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THE OMAHA DAILY HEE : SATURDAY, JULY 27. 1007.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION,
stale of Nfbrual'a, Douglas county, aa:
Charles C. Kosewster general manager
ef The Dee Publishing Company, being
duly iirn, says 'hat the actual number
if full and complete copies of The Dally,
Morning, Evening and 8i.nd-.y Bee printed
during; the month of June. 1WT, was aa
1 jllbws:
' 1 3fl,S30
17 36.4C0
t 36,800 It 36,490
t 36.630 It 38,480
I I,890
S 36,410
36,810
20 36,310
21 S6.120
21 36,610
2! 33,730
T 36,634
1 36,800
24 ,
li ,
. . . 36,300
. . . 36,680
t 30,900
10.
11.
36.660
. . . 36,930
2 36,660
27.
21.
29.
30.
. . . 36,670
. . . 36,470
. . . 36,860
. . . 36,950
12 36,820
IS 36,640
it 36,930
It 37,170
It 36400
Total... 1,094.320
Less unaold and returned coplea.
10,583
Nat ' total 1,083,631
bally avsrage 36,137
CUlHooS " ROSEWATER,
General Manager.
Subscribed In my presence ana sworn to
before me this 1st day of July. 1907.
(Seal) hi. B. H UNGATE,
Notary Public.
WIliCN OUT er TOWN.
absrrlbers leaving the city teas
porarlly should kat The) Bee
mailed to theaa. Address villi be
chanced aa often as requested
Do not grumble about the weather.
ngutt may be worse.
Electric fans are being denounced
i great germ disseminators. Doll the
fans.
The world-wide Theatrical trust la
to be capitalized at $100,000,000
Stage money?
"Uncle Joe" Cannon seems to be
lieve there Is an unwritten law against
tariff revision.
Senator Piatt Is expressing disgust
with modern day politicians. Au il
lustration of reciprocity.
General Miles says the United States
1b certain to lose tho Philippines some
day. General Miles is always optiiuls
. tic.
Corea is to be punished for plotting
egainst' Japan, but nothing is to be
done to Japan for plotting against
Corea.
If that Jury iu the Haywood case at
Boise agre3s it will do more than ,the
public will ever .be able to do about
that rase.
Judge Llndsey of Denver is lectur
ing before chautauquas on "The
Story of Mickey." It is not "our
man Mickey," however.
That new official map of Nebraska
showing the exact distances between
stations should, be In great demand
from former pnasholders.
Now that the grocerB' and botchers'
plculc has been duly pulled off the
weather jiiau may feel free to turn off
he heavenly water supply.
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"The trouble with the army Is that
there Is not enough of It," siys Secre
tary Taft. In other words, the array
Is not constructed on Taft lines.
.Colonel Bryan is at least showing a
conciliatory spirit. If his views do
;:ot meet the approval of the demo
cratic brethren he will alter them to
BUit
The explosion on the battleship
Georgia wag rrused by a "flarebuck."
That is also what happened to Colonel
Bryan's attitude on government own
rshij. The governor of North Carolina is
aot saying anything to the governor of
?outh Carolina these days. He Is
keeping his remarks for the federal
ludges.
A Detroit woman Is seeking a di
vorce because her husband brought
home a 'alklng machine. That woman
knows her rights and may be depended
on to assert them.
It Is now proposed to bunlsn the late
smpcror of Corea. The time is 411
ihcsen for tho enieror, as It is a little
lata for the Chautauqua season and
t30 early for vaudeville.
An opera singer jiibt arrived from
Berlin is to be deported because-sho
has no visible means of support. Ir
A case of that kind It would teem that
tudlble means of support would b.'
Just as good.
A special meeting of the Nebraska
Government Ownership league for pur
poses of dissolution is in order sine
Mr. Bryan has declared that govern
ment ownership of railroads is not an
h ' fr'"l;,x , A
Representatives of the National As-
eociatlon of Manufacturers are not
ready to accept the dlrtum of Senator
Hopkins of Illinois that the tariff re
vision question will not le taken up
until alter the next presidential elec
tion. Senator Hopkins, while not claim
ing to spruit fo the president, declares
that he got the Impression, during a
terent visit to Oyster Bay, that Presi
dent Roosevelt proposes to confine his
efforts at the coming session of con
gress to securing additional railway
legislation and enactments for the
regulation of trusts, and to defer the
tariff until after the election next
year. Undeterred by this outgiving,
the manufacturers have determined to
press upon the coming session of con
gress the necessity of prompt action
on the tariff. They will urge that a
special nonpartisan commission be ap
pointed, with seml-judiclnl functions,
to relieve the lawmakers of the detail
of taking testimony and present a re
port containing recommendations of a
practicable and reliable nature.
