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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Iwurlna County, aa:
Charlea C. Rosewater. caneral manager
cf The Bee Publishing nnmpany, belnil
duly aworn, aaya that the actual number
ins j
Bee pi
during- the month of November, 1906.
or run and complete cories or i no
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was
. Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee
aa folio we:
1 83,740
1 31.M0
1 31,800
4 30,600
( 81,070
38.180
1 30,690
I., ..... . 33.454
31.830
10 33,030
11 30,500
It 31,850
It 31,040
U 81300
IS 81330
16 31,180
i; 313M
II 80,800
It... 81,430
tO. ....... 31,770
tl 31.400
tt 81,100
II 31.800
J4 31,080
It 80,480
l 81,400
17 81,850
IS 31,480
It 81,860
81,030
Total 881,110
Less unaold copies...... 8,878
Net total aaJe 848,033
Ually average 81,401
CHARLES C. ROBEWATH.K.
Oeneral Manager.
Subacrlbed In my presence and sworn to
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WHIK OUT OF TOWIf.
Istacrt afsi 1t1bs city
porarlly shaald bst The Be
mailed te them. Addreaa V1U be
ehaasred as aftea as reejaaste.
"Father John of Cronstadt" seems
more desirous of posing as a martyr
than as a saint.
Archbishop Ireland has cause to
pray to be delivered from his friends
when they fall out.
Secretary Loeb can probably prove
an alibi while the exchange is passing
between Cincinnati and Washington.
Japan need not fear the United
States will misunderstand its objects
In sending warships to America next
year, for by that time the object will
be plain.
If you are going to do your Christ
mas shopping early, get busy at once
Christmas is daily coming nearer, and
daily the crowd- in the stores are get
ting bigger.
Postmaster Qeneral Cortelyou con
tends that railroads are paid too much
for carrying the malls, and since the
pass has been abolished congress may
agree with him.
THE UPtAKERSHlP.
No other officer of the state govern
ment has greater influence on leg. Na
tion than the speaker of the house of
representatives. His relation to the
law-making body Is such that It gives
him practical control of all measures
presented for consideration. As he Is
chosen by a majority of the member
ship, bis decision carries with it the
fate of any bill. The Importance of
the office viewed from any angle must
necessarily give the members occasion
for deep and careful consideration be
fore they make up their minds as to
their choice for the place.
In the present session more than
ever depends on the speaker of the
house of representatives. The impor
tance of the office will be accentuated
by the importance of the matters to be
brought before the legislature for con
sideration. Chlefest among these are
the lawa that will relate to railroad
affairs. Laws must be passed to give
vitality to the newly elected railroad
commission and to place In its hand
the power to make it of real value to
the people of the state. A law to give
the cities and towns of the statu the
right to tax for local purposes railway
propery ( lying within their limits Is
also proposed and the republican party
la pledged to its enactment. Another
law, which will cover the question of
employers' liability for accidents to
employes, doing away with the obnox
ious "fellow servant" provision, which
has filled the cities of the country with
cripples who are without recourse, will
be submitted. To this also is the re
publican party pledged by its platform.
But these laws will not be passed ex
cept against the utmost effort of the
railways and other corporations of the
state. The corporations are already
active in their effort to organize the
legislature and to provide as far as
they possibly can for thwarting the de
sires of the people for needed laws.
Where they cannot absolutely prevent
the passage of a law they will en
deavor to secure such form of legisla
tion as will minimize its effect and
keep "the word of promise to the ear
and break it to the hope."
Part of the railroad campaign is to
align the state against Douglas county.
Douglas county is expected to lead In
the fight for a terminal taxation bill
and to some extent on all the laws af
fecting railroad or corporate Interests.
Just at present every effort Is being
made to create sentiment against the
delegation from Douglas county. The
fake reformers are dally printing al
leged interviews or making ridiculous
assertions as to the attitude that will
be assumed by the state. The Lincoln
Star and Omaha World-Herald on Sun
day boldly assert that every measure
offered by Douglas county will be op
posed. This is only a part of the cam
paign of misrepresentation and down
right lying that is being carried on for
the purpose of manufacturing senti
ment that will divide the republicans
in the legislature and create dissension
and strife, and thus defeat the inten
tion of the party in Nebraska to give
to the state the relief promised by the
platform.
