner, although the vocation be of a menial character. There is a chance iu this beloved country for persons of all grades In life to rise In their profession. You say the avariciousnees and greed of trusts and corporations should be checked and prevented Well, our worthy nresldent and his administration, are endeavoring to hold those combinations of great Industries to account If they are guilty of any wrong toward the publlo or violation of the laws of the land. But what about that other most dangerous of all trusts, the organiza tion of labor, who defy the laws of our country and arrogate to themselves the right to destroy Ufa sod property and prevent their neighbor and fellow cltlien from work ing to support himself and family unless he becomes a member of their union? DAVID ANDERSON. Labor strikes and lockouts are the nat ural outgrowth of the industrial revolu tion which has srfbetitutcji machine pro duction for hand production.' Before the Introduction of steam and electric power In mills and factories and before the railroad took tbe place of the wagon train, skilled mechanics were in position . i -..hi. ii r in tuu j vu iuvii iinwi n ivu buiuii uui tal. Apprentices became Journeymen ana journeymen masters witnout ae- pendence upon large capitalists for sub- slstence. Steam propelled labor saving tiin.hlnerv drnr rh rrr miu of mo. ,.t. ,.... vuou.i-o iuw "iu..uw., ,u which all Individuality was lost and the man became simply part of the machine which turns out tbe modern factory product To meet these changed conditions labor had to organize for self-protection. The right of labor to organize conceded, the right of labor unions to fix the price at which Its members will sell the only commodity at its disposal namely, brain and muscle, must also be conceded. If the tradesman can set a price upon his merchandise, the mechanic and laborer surely has the same light to eet a price and fix the conditions under which he will hire out I This is tbe bedrock on which modern trades uulons are built The strike Is the only weapon with which organized labor can enforce Its demands or protect Itself from aggression. All strikes are a species of industrial war. Such conflicts always involve self-sacrifice and suffer ing on the part of the worklngmen, but whether successful or unsuccessful they tend to benefit all wage workers, be cause It Is an indisputable fact that the fear of strikes impels employers to make concessions that otherwise they would not grant v All labor conflicts carry In their train more or less lawlessness, which Is de plored by ail rational friends of labor Just as war and Its terrible consequences are deplored and abhorred. Tbe so-called Union Pacific strike Is really not a strike, but a lockout forced upon the shopmen by demands with which they could not have complied without disbanding their union or violating their aolemn obllga- , , , " . , Burt assumed the responsibility for all the consequences, whether they affect the men, tbe company or tbe public If the union labor trust foments strife and begets lawlessness, the danger to the country from thla source Is luoom parably smaller than Is the danger from the lawlessness engendered by colossal corporations who systematically disre gard aud violate all law, levy tribute upon the people to enrich themselves. corrupt tbe fountains of Justice through the bribery of public officials in city, state and nation, and trample under foot the rights of their employes and patrons alike. In the Irrepressible conflict be tween the labor trusts and tbe corporate tnihta the. irraf nf lD.rl...n .. I, It. If O...V nniat 1,1. .I.lo. Ill V - l w "., wu in ut terested on the side of organized labor rather than on the side of organized capital. Tho suit brought against the city by the proprietors of a hotel to recover dam ages sustained by reason of the estab llRhinent of quarantine against Inmates taken with smallpox opens up a serious question an to responsibility for loss re sulting from the enforcement of sanitary regulations. If the city were held liable It Is plain that there would be no end to such suit, because hotel men have no rights that ordinary citizen do not have, and every threatened epidemic of con tagious disease would bankrupt the treasury. Admitting the hardship It often Imposes, still if the constitutional guaranty that private property shall not be taken for public use without full com pensation could be invoked to block all precautions to safeguard the public health, our whole system of sanitary protection would have to be revised. Annual reports of the different rail roads continue to be highly flavored with prosperity. Not only that, but they show In almost every instance substan