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THE OMAHA DAILY HISEt SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1002. The Omaha Daily Bee. E. HOSEWATER, EDITOR. FIBMPIIKT) EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Pnlly Hoe (without Sunday), One Year. 11.10 Dally life anil Huuday One Year ' llliiHtratfil Bee, One Year 2 .W Hunday Uee, One Yi-ar t-" Saturday Hee, One Ycur l.fri Twentieth Century Farmer, One Year.. l.UU DELIVERED HY CARRIER. Dally Uee (without Sunday), per copy.... 2c lHlly Hee (without Humlay). per week...l2n Dally Uee (Including Sunday), per week.. 17c Bundny Uee, per copy Be Evening; Uee (without Sunday), per week Sc Evening Uee (Including Sunday), per week 10c Comblalnts of Irn gularitlf In delivery should be addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha Thfi Uee Building. South Omaha City Hall Building, Twenty-fifth and M Streets. Council Bluffs hi l'earl Street. Chicago JW" I'nlty Building. New York 2KX I'ark Row Building. Washington 601 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi torial matter should be addressed; Omaha lice, Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letters and remittances should be addrensed: The Bee Publishing Com pany, Omaha. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamps accepted In payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omahit or eastern exchange, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss: Ueorge H. Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of October, was as ioiiowb. 1 80,704) 2 30,1)30 I Sl.lOO 4 30.U70 6 sto.aso 31,it0 7 80,010 81,070 81,000 io ai.iuo U 32,000 12 2fl,D20 13 31,350 14 81,230 15 81,040 IS 32. TOO 17 31.K20 IS 81,450 1 80,400 20 32,240 21 32,330 22 31.B70 23 81,740 24 82,150 26 31,140 26 20,255 27 81,070 28 81,000 2 81,30 30 32,300 81 31,330 Total tM,15 Less unsold and returned copies V.873 Net total sales t0O,743 Net average sales 80,050 GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 31st day of October, A. D., 1S02. M. B. HUNGATE, (Seal.) Notary Public Perhaps democracy will have to patron ize the want columns In order to get a leader or an Issue. It looks as if "Uncle Joe" Cannon could now regard the speakership con test as a closed Incident The full blossoming of the desert as a rose will be when the Irrigation move ment gets beyond the convention and public address stage. It is well to remember that proposi tions of general legislation at the short session of congress are usually like fly ing machines that don't fly. When Colonel Mosby reads the Inter view with Laud Agent Lesser in the popocratlc organ he is liable to extend his charges a few paragraphs. It should not be too hastily assumed that the gathering of Shriners at Omaha means a counter-movement to the irri gation crusade to aboIlF.fi the desert. The doctrine of public policy which bus been so often explained as a rem edy for trusts might also be applied to prevent Carrie Nation from longer run ning at large. Just because Governor-Elect BaUey, of Kansas, Is evasive in his answers, is not absolute proof that he intends to be evasive In fulfilling his matri monial pledges. Carrie Nation is now trying to reform the horse shows. That Is worth while. Why should the great hatchet wlelder waste time ou low-down groggeries and common rum shops? If the general advance of grain and other freight rates is enforced the new anti-profanity society in Nebraska will make littlo progress, with the grain shippers at least, for a time. The official figures showing a repub lican majority of over 7,000 in New Mexico In the late election will come handy before the territorial committees of congress this winter when they con sider tire statehood bill. Thanksgiving would be much more significant for us if the Union Tatlnc lockout had. first been adjusted. Why not have an arbitration agreement be tween the railroad managers and the strikers as a Thanksgiving offering? The testimony of the persons who en gineered the merger of the Great North ern and Northern Pacific systems estab lishes the point that elimination of com petition between them was practically the sole purpose of the undertaking. No wonder Minister Wu has kind thoughts for Omaha as he returns to his oriental destination. He was our guest during the great Transmlsslsslppl Expo sitlon during Its fatuous jubilee week as one of the principal figures of that ct-lc bratlon, and Qmaba treated him right. The telephone company seems, so far, to be the ouly f ranchlsed corporation In Omaha that Is seriously dissatisfied with the assessment placed upon It by the tux commissioner. The others apparently think It a good plan to follow Mark Hanna's advice to "Let well enough alone." Out In Colorado the same explanation of the election results is given as in Nebraska by the defeated. It Is that their voters staid