Sincere and honest members of the
legislature should be very careful as
to what promises they make before
going to Lincoln and gaining first
hand knowledge of the exact situation
orthy, too, that" executive effort for
exclusion of partisanship, which not
many years ago would have excited
ehement protest and opposition, is
ow accepted by the general public
Ith satisfaction, and any serious at
tempt in the contrary direction would
ause revolt. Under the existing postal
requirements and organization of the
business world a political postoffice de
partment would be a calamity.
One of the most Important recom
mendations, therefore, which of course
requires congressional action. Is that
f a deputy postmaster general, whose
tenure shall be permanent In contrast
with that of the present assistants,
1th compensation commensurate with
his position, and whose duties shall
be In the nature of a general manager
f the postal service, thus Insuring not
nly continuity of policy, but also the
highest experience and expert execu
tive ability. It Is precisely the method
which has been found necessary the
world over to best results and would
go far to substitute business for poli
tics In postal administration.
The noncommissioned officer of the
dismissed negro battalion who served
for twenty-five years should consider
himself lucky in the light of Mr. Taft'a
comment on the case.
It la entirely in keeping with its
course in other matters that the
World-Herald should join with the
fake reformers of Lincoln In the cam
paign against Douglas county.
Recommendations of the postmaster
general show that clerks and carriers
have lost nothing In the way of advo
cates before congress in being denied
permission to maintain a lobby.
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish's decision that
American gowns are better than those
made in Paris will have little effect
upon those persons who find the chief
attraction of their dresses in the price.
One of the hopeful indications for
annexation is that in neither Omaha
nor South Omaha are any committees
tinkering with the charters. It is
generally Conceded that when the new
charter is made tt will be for a greater
Omaha. '
In casting about for means to
lighten court work tt might be well to
establish the demurrer on the plane
it held under English common law
an admission of facts not to be tra
versed after the law has been applied
to them.
THE 8VB81DT SCHEME CHECKED.
The disposition of the champions of
the shipping subsidy bill, who have
presented so confident and Imperious
an attitude, to compromise indicates
that the prospect is not roseate and an
abandonment of the scheme to rush
a wholesale measure through congress.
The most serious rock they have
struck undoubtedly is the rapidly
rising sentiment in favor of Interior
waterway development, notwithstand
ing it is not yet concentrated on
consistent plan or on a specific part
to be immediately provided for out
of the national treasury. But that
sentiment Is sufficiently general and
strong In congress to obstruct a gen
eral shipping subsidy scheme which
would absorb a large part of the treas
ury funds needed now and for a series
of years for waterway Improvements
It would Indeed be more satisfactory
and statesmanlike if such projects
could be disposed of on their merits
rather than appearing in the light of a
struggle between conflicting interests
grabbing for treasury largesse. But In
the existing circumstances even their
greed by mutually checking each
others designs may be the best avail
able Insurance against extravagance.
The report of the treasurer of the
republican state central committee
makes mighty interesting reading for
some 'folks, but there are others who
would Just as lief that report had been
kept locked up In the crypt at the
state house.
The Railway Age says that it would
nave cost, so.uuu.uuu u nave pre
vented the accident which killed Pres
ident Spencer of the Southern railway.
POSTAL BUSINESS METHODS.
Thinking men of all party labels will
heartily agree to the point, on which
Postmaster Oeneral Cortelyou In his
annual report puts great stress, that
no one thing will do more for the
postal service than continued Insist
ence upon the policy of substituting
business for politics in the admlnlstra
tlon of its affairs. Indeed there h
long been substantial agreement as
matter of theory, but the difficulty has
been to make it a living reality in de
partmental operations. The postmaster
general, however, Is able to show un
precedented progress In this respect
under the present administration, fo
the policy of retaining incumbents dur-
Subsequent action will test the opinion 'og satisfactory service, which was
expressed by the paper that directors
would willingly have pals' the price
had they known the penalty.
