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TIIE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1903. I Tiie Omaiia Daily Bee B. ROBE WATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Bee (without Sunday), one year. .31 "0 Dslly Bee and Sunday one year " Illustrate Bee. one year 2 V Sunday Wee. one year 2 I" Saturday Hee, on year 1M DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Flly Pea (without Sundav), per week...1?c ally Pea (Including Sunday), per week. 17c Kvenlng Pea (without Sunday), per wees.': Evening Pee (with Sunday), per week....U! Sunday Bee, per ropy c Address romplalntn of Irregularities In de livery to City Circulation Department offices. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha City Hall Building. Council Bluffs 10 Pearl Street. Chicago m fnltr Building. New York 15 Home Life Ins. Building. Washington SOI Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and ed itorial matter should he addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, Payable to The Bee Publishing Company. OnlT 3-cent stamps received aa payment of , mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT O CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, as.: C. C. Roe water, secretary of The Bee Publishing- Company, being duly 'worn, says that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally. Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of September. 1906, was as fol lows: 1 S0.4O0 ,18 Sl.TOO 81.K30 IT I S.10 I ZS.ftKO - 18 SO.TOO 4 aowvo . 1 SO.TOO 1 80.T70 . 20 SS.410 v.... ao.nao n 80.820 T 80.T30 23 30,000 81,000 . 2S 81.020 I 31.HOO 24 SO.OKO 10 20.HB0 16 SI, ISO U , 80,800 M 81,0:iO 13 80.TB0 27 80,000 II SO.TIO 28 SO.TTO t SO.MO 7 80,070 15... 81,060 10 81,850 Total 030,320 Less unsold copies lO.lOU Net total sales..'. Pally average , V10.32H 80.S44 . . C. C. ROSE WATER, Sec y. Subscribed in my presence and sworn to before me this 80th dny of September. 19u6. tBeal) M. B. H UNGATE. Notary Public WHEN OUT OF TOW!. Sabserlbora leaving- the city tem porarily shoald have The Bee walled to tbesa. It la better than dally letter from hem. Ad dress will be cbaagca as oftem as reo.aested Grorer came to Nettnska one day ami uie next day It snowed. But who expected Count Wltte's visit to America to bear fruit no early? , For the fabrication of fake campaign Issues the Omaha Fakery enjoys ex clusive patent rights. . The four Us on the republican countv ticket commend themselves to favorable consideration Handle, Beal, Brailey and Kodwell. Mr. Keep may cut uie red tape at Washington but the public will look to Mr. Shonta and his associates to cut the earth at Panama. I Norwegian statesmen evidently . bo Ueva It too risky to Introduce a new nation and a new republic to the mon irehs of Europe at one time. The last of the absolute monarch f Europe has passed Into history. Bus ilans can with difficulty repay the debt of freedom they owe the Japanese. The showing that Philadelphia may lose $6,000,000 on contracts with alleged "grafters" indicates that tire tribe of "Boss" Tweed did not die with hliu. The Cossacks of Russia are likened to the "Swiss guard" of France; but when the time came they preferred' to be live Cossacks rather than dead heroes. Now that the salaries of Methodist preachers are too low Ministerial unjons may get a chance to receive some bene fit from their honorary affiliation with Central Labor unions. In rlew of the unsuccessful attempt of the railroads to pack the late rate regulation convention it would seem as though the passes held out better tlia the passengers. With Imports of S121.000.000 and ex ports of $124,000,000 in the last Ave months, it must be admitted that the United States la enjoying practical reclp roclty in some quarters. The canal committees have nearly completed their reports to the commis sion. Literary experts can prepare to prove where each and every engineer Is mistaken in his conclusions. The "shotgun patrol" for automobiles at St Louts is the natural outgrowth of tha examples of inhuman automobllists In accidents which have brought about the display of shoot Ing-lrons. Peaf mutes are said to be more ex pert in manufacturing telephone mn chlnery than men with ordinary facul ties; and there are times when one is led to believe that tbey are being tried as telephone operators. The more the methods aud inside workings of the county court are probed the more graft and rottenness is dis closed, and the only way to effect a change is to elect a man as county Judge who has bad no connection or affiliation with Judge Ylnaouhaler aud his clerical (rafters. Omaha and South Omaha election offi cers should familiarize themselves with tha mechanism of the voting machines. Under the law they will be required to assist voters who are not familiar with their operation and few of the voters of Omaha