away from the poll lu other words, that they are so well satisfied with general conditions under republican administration that they are Indifferent to partisan suggestions for a cbang . . PROPOSED GENERAL RATE ADVANCES. The proposition to runke a universal advance of freight rates Is unwise and Inopportune from every point of view. The public would view It, differently If the transportation companies were In difficulties or if they alone had come short of a fair share of the Keneral pros perity. Never since the flrst track was laid, however, have the roads been so proxpcroifs as (luring the Inst four or five yours. Their net earnings and profits arc absolutely unprecedented. So great have these been that the roads have lcen able to expend enormous sums In iK-rnianent improvements and to put their physical properties on a basis that will last for years. It Is morally certain that on existing rates their profits this year wll far exceed the Imposing fig ures of Inst year. The public ennuot accept an alleged excuse that a raise would merely restore rates to the limit of a year ago. While it might In some respects be an osten sible restoration, yet the well known fact Is that In hundreds of cases of apparent reduction the change in the printed tariff sheets dlfl not establish reduction, but merely corrected the printing to correspond with actual rates on which the roads had long been doing business. Under existing circumstances a change back to the old printed tariffs would mean a sheer increase of charge, for the rolling stock is now fully em ployed and the means of enforcing tar iff rates are otherwise more efficient than formerly. The present movement Is especially Inopportune for such an act of the transportation corporations because) of the state of public opinion with refer ence to great mergers and combinations. They have caused profound anxiety nud unrest In no field have their operations reached nlore stupendous proportions than In that of transportation. Universal apprehension exists that the funda mental purpose of such combinations Is to get the public at their mercy and es tablish an arbitrary power totax the Industrial energies of the whole people. The managers of the combinations have sought to allay such fear by persistent protestation to the contrary. They have insisted that their purpose and the cer tain result would be to effect econo mies in the cost of transportation the benefit of which would Inure to all parties, and chiefly to the general com munity by reason of lower charges. These representations alone have sus pended publi remedial action pending a full -showing of the result, for the power involved In combination obviously Is a dangerous one. To confront the public at this juncture with a general advance of transporta tion rates would go far to strike down the one consideration that has pre served peace. It would tend powerfully to excite the forces which are ready to take decisive issue with confederated corporations and. to cause the line to be drawn for the destruction of their arbitrary power. Such a war Is to be deprecated on every account and by all interests, and especially by the car rying companies. Instead of precipitating it, they should strive to prevent it No possible gain by an unneeded advance of rates could compensate for the losses and the dis tractions Inseparable from a contest of this character. INDEPENDENT MANUFACTURERS. Since June 1, 1001, there have been Incorporated forty-three iron and steel companies with a capitalization of $1, 000,000, or more, the combined capital of these companies being over (400,000, 000. This strikingly shows the growth of Independent Iroa and steel enter prises not under the shelter of the trust, but competing with it In the open market Another competitor of the United States steel corporation has just been formed with a capital of $50,000,000. It is clear, therefore, that there is no monoply in the manufacture of iron and steeL The Independent companies will rein force the demand for maintaining the protective policy without which they would not have been started. There is at present ample opportunity for them, the demand for iron and steel being still heavy, with every prospect of continuing indefinitely. The mills generally are far behind orders and the industry as a whole was never more prosicrous than now. It is being conducted, too, ou a sound and conserv ative basis, for which unquestionably the so-called trust merits some credit That great corporation has certainly brought about a notable change in the industry, particularly as to Its policy of keeping prices stable. Formerly Iron and steel prices fluctuated widely and the industry was the most uncertain of all manufacturing enterprises and a menace to all other Industries when ever .it became prosperous. An actUe demand for Iron and steel in the