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10 TILE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATUKDAY, NOVEMBEK 115, liH;V Tiif, Omaha Daily Ree. Ik. nOSKWATER, EDITOR. riBUSHKD EVERT MORNING. TERMS OF SCRfCRIPTION. Pally flee (without Pundsyl, one yr..H.tn lny liee anil tuinday. one year "" illustrated mv, on- year 2-Vi Sunday Jie, one year K 5" nutuiuay bee, mi year l.W 1KLI VKI1K1) BY CARRIER. Dally Pee (without Sundtyl. per week... ISO Daily lce (Including Htimiay). per week. We Kverilng tee (without Sunday), per wn-k.S-: Kvenlng He (wl'h Hunday), pr week l'fc Hiimtay Hee, per ropy oc Address complaints of Irregularities In de-tlvr-ry to City circulation Department. OFFICFS Omaha The Hc PulMing. Houth Omaha City Hall Hull. ling. Coiinrll Muffs 1 Pearl Street. Chicago 4i fnltv Building. Near York lm Home Life Inn. Building. Washington fif'1 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and ed itorial matter should be addressed: Omaha liff, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. tlemlt hy draft. express or postal order, payable to The Bee Publishing Company, only t-cent stamps received aa payment ot mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not. accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. BTATEMFNT OF CIRCULATION. Stata Of Nbaska, Douglas county. s: C. C Rosewater. secretary of Tha Publishing Company, being duly sworn, say that the actual number of full anil enmplete corvee oT Th Pally. Morning. Kvening and Sunday Be printed during the tnontb of October, 1906, waa aa fol low: I 82.JOO 2 80.TOO 3 so.mto 4 81.820 ( 81.920 81.820 7 112.4 I I SO.f20 8IMtO 10 31.10O !1 31.10 10 80,710 13 30,820 It 81.H10 II 4 80.4BO 17 Jin.eno II SO.ftBO 1 8O.HS0 20 8O.020 a 81.510 22 so.orio 21 RO.OTO 24 8,MM 2 81,100 29 JJO.HHO 27 30.010 28 81.KOO 80,700 30 81,000 Jl aO.IMM) K 8O.70O Total 90H.M40 Less unsold copies to.HOt Net total wlea 2.84 Iall7 average ao.TIT C. C, ROSEWATER. Secretary. Subscribed In my presence and swrrn to before ma thla 81st day of October, 1. (Beal) M. B. HUNOATB. Notary Public. WHEW OIT OF TOWS. Sabserlbera leaving; th eitr tern, orarlly afcoalj hare Tha He Mailed to them. It la better than a dally letter front boat. Ad dreaa will be ensnared aa often aa requested. As The Bee has remarked before, Omaha Is doing quite enough real build ing lu brick and Btoue to refrain from building air castles on paper. "Is Omaha's milk ordinance a dead etter?" exclaims the senior yellow. iVcll, that depends as to what yon call nllk nnd who does the milking. Senator Tlatt says be desires to save :he New York republican organization. The best way to do that Is to let the auk and file work the needed changes. Police Chief Donahue has forbidden ho raffling of turkeys. What is the Thanksgiving gobbler to do with ohii elf, if he has been stuffed for a raffle? In reading the remarks of Ambassador Hoxen on the czar It is well to remember that Russia has not yet decided who will name its diplomatic representatives in future. Employes of the Bureau of Animal Industry in South Omaha are beginning to wuke up. Somebody must have been stirring up tha animals in and around the stock yards. It begins to look as if the zemstvos congress were harder to manage than the cznr, but Count Witt has not the same power Itehlnd him uow that he had In the first contest. V number of Americans will be won dering what kind of a "conservative" that is in Maultobit who proposes gov ernment ownership of telephones and other public utilities. Former School Superintendent Dough erty, after having lost his Job at Peoria, Is still educating the rising generation this time demonstrating that the way of the transgressor is hard. Iowa Is threatened with a war be tween school book publishers. The American Book company uiust have ne glected to retain all the former Irwa neliool superintendents. Those who have discovered that it cost more to inaugurate Roosevelt than any preceding president should remeuiler that It Is not cost but returns which Interest the average American. If the government succeeds in get ting the dry dock Pewey to Manila It will again prove that there is nothing like trying alleged impossibilities ex cept success in Its accomplishment. Nebraska has nothing but sympathy to offer South Dakota In its fight agninxt the alleged fire insurance combine, al though the weight of our legal prece dents will be given to the other side.' 1 a That Missouriau who was giveu a fxlse gauge to measure the barrels of competitors of the Standard Oil coin paDy might perhaps have escaped tern tatlon bad be not lived in a state where everybody roust "be shown." No one baa yet given any good reason why it should cost our taxpayers 45 cents A day fos board for prisoners in the county Jail and only Id cents a day for board for prisoners