Efforts by the Commercial club to
ssure new Industrial and commercial
enterprises for the city are meeting
with reasonable success. promise
of sew Institutions U likely soon to be
fulfilled, and this fact is encouraging
the club to greater efforts. Condi
tions all favor Omaha and the out
look was never brighter.
the Incoming legislature a long lecture
on what It should do. The fact that
the Tllot is approved by the railroad
manipulators of Nebraska is the liest
reason why its advice should not be
taken by the law-makers of the state.
The action of China in rejecting all
but 400 of 6,000 men who applied for
enrollment In the army shows that the
Celestial empire Is beginning to real
lie that quality counts more than
quantity in the men behind the guns.
TO INVESTIGATE HARItlMAIf LtXES
The importance "of the investigation
of the so-called Harriman railroads,
which the Interstate Commerce com
mission has resolved and already made
preparations for, has not yet attracted
the attention it deserves. If the com
mission's plans are carried out, how
ever, the inquiry will be of far reach
ing effect, being the preliminary to
prosecutions under the interstate com
merce, anti-trust and general conspir
acy laws, and also to a thorough going
reconsideration of the whole subject
of railroad combination.
The commission already has in its
possession a great deal of evidence
ndicating that the form of organiza
tion by which the various Harriman
lines, previously independent and com
petitive, have been brought into com
bination under a common control is
violation of various laws prohlblt-
ng restraint of trade by such means.
While It is not the commission's object
to proceed against the roads for viola
tion of these laws, it proposes to per
form its duty of disclosing all the
facts, as a basts for prosecution by
the Department of Justice.
But back of the mere questions of
form, which first have to be disposed
of, remains the vital fact of restraint
f trade by transportation corpora
tions. There seems to be little ques
tion that the actual effect of the
merger of the Hill railroads has at
east In part been maintained, 1 spite
of the fact that the Northern Securi
ties company was enjoined and dis
solved by the courts. Soth3 effect -of
the Harriman combination, though In
its present form it might be punished
and annulled, might still be illegally
perpetuated. The true aim is to de
stroy trade restraint, no matter by
what means of combination railroad
corporations or czars of finance and
industry through manipulation of them
may effectuate it, and this must In
evitably bring the crucial test between
them and public authority.
The Investigation ordered by the
commission is welcome as a vital and
long step towards a conclusive grapple
with great confederated railroad man
agement, and as the most significant
effort yet made for genuine publicity
In these matters.
That Colorado probate judge who
arraigned an expert auditor for con
tempt of court for finding an alleged
shortage Iq the judicial accounts
seems to have caught the spirit of the
supreme court of that state.
The foreign relations committee of
the senate may be right in reaffirming
America's determination to keep out
of European politics, but It Is difficult
to maintain precedents when condi
tion change.
t'p Asalnst the Real Thin.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
TTavlng denatured our alcohol and do
brutallsed our foot ball, let us begin early
and try to deterrorlie our Fourth of July.
DIaclns; I'p More Troable.
Washington Herald.
One of the congressional committees has
already started a row about whether the
United States "Is" or "are." It looks as
If the English language Is to have more
trials and tribulations than Job.
Ripples on the Carrent of Life I
Metropolis
While Investigating the claim of the con
solidated t'.ns company thnt 80-cent gas
would force the company Into bankruptcy,
William P. Burr, annuitant corporation
counsel, madn a few discoveries. Mr. Burr
made public a contract mnde by the Stand
ard Oil company with the Consolidated
Oaa company to furnish 2T6,OnO,oiO gallons of
oil to the gas company, 40 per cent of It
at 4.875 cents a gallon and the rest at 4.29
cents. Mr. Burr said this was a cent more
than any other company had to pay the
Standard for the tame kind of oil, and he
declared that a cent's difference In that
cost would make at least 5 cents more In
the cost of gas on every 1,000 cubic feet.
