THE OMAIIAPaYlY ' BEEt" SATURDAY, ' DECEMBER 1... 1908.
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WHE OIT OF TOWS.
Safcserlbera leaving; the city tem
porarily should bar The Bee'
mailed to them. Address will b
changed as oftea as requested.
Cornelius Shea now realizee that no
man can afford to make an enemy un
til after a court has passed upon bis
case.
Now that inspectors of the general
land office hare "fallen out," the pub
He may learn more of the' tenor of
those confidential reports.
The real test of power will come If
the United States decides that -land
secured by fraud in the west shall be
restored to thetmbllc domain.
An eight-hour day being demanded
iu the Horueetake mine, V. R. Hearst
has an opportunity to show that his
love for laboring men survives defeat.
The alleged rivalry between marines
and blue Jackets might vbe a good
thing to continue rather than stop,
since emulation Is conducive of good
work.
The appointment of a former Rough
Rider to a place on the Civil Service
commission shows that another man
has been found who is not afraid to
".'follow the leader."
Plane already drawn promise an
other year of great activity in building
for 'Omaha. The material progress of
, the community has reached a point
where it can only go ahead.
Strange that in all observance of
Thanksgiving day In Great Britain no
one toasted that king whose arbitrary
law made the celebration possible by
driving the Puritans from home.
If the Omaha Water board gWftuJjd.
only take the public into its confidence
occasionally It might have more In
fluence. Keep-lt-dark methods In pub
lic matters will never be popular. '
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."' In revising its rates for 'posfofflce
boxes the postal department evidently
desires , to begin its reform where it
will be most . generally felt, but the
change will hardly wipe out the de
flclt.
In requesting congress to pay ex
penses Incurred by officers In return
lng entertainments accorded In foreign
porta the Navy department seems to
desire to make shore duty less attrac
tive.
Divisions of profits from the North
ern Securities deal shows that Uncle
Sam failed to score in the right place
when It dissolved the combination, as
.the participants got away with the
swag.
The prince of Wales says he hopes
to see the day when Great Britain will
produce Its own rotton but so far he
la not known to have invested his
loose cash In enterprises looking to
that result.
The desire of the Navy department
for two vice admirals will no doubt be
followed by a request tor an admiral
without a preflxr but naval battles
will continue to be won by men oi
"eser rank.
With no minister of worship and ed
ucatloa la the new SnaDlsh cabinet
responsibility tor threatened "re
forms" may be divided between other
ministers so none may have more than
he cad bear.
. The block signal operator U now
blamed for the Southern railway
WTeck. ' The traveling public had an
Idea that block sl'nals were auto
matic, but the "human -element"
i soils to si.Ul controL -
BHATISO 1.EGISLA
A senator-elect, who Is without legis
lative experience, writes to The Bee
suggesting thit the governor and the
incoming attorney general shall confer
with the outgoing incumbents of those
offices concerning legislation nedif
along certain linen. There is' Viuth
wisdom In this suggestion, and it con
tains practical force as weU."Jlitliro
It has been the practice for the gov
ernor in his message to suggest needed
changes in the laws, or such new laws
as his experience In the administration
of his office had led him to believe
were necessary. It was left to Indi
vidual members of the legislature to
prvaide these bills and put them into
shape for enactment. All too fre
quently it has bee the xase that the
recommendations of the
been either ignored or
a great deal of heeded 'teglslation has
gone by the-Ward through the lrrdif-5,
ference or peglect of the law-makeri
Another obstacle has been the fact that
many '- members of 'the legislature at
tended Its sessions with preferred bills
n their pockets, and furthering the
Interests of these pet measures they
have overlooked the greater public ne
cessities. Our statute books have been
loaded, down with measures that are
of minor Interest and importance, and
the great constructive laws have re
ceived too little attention.
If Messrs. Mickey," 'Sheldon,' Brown
and Thompson could et together and
present to the legislature a bill or
series of bills which would embody the
Ideas covered by the pledges of the re
publican platform. It would go ft long
ways toward securing the needed laws.
No doubt exlsHVas t the piirpose of
the Nebraska legislature to enact Jaws
necessary to carry out the platform
pledges on which the incoming admin
istration was elected. Governor Shel
don is irrevocably pledged to legisla
tion that Will give the new railroad
commission ample power for the ex
ercise of its 4ulhorlty and discretion
In Its fullest scope.' He Is also equally
pledged .to the enactment of an anti
pass law and to similar laws .which
will b6 for the benefit of the people of
the state. Beyond public suggestions
as to the general tenor of these bills
he has undertaken nothing.
