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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1906. 6 4 4 s ,1 Tun -Omaha Daily Bee. FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSKWATER. VICTOR ROSE WATER, EDITOR. AM ERIC MEATS AUD GERM AX coxscMtns That the exclusive policy of Ger many toward tha animal foods of other countries Is producing cumulative hardship upon the mass of Ha own population and thus forcing a domestic Ibnue on the Question of relief, Is once I.., ut KZ Sh-'" demonstrated by the Entered at Omaha postofflce aa second class ma.ter i iiy itea and Sunday, one year J facta spreaa Deiore me n Sunday Hft, one ver ? ... rr-, Saturday Hee, on. year "" 'ue7 "ow uuw DELIVERED BT CARRIER Dally pee (including Sunday), per week..1o lmily Uee I without Sunday), per wea..iuc Kvenlns Km latlihnut Hunriav). Der WseK 0 livening Bee (with Sunday), per week..l' Aoaim complaints ir irreguii.w livery city Circulating Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee building. South Omaha-City Hall building. Council muffs 10 Pearl street. Chicago in) l.'nlty building. .,.. New York lb Home Life Ins. building. Washington SOI Fourteenth street. fnRPl.-j;PI INDKNCE. Communication relating to news and edl- atlonal legls- the aim of that policy, dictated by the land own era and farmers, la being reached by the constantly increasing price of meat, since consumers are so largely restricted to the German supply. The Increase of town population on account of Industrialism has been enormous at the same time that the foreign meat supply has been cut off. The result, forcing the wholesale price of meats In penalty for accepting rebates. In addi tion to the heavy costs of litigation, will at least tend to make Its viola tions of the law a losing game. Re- brm has gone farther than may be generally appreciated when It has be come good policy, from a purely finan cial standpoint, to obey rather than violate the law forbidding acceptance of rebate discriminations. No more signal vindication could be had of the wisdom and efficiency of the Roosevelt movement, however captious critics and partisan detract ors may have sought during the prog ress of the contest to belittle and mis represent It. Much, indeed, remains to be done to confirm and complete the reform, but the substantial charac ter of Its results Is already too obvious to be gainsaid. tortaTVler alVoui 1 be "dressed" Omaha Germany to almost double what it IS Uee, Kditoriai Department. jn France, Belgium, England and REMITTANCES. . , . , Remit by draft, express or postal order spain( amounts to an Intolerable op- paynble to The Bee Publishing company. . ,.,, . wn na only 2-cent stamps received as payment of presslon or consumers as wen as a mall accounts. Personal ctt on grBVe economic disadvantage In Inter Omaha or eastern exchanges, not "P,lr the bee publishinu lUMrAni. national competition. ft... Vn.di'Mn r f tha flnrmnn pnn. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. " "" Btate of Nebraska. Douglas County, ss: Burners is in special uupurt iu uui Charles C. Rosewater. eneil manager weRtern farmers, who are in position of The Bee Publishing; wmpany, being ' duly sworn, says that the actual number to supply, with profit to themselves, Mrfn!n.anveXPg1Vsd?B..rin abundant meat at half the cost the during tha month of November. 106, was Qerrnans ftre now paying. The latter as follows: . , A ... M 31,180 migm, maeea, suDmu to temporarily i' ai.ao higher prices If thereby agricultural i aiiaao Industry could be stimulated to pro- 10 3L770 duce meat In greater abundance and 31.400 utimately at lower prices, but there 22 a 81,160 '" ... ai.aoo ,8 absolutely no such possibility. On 14. '31,680 the contrary, the rise of price has 21 31400 wlth,n three years driven the per 17.!.'.'.'.'.'.' 3M50 capita meat consumption down from It 31,480 forty to thirty-elx pounds a year and rf f, .-0 made horse and dog flesh an estab 1 33,740 1 31,660 31,660 4 30,600 6 3170 6. j 35.160 7 39,630 1 33.450 31,330 10 33,030 11, 30,660 11. 31,650 It 31,040 14; 31,380 16 31,830 Total m.tlO Lass unsold copies 378 lished commodity In German butcher shops. The effect of the agrarian policy, by excluding American meats. Net total sales M8 "Imply to put the working nan and Mtlly average .,- CHARLES C. ROBtiVVAlt.", General Manager. