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C C. ROSEWATER.
Secretary.
Stibscrihod In my presence and sworn to
before me this 1st day of May. 1SU5.
(Seal; M. B. HUNQATE
Notary Public.
Omaha Is educated up to bruss band
harmony, but not quite up to orchestral
symphony.
The advance agent of Iler's palace
hotel has done very well up to date,
but Omaha wants to be shown.
If the cznr stands by his recent re
script he may find himself more popu
lar In Warsaw than In St. Petersburg,
It Is to be hoped the report from Chi
cago that cash corn, has been cornered
Is not to be the prelude to another bank
sensation. ,
"Governor Iloch proposes to close all
the saloons In Kansas. It was not sus
pected up to this time, that Kansas had
any saloons to close.
IQNORltfa 1HK- PACIFIC tOAST. (and minimum rates and the countries
A complaint conies from the Tnciflc yvhlch she has recently concluded
coust that tlmt sift Ion Is being Ignored commercial treaties get the lower rates.
by the lothininn commission in the mat- There would seem to be no question as
tcr of ohtnlulng up.lles for the ennui. to i,r PjKiit t0 enter Into snob ngree
The San Francisco I'lironlele snys Hint lll(,ul, nm ,e fa understood to desire
there Is not only a constant fight with t0 lljllhe oue witj, the United State.
other departments of the government The question to 1k determined by our
to get opportunity, for ruriflc const Md- government is whether it will negotiate
ders to compete, but there has In-en a trpnty that will permit our products
trouble with the commission itself. I his (0 pntor lnc ortnnn markets by the
Is said to have come alxut since the viiieiit of the minimum duties or will
ommlsslon was reorganized. Hint pn- )t,t tl, conditions that are to go Into
per very quietly snysvthat as the peo- efr,1(,t next -ear stand. In oth.er
le of the const are taxed equally wltu worii shall we place ourselves on an
lose of other sections for the building equality with the countries that have
f the canal they are entitled to an ma(ie reciprocal treaties with Germany
ven chance with other parts of the or lpnve our products subject to the
country to make some money by fur- maximum duties, which will mean the
lshing any commodities which they exclusion of a large part of them from
can supply as cheaply as anybody and markets of Germany. As stated by
it suggests that there is a deliberate the American consul general at Berlin,
intention to xavor xne east ni me ex- tue all-important question which In
pense of the coast. timntely concerns the futuf? trade be-
While this seems Improbable It Is tweeu the United Stntes and Germany
manifestly the plain duty of the rep- ls w10ther the present amicable arrange-
resentntlves of the coast In congress mellti namely, the most favored nation
to see that that section has a fair and rinuse. which has withstood nil muta
even chance In the competition for fur- tiolls of tarfjf jaws jn ji, countries for
nlshlng cftnal supplies. In this matter UelirIy three-fourths of a century, will
there should le no favoritism shown to t,e allowed to stand under the new
ny-part of the country. The nianu- HltufttI((11 tnnt will be created In Ger-
fncturers of every section should bo many by the enforcement of the new
given an opportunity to submit bids on tarlrc iHW nnj ti,e commercial treaties
what the commission will have to buy. Whith have been based upon it. How
Any pnrtlality of discrimination will important this ls can be appreciated
inevitably cause complaint and dlssat- WUPU it js gtnted that the trade Involved
Isfactlon, the effect of which must be amounts to not less than $50,000,000 an-
uiore or less embarrassing to the work nually.
of the commission. The construction
of the Panama canal is a great national AS TO WARD BOUNDARIES
work toward which all the people con- Members of the city council seem to
tribute and therefore all sections should be making a great deal more out of the
have an even chance of sharing in the I redisricting of the city Into twelve
money to be expended by the govern-1 wards than the importance of the mat-
ment in the enterprise. If tho nianu-1 ter would warrant. Under the present
facturers of the raclflc coast enn fur- city charter the division of the city Into
nlsh equally as good and as cheap sup- wards has no special significance ex
plles as those of the east they should cept to divide the people into convenient
be given the opportunity to do so. If groups for administrative purposes,
It be a fact that that section is being There was a time when the ward, as
ignored by the commission we think such, had certain privileges and preroga
it can be confidently assumed that such I tives when it elected Its own member
a course will not be approved by either of the city council without waiting for
President Koosevelt or Secretary Tnft. the consent of any other ward, and
when each ward was entitled to choose
its own assessor in the same way. But
all this has been changed now. The
ward, us such, does not "choose a single
public officer. The city councilman
must, It is true, reside in the ward, but
to be elected he must have a majority
of the votes cast In all the wards. The
position of ward assessor has been abol
lshed altogether, the assessments being
made by appointees of the county as
sessor, who need not even reside In the
districts in .which they are set to work.