Mr. Burr also made public a statement
of his expert accountants working on the
books of the company. It shows that gas
by the company's books costs 62.60 cents a
housnnd Instead of 74.R1 cents, as the com.
pany said; that land the company says Is
worth 116,000,000 cost only $3,000,000, and that
gaa production does not Increaso the value
of land on which a plant Is erected; that
the company figures In Its cost of gas sev
eral Items Mr. Hurr believes ought not to
be considered at all; that some of the
franchises the company claims through old
companies have expired or will soon ex
pire, and that the company has ninety
three miles less of mains than It claims.
inasmuch as William Rockefeller, James
Sllllman and other men ar directors In
both the Standard OH company and the
Consolidated Gas company, "It Is fair to
assume," said Mr. Burr, "that there Is a
nigger In the woodpile."
Irritating; Carelessness.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Before he made his declaration thnt the
money he received from the Standard Oil
company was merely borrowed Senator
Bailey should have taken the precaution
to assure himself that the vouchers had
been burned.
Tell That to the Murines."
Springfield Republican.
As if the president did not have troubles
enough, Rear Admiral Converse of the
Navy department recommends that the
corps of marines be abolished. One might
aa well try to transfer the national capital
from Washington to Omaha,
Tallin a- No Risks.
New York Tribune.
The Russian government gives notice that
It will carry no more money packages In
the malls, because It Is unable to safe
guard them and the repayment of losses
from violent robbery Is too burdensome
to the Imperial treasury. It would not be
easy to Imagine a more striking confession
of administrative demoralization and Inefficiency.
As it Uoki to Plain People.
Chicago Chronicle.
To plain people it looks as If the negro
had a better right to attend the same
school with whites In the south than tho
Japanese haa to attend the same school
with whites In California. One right rests
on the constitution, of which there Is no
doubt, and the other on a treaty the appli
cation of which Is doubtful. The cases are
entirely different In one respect. The negro
Is helpless and the Japanese are capable
of making a good deal of trouble.
Day of Reckoning Pat Off.
Chicago Tribune.
Doubtless there will be much talking and
writing about the'need of an Inheritance
tax to prevent the perpetuation of "swol.en
fortunes," and of a graduated Income tax
to prevent the growth of such fortunes.
There Is no prospect of the early enactment
of such measures. There would not be even
If the president were to advocate them
more urgently. There is no reason why the
multi-millionaires should begin making
preparations to remove themselves and
their wealth from the United States.
Mystery of Railroad Rates.
Charles E. Russell In Everybody's.
We are accustomed to think that about
railroad rate making there Is some strange
and awful mystery, that to make railroad
rates a man must go Into a trance and com.
mune with spirits or something like that
The Blight decrease In Omaha's
building permit report for November
compared with the same month a !and that ,f the government should ever try
year ago is not an indication of a seri
ous interruption of building operations
locally. It Is rather due to the fact
that builders find It impossible to se
cure either men or material to carry
cn the work they have in hand, and for
this reason only are deterred from
planning any future operations. When
work now under way has progressed
sufficiently to warrant new work being
taken up the Omaha bull'ding permit
record will be found Jogging along at
a most encouraging gait.
An indeterminate sentence law will
be proposed to the legislature this win
ter. There are many good reasons in
favor of such a measure, not the least
of which is that It will largely do away
with the parole system now In vogue
In Nebraska. An Indeterminate sen
tence law will allow a convict criminal
to work out his own salvation, and
will secure his liberty when he "has
brought forth fruits meet for re
pentance." It has been found to work
well in other states and is In line with
modern methods of dealing with of
fenders against society.
to Ax the rates frightful convulsions of na
ture would follow. They do not seem to
have such fears In New Zealand.
There the government makes all the
rates. In plain daylight, Mr. Cassatt. On
mileage basis, all a shipper has to do
Is to calculate his mileage and he has his
rate. If he can show that either of the
private companies has charged him more
than the rate on a government railroad
for the same distance he can go Into court
and collect the difference. In about ten
minutes . And the company will have to
pay, and there will be no appeal for It and
no stay. Also the government orders It to
reduce Its rates. And Its reduces them
without waiting to discuss the matter.
Because In New Zealand publlo-servlce cor
poratlons, being regarded as the creations
and not the masters of the state, the state
can at any time put them out of business,
Can, and does.
