TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, JUNE 13, 1904.
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Notary Public.
Omaha never does things by halve,
not even a half centnrr celebration.
Ig It not about time for those repub
lican state headquarters to materialize?
Most of the war correspondents in
the east seem to be still pretty well
bottled up. -
Horror is added to horror. The Phlppa
divorce petition has escaped from the
Judicial pigeonhole in Denver. ,
Tbe tax reformers of the Omaha Real
Estate exchange have yet work ahead
if the new revenue law is to be started
out right, .-..J-..
It is announced at Bt Petersburg that
Kouropatkln Is to be given a free hand
but the Japanese will do their best to
keep it empty.
The revised version out. In Colorado
Is something' to the effect that the re
calcitrant miners have., no rights which
the militiamen are bound to respect.
Indications are that-Hcginald Yander
bllt holds toward the New York police
department tbe sentiments attributed to
an elder Vanderbllt toward the people.
" Another colony of American negroes
is tttlng organized to go to Liberia. It
the fate of the last one is any criterion
benevolent persons should Immediately
begin to organize a relief expedition so
It will arrive before the entire colony
perishes.
' Omaha Is doing lots of building this
season, but tbe demand for modern rent
able dwellings for members 'of the
artisan class still exceeds the visible
supply. Here Is where investors wltb
an eye to good returns should see tempt
ing profits.
Senator Cockrell has been knocked
out by a collision with a wild bicycle
rider, but bis presidential boom Is still
unpuueturud. It would hardly be safe,
however, to issue a guaranty bond to
Insure a safety. fm disastrous; tol
llsloo at Bt Louis.
' Would it not bo possible for tbe High
school cadets to get all the benefits of
a summer encampment at Florence or
Bellevue as well as at Auburn or Mis
souri Valley? But, then, visitors ex
cursions would go by street car at 5
cents fare Instead of by railroad at $1
a head.
If John L. Webster's prophecy that
40,000,000 population will be tributary'
to Omaha toy A. D. 2000 comes true
corner lots on the business streets of
Omaha will sell like hot cakes at any
whero from 130,000 to f 100.000 a front
foot We. have to wait only ninety
seven years.
The figures compiled by the secretary
and the 'assistant secretary of the State
Hoard of Assessment to represent the
value of the tangible property belonglug
to the railroads in -Nebraska furnish
pretty good proof that these experts
got tholr training not far from railroad
headquarters.
i B. .
The final bombardment of the State
Board of Assessment by the big guns
ot the railroad tax-shirking brigade is
Intended to give uieuitRss of the board
an excuse for doing something for the
railroads tbey would rather not do. The
railroads may Lave the lust say before
the sesslous of the board, but the little
taxpayers hare the last say at the
election.
The World Herald Is very mueh ex
ercised because of the purtlsan allusions
la Henry I). Kstabrook's magnificent
oration on the Semi centennial of Ne
braska. The trouble is that Nebraska
was born in partisan politics and owes
Its progress and prosperity largely to the
policies of a particular party. Partisan
ship Is so interwoven with the history
of Nebraska that we could not eliminate
MUi wouU,
AMtHlCAS RtaPoSHlBLltV.
The views expressed by Prpsldpnt
Roosevelt in regard to the responsibility
of the United States respecting other in
dependent countries in this hemisphere
h.ive commanded a good deal of atten
tion and It is quite probable that they
will be frequently referred to on the
democratic side In the coming campaign
n showing that Mr. Roosevelt is "un
safe." This is indicated by the .criti
cism of th president's letter to former
Secretary Root read on the occasion of
the Cuban anniversary banquet In New
York, the democratic reader in the house
of representatives, Mr. Williams, being
among the critics.
The portion of the letter of the presi
dent to Which objection is made Is ns
follows: "Any country whose people
conduct tbemselve well can count upon
our hearty friendliness. If a nation
shows tliat it knows how to act with
decency In industrial and political mat
ters, If it keeps order and pays its obll
KHtlons, then it need fear no Interference
from the United States. Brutal wrong
doing, or an impotence which results in
a general Joosenlng of the ties of civi
lized society, may finally require Inter
vention by some civilized nation, and in
the western hemisphere the United
States cannot ignore this dnty." In the
opinion of Mr. Williams the second sen
tence in the above "is the most abso
lutely reckless, unsafe iftteranee that
has ever been attributed to a president
of the United States." According to his
view the necessary inference Is that If
n nation does not pay its obligations
then it must fear interference from the
Untied States.