in tho city Jail It is time to stop the county Jail rake off. t 1 ; I'uliticlaus down at the state capital must be encountering a drouth or they would not bet-In manufacturing can ill dntva to run on the statu tUket next year ao early in the game. A whole lot f things tan happen before Uie state atuuuatious an made. 7f0n TO ABOLISH rASS BRIBERT- Thot the railroad pass has become the entering wed.ne for railway domluatiou In politics and legislative corruption l admitted on all hund. but the eradica tion of the evil remains an unsolved problem. The most effective way for mnklng the p'tss harmless would, doubt less, have locu to require all railroads to give free transportation to public offi cials traveling ou official business, but It is an open question whether compul sory free transportation could lm en forced even by amendment of the state constitution. The most effective means for the sup pression of the pass evil would be the enactment by the legislature of a classi fied passenger rate law. Such a law can be enacted under the constitutional provision, authorizing the legislature to Bx maximum passenger and freight rates within the state. This power has already been exercised iu the enactment of the law that fixes maximum first class passenger rates In Nebraska at 3 cents per mile. In view of the fact that the railroads have compiled with this law and In addi tion thereto have established classified rates for commercial travelers, clergy men, bomeseckers. state fair and theat rical rates, the enactments a classified rate law would not be a new departure, except Insofar as it would compel rail roads to carry the various classes of passengers named in the law at rates established" by the legislature Instead of voluntarily established by their own passenger departments. A passenger rate law embracing the following classi fications and rates would not, It seams to us, be unreasonable: Class 1. Ordinary passenger rates for a distance of 100 miles or less, 3 cents per mile. Passenger rates for 1X miles and over. 2U cents per mile. Class 2. Tassengcr rate for clergy men and school teachers, one-half regu lar rate. Class 3. Round trip rate to state and county fairs, Chautauqua assemblies, municipal carnivals and celebrations and political state conventions. 1 cent per mile. Class 4. Mileage rate for all state offi cers, members of the legislature, Judges of the courts during their terms of ofilce, county officials, city officials and all em ployes of the state, county or municipal ity traveling on official business, ',4-cent per mile, payable from the treasuries of the state, county or municipality on vouchers signed by each person belong ing to this class. This would obviate any contention on the part of the railroads that they are compelled to carry public, officials with out compensation. At the same time it would do away with every excuse for granting free transportation to members of the legislature, or to delegates to con ventions, either surreptitiously or pub licly. The compulsory grant of trans portation to accredited delegates to con ventions at 1 cent per mile would not materially reduce Uie Income of the rail roads and, In fact, would not materially differ from long distance tourist rates over the transcontinental railroads. In carrying passengers the short haul does not differ in any respect from the long haul. Trains are bound to stop at passenger stations and passengers load themselves and unload themselves at both ends without expeuse to the rail roads. The i,4-cent rate for public offi cials would make the pass almost worthless, even If no provision were made for their reimbursement by the state, county or municipality. VVK TX.AQ OJT TBS SEAS. In a recent address former Ambas sador Choate said 4bat he wished all the members of congress who have to vote on the question of a merchant ma rine could visit the ports of Europe and Asia and Africa" and South America and search for the American flag. They would find It now and then ou a war ship or on a yacht that some of our great yacht owners might be conducting to the uttermost corners of the world, but as for Its having any share lu the carrying ou of foreign commerce, that is yet a thing of the future. 