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T1I OMAHA PAILV BKK: WKPNESPAY. DECEMBER 20. 1005. Tim Omajia Daily Bee. K. ROSE WATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. Yelly P (without Hunday). one year. .14 m I 1 1 y Re ami Sunday, one ear 00 Illustrated Bee. one year 2 -to Hunday Bee. tine year 2 W Saturday fire, one year 1 DELIVERED HY CARRIER. Daily Be (Including fiundayi, per week,.Kc Dally Be (without ftunday). per week. .120 Evening Ree (without Sunday), per week fcc Evening Bee (with Hunday), per week. ..loo Sunday Bee, per ropy So Address complaint of Irregularities In de livery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building South Omaha City Hall Building. Council Bluffs 14 Pearl Btreet. Chicago 1H40 Unity Building. New York 15 Home Life Ina. Pudding. Washington Ml Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Cnmmunlratlona relating to newt and ed itorial matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamps received as payment of mall accounts, personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Btats 'of Nebraska, Douglas County, sa- C. C. Rosewater, secretary of The Boa Publishing Company, 'jemg dtilv sworn, saya that the actual number of full and complete copies of Tha Dally. Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee printed during ha month of November, 1906, waa as fol lows: l..... m.Bon i si, nan I Sl.lin 17 SI.7TO si.i4o u a-j.nno si. Tim is 2o.ftiin i,to 3i.sm an.ww a m.noo 7 sn.mo n 3t..io 4. nut a r2.km sijiou u 3i,Hn 10 ai.OOW 26 8ii,4(M) 11 8 1. HMO 26 tflt.U.Kt I J ,5BO I 27 SMItht 13 81.000 3 31.6X0 14 81JJ50 21..... 3I.R40 it ai.ao w a i, oho Total 04l,nno Less unsold copies 10,9lil Net total sales .'. ,' 934I,2aM Dally average 31.207 C. C. R08EWATER. Secretary. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before ma this 1st day of December, 1906. Seal) M. B. HUNQATE. Notary Public. WHEJI OIT OF TOWS, Sabsnrlbers leaving the city tent, porarlly should hatt The Bra mailed to tbeiu. It la better than dally latter from home. Ad dress will bo carnage, as oftea as requested. ; Omaha to Los Angrles-hy the limited Overland without change of tars Is one of the latest luxuries. Tbe goose that saved Koine now lias a rival hi the dog that saved a passen ger train at Kansas City, It is barely possible Senator Bailey of Kansas believed that his colleague was being dropped to oblivion too soon. Reports from Courland crewte the im pression that one part of Russia has pro greased but little since the days of Peter the Great., WatcrcDog Cattarajiaa lost his suit and-Count Treasurer J-'iiiic will become the custodian f the niuutcipal cash box on New Year's day. I Small life Insurance companies in New York seem to have understood the system of their larger rivals more fully than they understood how to work it. Senator Npooner is setting no prece dents which might permit Senator La Follette to forget senatorial courtesy when be moves his official residence lu Washington. Can it be possible that a new United States marshal will be appointed be fore our eminent electro-ninirnptii statesman, Tom Blackburn, reaches the national capital. Former State Chairman Burgess was rtwarded with an engrossed resolution confidence. State Chairman Warner was rewarded with a recommendation to the man-halship. It la now nearly n week since the executive committee of the Commercial club has Issued a manifesto expressive of Its views and conclusions concerning matters of private Import. As Yankee marines have landed at Shanghai, China Is probably assured of holding Its movable property despite the fact that marines of other nations may take part in the protection of the city. Scarcity of laborer Is said to be caus ing delay In the construction of 1rrij;a tlon ditches In the west. While the ditches are desirable it is easier to wait for men than bare the men wait for work. Pleas In court would iudlca'e thut tbe Chicago '-brick trust" had failed to take instructions from the Nebraska liraln Healers association which could have taught It to depart In peace instead of in pieces. .-..'