Admitting this to be logical, yet it is
by no men is to be concluded that the
president Intended that his utterance
should have any such meaning. It Is
not n threat, but simply an admonition
and why Should not this country, as
the protector of the independent nations
of this hemisphere against possible for
eign aggression, admonish them to bo
honest and decent to pay their obliga
tions and to act in good faith respecting
all their International relations? The
United States has never interfered in
the affairs of any of them, except when
solicited to do so. There is no prob
ability that it ever will Interfere un
asked and it is hardly conceivable that
President Roosevelt had" any thought of
A departure ttpm our traditional policy.
No one has stated more strongly than
he the cordial friendship of this nation
for its sister republics In this hemi
sphere, or more earnestly expressed tbe
determination of the' United States' to
uphold the doctrine under which they
are protected from foreign Aggression.
Perhaps the president's statement of
the responsibility of this government
under the Monroe doctrine considerably
enlarges the scope of that doctrine, but
this need cause no apprehension. As
has been well said, whether the Monroe
doctrine be construed broadly or nar
rowly. Its advantage or peril to tbe
United States depends entirely upon the
spirit with which It is upheld, "li It
is put in force, solely for the purpose of
maintaining peace and liberty upon the
western hemisphere, then It is altogether
In the Interests of the whole world. If
it is put in force solely for the purpose
of onr national aggrandizement or in a
spirit of reckless interference with the
rights and liberties of other countries,
whether they lie to the south of us or
across the Atlantic, then the Monroe"
doctrine becomes a perpetual source of
disturbance and possible war." Unques
tionably the course pursued since the
doctrine was declared will be adhered
to and If so there will be no injustice
or ,wrong done to any country in this
hemisphere or on .the other side of -the
oceans.
TiMt to BAist rnk blockade
There Is nothing Omaha needs more
at this time' .than the replacing of Its
worti out asphalt pavements. Several
of Its principal business, thoroughfares,
notably North Sixteenth street are al
most impassable. Every effort to have
those streets ropaved within the last
two years has been thwarted by the
paving contractors. Injunctions, counter
injunctions, mandamuses and restrain
ing orders have been plied up mountain
high in the courts. The Board of Public
Works has been set at loggerheads and
charges and counter charges of Improper
manipulation have been freely made.
Gouncllinen have been Jollied and bully
ragged In turn and. the city attorney
has been wrestling with defective pav
ing petitions and more defective charter
provisions until there appears to be no
end to the contention.
All attempts to arbitrate the differ
ences and get an amicable understand
ing between the rival paving contractors
have failed and the announcement is
now made that there will be no asphalt
pavements laid in Omaha this year. It
seems to us that the crisis is now at
hand. The time for raising the blockade
has come arid decisive action must be
taken ns a matter of public necessity.
The city must at once proceed to ac
quire a municipal asphalt paving plant
and relieve the contractors and Board
of Public Works from further conten
tion over specifications and petitions.
While it mny take several months before
an asphalt paving plant can be put in
active operation, we shall at least have
the assurance that tbe principal asphalt
paved thoroughfares will be inudo
passable before cold weather sets in.
Furthermore, once a beginning is made,
we will be in position to do away with
asphalt paving by contract altogether,
oven if it costs more money than it can
be done for by contract.
It there Is any impediment to the im
position of taxes on the owners of prop-,
erty abutting the streets that arero
paved there should be no trouble in
securing proper amendments to the
charter next winter-that will enable
the city thereafter to do Its own re
paving and lay new pavements by the
day with Its own plant without any
body's intervention. If this Is a hard
ship upon the contractors they will have
themselves to blame. Otoah has eer-
tainly exhibited more patience and for
bearance toward the paving contractors
who have obstructed public improve
ments than any other city in the coun
try. The time has come for raising the
embargo and there is only one way to
raise It successfully, and that Is by
establishing a municipal paving plant
DKFTlSG iTO.VO.WC LA ITS.
