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TI1K OMAHA DAI FA' BKK: I TUKHDAY, OCTUBEll 2, 1906.
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Tiie Omaha Daily Bee
rOVNDKI BT EDWARD ROflKWATKR
VICTOR ROB&WATRH. EDITOR. .
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STATEMENT OP CIRCT U4TION.
Bute of Nebraska. Douglas t'ounty, s:
Oeorge B. Tsschuck. treasurer of The Bee
Publishing company, being duly sworn,
mvi that the annul number of full aid
complete coulee of The Dully, Morning,
livening and Sunday Bee printed during
the month of September, n. was aa fol
lows:
34,430
30,30
Sl.OSO
SO.M0
30,170
10,710
B0.4S0
30.MO
30,470
ao.no
SO ,3 40
80,430
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90,880
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. Total ri..
Ieaa unsold copies
'. ' Net 'iotal" sales.
, .337,360
3.603
37,843
Dally average-
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CHARLIE (1 ROBKWATEK
30,923
. ft , . - .Oeaeral Manager.
Subscribe tn mt presence and aworn
to before ma thla 1st day of October,
. (Seal.) . M. B. HCNOATE,
Notary Public.
WREH OCT OF TOWS.
. Sssscrlbers lesvlaaT tits city tem
porarily taaaM ka? Thai Be
sails tfcsa. Address will be
Oyster Bay will now retiro from the
data lines for another six months.
' What .weight should a court injunc
tion have in computing scales dispute,
anyway?
The Salton sea proves that the rail
road corporation has little advantage
over King Canute when it orders the
tide to recede. '
The alleged discovery of counterfeit
ing In the penitentiary of Missouri
naturally raises a question as to the
uecees,s pj1I. iivun
'Organizations In doubt as to the
proper way to dispose of unexpended
balanoes is Ban Francisco relief funds
might tnrn their attention to the gulf
coast.
The statement that President Palms
retires to privJte life poor shows that
he had not learned the first principles
tf . officeholdlng as practiced in the
tropics.
Political rancor has surely reached
Its extremity in the factional fight in
the Hawkeye stats since Governor
Cummins has been called the "Hearst
of Iowa.k
, Governor Mickey is going Into the
:ement business a trifle late. No
tmount of adhesive plaster will make
sis gubernatorial ' Honors stick , after,
aext January. - ,
. Russia's declared desire to prove
that its Internal troubles have no ef
fect on Its foreign policy must really
be a desire to discover If the state
ment is true.
Secretary.. Taft's request for tower
battleships and more men will prob
ably be utilized by congreasmen this
fall In an effort to reduce expenditures
tor shipbuilding.
With- the greatest production of coaj
and coke Ja the history of the United
States, consumers last year learned
that the Jaw of supply and demand Is
till subject to exceptions.
King Ak-Sar-Bsn this year furnishes
his subjects with three street pageants
in place of two, which had become the
usual number. This Is Indeed a year
t plenty and prosperity.
A religions festival has again inter
fered with, the reception of Ambassa
dor Leishman by the sultan, proving
that a anion of church and state la
not without some sdvantagea in the
orient.
The complaint of Banker Stensland
that he was treated "as an ordinary
thief" would indicate that New York
and IlllnoiS'Offlclals treated him with
yreateY leniency than his case war
ranted, j r
, The hearing on the Union Pacific
grain elevation allowance cases before
the Interstate Commerce commission
is to bo resumed at Chicago. Omaha
people will probably hear over there
of a lot oMhings which have happened
at Omaha that they did not previously
know about.
- Omaha will not take a back seat now
lta any city ot Its also la point of sub
ttautlal retail establishments and un
xcened facilities for retail shoppers.
Ne.ltb.ar will Its wholesale district suf
fer by comparison with the best. In
faot, Omaha aa a commercial center Is
thoroughly up-to-date ia every respect.
30,870
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....30,71
. . . .30,860
. . . .30.080
, . ..30,640
41,140
30,410
30,710
.30,690
30,440
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34,670
,...36,600
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oarfield for publicity.
The address of James R. Garfield
before the New York university stu
dents, presumably summing up his ex
perience as commissioner of (he bu
reau of corporations. Is especially
notable for the stress It puts on pub
licity as the true remedy for corpora
tion evils. ' Secrecy in the affairs of
a corporation," he says, "we have
come to learn, simply means that
something that should be known Is be
ing hidden," and the whole tenor of
his exposition Is to the effect that the
major part of the real progress that
has been accomplished in corporation
amendment is due directly or indi
rectly to publicity through legal re
quirement or the compulsory force
of awakened public opinion.