This demand for revision of tariff
schedules is significant, in view of the
fart, that the manufacturers, are the
greatest beneficiaries under the Ding
ley law. Prior to their recent annunl
meeting the entire membership of the
association was canvassed on tariff
revision. Of 1,800 replies 990, or 55
per cent, were for tariff revision, while
only 350, or about 20 per cent, op
posed revision; 8 per cent voted for
revision at some future date and 17
per cent expressed indifference. Out
of the seventy-seven Industries can
vassed fifty-six wanted revision, six
teen voted against It and five voted
for revision unler certain conditions.
This gives a fnlr Idea of the strength
of tariff revision among those classes
which enjoy rhe direct benefit of pres
ent schedules. In a letter, urging the
appointment of a nonpartisan com
mission to do the preliminary work,
Chairman Miles pf the legislative com
mittee say 8:
The last time congress revised the tariff
schedules moat of the work was done hv a
cler who had locomotor ataxia. President
McKlnley asked one of our boat members
to help out the revision committee, nnd he
was asked for advice on the tariff treat
ment of an article that he was manufactur
InK. This was one of the leading manu
factured articles of the 1'nlted States, the
chief competitors belnpr Rejijlum nnd Ger
many. He recommended that It be put on
the free list, and Fresldent McKlnlry sup
ported hla recoimnendntions. Finally It ap
peared In the Dlngley law with a 60 per
cent duty, cumbered with difficult pro
visions to such an extent that our member
still has difficulty flxurlng out hla own
schedules. The steel sche lules are so un
necessarily high that the manufacturers
and leadltiR republicans say ' that they
should he revised In the Interest of In
dustry and the republican party as well.
Now, while the country la so prosperous. Is
the best time for the readjustment. The
tariff on petroleum should also be changed.
I don't suppose one congressman In fifty
knows that It is protected 150 per cent.
There are many other Inaccuracies.
It Is proposed by the Manufacturers'
association to make this tariff commis
sion a permanent organization, with
annual recommendations to congress
on schedules that may need revision
and adjustment, thus avoiding the
conditions that now exlRt. The Ding
ley schedules have not been 'changed
for ten years, tnd, however strong
may be the opposition to a general
revision, no one questions the desira
bility of revision In certain lines. In
many Instances the renditions which
mnde the Dlngley schedules, appar
ently necessary have entirely disap
peared or have undergone radical
change, n Is claimed by the manu
facturers that a permnnent commis
sion, with enlarged powers, would in
sure a success to the movement that
failed to follow the work of the tariff
commission appointed in President
Arthur's administration. That com
mission had no power to subpoena
witnesses, but took the testimony of
volunteers, most of whom were seek
ing favors. Congress refused to accept
the report and passed a bill which
bore no resemblance to the measure
the commission recommended.
The history of all our tariff legisla
tion shows that business is unsettled
during consideration of tariff sched
ules. Undoubtedly the Ideal procedure
would be to create such n body of
tariff experts as the Natlopal Associa
tion of Manufacturers proposes, as
suming, of course, its fidelity to the
protective prlmlplo. If congress wers
to provide for a commission next
winter the effect would unquestion
ably be to minimise the disturbance
of business by tariff discussion In the
campaign next year.
ff()lJ.0 UL.i t'A RTRIDG F.S.
In defense of his own course in
congress, particularly in Tils fight
against the railroad rate law as urged
I y President Roosevelt, Senator Fora
ker explains that he believed the rate
bill was unconstitutional and still be
lieves it to be so. Then, with the tac
tics of the shrewd pleader, he asks
why the prosecutions against the
Standard Oil trust, the railroads and
other commercial and industrial com
binations are all brought under the
IClklns law, and not under the new
rate law. If the new law is constitu
ilonal and good law, asks the Ohio
senator, why does not the Department
of Justice use it, instead of falling
back on the Hiking law or the old
Sherman autl-trust law?
Senator Foraker's question la being
repeated and echoed in certain circles,
apparently for the purpose of making
political capital for the next campaign,
'jut the agitation of the question prom
ises to prove a boomerang. The prose
cutions carried on so vigorously in the
'as! year have been under the Elklns
'.uv, for the reatou that the offenses
complained of" were committed while
1. he Elklns law was in effect and before
le opera- f
effective '
the. The Elkitis law' became etfecti
In February, 1903, more tbau three
years before the rate law was enacted.
There Is now no separate Elkins law,
that measure having been Incorporated
In the new general rate law. Under
the new law, which took effect In June,
1906, the penalty of Imprisonment f.ir
violating its provisions, whjch was left
out of the Eiklns law, was restored
and the Elklns law strengthened In
other reRperts.