Only in the event that these ward offl
cers should be restored would the ward
divisions become again imperative as
marking electoral districts. The ward
It will be several days before the St.
Petersburg political clubs reach the
point where they will begin to endorse
candidates for appointive offices.
Perhaps some of those same "big
shippers" might be induced to appear
it Lincoln and tell the State board that
the railroads are also overtaxed.
Douglas county is entitled to a bear
ing before the State Board of Equaliza
tion. Douglas county pays more than
one-ninth of all the taxes of the state.
Admiral Beresford's remarks regard
Ing French neutrality sound like those
of a man who is prepared to hear
strange news from some distant British
port
Since John D. Rockefeller has pur
chased an automobile, pedestrians have
another reason to be careful how they
rxpress themselves regarding "tainted
money."
Now that some of the Quaker teachers
have gone on record In favor of foot
ball as a college sport the saying "As
harmless as a Quaker" 'may have to
b revised.
While Missouri is furnishing 10,000
mules for work on the Panama canal
Nebraska will try to make as much
profit by selling the oats to keep the
mules in action.
We are surprised that the State Den
tal association has not put in a dls
claimer for the action of the Omaha
dentist who introduced the commodity
rate bill in the late legislature.
If that new asphalt repair plant will
only be gotten into visible action soon
the good people of Omaha will be less
likely to overtax their patience waiting
for contract paving to materialise.
The number of ships which have gone
ashore the last few days would indicate
either a change in the conformation of
the land or a change in the quality of
the liquid refreshments served at ward
Omaha's municipal bonds have now
been made authorized securities for the
investment of savings bank and trust
funds In New York. Another tribute
to the gilt-edged character of Omaha
credit
As a matter of precedent it ls to be
regretted that those Chicago schoolboys
.were permitted to win their strike by
default for they would probably have
lost had not the strike breakers resorted
to firearms.
General Unpvltrh loses a battle see how
promptly General Kouropatkln will come
forward and say he crntld bave won it.
Generals will be generals.
Contraries in Action.
St. Louis Republic.
Independent distillers say that every In
crease of 4 cents In the price of corn will
raise the price of whisky 1 cent. With
beer It In different. A rise In the river and
a Jump In malt or hops has no effect on
the schooner.
REFORM MAKIXO PROGRESS.
The reform movement in ltussla Is
making steady progress and whnt has
alreudy been accomplished through per
sistent popular agitation would have
been thought utterly impossible a year
ago. -It has taken a great deal of pres
sure on the part of the advocates of a
change in governmental policies to in
duce the czar to free himself from the
domination of the reactionaries and
listen to the appeals of his people, but
he has made the departure and it can
very safely be predicted that the new
order of things which he has sanctioned
will stand permanently, for it will make
for domestic peace, which ls the present ,.,,, may wlthin vision for the
most urgent requirement of the empire. futu althoueh ere seems to be little
mm peace at nome assureu tue gov- 11Uellnood of wnrd a88esor ever be-
Too La rate for a Corner.
New York Tribune.
With a comlnir wheat crop of 29,72.1.W
acres, or S.RGS.OCO more acres than were
sown last year, and condition reported at
92.5 on May 1, the prospect for a wheat
corner Is not alluring;, especially to those
who tried that operation recently.
Monstrous Public scandal. ,
Wall Street Journal.
President Stickney of the Chicago, Great
Western railroad, Is entirely right In call
ing attention to the evil of free passes
on railroads, and to the need of a strict
enforcement of the law prohibiting them.
Especially should this law be observed by
the officials of tho government which made
It. Most monstrous ls the practice of those
legislators who accept free passes from
the railroad at . the same time that they
charge up mileage against the state treasury.
Woeful Lament of -Umber Troat.