The railroad clackers are proudly
pointing to the fact that Brown 'and
Sheldon ran behind the rest of the re
publican ticket In Nebraska, alleging
this to be an evidence that the Ne
braskans are not In earnest In their
deelre for reform legislation. Inas
much as the most bitter and stubborn
fight treachery was able to devise was
matched against Messrs. Drown and
Sheldon, that they did get a handsome
plurality of votes will be accepted as
conclusively showing that the people
are in deadly earnest.
announced In April, 106, with respect
to fourth class postmasters, has now
been eitended until, as the report de
clares. "It practically embraces the
postmasters of the presidential class."
The change within two decades, since
a breach was made In the spoils sys
tem by Including postoffice clerks and
letter carriers in the classified service
and steadily extending Its scope, and
now accentuated v. 1th respect to the
body of the postmasters themselves, Is
little short of revolutionary. It note-
Should congress adopt the eugges
tlon of Commissioner Garfield and
prohibit corporations convicted under
federal laws from engaging in inter
state business. It would probably In
crease the number of corporations
without affecting persons; but a law
thus limiting stockholders of lawless
corporations would strike the evil at
its root
The Blair Pilot, which gave aid and
comfort to the Shallenberger campaign
to the extent that Chairman, Allen of
the democratic committee endorsed It
course and begged other editors
throughout the state to follow, reads
DIVIDING OREGON'S INFAMY.
HOI Ml A flOt T SEW YORK.
In the
When a runaway horse attached to a
physician's carriage went galloping up At
lantic avenue, Brooklyn, relates the New
York Tribune, John La Maze saw an op
portunity to become a hero. As the animal
swerved toward the sidewalk La Maxe
leaped forward and grasped the bridle, but
before he succeeded In stopping tho run
away he was dragged half a block; his new
$30 overcoat was torn to shreds and his legs
were severely bruised. His act was ap
plauded by a large crowd and a few min
utes later Dr. Joseph Krimsky of 290 Brad
ford street, Brooklyn, rushed up and
claimed the rig. La Maxe was pointed out
to him as the man who had caught his
horse.
'You are a brave man," commented the
physician. "I'm obliged to you for your
trouble."
La Maze modestly made light of the af
fair, but held up his tattered overcoat for
Dr. Krlmsky's inspection.
"But you're not hurt, are you?" asked
the physician.
The young man complained that his hip
pained him, but the physician, after a
hasty examination, said It was nothing
more than a slight bruise.
"But how about the coat? Ain't you go
ing to give me the price of a new one?
I risked my life In capturing your horse
and probably saved you a heavy damage
suit. Your horse certainly would have run
over some person only for me."
The physician declined to reimburse La
Maze for the lorn overcoat, but he did
offer him $5. La Maxe was Indignant and
refused to accept the money, saying that
he would bring suit against him for the
price of a new coat and for personal In
juries. The physician drove away.
Bundling what was left of his overcoat In
a newspaper. La Mass, acrnmnnnixt k
several witnesses, went to the Liberty ave
nue police station end sought advice from
SergLnt McCormtck.
La Mase was told that a civil action was
his only redress, but that If possible It
would be better for him to effect a settle,
ment with Dr. Krimsky, La Maze ap
peared to think so, too, for he at once
started for Dr. Krlmsky's home, ami after
another talk the physician paid La Maze
$15, getting a release from any further
claim.
Returning to the police station. La Maze
told of the settlement, saying that he was
now convinced that It didn't pay to be a
hero. "The worst part of It all was Just
before we came to a settlement." Inter.
Jected La Maze, "the doctor tried to Im
press me with the fact that he wouldn't ex
act any fee for examining my hip."
Now, up goes the price of candy.. Meat
butter, eggs and all the real necessities of
life appear to have climbed pretty near to
the pinacle of high figures and the manu
facturers of sweets say it Is their turn.
in some of the retail stores of New York
the price of chocolate and bonbons has been
advanced 20 cents on the pound and th
upward movement may not stop there n..
dealer with six stores scattered throughout
me cny nas taken the lead In fixing the
new scale. Until recently hi. -h,.ni...