tial ' Increase In the net earnings as compared with the year before. None of them are in danger of being pauper ized by overtaxation. Where do the candidates for the legis lature stand on railroad taxation and municipal home rule? This question Is propounded to the candidates of all par tiesrepublicans and fuslonists alike. The columns of The Bee are open to all of them to declare themselves. It seems that the amount of labor de volving upon Secretary Cortelyou In con nection with the abandonment of the president's western trip Is almost equal to that devolved upon him in arranging the details originally. The president's secretary Is a busy man, There's the Rwb. Kansas City Journal. In one respect the North pole Is like the presidency of the United States everybody knows where It is, but It Is awfully hard to reach. Great Opening; for the Ueneroaa. Baltimore American. The people who are not getting a chance to spend their money for coal might utilize It to help swell tbe J. P. Morgan million- dollar fund for converting the Filipinos. Good Enough and Better. New York World. England boasts of a locomotive that bas run a million miles. Over here tnat ma chine would long ago have been put In the scrap heap and replaced by a better one. That's the difference. Civilisation Not Bo Much. St' LAuls Republic. With all of our boasts of advanced civ ilization, the fact remains that until some solution of the labor problem 1s found that 'm PP'7 equitably to the employer and employe true progress cannot, do recoroea. The Baron Humble Himself. Chicago Chronicle. "I am not 'a prophet," declares Brother Baer when -asked how soon the miners' trike will end. The admission will greatly surprise the' public, which certainly bad rea son to understand that Brother Baer held most Intimate and confidential relations with Omniscience. . A Rave Characteristic. Brooklyn Eagle. Mr. Hay's note was timely. We don't want this country to become a dumping ground for paupers. Yet one has only to walk through the East side to discover that not one of the Jews Is begging. The whin ing mendicants belong to other races, and you cannot get the police to interfere with them I l.tt it Go at That Bl4ffalo Exprew Admiral Hlgglnson says the navy gained valuable experience by the recent war game. No doubt it. did. The game was serious work for the officers and men engaged In Perhaps the publlo would have taken .h maneuvers more seriously If the un fortunate word "sham" bad not been ap- plied to them. A Farther Setback. Philadelphia Record. The announcement of a discovered exten sion of tbe rich Transvaal gold field gives further setback to bimetallism. The I plentlfulness of tbe yellow metal not only serves to answer the demand for primary money the world over, but It gives a spurt of appreciation to prices which Is always construed as evidence of prosperity. riea for the Street Car Coadaetar. Philadelphia Ledger. At tbe very best the street car con ductor's work is trying snd wearing, but It would be made lighter, less disagreeable. If every paaaengger should, In good temper and human sympathy, try to make It , so by practicing In his behalf the virtues' of civility, courtesy and kindness. Conductors and conducted are made of the same clay and are pretty much the same, though one takes the fare and the other gives It; they are alike fellow creatures, bound upon the same long Journey, to the same end, and It becomes every mortal to make tbe Journey through this rough old world of ours as smooth and pleasant as poaaible. RcTlaton aad Reform. Cleveland Leader (rep.). It is difficult for democrats to understand the republican position with respect to the revision of the tariff. Every time a repub lican of prominence says be Is In favor of a readjustment of the tariff the democrats at once cry out that another convert to democratto tariff reform has been won. But there Is all the difference In the world between tariff revision as advocated by re publicans and tariff reform as urged and fought for by democrat. The difference Is that the republicans. In considering the ln lew 'hdoc'rin" I of protection, while, on the other hand, the democrats only favor tariff reform because they believe It will ultimately lead to tree trade. The Sab-Trraaarr System Springfield Republican. As a matter of fact, the sub-treasury bas already been largely superseded by tbe na tlenal bank depository as the receptacle of surplus revenues, much more than one half the available cash balance of the United States treasury now being carried by tbe bank depositories. It would not bf a very radical step to put the rest of the surplus where the bulk of It Is and keep It there. Held by the sub-treasuriea, the money Is taken out of