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before in this 1st day of December, 1 90 8. (Seal.) M. B. HUNOATK, lB Notary Public. WHE1 OCT OF TOWI, Snbscrlbers leaving; the tern, porarlly should hnva Tho . Bee (a allied to tltem. Address will hanged as often aa requested. By the ime the yellow Journals have finished their work Bellamy Btorer will be sorry that . he - didn't suffer in silence. the mass of consumers at the mercy of the German landlords. . , Certainly we are Interested selfishly In access to so vast a market,' but our Interest therein 1b Infinitely less than that of the German meat con sumers themselves. It would seem even upon the German official Ehowlng that their deprivation has now reached a jpolnt at which popular appeal for relief could hardly be much longer disregarded or refused by, the gov ernment, in spite of the Influence of the landlords and their political con federates. It Is fortunate for the late nuncio at Paris that the present French cab- 8ECRKTARY SHAW'S FLAK- Insofar as there is need In the legit lnet Is pledged against the "secret imate Business neia ior currency me dossier.". release or izo.ouu.uoo from the treas ury under Secretary Shaw's announce- President Roosevelt is evidently of ment will tend to relieve it. By per the opinion that Porto Rico's prosper- mitting approved securities other than lty depends upon the boy behind. the government bonds to be hypothecated school book. ' ' ' ror deposits of treasury funds, and by apportioning them to the various sec- The "Iowa situation" may now be tions, a general distribution to the studied anew in the light of the pres- points of greatest business need will be ldent's commendation of the adminis- insured so far as la possible under the tratlon of Secretary Shaw. " circumstances. But the plan will not appease the If generals are as easily mad In I Waif street manipulators who have the Philippines as in Cuba, the loss of been clamoring for treasury aid. Their all but one leader will be of little mo- excuse was, of course, the familiar one ment to the Pulajanes of Leyte. of business requirement, but their aim was speculative. No doubt Dart o seven ana a nan millions oi in- tne treasury deposits with interior vested money In Nebraska s permanent bankg may find lts way to New york school fund is a splendid tribute to the but the bulk wll, ,odge ,Q accommoda. wUdom of the founders of the state. BETTER BV1LDWQS. The destruction by fire of a large warehouse at Council Bluffs with Its contents again directs the attention of our business men to the need of better buildings. The construction that has been under way In Omaha during the last three years has for the most part been of a type very much Improved over that of the earlier structures. Some of the buildings are of absolutely fireproof materials, while some of the others, nolably the large warehouses, have been built along the approved plans for "slow burning." This advance In the substantial char acter of the constructive methods Is encouraging, but it is not enough. Omaha's building ordinance Is still de fective In many regards and falls to secure the full advantage that should be enjoyed by a city of Omaha's Im portance. Successive building inspec tors have frequently pointed out the deficiencies in the law, but as yet no serious effort has been made to remedy the defects. A new building ordinance is one of Omaha's Immediate needs, and If the present city council can only divert Its attention from street car transfers long enough to give consid eration to the needs of the city along this line. It will perform at least one appreciated service to the people who elected It. The difference of opinion between the sheriff and the county commission ers regarding pay for care and main tenance of prisoners in the county Jail emphasizes the need of an amendment to the statute governing the sheriff's office. The present legislature should enact some sort of law that will put on a definite basis the relations be tween the sheriff's office and the county board and do away with such disputes as have been In progress in Douglas county ior nearly a year and now likely to be tested In the court. If the law is made clear on thlspoint It will save a great deal of bickering and misunder standing. An Increase of $GU,uuO,000 in the preferred stock of the Great Northern proves that railroads are no longer built in the northwest on county and township subsidies. If It be desirable for railroads to Issue passes to army officers and their wives, the law should so declare. The exceptions should not be left to the. will of the railroad manager. Jlm long as dressed meat la no higher In France than In the United States the "reciprocity" Idea will not be as popular In Paris as in Berlin, where meat sella for practically twice as much. With fines of $150,000 for receiving rebates stockholders of the American Sugar company and Brooklyn Cooper age, company may feel impelled to insist upon the dancers paying the fiddler. i tlons for the cotton and grain regions and the fraction that may reach New York will travel by a circuitous route, requiring time. In short, stock specu lators who have been gambling on the chance of a substantial lift from the treasury have missed their play. The simple truth is that the call Interest rate which has been made to play such fantastic antics in the east ern speculative centers has