Concealment under corporate forms
has certainly gone far to destroy the
old-fashioned sense of individual re
sponsibility, so that men have been
willing to do or cause to be done what
they would not do as individuals.
Moreover, they were thus able to con
ceal the evidence and record of acts
for which, as individuals, they would
have been condemned. Precisely from
this point start the opportunities and
temptations to wrong minority stock
holders or stockholders in general or
the public or all at once, since in the
prodigious growth of incorporate
wealth the . interests of all overlap
and Interlace, involving government as
well in all its ramifications. v
It Is significant that a man of Mr.
Garfield's practical experience in ttals
field, while not depreciating other
remedies, should be so impressed with
th value of publicity and settle upon
it as te most effective principle. Ex
cluding he moral question it is not
true that the directors of large, con
cerns are insensible to public opinion,
but on the contrary they are of all
men most responsive because most de
pendent upon tt. When confronted
with the certainty that their acts can
not be hidden, the things that offend
the public sense of fairness and Jus
tice and strike at public Interest will
not be done.
It by no means follows that the in
timate processes of business are to
be unfairly exposed to competitors,
although a multitude of honest men
in corporation affairs who realty have
' most to gain by the policy of publicity
have persisted against all reason in
imagining the contrary and in co
operating with wrongdoers who had
everything to fear from publicity to
prevent it. But among them there
is fortunately evidence of a substan
tial change in favor of taking the pub
lic within rational limits into confi
dence and thus establishing the pro
tection of enlightened public opinion
against abuses, frauds and evasion of
the law which Commissioner Garfield
is profoundly convinced will ultimately
solve the problem.
AK-XAR-BKN BOSPITAX.ITY.
This is the week tor Omaha to play,
host for thousands of out-of-town visi
tors attracted by the Ak-Sar-Ben fes
tival. Unless all signs fall, the num
ber ot people who will utilise the occa
sion to come to Omaha, Joining busi
ness with pleasure, will be a record
breaker. With prosperity prevailing
ia the highest degree throughout the
territory tributary to Omaha ahd the
assurance of still further prosperity as
the result of the marketing ot unex
ampled crops, the people are in posi
tion to accept the tempting invitation
of Ak-Sar-Ben and are certain to do
so.
It devolves upon every loyal citizen
ot Omaha to constitute himself a re
ception committee ot one to see to It
that the guests are properly enter
tained and that nd one la allowed to
go away dissatisfied with his treat
ment here. Not only are the name
and fame of Ak-Sar-Ben at stake, but
also the reputation of Omaha for hos
pitality, livery guest, whether here
tor the first time or not, should be
convinced of our appreciation ot his
presence and converted to faith in
Omaha and its future. The visitor,
who returns home singing the praises
ot Omaha, is one of the best advertise
ments of our enterprise and public
spirit that we could have. In bringing
about . this much desired result every
man, woman and child who live in
Omaha can contribute a proportionate
share snd claim a part of the credit.
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aauRTiaixa ptsszov boll.
A set decrease, of 11,470 In the pen
sion roll of the United States for the
fiscal year ending June SO, the largest
decrease In the history of the country,
is in line with the records ot the Grand
Army of the Republic and the sad evi
dences which were so obvious at its
national encampment at Minneapolis,
admonishing all how rapidly the vet
erans of the civil war are passing and
how much more rapidly they must
pass henceforth. For the great ma
jority of the vast number whose names
have been eraaed by death from the
pension roll during the last fiscal year
were soldiers ot the war for the union.
In the absence ot a war ot like mag
nitude, which these veterans' sacri
fices have rendered in the remotest
degree Improbable, It is a moral cer
tainty that the national outlay on ac
count ot pensions must from now on
decline.
Pension legislation and expenditures
have been the subject of extensive and
even bitter criticism, and it is true
that no other government has been so
liberal as our own the last half cen
tury in providing for its defenders
and their dependent wives and chil
dren. But It is provision that they
more than richly deserved, and
thereby the nation has also protected
its stability for all future time by irre
versibly establishing the certainty that
all who stand by it la dsnger shall be
safeguarded against the consequences.
In his Immortal address at Gettysburg
Abraham Lincoln enforced as the great
duty of the nation, thel war for the
nnlon having been fougHt through to
a triumphant Issue, provision for the
loyal Soldier, his widow and his ort
phan, and nobly has that duty been
performed.
While there has been criticism In the
past, it is gratifying that little has
been lately heard, and now that death
Is so busily canceling the veterans'
names from the roll it would seem
that the laBt unworthy grudge should
utterly disappear.