and South Omaha have yet handled tha lever with which they are register thair preference. A3 TO tti VT HER SUPPORT- ! That the visit of President Roosevelt to the south una bad n good effect on lK.pulnr sentiment In that section is very plainly shown lu the expressions of the leading southern papers. Without ex ception thee representatives of public opinion hare in the most unqualified terms commended the speeches of Mr. Roosevelt and lauded the spirit which characterized them. In some Instances the' praise has been enthusiastic in Its nature, while In all cases It has been marked by manifest earnestness and sincerity. This Is highly gratifying, but how far can it le depended upon to support the policies for which the president Is con tending? It is said that the president has secured from the south at least, by a direct appeal to the people, a consid eration of bis policies which the rep resentatives of the south In congress will beyond doubt heed and support. Tbnt remains to be seen. Unquestiona bly there Is a great deal of sentiment in the southern states favorable to the de mand of the president for legislation to regulate railway rates. Perhaps this sentiment is predominant there and there can be no doubt that It Is stronger than before Mr. Roosevelt's visit. But there is, on the other band, a good deal of opposition in that section tb his policy in regard to the railroads. Senator Morgan of Alabama Is an outspoken and apparently uncompromising oppon ent and he is not alone In that position. As yet few of the southern senators and representatives have Indicated their position and doubtless not many of them will do so in advance of the meeting of congress, or before they are called upon to act upon a measure for carrying out the president' plan of railway rate regulation. Undeniably the south Is as deeply Interested lu this question as any other section of the country. It is alto gether probable that the people of the south have suffered as much, relatively, from railroad discriminations and other abuses as any other part of the country. Complaints ' from that section to the Interstate Commerce commission have been numerous. But there is reason to believe that the railroads exert quite as much influence In that section as in the north and west, and it Is needless to say that they have not been idle In the mat ter of creating popular sentiment there in Ivohulf of their cause. There Is consequently uncertainty as to where the southern senator and rep resentatives will be found when they are called upon to act upon the question of railway rate regulation. No confident prediction can be made In regard to the position they will take. If they should generally support the president's reeom mendatlons these would prevail. If two thirds of the southern senators were to vote for the policy of railway rate regu lation advocated by Mr. Roosevelt it would win. The men who represent the south In congress, especially the sena tors from that section, have in this matter a large responsibility. How they will meet it is a question of very great interest PARItiQ bEPARTHEM' ESTIMATES. Those whoiappreclate the necessity of economy in public expenditures. In order to put a stop to deficits, will regard with satisfaction the action of Secretary Taft In paring the estimates for the War department. The amount he will ask cougress to appropriate Is nearly $10, 000,000 less than the appropriations for the current fiscal year, and many more millions below the estimates upon which the appropriations were bused. The total amount which congress will be asked to appropriate for the War depart ment is a little less than $105,000,000. The example thus set by the secre tary of war, if It shall be followed by the heads of other departments, will effect such a reduction In the expendi tures of the government as will remove all danger of a deficit and thus obviate the necessity of raising more revenue by additional taxation. And there is good reason to believe that the example will be followed. It is the evident deter mination of the administration to curtail expenses wherever it can be done with out detriment to the public service and It Is not to be doubted that a total re duction is practicable at least equal to the amount of the deficit at the close of the last fiscal year. If this bo done the existing sources of revenue will be ample for the financial requirements' of the government and may even yield a small surplus. EFFECT ON RVSSIAX CREDIT The Russian government desires to negotiate- another loan of several hun dred millions of dollars. There is no doubt that it greatly needs the money. The return of the Manchurlun army will entail a heavy expenditures Immediate steps should be taken for increasing the navy. There is urgent " necessity for relieving the destitution in those prov inces where the crops have Ix'eu a nearly complete failure. These things call for more money than the govern ment now has, in addition to which it must provide for the interest amounting to $132,000,000 annually, on its great foreign debt, which exceeds $3,000,000. 