Chicago Chronicle.
It Is pleasant to be able to reassure the
Mississippi Valley Lumbermen's association
which views with alarm the growing scar
city of timber and which has felt com
pelled to hoist prices a few notches In
consequence thereof. The association has
evidently overlooked the fact that there
are several million of acres of virgin tim
ber land In Canada which may be made
available as soon as the Mississippi valley
society and Its contemporaries petition con
gress to take the tariff off Canadian lum
ber. We are in no Imminent danger of a
lumber famine.
The Railroad Defense.
Kansas City Times.
The chief defense of the railroads, and
of the trusts, which are Interested In the
matter of rate legislation, is that the pres
ent powers of the Interstate Commerce
commission are sufficient to deal with
violations of laws by the railroads. But
whether these powers are sufficient or In
sufficient, the fact remains that the Inter
state Commerce commission has been un
able to restrain the railroads from making
unjust rates. In only a very small per
centage of suits brought have convictions
been possible. The commission declares
that the rulings against It have nearly all
been based on Its lack of authority. The
country wants the railways and the big
shippers controlled. It wants a square deal
all around. Existing laws have been In
sufficient, even when a determined effort
has been made to enforce them, and the
people want new laws. And they are going
to have them.
ernment will be relieved of the neces
sity of keeping its home garrisons filled
with troops and can reinforce its armies
tu Manchuria if determined to carry on
the war to the bitter end.
Having a short time ago granted re
ligious freedom, the czar has now re
moved the politlcnl restrictions in
Foland and the Baltic provinces, some
thing that the people of those parts of
ing regenerated.
Omaha for many years consisted of
only six wards, the number being in
creased to meet the requirements of in
creased population and expanding area.
The same considerations are at the bot
tom of the present enlargement of ward
numbers. If the council should ignore
the reasons and objects for the redis
ricting in making the new ward boun-
Russia have been long asking for. The darle ,t wl meau Blmply that nnother
Importance of this concession ls very
great and will have a quieting effect
upon a large element of the population
council will find it Incumbent to do the
work over again at the first opportunity.
whereas should the new wards be es-
which has been sorely oppressed and tnblished now on lines that conform to
which recently has shrAvn n vigorous p0,nlatlon neelB they wm probably
iimimesuiuon oi us resentment, inese gtnnd for year8 to
steps in tne mooincation or autocratic
rule and the removal of bureaucratic The president of the Armour rerig
despotism will have the commendation erator car lines admits that the com
of the civilized world and will assure pany has a monopoly on several rall-
to the government a larger measure of roadsbut claims that It is exempt from
popular loyalty and devotion, while pro- the law governing common carriers.
motlng the nation's industrial develop- Here ls one place where even the senate
ment and genetal welfare.
HOSTILE FOREIGN TARIFFS.
The tendency of foreign countries to
discriminate In their tariffs against the
United States received attention in a
recent address by the secretary of the
committee will be forced to admit an
amendment to the Interstate commerce
law is entirely Justifiable. '
The annual June rise of the Missouri
river ls almost due. With the enor
mous nunntltlea Of snow In th mnim.
treasury, 'which is said to reflect the tains and the hem rainfall in the
views of the president. Secretary Shaw upper MIg80url regkm chances are
was reported as aecianng mar. so long tuat tue riTer win roreci08e its mort
a. im vuuuuy uoi uiicnuuuuveu gage over severaj large tracts of Iflud
against v, uosu.b lurms wm uoi ea- m Iowa a wel, ag ,n Nebraska,
gage in retaliatory legislation, Dut ne
intimated that unjust tariff laws against The charter ls plain enough that the
United States exports will be met by I twelve-ward redisricting of the city
laws of the same character; I must be made with a view to putting
It is a natural inference that this was as nearly equal voting population as
Intended as a warning to Germany. I possible in each of the wards. The ob-
whose declared tariff, policy is com- Ject of the law ls to accommodate the
mandlng a great deal of attention by I voters rather than the officeseckers,
reason of the fact that it will place
American products, particularly those of The Woodmen of the World threaten
agriculture, at a decided disadvantage to move headquarters from Omaha
In competition' with the products of the whenever taxation of their property In
countries that have concluded new com- Nebraska becomes "unjust excessive
merclal treaties, reciprocal in character, and oppressive." No court will permit
with Germany. In defining the interna- "unjust, excesslvo and oppressive" taxes
tloual .commercial policy of the United to be imjiosed upon any interest
States the secretary of the treasury
said that this country reserves to itself. 11 on more mg BniPP want a
by means of protective tariffs, a large 111116 JunKel uown lo " asnington to
measure of the cotuffierce Incident to ve testimony mat tnere is no can ror
supplying the needs' and wants of its regulating legislation, they should
people. "That which lt.ylelds to others not Lesltate t0 ,e u 150 known without
fine the attorney general has de
cided that the federal eight-hour law
applies to the Panama canal tone Presi
dent Shoots may change his mind about
building the big ditch us a railroad
would bo built.