'Some thing has got to be doue to restore our flag to the seas where It belongs." de clared Mr. Choate, aud he expressed the belief that the American people will not be satisfied until, for the great trans mission of their thousands of millions of exports and Imports they have to rely, not on the English or auy otber foreign flag, but ou our own stars and stripes. This voices a sentiment which Is un questionably gaining ground. More than ever before those of our people who give any attention to the subject are coming to realize that lu order to at tain aud hold supremacy lu the world's commerce we must have a merchant marine American In all that the term aiguilles. This Is needed not ouly for our trade expansion, but also for that commercial Independence which as a great industrial and producing nation we should have, and must have for suc cessful competition with our rivals for the world's trade. M'e are necessarily at something of a disadvantage In com peting for business with those countries which are able to carry their products to the markets In their own ships. They are naturally favored in the matter of rates and In the quickest practicable delivery of cargoes, while their shipa are so many agencies advertising then- goods. It Is a rather humiliating fact that the American flag Is rarely aeeu In a forelgu port, except on a warship or a private pleasure yacht, that so far as foreign commerce is concerned It i almost unknown. And fur this humiliating condition we pay to foreign shipowner auuually from ll.MMam.uiO to fja.Oii.nin. Mr. Choate was quite rlbt In sarin? that our euterprlshig people will no! lie aatUlied until they are relieved of he necessity of depending Upon foreign ships and there is reason to think that this relief will come in tho not very re mote future. There Is promise that the subject of a merchant marine will re ceive earnest consideration In the flfty nlnth congress and although no confi dent prediction can be made of any practical result, action looking to the creation of a merchant marine is by no means linprolwble. In scarcely any otber respect could t coining congress do a greater service. AMERICAS FURK'J POLICr. The only feature of the foreign policy of the United States widt h is at present of . commanding luterest relates to the independent countries of this hemis phere aud it Is likely to receive a good deal of attention in congress. When the Santo Domingo treaty is taken up In the senate, which probably will be early In the session, the question of our rela tions with the southern republics will doubtless be very fully discussed and what should be our policy regarding them declared. This government is now acting lu the capacity of a receiver of the customs reveuues of Santo Domingo, having as sumed this position in order to protect that republic against threatened ag gression ou the part of foreign govern ments having claims against It. Presi dent Roosevelt has spoken in Justifica tion of this action, which thus far has unquestionably had good results from the financial point of view. But it is an extraordinary position for our govern ment and if upproved by congress, iu tho ratification of the pending treaty, will establish a precedent which in the judgment of many might lu the future prove troublesome. Some of the South and Central American republics are al most as badly off as Santo Douiingo in the matter of foreign Indebtedness. If the United States should take upon itself the responsibility, ou the invita tion of any of these republics, of col lecting and disbursing revenues, it Is not difficult to see that our government might become Involved in very trouble some complications. This question of our relations with and policy toward the independent countries of the western hemisphere is manifestly one of very great impor tance. 'Ye shall of course strictly main tain the Monroe doctrine nnd protect those countries against foreign aggres sion that aims to deprive them of any part of their territory or Interfere with their political Institutions. This does not require, however, that we shall look after their pecuniary obligations and assist them to pay their debts to foreigners. We desire to cultivate the most frleudly relations with all the countries of this hemisphere, but we ought not to burden ourselves with cares and responsibilities that might prove very oppressive and troublesome. It Is such considerations that will doubt less receive attention when the Santo Domingo treaty Is taken up In , the sen ate and it will not be at all surprising If that convention shall fail of ratifica tion, notwithstanding the obvious fact that It would place that republic In a very unfortunate position, since in with drawing the help of the United States and restoring the former order of things another opportunity would be given to the fomeuters of discord and revolution. President George R. reek of the American Bor association delivered a lecture on the real tragedy of life, lu which be expressed bis conviction that "every soul is stamped by inexorable law with certain characteristics from which It cannot escape, aud which, whether good or evil, dominate it wfTh nn iron sway." Mr. Peck might Just as well have called his lecture predestina tion. In other words: If you are fore ordained to be banged, you are forever safe from being drowned or struck by lightning. Onj of the eminent orators at the