..' It was a foregone couclusiou tbHt no Omaha man would stand a ghost of a chanca for the United States marshal shlp, to long as an Omaha man occu pies tbe position of United States at torney. Why should the school board attorney be opposed to the economies promised by the merger of trity and county treas riea? Is he afraid the movement to ward consolidation will next envelope U city and sehsd district law ofB- Iusuraucu men who want Mr. Hughes to call oltlifr of conscrvstive coinpnuie to the stand should rememler that Mr. Hughe Is not primarily engaged In the insurant business. The fact that such officer are not railed U generally taken as evidence that they have not leen sus pected and they should be willing t let it MO at that RKOVLATISU CAXAL K.XP.DTfRES. The discussion of rannnia canal ex penditures in congress has very clearly Indicated n purpose to provide for rcgu Inting such expenditures and there nrc very gissl reasons why this should lie done. There was shown to be a feeling that congress should not permit the canal commission to liuve an entirely free hand In disposing of the money appropriated for currying on the work and that especially in the matter of salaries, which nearly every senator who participated in the discussion re garded ns lx'ing in most cases excessive, congress should prescrlls? the amounts to be paid. The fact that the emergeney appro priation Is but $11, Is "Ms mi when $K.'m. ono was asked for Is conclusive evidence of the intention of congress to put a stop to what it manifestly believes to be an extravagant Use of money. It Is stated that congressmen have been a good deal irritated over the large sal aries paid to the commission nud some of its employes as compared with the compensation earned by the congress men themselves or by regular govern ment officers. That there Is such a feel ing was very plainly shown both In the house and in the senate in the course of the discussion of the emergency appro priation and It Is an entirely natural feeling, though of course no one sup poses that certain persons connected with the canal work could lie had for the salary of a congressman. Mr. Shonts. for example, receives a salary of $:tO.(H0 a year and a man of the required executive ability could not be obtained for a much less sum. Mr. Mngoon. com missioner and governor of the canal zone, has a salary of 917..VS) a year and certainly this is not excessive, since the position calls for a high order of ability and involves work of a more or less ar duous character. The sharpest criticism has been directed against the employ ment of a "press agent" at a snlary of $10,000, but there are sfill other direc tions in which the expenditure for sala ries can be reduced and undoubtedly will be. What seems to be needed Is an act fixing the number nnd character of the officers of the commission. Just as In the case of all bureaus and departments un der the government, nnd specifying the compensation that may 1h paid them for their work. There Is no doubt that if such nn act were carefully prepared It might liave n good effect. Congress has quite plainly shown that tt Is not satis fled with present conditions, so far ns canal expenditures are concerned, nnd when the mntter Is ngnln before it. as It doubtless will 1h very soon nfter the holiday recess, It Is safe to say there will 1k legislation fixing the number nud character of officers of the canal com mission and specifying the compensation they shall bo paid. It will tnke eight or ten years some thlnkja longer time to complete this greut work -anoj It should be at once placed on a spund, butduess Wis.,. ' ' ' iHaaWMBBmmmBBBBB HIK ISLE OF PISES ItEVol.T- The Americana In the.Jsle of Tines continue to Insist, notwithstanding the posltlou of our government as stated by Secretary' Hoot, that the isle is not law fully subject to the Cuban government, but Is American territory, and they talk of fighting. If necessary, to maintain this claim. They are said to have received from s?raoiis in the United States assur ances of financial assistance and also men and all the munitions needed if they should elect to use force In main taining what they nssert to be their rights. Unquestionably these people are very much in earnest and it Is quite possible that they will make some trouble, but It is useless for them to expect any sup port from the government of the United States. The statement of this country's position made by the secretary of state, undoubtedly with the approval of the president, must be regarded as conclu sive and final. That position is that the Isle of Plues Is Cuban territory and sub ject to the Cuban government. It seems to l thought by the Americans down there that President Roosevelt may change the position avowed, but there Is no possibility that he will do so. They Piay as well accept the situation, for they can gain nothing from stirring up trouble. (Hf.t.'S HOSTILITY. While the outbreak at Shanghai was promptly suppressed, tt none the less served to demonstrate that a feeling of hostility toward this country exists, for all accounts agree In ascribing the out break to the boycott. A reiort from Shanghai about a week ago