Referring to existing conditions In the
Iron ami steel market tbe Philadelphia
North American remarks that they fur
nish abundant proof of the unsoundness
of the methods employed In the forma
tion and conduct of the Steel Trust and
similar amalgamations of capital. It
points out that when the trust began Its
career, five years ago, Its purpose was
the absolute control of the Iron and steel
Industry of the country, but Instead of
making absolute its control over the
market the trust is rapidly losing such
control ns Its original absorption of the
Iron and steel mills gave it Independent
mills have sprung up lh every direction,
due to the policy of the trust In main
taining prices In excess of those Justi
fied by a healthy demand, and these
Independent mills get business by
slightly underselling the trust which
cannot afford to meet the reduction be
cause of the vast liabilities it assumed
and its millions of watered securities.
The trnst cannot meet these liabilities
If It reduces prices, while so long as
they are maintained the independent
steel manufacturers will take away a
steodily' increasing share of the trust's
market
"In either case there can be no doubt
as to its fate," says the North American.
"It Is plain that this situation is tbe
fruit of defiance of well-known economic
laws. The Steel Trust is based upon
an attempt to make the steel-consuming
public pay dividends upon a fictitious
capitalization. Had it possessed a
monopoly of the sources of raw material
this scheme" of pillage might have pre
vailed. Unpossessed of such a monopoly,
it simply opens the gates to the invest
ment of independent capital in its own
field and guarantees the investment."
The Steel Trust Is not the only example
of a defiance of economic laws.' Nearly
all the combinations have done this. A
number have succumbed and it is not
to be doubted that others will do so.
Trust-bulldlng is a thing of the past and
the revival of competition is in progress.
Economic laws mfty be defied for a time,
but they are certain to eventually as
sert their power.
. The first test of Prof. Da vlsson's cal
culation of Nebraska's wealth is pre
sented by the assessment of property in
York county. The complete valuation
of all property in York county, exclu
sive of railroads, is returned by the
county assessor at 122,012,070, which at
one-fifth would be equal to f4.404.lG7.50.
This Is an increase of about 75 per cent
over the assessment returned by York
county for 1903, but the returns of the
York county assessor do not by a long
ways Jibe with the estimate of Prof.
Davlsson. According to Davlsson, tbe
taxable property of York county for
1903, exclusive of railroads, was $29,
310,670, . which Is $7,298,000 more than
the valuation returned by the county
assessor. In other words, Da vlsson's
computation is 33 per cent higher than
the assessor's returns. If the same
ratio of discrepancy keeps up In all the
other counties Davlsson's estimate for
the whole state will be more than $000,
000,000 out of the way.
Lincoln papers are already beginning
to run down the Omaha Auditorium a a
a convention hall the evident purpose
being to bolster up Lincoln's claims to
the location for meetings of state or
ganizations. That is not necessary at
all. Lincoln's Auditorium is all right
yet for little gatherings, even if Its
acoustics are not as good as those of the
Omaha Auditorium in Its present un
finished condition.
If the big dally papers should under
take to argue and comment on a pend
ing. case, 'with a view to Influencing the
Judge's, the chances are their editors
would be haled hito court for contempt
on a charge of trying to Impede Justice.
All the little weekly Journals, however,
can dip In with impunity, safe In the
knowledge that nothing tbey may say
will influence anybody. .
The United States rifle team has de
cided to return the Talma trophy, to
England, which would tend to sustain
charges of unfairness made by British
sportsmen previously denounced as
groundless. Winners do not usually give
up prises to which they have an inde
feasible title.
Compensation fur Oralaslon.
Washington Post.
Nebraska failed to construct a stat
building at the World' fair, but Mr. Bryan
ha seen to It that the state will have an
exhibit In Bt. Louis early In July.
Pattlasr It on the Corporation.
Philadelphia Press.
'Th end seat man is within his light In
holding hi own. It I the railway com
pany which Is th "hog" In not allowing
sufficient apace for late comer to get past
the knee of the end seat man without
causing to both parties undue friction and
annoyance.
Slukera In Peaceful Water.
Baltimore American.
When those Japanese diver get through
locating mines In the harbor of Port Ar
thur they might be brought to thl country
for the purpose of locating some of the
mine that have been drowned out by ex
clusive watering of their marketed stock.
Inwarranlfd Fear.
Chicago Vo.
Before giving ourselves up to apprehen
sion a to the sort of Immigrant cheap
steerage rate may bring u. It may b
well to remember that our immigration
laws are still In effect. If th ateamshlpa
bring ua undesirable material they will b
at th expense of carrying It back to Eu
rope. .