Tin; siBTZRVvat ixpostc.
The official announcement that the
line built by thel Great Northern, pop
ularly known as the Ashland Cut-off,
Is to be operated as a division of the
Burlington and to all intents and pur
poses as a part of the Burlington sys
tem exposes the subterfuge by which
the attempt was made two years sgo
to make the public believe that the
Ashland Cut-off was to be separate
and distinct from the Burlington and
have nothing to do with it.
The building of the Ashland Cut-o(t
was from its inception part and parcel
of a scheme of Jim Hill to monopolize
the long haul by taking traffic around
Omaha, where some of ,the profits
might be diverted from the Hill pock
etbook by competition of the other
roads entering here. Some advantage
has also doubtless been gained by ac
quiring the rigats-of-way in tne name
Of the Great Northern rather than ot
the Burlington. The trick may have
fooled some people at the time, who
wanted to be fooled, but even they
must now open their eyes to the fact
that the Burlington and the Great
Northern are simply parts of the Hill
system with no special interests to
identify them with Nebraska, except to
get the biggest share of the business
snd give the least possible in taxes,
etc., in return.
According to the local democratic
organ the democratic mayor atod coun
cil were "gold-bricked" by the new
universal street car transfer ordinance.
The statement, to be a little more ac
curate, would be that the people ot
Omaha were "gold-bricked" when they
let themselves imagine that the elec
tion of the democratic city ticket
would really bring "them relief from
all their municipal ills.
What are the city authorities going
tq do about compelling motor cycles
to' display lights when traversing the
streets at night? The fast running
motor cycle carries elements ot dan
ger, even under the best conditions.
It Is a wonder that we have not had
aome disastrous collisions already, in
view of the utter absence of 'the en
forcement of safety precautions.
The order Of Attorney General
Moody directing the Institution of
suits to .recover penalties from rail
roads violating the af erf" appliance
law includes the prosecution of the
Chicago & Northwestern in the die
trlct of Nebraska. The question is,
Are the other railroads operating in
Nebraska innocent or simply lucky?
That special grand jury to invest!
gate illegal trade combinations will
soon be ready for business. Those
who have been talking so loudly about
trusts and combines have a chance to
avail themselves of the opportunity as
witnesses and make good In the Jury
room.
Facing a shortage in the municipal
general fund, the statesmen at the
mouth'of the Kaw will have to decide
between drawing their regular salary
In defiance of injunction and going
hungry in righteousness.
. A favorable Oases.
Philadelphia Record.
Bryan was lucky. The Buffalo conven
tlon that nominated Hearst refused to In
dorse Bryan for the presidency.
Adviaara Pasa Br.
Chicago Record-Herald.
It must sail the offlclals of the sugar
and tobacco trusts when they consider this
Cuban businesa and remember that they
were' not called upon at any stage of the
game for assistance or advice.
Kaaergeaer Facl.
Chicago News.
Poaalbly thoae railroad records were
burned up because the locomotives were
short ef coal. The business of railroading
ia quite Intricate and a mere commission
is not expected to be able to understand It
In all its branches.
Stretehlag; the Cnrreaey.
Washington Post.
The addition of a small quantity of rub'
ber, according to a paper manufacturer,
gives greater durability to our bank notes.
But. think of the distress that would be
caused by people who are In the habit of
burning their money.
The Head at th Wheel.
Portland Oregonian.
President Roosevelt "didn't want to In
terfera. but ha thought Mr. Hughaa waa a
man who met the requirements of the
present situation." , Mr. Hugbea was nam'
lnated unanimously. Is Mr. Roosevelt los
log his influence among republicans?
Walt Maa'a Baraea.
Philadelphia Record.
Heavy, Indeed, la the white man's burden.
The Dutch troops in East India have bean
obliged to round up a lot of the aborigines
and ahoot 490 of them. The English are
flogging Chinese laborers In South Africa
and using the lush aiul the rifle on every
negro who ventures to talk about Ethi
opia for Ethiopians. .-We are pegging away
at the Moroe. It la' a burdensome task,
this serving as a trustee for civilisation.
Saaasala the Cardage Treat .
Philadelphia Record.
Tifieen years ago the- farmers were
yrrotb at the prices' for twine demanded
by the Corllage trust, whose collapse waa
the Immediate occasion of the panic la
MM, and demanded that their states male
twine In th penitentiaries. Minnesota
was tli first to do this, but had great dif
ficulty tn starting Us prison factory be
cause It found all the ma k era of machinery
la a deal with the Cordage trust aad buuud
not to sell machines.' I'ltlmately It got
then, however. Several ststes have fol
lowed the example nt Mluueeota, ludlana
being th latest of them.