past would cause an advance In prices often so excessive as to bring about a reac tion. This sort of thing has not occurred since the organization of the United States Steel corporation. The New York Commercial points out that while there has been an unparalleled demand for Iron and seeL necessitating their Impor tation on a large scale, yet there has been no advance in prices and future contracts continue to t made at the same prices, notwithstanding the fact that higher prices could be secured if demanded. That paper reasonably con cludes that this policy has undoubt edly caused the prosperity of the steel and Iron industry to continue longer than it otherwise would have done and that if it shall be maintained the entire Industry will not ouly be placed upon a sounder and more stable basis, but a menace to the general prosperity of the entire country will have been re moved. What effect the increasing compe tition in this Industry may bave upon prices la problematical it would be natural to assume that It must lower them, but this Is not likely to happen while the large demand continues. As to the Independent en terprises which are under existing con ditions a bulwark against monopoly, It Is manifestly wise a ad expedient to encourage them and this requires that they shnll continue to have a reason able and necessary measure of tariff protection. Tilt EXPORT TRICK QUESTION. Some prominence was given by the democrats In the late campaign to the eximrt price question, It being alleged that some of our manufactures are sold abroad at lower prices than at home. While there was some evidence In support of the charge it was shown that there was a great deal of exag geration, statistics showing that only a very small percentage of manufac tures were sold at lower prices abroad than In the home market It is understood that at the coming session of congress the democrats will make an effort to obtain a thorough in vestigation of the export price ques tion and It Is safe to say they will find the republicans quite willing to have such an Investigation. This matter was Inquired Into pretty thoroughly by the Industrial commission and in its final report It said that In order to gain and hold foreign trade It has oc casionally been necessary for both com binations and individual exporters to make low prices to foreign purchasers. The evidence before the commission showed that even within this country the more distant markets receive con cessions In price. "In about 20 per cent of the cases covered by the commission's returns," says the report, "the export prices have ruled lower than those charged to home consumers. Some times merely surplus stocks have been unloaded upon the foreign market At other times, when the home demand has slackened somewhat It has been pos sible to keep manufacturing establish ments emplo.ve.d to their full capacity and most productive efficiency only by finding a foreign market for part of the product and that could be best done by cutting prices." It was pointed out that the practice is quite common in all countries, and on the part of separate establishments as well as of combina tions, and the report says that "were this plan not adopted It would often be necessary to run the ' plants only part of the time, which would not merely throw a portion of the laborers out of employment, but would also add materially to the cost of production of the remaining product." This states the important reasons for sometimes selling abroad at lower prices than at home. It keeps, the industries In active operation and all the labor In them employed, - at the same time enabling our manufacturers to enlarge their foreign trade and strengthen themselves In' the markets of the world. A striking example of the effect of this course Is furnished by Germany, whose Iron and steel exports doubled within the last two years. A congressional Investigation of the export price question would probably add little of value to the Information contained In the report of the Indus trial commission, but there can be no reasonable objection to another inquiry. Although the people have shown no great Interest In the matter It is well that all the facts obtainable shall be presented to them. TRY1HQ TO PL, A X KINO CAHUTE. King Canute once upon a time or dered the ocean tidal wave to stand still, but it would not The Lincoln Journal Is very much alarmed over the projected suburban electric trolley lines, whose promoters are suspected to have merce nary designs on the merchants of Fre mont and Plattsmouth under pretext that they want to afford Improved trav eling facilities for commercial and social intercourse with the Nebraska metropo lis. We apprehend, however, that the intelligent business men In the commu nities affected are not likely to be seri ously frightened by the prediction that their towns