Under our constitution the execu
tive has the privilege at the expiration
of forty dayi of offering bills for thej
consideration or the legislature, - the
time then having expired for 'legisla
tive initiative. It would not pass the
bounds of the executive- prerogative
nor trench upon the exclusive privilege
of the legislative branch of the gov
ernment should the governor secure
the Introduction of a measure prior to
the expiration of the fqxty-day. period.
If such a bill were introduced it would
have an especial advantage in its In
ception, and would undoubtedly secure
more careful consideration. It would
be subject, to the same course as other
bills and could be altered or amended
as would suit the mood of -either house
or senate, but It would bring directly
before the legislature the ideas which
are abstractly expressed in the gov
ernor's message. .
OA RESULT Or BOOSEVELTS TRIP.
One good result of the president's
visit at Panama, worth all the trouble
bf It even if there were not other sub
stantial benefits, is the destruction of
the superstition that the chief execu
tive must not set foot on foreign soil
during his term. That superstition
had even been extended 'into a theory
or vague impression that if he should
do bo he would be disabled for - the
office which would be devolved upon
the vice president during such absence
from the country. "
There never was any foundation for
sirh a view either In the Constitution
or In anything else, but it required the
obtrusion pf rude fact, which the pres
ident haa now notably supplied, to dis
pose of it conclusively. It chanced
that no presfdent before had gone
abroad, but precedent has- now been
reversed. - It Is common for rulers of
other nations to pass freely from their
own to other realms, and henceforth
the absurdity ot the notfoalhat our
ijchief executive Is under, any 'disqualifi
cation to do likewise as he may have
public occasion should be conspicuous
enough to shut off. traditional non
sense and sensationalism.
LAUD FBAVD B1SCL0SQRXS.
-The. disclosures that have been re
cently made concerning' government
lands in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming,
although not all in the form ot legal
proofs, all corroborate the impression
made on the public mind by the legal
proofs In the Oregon prosecutions,
namely, that only tbe'.frlnga1 of the
fraydg .perpetrated ; b- corporations
and ludivtdualB under the national
land lawahas'ttfyet been brought
light. 'Robbery of thf public domain
has been 'dflrtoncitrated in numerous
cases, aggregating .millions of ,acrB,
much of it being the most vajuabU
land because of timber, ' mineral
water, but the serious feature is that
all the facts of the uncovered rascality
point to the existence of far greater
rascality the precise details of which
have not yet been officially uncovered.
What is still more ominous is tfe
indications, which multiply as inquiry
progresses, of collusion between gret
railroad and other corporations aad
public officials to despoil the paWic p
main. That such far-reaching and. elab
orate frauds as It seems' certpln hnv4
been perpetrated could be successful J
carried on without the knowledge aqj
Indeed the co-operation of the trustees
of the national inheritance aud admin
istrators of the law seems impossible,
and the guilt ot aa exteublve gang of
officials, ranging through all grades of
tu publlo sertlce up,. to the ratted
! States sdnute and house of repretsuta-
Uvea t3 explicitly demonstrated
the Oregon field.
Enough has been made' certainly
known or highly probable by subse
quent disclosures, which-.' re now--b--lug
dally added to in startling ronuner,
tH make lniprtive thcuncfgitsatlon
of all the lMWtts of tha,'ovbrnniet
not only o bring to Justice the guilty
parties. no jmatttr.how lnflu. otlal and
high they may be, but also to recover
to thfe utmost, extent osslbla the, land
of whkh 'it has" teen robbed.
AJlTl-FOREKHi RESTRICTIONS-
Notwithstanding congress at the
last session gave much At tention7 to
the subject and passed an elaborate
law amendatory of our immigration
case gtrlctlpnaextenslve preparations are
governor -, ( nifcdV Jto put fcfeBaur. Dn ton
tersntten. '-'and gretit' the -coming session far radical
change. The substance of the scheme
is to impose severe educational tests
and the raj .purpose is greatly to re
strict ? immigration in general and
wholly to exclude large masses of lm'
r migrants coming particularly irom
thjree ot four European countries. The
Doin't of Illltefary is selected.. because
It Is believed, at least by ma,ny of jjUe
antl-fprelgn agitators, to be the moat
effective that could be chosen for re
ducing new-comers to a minimum. :
It 1b agreed on all hands that there
should, be safeguards against admission
of paupers, crliilnals and other dan
gerous and undesirable classes, and in
fact our laws, like those of the 'other
great nations, embrace stringent pro
visions for this purpose how strin
gent onl those who have Btudled the
subject fully realize. Nor will there
be serious difference on the point that
some educational test may properly be
made. But on the other hand, the
Bober sense of the country wlH require
that the test' be reasonable, Just and
so qualified as to minimize abuse. It
will not permit a drastic", Extreme un
American Inquisition to be rushed
through congress, merely becau-re there
are some evils which it is desirable to
remedy. .-, .