the market and locked away from the use of trade; while In the banks It would be kept in use. But the government should at the same time end I tb Policy of letting the banks bave the I u or tbls money rree oi cnarge. u I anil aknulJ Ika mtnaA m amirria nf r rofl r a I " " - r - ltha Dublin luiin. POLITICAL DHIFT. New York republicans manifest a whole some dislike for trust partners seeking public office. Notwithstanding his three score and twelve years, Senator Thomas Collier Tlatt can sidestep as gracefully as ever. "Me, Too," appreciates a hot ball without feel ing It. A novelty In politic! Is being cultivated In New York that of the nomination seek ing the man. The strange proposition Is confined to the prohibition party and is not likely to spread to other parties In that state. Treeldent Roosevelt remarked not long ago that tbe Mississippi cannot be dammed. If the president will put St. Louis on his next Itinerary and sample the water on tap there his opinion will undergo a radical change. Massachusetts democrats sre still jubilat ing over their anti-Bryan platform. But their Joy is somewhat chastened by the fear that O. Fred Williams may explode a bomb under It. O. Fred Is the Foxy Grandpa of Bay state democrats. , Mayor Rose of Milwaukee thinks be la tho right kind of a posy to adorn the executive mansion of Wisconsin, now occupied by Governor LeFollette. There are roees and roses, but precious few of the democratic variety survive the fall frosts of tbe Badger state. Michigan democrats entertained tbe hope that Judge Durand would take a fall out of Governor Bliss in the race for governor. Since Judge Durand waa forced by Ill health to retire from the race democratic hopes have taken on the shape of a collapsed balloon. For several moons back office holders In Illinois were assessed 5 per cent of their salaries, being classed as a "voluntary con tribution" to the republican state cam paign fund. - When the levy became known the civil service commission of the state notified the contributors that the levy was unlawful and that each might recover by action In the courts. One office holder had the courage to follow the advice and en tered suit. When the case was called the defendants confessed Judgment and paid back tbe money. Murat Halstead Is a candidate for the republican nomination In one of the con gressional districts of Ohio. From 1833 to 1889 Mr. Halstead waa the editorial head of the Cincinnati Commercial and the Commercial-Gazette and In that capacity was one of the noted Journalists of the country. In 1889 President Harrison nom inated him for minister to Germany, but he was rejected by the senate. Later be made his home In Brooklyn, but his friends In Cincinnati always regarded him as one of themselves. His latest Journey abroad waa one of personal Investigation Into affairs In tbe Philippines. He Is 73 years old. Virginia democrats ran turn a poohbah trick much more effectively than the one attempted hereabouts recently. A home for confederate soldiers near Richmond has 800 inmates, all democrats. The national home at Hampton has 3,000 Inmates, nearly all from the north and republicans. To meet the emergency the attorney general has decided that under the new constitution of that state "no inmate of a soldiers' home or other charitable Institution Ib entitled to register and vote anywhere except in the place of hla residence prior to becoming an Inmate of the Institution." They had to disfranchise 300 democrats In order to dis franchise 3,000 republicans. GROWTH OF RURAL DELIVERY. Cost of the Service Keeps Pace with Its Growlnar Popularity. Buffalo Express. The rate at which rural free delivery Is growing Is shown by the fact that Post master General Payne will ask congress at Its next session to appropriate tbe sum of 112,000,000 for Its maintenance and exten sion. For the fiscal year 1901 the appro priation amounted to but $1,750,000. In the next year those figures were more than doubled. For the present year the postal officials have available for this purpose tbe sum of $7,500,000. It Is estimated that there will be a deficit of about $300,000. By July 1, 1903, there will be 14,000 rural routes la operation. It Is estimated that It will re quire $9,000,000 to maintain the service next year and that the other $3,000,000 will be necessary in making the extensions de manded. These seem like very large figures. A jump from $1,750,004 to $12,000,000 In three years means that the service has grown Immensely. There is no question that the service is popular with the farmers, whom It Is designed to benefit. The only question, therefore, Is whether It Is not growing faster than the department can stand. But In answer to this objection