would be depopulated and their business absorbed by Omaha. Experience with suburban trolley lines has demonstrated that the benefits de rived therefrom are reciprocal. Instead of being depopulated the towns and Vil lages adjacent to the trolley line roads of Cleveland, Detroit Indianapolis, Tol edo, Minneapolis, St. Paul, St Louis and Kansas City have all profited by the Im proved facilities of travel and traffic. Their growth has kept pace with the ex pansion of the larger cities. Thousands of wage workers of both sexes employed In the mills and factories and business houses of the large cities have established homes In the suburban towns and villages because. they can subsist there more comfortably and cheaper thau they can In the larger cities, and thousands of men who bave business concerns and offices in the large cities have built residences along the trolley radius, over which they travel morning and evening between their bus iness establishments and their homes. All of these people, doubtless, do some shopping In the large city, but they are compelled In the very nature of things to patronise th butcher, the druggist and the general grocer of the respective towns and vllluges nearer to their homes. It would be just as rational for people to oppose trolley lines In thane days as It would have been to oppose the Intrusion of the railroad as a substl tute for the stage coach. The railroads, doubtless, bave diverted some trade from retail merchants at Fremont, I'lattsmouth, Ashland and even Lincoln and Beatrice to Omaha, but we doubt very much whether the merchants of those towns could Increase their trade If It were possible to fence out the railroads and give them a mo nopoly of all of the trade obtainable from the population within a five or tea- mile radius of their towns. Isolated from railroad connection with Omaha, their towns would relapse into mere hamlets and their storekeepers would soon be reduced to trading with each other and living off each other. Electric suburban trolley lines, like steam rail roads, have become an adjunct of twen tieth century civilization. Their exten sion may be delayed, but cannot be eup- pressed any more than the substitution of electric lights for rush candles and gasoline. The bankers of the United States are becoming permeated with tha notion that the branch bank feature of the Fowler bill represents Standard Oil In terests rather than those of the com mon run of bankers. A chain of banks stretching over the country and con trolled from Wall Street headquarters, rather than from the standpoint of local business conditions seems to appear less satisfactory to the bankers the more they consider It South Omaha fertilizer smells have be come offensive to delicate South Omaha noses and the sanitary officers of the Magic City are engaged In a profound study of chemical disinfectants that will absorb the arotna of cremated porkers and leave the air as pure as it was be fore the stock yards were thought of. In the solution of this problem they will have the sincere sympathy of all of the people of Omaha not afflicted with chronic catarrh. There Is a well-defined rumor that ex- Queen LU of Hawaii has put herself un der the guidance and protection of ex- Senator Thurston of Nebraska, upon whom she will depend largely for log rolling her several million-dollar claim through congress. What portion of Hawaii is to be ceded to Mr. Thurston for his services has not yet been di vulged. Can't Shake the Bell. Chicago Tribune. Poor Spain! It can't have a cabinet without General Weyler as minister of war. The Witness and the Lawyer. Boston Transcript We are constrained to remark that John Mitchell made a much more creditable ex hibition of himself than did Wayne Mac Veagh. A Modest Demand. St Louis Globe-Democrat. There ought to be one street by which a stranger In St Louis could get to the Union station at night without danger of being held up. This isn't asking much for "the New St. Louis." Am Unexampled Grab. Washington Star. When railroads have more business on hand than they can comfortably handle. It is difficult to see why any of them should feel the necessity of combining to bold up rates. A project to increase facilities, would appear to be more in keeping with the situation, -ti Moat Dressed ef Enemies. - Philadelphia. Record. - The news from Manila of the death ot sixteen UnitedStates soldiers from chol era is more, discouraging than would be the announcement ' of fresh revolt. ' Our gen erals know how to deal with enemies afield, but the pestilence that walketh la dark ness they cannot hope to cope with. Child Labor and Ignorance. Minneapolis Tribune. President Gompers of the American Fed eration of Labor dropped a remark In his recent report upon the subject of child labor in the south which should set people ot that section to thinking. He says