Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, December 10, 1906, Page 7, Image 7
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY. DECEMBER 10, 1PM. NEEDS OF POSTAL SERVICE i ;acV from Annual Report of Pott mister 0nrl Corteljou. m:re pay for employes imperative nrCrlt for the lnr la More Thnn Tea Million rtollnra Inorea.e Raral Facilities Are Dtacaaaed. 1 M ASHINOTON. Ix?c . Th annual re p rt of the pojtmanter general reviews the v rk of the .'epurtmcnt for the paat year, five" In detail the postal revenue and ex penditures, discusses Important changes that have been made In dopartmenta.1 or- iranicatlon, and makes such suggestions and recommendations as appear to be war ranted. The following In a latemant of the de partment's finances: The receipts for the year were $167,91., 7S2 b; the expenditures. $17.449,778 .; excens of expenditures over receipts, 1 6.9V6.S4. , .peftclt. ,. After discussing various reforms In the organization of the department, the post master general says: I repeat what I mated a year ago, that while It would he a gratifying clrcum s tii nee If the f'oiitoflW'e department were self-sustaining, 1 ant less concerned about the deficit than about efficiency of admin istration. Tlie public demand for postal facilities Is constantly growing. If the Installation of the rural service had de pended upon tho existence of a surplus In revenues under the existing system of ac counting, that service could not have been given. The same considerations apply to a number of other branches The finan cial returns from rertaln branches are so Interwoven mlth and dependent upon oth era that there la much force In the con tention that It Is unreasonable to charge any one of them with the responsibility for the deficit. In spite of defects, the efficiency of the service has been In many respects remark able, as witness the record of the registry service for the half century of its exist ence, showing a percentage of loss from all causes including burglary, theft and fire for the fiscal year ended June SO. 1901, of only three one-thousandths of 1 per cent. Borne private business enter prises mar In certain directions yield bet ter financial returns, but they cannot show a higher standard of Integrity nor more faithful performance of duty. The following are further extracts from the report! Depapty Foatmanter General. While thla department has a personnel of more than 3J0.00O and requires annual appropriations approximating 100. 000. 000, the general supervision of Its affairs is Intrusted to a postmaster general and but four assistants. Its remarkable growth In recent years has put upon these offi cials burdens of which they should be re lieved; and their tenure, which Is In the nature of things dependent largely upon changes In the national administration, operates against a continuity of policy in the general operation of the department, which la most unfortunate. To meet this situation, at least In some degree, I recommend that provision be made for a deputy postmaster general, who shall be the ranking officer of the postmaster general's assistants, whose tenure shall be permanent, whose com pensation shall be commensurate with his position, and whose duties shall be in the nature of a general manager of the postal service. If there were appointed to such a position an official of tried executive ca pacity and long experience In postal mat ters, he could relieve the head of the de psrtment of Innumerable details which now consume a large portion of his time end preclude the proper consideration of Important questions of general policy de- ceiopea in our own ana foreign postal ad ministrations. Compensation of Employes. A year ego I invited attention to the o. m -i.'.uien of various classes of postal r. 4;.o.vt'ti and stated that I was con- . .. t.i;u In many cases the salaries of i-iuln eir.pltieH were Inadequate; that ir. iiicnt years the cost of living l. i.i irn.rni.ped,, particularly- in the larger i''. lucre Mad heen no corresponding u'lvai.O' ;n the remuneration of post' J .iip.( (s, as mere had been In the cases oi persons employed outside the service I then expiesd the hope that the matter wuUiU receive the earnest attention of I tie. cor.KieKs and that a scale of salarlei and a tyteni for their adjustment might be deviled that would place the question of cuirpenxullon on a more satisfactory 1.013..1. inc exp( ricnce or tne last year convinces r.e that the time has arrived for the consideration of this important feature of me service. lhe general advance In salaries In all jiiuutv-.i iui miu commercial pursuits, as well as the recent flat advances of 10 per cent in the salaries of their employes by many of the leading railroad systems, has naiuraliy followed upon the great pros per. ty of the country. That the pay of many government employes Is less than inai ui equany important employes of rail ruadv is admitted, and while It may be nam inai me ranks or tne government e piuyes can always be recruited. It would leparlment must Inevitably tne best trained and most ig Its personnel If nothing relief. the foregoing comment appiy 