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Charles C. Rosewater. general manager
of The Bee Publishing Company, being
duly sworn, says that the actual number
of full and complete cop!'" of Tha Dally
Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed
during tha month of July. 19u7, was aa
follows:
1 ' 86JJ40 IT 88.700
I 88,190 It... 86,480
1 36,180 1. 88,810
4 86,600 10 88,880
1 38,840 21 88,850
( , 38,480 SI 37,870
T 88,800 21 36,870
1 86,800 24 36,680
t 36,810 It 36,480
10 86,840 . 26 86,400
11 86,420 17 36,700
12 86.380 2l.i 36.4O0
IS 86,240 St 41,370
14 88,600 It 36,880
It 86,780 tl 36,890
It 86,690
Total 1,133,380
Less unsold and returned copies. . 10,338
Net total 1,181,888
Daily average 38,183
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WHEN OUT OP TOWN.
Subscribers leaving tha elty ten
porarlly ahould have Tha Baa
mailed to them. Address will be
changed aa often aa requested.
Strlkeless telegraphy would be ap
preciated even more than wireless tel
egraphy. News of the Foraker presidential
boom Is evidently being delayed In
transmission.
i
It,l now asserted that peanuts have
great .food value. Sure. Some poli
ticians apparently live on them.
Speaking of melons and cucumbers,
eveft nature 1b guilty of putttlng a lot
of vjatered stock on the market.
If Attorney General Bonaparte cares
to know it, be has incurred the su
premo displeasure of Wall Btreet.
Incidentally, several new arguments
are being offered in favor of the gov
ernment ownership of telegraph lines.
Mr. Harrlman says that his policy
1b "to make his railroads pay divi
dends." He should have added, "and
evade taxes." . ,
It is now pretty well established that
Mrs. Eddy' has been dodging her taxes.
That ought to end all argument as to
her mental state.
The telegraph companies and the
strikers both express satisfaction with
tha situation. If it makes any differ
ence, the publlo is far from satisfied.
Whatever the peace conference at
The Hague may decide, Richard Pear
son Hobson wants It understood that
ho proposes to remain on a war foot
ing. Jesse Grant says there are 4,000,000
democrats in this country who are fit
to bo president. That beats Mr. Bry
art's count of the available by Just
.,..
It would be worth while to hold the
democratic national 1 convention at
Louisville Just to sea how Colonel Wat-
terson will perform when Bryan is
nominated.
Chancellor Day condemns Judge
Landia. It la too bad Chancellor Day
Is not In Judge Landls' Jurisdiction, In
order that tha court might practice
reciprocity.
A negro Chautauqua lecturer has
denounced Senator Tillman as
cheap, sensationalist." The negro
mistaken. Tillman gets about $300 a
performance.
"Halt of tha paragraphera do not
know what they are talking about'
says tha Florida Times-Union. That's
all right, so long as the readers do not
get wise to it.
Mr. Taft la going. to speak In Ohio
tonight and will probably tell soma of
his political opponents a few things
they have been clamoring for but do
not want to heaf. !
Tha striking telegraphers have be
gun Issuing long-winded statements
explaining tha why and wherefore to
tha public This. looks Ilka whistling
to keep up courage.
Soma ovenealoua democrat is ob
jecting to tha publicity with which
Mayor "Jim" hitches himself up with
Colonel Bryan. Tha next thing wa
know tha Dahlman Democracy will ba
raaolntlng against Colonel Bryan for
'getting publicity by bitching himself
usi sltk Mayor -Jim."
FLAX TOR A PARCELS POST.
Postmaster General Meyer's an
nouncement of intention to recommend
to cbngrees the establslhment, or
rather the enlargement, of the parcels
post system is certain to arouse the op
position of the interests that have for
many years successfully opposed every
effort to advance the postal service in
well Indicated lines. This opposition,
however, will serve to show some of
the analogue situations in the postal
service.
A resident of Omaha, for example,
may mall a package weighing eleven
pounds and send it anywhere in the
civilised world, except to points in the
United States, the limit in this' country
being four pounds. The eleven-pound
package proposition is provided for in
the treaties and agreements of the In
ternational Postal union. Anyone may
send an eleven-pound package from
Omaha to Shanghai through the malls,
but he must patronize an express com
pany to send an eleven-pound package
to Papllllon.
Opposition to the extension of the
parcels-post system comes from two
sources, the more potent of which is
the express company combine, which
has been powerful enough in the past
to defeat every such measure. These
companies have reaped an enormous
harvest from transporting small pack
ages which the friends of the parcels
post system contend should b sent
through the malls. The express com
panies divide millions annually among
their stockholders, mostly derived
from the small parcel business, on
which an exceedingly high rate is
charged. It Is contended that the Post
office department could handle this
business at much less cost to the pub
lic and at the same time augment the
revenues of the postal service.
