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TITF, OMAIIA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1903. The Omaha Daily Dee. E. ROSE WATER, EDITOR, PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. TERMS OF fUTtSCRIPTION. Pally ftee (without HuntlH t. one your. . .11 ."0 Ially H and Sunday. nni year 0" Illustrated liee, nno year I SH Sunday He. on yar 2 E Saturday Bo, on year 160 DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Dally Bee (without Ftindav), pr week.... 12" Iaily Ree (Inclurilne Rundnvi. wr wk..l7o Evening Bc (without Sundny). per week. So t."niim Jfra (with Hunuay). fwr wm.,..i'' Bunday Br, per copy &c Address complaints of irrf Hilarities In de livery to City Circulation Irertnint. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Bulldln. South Omaha City Mall nulldln. Council Bluffs 10 Pearl Street. Chicago 1M0 l'nltr Building. New York 1M0 Home Life Ins. Building. Waehlnton M Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to newt and ed itorial matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. 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Subscribed In my presence and sworn to oerore me mis ju aay ot oeptemoer, 19(6. (Seal) M. B. HUNOATB. Notary Public WHEK OCT OF TOW!. Babscrlbera learlng the pity tem porarily akc-ald have The Bee mailed to them. It la better than dally letter from hoane. Ad dress will be changed aa often aa reeaeated. Judged by the record of gate receipts, the Institution of the street fair has not yet survived Its usefulness. Captain TaggarJ speaks In favor of the army canteen and It must be admit ted that he Is qualified as an expert With Dr. Pearsons following Chan cellor Andrews, It seems that John D. Rockefeller Is baring his innings in the game. Advices from Moravia may show ,why the word "Moravian" is connected with lovers of peace In the United States. In the fight between Nevada and the New York Life Insurance company the people at large will discount what -each may say about the other. The Hon. P.-Crowe of Butte, Mont, promises to play the penitent but it Is to be feared he has waited too long to reap a rery large crop of sympathy. The report of an airship in collision with a flagpole foreshadows the news of mishaps which may be as common In A. D. 2005 as railroad accidents are today. Banker Schiff is right in saying that no law can make a dishonest man hon est but law sometimes serves to keep a dishonest man from carrying out his ends. Some of the land fencers and their sympathisers may find that intimidating witness for the federal government is an offense more sure of punishment than defying Uncle Sara's land laws. Now that the Escu-Townsend bill Is to be amended to cover private car lines and terminal charges, the managers of railroads may be sorry they discovered the weak spots of existing laws so early. Paul Morton's salary should not be positively fixed until It is learned Just bow much he does not spend for ques tionable purposes. It msy be that he will save enough to make $100,000 look like "a mere bagatelle." It has apparently corns about that a meeting of the city council in Omaha would not be recognized as the real thing nowadays unless the debate were punctuated from time to time with references to liars and cowards. THE ArrROPRlATlUXa lOMXtTTKE. Speaker C'nnnoii, wboe re-election is assured, will have no more important duty tlinii tlint of constituting the com tnlttee tin appropriations and especially of selecting the rlmlnium of that com uiltlee. The speaker Is understood to be In favor of reducing government ex pendltures. He Is opiHwod to revision of the tariff and does not think it desirable to increase Internal taxes. To bring the expenses of the government within the revenue there must be reductions and how thone can be effected without Impairing the efficiency of the public service Is a question for the house com mlttee on appropriations. In the making up of that committee it is naturally expected that Mr. Cannon will choose men who are known to be favorable to Judicious economy. The chairmanship Is of course vital. Several representatives are being talked of for the position and apparently most promt nent among them is Mr. Burton of the Twenty-first Ohio district The Cleve land Leader has asked the opinion of a number of his colleagues and they generally favor his appointment. Mr. Burton has had extended experience as a member of the house and is recog nized as one of its ablest members. He Is clear-headed, industrious and forceful and at the head of the house appropri ations committee would undoubtedly be found an earnest champion of a reduc tion in government expenditures wher ever it can practicably be done. It has been objected to Mr. Burton that he