10 posiomce clerks, ri n mii clerks, city carriers and rural carriers, I many of whom are. In my Judgment, very Inadequately compensated. This view is concurred In by the assistant postmasters general having Immediate supervision of the work of these employes and by many other offlciala of the department who have had occasion to lnveatigate conditions sur rounding their employment. A compre hensive plnn for the readjustment of sala ries of postofflce clerks and city letter car rier will be presented in the report of the first assistant postmaster general. The department has already submitted estimates for certain Increases of salaries, and now submits the general subject for the consideration of the congress Natu rally there will be differences of opinion as to the amount of Increases desirable In the several classes of employes. The grant ing of adequate relief would be a measure of true economy and would Instill new life Into ILs entire service. Hnrnl Delivery. June 1906. marked the close 'of ten year's experience In the free delivery and collection of mails to and from the resi dents of rural districts of the United States, living remote from the post offices and previously debarred from easy Inter change of communication by letter wit., tha outside world. In the Interval between 1897 and 1906 the annual appropriations for rural delivery had been asradually Increased year by year from Mo.UO In ltft to SJ&.KJK.JOO In UK. It has been deemed Imperatively necessary In the absence of legislative regulations other then as before mentioned to establish some rules of administration which shall be ap plicable to the entire service. The saving effected t.v th. itlKvintlniiin'. c-f fourth class postofflces and atar routes should have consideration In connection with the estimated aggregate net cost of rural delivery. i reoommend that provision be made for rurai carriers, at a fair manifested Itself for bcxks of stsmps of other than the common dcnTtiiristion of t cents, ttie prctl, -ability of providing them Is uniit-r advlsen.er '. and also f having the signa on ixistofflces Include the name of the office and the abbreviation nf the name of the state in which It is located. Vrovislon 1ms already f-n made for ad ditional facilities for obtaining postage stamps at railroad and ferry depots and at other public places This may be a-oom-pl'hed In part by the establishment of ad ditional numbered postal stations, and also by the use of automatic stamp vermin machines, with regard to which certain preliminary experiments have already been made. Great cAre Is also being exercised to have letter Imxen, wagons and other por tions of the department a equipment pre sent a creditable appearance. In concluding his report Postmaster General Cortelyou says: The htrhrst efficiency In any service can be obtained only by furnishing the natural and proper Incentives of reognltlon of merit nnd adequacy of compensation. 1'hese are th BIG YEAR FOR INDIAN LAWS loiETTr.tsioner Lcipp Eeporti Contrast Has Eeea Acme. ONE RECOMMENDATION THAT FAILED Sew rlea Is Made for Authority to Make Longer Leases of Indian Lands So as to Permit Sugar Beet Raising. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Dec. . (Special.) -"No congress, I venture to say," asserts Francis K. La?upp In his annual report, "has in.i essentials from which de- single session passed so much legislation of velop unity of purpose and unity of accom plishment In any large body ot empiojes. fine of the most Important steps there fore that can be taken for the immediate betterment of the postal service lies in the sueirested increases of compensation among certain classes of employes. This Is, vital Importance to the Indian population of the Vnlted States, and that part of the white population whose Interests are more or less bound up with those of the Indians, as the Fifty-ninth congreea In Its long however, but one of the many Improve- j session." Commissioner Leurp says: menu that can be made. Hesldea aeveral very generous approprU- Onportnnltlee for Economy. I "on "ut ' th accustomed order i might . , , mention the set postponing the full ciiizen- There can be further economies In rural phip of an ,nd,.in ho reCf,lve. delivery without Impairment of that serv- , , ptfnt , fee authorizing the issue of ce. Hy a more precise method of determln- gucn a patent to ny aik.tiee. who sails.les Ing the basis of pay for the transportation ; the Becre.lary of Uie inlf,rjor of h,s com- yi uie iiiniio nn u v-.. . i petency to take care of himself, and pio- vidlng a friendly and Inexpensive proce-d- lleved of an unbusinesslike feature of ad ministration with a probable decrease in expenditures. By tho enactment of a sen sible law as to second class matter the de partment and reputable publishers can le saved emharasam-nts they now suffer and the postal receipts materially Increased, ity a roer system of accounting the de partment can be placed upon a better busi ness footing and Incidentally credited with work tor which It now receives no credit. And as a result of these and other needed ing for determining heirships among In