THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1906.
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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. . , . ,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.