000. Were the country at peace little diffi culty would be found in negotiating an other loan. But as conditions are it is not probable that capitalists anywhere will seriously consider loaning the Rus sian government any more money. Its main reliance has t.eeu upon the French bankers. These refused to let Russia have money to continue the war with Japan and are not likely to loan any under existing circumstances. British aud American capltu1'. its, It is safe to say, will not deal with a government which may be on the verge of dissolu tion or of changes that will practically amount to that As matters now staud, Russia has no" credit In the world's money markets. Those who hold her securities are of course endeavoring to bolster them tip, but they realize that unless the autocratic rule is maintained these bonds will become very nearly worthless. Tcrhaps no government that might le established would repudiate them, but Dew terms would be made with the bondholders that would ma terially reduce the value of the securi ties. The present financial condition of the Russian government Is manifestly very grave and must Inevitably grow more serious before the difficulties now confronting it are surmounted. THE ISDUXAPULIS EXAMPLE. The Indianapolis Commercial club has set an example which the Omaha Com mercial club could emulate with credit to itself and profit to the commercial Interests of Omaha. The Indianapolis Commercial club, like the Omaha Com mercial club, has an executive commit tee to act for the club in emergencies, but the executive committee of the In dianapolis club does not assume the responsibility for representing the sen timents of the club without consulting the members. Ten days ago David M. Parry, who Is a member of the executive committee of the Indianapolis Commercial club, conceived the idea of calling upon busi ness men of the various cities not lu sympathy with President Roosevelt's railway regulation plan to send dele gates to the convention called by the National Interstate Commerce Law association for the speciflc purpose of endorsing President Roosevelt's plan and creating public sentiment in its favor. , When Mr. Parry presented his plan for packing the convention against the supporters of Roosevelt to the execu tive committee of the Indianapolis Com mercial club, with a view to sendiug a picked delegation of rebate and pass men to Chicago to break up the regular convention, he met with unexpected re sistance from his colleagues. Instead of complying with Mr. Tarry's requevt and committing the club to the Tarry movement, the executive committee Is sued a call to all the members of the club to convene and discuss the proposi tion. The Indianapolis Commercial club his a membership of 1,200 and more than 800 resitonded to the call. After a full and free discussion the Tarry1 proposi tion was voted down by 10 to 1 and a delegation of representative merchants and manufacturers was appointed to at tend the regular convention, with In structions to endorse Roosevelt's rail way regulation policy. Mr. Parry, of course, had no trouble In finding congenial co-workers among the beneficiaries of the railroads, but the Commercial club' of Indianapolis washed its hands clean of the disreputa ble attempt to pack a convention with men opposed to the objects for which It waa called. Inasmuch as Mr. Tarry is reputed to be the vice president of an Indiana rail road his failure to convince the mer chants and manufacturers of Indianapo lis that it was to their Interest to an tagonize the president's rate-making plan is not In the least surprising. The example of the Indianapolis club, how ever, is worthy of emulation by all other commercial bodies In this, thot the ex ecutive committee, or board of directors, shall not be ollowed to commit Its mem bership to a line of policy on any public issue without first inviting a full and free discussion by the rank and file of Its membership. The Chicago Employers' association has issued orders for a new union taloo. Its members are Instructed iiii to pat ronize balls, picnics, masquerades or other entertainments under the auspices of organized labor. The exact form un der which this aocial gathering boycott has been Issued is as follows: In view of the unreasonable demands made by many labor organizations, no ad vertisements shall be placed In any pub lication, program or souvenir of any kind under their control and no admission tickets shall be purchased for - balls, picnics or any other amusements of like character emanating from auch sources. It does not take a prophet, or the son of a prophet to