dians; the authority conferted upon the president to extend the trimt period of In dian allotments at his discretion: the ex tension of the ration privilege under cet tiiin conditions to mission schools; the pro tection of allotments released from trust tenure against liens for debts previously contracted; the allowance of interest on mi nors' money retained In the federal treas ury; the grant to thi-s office of the where- I refin that this li li se many of I ceslruble amor r Is done for their Especially do changes the deficit, which is In fact o"1 j withal to wage effective warfare upon the a paper deficit, can be altogether elimi- ,,uor trafflc ln tne Ind)an country; the naled. Progress toward these Improve- vlBlon tnabllnK lndian aiioLtees to De ments will open the way for investigations to determine the feasibility of the adoption of many important policies of administra tion reduction of postage, both domestic and International, postal savings banks. parcel post, postal teleeraph and tele phone and others, the merits and defecis of all of which should have ln the not distant future the fullest consideration. In April, line, upon the recommendation of the department, the present policy re garding fourth clas postmasters was an nounced, namely, that incumbents would be retained during satisfactory service. This has now been extended until It prac tically embraces the postmasters of the presidential class. Nearly two years of administration confirm me in the opinion that the postmasters of the country should be appointed by no party primarily as re wards for political activity, but primarily on the basis of fitness for the work and regard for the wishes of the communities they serve. I know of no one thing that will do more for the postal service than continued in sistence upon the policy of substituting business for politics ln the administration of ltB affairs. "Admitting all this." remarks some critic. "what is the necessity of bringing private capital and a private corporation or syn dicate Into the scheme? Why should not the government, which has the education and material welfare of the Indians ln charge, undertake the same operations which you propose to encourage ln the hands of a small group of citizens ?" Well. ror several reasons. r irst. because the government la not ln the manufacturing business, and could not properly enter Into ndustrlal competition with Its own con stituents; and yet It would be impossible to make beet culture pay ln a wild frontier country If conducted apart from a manu facturing piam prepared to reduce the raw product to marketable form. Second, be cause the vicissitudes of politics would be fatal to the security and permanency of any such enterprise as I have outlined. And, finally, because even If these ob jections could be overcome, the fact still remains that no Industry conducted under government auspices with an educative de ign can possibly succeed like one con ducted on a business basis pure and simple. The farmer who Is hired by the government at such-and-such a salary to teach the Indian beet culture may be conscientious In his way and try hard to earn his monthly stipend, but what he Is paid for, after all, and what he struggles to 'ac complish. Is simply teaching not producing concrete and profitable results. be utlllied; buy St market prices the products or the parrels of land reseM e.I by the Indians from leasing: run their own trolley lines out to the remoter points In the leased district to facilitate the movement of the crops of raw material to th factory, and procure from the steam railway companies which traverse that general region such sidincs and branch trai kage as may be needed to bring the w hide neighborhood -Into transportation relations nlth the great world outside. It would he out of the question, obviously, to undertake an enterprise as extensive as this on no better foundation than the five year leases now allowed by law; the lease period would have to be extended to twenty or twenty-five years In order to make the protect commercially practica ble; but. on the other hand .at the end of this longer period the capitalists are pre pared to turn over to the Indians, as their own forever after, all the Improvements put upon their premises. "Cnronle While Leaser." Iet us see what thla would mean to the Indians. The ordinary Indian male adult, able-bodied and In the prime of life, own ing eighty acres of lund in an Irrigation country, has at least sixty acres "more than he knowa what to do with, and in saying this I am giving the Indian the benefit of a very liberal estimate of hla competency. His wile and children are. of course, incapable of taking care of their farms, and would he unable to make effective use of their crops If they were This leaves the head of the family with a large area of unproductive farm land on his hands. If the department says to him, "You must farm twenty acrea your self, but must lease all the rest." he runs some pretty serious risks, even with the agent to help him, ln finding tenants When he returns the land to its Indian owner Its sod cover will have been broken