Bar association meeting baa discovered that the old commou law, which was sup posed to be the bulwark of individual liberty, has ceased to serve iu that ca pacity. If so, It took tweutieth century lawyers to twist the common law around to a complete perversion of its purpose. Our old frieud, Edgar Howard, appears to be making a circuit, having trans ferred himself from Papillion to Colum bus, and now invaded Fremont with his newspaper enterprises. The next thing we know be will be publishing an una dulterated slmon pure democratic organ right here in Omabu. The National Patrons of Husbandry have resoluted that grangers found to be dealing In liquor or having a saloon shall be dropped from the roll without notice, but grangers found to be patrons of the saloon husbandry may remain on the roll of honor, tin that the vote was unanimous. The Postodlce department will be $15.0tKMiOO short at the end of this year It could Just as well have been $ 15,fi0,. 000 long bad Its expenditure for rifcjlway man transportation neen ou tne same terms aa are granted by the railroads to the express companies, but With the introduction of eutreuchlng tools lu the army the serviceableness of the soldier will be measured as much by bis ability to dig as his ability to shoot; yet a few years ago the "shovel soldier" was frowned upon by his more spectacular brother officer. Root of Political Kills. Bostou Globe. Privilege Is the root of all evils In poll tics and business. It Is one ot the oldest sources, of wrong In the world and has wrouaht more rain than all the piked mobs of the unprivileged, who. blinded by pov erty. Ignorance and injustice, have stormed the citadels of privilege and power. AU experience liua that human nature Is loo frail to bear the strain of privilege. Tha sense of might overwhelms the sense of rta-ht. Where foalit they uet Itf Louisville Courier-Journal. An.srtcana do not want cheap Insur ance." says Paul Morton. Fortunate It true; for If they did want It. where could they gf-t It? Cooled Otf. Chicago Rcord-Herald. Reporta from the Isle of Tines say the people, are disposed to be peaceful. This Is usually the attitude of the boy who be gins to realise that he Is likely to rt a spanking. Prearhtnar and Practice. Washington Post. The administration Is also showing It Opposition to existing railway rates by marchng the Sixth battery of field artillery from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Bam Houston, a distance of about i.OOO miles. Plant of Slow Growth. New York Tribune. It Is an uphill right In Russia against the vested wrongs of ages and against the turbulent and elemental passions of the mob, but there is reason to think that lit tle by little It Is being won for reason, or der and liberty. Settlnar the Time Limit. New Tork Evening Tost. The coal deposits In the Philippines, ac cording to General Humphrey, will supply the needs of the army and navy in the east for 818 years. This is the nearest any gov ernment officer has yet come to fining a dato for our withdrawn! from the islands. A Fntnre Probability St. Louis Globe Democrat. Some of the railroad presidents are assist ing President Roosevelt In maturing hl project for government regulation of rates. Sune day ihi public may expect to seo the advertisement on the great X. T. and Z. railroad, the original square-deal lino to all coints. Prosperity's Signboard. San Francisco Chronicle. The bank clearings of the t'nltod States for the month of October this year have exceeded those of any previous October, nnd business failures for tho month were at a very low minimum. These and other signs point to the continuance of the ex isting general prosperity of the country. Progress In Wireless Telegraphy. St. Louis Republic. The wireless telegraph station at Oal veston'was in communication a few nights ago with similar stations at New Orleans and Southwest Pass, and also with the steamship Havana. 900 miles at sea. These, with other long-distance wireless messages, may indicate that we are a good deal nearer to efficient telegraph service across the Atlantic without cables than we were to that service with cables when the first message over Morse's forty miles of wire announced the nomination of James K. Polk for president. Waste of Stationery. Chicago Chronicle. President Roosevelt wasted the sta- tlonery and soma valuable time in replying ; to the letter or Ilonry M. Whitney. A man who was honored with a private in- ; tervlew with the ureiililent unri then blabbed about It, to the presidents em- for,lfle1 h,y balked, atid on this point a barrassment and disadvantage, was ut- d'1""'"" hs arisen. Thus arises a condi terlv unworthy of ttnv further notice. Tt ,,0 Belgium similar to thot in Spain. Is one of the elementary rules of good so- ciety, among equal even, not to retail tho