. After the warmth of the campaign in
lthe ranks of tho Daughters of the Amer
ican Revolution, it is not surprising that
a majority have declared in favor of
firecrackers on the Fourth of July, the
only wonder being that the victors cau
rasttnlu their uoise uutU that Uj.
it yields, with few and unimportant ex
ceptions, to all on equal terms aud gives
no preferences to any country or to any
people. The few carefully guarded ex
ceptions only emphasize the policy and
the slight advantage granted the repub
lic of Cuba." He pointed out that the
United States criticises no nation for
levying duties, however high, when le
vied for purposes either of protection
or of revenue, "provided only they are
delay at railway headquarters.
Congregational ministers who have re
plied to Dr. Gladden's pronunclamentos
do not, apparently, object so seriously
to what that distinguished divine be
lieves as to the fact that be has taken
the public Into bis confidence.
PRESIDENT STICKXKY'S BOMB.
Progressive Railroad Man Jars the
Feelings of Professional Brethren.
Minneapolis Journal.
Fresldent A. B. SUckuey ot the Chicago
Oreat Western has made trouble for the
railroad men before1! His latest exhibition
of Independence of view and frankness of
statement ls his declaration to the senato
committee on Interstate commerce in favor
of giving the Interstate Commerce commis
sion the power to fix rates. The railroad
men have .been piling up testimony with
the senate committee to the effect that such
power, If exercised,,, would throw the busi
ness of the country into confusion and
have called to their aid shippers concerning
whose testimony they seem to have been
advised beforehand and have drawn upon
the so-called "expert knowledge" of a uni
versity professor In support of the theory
that the Interstate tJommerce icommtslon, If
It had the power, would soon "play hob"
with the whole rate situation.
In contradiction - of their claims, Mr.
Stickney, who Is a successful railroad man
himself, but who has never hesitated to
declare his views when they have been In
disagreement with other, railroad men, in
forms the committee that the Interstate
Commerce commission would be "the most
satisfactory arbiter possible." Mr. Btlck
ney's testimony Is going to make trouble,
for he not only advocates giving the power
of making rates to the commission, but he
BiiaiLrjB uim uco.ui.iiui wiuury inui uie
giving of rebates and the granting ot
favors and discriminations has been abol
ished by the Elklns law. He says the
directors have stopped paying rebates on
grain shipments, but in lieu therof have
paid elevator fees, which is another way
of giving rebates.
The railroad men have been having things
so much their own . way with the senato
committee and everything has been running
so smoothly in their direction that they
had persuaded themselves and almost con
vlnced some other people that the whole
question of rate-making waa disposed of,
the president headed off and the danger of
effective railroad legislation averted. But
with men like Mr. Stickney coming to the
front, the president again on deck declaring
for rate regulation and the public In
possession of what rate regulation really
means, it appears the campaign ls only
fairly open.
BIO LIFE I3SIRASCE t'OMFAMF.S.
Enormous Arrnmnlstlnna of Money
Sonree of Peril.
A feature of life Insurance companies lo
which attention Is directed by the Kqultablo
squabble Is the enormous accumulations ot
money by the companies and the power
for good or 111 which control of It Imposes.
The surplus of every company grows
steadily, and as yet no way has been de
vised to check tho Increase, nor do
managers desire to restrict It. The con
sequence of piling up such vast sums Is
seen In enormous salaries, extravagant
expenses and manipulation In the pur
chase of Investment securities. More Im
portant than this is the menace to th?