Glvla la Ola Man Skew.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Th Mother' club of Baltimore ha voted
to admit father to membership on th
payment of aa Initiation fee. Th condition
1 lgnlflcant. Th men will, of course,
I not b permitted tg hart aiiythln to do
with the affair of the orf nltlon, but
the business Instinct of the ladle I vindi
cated. The "old man" will be permitted to
finance th affair.
Fair Ohllaatinns Be Met.
New York Sun.
The man who know most about th
finances of the Louisiana Purchase exposi
tion is the Hon. David K. Francl. the
president of the enterprise. Mr. Francis
announce that the g-overnment loan will
be repaid In full and In exact accordance
with theterms of the law under which the
advance was made. Mr. Francl I a cool,
level-hesded, experienced man. He knows
his business, and every one will hop that
hi management of the fnlr. In (reneral a
well a In this detail, will he a distinct and
complete ucces and most people believe
that It will be, '
Talens of the "tfJttT."
Crete Vldette-Herald..
And now comes Mr. Ross, bringing suit
against the principal member of the Jnck
sonlan club of Omaha, charging It with being
a gambling outfit, suing to recover $2,600
which she ays Jier son lost rlrlriir poker
with Dunn, and Moles and Lee Ilerdraan
and James E. Boyd and our own patron
saint, Edgar Howard, and several other
silk stocking democratic plutes of Ontaha.
We never knew Just why they called It
the "Jacksonlan club," but now It Is all
made plain. It Is said that O'd Hickory
knew the value of two pair, a flush and a
full hand, and on one occasion "stood
pat" himself on four ace.
NEBRASKA CELEBRATES.
Blue Valley Blade: The fiftieth anniver
sary of the organisation of, Nebraska a a
territory will be celebrated at Omaha on
June 10. Dr George L. Miller, a chairman
ol th Nebraska seml-rentennin! committee,
ha issued Invitations for the event which
promises to be on of the Important events
of the year.
Kearney Hub: The story of Nebraska ap
pearing In The Illustrated Bee of last Sun
day, written by A. K. Sheldon, ta One of
absorbing Interest, and the portions dealing
with the ante-terrltorlal days leading up to
the signing of the Kansas-Nebraska bill
May 30, 1854, are exciting as well a valu
able for the Information presented. Every
Nebraskan will enjoy reading The Bee's
splendid seml-centennlal anniversary num
ber. Falls City Journal: . Nebraska Is GO year
old. The few men still living who came
here during Nebraska's Infancy can look
with Just pride on the work of fifty year,
wo have grown from, a handful of poverty
stricken settlers along the Missouri river
Into ono of the largest, richest state In the
union and the foundation for our growth
and prosperity was laid by the men who
came bore first and fought the wild prairie,
Indians anl grasshoppers.
Fremont Herald: Nebraska Is today cele
brating Its fiftieth anniversary. Half a cen
tury ago the territory of Nebraska was In
stituted. Its lines were Jald out nearly as
they are today. It Is unnecessary to elabo
rate upon the great things that It has
achieved, because every person, young and
old. Is familiar with the fact that Nebraska
la the best stnte In the union. Its state
song, composed by Will Maupln, 1s being
sung In nearly every school In the state and
I welcomed wherever It la heard. The
patriotism that the song portrays appeals
to the heart of every cltlren.
Ainsworth Star-Journal: It Is now fifty
year since Nebraska territory was or
ganized. Since that time parof Colorado,
most of Wyoming and Montana and the
Dakota have been set off from our polit
ical control. It 1 strongly suspected that
this was done by the people who now live
In eastern Nebraska for fear that they
would lose the political supremacy which
they have slnce been able to maintain over
the rest of the state. Be. this as It may,
the best of th original territory was re
tained, and still Is glad to keep the name
Nebraska. It Is a name which has a mean
ing In the country. By common consent In
slavery time Nebraska wa free. The
name etlll stands for freedom and eaualltv
before the law. It stand for free and uni
versal education. It stands for a home for
every cltixen owped by himself. It stands
for a high-grade of morality and patriot
ism. Pender Times: No state can show a
greater growth nor a more wonderful de
velopment than our own fair Nebraska.