been In large part a gambling rate, and the quotation record does not at all repre sent the real rate paid for money for mercantile and other legitimate uses. The latter." although much higher than usual, has all the time been by no means ominous or disastrous. Since actual business thus so far disregards the sensational call rate of the stock gamblers, the secretary of the treasury also has been wise in re fusing to be startled by It, especially as there Is ground to suspect that it has been manipulated for the express purpose of controlling his distribution of treasury deposits. The recommendation of Secretary Galusha that the funds appropriated for the support of the state Institutions be retained In the state treasury' and that purchases of supplies be made in bulk and not In detail will recommend Itself aa a practical measure of econ omy. It Is no reflection on the man agement of the several . Institutions that this change should be made, but it must be patent to any careful observer that a great deal of the present ex pense of maintaining the state educa tional and charitable undertakings can be cut off by a reform In methods. SA1 FRASCICO- RKASO. Why tk Japanese Are Coasldere Objectionable to the Coast. Ban FTanclaco Chronicle. It Is unfortunate that the eastern people cannot, or will not, understand tha attl- ude of the people of this coast toward Japan. During their recent war the sym pathy of our people with Japan was uni versal and outspoken, being based on the outrageous conduct of the coalition headed by Russia In robbing Japan of the fruits of Its victory In ISM and then braxenly ap propriating them to themselves. This friendly International feeUng has never abated, although we here recognize Japan as a deadly commercial competitor which will rapidly supersede us In Asiatic com merce. We admire and respect Japan as the most vigorous exponent of oriental civ. Illiatlon. The objection of our people Is simply to the establishment of oriental forms of civilization In the United States. We par ticularly obpect to a Japanese invasion, be cause, as the Japanese are most virile of oriental peoples, their lodgment on our shores la by so much the more danger ous. e recognise that Asiatic peoples are entitled to maintain such forms of civiliza tion nnd such a standard of life as they prefer In their own country and to exclude, If they so desire, and as they certainly did once desire, the people of western coun- rles. So far as we are concerned they are quite welcome, as they have the right, under the existing treaties, to exclude all American manual workers from Japan. We claim the same right, and demand that It be exercised. Nothing oan create an un friendly feeling among us toward Japan except an effort to push Its people Into our country against our wish. Just as our own Commodore Perry a half century ago forced an entrance Into Japan against the resist ance of the Japanese. There was no Justi fication for that except- the conduct of Japanese pirates toward the crews of wrecked American ships. Any nation has a right to demand of any other nation hos pitality to shipwrecked sailors. To the ex tent of securing that only was our Intru sion Into Japan Justified. But that, was a long time ago. There Is no longer any fear of any Injury which a government can pre vent to the subjects of either nation law fully within the Jurisdiction of the other. The Japanese In San FTanclsco are pro tected by the authorities and by public ROIXD ABOIT HEW YORK. m Ripples Oa the tarrent of Life la the Metropolis. The limit of aldcrmanlc pride and patience has been reached In Greater New York and an edict la about to Issue commanding mule power street cars to get off the earth In that locality. Some sections of the big town are as Impervious to modern ways as the community Is to political re form, and an antique mule power street car system resists all persuasion. Only about 112 rrtlles of horse car lines now remain In the country, and ninety-two miles of tha total are In Manhattan, the remandrr di vided between Chit ago, San Francisco and Nebraska City. New York aldermen are determined to modernise this eyesore, even if It Is necessary to shoot the Inoffensive mules. The water dearth In Brooklyn Is to be met by tapping the water that underlies the city and Long Island In vast quanti ties, at depths ranging from 175 to 1,600 feet. The availability of this underground sup ply has been demonstrated by Silas W. Tltua. who has been able to yet a dally yield of g.000,000 gallons. The Brooklyn water department was loth to admit the possibility of such a solution of the press ing local problem, but Its officials were finally prodded Into authorizing the experi ment. They Anally agreed to pay Mr. Titus 40 a million gallons for the pro duction In excess of S.000,000 gallons a day. The officials were of the opinion that he