remarks of a host, and when the host Is a superior and an exalted public officer the inhibition Is so. imperative that no man with any decency would take any risk of violating- It. JuBfflery In Rate Statistics. San Francisco Chronicle. The railroad companies are busy making tables showing how much" more cheaply freight Is hauled In this country than In Europe, but they Insist on lumping all their classifications together. Those familiar with the subject know that grain aud some other, products are hauled at exceedingly low rates between competitive points, but how about tho freights which come in the higher classifications? Is there any pre- tense that rates upon these classes are as low as In Europe? If so we have not seen the figures on which the claim Is based. Why this reluctance to furnish the data for comparison? Cowardice of Self-interest. Kansas City 8tar. 'Yi hat do you suppose the carriage cost me?" said Louis XV of Cholseul. "About 8,000 llvres, sire." "It cost me 30,(ioo." "Then It Is robbery and we must have an Investigation." "No, no. no." the king Interposed in a fright "Let it be; let It be. We must nave no rerorms. xnere aro too many people Interested in keeping things as they are." There Is a world of philosophy In this in cldent of eighteenth century France. Aren't a good many big ru 11 road shippers so nearly In the position of Louis XV that they might repeat with him: "We must have no re forms; there are too many people Inter ested In keeping things us they aref" POIJTICAL DRIFT. The wise men of Buffalo have Just dis covered that the city was touched for 150.000 four years ago. Senator Piatt was carried In a chair to the Insurance Inquisitors, yet he claims to be aDle to doss tne pontics or tne em pire state. New York must be an easy mark. Governor Deneen of Illinois is out look ing for trouble. He proposes to recommend the paaaage of a law prohibiting the Issu. Ing of passes except to employes of rail- road companies. Editor Howell of the Atlanta Constitu- 1 tlon challenges Editor Smith of the At- ' lanta Journal to a Joint gabfest through out Georgia. Both are candidates for the democratic nomination for governor. The eontst for mayor of New York is becoming wearisome. Nothing has de veloped so far Indicating a material change In the result us first announced. What little remains of public Interest is classed as Hearsterla. A democratic candidate for the legisla ture In New York state candidly admits that he spent ) cents for "four drinks of squirrel whUkv for four voters" and iO cents for "three drinks of corking whisky for three voters." He waa defeated. Mr. Berry who was recently elected treasurer of Pennsylvania on the demo cratic ticket. Is a prohibitionist. Gov ernor Pattiaoii, the democratic governor elect of Ohio, is a strict temperance man and has promised to enforce the laws. Irvine L. Lenroot, a native of this state, announces his candidacy for the governor ship of Wisconsin to succeed Governor La Follette. Mr. Lenroot was speaker of the lower house of the legislature for the last two terms and Is a staunch supporter of tha policies ot La Follette. i The charge that voting machines con duce to straight-ticket voting sets a Jolt from Buffalo. In the recent election demo crats were elected by majorities ranging from v.fc.0 for mayor to K for municipal Judge. But this whs not all. Ryan, a democrat, for poor overseer, was defeated by 1.100, showing- a difference between the leading and the loalng democrats of Dearly UOOO la a total vote of 6.u0. OTHER LASPS TH41 OIRP. A prominent Russian journalist Is quoted aa saying that Count Wltte'a policy Is an artful one. He would like to bring about a split In the opposition camp, and to con vince the moilerat(s that the socialists, whom he treats as anarchists, are their enemies. An Intestine struagle by which the libera! forces would be exhausted the moderates against the democrats and revolutionaries would enable him, to re store order, and. at least partly, to de stroy the revolutionary organisation, while reducing the pretensions of the radicals. He describes Count Witte as one of those statesmen fursulng two objects who are called to pow,cr In Russia at critical mo ments. When It becomes necessary to grant certain liberties, the czars, he says, from Nicholas I downwards, have em ployed either mn with liberal Ideas soft spoken men who make promises but do not Intend to keep them, and who are as cun ning as foxes, like Svlatopolli-Mirskl or energetic men ready to resort to oppres sion and terrible as wolves, like riehve or Ignatlcff Witte. he declares, combines both qualities. He resembles at the same time the fox and the wolf.- Witte, he asys, Is more dangerous than Trepoff for the Russian socialist and Russian Uleral Ideas. 