If itherej.be any point. In which
American. , prldew liberality and Justice
cotnblne more' than in another It is in
making this country a land of oppor
tunity. Time and again antl-forelgn
prejudice has run riot, but such dem
onstration have- been only temporary
and 'fortunately; the Intervals between
them have "been constantly lengthen
ing. Public Judgment, which ha al
ways asserted itself in the long run
on the side of Justice and even of gen-'
eroslty In ouf VittltudaJowqirdB'fOH't
who would come hither xirtiUneT -ttiefr
condition, will not fall""
Insofar, therefore, as the -pf esenl"
agitation Is proscrlptlve.' lt Is 'do,(rfned
to disappointment and it ought to be
disappointed. As to the educational
test, it should be a question, not of
general terms, but of the specific pro-VfWlW,WrjJWha-Wt(e4s
.pVeeded
for action it should be taken up with
the utmost caution and with the 'de
termination that no act be tolerated
that Is inconsistent with traditional
American policy.
-
Local retailers are making : great
preparations for their bolidayt-trade
and "Christmas exposition week!'
promises to be a notable event ip
Omaha's business history. The re
markable growth of the city during
recent years has been no more notable
In any phase than In thq 'develbpment
of Its retail business a fact which
the citizens of the country adjacent
are finding out.
The 'wave. fit crime" that set Omaha
aghast a few weeks ago seems to have
'subsld'e'd and with It has gone the dls
cussl6n" 'ctoncernlng ways and means
for increasing' the local police force.
This matter should not be lost sight
of. The Omaha, police force is not suf
ficiently numerous and steps -should be
taken to provide for its Increase to
point where it can properly patrol the
city.
The extension of fall weather into
the winter has enabled the farmer to
get' a might good start on his next
aeauon'e-work. All ot which means
that with an ordinary supply of
weather the next year's crop wilt be as
big as the last Nature Is not provid
ing a very firm foundation tor . the ap
prehensions .of, those wh.qdpubt the
permanency flur present prosperity.
With Russian constitutional demo
crats waiving their demands for con
stitutional government until local con.
ditlons are improved under the exist
ing system the czar has cause to trem
ble for his throne. Explosions are
japt as dangerous to autocracy , as en
lightenment.
LancaStei'.'c.ounty bolters have not
yet succeeded In creating any furore
even in their own bailiwick. Forth
nately for. the state of Nebraska the
time has come when the people pay
very little attention to the Vagaries Of
the Lancaster statesmen. '
Nebraska is to have a pure Toed bill
similar to .that enacted by congress,
This bill will be largely in the nature
of ornamental legislation for nowhere
under thfi gun Is food more plentiful
ncr wholesome than that afforded by
Nebraska. " ' V.
" Nebraska towns are eeUlng forth
the opportunities for investment and
are'offerln'g onTe very attractive prop
ositions tor iJre Capital.' 1'be TtrvSpeetii
for materia) . dyelopmenf were never
better than. (Key are at'tircsent .
' The report of the insurance depart
ment 1 Nebraska Is anoth.f exovlle-at
argument in favor of butter LtiUdiugtf
aud better fire protection If it conts
but 12 Vt cent mora for fireproof. ctn
atTarOlor fret cad ofjorllnary construc-thjAvtici-
2 1 perWertf can be aved on
the cost of Insurance, the argument
woula--tU seem to be In favor of the
fireproof, building, .'v v
y The report of trouble on the Ten
nessee while coaling' at Panama la said
to have been due to poor rations; and
aa the. president jtook dinner with the
men later it is probable that the
"strike" was a success.
, Honors B-eon.j-Minneapolis
Journal.
(Mr. Gomper having " ft elected In splta
rtf opposition; ; the 'American Federation
Prrstarirt and,. mc Lptiefieid should now
shake hands 'and ball It square..
Pollllral Dnrtori Dlaaaree.
. Milwaukee Sentinel.
In view of his friendship for the Fili
pinos U Is difficult ta tee how Mr. Bryan
ran ' endorse ; Senatqr Morgan's plan to
have the democratic tarty declare that It
is and always has been a white man's
party.
OenerAaltr with a Stlns;.
:. Chlcagn Record-Herald.