Fifty years ago Its prospects were not
considered very bright, and even twenty-
nve year ago it was stl'J looked upon
a a vast barren sandhill or colony of
andhlll8. Today It la one of the great
agricultural states of the Union and ho
not only become rich and powerfu on ac
count of the thrlf and Industry of It
people, but It ha reached the top notch
In educational affairs. It state univer
sity cannot be excelled and its public
school and private educational establish
ments are the best there are to be found.
It lead evdfy state In the Union with
th smallest per cent of Illiteracy. There
are fewer paupers In Its almshouses than
any of It slstar states, and Its moral
status will compare favorably with any.
Within It borders are to be found few
of the very rich and few of the very
poor, but stretched out over Its prairie
can be found a happy, contented people
comfortably housed and well fed, whose
children are brought up In the school
house Instead of In the mines and fac
tories; whose tomorrow will not be blighted
by strikes or lockouts. It Is certainly a
privilege to claim Nebraska aa your
home.
ASSESSMENT OP RAILROADS.
Osceola Record: If the stock and bond
basis of value Is a fair one on which to
compute fair freight rate for railroad
companies, then the stock and bond basts
Is good on which to compute the amount
of taxes which the road ought to pay.
Friend Telegraph: The railroad assess
ments have not yet been announced, yot
the different corporation In this atate
are engaged In showing how utterly worth
less, compared with farm lands In ,thls
state, their several corporations are. A
valuation of these franchise In accord
ance with that placed upon other property
will save the different members of the
board and possibly other candidate a great
many heart burnings during the present
campaign.
Ornnd Island Independent: There Is only
one thing that can defeat Governor Mickey
and that I rank Injustice In the matter
of railway taxation, should the board
fall to do Its duty. And that will, It I
pretty saf to predict, not affect him alone,
but other on the atate ticket. If not the
entlr state ticket. The republicans of the
state want their Btate offlcere to do Jus
tice to all classes of property owner In
thl matter and establish a precedent that
will be fair to all and will stand th test
ef time.
Loup Valley Queei: Oovernor Mickey
ha been placed in a very unpleasant posi
tion, or at least to a man up a tree It
would look that way. If he raise the
a sentiment of th railroad In the atate,
these corporations are bound to give him
a little side swipe during the campaign.
On the other band, if he does not, a
chairman of th Board of Equalisation,
mak the railroad pay th same aaes
inent a th individual Edward Roaewater,
In behalf of th common people, will no
doubt mak his little Be buaa om be
fore the campaign is over. In other words
th governor la In the same position th
country editor occupies, vis: Be damned
If you do, and b damned If you don't.
ROISD ABOIT DEW YORK.
Ripple on tbe f'nrrent of l.lfe la Ike
Metropolis.
The Wall Street Journal prints with n
approving nod these comment of a west
ern visitor: "The city of New Tork Is at
onoe the most metropolitan and the most
provincial city In the country. It I
once broad and narrow, deep and super
ficial. Tt has the sweep and power of lm
perlal Rome, and the self-centered opln
lorated Ignorance of a Scotch hamlet.
Cosmopolitan In population, with a com
merce that circles the globe, and a finan
cial power that put It in a class with
Londnn, Paris and Berlin, It Is neverthe.
less in most thing small, petty and ego
tlstlcal. In close touch with the new
and thought of the world, enjoying the
bert music and some of the best art, filled
with theaters, hall and libraries, listen
Ing to the best orators and rreaehers, yet
It may be said that the average New
Yorker reAds less and thinks less than the
other people of the country, fie know
more about Paris than the United States,
and he Is more moved by English methods
and English criticism than by national
Influence and patriotism. Its very thea
ters are supported le by Ita own people
than by visitors to the city. Its libraries
and library Institution are thronged
chiefly by scholars and students from the
outside It pulpits are filled by Imported
preacher. Its opera house I filled by
Imported singer and Ita commerce and
financial power sre directed by men, few
who are tiatlvea of the city and few of
whom have any real Interest in It; their
principal homes and associations being
elsewhere."
A professional consumptive, or mendi
cant, a church and hospital "rounder," I
up for trial In New York. It seems that
this fellow of many aliases ha made a
good living for at least twelve year by
appeal to the selfish charity givers. He
has "operated" upon st least twenty
church organisations and societies. To
his virtue and vice he has, of course,
added larceny. From a woman who had
Just given him $10 he had the poor Judg
ment to steal 5 more, and now his vic
tims are combining ogamst him. HI
scheme wa to Join a church, attend its
meetings and make acquaintances person
ally and through the "year book," which
generally gives the name and addresse
of contributing member. Soon he had a
stock 'in trade of reminiscensea of meet
ings and personal words to paas around
from one person to another, telling that
he was sent by such and such a personal
friend. The trouble always was that he
had consumption and must go to a warmer
climate. When one church began to wake
up to his plan he flitted to another. Only
by the method of investigation of the
charity organisation societies, or better,
through these societies themselves, can
society be ridded of these pests, who are
more numerous than Is supposed.
