Nebraska Newspapers

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C. C. KOSK WATER,
General Manager.
Viibscrihed In my presence and sworn tc
before me this lat day of November. l!tn.
(Seal,) i. ' v.. Ut. Ht-NGATfi
Notary public.
WHEJI OIT or TOWS.
Snbaerlbera eavln th city 4em- !
i porartly naenlil bar Tha Be
mailed to -theWJ..Mdreaa will b
' t-hanwerf ni often rrjeted.
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'After his- experiences In" Iowa poli
tics, Secretary Shaw la eminently qual
ified to handle little trouble like that
at Pittsburg.
The -decision ef the Bpanlnh cabinet
to retain' office until voted -out shows
the "American. idea" .1 gaining con
verts wherq. least expected.
PIttBburg now fae8'-a: municipal
bribery scandal;' and police ma find
they Wagged'', the wrong people dur
infe the recent ''houBe-cieanlng.".
it yui-. , ' "
The annual report of the Union Pa
cific Is a eyr reflection . upon the
iufn who ' decided that' tba, company
hpuld stand iv liu'i1t 'rat hor thsn pay
taxes.' '
Vf
he early QhristtuaB shopper will get
the benefit of the big stock to select
from. Omaha merchants are prepared
to welcome' this class' of discrlnilnatlng
customers. , . .
The wool market Is safd to be in
the hands qf the inUers. . ' If ,'westcro
flockinasters are not careful they may
face government Inquiry under the anti-trust
law"''-, ';. ' .''
In detailing a number of- negro po
licemen tb ;guara Senator Tillman at
Chicago, Mayor Dunne ;does not seem
to have becopie panlc-stvlckcn over tho
Brownsville Incidents- '
toeuourfeod by extro'mlsts of all kiuds,
tk American . Federation of Labor
may be permitted, to feel that its new
political program Is' not without foun-1
datlon in common sense'. '
If Dowle's creditors succeed In pre
serving the factories at.ZIon aud giv
ing work to an Industrious people,
the efforts o?,t he'apostle" will -not
have been without.'reward. , '
Canadian lawmakers will soou beyln
to consider the question of reciprocity,
but Governor Cummins- will probably
be too busy preparing bis annual ad
dress to offer expert' a dvkt,',
If agitation .Tor revlblou of
second-fUss- niatf matter results lu an
airing sqf coutiaiis with railroads for
carrying malls, it will have proved a
I leasing-, although at present some
what dlsg'ulsed. '
Should It be proven that the Mis
souri train robber is a former inmate
of tbe military prison at Fort Leaven
worth, Uncle Sam should reform his
prison system since the penitentiary
does not seem to produce penitents.
The best indication of local pros
verity is the tact that more than 90
per cent of tho tax levy for the current
year has been paid into the treasury.
The joy with which this windfall was
received by the democratic economists
was sea rely excelled by their surprise
at the announcement.
Chancellor Andrews Is varyius his
crysade on'bahalf of the spelling book
by undertaking to correct gome of the
personal 'habits of theunlve,rsity stu
dents. His last move Is one that will
commend Itself to a large part of the
community... He has "banlhheit tobacco
t hewers from the campus.
The Indian department does not pro
pose to vest patiently under the de
cision of the court that cave Asmus
Hoysou the victory. ' If was expecting.
too ruuch to think that the Indian bu
reau would willingly 'forego any of its
autocratic prerogatives.' even al the
(liLaJi.in it a f mixta) i-mii-t nf .nn.'-.
nixont: Af renin: tXrf,xsr
. AYIth a session of congress at hand
i the (incsilon of the expense" of Kov
j ernment recurs with increasing e-
rlousncHs. Among many Important
projects that will he urged with great
j energy almost all contemplate. In-
creased expcnditui p. some of. them to
j an rnormous extent, and'JiRrdly ono j
looks to considerable retrenchment, j st.nitASKA !XVKST.it;xis
i The grave fact looms up. although The attention of men with money to
! little attention la as jet paid to it, ! invest is culled to the opportunities at-
. that during the five years since the (
i close of the McKlnlcy administration,
j the total cost of the national govern
meut, exclusive of the -Panama canal
has Increased almost. CO per cent. It !
, has, too, been a period of, profound ;
i peace, and there has been no notable
advance In the scale, of salaries ns
fhPre naa. been
In private employ-
ments.
All political parties share In
the responsibility, for all, have
acquiesced In the main measures that
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naB bo swollen
the
ptlbliC 'UiSnUrse
i ments.