The new rate law may he applied to
prosecute anv violations committed 1
Pinre June, 1906, but the Department
of Justice frankly admits that prosecu
tions have not been commenced under
the new law because the offenses for
which punishment was provided by the
Elklns law have ceased. The system
of rebates, It Is asserted, has been
abandoned and the railroads every
where are apparently complying with
the orders nnd rulings of the Inter
state Commerce commission and ren
dering pro3ocutic ns in the courts un
necessary. The enactment of the new law seems
to have put an end to the rebate evil
and other special treatment of ship
pers favored by the railroads. While
Senator Foraker and his supporters
may retain their opinion of the un
constitutionality of the new rate law,
the railroads are harboring no delu
sions on the subject, or at least taking
no reckless chances.
KrRKFf:nAHr Y HOWltF.RK.
The people of 1lncoln are beginning' to
rcalire that A. E. Sheldon Is making a
campaign for a site for the new state
historical building that will compel them
to say one of these days what the- are
willing to do to meet the conditions Im
posed by the legislature In making the pre
liminary appropriation of 125,000 for a base
ment of one wing. The bill says that this
money shall become ..available when the
city of Lincoln has Riven Market square
for a site, or some other property of equal
value. The square has been appraised at
JfiO.OOn. This nieBtis that Lincoln must give
Up Market square-, dig up JfAflOO for another
site, or give up the building. It begins
to look as if it would be necessary to put
the new building on Market ( square or
nowhere. Nobody knows where the money
can be found for an alternate site to meet
the conditions of the law. Lincoln Journal.
Assuming that the proposed new
historical library building must be put
"on Market Square or nowhere," the
last alternative is far preferable. Con
ceding the desirability of new and
fireproof quarters for the collections
and library of the State Historical so
ciety, the $50,000 rite Is by no means
necessary, and to start a building by
puttlng $25,000 into the basement as
a cfub for future legislatures to make
indefinite appropriations to complete
It would be as unbusinesslike as it,
would be extravagant.
The place to put the proposed new
building is "nowhere," even though
It would Involve the lapsing of the
$25,000 appropriation. When the
state gets out of debt the. taxpayers of
Nebrnska may be ready to carry out
1 The Bee's suggestion for the erection
of a modern state house, with one
wing placed at the disposal of the
State library and the State Historical
society collection, on condition that
they Join forces.
CV7T1G Donx tax xr.rTio.s.
Over in Chicago a rule has Just
been adopt. d to stop the exemption
from taxation of property heretofore
escaping on pretext of use for charita
ble or religious purposes. Under this
ruling all the parsonages, occupied an
dwellings for clergymen and pastors,
are to go on the tax rolls the same as
the dwellings of other people. Under
! the same ruling all the hospitals not
open freely to charity patients are to
be taxed as private institutions.
The abuses which the Chicago tax
ing authorities are ti'ylug to stop
doubtless exist In more or less corre
sponding degree In Omaha and other
cities. Our method of exempting
property defined by law as nontaxable
leaves the door wide open. The pres
ent practice is for the assessor to omft
this property altogether on his own
Judgment. The law does not, how
ever, exempt property used for chari
table, educational end religious - pur
poses from assessment, but merely
from taxation and every piecf of prop
erty Irrespective of its use should be
assessed to bo exempted Bfterward
only on application duly verified be
fore the proper authorities.
Careful scrutiny of all those claims
to freedom from taxation would un
questionably add a large amount of
taxable property to the assessment
rolls and ft the same time give other
property owners appreciable relief.
Eureka! The democratic platform
pledge of dollar gas has been almost
redeemed. Tests by the city gas com
missioner show Improvement In the
heating and illuminating capacity
which the local democratic organ fig
ures as equivalent to a reduction in
price of 8 cents per thousand cubic
feet, and all the gas commissioner has
to do is to take another reef in his
testing Instruments to increase tho
saving to the equivalent of price re
duction to dollar gas. Blow, the siren
whistle! The last promissory note
with which Mayor "Jim" paid his
campaign expenses is on the point of
being taken up.
Mr. Harrlman's little scheme to
transform the dividends of the South
ern Pacific, now paid semi-annually at
2H per cent. Into quarterly payment?
of 1H iter cent, would increase the
rote of the dividend 1 per cent a year.
An extra 1 per cent dividend on the
$90,000,000 of Southern Pacific com
mon stork held by the Union Pacific,
would pour $900,000 more luto the
j Union Puciflc tiea.Airy and au addition
the amended rate law becam
of $900,000 to the Union Pnciflc in
revenue wauld be equivalent almost to
an additional per cent on the out
standing Unloi raclfic common stock.