and the best of Its energies worked out of it. while the improvements he leaves be hind him ln the way of buildings, fences wells, etc.. will barely suffice to satlsfv the technical terms of his lease. Now, suppose that the Indian. Instead of having to take his chances with tenants of this sort, could rent S'n, W) or 5"i acres of his family's lands In excess of what he Is competent to till himself, to a company with large capital who has set up within a few miles of his home a factory for con verting his crops into a commercial staple which is always ln demand at good prices. Suppose that the company net only pays htm rent, but improves and extends his irrigating facilities; puts his soil into rich condition and keeps it so by Intensive farming; employs experts to show him how to do the same thing with his twenty acres that it is doing with the surplus; buys of him what he raises himself; hires at good day wages any members of his family who can he spared from the neces sary work on their little homestead; re mains ln possession for twenty or twenty five years, and thus Baves the need of find ing a new tenant at the end of each five, and, finally, when Its occupancy ends, turns buck In improved land, buildings, fences. Irrigation extensions, etc.. a vastly more valuable piece of property than it took over; can anyone question that he is perma nently better off, and better equipped for the rest of his struggle fur a livelihood? Teach Indian to Work, But this Is not all. Our first duty to the Indian Is to teach him to work. In this process the sensible course Is to tempt him come sharers ln government reclamat.on projects, and many other general enact ments of far-reaching effect. Lona; List of Special List. Then comes a long catalogue of special or localized legislation highly Important ln the regions concerned, such as that for a final disposition of the ariairs of the rive Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory; for the opening of the Ot-age reservation, the Coeur d Alene reservation, the closed half of the Colvllle reservation, part of the Lower Brule reservation and the big pasture reserves of the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache tribes; for the settlement of a number of long-starrding controversies, like that between the tactions of tha Stockbndge and Munsee Indiana, between the Klamath Indians and the government, between the same Indians and the Califor nia and Oregon Land company, and be tween the Sisseton and Wahpeton Indians and the government; for the correction of past errors by such undertakings as giv ing the J lea rl 11a Apaches permission for the sale of their timber, the establishment r, - n Indian , ... O u nr, tha li . rl l,.a Urv.iinn h. .,, mi i m or, . r,f .h. pi. I i" the pursuit of a gainful occupation by watotnies of Wisconsin and the provision I tl'008in" f"r ?lmaS '"I ou,M,t "le so,rt "f or homes ror the homeless Indians in call hlm-elf and his family fed and rind by satlsfylrg the boss. That Is where the Indian comes In when he is the lanorer. and not all the governmental supervision, and sll the schools, and ail the philan thropic activities set afoot In his penaii bv benevolent wnnes, ir roueo n;iu and continued for a century, would begin to compare In educational value and ef fieloncy with ten years of work under hiwaes whose own bread snd butter de pend upon their making tiltn a success as a small farmer. BaUdlng Ip the West. What astonishes me n the Indifference of some of our lawmakers toward tne project I have outlined here Is Its oovwus relation to the upbuilding of the frontier country lhe same great west lor wnirn the congress bas timia IV BO sina a fur- That very iact, however, spurs my coursge to keep up the agitation In the fsce of obstacle; for I am bound to believe that the members who now regard It askance have not yet fully grasped Its secondary significance. The proposition is not simply r.r. r,f th. r.r,.Ht r,r the Indians, but nulla mnr-h for the unbuilding Of the -,..tA. .w .( Unniami for example. Is far more spnrsely settled than she ought to be; she Is Just emerging from the mow primitive stage of her economic development the occupation of her great plains ov catue companies. : i .. . . v- -.-T-lr-i.lt nrnl Inter est the roriHirate lessee to the Individual i.n ..-.-or . .( tha i.lclures.iue cowboy to the smali farmer who tills the soil with hi. h. tha .1.1. cannot take the forward stride ' which would befit her ter ritorial majmltude and her unnouuit-ii sources. For beet culture the agrlcu.tural v,.url. .aam In a-re that She hS-S, In -tatn n.ivhK,.rhmMit almost Ideal con ditions as to soil and climate. The lntro ri,,r.t(n f thla industry, on a large scale, utHn one of the reservations, would bring Into the state a thrifty clasa of Immigrants from northern Kurope. of the sort who have done wonders for other parts of our n(,r,n' west. Ttiev would settle down with their families, first as mere occupsnts or tne ...it n.i .v.,L.n in it hm arrsdually as tnv landlords and permanent home makers. There is no better material out -kii. trt rr.r.M American cltisens. and we