that in limit ing the suffrage to an educational qualifica tion and then keeping the rising white pop ulation Ignorant in the mills, the south is simply burying Itself In a mass of white ignorance. Entitled to a Share. Baltimore American. Labor is entitled to share in the pros perity which . has come to capital, and, failing to receive its fair share, there Is bred discontent, disturbance and disaster. The way to avert these evils is for capital to deal squarely and honestly with labor, granting it increases proportionately with Increases in its own profits. If this is done If labor is made to feel that capital has Its interests at heart and that the recognition of Interdependence is complete labor troubles will quickly disappear, the condition of the American laboring man will be materially improved, and the na tion will be In the end the principal bene ficiary. WILL BEAR WATCHING. Slanlfleaaee of Canada's Zeal In the Alaskan Boandary Dlspnte. Indianapolis Journal. Hon. Frederick W. Seward, who was as sistant secretary of state under hts father when Alaska was purchased, thinks the Alaskan boundary dispute far more im portant than is generally understood and that it contains the germ of a national danger. The public has learned that the Canadian claim covers an outlet to tide water by means ot a harbor on the Lynn canal, but Mr. Seward thinks the public does not understand what this involves. He writes: "What is the Lynn canal? It Is a great estuary, broad and deep, like the lower Hudson or the Delaware. It traverses southern Alaska and la the chief artery ot commerce. It is the thoroughfare by which all traders, miners and travelers reach the valley ot the Yukon, unless they make a 2,000-mile voyage around by the ocean. What is the harbor that the Canadian schemers covet? It Is one of the most im portant strategic points on our Pacific coast It is a deep, wide, seml-clrcular basin, safe la all weathers, open to naviga tion all the year round, with easy access to the sea, large enough to float not only trading craft, but the cruisers and battle ships of the British navy. It Is surrounded by mountain heights which, when fortified, would render it impregnable. In a word, what they want is to establish a naval and commercial port for Great Britain, resem bling Gibraltar or Aden and to establish It in the hesrt of an American territory, at the head of its Inland navigation! The power owning such a stronghold might well claim to dominate the North Pacific. It would cut Alaska territory in two psrts, with British forts and custom houses be tween, controlling their intercourse with each other and with the outside world. Compared with such a stronghold Esqul. mault or Halifax is of minor consequence. That port is the objective point that Ca nadian schemers are working for." From this point ot view the boundary dispute involves much more than the pos session ot a few square miles, more or less, of froien land. It Is presumed that Ameri cas statesmen will not overlook the points mads by ill. Bswart Men who lead strenuous lives the workers either with brain or body must have food most healthful, best fitted to make strong bodies and clear brains. Hence Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder is purchased for the Army and Navy, and is specially preferred in making the food of those who labor and think, men and women who must have physical and mental strength. The lesson conveyed hereby is that Price's Baking Powder, which meets the very exacting requirements of these conditions, proves itself superior in all qualities which are essential to perfect cookery at home. PRICE BAKING POWDER, CHICAGO, U. 8. A. rOLITICAL DRIFT. "Bill" Devery says ot Dave: "Hill is a load for a hearse." V. Eureka Bradbury, Just 22, has been elected mayor of Oalliopoila, O., the young est official in his class In the Buckeye state. Twice as much campaign literature went through the Boston postofflce this year as last. The falling off in the vote was a marked feature of the returns. Mr. Addlcks claims to have spent 1250,000 in Delaware politics and hasn't reached the United States senate yet. Mr. Addlcks is getting a long run for his money. New Jersey begins and ends its fiscal year on November 1, and on that date this year the cash balance In the state treasury was $2,744,718. New Jersey has no debt. The republicans and democrats of Bev erly, N. J., broke even at the recent elec tion. Former Mayor Fish, democrat, and Dr. E. S. Adams, republicsn, the Incumbent, received the same vote a tie. Representative H. S. Irwin of the First congressional district of Kentucky, wss de feated, it Is claimed, for congress in the recent election, principally because he went t. sleep and snored during sessions. Only five republican congressmen were elected in the south this yesr two la Ten nessee and one each la