no led that a great chango, had taken place In pub lic sentiment since the close of the Rsso-Japauese war. It was said that China's time-honored tactics of evasion and passive ottNtructlon have given place to a definite expression of a policy of China for the Chinese and to a deliber ate," organixed -resistance to all foreign Influence. The correspondent cited as one of the causes of the change "the im politic action of the United States, vfilch. falling to perceive that the recent boycott was merely one manifestation of a general anti-foreign policy, has adopted an attitude of conciliation, which A si titles naturally misconstrue." It Is perfectly apparent that the anti Amerlcau feeling In China is extensive and may Imj growing. A short time ago the Chinese guilds at llong Kong formu lated demands for changes In our exclu sion laws and their administration, which may lie regarded as an authorita tive statement of the case of those who have been endeavoring to Imycott Amer ican goods and to exclude American commerce from China. Some of these demands could be compiled with, but others are so unreasonable us to le out of the question. Yet there is reason to expect that the guilds will Insltt uoou nil of Ihem and will continue the Nv cott against American goods if any are rejected. The situation is certainly un fortunate and bow to deal w itli It Is a rnther perplexing question. There is hostility In China to all foreigner, but Just now it seems to be niosi inli ns towanl America ns. M'l THI Hii:.TVll.V.4 BrSISKSMlASIS tJreat pressure Is liclng brought upon the Board of County Commissioners lo slave off nctioii on a resolution intro duced by Commissioner liruning to re duce the price of feeding county pris oners from 4't to ;;o cents per day. The pressure comes under the plea that the agitation Is Inspired by personal and political hostility on the part of The Bee to .lohn McDonald, the newly elected sheriff. Tills plea is absolutely baseless. The Bee has always advocated that the a flairs of the county should be conducted on business principles. The ngitatiou foiv the change from the fee system, by which the office of the clerk of the district court was made a salaried Instead of a fee office, was begun by The Bee during the Incum bency of Frank E. Moores nnd finally terminated nfter a fierce fight by nn net of the legislature limiting the In come of the district court clerk to ."i.ooo a year. Even that salary Is extravagant. The bill as it passed the house fixed the salary at JfL'.fHio a year, but was amended by former Senator Van Iiusen to a salary of $5,tH In expectancy that It would fail altogether and the old sys tem would continue. The agitation for the abolition of the Jail graft was begun by The Bee while John Boyd was sheriff nnd has con tinued ever since. The fact that the price of feeding prisoners In the county Jail was reduced from 45 to I'M cents per day during the second term of McDonald shows that the agitation was jiot inspired by malice or political ani mosity. There is no more goisl reason why the sheriff of Douglas county should have an income of $10, 001) n year when the law limits It to $2.5m) a year than there was for the old fee system by which the clerk of the district court was enabled to earn front $20.(nh to $'25,000 a year. The proper time to lop off the county Jail graft Is now and the present board should not shirk its duty. If the change is put off until the new ixinrd takes its place new complications will arise nnd greater pressure will probably be brought to bear upon the new board than upon the old board to perpetuate the system that Imposes upon the tax payers of Douglas county n contribution of more than $5,000 n year towards the income of the sheriff. It Is pointed out that the law allows the sheriff to charge 75 cents a day for feeding prisoners who are only six days In jail and leaves It optional for the county to pay B0 cents per day for pris oners who remain in Jail longer than that, period. The law was designed to cover the entire state. In nine-tenths of the counties the sheriffs do not feed more than half a dozen prisoners at any one time and 50 cents a day may be reasonable compensation, but in Doug las county it is a downright imposition to charge 45 cents a day, when the cost of feeding prisoners in the state peni tentiary Is only H cents per day, the state, like the county, furnishing the fuel, the kitchen help and all para phernalia excepting the provisions. Nothing in the law requires the sher iff to do the feeding of prisoners. The correct policy in reality would be to let the contract for feeding them to the best