E. H. Harrlman declares that he wants
the railroads to be owned by the people as
stockholders. There can be no doubt that
such an arrangement is generally pretty
profitable to the grentlemen who are In po
sition ,1a., manipulate the stock.
. r)'nlj-, anil It Cornea High.
, New Tork Tribune.
Of course. It Is a mean and short-sirhted
policy that takes no account of the needs
of posterity, and yet even all unselfish and
kindly soul must find It difficult to worry
ever-thy ToaBlblS exhaustion of our coal
supply In or about the year 6906.
Very Good Reason.
Chlcagro Record-Herald.
The Union . Pacific has accumulated a
surplus of more than $100,000,000 during the
liiet ten'; years besides paying- handsome
dividends. This is another reason .why Mr.
Harrttnan can't .understand why anybody
should be in favor of government owner
ship of the railroads. .
Can Itoeke Fence l -lnf .
Chicago Record-Herald.
TAtes.t astlmates of the. wealth of the
Tailed States place It at-,106.nO,000,OCO.
This should serve to restore confidence.
If Mr. Rockefeller's wealth were to keep
on Increasing- at the present rate there
would be ni chance' for him -to- set It all
even If he lived to, be 80 years old.
Serenity 91 facie Joe.
T"' clndlanipoiia Newsr,. -f
Nhtwlthstawdlng . the- possibility of Mr.
Gompers having- a free hand In managing
the political affairs of the American Fed
eration of Labor, Uncle Joe Cannon, the
welj-known statesman , of the Eighteenth
Illinois district, finds .jinsltair Impos
sible to become excttedyeri jfr yltuatlon.
Canada and Postal; llel ftK-lty.
' New York Tribune.
It Is a pity that Canada finds it neces
sary, -as she thinks, to abrogate the pos
tal convention between herself and the
United States, but It is not Impossible
taahe ha? cause for doing so. Her
Objection Iff tn thn Whnl.an la tranjnnh
"Ujob -as ncunu .class matter of publi
cation's which caji be Included in that
class only by' mear.s of a more liberal con
struction ot the law than she Is accus
tomed -0r prepared to give. The lmpras-
slon Is not altogether unknown on this
Side Of the linn that anma rtuHllahv
auuss the postal privileges.
U .lit, :l . . ' ', ,
Fatlllty of Pole IlaaHngv i '
nl Cincinnati Enquirer.
A good many of even the most Intelligent
commentators of the Peary Arctic expedi
tion seem to be at a loss to understand
how . to handle it. Of course, the whole
tendency Is to bo complimentary to Peary
as a darla-MMwt, bat there Is doubt as to
f'T4Vv"d"0,tlPi'y Practical or sclcn
tlflo result. Of course, though, we have
rnoroJnformatlon about the cold regions.
Perhaps the strongest demonstration of the
trip Is that If anybody ever reaches the
pole it will have to bo by balloon. Even
that does not look much better than a
dream now. . ,
A-BAD HXA,HfFk,VlMJi.l I
tllBil) f
Charge of Irreajalar Bookkeeping la
Vntou Pad Ho Report.
Wall Street Journal,
The Union raclflc report was so admir
able la. so many respects . and the results
shown weeesq,. ereditttbla., to Mr. Harrl
man' managsmeoA that It Is a pity that it
gave an example ot artful bookkeeping not
In keeping with the highest prinolpies ot
publicity. The Union Pacifie s share of the
October dividends of the Southern Paclfla
was Included In the Union Pacific's Income
for the year ending June 30 True the
money had been earned, but It had not
actually been paid. It was la the nature of
"a bill receivable." U a bank should re
port as a part of Its today's oash money
to be received tomorrow, that would not be
different from this Union Pacific transac
tion. The dividend thus added to the year's
Income was not necessary to Justify any
policy. -The fManctul results of the year
wire fine without It.- It was simply a
wanton piece of irregular bookkeeping that
seems to have been entirely unnecessary.
It Is therefore fairly open to criticism.
The times call tor absolutely correct book
keeping. .
. CONSOLIDATION OP CITIES.
Case" Of Ptttsbarsx Oaa Iatoroat to
tho Omahas.
Philadelphia Press.
, Tie ppfjneitfs of .Greater Pittsburg ars
niajii''tly; , worklpg. fpr' delay. They can-
in, .expect . anything better, but delay
serves their present purpose. It keeps In
place politicians whom consolidation would
drop out and preserves local Influences that
the union of the two cities would dissipate.
These Interests have utilised the processes
of two courts to gain time and tbalr re
eourc.ea.are not half exhausted.