There is in the treasury i this time !
a surplus of revenue exceeding 120,
000,000, which, after deducting a lib
eral working. balance, still leaves a big
excess of funds, alwayai a stimulant to
schemes for expenditure, as Is the cape j
now. A few warning voices are raised
by. fiii-peeing. meni-but the danger Is
that they will not be heeded nor stir
to sufficient combined opposition to
extravagance, for organized effort Is
largely In the -direction of getting at
rather than withholding; the public
funds. .''.-
Nothing, however, Is more certain
than that, unless the rate of Increased
expenditures he checked by an insist
ent public demand for economy, the
aggregate already mounting up to A
blltlon dollars a year, will In a few
years reach fabulous and alarming
figures.
AO COA U PAMIXf..-
"While some complaints have been
lately heard of coal shortage, they are
local and exceptional, and there Is the
strongest assurance tha,t there Will be
no general failure of the supply. In
a few districts there may., be tempor
ary embarrassment and anxiety, but
It. l.t, traceable to 'the strain of other
freights on " transportation facilities.
Thus In some cases In the northwest
there has been extreme pressure for
Cars for grain, as In the south for cot
ton, and It Is from these sections almost-exclusively
that the. complaints
come of lack of coal.
The facts reported by' the national
bureau of statistics, however, demon
strate beyond ail question the ex
istence of an abttndant fuel supply,
and that In fact rarely has the 'coun
try been In better plight lu this par
ticular, In spite of the . unusual de
mand on account of universal Indus
trial activity. The coal strikes were
composed ' early . In .the seasoa' and
coal, "hoth anthracite and hltunifiioijs.
has been moving Inextraordl.naiV vol
ume the last six months, at the same
time that extensive reserve stores were
accumulated. '
It Is not at ail singular that appre
hensions of shortage should be: ex
cited In some localities at this season
I of the year, but the general ' situation
Is the reverse of serious, when It is
merely, a question of securing a com
paratively few cars, speedily, to relieve
even ' those exceptional cases. ' - '
ItAlHi'iAU XKT XARXISU.'
The official figures now made' pub
lic by the Interstate .Commerce com
mission are an illuminating comment ;
on recent lugubrious' expressions of
certain transportation mandarins re-,
gardlng the- railroad ' future. ' They
show for the fiscal year ending June
30 gross earnings by all tbe roads in
IK. TTnO.i Cl r.t ) 117 TCO AH
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an increase or. stv.ouu.uuu over the
net earnings during the preceding
vear. The preceding year, too, was a
record breaker In net earnings, most
of tbe roads being enabled to ap
propriate vast amounts for new con
struction and betterments, in addition
to advancing the dividend rate. This
process has been again repeated out
of the earnings covered by the com
mission's report, the Union Pacific,
which has been put on' ttT per cent
dividend basis, being aj .notable ex
ample. . ' ,
. The increase of $97,000,000 over
the total net earnings in the year
ending June 30, 1905, It is to be re -
membered, represents the proceeds of
tha tax levied by the railroads on the
total productive energies of the coun-
try. Capitalised at 5 per cent It rep-
resents the earning power on $2,000,
000,000. On tbe eame basis the total
tsxpaylng power in the form of net
amines through railrtrtd exactions
upon the public the last year stands
for 8 valuation of nearly $t,000.-
00.0.000. , . ;
No sane person will seriously assert
that the actual total railroad invest-1
meut approaches within billions of
that valuation, or that there has been
any increase in the Investment pro
portionate to the increase In the net
earnings. . The increase, therefore not
being in any legitimate relation to
actual Improvement, U simply an ex
pression of arbitrary power, much of
H beyond question of conspiracy in
lestrslnt of trade.
The sworn statements cf the roads
thus conclusively contravene the re
cent representations of the mandarins,
evidently designed to prevent public
action, whereas they should stimulate
It. It would not be so bad if only a
reasonable recompense were set apart
to stockholders, the balance from ex
orbitant charges going to eularge the
tranttnorfaimr system';- which 1s con
l't'Btd U be inatietju.Utt to m ttent
needs. Hut in the fate of excessive
profits on fictitious capitalization, we
are at the same, time menaced with
the threat that funds will not he
forthcoming: for the indispensable
transportation enlargement,' unless
the public, (Insists from effort tf) cor- j
rect. such obvious abuses.
forded In Nebraska
cultural prosperity
The great agrl- j
enjoyed by this j
Mate for the last ten years has In a
meaaure overshadowed Its Industrial
development. It Is but natural that
this should be so. Yet tho Industrial
growth of Nebraska during this time
has not been inconsiderable. Many
new factorlea for the working uj) of
the products of the state Into finished
material have been started and those
I already In existence have been en-
I 1 AW . ..-1 " t . r. . .