1 MfcMORIAM.
Waa ever Iraahed.
t'ommerelal Telegrapher's Journal.
Mr. Roaewater waa an Innatlable fighter
and never knew when he was whipped.
He wss victor in inuny political battles
and often met declare defeat, but waa
never crushed. Ills lifelong ambition waa
to go to th t'nlted States Senate, and he
had been a candidate before several legis
latures. He made many bitter enemies, for
he was fcatiess and outspoken in his
attacks on men and measures, and at the
me time It4 wor many powerful friends,
(or he possereed lovable trails without
number. .
Irgaalsed Labor Will Mis Him.
Labor News, Grenaboro, N. C.
By the death of Edward Roaewater, edi
tor and owner of Th Omaha (Neb.) Bee,
which occurred August 80, Nebrasks, and
especially Omaha, has lost on of Its
ablest champions of the common people.
Organised labor will ml him a much,
er more, perhaps, tlin-ny other vlaas of
people.
laflaeaea ' Waa Marked.
The C'ongregatlonallst and Christian World.
The most eminent of all Bohemians who
have taken up residence In fhls country
undoubtedly was Edward Rosewater, pro
prietor and editor..- of The Omaha Bee.
whose death last week, removed an Inde
pendent 'Journalist, whoae Influence In th
Mlsalkslppl valley has been marked.
Oberlin, Ohio's environment had something
to do with shaping his Ideals In life while
h was a telegraph operator there In Ills
youth.
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Oae at the lataaortala.
Th Viking. Fremont, Neb.
In th passing away of Edward Roaa
water, th people of Nebraska sustained
an Irreparabf loss. The fearless, out
spoken, aggressive and influential cham
pion, protector and defender of their In
terests la gone. There Is no one who
can fill his place.
The Bee, th leading paper of th west,
which will always be known as th paper
founded by Edward Rosewater, th em
bodiment of his personality, was dreaded
and hated by corrupt politicians of all
parties.
Mr. Rosewater abhorred rotten politics,
and corruptlohlsts and looters of th state
treasury. Honorable and clean himself, he
exacted the same high Ideal from other.
Ha has two imperishable monument-
The Bee and The Be building-grand prod
ucts of his genlua and labor, and th Im
press left by him upon the state and nation
can never be effaced.
In Journalism, h was the Horac Oreeley
of his time; In politics, combative, unyield
ing, asking no quarter, and giving none
th La, Follett and Folk of Nebraska. .
Had the republican party of this state
always listened to and heeded the advice
of Edward Rosewater, It never would have
lost the state or been called upon to pass
through the valley of political humiliation.
Had Mr. Rosewater been a tithe as sub
servient to corporation Influeneea as he waa
loyal to the people, there would have been
notttng In the way of political perferment
but what he could have had. But the
people sre proverbially noted for leaving
tkelr champion "high and dry" upon
tie sandbar of . political disappointment,
welle they, thoughtlessly, turn their faces
toward new and untried rising political
suns. .
firmly believe,' 'had, a direct vote of
the people been taken, that the plain,
honest, tolling masee of Nebraska would
have rewarded lsr' life-long' service In
thtfr behalf by a 'seat In the ttnlted States
senate his one vf'HIoal ambition. As
it l, his name Is added to that Illustrious
group "of political 'Immortals Clay,- Web
ster snd Blaine. '
Posterity and future historians will do
full Justice to Nebraska's "Orand Old
Man," Edward Rosfwater, , '
lie Stood Tnriva'ed.
The Enterprise, Omaha.
When one realises his meagre educational
advantage In his-, native land and th
handicap under which he began hi career
In this country and compares his Intellec
tual achievements with, his earlier advant
aged one's admiration for the mm In
crefines. He was the master of several
languages and an authority upon' economic
and political subjects. As an editorial
writer he stood unrivalled. ' He belonged to
that old school of great journalists, of
whom only a few survive, who Indelibly
stamp their personality upon their news
papers. His reputation was international.
No man has don more for the advance
ment of Nebraska and Omaha than Ed
ward Rosewater, ' the much maligned in
life, and his place will be difficult to fill.
Some years ago he was our choice fcr
United Statea senator, because of his ability
and Ms closeness to the common peoplo.
and for the same reasons and becauae ot
his attitude upon questions affecting us aa
a people he mas again our choice. W have
always admired him and when others
blamed we' praised because we knew his
worth. '
His career ahows what persistency, pluck
and work, coupled with ability, ran do even
when handicapped by race prejudice, for
th man of Jewish descent suffers from th!
blighting influence as well as do his
brother of Hamltle descent.