could not get over 4,000,000 a day, and under the terms believed the city could obtain a little water free. The Brooklyn Ragle, which was an early advocate of the Titus project, declares that water has been produced In such, quantities as to Insure a happy solution of the problem. The water Is pure and absolutely free from the possi bility of contamination. The agreement with Mr. Titus Is that he shall receive HO for every million gallons over 5.000,000 for four months, and 130 per million for two years thereafter. After that he agrees to turn his entire plant, consisting of pumps, air compressors, pipes, houses and utensils. over to the city wtlhout asking a dollar for It. It is believed that during the two years Mr. Titus will get a water supply of from 20,000,000 to 25,000,000 gallons per day which means an income of more than J300, 000 a year. His plant la at Jameco, In South Jamaica, and his theory Is that tne underground stresm comes from the hills opinion quite as sacredly as the rest of us. j of Connecticut and finds Its outlet at Bar- But we desire no more of them. There are too many here now. It Is not right that they should come. If they persist In coming, public opinion In time will change and ft will Impossible to prevent trouble. we are convinced that Japanese statesmen pen island, where there Is a geyser or freBh water In the salt water of the bay Tha subway train left city hall with evprv rn r nacked to the doors. One of the seated passengers was a young man will see the reasonableness of all this. Tha 1 wearing a high silk hat and clothes of tne only trouble is In tha sordid character of 1 latest style. At Fourteenth street a fash eastern people, who would wreck our civ- j lonably dressed omn squeezed her way Hizution If therebv thev mum sell mii Into the car and stood In front of the and our Die-headed national ndminiatro tinr, vouna man. He promptly arose and of which Is much of the same character. We fered his seat to the woman, wno in have more hopes of convincing the Japan- ' anxiety to get It nearly knocked off the ese statesmen of the wisdom of keeping ! young man s hat and troa on nis pei iom the races apart than of convincing eastern manufacturers and fool sentimentalists. We should be delighted to sit down and talk It over In a friendly way with rep resentatlvo Japanese not concerned with ocean transportation nor with contracts for coolies. on mm, wu pi My goodness, how a sprain doci hurt I And it isn't the pain alone that is to be dreaded, but the loss of time and wages. There is today many a person with a sprained wrist, elbow, hip, back, knee, or an kle who is unable to work, and is losing many a dollar in wages. What a pity it is that these people won't get a bottle of Omega Oil and cure them selves 1 Why don't they rub their sprains with this green colored, liniment, and get back to their work again? Maybe they'll try Omega Oil some of these days, and then they'll find out for sure that there's one liniment in the world which can be depended upon for sprains, bruises, strains, swellings, and all other bodily aches and pains. It is good for everything a liniment ought to be good for. THREE SIZES: 10c, . 25c. 50c. With railroad managers asking to be placed on a rate-making equality - Two TRUST surrenders- with manager of steamship lines it A new era In law enforcement has would seem that something baa at come when two great corporations ap- last been done to aid "the merchant pear In a fedral court on the same marine.", '. ' " ; . , ' day to plead guilty to Indictments and - 1 submit to fines aggregating $150,000 -Now that a Kansas congressman hat for violations of the anti-rebate law. .declared the tariff questfon to be one The policy of powerful trusts and trade of business rather than politics, a new conspiracies for a generation has been, political upheaval ' may be .expected In when the attempt was made to punish Wat state, woere everything has here- their unlawful acts, to fatigue the tofore been considered a part of "poll- authorities by technicalities and the tica." I law's delays If they could be baffled Miners employed by the Homestake company are to have the eight-hour day. This happy solution of the con troversy at Lead City will be most welcome to the people not only In the Black Hills, but of ft large section of the west In which the great mining en terprise Is such an Important factor. It would have been a blot on our civ ilization to have closed down that great institution after thirty years of unin terrupted operation. OS TO THE COAST. Starnlflcant Development of the West nd Northwest. Chicago Chronicle. When the Union Pacific railroad was completed with government assistance, it was almost universally held that the en terprise would not be duplicated within the memory of living men. The barrenness of the country between the Missouri river and the Pacific