can as 111 afford today to Ignore their share ln the production of our common wealth as France couid have afforded to Ignore the share of her peasant JJfI,e thirtv-flve yeitrs uo when the milliards k.h t ha i-niaaH Hence, even If we dis regard their claims to our favor as the best sort of neighbors for the Indians, an enlightened self-interest on ine pari the frontier states would prompt a we -come to an Influx of such people, especially If they come as the human machinery or a great productive Industry which is to change the whole face of nature and make the barren ranges bloom. In view of sll these facts I cannot think that the campalcn for sound economics In the training of the Indian has been doomed to failure by one session's repulse. RINGS Ftenzer, lDth and Dodge. A, B. Hubermanri, only direct importer of diamonds ln the west- 13th and Douglas. MYSTERY 0FSILVER CUPS Treasured Ware of the Warship Denver Sniped Daring; n Reception. fornla: and measures Intensely radical though of doubtful wisdom, like the eman cipation of tlie White Karth mixed bloods and the emigrant Kickapoos and allied In dians. While Inviting attention to this unex ampled record. I cannot forbear to express my great disappointment at the failure of one Item of legislation, which I had ear liestly recommended both In formal re ports and ln oral conversation with sena tors and representatives. It was a pro vision to authorize leases of Indian agri cultural lands, ln certain circumstances, for longer periods than the five years to which they are limited now. The leases were to be kept still subject to the control of the secretary of the Interior, who was. as now, to lease the tribal lands him self, and to supervise and approve the leases made by Indian allottees. agar Beet Fields for Indians. The purpose underlying this amendment was to promote the training of Indians in sugar" beet culture and in work in the sugar factorlea. The office Is today ln touch with men of large means and abund ant business experience who are willing-! to set up a great sugar plant on tne enge of one of the allotted reservations, take leases of all the tribal lands and of such parts of the allotted lands as the depart ment Is willing to let the Indians rnt out; enlarge and Improve the Irrigation system now In operation on the reserva tion until all the available land Is under an adequate water service; bring in many families of thrifty white working people, organized under superintendents and bosses thoroughly skilled ln the art of sugar beet culture; be answerable for the moral conduct of these employes; lnstrv the Indians in beet culture side by slu. with the white working people; give In dian labor the preference wherever It can work which he finds pleasantest, and the Indian takes to beet farm inn as naturally as the Italian takes to art or the tiernian to science. It has aji attraction for him above all other forms of agriculture be cause It affords employment for his whole family at once; the wife and children, who are so large factors In his life, can work In the beet fields side by side Witt him. Even the little papoose can tie taught to weed the rows just as the plck&nruny ln the iouth can be used as a cotton picker. I am speaking by the card on this subject, for we send hundreds of Indians into the western beet fields every season to work as day laborers, and my present proposi tion has in view the utilization of these name laborers and many more, wherever practicable, at their own hetmes instead ot at a distance, nnd In improving their own lands instead of the lands of oilier persons. Benefits of the Boss. On the other hand, the boss hired by the beet sugar company for the same pur pose goes In to make his Indian gang pro duce crops of a certain Weight and value, and he will not rest till he does It. because he knows that the solid dollars waiting for mm at tne paymaster s omce depend upon what he can show to his employers, on their scales or ln their balance sheet, as a substantial reason for their continuing him ln their service. Sordid as the old eaw may look at the first glance, It Is money that moves tha worlrVJuiruney, as Inter preted Into such- el&uietUoU- terms of living as food, clothing, shelter. What makes the capitalist invest ln Ike , corporation is the desire to make his ac-cumulated wealth earn him more of the comforts and luxuries of life; what the corperatlnn works for i is to keep Itself alive bu satisfying the in vestor: what the boss works for is to sup port himself and his dependents by satis fying the corporation that employs him. and what the laborer works for Is to keep LAZY STORK QUITS BUSINESS Idleness and High Living: Kill One That Alton's Mayor Imported. One of the storks Imported by Mayor Beall of Alton, 111., died Thanksgiving day iiom lack of exercise and overeating. Once upon a time a thoughtful mayor who loved his people and wanted to aee his town on the bluff grow to wondrous slxe Imported two storks from Germany, that the storks might, as tradition says, bring happiness and chubblness to the household. "How glad I'm not a turkey," said the slothful of the two