foresee that this order will widen the breach between the Chi cago employers and their employes and make it touch more difficult to settle their differences. Whether the example set by Chicago will be followed in other localities remalus yet to be seen. UoW did it come thut the Good Gov ernment league, whoever that may be, has not discovered the fact that Charles Leslie, candidate for county Judge, has never practiced law In any court and Is manifestly as incompetent to fill the po sition of county Judge as he would bo to fill the position of supreme Judge? What weight can a recommendation of the Good Government league have with any conscientious voter when candidates it recommends lack the first requisite of every public official, namely, the qualification to perform its duties aud fuuctluns? Ijist year JJouth Omaha had more than o.OOO voters on its registration lists. This year only a fraction over 2,000 voters registered on tlie first two days and the highest estimate of the last day of registration does not place the total number above 3.SO0. What hat become of the other 1,500 is a mystery no fellow can find out Manifestly little Interest has been aroused in this year's election, or in the municipal mill that will have to be fought next spring, i The llstlessuess of the state campaign has startled aud surprised most of the democratic politicians. The truth is that political sentiment in Nebraska is so nearly unanimous for Roosevelt and the republican party that the opposition cannot muster a corporal's guard to mark time on the firing une. The death tt Councilman Nicholson creates a vacancy lu the city council that will have Wo be filled by the sur viving councilman, and we do not te tray a great secret In saying that the public utility corporations will have something to say as to their choice. Mr. Hitchcock would very cheerfully sacrifice every candidate but one on the democratic county ticket if he could only beat Fink, the Iwld, bad man, who refused to turn over the scavenger tax list advertising to tbe World-Herald on demand. Gotham's War try. New Tork Sun. Toll the bell for Ben Odell; pile the turf over Murph! After the Flht. Minneapolis Journal. Japanese and Russians met at a banquet In Toklo and toasted csar and mikado. It requires a lot of bloodshed to make people real sociable and friendly. Handing Dowa a Shake. Springfield Republican. Now that Mr. Bryan has shaken hands with Admiral Togo, there are millions of Americans who can proudly say that they shook the hand that shook the hind of Togo. Both Glad to Let Go. Pitssburg Dispatch. The close of the war between Japan and Russia and the serene discussion of the affairs of the two countries in peace grad ually discloses the fact that both sides were pretty well worn and tired. Do- Bank Examiners Kxamlnef Chicago Record-Herald. It la found in connection with the Alle gheny bank fa Mute that the bank exam iner didn't properly examine until after the trouble had come to pass. But isn't that the common way with examiners? Specifications Omitted. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Former Comptroller of the Currency Dawes declares that there are good and bad trusts. A request to Mr. Dawes to bo more specific and definite would probably causo him considerable embarrassment. Proposed t'arvlna- of Criminals. New Tork Tribune. Chancellor E. Benjamin Andrews of Ne braska University Is In favor of turning over condemned murderers to the surgeons and doctors for surgical and medical ex periments, the subjects to receive their liberty if they survive. The murderers might prefer death by way of the operating table and anaesthetics, but would the sur geons and doctors be willing to play the role of executioners? sew England a.u this west. More Good Will and Less Prodding: a Desirable Consummation. Boston Qlobe. Western newspapers delight In their flings at Boston and New England. It Is Idle to deny that there, is a certain prejudice abroad against us. This prejudice arises from Ignorance, Ignorance here as well as there. 1 New England self-sufficiency, which Is at Its maximum, in the vicinity of Boston, la resented. "I, too,1 know something," the Russian minister 1 hotly insisted In the midst of one of Cltssrlea Sumner's lofty and lengthy monologues, which that Illustrious statesman sometimes mistook for eonversa- j tlon. That Is tho way the west seems to feel toward New England on some occa sions. Then there Is "a certain condescension" which the British made Lowell feel and which some New Bnglanders pass on to the westerners. The new country is very sen sitive to the opinion of the old country, far more so than the latter can appreciate. Too many New Englanders delight to air their Indifference to things which are Important to the west, and their ignorance of things which the west celebrates. A real westerner is