coast. It was said, was a barrier to further rail road building. The conquest of the RocVy mountains a second time was declared to be all but Impossible. There was no other pass through which another road could cross the mountains. Today there are six transcontinental lines. Three years hence perhaps even sooner there will be seven. The Pacific extension of the Chicago, Milwaukee and Bt. Paul railroad will be the new link of steel to bind the western coast of the country to the lands on the hither side of the Mis souri. The enterprise Is already assured of successful completion. The lands which were pronounced bar ren forty years ago have blossomed as the rose. The passes of the mountains have been found. Throughout the entire route of the St. Paul ex tendon a rich and de veloped country awaits the advent of the locomotive. Engineering difficulties have been met and overcome. The road Is cer tain to be on a paying basis from the first. It is significant of the development of the great northwest that the Chicago, Mll- of Troubles of the Oil Senator. Philadelphia Press. Senator Bailey Is making all kinds explanations to hli constituents in Texas. but the explanations do not go with those who have started out to do up the sena tor. Though Texas is a big state. It is pretty well flllrd with disturbance at this time. 6 The Prise Pracemaker. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. It was not In his least militant moment that President Roosevelt heard he had been awarded the Norwegian bequest prize of SIO.0GO for services to the cause of peace, But a war between Russia and Japan Is different from a personal row In the lmme dlate neighborhood. I Bill Paxton's cow Is to give way to In no other way. The change whereby within a few an eight-story modern apartment years auch tactics has been rendered house. Tha picturesque sight of the comparatively futile marks a genuine family bovine munching green grass and salutary revolution, directed by grown on land worth $S00 a front foot the Irresistible force of public opinion has always been Inspiring, and yet it upon courts as well as legislatures will be cheerfully exchanged for the and the whole executive machinery of aspect of such a building as Colonel our government. For the surrender Paxtoa proposes to erect. The difficulty being experienced by the, electric lighting company just at present is another Indication of the growth ofv the city. The company's plant has proved inadequate to the task put upon it and the effort to drive machinery In excess of Its capacity has resulted In a series of accident that have materially Interfered with tha service. In providing fur the needs of a. city like Omaha It is well to take into consideration tha future rather than the prtscuL of so formidable and arrogant a com bination as the Sugar trust under such circumstances has been brought about only by the powerleaiiiess of the old methods of resistance or evasion. Since Theodore Roosevelt assumed leadership of the movement to vindi cate tha law every Inch of ihe way has been desperately fought by -the great corporations. .The Sugar trust Itself did not yield In these Indict ments until It had been overborne and subjected to severe punishment for like offences in previous prosecutions. j ine trust s snare tii iiu.uuu ia tut Copyrighted I'firt forms. Chicago Ntews. Mr. Bryan's charge that Mr. Roosevelt has appropriated some of the good things In the democratic platform should causo democrats to get their platforms copy righted. Then when the country felt that it hud to have reform It would be compelled to apply to the owners of the copyright. But not a word did she say. as tne imm slowed down at the next station the young ,irn leaned over. "I beg pardon, madam. did you spealt to me?" he asked. The woman raised her eyes from her novel and gave him a black stare. "Oh," said the young man, apologetically, "I thought, perhaps, you said 'thank you.' " "I hear a great deal about the wicked ness of New Tork men, their Infidelity and their recklessness In general," said the woman who deals In real estate, "but I see a bit of contradictory evidence here that I never saw anywhere else, and I have done business in nearly every large city In tl)ls country and some in Europe. It Is neces sary for me to visit a great many' offices, and wherever I go I see some man who has a photograph of his wife and baby In little frame or case on hie desJi. Nearly always It Is a handsome little oval gilt frame, with two wings, one for the baby and one for mamma, so Instead of belns fajse In his domestic relations he appears to be proud of them and to flaunt them." Charges have been referred to TJIstrlct Attorney Jerome nnd Controller Metz in volving the purchase by New York Ci'V for park purposes of the triangle bounded by Broadway. Hamilton place and One hundred and Thirty-eight street, for $117,500, when the property could have been bought for not more than $M).fl09. It Is not un likely criminal proceedings will follow. Judson Ijawson brought the matter up at a meeting of the West End association as an Illustration of the notoriously Inefficient system of condemnation proceedings in vogue. "The city was saddled a few days ago," said Mr. Iawson, "with a small piece of property containing four vacant city lots on Washington Heights at a price double Its value. 