4 The law passed by the Japanese parlia ment last Julv, which empowered and In vited the Land bank to make advances to the proprietors of mines at moderate rates of Interest, not exceeding 8 per cent per annum, is proving effective. According to the Belgian Moniteur les Intereta Mate rials, advantage has already been taken of the new legislation; when fully applied, It Is estimated that this will Increase the annual output of gold and silver by about 6.000,000 yen. It was really the outbreak of the war with Russia which moved the gov ernment to turn Its serious attention to the matter; and during 1904 tho annual output was increased SO per cent. The advances of the Land bank are made upon the ad vice of a committee, which inquires Into the organization of each mine, the quality of Its output, etc.; the capital advanced Is to bo returned In yearly payments wllhlti a period of ten years, the Bank of Japan farting upon the advice of the Imperial mint) buying up the gold and silver pro duced. The mines of Formosa are also In creasing their production every year: while In Corea, the Osaka mint Is already actively buying up Corean gold dust; when modern methods shall have been Intro duced for the exploitation of the goldfields this country also may take an Important position as a gold producer. For the twelve months ending February, 1905, the output of the gold mines In Japan amounted to s.Ono.OOO yen. The goldfields In Formosa yielded 3.0O0.00O yen making tho total yield from Japanese territory 12.000.000 yen (about $R,000,000). During the Inst summer King Leopold of Belgium has taken the stump. Contrary to his usuul custom, he has appeared In public as the strenuous advocate of an idea. Upon every isisslble occasion during the late celebration of Belgian Indepen dence be tried to impress the people with the fact that the development of Antwerp Is the development of Belgium; that the future of Antwerp Is the future of the nation. Even the socialists assented to the proposition to this extent, but when the king declared that Antwerp must be. TnP 8PBnlsh naval secretary wishes large appropriations with which to make Spain first-rate naval power. The king of the Belgians demands heavy expenditures which will make Antwerp impregnable, : both countries the economic pros- perity of the country is haalpcred by ques tions which are hardly Justified by the site and Importance of the states. There ean be no doubt, however, that sooner or later the Antwerp Improvements will be undertaken with or without the,- military provisions. M. Schwob. an eminent French journalist, has ran An a sensation In Paris by an article declaring that the Germans have already made an economic conquest of Antwerp aa a preliminary to the actual occupation which tbev meditate in the event of war. "Ts It true." he asks, "that France la thus threatened by a turnlna movement which Is In close bsrnqny with the habits of our nele-hbors? While they parley with us about Morocco, are they resrvina on our own frontier far more formidable Incl dents which will be provoked at the de sired moment?" He then, goes on to sav that a fifth of the members-of the Chamber of Commerce at Antwerp are Germans, the preMnt of German orieln nnd the vice prsMent a recently nat"ra'ied German. A'l Its committees are Invaded bv Germans. ela-bt bavin German chairmen, three rtermnn vice chairmen and two a eornIptelv German orei ataff. It Is the ,..h , ,,,itr,Mon chambers. Tn j Brtn,Mo to tn S20 German firms In al! .. ..A .... . bnnebs tt trade, out of a total of about l.RSO. M. Schwob savs It Is Imooasllile for Mm to enumerate nil the b'ts'nena hnoses which thev control Ind'recOv. In the sliin rlna trade of Antwrn they are repre sented lv 1 1"0 vessel of tonnnre of nearly two and a hnlfnil'lmis, ns com pared with 1"S French Wilns of a tolnl ton nnee of ann.aoo. Germans also, he says, monopolize Interior navigation, are arad uallv a-ett'na control of the banking busi ness and securlna a fof.ine In all the great Industrial concerns, railroad systems and colonial enterHe. Moreover, tbev are I ,--.i i n twerarv rfiKi,. , unnrt j r,re1e n,1(j nTr. hoastlng onenly that pete-lum v"l soon form a part of the German confederation. Speaking of the socialistic movement for Universal suffrage In Austria, the special , correspondent of the London Times In Vienna mm mnc i.n m.. about the reality of it and that any at tempt to thwart It by Its opponents Is Ukelv to prove pretty dangeyms to them, whatever be the nature of tne safeguards. It Is bis opinion, lie adds, that the only serious opposition to a satisfactory reform of the suffrage wlU come from the Ger man "liberals," who consider themselves the chosen representatives and exclusive promoters of civilization In Austria. They demand that no reform of the franchise Shall diminish the number of German dep uties in