capable of writhing In torture under the. knowledge that some untraveled persons down here do not know the population of his city, that there Is a Kansas City in Missouri and that Omaha Is not an Immediate suburb of Chicago. But the westerner should reflect that New England has paid well for all her miscon ceptions of the west. If she had known that country better the west would be many millions poorer and New England Investors correspondingly richer. At the same time It must be conceded that New England has initiated and sustained soma of the most daring, far seeing and successful of the great enterprises which have enterod into the upbuilding of the west. NO DISCREDIT IN ADVERTISING. Insurance Probers la Danger of "Slopping- Over." Chicago Chronicle. Whenever men become roused to what they call enthusiasm there la always the danger of "slopping over." Tbe Insurance Investigation In New Tork has been conducted with unusual ability and ample results, .but there are signs of approaching the slop-over stage. The na ture of the output indicates that the dig gers have "got off the vein" or the vein Itself Is near exhaustion. They have begun to show that some of the big Insurance companies have been paying money for newspaper advertising ever since the pending Investigation began. Probably there was no necessity for any effort to prove that. No doubt all parties concerned would have cheerfully admitted the tact. ' Is there anything discreditable in that? If so these companies and millions of busi ness men the country - over have been doing themselves discredit since the day when each one of them began business. Prudent and far-seeing business men In our time would be quite sure to expand their newspaper advertising more and more freely In proportion as they might antici pate injury to their business from any outside source. Newspaper advertising has always been a recognised, legitimate and entirely hon orable method of promoting business. To sell space for informing the public about various facts and conditions of different business ventures Is one of tha open, un disguised aims of the newspapers. At what rate the space is paid for can not possibly concern anybody but the newspaper and the men who' pay. The newspapers openly and avowedly offer to all alike the means of Informing the world of the particulars of the business they wish to carry on. Whether what the advertiser says Is always precisely accu rate the newspapers have no better means of knowing than have the readers. What they vouch for Is only that the matter Is prima facie reputable. It Is all an open, undisguised, thoroughly understood busi ness transaction. Every advertiser "steps Into the open" at once. 1 To drag the fact Into an Investigation like this and In a way to suggest the pur pose of Implying that to advertise la to do something discreditable Is to do that which Is utterly foreign to the Just alms of this Investigation and is a gross affront to the great majority cf tha business men of the country. - ARMY GOSSIP IN WASHINGTON. Cnrrent Events Gleaned from the Army and Navy Register. An Important step In the Improvement of the system of military ballooning has been taken this last week by the chief sig nal officer of the army by the approval of recommendations which have an In terest In a commercial way quite as much as from a service point of view. For some time there have been In progress In the signal corps tests and . Investiga tions Into the means of obtaining In this country the hydrogen required In the In flation of the balloon. The Inquiry has re sulted In the discovery of a process which will enable the employment of the or dinary Illuminating gas which, by the ex isting mechanical devices on the market, may be converted Into hydrogen at the rate of 1,200 cubic feet per hour. More over, the process will produce it and store H. aa well, in tubes for shipment to any place In the field under pressure of 2,000 pounds to the square Inch, which Is 133 atmosphere. It is proposed to have a chem ical test in Chicago within the next few days and to take steps toward the acquire ment of a plant which may be located at Omaha, where the signal corps has lis main depot now. Borne Idea of what this means may be Judged by the fact that hitherto It has been Impossible to obtain hydrogen of the required pressure In this country, where nothing was produced of greater value than 250 pounds to the square Inch the sort used In the familiar soda water tank. It has been necessary, accord ingly, to send the signal corps balloon tubes all the way to France to have them filled and this entailed great expense. Now, this service may be rendered at home, un der conditions attended by the greatest economy, the cost of the hydrogen being estimated as twice that of the gas. The right of an Indian to receive the government reward for the