The second source of opposition
comes from the merchants In rural
districts, who contend that the parcels
post system would enable the big mall
order houses in the cities to cut fur
ther Into their business. There is a
well-grounded suspicion that most of
this opposition is cooked up by the ex
press companies for the purpose of
frightening members of congress. It is
not generally believed that the opposi
tion of the country merchant Is as deep
set as some of the leaders in the op
position to the parcels-post system are
claiming.. The fact remains that the
United States is one of the few coun
tries that does not recognize the par-
eels-post as a well established postal
function, and it is difficult to see how
anything but good can come from Gen
eral Meyer's determination to press the
subject before congress.
TBLLUW FEVER IN CUBA.
The outbreak of yellow fever at
Cienfuegos, Cuba, resulting already In
nine deaths, including three United
States soldiers, has started a searching
investigation by the arm medical au
thorities into the causes and the action
necessary for prompt suppression. The
recurrence of the epidemic is particu
larly disturbing to the medical author
ities of the army, as it is practically
the first time yellow fever has gained
any headway since the American forces
cleaned up Havana and other Cuban
towns immediately after the Spanish
American war. Since that time yellow
fever cases have been remarkably rare
in the districts in which an epidemic
of it used to claim thousands of vic
tims every year.
The army authorities have already
sent 100 experienced men ta Cien
fuegos to clean up the town, which is
in bad condition owing to the neglect
of tha local health board. While scien
tists have won a goodly portion of the
publlo to their theory that the yellow
fever spread is due to the work of a
particular brand of mosquito, the fact
remains that the remedy for the dis
ease is a general cleaning up of the in
fested locality and tha Improvement
of sanitary conditions. This was the
process in Havana, where American
sanitary methods succeeded in wiping
out the yellow fever scourge. It was
tried with success on tha Panama canal
tone and was completely successful in
New Orleans a few years ago.
Tha yellow fever germ may be car
ried by mosquitoes, but the fact re
mains that the germ finds no breeding
place where proper sanitary regula
tions are rigidly enforced. The pres
ent outbreak of the disease will doubt
less ba followed by renewed discus
sion of the mosquito theory, but the
chances are that Cienfuegos is simply
paying tha penalty of disregarding san
ltary precautions.
TUB BUSINESS OUTLOOK.
While Wall street stocks slumped
last week to a level as low as that of
the 1901 panic, bank clearings of the
country for the week were larger than
the corresponding week of last year,
when the stock market was near Its
highest level. Bradstreet's reports
that the trade of the country Is heavier
than has been known for years at this
season of tha year. The plgiron output
for July, tha basis of the steel trade,
was 22 per cent larger than for July
of last year. Customs receipts for July
ware 18 per cent greater than for the
same period last year. Internal rev
enua receipts for tha last year were
$20,000,000 In excess of tha receipts
for tha year ending with June, 1906.
Railway gross earnings are larger than
ever before In the nation's history and
net earnings have shown an' increase
for every month in the year. .The Con
struction News reports building busl
ness throughout tha country far in ex
cess of that of the midsummer of last
year. Real estate is reasonably firm
Collections are good. Employment is
abundsnt and wages steady. Crop con
dltlons have Improved to that a Uld
almost 88 large as that of last year is I
assured and prices are certain to be aa
good or better than last year. More
money will come to the farmers for
their cereals and live stock than came
last year and the railroads are assured
all the grain traffic they can possibly
handle. Everything indicates a pros
perous business year for the entire
country, with the possible exception of
in the speculative Industry, better
known as Wall street, New York,
U. S. A.
MISSOURI RIVER NAVIGATION.
Kansas City la exulting over the ar
rival there during the past week of
two freight steamers, which came up
the Missouri river from St. Louis.
The Kansas City Star estimates a sav
ing of approximately $1,500 to Kan
sas City shippers on the cost of car
riage of these cargoes and predicts
that the time will come when the Hav
ing will be several times this amount
every day. The Star goes on to say:
The economic value of river shipping be
comes Irrefutable when It la demonstrated
by cargo after cargo, and tha river will be
mora and mora utilised as It la improved
for shipping purposes and as additional
boats are placed at tha disposal of the
shippers. It seems almost Incredible, even
from tha close retrospect that must be
taken, that when the boat Una waa first
proposed It met with strong opposition
from many shippers, and that when tha
enterprise waa promoted it took hard work
to form an effective organisation. But
river shipping- has been established; it has
come to stay; it will stay to expand and
flourish and to save millions In tha end to
the people of the Missouri valley.