tiib"u, umu iui7 milium tt.rini mi lunnu-
I factured products has reached a
very
rcsP" ,able fl6ure
Neither the agricultural nor indus
trial development has as yet reached
Its limit. As a matter of fact, the
productivity of the state is capable of
far greater expansion. Intelligent and
properly directed efforts along lines
proven to be correct are Increasing an
nually the yield of the land. This is
tiue lti like measure of the manufac
tories of the state, hut Nebraska has
not the factories she needs. Millions
of bushels of grain are annually
shipped from the state and returned In
the form of flour and other bread
stuffs. This grain reasonably should
all be made Into the finished product
within the limits of the state and sent
out only as such. This is true of other
materials. As a matter of fact, no
state In the union at present offers the
advantages afforded by Nebraska for
safe and profitable Investment lu mill
ing enterprises. Other avenues for the
employment of idle capital are open
In the state, each of them affording as
attractive prospect as that of milling.
It only needs a little Investigation to"
determine this fact.
A general movement is now under
way to direct the attention of owners
of idle capital to Nebraska as a. field
for Its employment. The Bee Is doing
what it can to aid this movement and
invites the co-operation of Its readers
to this end. It is not a question of
200.000 for Omaha, nor 2,000,000 for
Nebraska, but it Is a question of tak
lng advantage of the opportunities af
forded by the natural resources of
what, has long since been admitted one
of the greatest states In the sisterhood
of states. Let us develop Nebraska.
Insurance In Nebraska Is still profit
able despite the operations of the val
ued policy law with its "moral hazard"
aspect. During the hlennlum 1904-5,
for which a report has Just been made,
the total-premiums collected In , Ne
braska for all classes of Insurance, fire
and 'life, amounted to , $18,887,397.
During-this time-the companies paid
losses of $8,344,187, leaving a gross
proflton premiums collocted of $10,
553,210. On fire insurance premiums
were' collected during the blennlura to
the amount of $6,380(522, and losses
paid amounting to $2,982,751, leaving
a gross profit on premiums collected
for the fire insurance of $3,397,771.
It will take a good deal of argument
on the part of insurance agents to con
vince the insurer, that he is not paying
enough for his protection, or that the
valued policy law Is operating to make
the business unprofitable In Nebraska.
The state canvassing board has
given its return on the constitutional
amendment showing that 147,715 Ne
braskansv favor the adoption of the
amendment, while 4 6,977 were op
losed to It. This provides a majority
In favor pi the erection of a railroad
commission pf 100,738.' Railroad at
torneys would better look carefully at
these figures before they become loo
deeply Involved In the plan to overturn
the will of tbe people.
' (Tbe latest census bulletin Ittsued by
the Department of Commerce Indicates
that the child labor question in Ne
braska' is very nearly solved. In five
years the number of children under
16 years of age employed In the man
ufacturing establishments of Nebraska
dropped from 733 to 397. During this
time the number of employes In these
i establishments was increased by over
1 2,000.
! .
' The determination of the democratic
j majority In the city Council not to hear
I evidence Jn favor of a reduction of
i fares on the street railway is apparent
1 the 1" republican member of that
I body, however, is determined to put
I the sham reformers squarely on record
; and up to date he hss-succeeded in
making them very uncomfortable, if
he hs accomplished nothing else
; The Baltimore man who "assisted"
i . vnml, nf ilc. . I..,..- ki.
IS ,ivim nuiuiliv I j t;n V X3 HID
home and set as far awav aa the At-
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laatlc coast will likely find that the
law still looks upon a boy of that aue
as an infant and incapable of making
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l uuiiDcii. (is win aiau n y llhliy nua
that juries such as that Which tried
Pat Crowe have gone oijt of fashion in
Nebraska.
The discovery of a trade paper that
bonds are now being issued where eld
fashioned railroad financiers would
have" "watered" stocks shows the
progress from Jay Gould to Hill tmi
Harrtman, but the public is learning
the facts of railroad manipulation
faster than the manipulators can
work.
The intention of tb president
to
make theannl project gubjoct
rial DIMM" In conaveas Is an Inlitiia
f
i
tion of his desire to Veep the mat let
free from entangling alliances.
Oklahoma' Prospective Utatiarllaa.
St.' l.ouls Republic.
The honor of buying the first real Amir-
leu n senator in congress will belong to Ok-
h,,ma f Hie concludes to send one of her i
distinguished red men to Washington.
Money far I'rar and War.
Indianapolis N'pwj. . ,
Carnegie Is a"lng to give $l.''.i"X' to lh' ',
peace propaganda. That may be rcaard.-d I
in the fiitur a r..l lnl:n on ttl nations I
thnt re trjVin)r () rr. vhlfh one onn builtl j
the largest battleship.'