apprehension of a deserter from the army has been one of the questions this week before the War department. The law reads that the stip ulated reward shall be paid to civil officers and citizens. Indians are not citizens, of course, but the term "oltlzen" as used In the acta of army appropriation obviously applies to persons not in the military ser vice who are neither officers nor employes of the United States. The Judge advocate general of the army has expressed the opinion that as nothing remains to be done but to pay the reward In this case. It will be lawful to pay it to the Indian, who rendered the service. Chaplain E. E. Fltsgerald, Twenty-second Infantry, Is very anxious to spend a year In Spain In an important work of Investi gation and translation. He applied through General Corbln at Manila for leave of ab sence for twelve months with full pay and commutation of quarters. It is within the power of the secretary of war to grant the leave, but the chaplain's pay status while on leave Is determined by section 12S5 of the Revised Statutes, which places an officer abrent with leave on half pay after one month's absence from duty. It would require legislative authority to give the chaplain additional pay for the period; a case In point being that of Colonel By mons of the engineers, whose services were desired in connection with the Erie canal. Legislative leaves of absence are not fa vored by congress and Its consent In a limited number of cases In wMch such in dulgence has been granted has . been ob tained with much difficulty by the bene ficiaries and In the face of considerable departmental opposition as a general thing. The executive practice In that re gard has been quite conservative and has been confined to officers of good standing and considerable length of service who In tend to leave the military establishment by resignation with a view to engaging in civil pursuits. It is not likely in Chaplain Fttsgerald case that the War department will approve of any request for special legislative favor. A new way of collecting old debts in the army has developed In the department of the east, to the commanding general of which there recently came the complaint that a certain commissioned officer was In debted to a regimental club In the sum of more than 390. There was much cor respondence between General Grant and the alleged offender, and Anally the latter was prevailed upon to promise payments in Installments at such a minute percentage that the discharge of the Indebtedness would be accomplished only after the per iod of a year or more. There seemed to be nothing else than the acceptance of the officer's plan of payment, and after the In cident was thus closed the officer had oc casion to make application for a leave of absence. This appears to have been the opportunity desired by General Grant, who promptly wrote that Inasmuch aa the of ficer was not able to pay a long-standing acknowledged debt of 390 In a period less than one year, it must deny the leave, pre sumably upon the ground that It would be to the advantage of the individual to per mit him to save his Income and pay his bill. The denial of the application for leave of absence was, of course, duly re ceived by the officer most directly interested and the recipient promptly sent to General Grant a check covering the full amount with a renewal of the application for leave, which mu-t have been granted since the principal obstacle, enduring as It threatened to be, was so effectively re moved. There will be no publication from the War Department, based on tha reports of our military observers In Manchuria during the late war, until all the army officers who served in that capacity have returned to this country and submitted their com ments. Lieutenant General Chaffee deems this necessary before there Is any attempt to give to the army or to the public an edition of the official reports. Indeed. It may be said that It Is still a question whether a report of any sort r to anx extent will be divulged save In a form which will be regarded aa a confidential publication for the benefit of army officers. t must be recognised, however, that such a restriction of publicity hampered by obli gations of secrecy will have Its disadvant ages and perils, since, regardless of In dividual inclination to observe the depart mental condition of confidence, there may be at any time such careless handling of the report as will give It a wider circulation than was originally Intended. Most of the War Department people believe that the best military ends will be served by hav ing the reports intelligently expurgated and published In a form which wilt not em barrass their authors, who are understood to have been very candid In their reports, or offend the Japanese and Russians. It will be some weeks before all of the officers who were In