What is being done by Kansas City
toward utilizing the Missouri river as
a waterway for freight shipments can
bo done by Omaha aa well. At any
rate, the Missouri river can be made as
navigable between Omaha and Kansas
City as it is between Kansas City and
St. Louis, and the advantages of water
carriage can be shared in by our city
as well as by its competitors further
down the stream.
This result cannot, perhaps, be
brought about in a day nor In a year,
but it is sure to follow systematized
improvement of our waterways. The
initiative of Kansas City, however, at
tracting general publlo attention, em
phasizes the practicability of steam
boat lines to that point, and Omaha,
to get the same attention, will have
to demonstrate the practicability of
the Missouri river as a waterway north
of Kansas City. What is necessary
now is for our people to investigate
and study this question and to wake
up to a full realization of its impor
tance. The men engaged in the telegra
phers' strike in Omaha are to be com
mended for the good behavior and
strict discipline maintained up to this
time. It would naturally bo expected
that idleness would lead to more or
less licentiousness" and occasional ' dis
turbance and disorder. Former teleg
raphers' strikes have witnessed
much lawless interference with per
sons and property, intimidation, vio
lence, wire cutting and similar depre
dations, but nothing of the kind has so
far been reported. The striking teleg
raphers evidently realize that seri
ous misbehavior would quickly array
publlo opinion against them.
All four of the republican candi
dates for district Judge filed on the
democratic ticket have come out defi
nitely as to which primary they expect
to abide by and that they will be
guided solely by the votes cast on tha
republican side. It any or all of these
candidates should receive the repub
llcan nomination they will be perfectly
Justified in accepting tha proffered
democratic support, but it is no more
than right that the republicans should
have this assurance that tha repub
lican nominees will not have to con
test later with other republicans bear
ing democratic labels.
The disinterested distress of the
democratic World-Herald over tha fac
tional fight turning on republican
candidates for supreme Judge calls for
great gobs of sympathy. As soon as
the primary is over the World-Herald
will be commiserating with the de
feated republican, whoever he may be,
and attempting to keep open the sores
by pouring -in brine. If Nebraska
democrats were not so wedded to pea
nut politics they might occasionally
land somewhere.
I
Oklahoma democrats ara appealing
to democrats all over the country for
financial help to enable thorn to com'
plete, statehood by the adoption of the
new constitution with a view to voting
Oklahoma in the electoral college next
year. It would be one of those regular
old April fool Jokes If the democrats
put up the money to bay Oklahoma's
way into the union, only to find the
presidential vote of Oklahoma piled up
In the republican column.
Former Adjutant General Barry is
to get a hand-out of nearly $1,000
from the federal treasury for services
In recruiting Nebraska volunteers In
the lata war with Spain. General
Barry's services consisted chiefly in
t.elplng Colonel Bryan raise his fa
mous Third Nebraska regiment, which
never got within range of tha smell
of powder. But that was not General
Barry's fault.
A severe pruning will ba required
on some of the numerous bond propo
sitions in Incubation for springing on
the voters of Omaha and Douglas
county this fall. There can. ba too
much of a good thing.
The Moors are called fanatics be
cause they fight to the death in defense
of what they conceive to ba their
lights. The difference between bravery
an fanaticism is frequently One of
viewpoint.
The state fairs are about to make
their annual debut according to sched
ule. If the Nebraska State fair truly
reflects the prosperous condition of
agriculture in this state it will be a
hummer and the same is true with
reference to the Iowa State fair, which
is to be pulled off first.
North Dakota has filed its claim for
0,000 harvest hands at $3 per day,
with fried chicken for supper. The
army of the unemployed In Wall street
might take advantage of this opportun
ity. If It is true that old Bill Quantrell Is
alive out in British Columbia he ought
to send down to Topeka for his skull,
which has been on exhibition in a mu
seum there for twenty odd years..
Newspapers should be more careful
against misquoting Mr. Harriman's
statements in Interviews. He gets into
trouble enough when his statements
are taken down verbatim.
Ida Tarbell says "the men In the
Standard Oil company like the collec
tive sense.' The impression has been
that the Standard's strong point was
Its collective ability.
Relief for a High Roller.
St. Louis Qlobc-Democrat.
An American tourist in Europe was
robbed of $100,000 he was carrying on his
person. Americans are understood to have
good rolls, but are not accustomed to
provide ao liberally for the day's expenses.
A Republican Characteristic.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Meanwhile," says a democratlo paper.
'the surplus Is to go on rolling up." Tills
Indictment of the republican party Is not
unfounded. Republican politics not only
tend toward a surplus, but a bigger one
than is expected.
Poverty of Speech and Slang.
Philadelphia Ledger.
If slang were eliminated the vocabulary
Of many persons would be exceedingly
meager. Nothing Indicates poverty of
thought and language more certainly than
the excessive use of elans;. Americans may
or may not be peculiarly addicted to this
vulgarity. It Is evident that with all our
schooling the language of the atreet Invades
Circles where purity of speech is supposed
to be carefully observed and guarded.