storks. "I would be killed and eaten If I were a turkey. I have a good home and I will not do my fabled duty. Why should I work?" Thus did a stork for the first time In history lay down on the Job and fall to make good. Being glad he was not a turkey, the stork became a glutton and gorged him self and planned to gorge more Thanks giving day. The other stork was the wise old bird. It ate moderately, attended to business and earned the admiration and respect of the mayor. Thanksgiving morning, when the Indolent stork whs Just getting ready to give further thanks because It was not a tur key. It Just turned over and died. Over eating and Idleness killed it. Now the good stork lived to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner. Is drawing pay for both and has entree to the home of the best families of the town. Fine China Copley, Jeweler, 215 8. 16th. ju ui nuLiai tha raie oi postage, or amall parcels on rural routea. such privilege to restricted lu (-n u 10 ins limits or the cartlcula rouie on wnicn ins parcel originates, or. If If the Vnlted States warship Denvef were a hotel Its officers and men would be In a position to philosophize over the fact that the world Is pretty much the same all over. But as It Is their hearts are full of grief, with a possible bit of resentment added. ' The Denver was In Havana harbor dur ing the uncertain time when President Palm was coming to the conclusion that the revolutionists had more men and guns than he did. Its commander. Captain Col well, by hta tact and adroitness, did much toward preventing an outbreak which would have borne serious consequences. The Cu bans appreciated his services and the re lations established between the officers of his ship and the best society of Havana were the moat cordial. It was no more than natural, therefore, that, on the eve of the Denver's departure for the north, a roceptlon and ball should have been given, on board. The chivalry, beauty, cul ture and wealth of the Cuban capital were there. Everybody was happy, including the captain, who was made the recipient, on thla occasion, of a handsome gold watch from his Havana admirers. Before the gay company broke up Cap tain Colwell bethought him to count his silverware. To his horror he discovered that several cups of the magnificent sil ver service, given to the ship by the city of Denver on the occasion of lta christen ing, were missing. With resolution, but much diplomatic phrasing, he made a speech from the quarterback, announcing the fact and asking for the return of the "souvenirs." But. sad to relate, the cups were not forthcoming and the Denver had to sail without them. Doutless they have adnoe been displayed with satisfaction by some of the Havana grandees we do not venture to guess at the sex fur the ad miration of friends. This incident will make the proprietors of hotels, restaurants and cafes ln America grin appreciatively. To use a slang phrase, they have all "been there" many a time and will be many more times. Not a few tourlata and vacationists consider the siivci ware and glassware of the places where they are entertained legitimate ma terial with which to satisfy their In satiable appetite for souvenirs. If noth- WE ADD YEARS TO LIf AND LIFE TO YEARS on '"'f 'irStt,"" ""-sir- - I L ; lialii ...J I ing else Is available door key to which found feasible, to all the routea amariatinB. brass checks are attached are made to answer tha purpose. Some nice people again we refrain from particularizing as to sex have quite Interesting collections of thla kind. We do not Intend td use these few facts will ease the minds of the officer of the Denver If they will bear ln mind the fact that "there are others" and forget all about the cups. They're gone, anyway. Cleveland Deader. from a single postofflce. Good Rends nnd Raral Delivery. In co-operation with the Department cf Agriculture, systematic effort have been made during ths year to secure the Im provement of the roads traversed by rural k'c.rrlera. hud officials In the states of lliiiiuls. Iowa. Maine, Minnesota. Missnu-;, Now Jersey, New York and Wisconsin hive -ked fur and by instruction of this de partment have obtained Information from rural carriers as to th condition of the rsds. bridges and culverts upon rural Joules, of what materials ths roads are composed, how frequently and In what riTi-cr they are worked, and what road b ui.'ing niu'.enals ar available ln each ' tit. I'onr-iastera of rural delivery c :" cs. in the st les named have b-en e , n.-i.-d by li e d-p.irtirent to aid t:ie rt Uo Ut.d . 1 sin In Till efforta to se.-.ir. r !!,. ,.. , , 5 on nuh I useless as you'd naturally think." phllo- t l hoped th. I sliv.il ir 1n-vn-.ents nut I d'Jcaiiy said nonest r armer iiornoean. rt tc rt- i .'. l f-i ! p. fMe states an - i "Wheti he cornea borne on a vacation I '' m e t o.s f t'-c c.n.atry vh-r t him cot only kill the chicken, as t--4 v lo'(ntW piijvuil. as well aa td Ihei . . , . - t , ,,:, . r,,,. through which ul oa anaes, but dress 'em. Into tha ber i a n I rang extends. gain; and what little knowledge he has al- -. re..,s .'