As an expert in high finance Mr. liar
riman Is not to be beat.
The state of 'Nebraska is a good
deal bigger than the city of Lincoln,
notwithstanding the fact that Lincoln
Is the state capital. The State Rail
way commission has plenty of pressing
problems of statewide importance to
demand Its attention in precedence of
a squabble between local Lincoln
street railway factions. The railway
commission should notify the Llncoln
ites that they will have to take a back
seat and wait until after the questions
affecting the whole state are adjusted.
If the democratic bosses succeed in
fixing up a slate for tho democratic
county committee without waiting for
the primary election they may be ex
pected then to try their hand at
manipulating the republican nomina
tions. If the democratic steerera
could name aH the tickets they might
expect to win out for some of the
offices.
Senator Tillman declares that Secre
tary Taft "has honeety, capability, the
mental caliper to administer the office
of president and hns sufficient Individ
uality to be chief executive In fact as
well a In name." Senator Foraker
says he Is glad no democrat ever nom
inated him for office. ' A pin point is
big enough for those Ohio leaders to
base' a fight on.
Alleged defects of the primary elec
tion law appear to be seriously dis
tressing our democratic friends. But
when the bill for direct nominations
was pending In the leglslciure the
democrats made no visible move to
cure the defects or to Improve the
law. Under such conditions they
should be estopped from complaining.
From the silence prevalent in that
direction it must be inferred that the
French wina growers have either
Etarved to death tr are sleeping off
the effects of overindulgence in their
product.
A call has been issued for a meet
ing of the populist state committee.
The populist state chairman must have
concluded that it will take a count of
noses to discover how many of them
are left.
King Edward still insists that men
who want to be elevated to the peerage
must appear before him In person. He
does not need the money bad enough
to do a mail order business in titles.
"Men are much more agile than
formerly," says Dr. Wiley. Yfs, in
deed. Some chauffeurs are complain
ing that it is almost impossible to hit
r.n experienced pedestrian these days.
Harts the Melon I'rop.
Indianapolis News.
Naturally the express companies object to
obeying the Nebraska Railroad commis
sion's order to reduce rates. What would
become of the melon crop?
A Forgotten Hcnef motor.
Chicago Record-Herald.
A Nebraska man Is producing gns from
cornstalks. What, by the way, has become
of the Pennsylvania man who discovered
bow to put the coal trust out of business by
burning ashes?
Nebraska's Gnu Resources.
Washington Post.
In Nebraska' they have discovered a
way to manufacture gas from corn stalks,
which seems a lot of unneceFsary trouble
when they have so many uble political
orators In that state.
Worml-ir I'p to Its Opportunities.
Baltimore American.
Time avenpes all things, evn the weather
man. The people who were complaining
that the chilly June was unseasonable can
not criticise the way in which July Is
warming up to Its opportunities for keeping
up the record.
1'ose of One "('allured Man.'
Kansas City Star.
"And what Is a cultured man but a cruel
tyrant always?" asked Clarence Durrow In
his defense of Haywood at Uolse. But Mr.
Darrow was not altogether Just to the "cul
tured man." He is not always a "cruel
tyrant." ttametlmcs he is only a lawyer
resorting to the speech of a demagogue In
order to help his client.
Simplifying- Telephone Competition.
New York Tribune.
A federal court In the eBt holds that a
telephone company must take business from
Us rival. If the dec ision should be affirmed
011 appeal a formidable objection to grant
ing franchises to more than one company
In any community would 'apparently be
removed. If a man were enabled to talk
to every other telephone subscriber In town
without Installing two sets of hiFtrumrnts
or paying practically a double rate com
petition would And new supporters.
Persistence of .National Prosperity.
New York Tribune.
The enormous growth of our foreign
trade in the last year is one more proof of
the persistence of national prosperity. The
United States Is becoming every year more
efficient industrially and mnre a factor In
the world's trade and production. It is be
coming less and lies a debtor and more
and more a creditor nation. 80 long as
this general process continues we shall en
Joy an eia er naxional expansion, good
times and all around activity.
Cost of the i:iUs' Convention.
Philadelphia North American.
What did the vacation tiip of a we. k to
the big convention cost the Elks? This Is a
iiiatlu iualh al proposition with which the
mathematical n.lnds f the order are wrest
ling for their own information. A summary
of the most obvious expenses, based on the
minimum and most conservative estimates
obtainable, makes the following showing of
the cost to the Elks of tf.elr vaiiun trip
to Philadelphia:
Railroad fares i00
Hotel bills, meals en route and
sleef-lns car furei 1.0 0 0 0
Incidental t xpeiises in Philadelphia
and on side trips ieoo)
gaertnee In salaries and business.. C00.(
Total cost of trip, excluding
badges, costumes, etc tl 2v.0
AU of this money "IUU Klk " contributed
from his private purse and e.nt Into the
gueil circulation,
OTHER l.AMM Til 41 Ot'HS.