Not Fines, bat Jails.
New York Times.
However appalling it may be to railroad
presidents and the responsible officers of
the corporations. Attorney General Bona
parte's declaration that "It la the avowed
purpose of the Department of Justice to
prosecute criminally any. ona who Is really
responsible for violations of the anti-trust
law" ought to reassure stockholders and
investors. A multimillionaire corporation
president In prison or in a common Jail
would suffer acutely. under tha shame, the
humiliation and tha physical discomfort of
Ms punishment. ' VIlgatockholders might
deeply sympathize with him, but they
would be solaced an&Consoled by tha re
flection that no floe running into tha mil
lions had impaired the assets of the oom
pany, and that dividends would bo main
tained at the full rate.
World's Debt to Fulton.
New York Tribune.
Exactly a century has 'elapsed since the
Clermont left New York on Its historic
voyage up the Hudson, according to some
authorities, though some writers have fixed
upon August 4, 1807, aa the date, and others
on August 11 and August 17, with perhaps
tha weight of probability In favor -of the
last named day. Whatever the exact time
of the trial, this season is appropriate for
recalling the work of Fulton. He had de
voted his inventive talent to several other
problems before he took up those the solu
tion of which gave him his greatest fame.
Other men had In a measure anticipated
him, and with promising results. "While
ha was yet In Paris tha screw had been
employed by John Stevena of Hoboken to
propel a pleasure boat Fitch in this coun
try and Miller in Scotland had tried paddle
wheels before him. Hla means, if not his
courage, might have been Inadequate to a
final triumph but for the friendship and
practical aid of Robert Livingston. Never
theless, it was Fulton's perseverance and
ingenuity which first convinced the world
that steam navigation waa not only prac
ticable but likely to become commercially
prontaDie.
THE NEW WESTERNER.
"Clearheaded, Stouthearted, Frank
faced Man of the ruins."
Chicago Tribune.
A few students have been trying of lata
years to Interpret the real meaning of tha
"west" as it has manifested Its power in
tha development of tha United States. Tha
current North American Review has an
article In this Una written by Prof. Charles
M. Harger of the University of Kansas. It
will prove interesting reading to those who
believe In the west and take pride In the
sterling character of Its population. It will
appeal strongly to that large company of
Americana who like to study the migrations
of the people and the effect of climate, en
vironment and economic conditions upon
race strains.
The "new westerner" is no longer the
boomer and promoter. He has ceased to
dwell In the land of dreams. He does not
think of himself as living In a place where
money may ba made to be taken back
"home," and there enjoyed in comfort and
ease. The years of toll, trial and privation
on the broad prairies alternating with sea
sons of prosperity and plenty have widened
his vision. When the long planned visit
"home" la made It has failed to bring the
expected satisfaction, but. Instead, has led
him to hurry back to the west to realize
that "borne" la there rather than in the
village or on the eastern farm where he or
his parents were born.
How such a man has developed In the
environment of the west Prof. Harger in
dicates In striking phraseology. In place
of poverty he has comfort and a good bank
account. He tends toward conservatism
rather than toward the radicalism of a few
years o. He seeks education for his sons
and daughters and is building up great in
stitutions of learning. Ills newspapers re
flect the remarkable change which has come
since the word "westerner" represented un
couthnesa, roughness of speech, radicalism
and untamed enthusiasm.
In other words, the westerner has
emerged from the experimental period of his
development. Tha years of trial, toll and
triumph have made him a new type, a
"clear-headed, stout-hearted, frank-faced
man of the plains," who feels confidence
In himself, believes In the future before
him, and Is broad minded enough and far
sighted enough to realise what a part he
may play In American life If he uses his
opportunities and. proves bis right to command.
0 HE1DKT1AI. FIHISU LINE
The Taft Campaign nnd Its Bearing on
Other Aspirants.
Harper's Weekly (anti-Roosevelt).
Secretary Taft Is the candidate of the
Ohio republican organisation for the party's
presidential nominee In 19UI Senator Fora
ker asserts that he Is not, therefore, neces
sarily the candidate of tha republican vot
ers. Other things being equal and re
maining aa they are, It la fair to say that
8enator Foraker Is probably mistaken in
supposing that the republican convention
will not sustain the state committee. The
republican state convention of next year
Is likely to ratify the action of the re
publican state committee of this year. Any
state, notably Ohio, will take the presi
dency if it can get it, and there is no one
In Ohio, considering the political situation
as It Is today, except Secretary of War
Taft who stands the ghost of a show Xor
the nomination. Whether the secretary of
war will have the votes of the dolegates
from many other states Is another Ques
tion. Mr. Taft, as la well known, now
strongly desires the nomination, although,
aa is well known, he did not desire It In
the early part of the year. Ha now prob-
ably could hold Ohio without the Bid of
tha president, but it is doubtful If he can
secure the delegates of any other Im
portant state with or without Mr. Roose- i
velt's aid. It Is one thing to favor Mr.