'A' bought a piece of property for speculative, purposes, paying .iy waukee & St. Paul's extension parallels the , fof )t The ming neighbors including Northern Pacific sometimes to the north and sometimes to the south of it for al most Its whole length. It signifies that there Is business and possibilities for both rods for three roads, indeed, since the Great Northern Is no great distance to the north of the St. Paul extension. The enterprise means much or the Pa cific coast, more for the Pugft sound re gion and most for Chicago. A direct line to the northwest will undoubtedly develop trade not only with the Pacific coast, but with the orient. The assurance Is con firmed by the known energy, activity and proirressiveness of the St. Paul manage ment, which will Undoubtedly carry to the Pacific coast the policy of enlightened enterprise which has placed It among the first of America's great railroad systems. The new line to the coast signifies prog ress for the whole middle west. Danib Things (is Wrong. Baltimore American. The depravity of Inanimate things was shown recently In the examination of a voting machine which registered votes on one side only and threw all the others out. When even dumb, seneeless matter can thua b reached by "Inflooence," what can the optimists hold forth as any hope of the real regeneration of mankind? Recruit for the "Plain People." Sprlngfk'ld Republican. Stuyvesant Pl&h's Identification of him self with the "great m'.ddle class" which is being ground under the heel of preda tory wealth the "anarchistic rich" la something worth noting. It comes only since his expulsion from the presidency of the Illinois Central ruad by high finan ciers, "who through the ute of fust funds and tha power incident I hereto" aek ta monopolise tha control of wealth, but he will be welcome. The middle class will j suuarely on the first A RECONCILED POPIXIST. Joy of Tibbies Over the "Conversion of Roosevelt." New York World. Mr. Bryan reude President Roosevelt's message with mixed emotions. He praises here, and he condemns there. But If Mr. Bryan had his way there would be a fed eral law requiring the date to be stamped on every can of Bryanism, with penalties for Rooseveltlan tampering with the label. There Is nothing half-hearted, however, about Thomas Tibbies, leader of the wMern populists and populist candi date for vice president In 1P0I. He wel comes Mr. Roosevelt with open arms as "a splendid populist," and his Joy overflows In paneSTrtcs. Does Mr. Roosevelt favor placing all the trade risk on the employer and protest against "that Judge-made law known as the negligence of a fellow-servant?' Populists have always denounced It, says the happy Tibbies. Does Mr. Roosevelt protest against the flagrant abuses of the Injunction business, especially lu labor troubles? The first movement against government by Injunc tion," Tibbies points out, "was taken In a Nebraska populist state convention when good old Mr. Bnyder, a preacher, Intro duced a resolution denouncing It a few day ater the first Injunction of the kind was Issued." Does Mr. Roosevelt hold that the Judges and courts are not above criticism? Tibbies rejoices In his populist stand. Dora the president pronounce tn favor i f an In come and Inheritance tax? He stunds national popullM a home for the aged, believed the city should take this piece of property for a park. The official board having those mat ters In' charge, recommended the purchase of this piece of property for a park. 'A' was asked to set a price, which he did. at J80.000. "A short time after that 'B' appeared and wanted to represent 'A' at the pro ceedings tn get the city to take over his property. 'A' refused on the ground that the city had his price and he did not care whether the city bought It or not. 'B' re turned again In a few days', and asked 'A' If ho would sell his property to B.'. 'K' reply was: 'My property Is for sale; I care not who buys It.' 