The sitpremo court, of the state and the
supreme court of the United States are
still open to them and several years can be
exhausted' In these appeals. The supsrlor
court proceeding was a waste of time, as
Us decision ea the constitutional questions
raised could not be. fiial, but the opponents
of Greater Pittsburg chose the method that
would best all we r their purpose. So long
as they can keep- tho question before the
court,' so' long- 'can they delay the realisa
tion of Greater Pittsburg. -
It will be'most iinforturlate If they csn
extend their delay 'beyond "the period of
the next decennial census', tt 1s that enum
eration that nhould'place Pittsburg In Its
true relation to the ether Cities of the
country. Allegheny City Is by nature, com
position and Interest a part of Ptftfburg,
and should bs counted In with It. To
gether, they make a city the fifth or sixth
In size 'in the union, which will be entitled
to and will receive the .fonaldaratlon and
credit that belong to that rank. '
The consolidation Is In the interest of
both cities, though Jt slrletraeks some of
the pulUlelitns of la smtUler city who, to
prolong tltelr present srutos, serk the de
lay which- -Uilwk s4res. Two courts
have dteldff In' favtif1 ViT rtie act of union.
The nthTS wllV, uiiilOTbeflly ' follow soil,
but niui U U.ne 1U be iM,4mwu4 la wbulo
lug las lvilyJ a
POIJTICA. DRIFT.
Bniulskl got 17.644 votes In Illinois and
rietron skl got m.9M vote. Not even Min
nesota or upper Michigan can show a ski
contest like that
Over In Canada, In tho province ot Que
bec, there Is a town called Buckingham.
There was some rioting there the. other
day and the mayor neglected to read the
riot act. He haa been arrested far neg
lecting his sworn Nttity. - '
By defeaMng a public officer for re-election
the young women of a CO"inty In Colo
rado have brought him fuce to face with
the bare fact that It was unwise for him
to discharge a girl stenographer because
she Insisted upon wearing a peek-a-boo
shirt waist.
President Roosevelt's friends declare that
the republican rrty In moat of the states
will be thoroughly reorganised by tho time
the republican national convention assem
bles In 1H08. The presi lent. It Is Insisted,
believes that the younger men In the party
should come to the front.
In Pittsburg a corruption fund Of t70,0r,0
was tolrtn, whlf-h Indicates a sad lack of
honor among thieves, and was presently
returned by belns; flung Into a hallway by
an arm attached to some person unknown,
who did not opetf the door wide enough to
disclose his Identity. The mayor Is re
ported to have 'evidence that four mem
bers Of the s'elrct council divided $10,000 In
connection wlth'a franchise ordinance.
"JetT" Tavls of Arkansas, now .jpvernor
and United States senator-elect, la -quoted
In a special dispatch to the New York
Tribune ;as saying1 that what the senate
needs Is a good old-farhloned "row."
"With gentle, kind-spirited 'Bob' Taylor of
Tennessee, 'Pitchfork' Tillman of South
Carolina and the fearless Vnrdaman of
Mississippi." said Davis, "there will be a
first-class 'row' when I get to the senate.
There will be something doing In town."
There Is a good deal of talk In Oklahoma
of electing an Indian as first United States
senator from that state. Three men are
specially mentioned In connection with the
placeCharles D. Carter, a young man of
Ardmore, who owns 11,000 acres of fine
land and a lot of town property: Chief
McCurtaln and Chief Pleasant Porter. Me
Curtaln Is a giant fullblood Choctaw. Por
ter Is a big Creek. Chief Porter frequently
visits this city and Is regarded as an or
ator of ability.
Samuel J. Tllden, when he took hold of
the democratic party In New York state
early In the '7Cs, adopted as his whispered
admonition to democratic politicians, "Ele
vate the standard! Elevate the standard!"
Tllden Insisted all along that the standard
of the democratic party In the state 'should
be elevated to a higher plane than was the
vogue before his time. A number of Im
portant republicans of the Empire state
have now adopted Tllden's warning of
thirty-five years ago.
TUB HARRIMA W AY.
Excessive Capitalisation of Railroads
Mast Be Stopped.
Washington Herald.
The master of one-seventh of the rail
road mileage of the country and directing
the operations of $2,000,0(0,000 of wealth In
vested In the country's vast system of
transportation, Edward H, Harrlman, says
that "we have railroads enough now." He
adds that In future the best policy of rail
roads will be to develop the rich territory
through which they operate, Improve the
lines and terminals, the rolling stock and
the general facilities for handling freight
to the highest standard of efficiency. "'Any
proposition which would, by agitation or
otherwise. Injure the credit of big trans
portation companies so they would not be
ablo to raise capital for Improvements
would seriously affect the business of the
country," declares Mr. Harrlman.