Roosevelt for a third term; It Is quite an
other thing to favor any one whom
Mr. Roosevelt may designate. As matters
stand at present. It la likely that Governor
Hughes will have the support of New
York, and, it may be, of New Jersey and
Massachusetts. AlthoiiRh Benator Lodge
will try to carry his state for Mr. Tat. it
Is not likely that Benator Crane will assist
him. Illinois will be for Cannon: Indiana
may still be for Falrbanka; Pennsylvania
Is for Knox and may not be for Tsft for a
second choice. Mr. Taffs candidacy, fur
thermore, was brought forward too early.
From now on he will be discussed, and
he will suiter from being considered as a
designated heir. Americans have never
taken kindly to designated heirs. Here are
some of the difficulties in Mr. Taffs way,
nnd yet It would be the part of unwisdom
to say that the republican party will not
nominate the man whom Mr. Roosevelt
designates.
Democracy's One Chance.
Nashville American (dera.).
Of course there Is but one chanoe for the
election of a democrat to tha presidency,
and that the nomination of a southern
man. Wo should hold the convention at
Louisville, and nominate one of our own.
preferably Senator Culberson. This man
appears to be clean, capable and promis
ing. His publlo services have all been
satisfactory and commendable In their per
formance to the publlo generally, as tney
have been to Texas particularly. Ws have
few men like Culberson to draw from. He
la a Saul among men. As For the people
north of the Ohio, there never waa a time,
even amidst the shot and shell of the civil
war, that tha southern man did not com
mand that respect to which he was en
titled. Before and since this great connici
the southern statesman has held the ad
miration of the east, even when opposing
its special Interests, for he met movements
for sectional favor with appeals to patriot
ism, and he convinced them all of his
chtvalric bearing and character, for he bore
himself like a man and he kept his es
cutcheon clean.
It has been said that there are no demo-
orats except In the southern states. Per
sonal and- sectional interests are so para
mount to the country In the great cities
and centers, the foreign population haa so
Increased, and the patriotic Idea Is so little
comprehended that the south Is looked to
to save the country, both on the field and
at the polls. Here 96 per cent are native
born. The laws of seven of the southern
states make tha enjoyment of the ballot
contingent upon the patriotism of the for
bears. Should such statutes find their way
upon the law books of New York, Illinois.
and many other states beyond the great
divide, there would be a tremendous re
duction in the vote. .
For forty years the south has furnished
the democratic party Its vote; for forty
years no sort of national recognition or
promise of It has been the reward. Is it
not Just as well to not vote at all? Can
we havo any less? We can have mora. We
can have all In a little while, probably In
1906,' If we will assert our claims to It and
back up the assertion with a solid dele
gation for-the union, the constitution and
the laws and a southern democrat for the
presidency.
Young Men nnd th Presidency. .
Leslie's Weekly (rep.).
Within the last few years politics In
the United States has set a pace which
no president could travel except one who
had youth and physical vigor on hla side
From present indications the pace will
continue to be speedy for the future. For
a publlo man youth may mean anything
under 80. Several prealdents were above
that age at inauguration. On entering
office John Adams and Jackson were each
62. Taylor was 66. Buchanan was 68 and
William Henry Harrlaon was 63. Har
rison and Taylor, however the former a
month and the latter a year and a third
after Inauguration died In office. Bu
chanan turned out to be one of the weak
est of all tha presidents. Adams made an
efficient executive, and no did Jackson.
but much of Jackson's success was due to
the blunders of his adversaries. All the
other presidents were under 60 when In
augurated. Dut none of the prealdents
here named except Buchanan, who was
confronted with the Issue of secession and
civil war, ever had to deal with such large
questions as are constantly presenting
themselves to President Roosevelt, and
such as are likely to present themselves
to prealdents hereafter. An equipment of
youth and physical vitality Is needed for
the prealdents of the present and of the
future. Roosevelt, the youngest of all the
presidents. Is also better endowed phys
ically and vitally than any of them were,
This haa been one of tha secrets of his
success. Ths men who coma sfter him !
will need soma of this equipment. We
have many old men In congress Cullom,
Frye, Allison, Cannon and others-pbut
none of these haa the responsibility of the
president. None of these is subjeoted to
as much strain In a year aa a president
like Roosevelt la in a day. Happily for
the republicans, every man whose name Is
being hopefully coupled with any promi
nence In connection with tha candidacy
for 1908 Is on the sunny side of 60. On
March 4, 191, at the next presidential In
auguration, Roosevelt will be 80; Hughes,
47; Fairbanks, 67; Taft, 13. and Knox, 66.