GORDON FURS
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The most delicate and expert tailoring marks
these coats with perfect proportions and vigor
ous style.
The fur linings and trimmings
are GORDON quality nothing
stronger could be said.
Gordon FunLincd Coats
Ready to wear, or made to order from
skins of your own choosing.
A desirable coat is one of fine Kersey
cloth, lined with brown muskrat, with fins
dark unplucked otter collar. The price of
this coat is $100 ; other styles at from $33
to $300.
Jitk your deattr for
GORDON FURS
PERSONAL, NOTES.
The only governor of New York before
Hughes who had had no experience In
political office was Oovernor Morgan, but
he was one of the best In the state's his
tory. The birthday of Ellhu Burrltt, the
"learned blacksmith," linguist, educator,
lecturer, suthor snd consul to England,
was observed In the schools of New
Brltlan, Conn., yesterday. He was born
In that city December 8, 1810, and died
March 6, 187.
Some defeats have their compensations.
Mr. Linn Bruce, who was candidate for
lieutenant governor of New York, would
have received $6,000 had he been elected. As
a consolation prize he receives ah appoint
ment for a year on the supreme bench and
will draw $17,600.
Congressmen Cyrus Sulloway of New
Hampshire towers high over all his col
leagues In the house, the disparity In
stature being especially noticeable 'when
the members rise for prayers. Even Vice
President Fairbanks Is compelled to look
up when he meets the yankee sky scraper.
Speaker Cannon, who Is nearly 71 years
old, ran half a block for a street oar In
Washington. He caught It and, climbing
aboard, was met by Senator Carter of
Montana. "That's pretty good for an old
man," Senator Carter said. "Oh, I'm good
for a run any day, notwithstanding Mr.
Gompers," the speaker said.
Notwithstanding the fact that she is the
daughter of the president. Mrs. Nicholas
Longworth will be oxpected to make first
calls In Washington this year. The list
of first calls for her to make will Include
the wives of senators, cabinet members,
supreme court judges and of representa
tives who are seniors of her husband.
Some of the most noted Parisian artists
have contrived to transform Edmond Ros
tand's country home, Arrsga, In the south
of France, Into a fairyland. The walls of
his magnificent apartments, whose windows
look out over the crests of the Pyrenees,
are covered With the very delightful tales
which Hans Christian Andersen and the
Grimm brothers have Immortalised.
Jeremiah C. Lots, the oldest Indianlan
In the government service In Washington,
will celebrate his eighty-second birthday
on December 18. For more than forty-four
years, continuously, Mr. Lots has been con
nected with the Internal Revenue bureau
of the Treasury department, and during all
that time he haa never been reported late,
but Is always at his desk at 9 o'clock.
LOOKING INTO HARRIMAN LINK.
Proposed Investigation by Interstate
Commerce Commission.
Wall 8treet Journal.
There Is a sharp distinction to be made
between the proposed Investigation by the
DRAWING THR LONG DOW.
Origin of Shnnahnl Story Let Loose la
Nebraska.
Portland Oregonlnn.
A dispatch from Dakota City. Neb., tell
of the alleged shanghaing from Portland
about nine months ago of a young man
named Edward Ayres. The dispatch states
that his letters to his father "tell a tale
as terrible as Jack London's story, 'Sea
Wolf.' " There are other features of the
young man's story that resemble the yam
of the "Sea Wolf," for Jack London's
thriller was all fiction and the most of tha
story told by Ayres seems to be of a
similar nature. The man who Jumps over
board from a tramp steamer "while op
posite Valdlvla,' Chile," wherever Valdtvla
may be, only to be "captured by the crew
Of a Spanish ship" after "walking a greater
part of the way across the southern part
of the continent," Is much more at home
In a sea story of the Jack London or W.
Clarke Russell type than he Is In real
life. From appearances Mr. Ayres has
been reading one of Frank T. Bullen's
stories on Portland Shanghalerea. Bullen
writes from conditions which existed twen
ty-five years ago, and Ayres' story. If well
told, might have been appropriate then.