It Is this latter suggestion which -undoubtedly
will arrest the attention of
thoughtful students of American affairs.
Mr. Harrlman Is aware, of course, that
nobody of sense wishes anything 'to be
done that In the least Is calculated to In
jure the railroads of the country. Being
a man of a high order of Intelligence, he
must also be aware that the very thing
against which he Inveighs is the feature
of railroad financiering that the country
is determined to curb and coirtrol. The
strangest fact, the most grotesque phase
of railroad management In the United
States, and the factor which distinguishes
It from railroad management In other
Countries, Is the fixed habit or policy of
railroad financiers constantly to Increase
the debts of the properties they control.
The process of excessive capitalization
of the railroads must be stopped some
where. It has progressed to such a point
now that even so astute a financier as Mr.
Harrlman would arrest wholly the further
development of the nation's railroad sys
tem In order that the lines established can
continue to add to their debts, which sim
ply means in most cases a useless Increase
of their fixed charges. On th: principle
there would be no more new roads built
and no considerable extensions of those
we already have. That there Is demand for
more roads Is too evident to require argu
ment. There are still vast stretches of the
country that are not touched by a railroad.
Without railroads these sections cannot be
developed. The Harrlman system would de
prive them of the only means by which
they can be brougM under cultivation.
Some day the lawmakers will look Into
the Harrlman way of administering rail
road property.
PERIL. OP PROSPERITY.
Tcnaeaey to Spend More This Pru
de noe Warrants.
Philadelphia Press.
When a country Ilk tha United States
takes In by Immigration 3,000,000 adult
workers xtludlr.g children and the aged)
In foyr years, or about one-tenth, as many
as thevo were before In the country, and
In that land there comes at the 'end ot
such a period a, general advance In wsges
of 10 p?r cent, prosperity cannot muoh fur
ther go.
The high tide !f universal, diffused and
Individual comfort, profit and prosperity
neer raa mors high or blessed more peo
ple. The only class which has suffered
are those salaried and fixed Incomes, who
are cramped by the Increase In expenses.
But sven this prosperity, great as It la,
cannot last Indefinitely. It will end. The
prudent man will not forget tills, be. he
manager, proprietor or wage samer.
This Is the time .not to spend, but to ac
cumulate. The wage earner, If be Is wise,
will hoard la advance he Is receiving and
make ho change In his dally expenditure.
The man once out of work and now at
work, by saving will guard against that
contingency returning. The manager will
begin providing, a surplus. Increasing hi
current bank deposit and preparing to profit
by tha Inevitable 'day Of cheaper "prices.
Some shrewd savings bank managers are
beginning to Increase their cash balance.
More than on ibu, mill and. raHpoad
manager la holding up repairs and Im
provements and preparing for a sudden
change. If It connes.
Of this there Is today nbsolutely no sign
la th Iron and steel Industry and In most
trades there Is visible 'a demand for a year
tai come. But, none he less, the peril, of
and temptation, f, prosperity Is alwaTS a
luck of preparation for the future.
'pew carry umbrUr!S wlen the sun Is
shilling. The prudebi man g-t Ms when
th spell of ,oud weather Im outlasted
ths vtruta, .
OTHKR LA MIS TH AU OI R.
Periodical discussion of the question of
establishing postal savings banks In the
United States lends timely Interest to a
consular report on the condition of British
postal savings banks. It In shown by the
report that depositor have doubled In num.
ber during the last fifteen years, from
6,(i.nu0 to lO.onn.nno, and the ratio of De
positors to population has Increased from
one to seven to one In i3&. Peposlts have
Increased from g03,14O.SM to 740,2W.1S1.W,
nnd the number of postofTlc banks from
lO.ouO to 15.000. Tha-average of each ac
count Is now 15 6e4d (tfTt.SQ). The scope
of the bank has been enlarged so that now
S0 t-'43 32) can be deposited In any one
year and the total deposit of any one In
dividual may aggregate 200 (f)73.3o). Fif
teen years ago an Individual could deposit
but 30 ($143.99) hla total on deposit could
not exceed 150 ($7.97). Another Improve
ment Is to calculate the total deposited In
one year as tho amount deposited less the
withdrawals la that period Instead of the
amount alone deposited. In 1S90 money
could only be drawn upon notice being
given. Now small sums up to,l ($4 $)
can be withdrawn, on. demand at the near
est postoflVc, and larger sums, If desired,
by the use .of. the telegraph at the expanse
of th depositor. The s ldl-r on foreign serv
ice i)ia' deposit through the W ar oflice, with
Increasing balances. The expenses of the
management have decreased from 9s 7d
(ti.22) for each loo (Uss.tjo) to 6s 11 Vta
(11.69). t In said thnt from over 1,0m.
schools fnoney la received by the postofflce
and placed on deposit under the names of
the children. There are also 5,000 penny
banks which keep accounts with the post
office. The postofflce bank Is managed on
tho principle of encouraging the wage
earners to save.