has some times not been in full accord with the policies of his party, but of course there Is no question as to his republicanism and the fact that he has occasionally differed with the party leaders does not unfit him for the chair manship of the appropriations commit tee. There is needed In that position a man of sound Judgment earnest purpose and force, and it can be very confi dently predicted that such a man will be selected by Speaker Cannon. Every body knows that there must be either a cutting down of public expenses or provision made for more revenue and it is not to be doubted that the very gen eral sentiment is in favor of reducing expenses. It is believed that President Roosevelt will urge this in his annual message, and possibly point out some of the ways in which it can be accom plished without doing any Injury to the public service. There must be a stop to deficits. They have a disquieting effect and are indefensible in a time of peace and of great national prosperity. No one advocates the building up of a large surplus in the treasury and the locking up of money that should be In the chan nels of trade, but on the other hand It Is manifestly undesirable to have' in creasing deficits. What is needed is that the business of the government shall be conducted so as not to exceed the revenues and that it is practical to do this there can be no reasonable doubt. it will be the duty of the house appro priations committee of the Fifty-ninth congress to make a Judicious reduction In expenditures and to firmly insist UDon It . Is no assurance that It may not be re newed at any time. When Secretary raft visited China he made such In vestigatiou as he could of the boycott and. said that the Chinese merchants had lost so heavily by It that they were not disposed to continue It. Tills state ment seems to be borne out by subse quent circumstances. It Is still true however, that American trade has suf fered from the Chinese resentment and In the event of congress refusing to do anything to remove objection to the law It Is probable there will be a renews or tno movement against American goods. It is evident that the Importance of the matter Is duly appreciated by me administration. President MeCull alleges that a ma jority of the life insurance bills Intro duced in state legislature are "hold up" measures. As few of these bills bare become law the allegation may point the way to new developments In the Investigation. Fortunately for the reputation of Aaron Burr, he left no descendants of hl name. With a grandson dismissed frm the-army and another descendant in Europe dodging Insurance Investiga tort, Alexander Hamilton does not fare 9 well It is now announced that th Civic Federation attorney wants to postpone the second DennUon trial until the De cember term. Why not ask for a post ponement until after the spring election In order that Dennison may be again In jected Into the coming city campaign? The Judges and clerks of the recent primary election will receive only $3 pay for more work than has been re, quired f them at any previous election. They will get even, however, in Novem ber, when they draw full rations while letting the voting machines do the bal lot counting tor them. :. A SUCCESSFUL EXPOSITION. The Lewis and Clark exposition. which will close ten days hence, has been entirely successful from a financial standpoint According to a statement made by its president the exposition company will have a surplus of from 1100,000 to 1150,000 and will be able to pay back on approximately $400,000 of stock between 25 and 40 per cent Pres ident Ooode is quoted as saying: "Ac cording to present conjectures this will be the most successful of any of the world's fairs, from a financial stand point with the sole exception of Oma ha's Transmlssisslppi exposition in 1898. The Omaha fair was smaller in scope; it covered less area and was less ex pensive to operate because the scope of its operations was not so extensive as ours. Omaha, also, possessed the ad vantage of a far more populous country surrounding it" The managers of the Portland exposi tion are certainly to be congratulated upon the success they have achieved, which is much beyond what was gener ally expected. Indeed It was a quite common belief that the entemriaA would be a failure financially. The re sult shows with what generous loyalty it has been supported by the people of the coast and also that it has attracted many from other parts of the country. It has been a good investment in all respects, doubtless contributing much to the materia! welfare of Portland. The close of this exposition will ter minate such enterprises Jn this country for many years. CABINET CONSIDERS EXCLUSION. The Chinese exclusion law and the