On the very top of the New York Life
building, at Broadway and Leonard street,
those summer day a flock of attractive
girl take a dally promenade, safe from
the Intrusion of impertinent man. There
Is no way of getting at them except by
balloon or flying machine. A pass will
admit a male visitor to the tower above
them, or he may look on from an adjoin
ing skyscraper, but converse he cannot,
except by megaphone.
Over Its ground glass roof restaurant
for girl employes the New York Life
has built a promenade surrounded by an
iron railing. It Is about half the length
of a city block and six feet wide. Three
typewriter girls can walk abreast com
fortably and lovingly with their arms
around one another's waists. Tbey are
there every day but Sunday, except when
It rains, for no matter how strong the sun
shines there Is alway a cooling breese.
Sometimes the girls will answer semaphore
signal from clerk in the windows of tall
buildings, but not often.
Toodlums, before he entered the contest,
was a spotless white lapdog. Hi mistress.
who was also attired In spotless white, had
been giving him an airing the other after
noon. Toodlums and hi mistress strolled east
on Thirtieth tret from Seventh avenue. Re
cently the water department has been plac
ing new 12-inch pipes thereabout prepara
tory to doing some radical tearing up ot
the atrect.
The pipe are along the butter the whole
length of the block between Sixth and Sev
enth avenue. Toodlums saw them, nnd
found it no end of good fun to run In at
one end and out at the other.
While exploring the pipe Toodlum ran
afoul of a large tomcat that had been en-
Joying a siesta In the cool pipe. Toodlums
stopped and barked; Tom sputtered and
sneesed. Once more Toodlums barked, and
his mistress thought there was a hollow
note of despair about the bark.
"Come, Toodlum," she cried.
The only sounds that camo from the In
terior of the pipe were the fierce cater
wauling of a tomcat, and the frantic yelps
of Toodlums. The fight Inside of th pipe
lasted fully five minutes, much to the Joy
of a crowd which had gathered. The only
one who did not seom to enjoy the racket
wus the mistress of Toodlum.
Finally there was silence In the pipe.
Toodlums' mistress wept copious tears.
'He's dead he's dead!" she walled. "Poor
Toodlum! I'll sue the city!"
But presently there was a low, whining
sound, and out of the pipe crept a thing
which might at one time have been Tood
lums. He now looked like a degenerate
anceetor. Ho was scratched and dusty, and
as he walked sections of his once milky
coat fell like week-old snow upon the side.
walk.
Inside the pipe Thomas had resumed his
broken slumber.
On the 4th day 'of the coming August
Russell Sago will be it year old. If he fol
low his annual custom hi birthday cele
bration will be In nowise distinguishable
from any ordinary work day a far aa he Is
concerned. The Wall street reporters
usually drop In "to see how the old man
la" and he never tire of answering their
inevitable question: "Mr. Sage, what do you
consider the chief factor In a young man's
success?" "Frugality," he alway answers;
"frugality and Industry. Work never hurt
any man worry and overeating and dissi
pation do. I work every day In the year
except Sunday and I never needed a vaca
tion."
After traveling across the oceun a pretty
little Armenian girl refused to wed the man
to whom she had been botrothed two years
ago. The United State government nowa
day Insist that when young women come
across the Atlantic to marry, they muat get
married in the Immigration station or the
brldo-to-be must go back home. Every
thing had been arranged for the ceremony,
but when the bridegroom appeared the girl
turned to the Armenian priest and said:
"He Is not the same. He is no longer good
to look upon. I will return unto my peo
ple." She will be sent horn by the gov
ernment.
How to light a match In a strong wind
ha Just bin revealed to an Interested
public by a New York truck driver. All
you have to do is to aliave you match
tqward the bead, leaving only enough wood
tov hold the splotch of ulphus in place
while you ignite It by friction.