The ministry of Premier Clemenceau of
Fiance, alter W io'ng siege of stormy legis
lative nagging, is free to rule as ft wills.
Tho legislative assembly is "off Its hands."
Passing victorious through fierce political
contention and Internal disorder, a season
ot repose xinust be a welcome change for
the ministers. The tactical skill shown In
! handling discordant legislative factions so
i as to secure a majority In every test
I reached the plane of masterful strategy
! In deferring to a future session considera
tion of the new income tax bill. All sec
tions of the assembly seemed desirous of
hammering that measure, and the foxy
Clemenceau, noting the direction of the air
currents, concluded the measure was not
an urgent one, shelved It. and rheerfully
uureed to an adjournment over summer.
The proposed income tax Is an enlargement
of existing law and Is designed to Increase
gocrnment revenue by a substantial sum.
Taxation In other directions hns reached
the limit apparently, and yet the revenue
does not keop pace with the constantly
growing expense bills. Taxeaters are sap
ping the life blood of the state. About ono
out of every twenty-six of the adult popula
tion holds public office, and the cra-o for
public Jobs surpasses the epidemic which
seizes Americans When a change of admin
istration occurs. In France, ns here, the
pie dispensing politicians endeavor to In
crease their power with more offices and
the mania has carried the state to the
doors of- an empty treasury. Increasing
the load on the overburdened producers
shows how desperate has become the finan
cial situation In France.
Ocrmnny has established by law the
property rights of the individual In works
of art and In photographs. The law went
Into effect on July 1, and Is described as
being of far-reaching Importance "to
artists, business men and, Indeed, to tho
general public," particularly because It
deals In detail with the right to one's
own picture or photograph. Primarily the
law lays down the rule that the right
to reproduce a picture belongs to the per
son who ordered the portrait, or his legal
successor. This Is qualified, however, by a
clause which specifies that the circulation
of such a picture, or Its exhibition In public,
Is permissible only with the consent of
the person pictured. This Is necessary, be
cause he who orders a picture Is obviously
by no means always Identical with the sub
ject. If several people are photographed
st the same time, the consent of every
one "of them Is necessary before the pic
tures can he made public. In event of the
death of the subject publication cannot be
had for ten years without the consent
of the "surviving consort, parents or chil
dren." It Is also specified that In the ab
sence of these near relatives It Is not
necessary to get the consent of brothers
and sisters. In the event of there being
no surviving relatives of the classes speci
fied, there can he no reproductions ex
cept by the original person who gave the
order or his legal heir a requirement
which, as the Perlln T.ieoMitt nolnt" "'it.
will greatly restrict the privileges of pho
tographers. Tt appears that tho leaders of the am
Prltlsh agitation In India are doing theU
best to enlist the sympathies of the Jap
anese In their movement. For sotno time
fhey have been Insisting, In their press
organs, that the Japanese by their victory
over Russia have put an end to the no
tion that the Oriental, as compared with
the European, Is deficient in bravery and
Intelligence. A good many of these agi
tators are students In various technical
schools and colleges In Japan, and are In
dustriously pushing their political propa
ganda. They are proclaiming everywhere
that the beneficial effect of British rule In
the development of Indian etvlllzntlon hns
ben vastly overrated. Mr'tlsh '-li-infii-tlon.
they say. Is often attended by the
grossest Injustice, and the government. Is
really a hotbed of snroulderlng revolu
tion. There seems to be good reason for
believing that they have succeeded In
creating" an Impression among certain
classes of the Japanese and some of thfl
less Influenthil newspapers. At all events,
Count Okuma. st a recent grden party to
a number 'of Indian students, thought It
worth while, In a welcoming address, to
speak In warm terms of the good work
wrought by the British administration In
1 India, and to warn the students against the
folly of attempting to overthrow It, or of
cherishing schemes which could only re
sult In their own discomfiture.
Foiled by the House of Ixirds In enact
ing their education bill, the liberal govern
ment are carrying Into effect some of their
educational reforms by a simple adm'nis
trative process. An appropriation of lr.