After life's fitful fever Edward Rosewater
sleeps well. His name I historic and his
work will abide. Even his enemies will
admit his greatness and his service to city,
Stat and nation. It Is too bad that he
waa not appreciated at his true worth whlie
h lived. But his waa th common fate
of all great men, cannonading while living,
canonisation after death.
PRRSOVtl. XOTES.
Walter Well man has returned to Paris,
whsr . h will remoia several weeka to
superintend the reconstruction of his air
ship, which' will oontaln important and
new features.
For fifty years Ohio ha had at least
on member of congress nan Taylor. E.
I' Taylor and Colonel W. - Taylor are
at present the respective republican and
democratic nominees for c ingress from th
Columbus district
Blood good Haviland Cutter, Immortalised
by Mark Twain In the latter' "Innocents
Abroad" as th poet lariat," la dead at hla
horn near Little Neck. I- I. Mr. Cutter
accompanied th humorist on th ,journey
that reaulted In th writing of that book.
H wrot vera under th algnature of
"Th Farmer Poet."
Governor Cummins of Iowa and some
friends were stranded at a hamlet In th
northern part of the atate a few days ago.
Rather than wait several hours for a train
they mounted two band cars and pumped
their way to a station some miles away,
where they caught an express. Th gov
ernor commanded on crew and Slate Sen
ator Garst th other, both working th
lever aa hard aa their fellow travelers
The German emperor, who recently added
a Spanish uniform to his stock of clothes,
has th biggest wardrobe of any sovereign
In the world. A valet gifted with special
knowledge 1 deputed to look after th
liohenaollrrn collection of uniforms, which
1 a truly enormoua one. and thla man has
so well studied his master's treasures thai
no matter In what guise the kaiser may
wish to appear b can at once produce the
uniform.
ARMY UOSSIF I WAH110TOV
arrest ICveata (ileaaed fraae the
Amy aad fcsvy Beslster.
No mor so-called company eschanges
will be permitted In th army and an order
to this effect, calling attention to para
graph Jl of the army regulations, will
probably be printed for the guidance of
commanding officers and other. t'n
aulhorlscd exchangea win be positively
forbidden. The necessity for such an
order arises from the protrected corre
spondenc In regard to the defunct com
pany exchange ot Company M, Thirtieth
Infantry, against which there is an unset
tled debt to the amount of about 1-3:!,
claimed to be due an Omaha firm. The
history-of the exchange Is mixed up with
the transaction of Homer Br Lewis,
formerly a second lieutenant snd now a
convict In the Leavenworth penitentiary.
It I finally held that thla particular ex
change was a private business enterprise,
entered Into by certain officers and the
War department cannot collect and pay
over private debta due by officers; It was
an exchange not recognised by the gov
ernment; th company fund cannot he
drawn upon to discharge the debt and the
only thing left for the creditors is to tak
the claim Into the civil courts.
The refusal of the War department to
recommend a pardon In th case of a re
cently discharged enlisted man of the
army to -"remove the dishonor of deser
tion" presents an interesting situation. Th
oldler deserted from the Eighteenth In
fantry In 18S6 after two year' service; en
listing under another nam in 1898 In th
volunteers and continuing his service In
the regulars until last June, when he was
discharged on account of a disability con
tracted tn line of duty. During moat ot
his service In th regulars he served aa
a sergeant and he had a most creditable
reoord. H received a deserter's release
on August 30 and has now asked for a
pardon. As he Is no longer liable for
trial, haa not been convicted, and has not
forfeited his cltisenshlp, It Is considered
there Is no occasion for an exercise ot
the pardoning power. So far as the re
quest ia for removing the dishonor ot de
sertion, the pardon would not remove the
charge and would. In fact, confirm It. For
that matter. Is It held that the man ap
pears to have removed the dishonor of his
old offense by long a$1 exemptary service
in th army.