boycott of American goods resulting from that policy were among the mat ters considered by the cabinet at the first meeting since the president's vaca tion. Mr. Roosevelt has shown a great deal of interest In the exclusion question and doubtless will have some recom mendation to make to congress respect ing it He has done what he could to effect a mitigation of the course which the immigration authorities had been pursuing In the enforcement of the ex clusion law and it remains for congress to determine whether or not the law shall be modified so as to remove the objection to it urged by the Chinese government That does not apply to the exclusion of coolies or laborers, but simply to those pe-sons coming here from China who are merchants, tour ists or students. It is the fact that these classes have been subjected to harsh treatment and humiliating hard ships which has caused resentment In China and caused the movement hostile to American trade. . As to the boycott, It appears that th action of th Imperial government bas about cut a stop to it, though there NOMINATION IlKFORM- Discussion of the plank in the renub- lican state platform committing the party to direct primary nominations and ,of the resolution pending before the republican state committee to inaug urate a direct primary system for the nomination of the next state ticket has developed the line of objection that is to be entered to this program. Opposition to direct nominations as such is practically estopped by the fact that the political parties in Nebraska have each incorporated endorsements of direct primaries in their platforms and as a consequence the argument Is ad vanced that while nominations by di rect vote are desirable It Is not prac ticable to put any plan in operation un til a direct primary law is first enacted whose provisions apply to all party nom mauons without discrimination. In some quarters the effort is made to evade the platform declarations by de claring that they simply refer the ques tion to the favorable consideration of the next legislature and are in no way binding upon the committee orgaulea tlons now in charge of the party ma chinery. All these arguments must seem spe cious to people thoroughly enlisted in the cause of nomination reform. None of the expressed fears of impending evils from the immediate inauguration of a direct primary system are In any way comparable with the actual abuses of the prevailing methods of convention nominations. On the other hand, should the republicans of Nebraska strike out for themselves in the direction of bring ing the control of public affairs nearer to the people, they would set the pace for their political adversaries and direct nominations would be forced upon all political parties as a matter of self preservation without even the necessity of legislative enactment. ' One of the high school cadets In a contribution to our letter box protests against compulsory military drill at the high school, asserting that many of the poorer boys have been driven out of school by the compulsory features. This Is a serious Indictment which if true calls for consideration and remedy at the bands of the school board. The tax payers of Omaha who support the high school do not want the children of poor parents to be barred from its benefits. The death of Richard P. Clarkson of Des Moines takes away one of the pio neers of western Journalism. The Des Moines Register tinder the Clarksons was easily the newspaper of foremost Influence in Iowa, and its commanding position was due in large part to the directing mind of Richard P. Clarkson. Although for some years he bas been practically retired from public life, bis departure marks the removal of one of Iowa's prominent citizens. he is right; he Is as near the people aa was Lincoln, as ready for a scrap aa was Jackson, as austere when the occasion calls for It aa was Washington. In the mean time, the subject on which he devotes most of his time Is how best to serve his fellow countrymen and humanity generally. Tnke la All the Rrnlaera. Springfield Republican. Mr. Carnegie Is doing his best for the peace of the world, but his schema for an alliance between Great Britain, France and the United States, te prevent war. Is not yet within the range of practical politics. While those throe iiowrrs were watching the rest of the world with a big stick, who would watch them? A pact of peace should take in all the big bruisers. WOMEN RKPLY TO CLEVELAND. Leaders In Movement To the Farmer, Greeting! Cincinnati Enquirer. This year the American farmer, whether he has coaxed his crop from the granite rocks of New England, .or gathered It where "the earth Is so kind that Just tickle ner with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest," Is