Manchuria reach home. Shoald Be Above Saaplcioa. Detroit Free Press. There are men who have never been de tected In wrong doing whose performances are nevertheless so hostile to the public welfare or so acceptable to self-seekers that tbelr honesty Is Impugned and their patriotism discounted. Any prosecuting officer will testify that there Is nothing In the whole catalogue of crimes so diffi cult to trace as political corruption, nothing so difficult to fix aa bribery. The publio should not wait for proofs. Tbe voter should not wait for evidence. It Is not only essential that public men have their dishonesty unproved, but that they be men of such proved bonesty and abso lute integrity that no breath of suspicion m vt tainted their reputations. if THE Reason for the supremacy of the REMINGTON TYPEWRITER is its persistent superiority, em phasized again and again in every new model since the invention of the writing machine. New Models Now Ready mmtmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmtmmm We will be glad to have you call at our office and see tbe new models or tend for illustrated booklet describing the new features. REMINGTON TYPEWRITER CO. BATE REGVLATIOK Rl'MP. False Colors. Chicago Record-Herald. It Is becoming popular In campaigns against public opinion for warlike craft to sail under the enemy's colors. We have here In Chicago, for example, the "Chicago Wide Tire Association," or ganised to light the Introduction of wldu tires. Now the country is to witness the op erations of the "Federal Rate Regulation Association," organised to fight federal rate regulation. The . transition in thought at least Is easy from false colors to the black 'flag. Tactics of the Corporations. Chicago News. In the circumstances the action taken by the opponents of rate regulation looks very much like a deliberate effort to dis credit this policy In the eyes of the peo- pie. without regard to Its essential merits. The remarkable exertions which railway influences are putting forth to stamp out any organised effort to get rate regula tion plans before the people are a signifi cant feature of the situation. It has yet to be discovered whether or not the Amer ican public Is capable of aecurlng such federal laws as It needs or whether It must be content with such laws as the railways are willing for It to have. In the meantime everybody should mark well the tactics employed by the friends of the railways in attempting to moid public opinion or crush it out. A Narrow-Minded Antoerat. Detroit Free Press. It waa additionally unfortunate for the opposition that D. M. Parry was a recog nised loader. His views were narrow, his deportment autocratlo and his Influence vicious. When he described the movement for rate regulation as a piece of socialism or a step towards It, his argument was the same as he has used toward unionism and as mistaken.- Parry himself has been a more effective missionary for the social ists than any of the accredited members of that order. By showing the Intolerance of capital, he has fortified the ranks of la bor, and by proclaiming a belief in the mischlevousness of organisation, he has antagonised thousands who are lntereested in th great struggle only as it manifests Itself in Influence on the whole nation and gives opportunity for viewing It as a "square deal." If Mr. Roosevelt had been searching assiduously for some movement which would enhance his chance of suc cess In securing the passage of a rate regulation measure, he could have found nothing better than the opposition of the element In which Parry Is a distinguished factor. PERSONAL NOTES. Colonel Roosevelt at New Orleans won another of his famous victories. Express robber Cunllffe points an ac cusing finger at himself, but he refrains from pointing anything at the missing booty. When railroad magnates fall out, isolated counties stand some chance of getting a branch or two. Nebraska and Wyoming will gladly referee the scrap and stay In to the finish. The honorary title of M. D. is the latest to be bestowed upon the president. It remained for a southron, by the way, to Invent 'the happy, it florid, term of Magi cian of Diplomacy. A long-delayed innovation In promoting Christianity springs from the fertile soli of Kentucky. The Cumberland Presby terian church decrees that Sabbah-lald eggs will henceforth be devoted to con verting the heathen. It's evidently no distinction In New Tork to receive a salary larger than the presi dent's. There's a list given of twenty men who get more than 160,000 as nominal com pensation, to say nothing of syndicate op portunities and other perquisites. Dennis Horlgan. stationed at the naval observatory, on Georgetown Heights, near Washington. Is the oldest meteorological Observer In point of consecutive service In tbe United States, having been engaged in tbe work slnoe long