It Is not at this time.
PASSING PLEASANTRIES.
"Do you think tho child Is father to tha
manT
"I don't know about thnt.
his mother on his side he
be the boss of the ranch.' Cli
Herlad.
d Is father to tha
int. but If he has
Is pretty likely to
' Chieaaro Reeord-
"Bhe bosses him sadly, doesn't she?"
"Not since i-e learned to anticipate all
her wishes." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The hoodlum threw a stone at the Japa
nese boy.
"If you do that some more," said the lit
tle brown boy, "1 tell Mr. Roocyfei' on
you.'" Chicugo Tribune. . '
Interstate Commerce commission of the
snd bonbons sold for 60 cents a pound; now ! Harriman system of railroads ar.d the ac-
ii ueen put up to 80 cents. Other
grades of confections are much higher.
Pecans and salted almonds are retailing for
$1.25 a pound and other salted candles at $1
a pound. All of their other candles are
now 80 cents a pound, except Swiss bon
bons, which are still sold at 60 cents. High
prices for labor and raw material is given
as the reasons for the raise.
Other States Tarred with the Same
Stick.
Portland Oregonlan
It will come to light, soon or late, that
land frauds In Oregon have been exceeded
In other states, as to richness of plunder
and extent of consplracw. The revelations,
which are reported to have led to Indict
ment of the Union Pacific, the Oregon
Short Line, the Union Pacific Coal com
pany and two officials of those companle
In Salt lAke City last week and which
havs Involved two senators of Wyomlnu
and which are threatening to enmesh off!
clals of government and land manipula
tors In other states, show that widespread
fraud has preyed on the public lands and
bulged the pockets of respected thieves
with great wealUwonly a small part of
which doings have taken place In Oregon.
Ytt for two years Oregon has been held i
up to the nation as the biggest nest of
land thieves. One of Oregon's former sen-
a tors was charged by Secretary Hitchcock
with making his committee room In the
national capltol a den for them, with the
aid of another cltlsen of Oregon, then com
missioner of the land office. One of Ore
gon's representatives In congress has been
convicted of complicity In land fraud and
ths other representative, who obtained ills
present office aftef ejectment from the po
sition of commissioner of the land office,
stands under Indictment In Orvgon snd In
Washington, D. C.
But It Is becoming known that other
By the computation of tho census bureau
the wealth of the state of New York com
prised In farms and other real property,
factories, railroads, telegraphs, canals, ma
chinery, gold and silver, etc.. Is $14,769,
042,307. This Is approximately one-seventh of the
national total of $107,OW,000.000. It exceeds
Italy's wealth by nearly $2,nn0,000,nno and s
about equal to the combined national re
sources of Spain, Portugal. Switxerland and
the Netherlands. It ranks New York amonj
the financial great powers, with a standing
Just below that of Austria-Hungary.
A per capita division of the state's wealth
would give $2,000 to every man, woman and
child, as compared with the national aver
age of $1.S20. It represents the aggregate
possession of 15,000 plain millionaires, fifty
Cnrnegles or twenty Rockefellers. It would
buy all the railroads In the 1'nlted. States.
To this etnrmous wealth the state la
adding $M,0fO,000 a year, or almost the
valuation of a Baltimore. It la a wonderful
showing of material prosperity, one that
gives a prouder claim to the title of Em
pire state. Within this single common
wealth Is now contained more than double
the wealth of the entire nation half a cen-
i tury ago and Its annual Increase more
than exceeds the total value of our export
trade when Grant was president.
tlon taken by the government In 1901 against
the Northern Securities consolidation.
The latter was a combination of compet
ing parallel lines. The Harriman combina
tion, except so far as the Southern Pacific
may compete with the Union Pacific, does
not stand In the same position. The Harri
man expansion has been not so much for
the purpose of absorbing competing com
panies as to widen out the scone of Its
territory, and Mr. Harrlman's recent pur
chases carry his system across the country
In two different directions west to east
and north to south.