'B' bought the property at J.'iO.fOO, and It has Jut been turned over to the city for 1147,600." "Times must he mighty hard for second hand book dealers these days," eald tho business man, quoted by the New York Sun. "I never thought about It until a short time ago. whe(n I had occasion to addn lot of books to my library. I do not like glaring new bindings so .1 - thought I would buy aa many of my new stock as possible second-hand, but I found that many of them would cost me more than I would have to pay for the same aufhor's works fresh from the publishers. Books are cheaper than dirt. I can buy a bushel of good soil from a florist. There are so many 'Popular Editions," 'Home Libra ries," 'Fireside Editions." "People's Libra ries' and cuts of that kind offered for sale at absurdly lew prices, especially at holiday times, that the humblest flat dweller can have his own Carnetrle library at his own radiator side, In bindings so brluht and gay they will keep him awake nights." PERSONAL NOTES. The pure food commission opened a ses sion In Louisville with the question, "What Is whisky?" San Francisco grafters are grateful for small favors. President Roosevelt's re marks on race feuds turned the search light In another direction and gave the Ruefites a chance to breathe naturally. When Speaker Cannon was swearing In some new members. Congressman J. Adam Bede remarked: "Cncle Joe makes 'em hold up their right hands when taking the oath to see that they haven't anything but their undershirts up their sleeves." Boston culture Is expanding by leaps and bounds and the muso Is working overtime. Querists In a local paper seek the where abouts of the following Inspired poems: "Put Those Little Shoes Away," "The Par don Came Too Late;" ""Where Willie Got he Supper;" "Down by the Tanyard'l Side;" "Life's a Funny Proposition;'' "Ca noodling on Back Bay." Jeff Davis, the new senator from Arkan sas, is a shining social light, yet he has never worn a swallowtail coat and he vows he never will. Senator Joe Bailey hud (he prejudice against society's conventlal garb when he came to Washington f'esh from the plains of Texas some fifteen years ago. It wasn't long, however, before Bailey full In line and ordered an evening suit. William EX Sanderson, boss of a gang In the yards of a car manufacturing company, has been elected mayor of Springfield. Mass. He Is a republican, but was elected by the "dinner pall brigade" of local democrats, among whom he Is Immensely popular. His opponent was Edwaid H. Lathrop, ono of the foremost lawyers In Springfield. Sanderson has worked for day wages all his life. N. O. Nelson, a St. Louis philanthropist and millionaire manufacturer, will estab lish a free club for poor men In Ncw Or leans. Rules and regulations will not be known In, the club. Everybody who enters will feel that he Is In a "nelshborhood" home. "Decent living and decent think ing," says Mr. Nelson, "will be the only two requirements. The club will be open every hour of the day and night."' Winston Churchill, the novelist, described at a dinner In New York the difference be tween realism and romanticism in fiction: "To make my meaning clearer." Mr. Churchill ended, "I wlU take the case of a young man and a girl sweethearts. The young man. romanticist, said ' pas sionately to his girl: 'Darling, It shall be my life's one purpose to surround you with every comfort and to anticipate and grat ify your every wish.' The girl, a realist iwmilled faintly as she answered, 'Oh. Jack. how good of you, and all on 19 a week, too,' " ' ... CAISE OF POSTAL DEFICITS. Evtitenee Showing; Newspaper Rate la Not Gnllty. ' Leslie's Weekly. The charge that the government's hand ling of magazines and newspapers at tha present second-class rate was responsible for a great 'share of the annual postal def icit was completely overthrown in the course of the hearings recently held In thia cuy. Anuiiionai evinenee in support ox the publishers' contention Is found In the fact, recently mode public through an of ficial report of the postmaster general, that the deficit for 1906 is less by more than lUOO.COO than that of 1905 and this In the face of the steady growth of the pub lishing Industry. It would be exceedingly unwise, from an educational point of view. If from no other, for congress to Increase the tax upon legitimate and high-class pub . Mentions enjoying the present secoml-closs privileges. What Is needed In any. re-, vision to be made Is an Intelligent dis crimination between the legitimate and tha "fake" publications. Whllo the govern ment extends Its aid to rural free delivery of mall, which Is confessedly a money- losing branch of the postal business, and to the many expensive projects of tha Agricultural department, such as seed dis tribution and the maintenance of experi mental stations and farms, ' the talk of economizing by cutting down the postal privileges of ths great publishing Industry Is deserving of no serious consideration by congress. MIHT1IFI L HEM ARKS. "Father doesn't like us girls to carry our wotchec In our belts." "Why not?" "lie says It's time waated." New York Times. "Do you believe In the faith cure?" "I don't dispute the principle," answered the man who never argues. "But 1 doubt the ability of any human being to have faith enough to make It effective," Wash