bidder, unless the sheriff is willing to accept a reasonable price, based on that now paid for feeding city prisoners. There is an eternal fitness of things In the new alignment of the committees of the United States senate. Senator Proctor, who plants marble headstones quarried on his Vermont farm In every American cemetery, is chairman of the' committee on agriculture; Senator Foraker. who halls from the Inland city of Cincinnati, is chairman of the com mittee on Pacific Islands, Porto Rico and Cunm; Senator Kittredge, an emi nent South Dakota lawyer, who never invented gunpowder. Is chairman of the commlttoc on patents; Senator Millard, who has for forty years acted as chief suiHTvisor of the settling reservoirs of nn Omaha bank, is appointed chairman of the committee ou intcroceanlc canal, nnd Senator Ileyburn, an Idaho fabrica tor of Injunctions, mandamuses nnd ha beas corpuses, Is installed ns chairman of the committee on manufactures. There Is no good reason why the merged city nnd county treasuries should not ls located in the city hall building. The county needs more room in the court hou. e and the city has no Immediate use for the office now occu pied by the city treasurer, which was i expressly designed and equipped for the ! uses to which it bus lsen put. The relation of the city and comity more over are those of husband and wife, the city Ih'Ihh the husband who foots most of the bills. The attorneys of the Civic federation appear in the role of pawnbrokers. They Insist on exacting a pledge from the liquor dealers that they will live up to the Slocnmb law for the next year with out variation or prevarication. This pledge will have about the same value as the currency issued by Jeff Davis, re dcemable six month after the treaty of peace was ratified lietwecn the Con federate States and the United States of America. Former Tax Commissioner Fleming feels very much relieved by the de cision of Judge Sears in the charter case ltecausc, us he says, the new rev euue law imposes hardship ou money borrower a ud fiioney leuders fike." A man who has Is-eii legislated out of of fice. i,r whose oiTi.-e lias liecn consoli dated with allot her office, always does feci very much relieved. Is It not nlsinf time for the police board to shut down on the game of blaikin.iil 1li.it the World-Herald is playing? If any private individual un dertrsik to tile wholesale charges of Sunday selling against liquor dealers for the purpose of licing bought off at a price, the lsnrd would quickly dispose of him. Is the World-Herald a privi leged blackmailer? Congressman Klnkaid wants the hind offices in the Sixth district filled by residents of that district, end Inasmuch ns nearly all the land offices in Ne braska are located lu the Sixth district It would follow that the Sixth district would have the monopoly on land offices nnd an. equal tlinnce for nil the other federal offices. With Salt Lake Mormons going to Vermont to erect a monument to Founder Joseph Smith some people will Im inclined to think the Smoot hearing had reached its logical conclusion and that the blood of the martyrs is still the seed of the church. The suggestion that a knowledge of the English Inngunge should be a pre requisite to American citizenship may 1m nil right, but American development would have been far behind Its present stage had the rule been enforcd since the beginning. Unfortunately for those Moslems who perish at tbe hands of Armenians the Koran snys nothing of the bright future of men who Ignobly die without striking a blow for the f ilth, which makes late report all the more Improbable. rck and NecW. St. Louis Globe Democrat. The Christinas ppirlt keeps with the growl li of the country and good times. (on mice In Kmeritencles. Chicago Tribune. The pilraipul difference between huzlng n ml foot ball is Hint if a man Is hurt while playing foot bull the other fellows do not run away nnd leave him. Common Problems Overshadowed. , St. iouls GlolK-Democrat. The forthcoming White House wedding overshadows everything cloe at the na tional capital, including the rate question, the trust problem and the presidential cam paign of 1908. Indictment of the Courts. New York Tribune. Representative Cock run in his speech in congress arraigning life insurance methods and mnnngcn.en.t made this striking re mark: "I can assert that it would he ab solutely Impossible to put the possessor of HO,000,(JOO In any JhU in this country." Somewhat similar assertions have often been made and nn of course. In effect an Indictment of oup courts and the able law yers who are st tlio command of the pos sessor of millions. A Heartless