Such expansion as this, while It may be
unfortunate as bringing under one head
too great a financial power, is quite differ
ent from the concentration represented by
the Northern Securities company. Never
theless the Investigation to be made by
the Interstate Commerce commission
should be of great Interest and possibly
of large value. Annoying as It may be to
be the subject of governmental Investiga
tion, Mr. Harriman will have nothing to
fenr If he and his companies have done
nothing that la contrary to law and the
public welfare. On the other hand, these
Investigations, whatever may be their limi
tations, serve to keep things In better
shape. It Is a good thing to be stirred up
once In a while, and this applies
to railroads as to Individuals.
veil
Adam was bewailing a lost opportunity.
"We didn't think to get our post cards of
the garden," he explained
Herewith he regarded Podunk with an
envious eye. New York Times.
"Once I made love to an ex-flreman's
daughter."
"Well, what happened?"
"I forgot to allow for the force of habit,
and went and told him I was burning with
love."
"Well?"
"He put me out.' Philadelphia Press.
"But," protested the plain cltlsen, "don't
you consider honesty a good thing?"
"Sure." replied the politician, "but It's
like all other good things; you've got to
make money before you can afford It."
Philadelphia Ledger.
Mrs. Oassltt My sister Maud told ma
something today I've promised never to
tell.
Mr. Oassltt Well, go on. I'm listening.
Judge.
Everybody walks but father;
He rides around all day.
He's a big mogul on a railroad
He doesn't have to pay.
Little Johnny Is walking;
8o Is brother Will.
So Is the whole Blank family
Sinoe Hepburn passed his bill.
Chicago Tribune.
THE COWBOY.
James Barton Adams In New York Sun.
The bawl of a steer to the cowboy's ear
la music of aweetettt strain,
And the yelping notes of the gray coyote
To him are a glad refrain;
The rapid beat of his bronco's feet
On the sod as he speeds along
Keep livening time to the ringing rhyme
Of his roll'rklng cowbov song.
His eyes are bright and his heart Is light
As the smoke of his cigarette,
There's never a care for his soul to bear,
No troubles to make him fret;
For a kingly crown In the noisy town
His saddle he wouldn't change
No life so free as the life we see
'Way out on the cattle range.
Hl-lol hl-la! for the range away
On the deck of a bronc' of steel,
With a careless flirt of the rawhide quln
And a dig of the roweled heel,
And the winds may howl and the thunders
growl.
Or the breeres may softly moan,
A rider's life Is a royal life,
The saddle a kingly throne.
Hl-lol lil-la! for the work is play
When love's In the cowboy's eyes,
When his heart Is light as the clouds Ot
white
That swim In the summer ikte,
And his Jolly song speeds the hours along
As he thinks of the little gal
With the golden hair who la waiting thsr
At ths bars of the home corral.
Four years ago Cassia McManus was one
of the Immigrants from Ireland. She had
been In this country but a short time when
the steamer General Slocum, with Its
freight of women and children, took fire
and was burned near the shore resort
where she was employed. She rushed Into
the water ot great risk to herself and
saved a number of l;ves, especially of chil
dren. A medal and certificate of honor
were given her and resolutions were
adopted In her praise. Now Cassia Is dead,
states were si-enes of greater plunder. The J leavln( no money nd A few ,drnlrer. .,
arranged "to give her decent burial." That
may do for a beginning, but the memory
of this brave and large-hearted Irish girl
deserves a monument later, and a monu
ment that shall have chiseled upon It with
out lying a list of some of the highest
loot In Oregon was large, but lands more
valuable elsewhere have been trafficked
in fraudulently, and have enriched the per
petrators more than In this state. The
more the government's sleuths and prose-
cutors delve Into the black business tho
more niaaen secrets mey nna ana vlrturee known to our common humanity,
wider grows the scope of tho grab and
loot. ! Pats it t p to Cvngress.
The reputation for this evil business has St. Louis Globe-Democrat,
rested on Oregon long enough. It la fit- Those who Imagined that this would be
ting thst other states where richer steals ! an unimportant session of congress did not
have been perpetrated should share their calculats upon the amount of huslne&s that
-irt of ths infamy. ths president would dullver at the duk,
no fnni3
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