Hnancinl well-being of the country in
volved In the control by a few men of hun
dreds of. millions of money.
A correspondent of the Philadelphia
Ledger, directs attention to this phase ot
life Insurance in a suggestive manner. He
Bays, in part: "Just before New Year's a
little group made up of men whose names
are frequently published In connection with
some of the more important business of
financing or of railway expansion were
chatting Informally after business hours
speaking particularly of the outlook,
financial and Industrial, for the year 1905.
With one exception, each one of this group
poke with considerable freedom. All
seem to be very hopeful. It having been
noticed that one of tho company was
silent, he was at last asked if lie did not
agree with the others In their happy
prognostication. In reply he said that he
was concerned about one thing and had
been thus concerned for more than a year.
He could not see, so he said, exactly where
the great Insurance companies were drifting
or what they were to do in the near
future.
'Individual fortunes, however, great, are
commonly scattered or well divided by the
third generation after the maker of tho
fortunes. But the great Insurance corpora
tions being of continuous life, the cor
poration going on no matter how often
death or resignation changed the personnel
of Its directors, accumulates and Increases
accumulation so that logically there would
ultimately pass into the possession, directly
or Indirectly, of these corporations, the
control of much of the banking, most of
the railroads and a considerable part of the
Industries of the United States.
'I do not know what the outcome Is to
be," this man continued, speaking seri
ously. "To my thinking, the accumulation
of these enormous assets, the great sur
plus ls the most difficult and momentous
problem that we have to face In this
country."
"Those who heard this man thus ex
press himself have often wondered since
the disclosure of a quarrel among the man
agers and directors of the Equitable have
been made whether he did not speak having
some knowledge of that demoralizing situa
tion. Although he ls not of the Equitable
directorate, yet he ls'associated with one
of the other Insurance corporations, a cor
poration, too, some of whose directors have
spoken freely to their friends of the very
difficult questions which the building up
of enormous assets and of great surplus by
the Insurance corporation involves. In one
of these corporations there was serious dis
cussion at one time as to whether It might
not .be advisable to seek no more new business.
"But upon examination it was discovered
thatlt would be impossible to check growth
of that kind without impairing the whole
organization. To refuse to receive new
business would necessarily affect existing
contract, so that there seems to be
nothing for it but to continue to ac
cumulate. The very Impetus which has
produced these great assets and surplus
It is now impossible to resist without caus
ing some' Impairment possibly of assets or
of surplus.
PERSOVAL NOTES.
Literary Opportunity.
Washington Post.
It Is hardly probable that Secretary Loeb
cle on
Sheriff.
"How "We Fcoled the Omaha
made to rest no more severely upon us ,nd pat Crowe wHI tttke Bdvanta"e of tn
than nrwin f.llor-" All tt.l. . 1 w
, 1 ,.m uim luuuu
asks ls the right to buy in foreign mar
kets on the same terms as her com
merclal competitors and the right to sell
In all markets on terms as favorable as
carles of th C llmat
Chicago Inter Ocsan.
There are great floods In Nebraska, many
any. He said that America will never miles of country being under water, which
be involved in tariff war or retaliatory would go to prove that the climate con
legislation so long as the United States
pursues its present policy aud other
countries do not discriminate against
those who do not discriminate against
them.
tlnues to change In tho most unexpected
places.
Greatness of lit adslajBt.
Philadelphia Press.
General Linevitch says he could have
won the battle of Mukden, which General
The .German tariff carries maximum I Kouropatkln lost. Certainly, and when
Boston Corbett, the man who ls credited
with having shot Wilkes Booth, the as
sassin of Lincoln, ls residing In Texas at.
present.
Earl Gray, the governor general of
Canada, accompanied by Sir Frederick
Borden,- the Canadian minister of militia.
is visiting the United States Military acad
emy at West Point.
Eugene Ware, former commissioner ot
pensions, declines to provide a portrait of
himself to be hung in the office of the
commissioner of pensions, as his predeces
sors have done of themselves.
Hecretary or Agriculture Wilson, ac
companied by Prof. J. M. Splllman and
M, A. Carleton, has started on a trip to
the southwestern states, where an In
vestigation of agricultural conditions ls to
be made.