The truck driver said he could light a
match in a gal at any time. Hundreds of
smoker In th city have bren trying the
experiment, and the general verdict I that
th truck driver know what, he was talk-
Fifty Years
rW' If.
Intprovos tho flavor and adds to
tho hoalthfulnoss of tho food.
MICK BAKINQ POWDER CO. CHICAGO.
Ing about, and that he Is a publlo bene
factor. The great bronze statue of Liberty In the
harbor here Is always an impressive figure
by day, but at night it does not live up to
Its reputation for "enlightening the world."
At dunk every evening a sickly blue light
begins to appear In tho great black torch,
and when night sets In this light takes Its
place with the other harbor lights, a littlo
higher up, but not a bit more brilliant than
the rest. It might easily be mistaken fur
a lantern on th masthead of a ship.
FRUITLESS MERGER DECISION.
Formidable Form of Combination
Still Exist.
Springfield (Mas.) Republican.
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Charles A. Prouty, In a North American
Review article Just published, gives what
seems to us an entirely accurate estimate
of the reach and consequence of tbe recent
Northern Securities decision:
"Without attempting to forecast future
decisions of the supreme court upon this
subject. It Is not too much to say that, in
all human probability, the Northern Se
curities decision will not result In the dis
solution of a single railroad combination
now existing, except the Northern Securi
ties company Itself, nor Berlously Interfere
with the formation of other combinations.
For fourteen years this government has
been attempting to regulate railway rates
by enforcing competition. At the end of
that period, after two epoch-making de
cisions, we are confronted with Increasing
monopoly, with advancing rates and wltb
no probable relief in sight"
Exactly so. That is aa this paper baa
represented the situation all along. The
government and the people. In spite of all
me iaiK implying ma contrary, nave oo
tained no victory whatever In a broad way
against the power of railway monopoly.
The majesty of a particularly Inadequate
law has been asserted, and that Is no doubt
salutary. One particular form of railroad
combination has been set aside, but that
Is of no consequence worth mentioning
when other form remain available and
widespread combination under them ac
tually exists.
Now the sole purpose of the government
In legislating against railroad combination
has of course been to proteot the people
from unreasonable transportation charges,
and It is shown that the legislation not
only has been absolutely without any ef
fect for the purpose In hand, but cannot
have any adequate effect to thl end, sine
even railways which admit of competition
on long-distance trafflo are severally mo
nopolists aa to local traffic. The business,
In a word, Is naturally monopolistic, and
It must be dealt with a such. It is folly
longer to deal with It as open to the prin
ciple and regulative force of competition.
That would be agreeable to the roads. The
victory Is still theirs, notwithstanding the
noise they have made over the Northern
Securities decision. It is the people who
continue to be worsted In this contest
And the victory will continue to remain
on the side of the railroads as long as
they are left with unregulated power to
fix and enforce rates. Is it not about time
that this lesson of fourteen years of ex
perience In federal railroad legislation were
needed and acted upon? As Mr. Prouty
says In conclusion:
"There Is but one way to regulate rail
way charge, and that is to regulate them.
If a rate is found unreasonable, a reason
able rate muat be put In the place of It
This method Is legal, as ha been affirmed
by court without number. It la feasible.
Every civilized country In th world em
ploys It today, except our own. .Even the
Dominion of Canada, within the last year
haa adopted that system. It la Just to all
parties, and no other method Is."
What ought to be done Is to permit the
railroad to combine as much as they
please, and then confer upon the Interstate
Commerce commission, or the commission
In conjunction with the court, power to
adjut railroad charge to the standard
of reasonableness. Anything short of thl
in legislating for the protection of the
people antnst railway monopoly will be
of little practical oonaequence.
PHILOSOPHY OF HIGH PRICES.
Secretary Shaw' Frank Treatment of
the Question.
Boton Transcript.
Secretary Shaw' sneech at wiimin.nn
Del., was certainly frank In It treatment
of th question of pries. He I not at
II frightened by Increased Cnt nf lltlnar
On th contrary, be hold It a a algn of
yromwriiy. wnen pricea are high, the fact
Indicate demand, according to Secretary
Shaw, and few will be Ir.cllnod tn .n.