expanding under the genial Slow of a successful season. As all over the land he sits down with his family about mm at his groaning table to celebrate his harvest home, let us all wish him many seasons to come more abundant even than this one. and drink his health In Douglas Jcrrolds toast: "The life of a husbandman ! A life fed by th bounty of earth and sweetened by the airs of heaven." Canada's Reared. Toronto Star. Nearly every man In Canada who reads the newspapers has felt shame for his country because of the long delay In turn ing over Gaynor and Greene to the United States authorities. They are charged with frauds to the amount of 12,000,000, and by one means and another they have made use of the Canadian' courts and processes of law to resist extradition for the past three or four years. It Is a reproach to this country, which, mor than most coun tries, has prided itself on the swift and unerring processes of justice where crimi nals are concerned. The law forma a pre posterous maze of difficulties where a man has wealth enough to hire half a dozen keen lawyers to plan a campaign. the SoeTraae Speak Ont. Former President Orover Cleveland's pa per against woman suffrage, summarlxod In a recent Issue of The Hee. has railed nut a symposium of vigorous replies from lead ers In the" suffrage movement. These re plies fill a page of the New York Sunday Herald. A few paragraphs from each will Indicate the feelings of the writers. Rev. Anna M. Shaw, president of the Women's National Suffrage association: "After Mr. Cleveland's recent sweeping denunciation of women's clubs. It Is not surprising to read an argument by him against equal suffrage. His first artlclo showed him to be very Imperfectly ac quainted with the good work that women's clubs are actually doing all around him. His second artU-le shows him to be even lesa acquainted with the farts In regard to equal suffrage, Vhich he has not had much opportunity to observe. j "Mr. Cleveland snys that most womnn ( do not desire the ballot. Most women un doubtedly are Indifferent, but of those who take any lively Interest In the question either way the large majority are In favor. This has been demonstrated In every state wnere petitions for suffrage and re monstrances against It have been sent to the legislature. i neoaore Koosevelt recommended woman suffrage In his message to the legislature, to the great horror of the con servatives, when he was governor of New York. And on this question the facts of experience bear out the views of our pres ent president, who faces toward the future rather than those of our former president, wno iaces toward the past." Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has promised to attend the corn contest scheduled to come off at Lincoln in De cember. Secretary Wilson once forgot to put Nebraska in the list of corn belt states and if anything Is needed to pre vent a repetition of this mistake an in spection of the prize corn ears raised by Nebraska boys and girls will surely do the work. The lone democrat in the city council does not seem to be any different from the republicans In the city council so far as devotion to the Interests of the vari ous franchised corporations is concerned except that he bus a louder voice and makes more noise. France is anxiously awaiting the re port of Judge Calhoun on the situation in Venezuela. What would It do If the Judge should withhold his report until Commissioner Garfield makes public his report on the investigation of the oil industry T In the exchange of prisoners Russia releases 1.8B0 Japanese and Japan 64,0(10 Russians. The difference may not only reflect the fighting qualities of the na tions, LMt also accounts for Japan's wil lingness to stop the expense of the war. Seeret of Rocke's Hanplneas. Chicago News. Perhaps It Is only a coincidence that kero sene rose steadily during the week pre ceding the day Mr. Rockefeller called the happiest of his life. Weapons that Connt. Philadelphia Press. What the woman suffragists want to do is to search the bright lexicon of wo man's rights for some mammoth words to hurl at ex-President Cleveland., Noth ing scares htm like big words. Tnrlvaled Magnanimity. Portland Oregonian. Quit magnanimous of Mr. Bryan to leave things in th hands of the president till he gets back. Tet you may be sure that Mr. Bryan would never go away and leave if he wasn't sure that everything Is all right. However, If everything doesn't pan out well, we live in hope that Mr. Bryan may b persuaded to tell us what's th matter when he returns. The President. Goodwin's Weekly. He la the llvest president that this coun try has ever had: has a clearer Idea of the wants and modes of thought of the whole country than any other