One of these Is likely to ba nominated and
elected In WO.
Rivalry In Warahlpa.
Philadelphia Record.
A couple of years ago England produced
tha biggest war vesael in the world, and at
ones ws and the Japanese made plana to
produce others a little bigger. Now Eng
land la planning to build ona of 10,000 tons,
mora than 60 per oent bigger than tha
Dreadnaught; and already our naval offi
cers are figuring on one of 40,000 tons and
Japan may be trusted to build ona of 42,00)
tons. Thus the effort to carry out the
Roosevelt plan and assure perpetual peace
by having a navy big- enough to slare
everybody elas out Of fighting la continually
dtfeated.
ADVANCE IN ll'MBEH RATES.
Warning Note Bonnded in the Pnelne
Northwest.
Portland Oregonlan.
The announced advance In lumber rates
from Pacific coast points to tha east. If
enforced, will quite naturally curtail tha
shipments from this territory. This Is one
method for relieving the car shortage,
which, according to the contentions of tha
lumbermen, will prove effective. The rail
roads, which for nearly two years havs
been unable to provide a sufficient number
of cars to handle the Increasing business,
have apparently reasoned out this remedy
from a cauee-and-effeet basla. Low rates
on lumber caused heavy Increases In the
volume of business. The efTect of these In
creases was a car shortage. The cause
must be, removed before tha effect ran ba
remedied. But this rrmedy will not be
satisfactory to the lumber shippers, and Its
permanency Is already In doubt.
The low rates which have been In effect
have enabled Paclflo coast lumbermen to
build up a fine business In the east and
middle west. This business Is said to be
handled on such a small margin of profit
for the lumbermen that the advance an
nounced by the railroads will enabla the
southern lumber to supplant the Paclflo
coast product In that rich trade field. Tha
lumbermen announce their Intention of tak
ing tha matter before the Interstate Com
merce commission as soon ss an attempt
is made to enforce the new rate. An ap
peal to that tribunal will bring results
which ought to ba fair to both parties.
With lumber, as with all other commodi
ties, the freight rate should be determined
by the sctual cost of transportation, plus
a reasonable return on the Investment of
the company handling the business. It Is
on this basis that all freight rates In the
country must eventually rest, and. If tha
North Paclflo lumber rates are not now
founded on such cost and profit, the In
terstate Commerce commission will with
out doubt give tha relief sought In thn
case of the Paclflo coast lumbermen there
will not be very much difficulty In de
termining whether or not the southern
competitors under a preferred rata are in
vading Paclfio coast territory in tha mid
dle west. Any advantage which the Pacific
coast lumbermen may have In location, dis
tance to market and cost, of manufacture
cannot legally ba nullified by the railroads
by means of sn exorbitant rate. If it Is
In the power of the railroads to advance
rates beyond a reasonable figure for the
purpose of checking the volume of business.
or as a means of retaliation, as Is now
charged by the men who find their busi
ness threatened, that power can be curbed
in short order by the commission.
There is another point which should
cause the railroads to proceed with cau
tion In placing this embargo on the Pacific
coast lumber business.
The present era of prosperity will not last
forever, and, even befors It has run its
course, the Paclflo coast will no longer be
dependent on two systems of railroad for
transportation. There ara at least three
new transcontinental lines now headed for
the Paclflo coast, and soma of them, or all
of them, will ba in the field for lumber
business and all other business at rates
which will not amount to confiscation of
the Industries which supply the traffic.
Instead of railroad" -men bolng obliged to
resort to subterfuge In order to hold back
ahlpments. they will be skurrylng around
among shippers Inviting business. If the
Interstate Commerce' commission will de
termine what Is a fair rate on lumber.
the early coming of competition In ths
business will settle ths car shortage.
A NAVAL. TRIUMPH.
Government Built Warship Snrpaaaos
Speed Requirements.
Nsw York Tribune.
Seldom has the country watched with a
Uvlier interest tha construction of new war
vessels than It has that of tha Connecticut
and Louisiana. These were tha first two of
the 16,000-ton class on which work was bo-
gun, and, since one was built at ths gov
ernment yard and the other by private con
tractors, a fine test of technical skill and
administrative capability was Initiated
The Newport News company had soms
slight advantage at tha out act in tha pos
session of the requisite plant and Work
men. It had IU hand In. so to speak, while
the Brooklyn yard, which was not without
experience, was a little out of practloo.
Yet. In splta of this circumstance, the two
ships were finished in practically ths same
length of time.
Not until the Connecticut had Its speed
trials, which were held last week, was It
possible to make any comparison with Its
rival In respect to what Is one of the most
Important qualifications of a war vessel.