Parliament and threaten to opnoie an.1 obstruct everv attempt to make Par. I Hament more truly representative. Aa an example of their spirit be auotes a recent Incident at the university where German students treated an eminent profennor of Czech extraction with scandalous disre spect and attempted to force non-German Students to stand barehejded while they sang the "Waeht am Rheln." Many Keeda of the avy. Cleveland Plain Dealer. It U about time to call a halt In naval construction, at least long enough to strengthen some of the manifest weaknesses of that service. The country has not enougn men for the ships It now has and forsneral years the supply of officers will be shoii. Tho engineering department ta Jn a deplor able condition. The navy needs better ards and docks. It needs auxiliaries In the yards and docks. It needs auxiliaries In the shape of torpedo boats, destroyers and submarines. So. at least. ay many In the navy Itself, vhoae opinions are not un worthy of respect. It needs. In short, many things beldes ls.roi.tnn battleships, and all tueac things cost uiuwU montj. The Absolutely Pure Baking Powder Made of Cream of Tartar, and Free From Alum or Fliosphatic Acid Royal Baking Powder renders bread, biscuit, cake and all flour foods finer and more healthful. Baking powders made from alum, phosphates and other harsh, caustic acids are lower in price, but they are injurious to the stomach. " The injurious effect of alum on the mucous coat of the stomach is positive and beyond dispute ; it is both an irritant and an astringent. The use of alum ir any article of food or article used in the preparation of food should be prohibited. JOHN C WISE, M.D., Medical Intpector, U S. Nary. THE POSTAL DKFIC1T. Threatened Increase In Second Class Mall Itate to Cover It. San Francisco Chronicle. According to official statements emanating from tho Postofficc department the postal deficit for the. hist fiscal year amounts to S15.037.OUO. Congressman Overstreet, chair man of the house committee on postolllces and postroads, Is said to be preparing to increase the rate on second-class matter In order to cover the deficit, on the prepos terous representation that the government is now losing at least 4 cents per pound on all such matter carried through the malls. SecoBclu8S mull matter comprises newspapers and all periodical publications deliverable to resular subscribers, certain fraternnl and educational periodicals which have no subscribers and certain transient publications. The present rate is 1 cent per pound, or, expressed In bulk, $20 per ton. To assert that the government Is losing ISO per ton on tho transportation of such mall matter Is ridiculously rash and groundless. Most of It consists, of course, of dally newspapers, the great bulk of which Is carried only short distances, in deed, most of all kinds of second-class mall mutter Is subject to short hauls In transit. Can any sane person who gives the subject intelligent thought be brought to believe, then, that the government must levy $100 per ton for tho carriage of such matter in order to keep its accounts bal anced? It is begging tho real question to make such an assertion. If the government Is now paying; $100 per ton for tho carrying of mall 'matter on which the present rate realizes only $20 per ton, the source of trouble is obvious. It Is proof positive that the transportation companies "aro receiving a rate for carrying mall matter which is outrageously exces sive. Can any thoughtful cltlien draw any other conclusion from the statement? The deficit In the postal appropriations Is plainly due to excessive compensation for the rental of mall cars and the carrying of the malls g-enerafly, and not to the carrying of any class of mail matter at too low a rate. The only Intelligent remedy for the extinguishment of the postal deficit is, therefore, a corresponding reduction in the cost of mall transportation, which is the only feature In the railway service that has not been subjected to a radical reduc tion during the last two decades. Possibly Overstreet has an Imaginary grievance against periodical publishers, who have unanimously favored the roductlon of the compensation allowed the transportation companies for carrying- the maila to the level of the special rate granted by the.m to tho express companies, and his threat to raise tho rate on second-class mall matter may be merely designed to intimidate them. If so, It Is sure to fall. BHIEK AD BHKE7.Y. "Do you want me to tell you the secret of success in life?" asked the serious minded man. "What's the use?" said the frivolous woman. "I couldn't keep it !" Detroit Free Press. Foot Ball Coach Yell want a new yell? What's the matter with the old one? Fool Hall Cuutuln Not enough conso nants. 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