Rlaatlaa; rafellc Ho.
Chicago Kectird-Hernltl.
Denial of the truth of repoit
that i
Piatt Intends lo re.ln as soon am Hughes
la lna,.,irnte.l w.,,. nf x.w York la !
made by Piatt himself. That man seema
to tnko a fiendish delight In binding the
fondest hopes of the public.
Rarity In rkarlty.
New York. Tribune.
A balance on hand of H.tW.O'O.
the need !
of relief being past, speaks wetl for the
generosity of the American pooile and for
the Judicious care of the Ran Fmnclsco re
lief .committee in distributing the fund. A
charity, with a balance la extraordinary.
Reaaaaa fr Parcels Toal.
Kew York World. . '
Out of the ll.57S.I74.Wl gros earning of all
tho railroads In the t'nlted (Mates In the
last year of Interstate commerce record.
W1.TJ.S3 was from the cxpreM business. On
this traffic tho public paid tolls to the ex
press companies of nomethlng like 13.750.000.
ttere Is the. reason, reduced to figures, why
we have no parcels jost.. .
Wasting; Gray Matter.
Baltimore American. '
That Department of of Agriculture com
mittee on eugenics may do lis best, but
sly Pan Cupid will b found lo be prac
tical chairman of the committee In the
end. For. despite science and govern
ment, people will love and maTry In the
good, old-fashioned way to the end of Uie
chapter, practically endorsing the famous,
If rather selfish, question of the Irish
man: "What baa posterity done for me
that I should do so much for posterity?"
Ra4lpl Winds that mom.
Springfield Republican.
Senator Dick of Ohio is out With the
statement that be Is "firmly convinced
that tho Income tax Is the nearest we can
eome to an equitable and Impartial sys
tem of taxation."' Rut" he-' adds that:
"From air that I Mui Jeam the defeat of
Governor Merrick a year ago was contHb
utetl to largely by the opposition of well-to-do
men of the state who felt'that the state
had gone too far When through the In
heritance tax law It proposed to maul
over their estates after death." Coming
from Dick, the statement Is aji Indication
thnt the winds that blow are radical.
CHAXOKS IX THK SKXATR.
Tetrraaa of the rpper He Ms
goon Retire.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
The recently evidencea weakness of Sen
ator Cullom and the 'certainty that Benfttor
PUtt will not be re-elected should lie pila
erably hang onto his place until his pres
ent term expires in 1909 serve as reminders
that within the next half doaen years tho'
membership of tho seriate must considera
bly change. It wilt probably change more
than has been usual'' fn a "like period. In
the first place there nrV the natural changes
which are likely to be 'caused by old age or
death. Senator PeltU'W Is S5,' Senator Mor-1
gan ft, and It 'c:iri ifHrdiy' be many years
before new1 Tie hn to rV f V , fyHf .Alabama. Ben-,
ator Alllxon i '!j 77, "aria the serious' illnesa
which kept him olit "of ' service during the
important closing -weeks 'of the last sue.sion
was by many regarded as a forewarning
of the end Jf his legislative' career. ' An
other of the old giutrd la Senator Fry of
Maine, 73, 'who though just re-elected. Is
hardly likely, to ' strrnd 'for. yet another
term. May the day hen most of these
veterans are retired be distant, yet come
It must 'sooner or' later.
To the inevitable tdiange of time and
old age which of themselves will prob
ably reach no more than the average
must be addod the effect which will be
produced by the new ' Ideas which are
gaining strength ' among' the people at
large. Next spring there will take oaths
twelve senators who'... were elected after
being nominated by," the people at the
primaries. Unquestionably the further
spread of primary nominations or of di
rect elections will have Ita effect upon
the ' character of the senate, fortress of
conservatism though. It Is. As a body
It will be closer , to' t lie people. In teu
years' time there will be a new average
type of senator. If ' present movements
continue. At present the type la uot dis
tinguishable. But the dim outline are
perhaps more like those of LaFollette of
TVlaoonsln. deaptte all bis faults of ex
aggeration, than of any man now In the
senate, and the change Is likely to make
itself felt south as well as north. ,
SUIP MHMDItS AHGlMEVfS. .
Pleas of l'romvtertt Po .t Haratualse
wttav tb .
Pittsburg IMKpatch. .. .
In his epeech at Kansas City Hesietury
Hoot demoliwhml one flea, of the ship tub
sidy crowd, namely, the difference .In cost
of construction In this country and abroad,
which ho declared to be so sllcht as to be
negligible. . Put he held to two arguments,
the higher wages paid American seanien
and the subsidies raid by foreign govern
ments, assorting that as these handlcapied
the American shin owner through no fnult
of Ms own lie should be anKisted to over
come them.