As determined by continuous runs for four
hours, there la apparently a difference of
four-hundredtbs of a knot In favor of the
Louisiana. So mloroseoptc la this fraction
that it establishes ths normal equality of
the two clps, but slnos a handicap of 160
tons wss Imposed on tha Connecticut,
weighting It several Inches deeper Into
tha water than ths Louisiana, there is good
reason to pellavs that It is really the
raster. IU ooal is also said to have been
damp and not specially selected, whlla Its
rival's trial was made with carefully hand
picked fuel. Other excellences of ths
product of the Brooklyn yard have led
competent judges to pronounce It tha
finest ship In ths Amerloan navy. Both ths
government and ths builders of ths Con
necticut ara to be congratulated on their
ability to achieve suoh a triumph.
WESTERN RIVER IMPROVEMENT
Slgniaeaneo of Present HooMTtlt
Coming Trip.
Leslie's Weekly.
President Roosevelt's acceptance of ths
invitation extended to him by the gover
nors of sixteen states to take a trio down
ths Mississippi next October aa tha guest
of the Inland Waterways commission will
give a new snd wide interest to ths la
provemem or tna country's rivers. Tha
president's letter of acceptance points out
the significant fact that the governors of
mame, norma and Oregon were the aurn.
era of tha Invitation. Those states are out
side or the Mississippi's watershed, hut
they realise that the work which the rai.
ucui is promoting is or national scops. No
other president has shown anything Ilka
ths interest In tha ext.nslon of ths means
or internal communication which Mr,
aispiayea. One reaaon of
uus is mat no other president has given
such In tl 1 1 ... , -... . . .
niwr i int country's re.
sources, activities and neds aa the present
executive has dona, and no other president
has traveled so widely throughout the coun
try as ha haa, or haa mat so many repre
sentatives of all Interests and all sections.
There are 16,000 miles of 'navigable watra
In ths Mississippi valley, and the length of
tha navigable streams east of the Alle
ghaoiea and west of tha Rocky mountains
Is at leant aa great When tha president
appuimeo nis inland Waterways commis
sion ha told It that tha Improvement at all
thoaa waterways waa tha work which hs
uesirea u to plan. There la nothing sec
tlonal in any of ths president's Ideas.
Not la Resigning Mood.
Kansas City Times.
With Secretary Taft's marvsloua canaMtv
for work, there la no good reaaon why hs
ahould resign his cabinet position because
he la a candidate for tha prealdency. Will
Cannon resign T Will Foraker. or Knox, or
FaU-bankaT Certainly not. Then why TaftT
MODEL STRIKE IN Cl'BA.
Pmretalaeaa of the Workmen Mada
. for Victory
Philadelphia Ledger.
Americana have been ao long accustomed
to regard their southern neighbors In
Latin-American countries as deficient In
tha patient virtues wtilrh are the bals of
all self-government, that a study of the
recent Cuban clgnrmakers strike would
perhaps surprise them.
In February last the efcxarmakera de
manded of the Cigar trust the payment of
their wages In American currency instead
of Spanish gold. This was equivalent to
an Increase of about 10 per cent In wares.
The workers In tha Independent factories
made the same demand.
The trust factories declared that the trade
Could not Stsnd the Increase, and In con
sequence the clgarmakera employed by the
trust went out on strike. The Independent
manufacturers maintained the same poM-''
Ion, and when the strike went Into eftVct
locked out their workers. -
There wss, as Is generally known, an
almost complete cesaatlon In the manu
facturing of Havana cigars, a shortage
In ths supply of Imported cigars snd a
menace to the smokers of the world that
the supply of fine cigars would be wholly
cut off.
The thousands of men ' and their fami
lies who were without work in Hnvana.
were subjected to great hardships and a
great Industry was gravely threatened.
Ths clgarmakera appealed to the repre
sentative of the Vnlted States on the
Island, Governor Magoon, who could do
little except to give both parties to the
dispute sage and sound advice and to
counsel the strikers to abide by the lnw
and obey It on all occasions. Ho pointed
out that tha strikers had certain Inalien
able rights In choosing their employers
and In deciding whether or not tlit-y
wished to work or to remain Idle.
The Cubans are an excitable people.
prone to be highly Indignant when they
think that they are wronged, and very
quick to resent It. And yet It Is a fnrt
that during that long and hard context
the Cuban clgarmakera gave such an ex
hibition of self-control and reasonable
ness as the world has scarcely ever wit
nessed during a period of "Industrial
waf." The strikers were sbsolutely peaee-
sble, snd they won the strike. The vic
tory Is complete and Impressive. The
clgarmakera have standing with the pro
pis of Cuba. They obeyed the law, and
they have raised tha respect for the
Cubans In all climes because they havs
actually given to the world a lesson In
the right relations of labor unions to the
community
PERSONAL NOTES.