president ever had: la the easiest one to approach and the hardest on to throw duwn when li tUluks i A FAMOIS PACK THAI. Recollections of an Incident In Gen eral Crook' Career. Charles F. Lummls, author, editor and explorer of the southwest, contributes the leading article in McClure's Magazine. It Is a historical sketch of primitive modes of transportation In North and South America. Most Important of these were the horse and mule pack trains which were, next to man, the greatest forces In the de velopment of new countries. The writer pays a tribute to the skill of General George Crook as a masterly organizer of pack trains In these words: The most competent pack train In his torythe smallest for the work It did. and the "biggest for its size" was that organized by General George Crook In his first Arizona campaign, 1871-1875; reaching Its perfection, with the height of that un equalled Indian chase, under "Old Tom Moore," chief .of transportation the wiry and grizzled veteran whose sermon I shall never forget to the text: "Mules? Mules? Pardner, I want you to remember tlifet God made mules a-puppus!" and such packers as "Hank V Tank," Jim O'Neill, Jack Long. Long Jim Cook, Chtleno John, Jose de Leon, Sam Wlsser, Laurlano Gomez and others of the best frontiersmen that ever pulled a diamond hitch: with the mountain-bred mules and burros sea- oned by years of the toughest trail of America, but with the best care ever given an army's animals that endless centipede, with the old Mulera (a white bell marc) for the head, was, everything considered, the most absolutely competent military transport I have ever known either In the field or In the documents; and I think It quite safe to say also that there is no record of any other operations of war cr mining or commerce in which the same number of animals did so much hard work over so bad country, so economically and with so little deterioration. It was of a piece with all Crook's work the most searching, the most personally conducted and the least trumpeted campaign ever conducted on our frontier; or, so far aa I can And, on any other. REAL RATE MAKJSG. A So-called "Science" Redely Shat tered by Men Who Know. Pittsburg Dispatch. It Is a cruel and Ironic fate that de crees. Just after- the railroad Interests and their various senators had got done pro mulgating their theory that the making of freight rates Is such an occult and del icate science that It will produce universal smash If governmental regulation lays a rash hand on it, to have President Ripley add his testimony to that of Presi dent Sttckney that the way rates are really made Is to have the big trusts dictate them to th railroads. President Ripley back his assertions by the fact that under the dictation of th Beef trust th rate on dressed beef from Kansas City to Chicago, which should be higher than th rat on live tock, Is actually less, and a a result hi company loses money on every car of dressed beef hauled between these two points. See In what shape this leaves the corporate gos pel! The government must not regulate rates because that would Introduce an outside and Inexpert influence which might dis turb the nicely adjusted balance and In volve the possibility that the railroad profits would be encroached upon. But the actual fact by the testimony of these railroad authorities Is that the trusts can and do exercise this very dictation. They can disturb that nice and delicate adjust ment by the simple method of ordering th'? railroads what rates to make, with the result of Inflicting actual loss. It Is to be noted that the Railroad Gazette In Its attack on President Roosevelt practically corroborates the statements of Messrs. Rip ley and Sttckney, with the variation of Implying that th railroads will get some money by accepting the trust dictation of rates. The attitude of the railroads, therefore. Is practically that the government must not exercise a power which they surrender to the trusts. This give a striking expres sion to the corporate view as to the lo cation of real power. But It also discloses that for the legitimate Interest of railroad stockholders It would be wise to lodge the ultimate rate-making power In soma body that will not be so completely subject to the trusts aa the railroads confess themselves to be. Susan B. Anthony: "We don't ask Orover Cleveland or anr other man to find the God-given sphere of woman. There are enough of us who are sufficiently intelligent to find It ourselves. "I am glad that Mr. Cleveland sees that the organization of women's clubs paves the way for suffrage. It Is a natural se quence, because women's clubs are Inter ested In movements for the betterment of city, stato or government civics, and when they attempt to do