Sir Oeorge Turner, the treasurer of the
Australian commonwealth, claims to be tho
author of the shortest bill on record. When
premier of Victoria he Introduced a bill
of one clause and five words: "No person
shall smoke opium." Yet it did not pass.
The eight ambassadors of the German
empire In Madrid, Rome, Washington, Con
stantlnople, Paris, London, St. Petersburg
and Vienna, are all members of the no
bility. Their emoluments are 125.000 In the
first three cities named, 130,000 in the next
three and (37,000 in the last two.
A. E. Houseman, professor of Latin In
the University college, London, ls a writer
of verses which have won praise from
able critics. He consistently refuses to ac
cept pay for his work. An American maga-
slne recently printed fragments from
book tie printed and sent him a check
which was returned with thanks.
President Roosevelt will go to Oyster Buy
on his return from Harvard commence
ment In the latter part of June, which will
this year be the twenty-fifth anniversary
of his own graduation, lit) plans to make
no other trip from Washington except to
S to Brooklyn for the dedication ot the
SI )cum monument on Decoration day. The
Intervening period in Washington will be
exceptionally busy.
HARDSHIPS OF PROKrF.BITY.
Pessimistic Observation on Condi
tions (ienrrallr (heerlna.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Prosperity Is not universally pervasive;
It Is an indication of the general tone of
the economic body; It means, in a general
way, health, though some of the members
aro stagnant. Capital has courage and
confidence to undertake enterprises which
are beeun only In fair weather; the Investor
has faith, and will let the capitalist have
the money for his enterprises on easy
terms; more men are employed, and the
merchant sells more goods to 'the workers;
the manufacturers make more goods and
call for more raw material; the producers,
when the demand Is brisk, suddenly find
themselves In a position to sell at a higher
price; when the higher prices are charged
the group In the community which Is de
scribed by the word "labor" ls confronting
a rising Instead of a falling wage.
It thus happens that, as a rule-, what we
call prosperity is generally accompanied by
a time ot high prices for commodities,
though it is not at all certain that high
prices themselves make prosperity. If
labor can get an Increase of wages large
enough to overcome tho higher prlci-s of
the necessaries of life, It may be said to
enjoy that much prosperity 'In addition to
the largely Increased chance of steady em
ployment for more men. Hut for a largo
class of the community prosperity has a
hollow sound and may actually mean in
creased hardship. The laborers may in
certain trades, by means of unions, force
up their wages artlflcally and maintain
them for a long time, but that vast army of
persons who may be fairly well described
as salary workers, as distinguished from
wage-earners, have no such recourse.
The economic term, "Immobility," applies
to them and to their condition. It ls a
well-known law in the economic world that
the increase in wages lags a long way
after Increase of prosperltay. In the case
of the salaried employes a country may
pass through several eras from prosperity
to stagnation and to prosperity again and
the salaries of clerks, schoolteachers, pro
fessors In colleges and the like usually
remain at or near tho same level. To this
great army must be added the persons of
small fixed income derived from invest
ments In mortgages, bonds, annuities and
other funds. These people are at a great
disadvantage, because, with the develop
ment of the country and the Increase of
stored capital, their Incomes actually tend
to shrink because of the falling rate of
Interest.
What is to be done about it? Nobody
knows. The labor unions the organized
workers seem to be able to enforce their
demands for a share of prosperity when it
oomcs, but the salaried people and others
in that class dread real prosperity the in
crease of the price of living as much as
the capitalist dreads the hard times. When
the economic universe is to be adjusted
according to the sublimated equities which
the zealous reformers of all sorts promise
to usher in, the persons with the fixed in
comes ought to demand a hearing.
"It is not difficult to demonstrate that
within another generation. If the growth
of these corporations continues proportion
ately with the growth of the last thirty
years, they will possess direct or Indirect
authority over much of the banking of
New York, some of the banking of other
parts of the country and through loans or
Investments will also have more or less
authority in various railway corporations.
Three of the corporations now control
nearly $1,500,000,000 of assets and their ag
gregate surplus ls approximately $250,000,000.
As the money rolls In in continuous and
constantly Increasing currents, It must be
invested and must seek not only Invest
ment in quick assets, but also in real prop
erty, through purchase or through bond
and mortgage. Five years ago one of the
foremost thinkers of New York City called
attention to the growth of these corpora
tions, saying that they were, if their
growth continued, very soon to become Je
real money power of the United States.