A spontaneous attack of newspapers,
tradesmen and consumers has strangled
the British Soap trust, which was launched
so recently as October 5, with a capital of
$60,000,000. Since then an unrelenting war
was waged against the soap maker form
ing the trust, which, however, the manu
facturers declared was not a trust, A sec
tion of the London and the provincial press
gave up Its most prominent columns to
pillorying the methods of the manufac
turers and urging a boycott. They drew
lessons from the American trtists and
gratuitously advertised makers outside the
trust. The retailers filled their soap win
dows with advertisements of nontrust
soaps and anti-trust cartoons, with a unani
mity like that which characterized th
Boston tea party; they attacked the trust
product and bought that of the Independent
manufacturers. The result Is that, without
a motion in Parliament or the sitting of a
court, the trust has Issued the following
circular: "The working arrangement en
tered into between the leading soap makers
of tho United Kingdom has been received
with such disfavor by the trade and public
as to make It unworkable and It has been
decided to terminate the arrangement from
November 23."
French statistics show the expenses of
the various European states for the educa
tion of their subjects. In Germany there
Is one school to every 700 inhabitants and
on an average of 100 children attend on
school. The expense amounts to 3S.25 cents
a head of population. In France there la a
school to every 500 Inhabitants; a school
Is attended by sixty-six children, and every
Frenchman contributes 29.J cents to the ex
penditure. In Italy, where there Is a school
to every 600 inhabitants, a school la visited
by fifty-six children and a pupil coats 16.75
cents. In Spain there is also a school to
every 600 Inhabitant' and fifty-six school
children constitute the average attendance.
Every child, however, requires an annual
expenditure of 2 eents. ..In England condi
tions are similar,,, but the cost amounts to
27.26 cent for each child. Austria has a
school to every lot pupils and every 1,300 In
habitants, at a cost of 19.1 cents. In Rus
sia there Is a school to every 1,300 inhab
itants and the school expenditure of a
Russian amounts to 5.5 cents.
Americans go4ng abroad who are particu
lar about their smokeable and are not
favorably disposed toward the class of
cigars and tobacco obtainable In most for
eign countries would do well to take note
of the laws -prevailing In the various coun
tries regulating the amounts that travelers
are permitted to bring In with them free
of duty. These are some of the exemp
tions: Austro-IIungary allows 12 cigars
and 35 grams of tobacco; Belgium, nothing;
Bulgaria. 50 cigars and 50 grams of to
bacco; Denmark, nothing; Egypt. 25 cigars,
100 cigarettes and 200 grams of tobacco;
France, SO cigars and 300 cigarettes; Ger
many, enough for immediate use; Great
Britain. 13 cigar and 20 cigarette; Hol
land, nothing; Italy, 6 cigar and 20 cigar
ettes; Corea, 500 cigars and 1.000 cigarettes;
Monaco, 30 cigars, 100 cigarettes and 100
grams of tobacco; Mexico, 60 cigars and
200 cigarettes; Norway. 100 cigars; Portu
gal, nothing; Roumanla, 20 cigar, 100
cigarette and 100 grams of tobacco; Ser
vla, nothing; Spain, nothing; Swltterland,
250 grams of smoking material; Turkey,
nothing. The United States allows trav
elers to Import free from duty 50 cigars
and 300 cigarettes.
An amusing Bismarck dooument has been
brought to light by a Btrassburg Journal. ,
There Is an old tavern, the Stern, In the
neighboring Lautenbach, at which, on Au
gust 28, 1848, "his excellency, tho royal
Wuitembergian ambassador extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary at the grand,
ducal court of baden, Herr Lieutenant
General Counl Bismarck," stopped for
luncheon with three companions. The bill
amounted to 7 florins 82 kreutzers, and
Bismarck paid it. Subsequently, however,
he wrote to the burgomaster and asked
him to get from the host an Itemized bill
for that meal. It was furnished. After
examining It Bismarck had hi secretary
writ that every Item in It was too hluh,
and he returned the bill with the prlc of
each Item-coffee, bread, butter, wine,
grapes, etc. reduced to what he regarded
tha proper figures, omitting altogether a
The Choice
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choice of styles,"
said- Beau Brum
tti"l, ,-men need not
all dress alike."