anything they run their heads against the ballot box In short order. They find that the vote of one ignorant. Illiterate man outweighs their entire club In fighting for or against legislation. "Women are Interested In liquor laws because they affect the home; when the man gets drunk he goes home; when he Is unfaithful, It Is the home that is hurt. The grog shop, gambling room and brothel are directly antagonistic to the home. Why would not women vote against them If given a chance?" i l ..rrr-f I ,13 !, JJSL2 I I "i! v J, , natural pi WERSi MnSXI 1 ArraChrrvPatoral I I '', "TTTJ i II MMifM ' e. 1 I hs ssa:::;'1:?: II I iimHh mum f I ri Ill 'i PERSONAL, SOTES Do not undervalue the services of a skilful phy- sician. nven trie best medicine cannot take the place of the family doctor. Therefore we say: Con sult your physician freely about your case and ask him what he thinks about your taking Ayers Cherry Pectoral for your cough. If he says take it, then take it. If he says do not take it, then follow his advice. Ma r the t. O. Am Co., lewell. Mm. AIM maaanratarert f ATBR'8 PILLS For eoostipatlos. YBBS HUB YIOOR-For th hair. ATEB'S SARSAPARILLA-For to stood. A TIB'S AOUB CURS-Fer malaria aa art. nTwvierjnBnBSfWnsBBSnBBasensn Carrie Chapman Catt, former president of the National Suffrage association: "Orover Cleveland, like most opponents of woman suffrage, evades the main claim why women should be endowed with the bajlot. Few woman suffragists have ever claimed the ballot for women as an In herent right. They are agreed that 'It attaches neither to man nor to woman by nature.' They claim It aa an act of Jus tice, not as a concession of chivalry. The ballot was first given to men upon the principle that 'taxation without representa tion is tyranny," Women are taxed and women are governed, and for these rea sons, and for no other, do women suf fragists ask the ballot." Olive On iDeliciom Flavor, Absolute Puritj. Th high YP el nviro olive ell etuotblo. Try ft is year nn nJ4 AT ALL OHOGBkS. LUlle Devereaux Blake, president of the Legislative league: "Mr. Cleveland' article on woman suf frage Is written la his usual thoughtful and scholarly style, but one cannot help regretting that he did not make himself acquainted with the facts In the case before he attempted so Important a dissertation. One of the first assertions Is that women are 'unbusinesslike.' In reply,, we' might ask 'Are all men businesslike?' The recent exposures in the Equitable would seem to Indicate that some men are neither busi nesslike nor trustworthy, while the great army of women In various, occupations who are making for themselves admirable records by their capacity and reliability give a direct contradiction to the charge." Mrs. Belle de Rivera, president of the New York Equal Suffrage league: 'Mr. Cleveland has himself proved that the masculine Intelligence may be clouded by sentiment. If women are businesslike In the many trades, professions and com mercial enterprises in which they now have a place, they are losing that kind of trust fulness which has prevented them from carrying on successful business undertakings. Mr. Cleveland deplores an outspoken dis content, yet he must admit that discontent Is but a step toward betterment of condi tions, and It is to be hoped that the same healthy discontent will remain In evidence until the rignts or a rree people are ac corded to th women In every state of the union." Mis Mary O. Hay, treasurer of the New Tork Equal Suffrage league: "Against the testimony of Orover Cleve land concerning woman suffrage there Is an abundance of evidence from state where women vote that it has proved a purifying Influence in politics and a helpful factor In society. For my part, I prefer to take the testimony of ttie people who know woman suffrage In actual practice." Funds for a memorial to th late Mavor Collins of Boston have reached $11,290. "Everybody Works But Father" Is a song. Many a father would move to amend by elimination of the third word. Mrs. Chadwlck's lawyers wanted 1C19 fbr their services in her behalf, but were allowed only $300. Evidently the court took into account the advertising they got. Sir Henry Edmund Knight, former lord mayor of London, has Just landed In Bos ton after a 12,000-mile Journey In the United States. He suys the great pros perity of the country Is the most Impres sive thing he noted. D. K, Pearsons, the wealthy Chlcagoan, who has given large sums to small col leges, made all of his money at an ad vanced age, having only been able to save $5,000 by practicing his profession when he had reached the age of to. The Chicago Inter-O-jean Is authority for the statement that Mayor Dunne ha offered to divide his salary with his aged father, Patrick W. Dunne