It Is urged that the Postofflce. department Is very near solvent showing and that in time the rural delivery service will be placed more nearly on a paying basis by superceding fourth' class offices, star routes and mall messen- gers, and by bringing about an Increase of business. At any rate there Is not likely to be a restriction of the delivery. The more It Is extended the greater will be the de mands for new routes. Every part of the country will want to share In Its benefits. Consequently, the expenditures on this ac count will be a steadily Increasing Item for some years to come. HOW HEX GET RICH. The t sar Drops a Rare Pearl oa the abject. Philadelphia North American. In an address to deputations of subjects from provinces In which peasants recently attempted to evict tho landowners and con fiscate their property, the czar of Russia said: Remember that a man gets rich, not by seisins the uroperty of others, but by honest labor and thrift and by living ac cording to the commandments ot Uod. Considered aa advice and moral teaching the czar's words are excellent; as state ment of fact they are open to criticism of a skeptical sort. It would be nearer the truth to say that a few men do get rich by honest labor and thrift, but mapy more acquire wealth by seising what belongs rightfully to others. The process ot accumulation by hones labor and saving Is too slow for those to whom infinite wisdom has given control of tbe property Interests of the world and leg islators have given the privilege ot ex clusive access to natural resources. There are other ways of robbing people besides knocking them down and rifling thel pockets and many of them are so Ingen lously contrived that the victims not only are unconscious of loss, but so enamored of the processes by which they are plundered that they resent all efforts to protect them from the thieves. Soathera Plstol-Totera. Atlanta Constitution. It Is a sign of distinct progress when our criminal court Judges from Virginia to Texas, as by common purpose, carry on this fresh crusade against the plstol-toters No matter who they may be whether high In office, rich in purse, eminent In social station, or poor and unimportant erery man caught armed with deadly concealed weapons should be given the limit of the law In such cases made and provided. The practice of pistol-toting la a curse to any community, and It la' full time that It should be made odious and obsolete in our southern communities especially. OTHER LAUDS THAW Ot'RS. The German emperor appears to be very much In evidence during the recent army maneuvers In tbe neighborhood of Frank furt. Naturally his presence was an un failing presage ot victory. On the last day but one the blue forces had been get ting much the worst of It theoretically. They had been driven backwards by the Reds, and were supposed to be In a sadly demoralised condition. But during the Ight they were reinforced, aad In the morning under the emperor's invincible leadership, they fell upon their pursuers nd routed them hip and thigh. The em peror himself, mounted upon his Arab charger, rode at the head of 8,000 cavalry, and delivered a charge which completed the discomfiture and route of the enemy. He galloped victoriously through the guns snd over the Infantry, and received the con gratulations of the attendant officers, In cluding several distinguished American and British generals. The correspondents men tion casually that for five minutes he was exposed to a heavy infantry fire, and that later on he galloped for a mile In front of the enemy's guns, which belched fire nd smoke, but luckily for him no bullets. The military experts congratulated his majesty and pronounced the maneuvers exceedingly Interesting, successful, and In structive. What they thought will not be known, publicly, until their reports are old nough to be harmles. Roumaola has lately put In force a new labor law which carries one back to medie val times, when guilds were all powerful among artisans.. Under this new act no one will be allowed to work at a handi craft unless he has obtained a certlflcate from one of the guilds which are estab lished by the law. These are to be under the supervision of the local chambers of commerce, snd will be required to estab lish Insurance funds, to maintain labor registries and to found adult technical chools. The guilds must furnish certifi cates to all who show satisfactory knowl edge of, their trades, and bave also to nom inate two workmen and two employers to act with a representative of the govern ment as a board ot conciliation. The most Important clause of the new law encourages associations of workmen on the lines that have worked well In Italy and New Zealand. These