The theory of higher wages for Amerlcnn
deep-sea sailors Is much more Inipreselve
on the platform than In the forecastle, so
the subsidy argument mut be the main
reliance of the subvention boomers. What
docs the subsidy mean? Why do foreign
governments pay a sulwidy lo their ship
owners? If. ship owning was
profitable
enough to bo attractive to Investors, would
It be necessary for tbelr governments to
I pay a subsidy to Induce them to go Into It?
! On the contrary, they are paid a subsidy i
ujxm the theory that without it they would
,f,M money. That is tbe theory urged he;e.
Ho does this work out ill the cane of
It.illiih sliliaiiillelK If thi,L theorv is ro.-re.--t
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i i no a in, uuiri i-nnin vntja mm 11
! carry American products to the ends of tlu
i earth, according to fn subsidy theon
y, do
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paid by the British government. Thus the
British nation is tax'd lo enable British
ships to carry American go-ds below est.
I And instead of being satisfied with thi
benevolent arrangement.', eur uniciyii
xrant us to subsidise American shipowner
so they can enter Into competition in this
business of transporting foreign aa
as domestic freight at the com or
well
this I
government. -
It must.Mtike the dislntfrtpted citizen
that If the development of any part of the
American merchant marine la likely to be
profitable so subsidy will be required to In
terest Investors In It. In fact, wbtri It has
been Judged profitable Investors have net
waited for a subsidy before, entering upon
It. And so long aa foreign governments
keep on paying subsidies to their ship
owners In order to enable them to trans-
port 'freight tolow cost why should we In-
' t erf re with an arraogenieut a mutually
' tif?c!oriT -' '""'
ROtYD AllOt T KW YORK.
I nipples ikf Carre of l llr la ha
Metropolis.
People at a distance ate accustomed to
tho clulm that Oreater York Is un
rlv.illed no projector of "big thlncs."
Projects of a public character, whether
street opening or street widening
a r.ow
park or Kat river bridge, srs Invariably
In the million rliiBjt. Improvements crtptliiR
less than seven flamed ate too trlvUI to re
ceive more than an obscure parn graph In
tho press, the sounding boards of fSoiharn's
great nem. The flrt m.0on,(K) has Just be. n
appropriated to construct the first eleven
miles of aqurrluct In connection with tha
.('atf-klll watershed project. This Is the
i costliest and moet difficult engineering un-jdertaklng-
In the United States today. It Is
ticon,i on,V to the Panama canal, financed
" . i mate, jumaies or cost
ran"e fro,1 U-'R.flno.OCO to imo.CTO.OiiO. Kven
the higher figures will be exceeded, for
precious few public works lu New York
are completed within the estimates. The
Croton water supply, recently enlarged, and
now the main reliance of the city, cost
I double the original estimates, and the sup-
ply from that' source, while abundant for
present needs, must bo supplemented with
other sources to meet tho future needs of
the rapidly growing city. The eataklll
project is much larger than the Croton
watershed. A much greater area of ter-
j rltory in the mountains must be taken by
the city and the cost of acquiring property
ror public uses frequently knocks out the
calculations of experts., it will take twenty
years to finish tbe Job.
The attendance at the 'schools. of New
Tork this year Is greater than it has been
at any previous time, breaking all records
of the school year In September.
I The total register wa 53.6X9 and the
j average present attendance Is MMWO, or one
j In eight of the total population of New
I York-n unprecedently large Fhowlng for
any American citv.
The frjO.iX pupils lu attendance at New
Tork city schools do not Include all tliOHe
receiving Instruction In New York, for
there ere 2,Urt additional In high schools.
1.SM0 in training schools and 100 in trutint
schools.
There are. furthermore, 15.000 In 'Corporate
schools In Manhattan and the Bronx.
There are 4.000 pupils In the corrorato
schools of Brooklyn.
In addition to these there are the mmila
In the parochial schools to ti, m,nit, r.t
40,000 in New York and 25.0W In Bmoklvn.
and there are to be added the student re
ceiving instruction In colleges and uni
versities, in private suhods or academics,
In night schools and those instructed by
private teachers. ,
The addition of alt these brings tho total
number of thone under Instruction In New
York at present up to nearly 6SO.0OO. hlch
Is a remarkably good showins- nnH n. .
tirety without precedent In anv other rltv
of the world.
It cost the republicans just M',(H1 to
elect Charles E. Hughes governor of New
York stale, according to a statement filed
by Ooige R. Sheldon, treasurer of the
republican executive committee. The state
ment shows that J. P. Morgan and Levi
P. Morton were the largent contributors
to the campaign fund, each giving sai.iXO.
Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller,
Jr., contributed JS.tKiO each; Joseph n,
Choate, $l,0u0; Cornelius Vanderbilt, ll.OW
H. J. Bcrwtnd. l,00O, and IL M. Flagler a
like amount. This Is the first time In the
history of politics that the campaign man
agers have been compelled to take the pub
lie into their confidence and show the books
kept during tho campaign.
Tammany hnll spent $71.0 on the recent
election, in addition to H23.53J put up by
the assembly district committees. Charles
F. Murphy was the' largest contributor,
giving 5,000 to the fund. James H. Phelps
Stokes and his wife. Rose pastor Stokes,
each gave 150 to the New York socialist'
campaign fund of t$.i(S.
The democratic state committee received
$80,170 for election purposes and spent 170.
3S7. The largest individual contributor to
the fund was WllJIam R. Hearst. 57,0ri0.
Thomas J. Gilleran contributed $10,(, and
Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler J5.000.
There are 25,000 hello girls employed in
New Tor, and all are graudates of a
telephone school. The gtrl who wishes to
become an operator must direct her steps
to the traffic department of the New York
telephone system. Oood eyesight, good
hearing, distinct enunciation, fair pen
manship and general tieatnesa are re
quisite qualities. The conipuny main
tains a large School where embryo hello
girls are always In training. They ttro
tu,ught telephone geography In order that
they muy accurately locate the point to
which a call should be sent and start the
call' without a minute's loss of time.
While attending, school the operators arc
paid a salary , of . 3 a week, which Is
Increased aa they progress In the reg
ular force, the average pay of the opera
tors being about 10 a week.
The fact . that four women reuuli-ed
medical aid at the Brooklyn bridge lasts
Saturday show that Brooklyn's demand
for bettfr transit facilities la justified.
That there may be relief In time in Indi
cated by the fact that Mayor McClollan
favors a proposition for a $3,000,000 office
building across Parle row at the Manhat
tun end of the Brooklyn bridge, with a
huge atatlon for the bridge railroad In it,
and with separate enclosures for the car
Hues from dirTurent parts of Brooklyn.
Huch separate divisions for routes inadu
travel easy at the Chicago and rturYnlo.
the St. Louis and Omaha exposition.
They would disintegrate and chissiry
bridge travel here. Brooklyn. In no't cn
thuslustlc over relief by this plan, aa It
would require at least four years to
build the new terminal.
The estimated value of Central Pant Is
placed at two and a half billion dollars.
If the beautiful breathing spot, which
i cost the city thus far $i,o00,oo. in lull
ing maintenance, wero cut up into build
ing lots, the city would be enriched by
the fabulous sum mentioned. Thn park
covers S48 acres, and has proved the moat
! profitable Investment In the history of the
w orld. It Is w orth $50 per soiiare fool in
rhe open market, and some parts would
' bring as much as l.'OU pr square fool
-
1-2 r of th Halrlesa.
Wnslilrnton Post,
trend of American life
Th'
the
Is against
! tl.e t rtaiirviTil ton ,-,,' )i 4wL . a nn.ln .....
' ' . '. 1 " . .
t ...Mil, ui j.iui,ii, (iiuee... ine are CT IIQir
j Is p.-isslnir. and possibly Americans could
j not revive the horrors of the past If they
would. A eoriiparlHor, of latter djy Ameri
cans wilii the meil nf l shows how lime
has wielded his scythe. The
longer beaixled like the pard.
t"n-i lu these days not to
soldier lh no
He Ih forv
be sratcheil
bald-headed. As for men of
peace ih
Mlv no longer to emalute the luxurious,
goat. They part their hair 'mostly In the
I past
tears Brlaa o WUdow.
Chicago Cttronlrle.
W. J. rryan'aruws no wiser. He dragged
hia anU-innnopoly paramount Issue Into
the trunmisluKippi convention Thursday,
In bis Commoner be siigmatlres the pro
posed credit note aa a "no-cent dollar" as
distinguished from bis SO-cent dollar, Ignor
ing the fact tl.at the credit note would be
redeemable In gold, while his silver fraud
! would not have boen redeemable at all.
Kven when be opposes x bud thing Mr.
Rryen seems inrarvbte.ef opposing It on
reasonable aioumla.
Pure, Wholesome, Reliable
Made "from cream of tartar derived
solely from grapes, the most dell
clous and healthful of all fruit acids.
Its use Is a guarantee of perfect food
and a protection agaknst the ills that
follow the use of alum, alum-phosphate
and other low grade powders.
The mixtures called baking powders that sell for ten r
twenty-five cents a pound, or a cent an ounce, are all alike,
made from alum and costing less than three cents a pound.