Into contention with hint on that point.
nor i mere room for questioning hi ac
curacy when he assert that "employment
for all our people at a given wage, with
living expenses high. I preferable to em
ployment for only one-half our people with
living expense however cheap." Thl 1 a
truism In fact, for tli enforced idleness
of half the American people could have
no other result than both low nrl,e
low wage. Th producer with hls.products,
and th laborer with hi labor, would have
to meet th purchaser ot elthor Mriiu,.
sbly more than halfway, price would In
vltabiy favor th buyer.
Beerelary Shaw sava nniu th At.
would b shortly forthcoming to show that
average wages have ben Increased In larger
proportion than th average article of
household consumption. In calculating th
use mad of wags by American wage-
tho Standard
T"T
careers, however. It must be borne In tntnj
that they live better than those of Europe,
and mean to live better. They aim at hav
ing homes that shall be more than roar
habitations. They desire a degree of com
fort to which the foreign working- mas
seldom aspires, and they are wllVmr to
pay for It Their aim and purpose In this
respect Is on of the conditions that re
enforce the natural tendency of general
employment to maintain pricoH at a high
level. The mlllenlum which some social
reformers expect to see, when wages shall
be always high and commodities always
low, remains the dream It has been for
centuries.
He Speak, Ho Spakl
Chicago Tribune.
On of the funniest stories heard for
many a day 1 related of Judge Boulerar
der, the distinguished New York Jurist
whose name has been mentioned; several
times In connection with a possible nomi
nation for the presidency.
"I succeeded In surprising the Judge Into
saying something the other day," remarked
one of hi friends. In a conversation with
group of politicians.
"Indeed!" they exclaimed. "What was
It?"
"I called him up by telephone," he re
joined. "I said 'Hello!' and he said,
Hello!' "
Knowing Judge Boulevarder's proverbial
reticence everybody In th group burst at
once Into boisterous and unrestrained
laughter.
PASSING PLEASANTRIES.
The man who makes up his mind right
away when ho Is married that he la going
to be boss In his own house will miss th
highest Joy of married life. 8omrvll
Journal.
"Oh, George," exclaimed ' the joyful
mother as she met him at the door,
"baby's got a tooth!"
"I am glad you mentioned it," replied the
cautious husband and father. Til be
careful how I handle him." Boston Post.
"The Impudence of that young' brother
of mlnel" exclaimed Mrs. Nag-get. "He
Just told me I was no chicken when I mar
ried you."
"Wei!," replied her unaympathetio hus
band, "that's true enough. You weren't
a chicken, were you?"
"No, I was a goose." Philadelphia Prs.
"Lawd! Lawd!" prayed the old colored
deacon, "don't gimme do wlsdem of Solo
mun! Dat much would set me plumb
craiy! Dea gimme enough, good Lawd,
ter keep my feet steady as de worl' turn
'roun, des dat much, Lawd, en no mo'!"
Atlanta Constitution.
"I dread to think of my thirteenth birth
day," began Miss Passay.
"Yes," replied Mis Pert, "something
dreadful must have happened to you then,
or you wouldn't remember It this long."
Philadelphia Ledger. '
Dolly You say you don't like to see a
woman tightly laced? What do you think
la the right siae for a woman's waist?
Tom Just the length of my arm. Homer.
vllle Journal.
"So he married her to get rid of her?"
"Yes. He explained that divorce suits
are cheaper than thoae for breuch of prom
ise." Brooklyn Life.
"A hero Is a man who does something
bold and desperate for his country's good.
Isn't he?" said Senator Sorghum.
"Yes." was the reply.
"Well, I don't se why nobody come
around with medals for me. I once risked
$3o,OjO getting into a position where I
could serve my country." Washington
Star. ,
CANDIDATES FOR HERO MEDALS.
Philadelphia Record.
There's a medal for the fellow who Is told
to lire the cook
When his timid wife succumbs before that
domestic's savage look.
There's a medal for th hero who giva up
his cozy seat
To th woman In the trolley car who
tramples on his feet.
There's a medal for the man who never
gives you free advice;
There's a medal for tbe Iceman who gives
full weight In Ice.
There a medal for th man who really
loves his mother -In-law;
There' a medal for the. actor who admit
he doesn't draw.
There's a medal for the poet who refrains
from odes to spring;
There a medal for the voiceiea girl who
know she con not sing.
There's a medal for th father of bis
papa's pride and Joy
Who doesn't stop us on the street to tell
about the boy.
In fact, there Is a medal free for every
hero found.
And I don't see how there's going- to bo
enough to go around.
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