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"blsque-torte," for which tnlno host hnd
charged 24 kreutters. This tart, Bismarck
contended, hnd not been touched. The host
replied that the count's servants had helped
themselves to a piece of It, and he re
fused to make any reduction whatever la
his Itemized bill. The matter was there
fore brought before the courts, which re
ferred It back to the burgomaster of Lnu
tenbach. The case was duly considered
It took a whole year to settle It and tha
outcome was that tho landlord of the Stern
had to content himself with 4 lloilns IS
kreutzers and pay the difference between
that: and his original bill Into the locul
poor fund, ac'coiding to the directions nC
Count Bismarck.
SNAPSHOTS OF MIRTH.
"Did you read about that adder with two
heads ttity tound In Georgia?" "No; hor
useful It could be maiio m counting elec
tion returns." Baltimore Amuilcun.
"lln beginning to think that socialism 1
the only equitable system of "
"Great Scott, old man: Are you aa near
broke as that?" Judge.
Patience Her engagement will cause a
whole lot of talk.
Patrice How do you know?
Patience Because she told me It was a
secret: lookers Statesman.
"Do you contribute to the happiness and
prosperity of others without expecting any
s Itlsh reward?" asked tho sincere man.
I should s:iy so," answered the crusty
citizen. "I have for years been making
directors happy and prosperous by payinst
life Insurance premiums." Washington
Star.
"Well, I suppose you accept the decrees
of fate with philosophic resignation?" said
the friend of the aged senator from New
ork.
"Resignation!" shrieked the senator.
"Never!" Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Mother Tommy, what did I say I'd do to
you if you touched that Jam again?
Tommy Why, It's funny, ma, that you
should forget, too. I'm blamed If I can
remember! Philadelphia Telegraph.
The probing committee had visited th
Pennsylvania capital.
Its members had peered curiously Into
the gorgeous apartments ablaze with decor
ations and clustered with gewguwB.
"Gentlemen," asked the chairman, "what
Is your verdict?"
"Gllty," they replied, as with a single
voice. Philadelphia Ledger.
Henry VIII had espoused his sixth wife.
"Mrs. Parsons' Idea of trial marriages,"
he said, "strikes me as being a pretty
good thing. When 1 get tired of this one"
here he drew his hand, with an expressivit
gesture, across the royal throat.
Wife No. 6, however, succeeded in con
vincing him that this was a marrluge for
keeps, and he died subsequently of chagrin,
leaving no mourners worth mentioning.
Chicago Tribune.
DEAITIES
OV EXUMSIl
GRAPH V.
ORTIIO,
Anonymous.
A pretty deer is dear to nie,
A hare with downy hair;
A hart I love with all my heart.
But barely bear a bear.
'TIa plain that no one takes a plana,
To have a pair of pears,
Although a rake may take a rake
To tear away the tares,
A scribe in writing right may writ.
May write and still bo wrung:
For write end rite are neither right,
And don't to right belong.
Bobertson Is not Robert's son.
Nor did her rob Burt's son,
Yet Robert's sun is Robin's sun.
And everybody' sun.
Beer often brings a pier to men.
Coughing a coffin brings.
And loo much ule will inaks US all,
A well as other things.
The person lie who says he lies.
When he is not reclining;
And when consumptive folks decline.
They all decline declining.
Quails do not quail before the storm,
A bow will bow before It;
We cannot rein the rain at all
No earthly power reigns o'er It,
The dyer dyes a while, then dies
To dye he's always trying;
Until upon his dying bed,
Ho thinks no mure of dyeing.
A son of Mars mars many a son.
And Deys must have their days;
And every knight should pray each night
To Him who weighs his ways.
TIa meet that man should met out meat
To feed one's future son;
The fare should fair on love alon.
lilse one cannot be one.
The springs shoot forth each spring, anf
shoot
Shoot forward one and all;
Though summer kills the flowers. It leave
The leaves to fall In fall.
I would here amatory her commence,
But you might think It stale;
So we'll suppose that we have reached
The tall end of our tale.
in Sack Suits
tJA
PERFECTLY
MADE
Of the half dozen distinct styjes in
Men's Sack Suits our '.'Empire State" is
the young man's favorite.
Some men who don't admit their years,
wear it with equal grace.
It is an extremely shapely garment.
"The Madison," the business man's
coat, and the "West End," a sort of con
necting link between that and the "Em
pire State," are two other, popular styles.
$15 to $35.
Saturday is a busy day here for Hats
and Haberdashery.
King (k Co