Experiments with field wireless tele
graph Instruments, under direction at Cap
tain George S. Olbba of the s'lgnal corps
at Mount Oretna, Pa., were so successful
that the signal corps of the army Is
preparing to make such an apparatus part
of the permanent equipment of the signal
corps. At Mount Gretna messages were
successfully sent over a distance of seven
miles, the greatest range over which at
tempt was made for th use of the In
struments under practical conditions. Th
equipment will Include storage batteries
weighing about ItW poitnda, which will
regularly be carried on a wagon. How
ever, the batteries can he transported on
pack animals, If necessary. Designs have
also been made for a dynamo driven by a
gasoline engine, which will weigh about
150 pound, and will be used by division
signal companies. Field wireless having
proved so capable of adaptation to condi
tions In the field under conditions simulat
ing actual warfare, it will without doubt
be an Important factor In future mili
tary operations, where the portable In
struments will . be used for communi
cation with similar wireless stations and
with permanent ones. . . Already prepara
tions are being made to equip such signal
corps men as may be sent to Cuba with
the field, wireless Instrument. . which will
enable. the forces. In ,the fje'd. to be kept
tn commtfnlcatlon with the wireless sta
tions' of th navy in that Island. The
parts of wireless Instruments sre being
assembled by the signal corps, some ele
ments of the mechanism being made by
the corps and others purchased from
manufacturers.
RIM? It COST AVERAGES.
The Kqaeese oa Hoaaekeepers Meaa
ored by Figures.
. Baltimore American.
It la not a surprising statement that ia
Issued from the government bureau of la
bor, indicative that there has been a grad
ual and steady advance in the average cost
ot living In thla country sines 189k The
householder who has kept anything like
a fair, comparative estimate of market
accounts during that, period .knows that
pricea have been gradually rising to a
higher level. Th farmer Ia also well
aware that there haa been an appreciable
Increase In his margin of profits on all
sorts of commodities during the period
mentioned.- The .cost of living generally,
there is. no reason to question, was, as
the bureau statisticians estimate, 17.7
higher during 1! than during 1890, but If
the ratio could be figured out with definite
ness it would doubtless be shown that the
general prosperity of the country was more.
than 17.7 higher during 1806 than during
18S0. The cities pay more for their foods,
but th rural sections are receiving very
much more for their enterprise, and,, as the
cities are dependent In mora waya than
on upon th rural sections, the situation
balances Itself to the general good of all
concerned. The main thing la that th
wheels ot th country's Industries should
continue to go round, and that they hav
been doing.
While th national bureau bulletin Indi
cates that there has been-a rise In the
average cost of living amounting to 17.7
per cent increase, the figures also show
that there has been a considerably larger
Increase In ' th average of hourly wage
during the period since 1890. Measured
by the average hourly rate, th Increase
in the earning of labor for 1806. as com
pared with 1890, was 21.. During the
period since 1890 there had been an Increase
In the number of laborers employed amount
ing to 33. per cent and thla Increue in
number brought the aggregate weekly
earnings of, all employes to a rise of
SI. I per cent during 19(S over the aggregate
of wages paid during 1890. In other words,
the number employed were increased by
one-half of th original numbers, and th
wages were increased by one-fifth of the
early average.
Apparently It matters but little whether
price of commodities are upon a high
average level or upon a low average level,
so long as- th relative balance between
all th agencies engaged In th Industries
I maintained. Th Immense annual coin
age of gold, which has added during the
past ten years probably a round tl.OOO.Ouo..
Ouo to th world's money medium, haa. It
la reasonable to aaaume, much to do with
th gradual raise In th level of prices.
Whatever th caus. there can b no fail
ure to generally agree- that, so far, at
least, as Ihls country I concerned, the
movement to th higher valuation level
has been accomplished by prosperous con
dition that ar wellnlgh universal.
Hashed by Haas Oieri.
, Baltimore American.
There Is not so much ' being said In
Europe now about American greed for th
dollar leading to th adulteration of th
food supply. Investigation In horn mar
ket In the critics' own countries haa re
vealed exactly similar conditions, and th
critic aforesaid ar sadly coming (o th
conclusion that adulteration of the food
auppiy tor revenue purposes Is nvt so much
s characteristic of Americans as of gea
rai buJuaa nature..
Kl0 OF MAX HlOHE 19.
Facta Aaaat the Repablleaa Candidate
for' Uaversar of Nsw York.
New Tork World.
Charles Evans Hughes looked In finer
physical fettle yesterday than at any
previous time In the forty-tour years uf
his life. That Is saying a great dtal, for
In the past, when Mr. Hughea looked
frail and unable to stand the rough-and-tumble
strain of sn uphill fight for posi
tlon and a competency, and with doctors
gloomily advlsng lint to go slowly, he al
ways had In reserve th endurance of an
army mule, the tenacity of n Keen 'and
the mental alertness of a lightning bolt.
During the life insursnce Investigation
friends cautioned hi in again and again.