Kentucky, Missouri and Virginia. Maryland, no longer a southern state politically, is not Included. Marked gains In the socialistic yote In Massachusetts and Pennsylvania causes much discussion among politicians. In Massachusetts the socialists cast over S per cent of the total vote, which fact en titles the psrty to a plscs on the official ticket. The list of convicted boodlers in St. Louis is a notable and a growing ons. Ed Butler, the political boss, with the biggest personal following in the stste. Is under sentence for three yesrs for offering a bribe to public officials. Robert M. Sny der, a New York banker and promoter, Is sentenced to five years for bribery ia push ing a street rsllwsy franchise through the municipal assembly. Emll A. Meysea burg, councilman, u sentenced for three I Mm years for accepting a street railway bribe. Three members ot the house of delegates have been convicted ot perjury In their testimony before the grsnd Jury In relation to street railway bribery. Julius Leh mann and H. A. Faulkner are sentenced for two years each and Edmund Bersch for five years. Perhaps the wittiest spesker in the last house ot representatives was Congressman Cushman of Washington. It is likely that his supremacy as a congressional humorist will be contested next winter by J. Adam Bede of Pine City, Minn. Mr. Bed. Is in great demand as sn afternoon talker and his lectures, of which he has three or four, are said to be among the funniest things going. Personally be is regarded as "a dead ringer" fur Whitcomb Riley. LACUHIKG GAS. Buffalo Kxpress: "What can I do for you?" the physician asked the good woman who had entered bis consulting room. "I think I should have a commlwtlon." she returned, icwpectfully but firmly. "Every child In our street cajght the measles from my baby." Cleveland Plain Dealer: "A Kansas Judge has decided that a hypnotist has a right to bury his wife alive, but It Isn't nice of him." -Cases like that shouldn't be tried before a married Judge." Waxhlngton Star: "I suppose you will bow to the will of the people," said the friend. "Of course I will," answered Senator Sorghum; "I'll bow and take oft my hat all they want me to. As long as there's no chance of their having their own way It's as little as I can do to be polite." Chicago Tribune: "How does It happen you ran so far behind your ticket?" they asked htm. , . "1 didn't," sold the candidate who had eenaped defeat by the skin of his teeth. 'That is an unfair Inference. I got the atrslKht vole. The rest of the ticket simply ran ahead of me that's all." Philadelphia Press: "So that seedy looking fellow Is your friend. Little. He doesn't seem very prosperous." "No, he tfets a very small salary and he baa a big family of boys, too." "How on earth does he get along?" "Well, every Utile helps." Brooklyn IJfe: "Why ia suicide wrong?" Shouted the free-thinking crank. "Jiecau. it Interferes with digestion, respiration and other Important functions ot the body," answered the health crank. Baltimore American: On. of th. best f tecea of advice for a safe Journey through Ife, I saw on a sign at a railroad crossing. The sign read, "Stop, look, listen!" New York Times: Willis I guess sister Is engaged to that fellow all right. Mrs. Sllmson What makes you think that? "Because she told th. girt to tsk. the sofa out of the parlor and put the Dig arm chair In Its place." GO HEAR TUB JnElf, Club Wtrroan. (The writer of thes. verses wss a visitor this winter at the annual banquet ot the chief club for men In a certain district. After a dinner of many courses she list ened for hours to the discussion ef the topic, "Is Society an Organism or an Or ganisation?" Tbs experience inspired her to drop Into these rhymes:) They say that women', club, are deep Beyond all comprehension, That women take a mental leap. With brains at a loose tension. Right straight at knowledge', very heart And scatter It to flinders. Then coolly land without a smart Surrounded by truth's cinders But then Did you ever bear the men? They ssy that women almost .Ink Beneath the weight of learning; When their club, meet they only think They'll try to be discerning. But flounder wildly in the mas. of facts on all known mature. And though from chaos they may iney leave the tnem In tatters But then What of th. ma? They say that women lose their bead When meeting opposition. With voice, high and faces red They seem bent on DardJtioa. They glare about with angry scowl. When silenced for th. minute. Then argux wild In shrillest howls, When told that they're not "In it" But then Bo do the men. L'ENVOI. To find the darkest, hidden deep. Ot topsy-turvy learning, Opacoua thoughts with sudden leaps Toward questions nw and burning. Or views on theme, so very wise And cautiously related That one cannot to save his sye. bay what the club has stated- But then -Go bear th. men.