FKrt0Ali NOTES.
Kan Francisco and Tlttsburg are In close
contest for the head position in the horrible
example class.
It is one of the lionic possibilities that
Thomnn C. Tlatt may bo called upon to
decide whether Reed Smoot is a proper
man to sit In the I'nlted States senate.
In a speech in Chicago several days ago
Pror. John Iaul Ooode, of the University
of Chicago, predicted that within 1(0 years
Chlaago will have a population of 400,0,000
aouls.
G:'neial Rmaere, former minister of war
of France, is expected to visit this country
in the near future to make an inspection
of American posts nnd study the organiza
tion and the methods of training the Amer
ican sailor.
The Pennsylvania judge who decided that
lazlitss on the part of the husband is not
a sufficient cause for divorce la entitled to
a place among the champions of women's
right to a free range in the buniness and
Industrial world.
BlachorTshelni, a Jewish banker of Lon
don, who Is about, to celebrate his golden
wedding, will donate on that day ,000 to
chailtles. of which $100,000 Is allotted to
Jewlch organisations. He has already ex
pended large sums In philanthropy'.
Afse.mhlyman Elect JI.,J. W. Huhkindt
of Pittsburg siys one of tho first bills he
Will Introduce in the legislature of Pennsyl
vania,' will he one '.o increasu the penally
for burglary, for attempts at housebreak
ing and highway robbery. ' He wants to
muke the maximum sentence thirty years
and the minimum fifteen years.
The gossips are already searching out a
new husband for "Mme Oould." formurb
the Countess Castellane, since It seems im
probable that a young and rich woman fib
she la could possibly remain single long.
One of the litest guesses Is that she will
marry Harry Woodruff, the actor, who was
her swee.thnart before she met Castellane.
During the Ico trust trial In Philadelphia
a proppectivs . jurop was milaacd about tho
quantity of ico We used. "! use a little
occasionally," 1k said. "How much?
Enough to temper a highball." "Whut
do you mean. "by a highball?" roared the
attorney. "An amaf.eur," nmrrnered the
juror, "cannot presume to enlighten an
expert." VThls-man Is a competent Juror."
chimed the court, and the trial proceeded.
"Tama Jim" Wllsm, secretary- of agri
culture, who probably will achieve th
unique distinction of serving longer in the
cabinet than any other member of th;U
body, first wooed the fickle goddesa fanio
In Iowa as a country editor. When, a
young man he established in Tama a
weekly publication which he named the
Btar Clipper. Mr. Wilson is stlU an editor,
sending out a great variety of publications
of value to tho American farmer.
ACTIOS OF KHRASKA BtMvKHt.
0pualtlwa to tb Currency Plan Pro
posed in tbe Kast.
Wall Street Journal.
II if noteworthy that the Nebraska Bank
ers' association, which Is the first bankers'
association to pnss upon- the subject, has
condenmeil the currency plan proposed by
the bankers' commission which recently
held its sessions lu Washington. This ac
tion is all the more remarkablo because It
was taken after able speeches wore made
in favor of tbe plan by Prof. Johnson, who
Is the secretary of the Chamber of Com
merce committee on currency reform, and
by Vk-e President Foigan of the First Na
tional bank of Chicago. The opposition of
the Nebraska association Is based upon the
very point raisiid by tho Wall Ptreet Jour
nal st the' time thst the plan was pub
llkhed. The weakness of the ph'.n lo that
It provides for a large Issue of low-taxed
notes limtead of notes so heavily taxed that
they would b Issued only In time of se
vere stringency in the money market and
then quickly retired when tha emergency
pusscd. The Nebraska bankers passed a
resolution declaring that they were op
posed to on issue In time of financial peace
of any bank note currency except that now
provided for by law. but that they favored
the iFsue of a heavily taxed emergency cir.
dilation.
The Nebraska bunkers thus voice au
opinion which is undoubtedly shared by a
large proportion of those who have thought
at all upon tho subject, an opinion adverse
to a general asset curruney system, unless
I accompanied by
a centr-l bank, which Is
( .i,.,i.f,i i.v evervtmdv' to 1 imoractlcable
i i .hi country at this time. But while
oppohing a general asset currency scheme
; there is a growing sentiment In favor of
! ..n..,. elrculation. The nlan nro-
ro. 1 'v tne nariKers commission wsi
1 tuKiY. ..iii f.n-lh ns an enic-rtenev riljn. i
: . ...