associations of Roumanian workmeu are to have the right to deposit as secur ity only half of the amount required ot private firms tendering for government work. The process of RussiBcation which works so admirably in barbaric Asia, Is being ap plied with extraordinary vigor in civilized Finland. Already the Finns are placed under laws authoritative only In Russian, and find the Finnish version regarded as an un- fflcial concession. Russian governors, con trary to the law and precedent of the land. which Russia had engaged to respect, will displace Finns In every province, and per manently. The appeal of the municipality of Helslngfors against the replacing of tbe local police by Cossacks bas been refused by the Emperor. Everywhere the Russian official succeeds the native. The process ot rushing out a national spirit under the forms of humanity has rarely been so care fully planned, and mo uupariugiy pruuiui.su. Germany In the conquered provinces pursued more gradual way. It should be remem bered too that the Russiflcatlon of Finland means, broadly speaking, the substitution of an Inferior civilization. It is this which gives to the spectacle a peculiar poignancy. No relief Is In bight; but one must Imagine that the better educated Finns will not wish to become subject In a Russian province, and tbe prophecy might be ventured that we shall see from Finland an emigration of the class represented by the French Hugue nots and our own Puritans. Greece is the latest country to be con fronted with the problem of forest destruc tion. This summer vast tracts of her for ests bave been burnt over and laid waste, and as her wooded land was not very large, comparatively speaking, the situ ation is a serious one. Her two chief assets are her climate and her natural beauty, tbe latter more or leas enhanced by tbe ruins of her past. Now It Is said that her climate is deteriorating with alarming rapidity. Rain Is becoming less frequent, but more violent, and long drouths sre followed by terrlfflc storms which complete the denudation of tbe mountain slopes which waa begun by mau, while the rapid flow of water to tbe plains causes annually serious inundations. Some little effort baa been made to reforest parts of the country and to protect such wood lands as are left, but no great success bas followed It. Who would not be present at the army maneuvers ot Nicholas of Russia, espe cially If ho were to bo a guest of a czar? These maneuvers have been taking place In the vicinity ot Moscow, and tbe czar has been prevent personally to oversee tbe work. In order that he might live In com fort during his stay In the field, and like wise entertain bis guests in a manner befitting his and their station, a magnifi cent pavilion was erected, one which sur passed the fabulous beauties of those tents which sheltered Saladln, and just behind this pavilion was a Gargantuan kitchen, S00 feet long, with a staff of proportionate size, where the meals of his majesty were cooked. Even William of Germany never went to mimic war In such magnificence. Progressive as Japan is In some respects the over population of the islands causes In some parts, especially the larger cities. condition of life that Is but little better. even if It Is not worse, than slavery. Sta as well as town folks are equally welcome to mir waiting rooms, on the second floor of our building a pleasant meeting place for friends. Your packages looked after and information regarding both town and carnival cheer fully given. And maybe if you visit our store out of the vast assortment of clothing and furnishing we are dis playing there might besomething to interest you. THE MOST FOR YOUR MONEY and No Clothing Fits Like Ours. THE OFFICIAL AK-SAR-BEN NECKWEAR Red, green and yellow, neat Btripes, to be had here 25C AND DOC. Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers. R. S. Wilcox, Manager. S.W.Cor. 15th & Douglas Sts-f OmnliM, Neb. tistics that bave rocrntlr bees prepared show that In the cotton mills In and about Osaka, there are about SO.OfO persons mi ployed, of which tiumher nearly 60.0IM' :ire primitive; no car If taken by the employers or supervision by the government relative to tbe health ot the workers, and In conse quence consumption Is prevalent. Some of the women get wagts equivalent to but three or four cents a day, and the ililMici) average but two cents a day. As a result the methods of living sre of he niranrt. and a sort of ro-operatlre system prevails, the employers providing the sleeping pWr. Here tho human beings are treated wore than brutes, the report telling of one In stance where thirty-four persona wire found to be sleeping In a room, the dimen sions of which were but 11 by 3 fet. SENTIMENT