000 for the establishment of public ele
mentary schools, Is being carried on a
supply bill which the lords cannot touch,
and this is evidently the thin end of the
wedge since these supply bills may be
passed every year. The government has
also found educational organization, which
was denounced by the lords as a squint
toward borne rule. Most vital Is the policy
of the government to grant more public
money for the support' of secondary schools
that agree to abolish all sectarian obliga
tions than it does to schools that remain
under denominational control. The gov
ernment has also compelled all training
colleges to adopt a conscience clause under
penalty of forfeiting government aid.
Wherever It has been able to find a legal
way to force its policy upon the existing
educational system by methods of admin
istration, the government has not hesitated
to do so. Bitterly attacked for doing by
such means what It has been unable to
secure direct legislative sanction for, the
liberals retort that they are Justified In
their course because the lords wrecked
their bill.
At the time when the king- of Spain mar
ried an English princess, there were ru
mors that a British syndicate had bought
the picturesque Island of Cortegade in
order to build on it two palaces, one for
Edward VII. the other for Alfonso. In
r-slity, the island has been bought for the
Sl avish king alone, and given to him as a
pre- nt by the Oalliclan communities ot
VMlajrarcla. Carrll. Vlllapian, Camadoea,
Fifiranes and Santo Tome communities
which have often profited greatly by ths
presence of the English fleet In Spanish
waters during , maneuvering time. The
Island. Cortegade, situated In Arosa bay,
Is densely wooded and mountainous. It
has been Inhabited hitherto by eighteen
families of about pm Individuals, all of
whom will leave, having received proper
compensation. The only condition they
made was that the chapel of the Encarna
clon. on the highest point of the Island,
be left Intact. The Island Is to be con
nected with the mainland by a bridge about
inn meters long. The king Is much pleased
with the present, and Intends to build
within the next three vears a palace which
will cost about io.vvofm pesetas, and the
plans for which have already been sketched
by the court architect. Pfnor Rlpolles. The
cornerstone Is to be laid this month.
Heal Bond of Sympathy.
Kansas City Times.
The railroads complain that the Increased
cost of operating expenses and the advance
In ;he prcea of materials have practically
wiped out all the "net earnings" of the
last year's business. If this Is nslly the
CHfa It will establish one more bond r.f
sympathy between the people and the
rallroa ls. The truMs have served the pc-o-
vie the tiinc way
POLITICAL. DRIFT,
The collateral Inheritance tag In Massa
ehusetts yielded 1712.0CO last year.
Heniy Watterson'a "dark horse" candi
date for the presidency on ths democratic
ticket la a blond.
Pittsburg sends note of sympathy to
Pan Francisco. Ffty years ago the
Smoky City puts Its mayor In Jail for
disturbing the peace.
Soundings establish the fact that ths
water Into which Mr. Fairbanks Jumped
Was thirty feet deep, so that he must have
gone In at least up to bis neck.
Among the great reforms In operation In
Texas Is the statutory requirement of
nine foot sheets In boarding house beds.
Australia will have to hurry If It would
retain Its laurels.
Much surprise Is expressed In political
circles in Pennsylvania because the gov
ernor Insists that applicants for appointive
Jobs must have some knowledge of the
work they undertake to d.
Ixiuls F. Pain, a veteran plebttlng poli
tician of New York, bemoans the evil times
that hsve came to his business In the
empire state. There Is no one left In the
marble capltnl at Albany with sufficient
respect for his experience ,-ind appetite to
offer him a crust.
Pennsylvania is a grest state ns a
revenue producer. With nhout $6.ononn
wasted or stolen on the capltol trimmings,
there was still money enough to raise the
school appropriation by 14.0no.onn. and now
the highway commission reports that there
are nearly 5,0no.nro available for road Im
provements in the next year.
Ohio's younger sons have done pretty
well In New York. P. Tecumseh Sherman,
son of General Sherman, Is state labor
I commissioner ana t rancls Key Pendleton.
son 01 me ramous I nlted States Senator
George H. Pondleton, la corporation coun
sel for New York City. Senator Pendleton
was the vice presidential candidate on the
ticket headed In 1SG4 by (lcnral McClellan.
He was the father of the present system of
civil service, local, state and national.
THK PEOIM.K A.r TIIU ItAII.HOAD
Ko Hostility to I.esrMlninte Business
of Transportation Companies.
Kansas City Star.
The doctrine emphasised by Oovernor
Folk In his contention with Justice Brewer,
that the people may safely be trusted to
give the railroads a square deal In the
matter of legislation for the regulation of
railroads, Is the "stono of stumbling" with
the transportation companies. But It is the
very vital and fundamental principle In
volved In the theory of self-government.
If the people are not to be trusted In the
matter of railroad legislation by what
process of reasoning could It be assumed
that they have the capacity to act In leg
islating for the individual citizen!