PVinr thousand actors are said to be
stranded In Chicago, but all of them ara
deaf to the appeal of the northwest for
farm hands.
Hnrtin w (fevmour. formerly edltor-ln-
chlef of Tha Chicago Chronlclo, has as
sumed charge of Ths St. Louis Fost-uis-
patch in the same capacity.
Amhiuiiiador Brvce will be the principal
sneaker at the thirtieth annual meeting
of the American Bar association, which
will be held In Portland, Me.. Wednesday,
August 28.
General Ephralm R. Eckley, of Carroll-
ton, O., Is the oldest living ex-memDer oi
ennrreas He was elected while fighting
In the civil war, in w.ilch hs enlisted and
waa advanced to a brigadier generalship,
although fifty years of age. . 4
This teleeraDhers' strike cannot be al
together In vain, no matter what may hap-
Mn tinw" oDservea ine v,inuau ....
Ocean,' "sines It has reswHed m-ohowktg
ns that so far as peaches ara concernea
Michigan does not hold, a candls to tha
girl operators."
rhariea Edaar AoDleby Is one of the con
cealed millionaires of NeW York. Few know
him, yet he Is worth $25,000,000. He "made"
bis money by strict legal means.. He
shrewdly bought city land, snd quietly sat
tn i.t hla nelrhbors do the work.
Every new railroad, business block, store,
wharf, crop. very day's labor or a m
lion men added Its mlts to tha value of
his land.
SMILING REMARKS.
- - 1 jU tha i.tA&m after ha
"NOW CHQUy, B.iu . 1 . j
had teed up. "do you think you can watoli
tkAlA!7" w . T aw a doctor
about my eyes yesterday and he said I
was far-slghted.''-Chlcago Record-Herald.
Visitor (at penitentiary)-Thls Is "Bank
ers' Row." lsn t ItT
Attendant-No; you've passed that This
Is "Trust Magnates' Row."-Chlcago Trib
une.
(-r ,, ..14 ,h. AAno-htar of tha house.
anxiously, "what did you do when dear
Willie called on you 10017 w -wanted
to marry hlmT" , .
"What did I dot" answeitd her father,
with a gleam of wrath in his eye. "fcx
actly what I do with the rest of jrour silly
barsalne-I footed your Blll."-Baitlmora
American.
'".her." said little Rollo. "whnt la a
great man V .
lil . m.h mnt. I An. WFlfl mill.
ages to gather about him a corps f as
sistants who will take the blame for his
i . . v.ii. k. ..ii tha eriwllt for any
good Ideas." Washington Star.
"Have you ever read any, of Mrs. Galley s
stories 7"
"Yes; they're awfully Improbable, aren t
theyT I don't see bow sua Imagines sucU
thing."
"ble doesn't Imagine them. She JuHt
makes note of the exouaes her husband
gives her when ha gets homo lata at nlgnt
Philadelphia Press.
Mrs. Bloodgood I thought her quotation
was apropos, didn't you 7
Mrs. Newrttch Dear met I always sup
posed his asms was dgar Allan. Har
per's Basar. -.
The Court Where have I seen you be
fore 7 Your faoa seems familiar.
The Prlsonor (who has been run In on a
charge of vagrancy) Why. y'r nonur,
when we waa young fellers we er both
courted the same gal,
Tha Court The fine will ba S50 and costs
Call the next case I Chicago Tribune.
I REMEMBER 1 REMEMBER.
Nashville Tennasseean.
I remember I remember three months aito
today,
That we were walling In despair about a
chilly May
" 'Twill snow In August, sure as fate," tlm
weather prophet said
But now tha hair Is badly singed upon " y
blistered bead.
I remember I remember Just three sliuit
months ago.
How every man was walling at tha pros-
pect of a anow
"Will summer never comet" they askrd-
Alaa now and alack,
Ths perspiration Is a stream a trtckllnif
down my black.
I remember I remember how wa cusswJ
about ths weather
When biting breaaes In tha aprlng swei't
o'er the frosen heather
Ws had to wear our overcoats wa rsl-'l
an awful row
Ach, Ueber how I'd Ilka to feel those bit
ing breeses now!
And, looking backward with a sigh, how
sadly I remember
Ths dopa that August would be worse than
aven bleak Ieoember
With raging thirst I ponder on tba alma
nac's prediction
Oh, what a nature faka it was oh, wnat
a bunch of fiction I
I remember I remember Just how I t.rM
my breath
When some renowned astrologer aald w
would frees to death
I felt downhearted In the spring and now
I'm feeling blus,
use, of all rredti
Boca
predictions made, aot os
of them cams true.
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