before the Government Weattier Bureau was established. He waa appointed under tbe udmlalsuutixi of President Buchanan, Charles E. Hughes, the New Tork Insur ance Inquisitor, had a wonderfully strag gling beard when he first came prominently into view In connection with the present Investigation. On the advice of friends he has had bis whiskers trimmed Into reason able shape and now Is much loss of an at traction for the cartoonist, in addlMru i. which his appearance Is greatly itupiovtd. Half-Sizes Introduced and Sold Solely by Browning, WORK-SHOPS, COOPER SO. f A HE, I APPALLIXQ COST OF MILITARISM. Billions Expended la Maintaining Modern Flshtlna Machines. Clyde Hambrlght, In Leslie's Weekly. Practically, the modern fighting machines have evolved In the last four decades. In that time the cost of maintaining and equipping armies In time of peace has doubled, while the naval expenditures have tripled. Bo great, Indeed, have been the aggregate expenditures of the eight powers that the real magnitude of the figures rep resenting them Is almost beyond compre hension. For nearly seventy thousand mil lions of dollars (litf. 790,000,000) have been re quired to foot the bills for armies, navlea and wars since 1X65. Some idea of the magnitude of this sum may be gained from the fact that It .is about six times the amount of the world's entire stock of actual money 311,999.000,000, according to the last report of the Depart ment of Commerce and Labor Including coin, silver and gold bullion, and secured bank notes. It Is also twice the entire na tional debts or the whole world ($&,000,000. 000. But, astonishing as these figures may be, they pale before the glgantlo outlay which will be required to continue the naval and military programs for another forty years. At the average ratio for the last five years between ninety-two and one hun- Idred billions of dollars will be expended by I America, England. France, Germany, Rus sia, Austria, Italy and Japan In time of peace. In other words, these nations wnl pay for armies, navies and debts an amount equal to the entire wealth of America the land and everything on it, from shoestrings to skyscrapers. LINES TO A LAL'GH. "T like the old songs best." "Why!" "Because nobody sings 'em." Cleveland Iyeador. The smile st last had coma off the face of the Breakfast Food man. "Because my porous nlaater won't come off!" he explained to the- wondering- by-, standers, grinding his teeth. Chicago Tri bune, She Does your watoh keep regular time? He Tes; It goes between me and tha pawn shop once a month. Detroit Free Press. ' "Did the minister die reslgnedT" "Not him. He died, but blamed If we . could get him to resign." Cleveland Leader. Tommy (city boy) Why didn't you take the express train 7 Costs Just the same, and you set here half an hour sooner. Jakey (suburban boy) Yes, but you don't get half as many stops for your money. Chicago Tribune. "Did you secure your title of 'colonel' In the army?" asked the formidably frank person. "Certainly not," replied Colonel Stllwell. "It is the expression of genuine esteem by my friends and neighbors; not a mere for mality of red tape." Washington Star. GOOD OLD Pl'MPKIN PIES. j Katherlne L- Danlsher In Leslie's Weekly. When the trees upon the hillside don the crimson and the gold. And keener grow the breezes day by day, Blowing gayly from the Northland o'er the forest and the world, Then to childhood's days my thoughts begin to stray, Over long forgotten pathways In the fields of long ago, Ere my life knew aught of sorrow or, of sighs; And In fancy once again I taste the bUas 1 used to know . When the time had come for making pumpkin pies. I can see the quaint old farmhouse, with the hollyhocks so gay; Close beside It were the fields of yellow corn. Nodding gayly In the sunshine as it ripened day by day, -Till at harvest time Its glories all were shorn. Then the merry hunkers gathered in the roomy old red barn Lads and lassies from the country far and nigh; And a tempting spread would follow, where each spun his choicest ysrn. While they munched the good old fashioned pumpkin pie. The crust was crisp and flaky, It was dons "Just to a turn." And the golden Oiling spread with gen erous care; All tbe nectar and ambrosia for which heathen gods might yearn Never with this toothsome dainty could compare. When the healthy youngsters gathered 'round the table (we were ten). On the wholesome fare we cast a longing eye, While our father asked a blessing that seemed all too lengthy when We were waiting to attack the pumpkin pie. When the Midas touch of autumn turns the woodland Into gold, And the chill wind through the treetos seems to sigh, Every sephyr breathes a raem'ry that to me will ne'er grow old, And I long for Just one home made pumpkin pie. in Clothing King & Co N. V. SIXTEEN RETAIL STORES 1 0 t I i ft i ( J" I ! i' 4