Measure. Philadelphia Becord. Senator l-odfre's, bill for restraint of Im migration provides that none but "citizens of the United States" shall have the right to bring over to this country parents, wives, sisters and helpless children whom they have left behind them. So cold blooded nnd Inhuman a proposition has never before been made In the senate of the United States. How many members of either house of congress, besides Senator Dodge, will vote for bo brutal a legislative device for keeping asunder parents and children, husbands and wives and brothers and sisters? Divided Allegiance. Kansas City Star. John V. Dryden, president of the Pru dential Ufe Insurance company. Is United States senator from New Jersey. Ho tes tified Tuesday that as president of the Prudential ho got a salary of tiio.000 a year. His salary as United States senator, of course, is 5,flno a year. It is difficult to refrain from speculating as to which interest would prove stronger If they were to conflict in some bill before the senate. Similarly T. C. I'latt Is drawing a salary as president of an express company which is undoubtedly larger than that which he receives as senator. Dcjh-w Is in the same situation. So are other senators. Of course, their outside Interests may not In fluence their conduct as members pf con sresa. I'KKSOVtl, OTE.S. Brigadier General Thomas H. Barry, who was with the Russian army In Man churia, will bo made president of the Army War college in Washington. Maine hunters this year killtd more game and fewer of each other than for many seasons. By theso tactics It is hoped the supply of hunter will last as long us the deer. Tho new queen of Norway speaks flu ently five languages. She Is extremely fond of sport and is a keen cyclist, and has ridden through the streets of Dondon on her machine. It is expected that in the course ef this j week uhout $500,000 in bets made on ttie Nrw York city election will be turned over to those who barked McClellun to win. Laat week's decision denying a recount of ballots Is regarded as having settled Hearst's pretensions. Representative Ijfigworth Is a violinist of ability, and has a collection of instru ments by various makers. Including a Htrudivarlus which he generally carries with him. He owns a Guillaume which formerly belonged to Ysaye, and an Amalo which was formerly owned by Theodore Thomas. Waldo Story, the famous sculptor, a son of W. W. Story, the poet-sculptor, and a brother of Julian Story, who lives in Rome, Is visiting Washington at present. He is a thorough American in every fibre, and Intends opening a studio in the United States and dividing hU time between America and Europe. Senator Depew continues to decline In vitations to dinners and other public func tions and It Is iirobable that the once famous wit and after-dinner speaker has told his last joke at affairs of this kind. Within the lat month there were a doit-n annual affairs which the suntor never misK.-d, but Ida chair was vacant at all of them, Nicholas 1 xng worth, the Cincinnati con gressman, who Is to marry Mlsa Roose velt next February, Is fortunate In having had a shrewd grandfather. Early In the laat century the latter, who was a tanner, went to Cincinnati and bought a good dual of land In what is now tho beat part of that city. The consequence was that be- for his death tut WiU awrlh million. ! ort:rtAn kffkikm v. feature of the lalnn Pnriap Annnnl Menort Kaplalned. A feature of the ntinml report of the Union raclfic Kullroad rumimny which at tracts the attention of railroad men sn.l financiers Is the low ratio of operating xpenses to Income. The report shows that I he cost of operating last year was only S per cent of the gross earnings. During !he mini' time the Illinois Central used up 71 per cent of Its rsrnlngs In operating expenses, the Atchison and the North ern Pacific !A per cent. How did It hap pen? The New York Evening Post ex plains that It did not happen. "In many respects." says the Tost, "the report w:is the most favorable ever Issued by a rail road, but It Is also true that the usual form of the statement was altered to nialie the best possible showing. For Instance, total gross earnings, according to the pamphlet report amounting to iS,S21,To, was Increased W.4M.75!) by Income from Investments, and when the Income amount Is rcsrranred to conform with previous statements, gross earnings amounted to $.0.3t4,1! and operating expenses to $31. 