They told him he was on the verge of- col
lapse, that a llercules could not with
stand the strain to which he was subject
ing himself. Yet he went on month after
month dolsg the hardest ' snd most ex
hausting kind of mental labor from
twelve to twenty-two hours a day.
Often.' after examining witnesses all dny
on Intricate subjects which required the
most scut concentration to deal with suc
cessfully, he would go straight home, and
after a hurried dinner would start to pre
pare his line of testimony for lh next
day. Th task would often keep him
digging away In book ot accounts until
S or3 o'clock In the morning; and then,
with thre hours or less of sleep, he
would be up In time to do some more
preparatory work before rushing down
town to take up again the examination of
witnesses.
No matter bow long or hsrd he had
worked during the night or how little sleep
he had-Jiad, Mr. Hughes always appeared
clear-eyed, brisk, energetic and eager to
cope with the alert minds of the men on
the witness stand th great powers of
high finance and Wall atreet.
Mr. Hughes gets hi powers of endurance
primarily from an anceatry of Welsh,
Scotch and Irish. His father conies of
Welsh and Scotch stock, and his mother
of Scotch and Irish. He has developed the
heritsge, however, by the practice of a
theory In which he Is a firm believer. He
holds that under the. right conditions a
man cannot overwork his Drain. He says
a well organized and developed brain is
like the muscle of a highly trained ath
lete, which Is only bettered by constant
hard work. "Exercise the brain" Is one
of his maxims, and he livrs up to It.
Mr. Hughes has been working t.'ko a
trojan ever since boyhood. Within the last
year he achieved a position at the bar
which meant large financial rewtrds if he
could continue the practice of his profes
sion. He Is not a rich msn. Perhaps n0,
000 would offset all his material posses
sions. He has never been a money getter
on a large scale.
No stupendous fees have ever come his
way. The largest single fee he ever re
ceived was the t&.flOO he got from the
state of New York for conducting the in
surance Investigation, and all Of that '-as
not by any means clear profit. Down-town
corporation lawyers said h was groly
underpaid by the state. Some of them, for
merely attending a portion of the seaxlons
of the Investigation on behalf pf th In
surance companies and listening to - the
testimony, received fees ranging from 10,
000 to $45,non. Their work was an Infinites!,
mal fraction compared with the labors of
Mr. Hughes, and In high class legal ability
most of them were admittedly his Inferiors.
MAS1' SMALL FARMS.
Dlspsaltlon of Pablle Laada Wlthls
Irrigation Arras.
Chicago Tribune.
It Is desirable that the lands reclaimed
by national irrigation projects should go
Into the hands of actual cultivators, and
not of speculators. . President Roosevelt
calls special attention to this In his letter
to th national irrigation congress. He
wishes to see a multitude of small fauns,
each sufficient to support on family, in
stead ot a much smaller number ot. ISO
acre farms.
Doubtless the speculators already hav
their eye on the lands which the govern
ment ia about to endow with special fer
tility. The would like to get possession of
extensive tracts so aa to profit by the great
Increase in value which Is certain to com.
If the reclaimed, lands are sold at first In
small parcels to genuine cultivators they
will atlck to their holdings and the specu
lators will not be able to get In.
No legislation can be framed which will
automatically keep the speculators out. For
many years unscrupulous men hava been
able to get around the land laws, and help
themselves to choice portions of th public
domain. They did so with . comparative
impurdty until the present secretary of
th Interior got after them. II has panse
cuted many and has punished some. He
ha exemplified the familiar principle that
laws are of no value until somebody makes
It his special business to . enforce thein.
The Irrigation act aays that th limit of
area per entry shall represent th acreage
which. In the opinion of the secretary of
the interior, "may be reasonably required
for the support of a family upon the lands
In question." In on locality h may con
sider fiv acres enough, and In another
forty. If this discretion I to be wisely
used by the eecretary or by the subor
dinates on whose Judgment h ha to de
pend to a considerable degree, there doe
not seem to b need or room for any ad
ditional legislation.
The president say th national Irrigation
congress can do something toward carry
ing out th policy of placing on each re
claimed area the largest number of lkr.it
lies that can get a comfortable living when
th land 1 well tilled. It can give advicu
aa to th sise of allotments. It can assist
in th detection of attempt at fraudulent
entries.' No doubt Ingenious men will try
through dummies to get control ot large
tracts. If they shall succeed It will not
be due to Imperfect legislation, but to th
laches of the agents of th government.
Railroads la Polities.
Springfield (MassJ Republican.