The most serious blunder the railroads
have made Is in the assumption that the
people are hostile to public service corpor
ations. As a matter of fact the people have
been more liberal with these enterprises
than with any other class of business j
ventures. They have discriminated in favor
of the railroads . with public aid In the
matter of legislation and in forbearance
with the abuse of privileges. They have
not guarded their own Interests as they
should have done In restraining and limit- j
Ing the power of railroads nnd other public
service corporations to plunder and op
press th. public.
There la -o enmity anywhere In America
against rr"-o-oads as business enterprises.
There Is 1.9 hostility to the legitimate
business of the roads. The people rejoice
In their prosperity and take real pride In
the progress of t! :r development. Such a
thing has never ben nown In America as
complaint against the hiriest earnings of a I
railroad company or ability to pay
dividends on Its capital stock.
A demand that the supremac of govern- i
ment shall be maintained and . rail nads
subjected to the people's laws Is n. evl- I
dence of hostility. The interpretation o."
enmity in such legislation Is merest sM-
iti-
if.
pldity on Hie part of the railroad man
era.
IIKAT IN CITII!:.
Cnotinnnry Lessons Drawn from Phil
adelphia's Experience.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The thousands of prostrations along the
route ot the Klks' great procession In Phil
adelphia Is a reminder of the dangers of
a blazing hot day under such circumstances.
It must be remembered that population Is !
growing and that the paving nnd archi
tecture of cities tend to store up heat and
cut off breezes. Philadelphia lias nearly
l.BOO.nno people and the most of them
wanted to see the parade with 85,000 men
nnd countless ingenious devices In line.
The marchers were exposed to the full
force of the sun and many In the vns
crowd along the sidewalks were In a like
position. It is said that but for the storm
that came up the number overcome would
have been tens of thousands, and the fig
ures nro hardly an overestimate. Standing
In one place In a city street under the rays
of a midsummer sun Is a test that few
could endure or would think of attempting
under ordinary circumstances.
Though It has certain great merits, the
American climate In Its extremes Is not
to be trifled with. Especially Is this true
of the heated term In cities where the nar.
rowed circulation of air nnd the caloric
held by pavements and walls reduce the
natural means of relief. Inhabitants of
cities are not accustomed to exposure
to the sun and are cut off from the re
storative .atmosphere of the open country.
At the same time their occupations are
more Intensive. It Is essential that they
keep as cool ns they can. Crush parades
In July are perilous according to the state
of the weather. One cause assigned for
many prostrations in Philadelphia was ill
ness from adulterated lemonade. Chemicals
are a poor substitute for fruit Juice, and
the pure food Inspwctors ought to get busy
along this line. But for the gathering
clouds the health authorities of Phila
delphia would have been completely ever-whelmed.
SATURDAY
I HAVE ABOUT ?00 8TKAW HATH Ltr-i
WHICH WE WANT TO SELL SATURDAY. SO
HAVE MADE THE FOLLOWING PRICES TO
CLOSE THEM OUT:
Any ot our Men's Straw Hate (except Panamas)
for $1.00
These Include sailors as well as the soft
styles and sold aa high as $3.50.
Any of our boys' and children's Straw Hats at
half prlce Former prices 60c to $5, now 25c
to $2.50
f
If vou Intend to wear another
any time, here's your opportunity.
Our 20 per cent discount sale of light weight clothing is still
attracting judges of quality.
25 per cent discount on all children's Wash Suits.
WE CIXJSE SATURDAY EVENING AT 0 O'CLOCK
downing, King & Co
R. S. WILCOX, Manager.
ANOTHER "BE5KVOI ICST TBI T
Oecttoa Thread Combine Boosts Prices
ky warn!.
Boston Transcript.
Cotton thread la going up. Housewives
knew this, deplore It and are much nnstl- '
fled thereby. The figures akd for thin
Indispensable article of dally use In every
home begin to recall "war prices." From
4 cents a spool the retail cent has grsdn
ally ndvnnced t.i (I or 7 rents, and there li
6 rumor that the mandate hns gone forth
from the great combination which controls
thread-making In America that in cents
shall ultimately be tho regular retail price
fnr an ordinary spool of cotton.
But the t'nlted States government may
have something to say about this, for tha
Department of Justice at Washington la
engaged In a preliminary Inquiry Into the
arTairs of the Amerlran Thread company,
with a view to lepsl proceedings agalnat
It as one of the "had trusts" which hsva
mnde maladroit use of their tremendoua
power.
Making all proper allowance for the ad
vance In actual manufacturing charges, It
Is difficult to understand or to defend such
an enormous Increase m retail prices.