"Undoubtedly their resources and their
power of granting favors and the rich
opportunities they offered have attracted
to them some men who are conspicuously
Identified with the great railway expan
sions of the United States. Therefore, It
is now said that one of these corpora
tions, through its loans and Its Investments,
Is Indirectly, at least, the largest owner
of the securities of one of the great rail
ways of the United States.
"Out of the agitation which has followed
the disclosure of the Equitable quarrel
there may finally come a better under
standing of what life insurance should be
and how it should be controlled or regu
lated. Just now there grows an impres
sion among the policy holders that the
rates charged for Insuring are altogether
too great. Sometimes men who are born
with a gift for an actuary's work have
figured out, to their own satisfaction at
least, that investment in a life insurance
policy, looking at it from the investor's
point of view, ls the most extravagant
one thaSsa man can make. The figures
these men set down tend to show that
the charges for premiums are excessive.
They reason that If any purely money
making corporation like a bank or a manu
factory were to carry on their business
as the Insurance corporations do, they
would soon find themselves obliged to
liquidate because they would be unable to
obtain any business.
"Some of tho disclosures already made
in the Equitable case tend strongly to
confirm this impression. If the statements
are true, excessive commissions are al
lowed. There seems to be extravagance
rather than economy in much of the ad
ministration, there being expensive of
fices, a highly expensive organization and
heavy expenses tor extraordinary charges.
So it has sometimes been said that If the
Insurance corporations were manged with
a view to economy as skillfully as the
United States Steel corporation is, it would
be possible to reduce charges for premiums
at least 80 per cent."
THE PRICE OF BEEF.
Fntile Attempts to Fix Responsibility
for Htwh Prices.
Chicago Tribune.
A few years ago the consumer of beef
began asking why he had to pay so much
for it. He was told by the cattle raisers
and other authorities that the Beef trust
should bo held accountable. He was told
that It had a monopoly of the dressed beef
business and was growing rich by over
charging him. That seemed to be an ade
quate explanation. Whenever prices rose
the consumer denounced the "trust'' and
called on the national government to
crush it.
A few months ago the bureau of corpora
tions made an elaborate investigation. It
reported that the so-called trust did not
continue their researches. The packers
have the monopoly of the market It waa
supposed to have. The bureau reported
also that the trust was not 'responsible for
the advance In the price of beef.
As this was an attack on the cherished
belief of many, the accuracy of rhe report
was angrily denied. Its conclusions have
not been disproved and until they are
must be accepted. The question why the
price of beef has advanced remains unan
swered. Why should beef on the hoof gr
down so that cattle ralsisrs say they are
doing a losing business, and at the same
time beef in the butcher's stall goes up?
That Is the question which plagues the
consumer. Who is to enlighten him? Gov
ernment agents have assured him that the
confederated packers are not the guilty
parties; they have done It In a 300-page
book, which he has not time to read if he
can get a copy.
Now that an alibi has been proved for
the packers, the government officials should
have said sometimes that the retail butch
ers were responsible for the higher prices.
Nobfdy accuses them of being In a trust,
but there ar so many of them that they
may put up prices in order that all can
get a living. No Inquiry can be complete
which leaves them out.
If the government, after full Investigation
of the cause of the advance In the price
of beef, ls unable to say to anybody, "thou
art the man," there ls still something it
H Will Ittf Ur ilCHi.MII
illll ;
Absolutely Puro
HAS HO SUBSTITUTE
can do. It can give the consumer n
densed facts and let him draw his own-con
elusions. It con gl-e for a series of years
the price of cattle on the range, tho cost
of transportation to the pncklng centers, of
slaughtering, of dressing and of transport
Ing the dressed beef to points of consump
tion. It ran give tho wholesale price ot
dressed beef and the retailers' prtve.
With the aid of tho summarized Informa
tion, put In an Intolllglblo form, the con
sumer may be able to find out who op
presses him. Or he may learn that the ad
vance In priors Is due to causes over which)
neither he nor ills government has any
control.
MlltTIIKII. HF.MAKK.
I
First Puke-Well, do you think Miss Va'n,
Bullion Intends to buy you?