...iii.i.. .h. !,.. ready got of surgery enable, him to do a 1m:,;.b the year special attention has 1 more, ' th. re of us -it .:i,r:i to t'. needs ef lb., public fr l"n do, n pl ot all the practice w have ln -it-isi li l.iles for obtaining petge ! had ln an unscientific way. A college edu- f,',!","," 'Jpx' tor extanol- . catlo Enoch, has lta bright aide, vu If In tut- ir,iiiry ami money older services. . . . ... .. .. . ' " d4,fcyMa be r ,-nt,unee! Uflau4 has as yet J d" c-1 considerable. -utk. State Medical Institute 1308 Farnam St. Between 13th and 14th Streets OMAHA, NEB. In this enlightened age of the twentieth century a Doctor's ability should t determined by and not by ethical or egotistical and boasting statements. When one has long studied and mastered a single class of diseases. acquiring knowledge and akill that would be a blessing and benefit to hla fellow man, it la not only hla privilege, but hla duty 10 aay so tnrough the medium or press, and he should not allow latae pride (Medical Ethlca) to keep rrom other, that wnicn would relieve their aufferlns and make their Uvea ionarer und httnDler. The Ptat Medical Institute haa long been established for the purpose of saving young men. middle-aged and old men from the disapr ointment of failure, loss of time and money often spent In experimenting with Incompetent, unscrupulous special ists, new methods, quick curs delusion., no-pay-untll-cured deceptlona, and th various other misleading statement, often used by unscrupulous and unreliable medical concerns or doctors for th purpose of obtaining patronage. Tou are Just a safe In dealing with the Siite Medical Inatitute as with any stats or national bank. The Ptate Medical Institute has been the salvation of multltudea of men and ita conservative, honest, upright, and clean business methods, unexcelled equlpmint snd the high character, long experience and scientific attainments of lta specialists, It has established a reputation as a place where all Buffering men can go with full confldrnc. knowing that they will be fairly dealt with, skillfully treated and promptly cured. Longest Established Institute for Lien NERVOl'S DEBILITY. BLOOD POISON. 6KIN DISEASES. RUPTURE, KID NEY and BLADDER diseases and all diseases and weaknesses of MEN due to neglected, unskillful or Improper treatment which Impairs the mind and des troys men's Mental and Physical Powers, reducing the sufferer to that deplor able state known as Nervous Debility, making the enjoyment of life imposslhl ruts f.!en! Take Heed of Competent Advice We have been the mean, of reatorlng thou. and of af- as the wadding for an editorial thunder- ' J ""' .Z .1 t.,V; , 1 . . . ..-i , v. ... i. I face your confidence In the care of honest, aklllful ind auc- aav.v. ... w .a....... mat ,t r...f a r.ar-1 1 , . t a Va.ar. f .h....,H. of dollar, apent lu researrhea and acientinc Investigation, sup plemented by an Immense practice, have enabled us to evolve a special system of treatment that Is a safe and prompt cure for dlaeasea and weakneaaea of men. The change In thou sands of cases Is marvelous. Blighted lives, blasted hopes, weakened systems and nervous wrecks have been safely and promptly cured by our method. We have evolved a system of treatment that Is a powerful and determined medical cor rective where man's energies have become weakned and de bilitated, either through neglect or Improper treatment. to be a Th. SIEver Lining. "Tour nephew, that's tudyin." i doctor?" "Well, now, he ain't by any means as Mistakes of Men Our special purpose is to save the thousands of young and middle-aged men. whose systems are, or have been at some time, contain! nut aa with the poisonous taint of special diseases, blood poi.un. etc., or whose nervous and physical systems are on the verge of ruin from the destroying effects of neglect or ignorance, cauMtig bladder and kidney and other special diseases, which undermine and bring to ruin the strongest constitutions and weaken MEN. reducing them to a state of abject misery, with mind impaired ana pnyaical atrengtn gone. To all auch mn the specialists of the Slate Medical Instl tute are able, willing and ready to extend that aklllful. .dentine ami. tame that haa aaved thou. and. cr men who were at on time the sufferer, that you are now, who had become discouraged and despondent after having failed to secure the relief and cure they needed, who did at lasl what they should have done first consulted the honorable and skillful specialists of the est at Medical Institute, where they were examined and their true con ditlun disclosed, proper treatment applied, with Improvement a once ana a cure In a remarkably short time. Consultation and Examination Free; Office Hours: 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. Sundays, 10 to 1 only. If you cannot call, write. DON'T MAKE A MISTAKE IN THE NAME AND LOCATION OF OUR INSTITUTE. STATE MEDICAL INSTITUTE 1303 FARNAM STREET, Between 13th and 14th Sts. OMAHA, NEBRASKA. Be JO) oo Batfe 65 Cents Each $U2 Regular Edition C 1 "The Doctor," by Ralph Connor. Coniston," by Winston Churchill. 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