Against the higher cost of the rsw ma
terial and the higher wages of the opera
tives there ought to be set in all falmesa
" nirauy increased vol
ume of production and of Improved pro
cesses of manufacture. If the combination
of wealthy capitalists which dominates the
American thread-making Industry does ac
tually contemplate forcing retail dealers to
demand in cents a spool for cotton thread
there will be a swift Intensifying of popu
lar Impatience with certain abuses of tha
protective tariff system. Whether It Is al.
sys absolutely logical or not, such an Im
patience Is certainly very human, very
natural, and as Inevitable ns the rising and
retting of the sun.
It Is well known that Immense fortunea
have been made In thread manufacturing
In this country, and made by Interests
which were originally alien to America. In
fact. It Is often asserted that the actual
mastery of thread-making business here
Is held In the fnlted Kingdom. The Coatsea
and tho Clarke are rich and powerful Brit
ish manufacturers. They control the Kng
lish Sewing Cotton company, ami It Is de
clared that the Knullsh Sewing Cotton
company controls the American Thread
company. Thus, the Industry here is held
firmly In the grip of one of those hu-e
International combinations, or world-trusts,
the reff-iil-tlnn nf n.l.l..U l ...
.,, ... , r ln(t n1nt (
stupendous tasks destined to confront the
political economists and the legislators of
the future on both sides of the Atlantic
i f.v tii:-is.
I should think you'd go stow," said tha
cautious friend. "Hon know, as Lin
coln aaiil. -You ran fool all the peopla
some of the time ami some of the''
That's all right." Interrupted Skinner,
but I find It's always possible to fnol
enough of the people enough of the time."
Philadelphia Prexs.
Pealer-Tlils parrot doesn't use bad lan
guage. Miss Bawstun Perfectly awful. Why I
beard him split an Infinitive. New York
Sun.
"Why do you railway men Insist on hav
ing such large dividends?"
"Why," answered Mr. Dustln Stag, "so
that we can own automobiles nnd escapa
the annoyance of riding In our own cars."
Washington Star.
"Hnve you ever contributed nnythlng to
the Atlantic?" asked the young woman
ironi noston.
"I should say I had." renlled the C
cngo llterateur. "On my first trip over1
liionriiju'en everyining 1 ate ror nearly
week." Chicago Record-Herald.
Of course. It's a very pretty suit." snld
Miss Angles, "but It's so cheap I'm afraid
to take it. I'm afraid before I'd worn It
long It would lose Its shape." ,
"O, of course," replied Miss Knox, '"but
ihen you could pad It generously." Phila
delphia Press.
! "T!,e theatrical people are forming a
wori-1 trust."
nd now. I presume, ths pnuper Jokes of
I Frfj.'ope w. crowd the home product from
:ii comic opera, field." Philadelphia Press.
"Was : scientifically possible for Me.
the-.ela'- to have lived 800 years7"
"Not -11 those early times when there
was neither whls-y nor tobacco."' Ht.
Louis P-N't-l.lHpat'-:i.
The archlt-t 1'ilsted upon having hi
way as to v'ie 'mansions of rooms nnd
halls.
"You do not u lerstand these things," he
said to the owner.
"Hut- I understand tb- dimensions of 4
mortgage all right." 8 ft-- the owner. Badly.
-Philadelphia Ledger.
"I wonder if Mars reallv Is inhabited. "
"Don't know, but If Saturn l HI bet the
politicians own It."
Think so?"
"Certainly; can't you nee the rlna ?"-
Washington Herald.
"What's the speed limit here?"
"There ain't any. The judge looks 'em
over and fines 'em what he thinks they've
got." Baltimore American.
"The minister Is going to preach next
time oh original sin."
"I think," declared Mrs. Smartset, "we
all ought to go.''
"Why?"
"Because sin nowadays Is no unoriginal."
Philadelphia Press.
A SI'MMF.H BOARDER.
New York Times.
She's just a Bummer boarder.
I'npoIlHhed, I'll allow.
She bristles nt the pumplrrn
She ennnot milk n cow.
She's most unsympathetic
At coops and stalls and sties,
But three times oh! and ply the hoe!
Wot eyes she has wot eyes!
She's Just a Summer boarder,
rnflnished, I'll aver.
The flute-like call of cabbage
Means nothln' murh to. her,
She s ojus to tha turnip
And worse to home-made pies.
Out throe times wow! and steer the plow
Wot eyes she has wot eyes!
She's just a Summer boarder,
t'ntutored. 1 confess.
Indifferent to hsystaeks,
t'ncountrlfied In dress,
Intolerant to skeeters,
I nladyllke to flies, -..1.
But three times ball! snd swing tha fintb
Wot eyes she has wot eyes!
Straw Hat now, sometime or