862.714, or M per cent of gross Instead of 4S per cent. With the common practice of comparing the operating ratio of competi tive railroads thus discredited, the question was naked, 'What test of operating efflc lency can be used In comparing the results of ono road with another?' "During the past seven or eight years of constantly Increasing gross earnings, hundreds if millions of dollars have been spent by the rsllroads for heavier loco motives, cars, bridges nnd rails, and In straightening out curves and reducing grades. Two objects were in view: In creased capacity for handling freight, with a decrease In the percentage of gross re quired to carry on business. Owing to the different methods of tsiokkeeplng adopted by the railroads In charging off main tenance and Improvements, a comparison of the operating ratio Is frequently either useless or mlelcHdlng. , A fair teat of operat ing efficiency can be made, however, by comparing the percentage of gross re quired to pay 'conducting transportation' that Is, the ordinary charges of doing busi ness. By comparing results of 1905 with 19tj It will be found that the Union Pacific lowered its conducting transportation ratio from 25 to 23.6, the Atchison remained at St. 2, the Northern Pacific's was reduced from 25,2 to 24.S, while the Rock Island reported an increusc of from 4'U to 41.1." One way to actually prove the results of comparing the conducting transportation ratio is to compare the Increase or de crease in tho number of tons of revenue freight hauled one mile, with the number of miles run by Trelght trains. Gross earn ings are derived from the tonnage moved one mile, whilo the train mileage reported represents the unit of cost In transacting business. Operating efficiency develops as the number of tons of freight hauled one mile Increases faster than the miles run by freight tr.vlnf. The following table shows the extent to which operating effic iency was developed last yeur by a num ber of the larger roads: Increase , , , !!. 1904. xer ct. Atchison: Tons 4,7:w.(r.'0,247 4,S2.20,SU 1.0 Mileage 1&.373.270 16.14,637 54 1 Halilmore & Ohio: Tons g.orj.r.14.1116 8.358.SK1.237 6.9 Mileage Sl.ToT 20,832,146 7.4 Erie: Tons 3,lfi3.F!.i,2ffj 5.1S9.1uR,:t;7 .49 Mlleags 12,522,808 12,;ittf.99 (3.4 Illinois Central: Tons 5,569.139.454 6,223.132.614 .5 Mileage D!,U5a,4:4 18,32o,52 7.5 New Haven: Tons 1, 742.915.367 1.66l.3s2,1fW .ij6 Mileage J,6.'!(,9f.l 7,236,361 12.6 Norfolk & Western: Tons 4,270.239.257 3.8.W, 794,216 !. Mileage ,0S4,03 , 7,846.637 13.4 Northern Pacific: Tons 4,359,661,201 3.6H5.672.022 IS. 3 Mileage 10,045,432 1MKG,4S9' 9.6 St. Pul: Tons 4.0S1. 404. 55ft 3.9US.402.659 8.0 Mileage 2;.110,584 27,441,557 11.2 Rock Island: Tons 3,171. 45.2 3,250,750 267 S2.4 Mileage 13.W07.761 14,414,778 3.6 Union Pacific: Tons l.Wl.jru.TTl 4,U62.411.ono 19.1 Mileage 19,704,643 18,474,523 1.2 I Decrease. Of the ten roads included in the forego ing table, the best showing was made by tho Union Pacific, with an Increase of 19.1 per cent In the tonnage moved one mile, and a gain of only 1.2 per cent In the train mileage required to move it. STATU I'HKSS COMMENT. Auburn Granger: After thinking over the matter of the Burtley defalcation nnd the final outcome we are not culling on tho hounds of the law to hunt down und bring to punishment the court that tried Bar rett Scott In Holt county. Humboldt Deader: Perhaps after all tho people of Nebraska would have had better representation had they sent Edward Rose water to the United States senate a few years ago when he asked It. Even his enemies admit that he Is a man who "does things." Falls City Journal: Soon it will be nec essary to elect a United States senator from Nebraska. In all probability it will again be the farce that it has been In this and other states for years. A senator will be elected, but he will not represent the people. He will represent the special Inter ests with which he Is connected. In Ne braska that means railroads. In other states It means somothlng else; but, no matter what particular line the senator represents, they all stand together when It comes to a question of the good of the people or of the special interests, and it Is not the people who are protected. Butler County Press: Wo publish a long communication this week from General Manderson of the Burlington. Several years ago this editor realized that paying divi dends ou ono kind of valuation and taxes on another would cause trouble. That tax shirking has been a universal practtco all over Nebraska cannot well be denied, and. ns General Manderson proves, without say ing so. is still going on. Is demonstrated by every day experience, but the fact still remains that the schedules not show all the truth. The taxes on land has nearly doubled in the past two years in Butler county, while railroad taxes