but refused to put him or any other members of the fam ily on the municipal payroll. Balblno Davllos, of the City of Mexico, a well-known lltteratuer, who has trans lated into Spanish some of the best Amer ican poetry, has been appointed to the Mexican Embassy staff at Washington and will accompany Ambassador Casasus to the United States. After residing In Japan twenty-nine years Prof. Baclz has returned to his home at Stuttgart. He was one of the savants imported by the Japanese government with the view of Europeanlzlng the country. For a quarter of a century he was profes sor of the Toklo university. Most of the prominent physicians in Japan are his pupils. Oyama Is reported as savin In an Inter view: "General Linevltch is not a man who I thirsting for fame. Originally he was against the war. He ha many acquain tances In Japan and Is on terms of Inti mate friendship with Major General Fuku shlma. Linevltch has reached his pres ent high position from the ranks. We took only sixty guns la the battle of Mukden, owing to the marvellous skill of the enemy In effecting a retreat. The Russians car ried away the barrels of their guns by railway." trouble with a neighbor of mine. H!s wn, a genuine case. He had It so badly that li married a grass widow. Chicago Tribune DISCONCERTING DISCLOSURES. Skill In Rate Maklnar Simmered Down to Gneasln;. Detroit Free Press. President A. B. Stlckney of the Chicago Great Western, haa been telling the Inter state Commerce commission a few things about railroad rates that must make un pleasant reading for certain corporate in terests. Opponent of government regu lation have been loud In their declar ations that the art of rate-making Is so complex that but few men are fitted to handle the proposition without creating a condition of affairs that would send the railroad 'straight to ruin and work in calculable harm to the nation. Rate sheets have been held up as sacred, and the peril of Interfering with the existing state of affairs ha been tearfully dwelt upon. This contention haa been shattered by Mr. Stlck ney. whose testimony was to the effect that rate-making aa practiced by the rail roads Is a oungllng Job, lacking In system, wholly unintelligible save to the initiated and based largely on guess-work. Further than this It was disclosed that on Im portant shipments the railroads do not fix the schedules, favored shippers dictating the terms upon which traffic will be turned over to a given line. The Impression has prevailed In many quarters that In the matter ot rebates the railroads were more stnnea against than sinners. It Is not human nature to alt Idly by and watch business go to another who may see lit to offer more advantageous terms to a prospective customer. Rail road officials have waxed Indignant when ever there was the slightest Intimation of a rebating agreement. Mr. Stlckney shows conclusively that rebate existed, and that the roads were forced by monopo listic shippers Into granting them. Stress has been laid upon the delicate adjust ment which controlled the fixing rates. Mr. Stlckney has shown that Instead of being systematized It Is the veriest bungling. These disclosures furnish material which In the hands of competent and conscien tious government officials should lead to the Institution of beneficial change through compulsion It In no other manner. i FLASHES OF FIN. Wilson What do you think of govern ment ownership? Gilson Well, I should approve of It heartily if I had anything that I wanted the government to buy. Somervllle Journal. First Roman fwhlle Rome Is burning) Just listen to Nero's playing. Dost ap preciate his marvelous technique? Second Roman Hardly. I'm In the fire insurance business. Brooklyn Eagle. Muggins If there is one thing I dislike more than another It Is to see a man make a fool of himself. , Mrs. Muggins What a pity you were not born blind, my dear. Chicago News, The Doctor Tou would be surprised to know how many persons merely think they have hay fever." The Professor Tes, but that wasn't the "Mamma," asked th society leader n 1 t tle girl, "will everybody that s good go in heaven?" "Yes, my child." "Rut, mamma." "What is it, dear?" "How about people outside our set?" Pittsburg Post. "What makes that great man so cvnlral about fame?" "He has Just smoked one of the clsiirs that were named after him." Washington Star. Fair Visitor Here, my poor man, are some roses for you. What can I do to make you comfortable? Prisoner Guess you're makin' a mistake, lady. Fair Visitor Mistake how? Prisoner I'm onlv h .k cilmblrT. Ter'll find the sruv that killed vieveiana jeaaer. his wife In th' nex' cell.- FATHER TIME DEFENDED. New Orleans Times-Democrat. Time a thief? 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