It will be necessary to get the railroads
out of politic as they are before mucn
headway can be mad with the political
argutrfent against public ownership. 11
was only th other day that th president
of th Atchison system was publicly de
fending th railroad practice of mixing In
politics on the ground of Its being a big
taxpayer, and now evidence Is being
brought out before the Minnesota railroad
commission going to show that the Minne
apolis sV Omaha company spent consid
erable sums of money In helping th ef
fort to defeat Governor La Folletteof Wis
consin for re-election. It even went so
far a to detail many of Its employes to
work against La Follett at the polls. It
any administration under public owner
ship of railroads should ever venture to
get the employes Into politics as deeply
as that, the fact would be quickly known
and It would not help th administration
with other voters.
I Told Voa So."
Baltimore American.
Spain would hardly be human If she
could refrain. In view of the present con
ditions In Cuba from a polite "Excuse
m while. I smile."
AN OLD and WELXi-TKIEU RKMEDT.
rOH OVBH SIXTY VSABf
HU WUUOVI OOTaUfc-a STBOP,
U w hiI Utt etw sixrr Hiki MlLLlo.s
I MOl bKKS fer U.lr t'HILDBttN WHIUt TSSIM.
nil, WllH FEKrtcT SLCrks. IT SftoTUIt Ik
CH1U. SorTKNS I he OCMS. ALLAYS Ail ft AIM J
CtlSKS WINU I. OUO, u la ika bast tmmt Ut
PIAMSHOSA. Sets kr Imu'W U i sut ml
Rt werld B eur .iS mmm lr
US. W1N8LOW& bOOTHISQ
1
Gloves
are their own beet adverh'sanenta. No
amount of talk Can convince you to
thoroughly as an actual trial and the
guarantee which ooet with every pair
is your atauranee that your money is
not risked but htmted. Per pair
1.50
Sold tptry wtwifc
V
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PASSIM! PI.F.AATltlF.
"Why do you turn In your tor when
walk?" psked the hen?
"Do you suppose 1 want to be mlstn
for one of your chicks?" disdainfully
sponded the pigeon, Chicago Tiilume.
Blobhs Queer fellow, that BJones.
Slobbs How so?
Hlobhn Well, you called him a snd
and he seemed tickled to death, tui
called him a miserable cur and he wa'
to- lick me. Philadelphia Record.
"A man in public office should not
Indifferent to this world's goods.'
"No," answered Spnr.ior rioi gliiiin, '
It Is not always wive to let himself
caught with
them." Washington Stai.t
d men should never be yXl
'Bald-headed men should never be yU
at the head of a kingdom as the ruling
power."
"Why not?"
"Because In the natural" order ot tilings
Ihey can have no hair apparent." Balti
more American.
"You look bo nice, In your new fall suit,"
snld Mrs. Drowse, "don't you think you'd
better come to church with me this morn
ing?" .
"Not on your life," replied Mr. Drowse,
"It doesn't do a new suit any good to go
to sleep in it." Philadelphia Press.
"See here," complained Mr. Crahhe,
"your shopping Is too extravagant. You
should never tako anything Just because it
looks cheap."
"Indeed:" exclaimed his wlf "If I had
followed t hut advice when you proposed to
mo t wouldn't be Mrs. Crabbo now." Phil
adelphia ledger.
SAM).
David Rvana In Baltimore Pun.
I watched a locomotive strong climb up a
hill one day '
It wan alirleklng. charging, panting along
the rugged way: '
It waa en'heduled for ths summit majestic
seemed snd grand.
And yet it could not make Its base without
the use of sand.
It seems that locomotives cannot always
get a grip
On the burnished, polished runners their
whcela are apt to slip;
And when they strike an upward grade the
freight they'd never Innd
Unjcse upon the track Is split a "box or two
of sand.
It's about the same with travel on life's
uneven track
If your load la rather heavy you're always
slipping back;
But If the moral of these line you rightly
understand,
Touil fix yourself beforehand with a full
, supply of sand.
I the road, ia 'stifii.'ii nd .orp'ry. a.nd .TOO
strike a heavy grade.
And you find that time and trouble you,'
path have slippery made.
You'll never reach the level of the uppet
tableland. , .
t'nlers you "lubricate" the track with nior
ftr less of sand.
Browning,
King & Co
"A bMtl autumn said Beau
Brummel, "comes ut lat with a
duvble treeom"
A CHEERING CHANGE
The first cool evenings are
mighty welcome to both of
us.
You want a light coat
or it may he a hat sand
gloves, at once and re have
them ready for yoi$o wear.
The assortment is com
plete and most attractive.
- i
Light weight overcoats,
$12.50 to $35. '
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