have not. We publish General Mnnderson'a letter be cause discussion ought to bring out the truth. If the nvlroad fight has the effect tu expose those who are dodging their share of taxes it will be a good thing, but such figures as General Manderson uses to show how ridiculously high railroads would be valued are not high when It comes to earning dividends. We all know the roads he mentions can be built for 112.000 to $15,000 per mile, but that fact cut no figure in the United States supreme court when tbe maximum freight rate was vn trial twelve years ago. A list of Individual tax paying farmers will show they are paying from 80 to 40 per cent more taxes for lSs.5 than they paid in 1900. Whether all other tax payers are hit lu like manner we are not prepared to say. The Burlington la asked to pay only about 10 per cent more than they paid In 13, showing the farmers are being hit from three to four times as hard. Being hit us hard as they are is what h aroused them. They w:uil to kaow the rtasons why. They know the legislature which created the new revenue law was in pertect harmony with railroad lobbyista- hence their own taxes being so much higher they cannot uiideratind why the railroads should be kicking on the enforce ment of a law devised by their own servants. aasaa lu Al?aSiifffeIy DISTINCTIVELY A CREAM OF TARTAR BAKING POWDER It does not contain an atom of phos phatic acid (which is the product of bones digested in sulphuric acid) or of alum (which is one-third sulphuric acid) sub stances adopted for other baking powders because of their cheapness. KCIKIKS OK MATHFAVfl ItKMOVAI.. Fremont Tribune: It Is not at all likely these cuttle barons would have suffered any more in the custody of Marshal Mathews than they did in the custody of Dick Hall, for Mr. Mathews has estab lished s reputation as being among the most agreeuble of men. Bradshaw Republican: The time Is cer tainly opportune for the end of this farce and pretense of punishing law breakers who have stolen from the state and nation until they are able to buy the court, Jury and officers of custody. Roosevelt Is Justi fiable If Mathews Is the object to be pitied. Columbus Journal: It Is pretty bitter medicine for Marshal Mathews. He was simply the agent of Judge Monger and lie probably carried out the decree as, tho court Intended. The court evid-ntly did not intend to punish Bnrtlett Richards for the Illegal fencing of government land any more than Bnrtlett Richards Intends to tear down his fences nfter the government officers are out of sight. However, the lesson will have a statutory- effect. Ainsworth Star-Jourral: United t-'tate-i Marshal Mathews admits the charges, but pleads that he had simply followd pre cedent. That Is not a very good plea. A man might plead that to any erlmlnul charge he was simply doing as some, one else had done. We are coming into an era when common honesty must be tho test and the standard of official conduct, and the plea that the guilty pintles had been simply following precedent will no longer prevail. Nebraska City Tribune: The ex-marshal also talks flippantly about handcuffs, leg Irons, pistols held to tho head, etc., and wonders If the Washington authorities ex pected him to do something of that sort to his guests. All this serves to bring into strong relief the ex-marshal's point of view and it may be said to be exictly the opposite of the views of that portion of the people of this country who are asking and insisting on a square deal for All, high, low, Influential or humble. As nn Incident of straight out, unblemished "square deal" it may be hoped by all those who stand for the unlfprm administration of Pubstan tlal Justlco that the president will "stund pat." Central City Nonpareil: The peremptory decapitation of the official head of United Statea Marshal Mathews Friday by Presi dent Roosevelt appears not only to have stunned that Individual but It utterly demoralised the whole list of federal offi cials In tho state for the time being. It Is very hard, nearly Impossible, In fact, for the old-fashioned, practical plo-eater to understand that tho president means busi ness In his campaign for a "square deal." This entirely unexpected nnd rather radical procedure on his part, however, is likely to induce the federal appointees in this state to pick up the looso ends of their official conduct and see that things are done according to Hoylo hereafter. Beatrice Express: It has been a t.K com mon practice for men of money and Influ ence to be treated like "gentlemen" while they are being punished, and that they be let off with tho extreme minimum sen tence. On the other