!" " lK,w X. sometning quite
different. Tho bankets commission plan,
based upon the report of the Chamber of
Commerce committee, is r.ow admitted by
Its advocates to be not an enieigency clr- I
dilation plan, but one providing for a clr- I
culatlnrt which would "aiitoniatlcal'y adjust I
Its volume to the varying neixls troni tlnie
to time a tool of commerce nu dcaigtuji
to correct J. catastrophe.. Vl'l rpoash
to varying depiands that no crisis arises."
The bankers', commission has attempted
too much. . it threw over the Idea tf a
central bank of issue which was sugaeKted
by tle Chamber of Commerce committee
lcraute.t was Ben to be Impossible In the
present statu- of public qiiuiou. What it .
should have dne was als.i in have almn- i
doned the idea of a general asset currency
measure, however attractive such a scheme
Is from the theoretical standpoint. It
should havw onhned lself to what Is abso-1-itcly
practicable Public opinion si ems
to be ready for an emergency circulation.
It is not ready for a g.Ttieral asset cur
rency or much lcs for a central bank of
issua. '
FOISTED rtEASAJTTBIES.
"This living In furnished rooms," said the
wife, "ie hard on the children."
"No doubt," replied her husband, en
deavoring to remove the marks of sticky
finpera from tho plush sofa, "but the chil
dren lire also hard on furnished rooms."
Philadelphia Ledger.
"Corporations will havs to cease using
monev to Influence legislation."
"Well," answered Atr. Pustln Stag; "a
lot of corporations have about all they
want and will bo perfectly willing to cut
down expenses:" Washington Star.
Swelled Head I was trained from a child
always to choose my companions from my
superiors. '
lteportnr And as a man?
Hwcllcd Head As " r"an, I've always been
lonesome New York Times.
"I hear Murkley and Pklnner arrested the
Other dnv. What whs It oil about?"
"(! Pklnner was Just trying to pay hltn
In his own coin."
'That's queer." , ,
"Yess It was queer. Pklnner made the
coin himself." Philadelphia Press.
"Where did'vou find the lawyer after
the defendant bad struck hlni?"
"Ho was Ivlng In tho ditch. Your honor.
"How strong is the force of habit!' ab
sently mused the court. Baltimore Ameri
can. "Jnsiah." asked Mrs. Chugwater. "what
do they mean when they talk about a poli
ticliin who hus 'an axe to grind?
"That's simple enough for n. haby to
understand." said Mr. Chugwater. with
some impatience. -"He has an axe to grlnrt
becauso lie is getting ready to vote a split
ticket." Chicago Tribune.
"Yes," said the warden, "he was tha
ooolcnr and most thoughtful convict who
ever broke Jail." , , .
"You don't sav?" exclaimed the visitor.
"Yes; he-left behind him a note to tha
governor of the state beginning: 'I hope
vou will1 pardon me for the- liberty I n
taking.' " Philadelphia Catholic Standard.
A SHAME.
Cleveland Leader.
It's a shamo to take the money that they
pay for being funny.
When there Isn't any brightness in your
brain; ' ' . . .
HVlin vou're feellnr sad and lonely, and
voir- feeble pen ooiy . - - .'..--
Hcr'lbble dreary dirges In a minor strain!
When your thoughts- are most uuwltty and
vour words are quite unpretty,
And your rhymes lack spontaneity and
verve;
When you simply CAN'T be funny. It a a
Khame to take the money
And 1 wouldn't, but I've pot a heap of
nerve!
At some hidden doom you shiver is it love
or Is it liver?
Wrll. at any rate it's something pretty
j Am, ti)e 'devil of the shop, he stands beside
vou beKtrlria conv.
When then- isn't any copy to be had. '
Then you write a dreary sonnet and de
stroy It when you con it.
For vou've paid for doing scintillating
hits,
But you can't dispel the gloom or get a
single gleam "f humor
From your weary, wobbly, woosy, woolly
.1.
So the public must excuse us. If at times
our brain refusea
. To give birth to anything- that makes one
smite;
If we start a "funny" column with a poein
that is solemn,
Or euigtiuia that ore Browningesque in
style,
Prn ' let your hearts not harden
toward us bards we beg your pardon.
But ,i humor just because
we're game
Wit is wit. and one can't fake It. Money
wellr we hate to take it.
But we need If. ao we take It just the
same! , ..
".4 wise )luta,', enid JJtau JJrumr
7nd, "is he who 3 hi$ oith advan.
toije and ehts ff."
If you've always had th
custom tailor habit
If you've been ao sure you
"couldn't be fitted off-hand
that . you haven't , even
tried .
Then let us show you hers
as fine a Sack Suit as you
ever had on, no matter what
the price, for
$25.00
- It- might surprise; and
surely would please you.
WE WILL CLOSE ALL
DAY
THANKSGIVING DAY.
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