AOAIST (Oil, ntltOX. tirredy Operators Rapidly Slldlue to Their Doom. Kansas City Star. The fact that a circuit Judge of Chlruao should suggest that the state take charge of the Pennsylvania coal mines Indlrntr the degree of popular exasperation over the course of the mine owners In the strike. When the trouble began the publlo knew little about, tbe care and no pronounced sympathy was shown for elthir side. But with the progress of events the owner and operators have undoubtedly created a had impression, until today the current of opin ion Is decidedly against them. Tbe mine owners have alienated the pub lic chiefly by the persistence In assuming that a strike involving 200,000 men Is a purely private affair In which tbe con sumers of coal bave no Interest. Holding thla position they have steadily refused to submit any poin't i the dispute to arbi tration. They have further turned senti ment against themselves by foolish state ments, such as that by President Baer of tbe Reading road, that "the rights and Interests of tbe laboring man will be pro tected and cared tor, not by tbe labor agi tators, but by the Christian men to whom' God In hla Infinite wisdom has given con trol of the property interests of the coun try." By their arrogance and by their Ignoring the Interests of the public the operators have provoked a feeling that may prove dangerous to them. When a circuit court Judge Is willing to suggest such radical remedies as those outlined by Judge Gib bons It is probable that tbe public at large Is strongly aroused. The fact la that the people east of the Mississippi, at least have too much at stake to allow the pres ent situation to persist indefinitely or to recur frequently. The operators may be fairly certain that eventually tbe publlo will defend Itself on the ground that the rights ot property are subsidiary to the right of the state. Tbe refusal of the mine owners to provide any remedy Is tending directly to that state Interference which they are now so vigorously opposing. By a singular infatuation they aeera blind to the fart that their course Is Inviting the very thing which they profess thoroughly to abhor. LAl'GHIXG GAS. Town Topics: "What did you get out ot your garden this year?" "Not u. iiy want by that I man I have one of my neighbor's) chickens for dinner." ' Boston Transcript: Stoughton Oh, I know when I get enough. -. Hosteller But when you get enough you don't know anything. Record-Herald. "He used to be so opti mistic always smiling and full of hope." "I know It. ut that waa before he found out that he was getting 13 a week leaa than the man at the next desk." Boston Globe Tommy?" How Is your brother, "Ill in bed: he's hurt himself. How did he do thatr?" "We were playing Who cotild le'Rn furth est out of the window and he won.": Atlanta Constitution: "Uncle William, what Is your opinion of politics?" "I dunno, aah. De las' time I had dentin's wrld It, It only gimme a dollar fer two votes; so I wonders what politics' opinion is of mel" Brooklyn Citizen: "Boy!" shouted the woman, with her head out of the window, "what ye throwln' etonea at?" "At yer cat," replied the boy. "And what are you, thrbwln',.aimy cat for?" t . i i "Because ye hain't got no dog ti throw at." Boston Transcript: Father Sullivan Tou say you love your wife; then why don't you go to work and support her? Patrick O'Brien That's Juat the trouble, your reverence. I love her ao much I can't bear to leave her long enough to get a job. Philadelphia Press: "My!" exclaimed the old ludy who wna taking her first trolley ride, "1 should think it would be mighty dangerous workln' on these care all tho time. Ain't you 'feared o' the 'lectrtclty slrikln' ye?' 1 "No'in," he replied, aa he took her nickel, and neglected to ring It up on the register, "you see I'm not a good conductor." THE GOLDKXROD. Lucy Lareoin. Thla flower la fuller of the sun Than any our pale north can show; It has the heart of Auguat won, And scatter wide the warmth and glow. Kindled at summer's mldnoon blaze. Where gentians of September bloom, Along October's leaf-strewn ways. And through November's paths of gloom. Herald of autumn's reign. It seta Oay bonfires blazing round the field; Rich autumn paya In gold hla debts For tenancy that summer yields. Beauty's slow harvest now cornea on. And promise with fulfillment won; The heart's vaet hope does nut begin. Filled with ripe sveds of aweetneaa gone. Because Ita myriad glimmering plumes LJke a preat army s stir and wave; Because Its gold In billows blooms. The poor man's barren walks to lave; Because Its eun-ahuped blosHoms show How souls receive the llgbt of God, And unto earth give back that glow I thank Him for the goldenrod. Visitors