Second luke My dear boy. I don't know.
Some days I think she does. At other
times I fear she Is merely shopping. Louis
ville Courier Journal.
"Our jjarlor clock doesn't work right,''
said Miss Patience. "It's positively o
centrlc." "Eccentric?" exclaimed Mr. Staylate.
"Ha! ha! Just like me."
"(Jrarlous! 1 hope not. It Isn't going at
all." Philadelphia ledger.
"I enn't Imagine anything more unsatis
factory," remarked the Chronic .Kicker,
"than a meal at our boarding house.''-
"No?" replied tle sentimental youth.
"Evidently you never got a kiss from your
best girl over the telephone," Philadel
phia I'ress.
Tim I'm feeling fine' this morning. I
was up with lark!
Jim I'm not feeling so fine this morning
I was up with u lark last night. Detroit
Free Pro.?.
Naval Hello of 'OS.
Springfield Republican.
There is a pride In enrolling under the
national flag a warship captured from the
enemy, which ls the nearest modern equiva
lent. ot the captives following at the chariot
wheels of a Roman triumph. The former
Spanish warship Reina Mercedes, sunk In
Santiago harbor by order of Admiral
Cervera, and afterward raised and re
paired, has been converted into a receiv
ing ship at the Portsmouth (N. H.) navy
yard, and is, according to the construction
report, the finest of her kind In the navy.
She was originally built at Carthagena In
1887, and was of 3.090 tops. It was on the
Relna Mercedes that Hobson and his com
panions were, first taken after their dar
ing exploit
"Yes. he's in college, but he's not very
bright."
"No. What studies has he taken up?"
"Greek and stenography, and the Greek
characters and the shorthand symbols havH
got him so balled up that he can't tell ouo
from the other." Philadelphia Ledger.
"Have you never giwn any thought to
what posterity will say about youtT,
"No. ; answered Senator Sorghum! "T
long ago arived at the conclusion that
posterity cannot make you as much
trouble as oiip of your next door neigh
bors." Washington Star..
Tho French admiral strained his eyes
as he stared Into the offing. He could sea
nothing of the Russian admiral..
"Whore's Ro?"' he demanded-6f the red
trousered lookout.
"Ro Jost ventsky." the man politely re
plied. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
sliORT-l.lVKD JOY.
S. E. Klser in the Record-Herald.
I chanced to strike it rich one day,
A "tip" was pasBi-d alung; , i , ,,, .
I risked my all things came rny way
Instead of going wrong
One turn, and I was rich and proud
And greeted hy the Krmt;
Around me willing lackeys bowed
And served my mouls lu sua.
And one that I with awe had viewed .
And worshiped from below
Smiled on me sweetly as I wooed.
And all the Joys they know
Who, after beinr long denied.
Are richly blessed I riad; "
In all her beauty and her pride
She came to make me glad.
My splendid yacht was on the
My fume was everi-whera;
I found new pleasures day by day
And turned my back to care;
In hard-fought tournaments 1 won
And heard her praise rny skill.
And youth, whoso sands so quickly run.
Was in my keeping still.
Beside me In my yellow car
My lovely princess sut;
We traveled rapidly and far
Through acn'-s worth looking at,
And many a dog nnd many a goose
Iy lifeless where we sped,
And many a farmer's team tore loose
And galloped off in dread. '
With love-lit eyes she turned to me,
As faster yet we flow,
And candidly oonfesned that she
Adored mo through and through
Not for my riches only no.
But for my worth, she vowed;
She had a luscious mouth, and, oh.
Gee whiz! but I was proud!
With one hand on the wheel, I bent
And drew her very near;
We hit a railroad train and went
Up In the atmosphere!
The shock was awful; when we struck
She murmured, "Holy smoke!"
And, while descending, blame the luck,
Your humble bard awoke.
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When there Is an epidemic of germ dis
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If you suffer with pains or distress after
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Just one small tablet out of a fifty cent
box before eating, and your digestive sys
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spirits, and need fear no germ diseases.
Ask Sherman & McConnell Drug Co.,
corner ltt Ii and Dodgo streets, Omaha, to
show you tho guarantee under which,
they sell Ml-o-na; It costs nothing unless
It cures.
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