ington Star. "Is your son doing well In college?" "Yes. tie's doing nicely. He's almost re covered from the Thanksgiving game and next month he will take up his studies again," Clevtiand Plain Dealer. "How Is this, Mr. Gctthere? Your pre decessor says that you are mismanaging the affairs of the office?" "Surely, plr, you arc not going to pay any attention to such ex-party statements? " Baltimore American. CONTROL OF CORPORATIONS. receive him with open arms., it may yet ' platform, cries Tibbies ecstatically. Not a be that other parts of Fifth avenue will I word of reproach for the president's tsrdy ark to be enrolled among the "plain peo- I conversion drops from the delighted Tlb ple" tn the contest against that very an- ble's lips. "His true-blooded populism" an hlm of wealth which it has ionm so I satisfies even Nbratka. :uucb to create. The reconciliation Is complete. It Is nearly as exciting to get from New York to Brooklyn as It Is to rlay foot ball. A good many inlurles have been suff'-rcd In what is known as tho brldire rush, nnd a man once hnd his ribs broken In the crowd at the Catharine street ferry. The other day a woman had a leg broken In trying to get on board a Brooklyn car at the Manhattan end of the bridge. Hut people will always run 'great rlfks for the sake of getting out of Manhattan. State Supervision Should Supplement the Nation's Work. Philadelphia Record. There should be no misapprehension as to tho charcater of the president's attack upon the vry existence of the states In undertaking to make control of corpora tions a prerogative p( the federal govern ment. The mere fact that a great corpora tion does business beyond the limits of the state to which it owes Its chartered privil eges Is no reason why it should be with drawn from slate supervision. If the fed eral government exercised supervision over the ' corporations' more wisely and niorx effectively than the states there might be some plausibility In the pleas for this cen tralization of power. But the truth Is that Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Mis souri. Illinois, Kansas, Texas ujid many other Htitts enforce their drastic anti trust laws much more efficiently than the anti-trust laws of congress ore enforced by the federal government. In this fact lies the Incentive of the great corporations to substitute the control of the federal government for that of the slates to which they owl their existence and where they.bav- their domicile. It should be well understood that It Is not the great corporations that are seeking t ' prevent such control aa the overburdened federal government Is capable of exercising over th'Ti. Oh. no! The vigilant exercise of state power ia what Is dreaded the mos' by these corporate creatures of the state. A Straliiht Issue.. Chicago News. That test case begun over Francisco school situation concerns Japanese child, not a grown-up 4upll, the Ban a so th'"e will be no slde-siej plt.g the Issue. ' main Takluic 1'Hrrntalot Spell Washington Post. James J. Hill Is showing a great deal of runBld ration by shutting off his flow of advice until the effect of the president's message hus worn off. "There's lot of men," said Uncle Jerry Peebles, "who are so blamed keerful of their rcppytatlons that they don't never have time to look after Uielr souls." Chicago -Tribune. "They never wear any but short dresses now In the streets, do they?" "No; but the outskirts of cities will never give up trains. Philadelphia Press. 'A areat manv of vour predictions are Inaccurate," salil the critical person. My predictions are always accurate." answered the weather prophet. "Hut the climate Is so variable that the weather some times chanves Just before It arrives." Washington Star. I) It 1 1.1. , IK TKHHIKHS, DRILU Western Publisher. After January 1 editors will not be given railway transportation in exchange for ad vertisingNews Note. When now the editor would go t To distant city, to and fro, lie walks! ; Ah, happy days, when near and far He traveled In a cushioned car ! In state! '. He signed his name with easy pride And scurried o'er the countryside At will! l But now h. and the truthful -tale f Through mud and sIuhIi and roaring gale, He walks! j The folks at home looked oh In awe When forth his mileage ha would draw And smile! They wished they owned a taper, too, That they might ride the country through Scott free! They listened to the tales he told Of city life and travels bold And wished ' ., . That they might go and see the eight The tiger and electric l)ghts He suwf Hut now they pass him with a smile; He has to pnv to ride a mile Or walk! Rickets. Simply the viefljle tign that baby's tiny bones are not forming rapidly enough. Lf.ck of nourishment is the cause. i rnajon nourishes baby's entire', system. Stimulates and makes bone. Exactly what baby needs. ALL DRUCOISTSl BOc. AND Sl.OO.