hand men without money or Influence, who do not lind It possible to commit offenses of the magni tude of that committed by the cattle barons, are treated like vile criminals and flung Into tho most convenient dungeons. The Omaha incident may put a slop to this practice. In this Mr. Mathews Is ono of the offenders, and it is unfortunate that he has been selected as the scapegrace. Not so very long ago, within four miles of Omaha, a young man wilhuut money and without influence, win arrested for using a 2-cent stamp ou a letter nfter it Delicate Children The children cannot possibly have good health unless the bowels are in proper condition. A sluggish liver gives a coated tongue, bad breath, con stipated bowels. Correct all these by giving small doses of Ayer's Pills. Genuine liver pills, gently laxative. We have no secrets! We publish the formulas of all our medicines. Ma Vy the t. O. Ayw Co., Lewall, Vim. A.ko Mnufoturrs Of AYER'S HAIR VIGOR -For tbs kair. AYER's CHERRY PECTORAL For CMfbt. AYER'S eaRSAPARlLLA-Fot Ue Wood. AYaR'S AOUBCUki-Foi nularu saSaguS. , had once been cancelled. He was given I a two years' sentence, and was ruined for life. Now millionaire cattle king who have unlawfully used 300,000 .acres of the public lands for a dosen years are fined 100 and sentenced to "six hours In the custody of the marshal." who turr. them over to their own attorney so thfli they can serve out their "time" In feasting and Jollity. And the fences which wei ordered down by the government are still up, and will continue to be used by th- culprits until tho government gets nrounit i to It to enforce Its order. It Is no wonder ! that the president Is angry, snd that he l. J striking right and left at the officials wh" i are conniving In this practice. It s to be hoped that he will also cause an Investiga tion into tho part played in such thing by men who are sheltered under the roof of tho capitol building. MIItTIIFI I. It KM ARK Si. "Has she Improved lit her music since she studied nbroari " "Oh. yes. She never plays anything no that sounds In the least like a tune." Cleveland Ieuder. "I should like to go to your party, above nil things," Mrs. l.apsllng was saying, "but the doctor says I must remain exclusive for a week more. I am troubled with n slight prevarication of the left lung." Chicago Tribune. j Muggins My wife hits been doing her Christmas shopping for two weeks, j Hoggins Is that so? Mine hnsn't bought i a thing. Muggins Neither has mine. Philadelphia. Record. Miss Ascum What does "Hlo Jacct" .mean on these old tombstones? I . Mr. McHllilt Why er that's an abbre viation 'or "hickory Jacket" that Is to say "hickory coffin." That's the kind they used . In old times, see T Philadelphia Press. I 'Te belief In Santy Clsus," said t'nele 1 Eben. "Is whut keeps some chlllun Cum havln' a mighty !"' opinion of delr parents' generosity." Washington Star. i "Then you think the hljffi salaried presi dent of your Insurance company is a good , man for the placeT" "Pure. He's the best forgetter In the business." Cleveland Pnlln Deaier. "Getting money out of you," said Mrs. j Pneer, "is like pulling teeth!" "No. It Isn't. Nancy." protested Mr. Pneer, reluctantly opening his pnokcthook. "Pull ing teeth nowadays Is painJoss. This hurts." Chicago Tribune. The Merchant (to applicant I Where did you work last ? The Office Hoy For de Gotham Ufe In surnnce comp'ny. The Merchant Ilow'd you come to quit? The Office Boy One dsy de president patted me on de head an' advised me ter be honest an' never tell a lie an' I snorted right out in spite uv meself ! CASTI.K Y K S'l'K It II A V. Saturday Kvenlng Post. In the Valley of Contentment, Just hcvond the Hills of Old. Where the streams are always silver and the sunshine always gold, Where the hour is ever morning and the skies are never gray. In the yellow haze of springtime stands the Castle Yesterday. Oh, tho seasons thut we spent there when the whole wide world wus young: The friends we've had as maid and lad. the songs that we have sung! The echoes of their music cannot quite have died away. But still must thrill the rooftrec of the Castle Yesterday. And the loving hearts we knew there In the time of truat anil truth. Surely still they wait behind us In the. pantheon of youth! But the angel of the valley at the portal bars our way, And h flaming sword forbids us from the Casllo Yesterday. When the pilgrimsge Is ended, may we turn then, may we change To the vanished and familiar from the present and the strange? Who chooses to his heaven I shall be content to stay Where the ghost . of dead years wander through the halls of Ycsterdsy. i i 1 I
