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Tim OMAHA DAILY 11FTK: TIIltKSDAT. S, "1007. l ' i. i 'Vie Omaha Daily Dee, FOUNDED BT EDWARD ROS H) WATER. VICTOR ROSEWATER. EDITOR; Entered tJ. Omaha Postotrtce s eeoood clsss matter. TERMS Or SUBSCRIPTIONS Pslly VtH (without Suvday), one year..M. I'ily bee and Sunday,, om year Pvariay Bm, on year baturaay fiu, on year a. DKLI VERF7D BY CARRIER. Pally Fm (including Bund ay), per week, .160 Jllr Be Iwlihoot Sunday), per wek..lo Evening Bra (without Sunday). P week Ervenlng Bee (Kk Sunday), per ween. . . .Wu A4res all Compliant of Irregularities In dslWer to City Circulation Department, OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. Couth Omaha City Hall Building. Council Bluffs It Scott Street.- Ohteago 140 I'nlverslty Building. New trk-l&- Home JUe Insurance BtiUdln A Weshmgton-7 Fourteenth Street, N. W. CORRESPONDENCB. Communications relating to news and edi torial matter aliould ba edaresaed. CHnehSi Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by- draft, expreea or postal ordet payable to Tha Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-cent -stamps received In payment at msull accounts. Personal check", except on Omaha r eastern eacbenge. net aceopted. STATEMENT Or CIRCULATION. State of NebraHka, Iouglaa County, aa.: Char lea C. Rosewater. general manager cf The Bea Publlahlng company, being duly sworn, aayi that tha actual number of fall and complete coplea f Tha Dally Moraine. Evening and bunday Bee printed daring tha month of November, 107. was aa follow; I r7,000 It., 8T.430 t.... ...... it... Sd.460 4., ss,eoo is. aaaeo 4 ...,'37,030 It. ......... 87,430 l StVMO tt S7.090 ..). 99,080 ' II.... 86,870 t.. ...... .i 7a0 "it T.30 t t 87,380 r.ao a.ioe 10 33,tO0 15 37,B9t It ..... 87.630 J.. 7,0M It 87,790 IT...V 17,340 la.......... 87,480 It.......... 34,t40 4.......n. 87,350 tt.......... M.St0 It I 37,500 ' tO.......... 37,690 Total ,...1,133,420 Laag oaa old and returned copies. 10,168 Nat Total l,113,86t pally average 87,103 CHARLES C, ROSOTVATER. General Manager Subscribed in my rrenenee and aworrf t before me this Id' day of December, 1MT. ROBERT HUNTER. . . Notary Public - WHBX OUT OV TOWS. . Sakecrloers leaving; tha city team perartly sttoatd nave The mattEed to them. Vlddreea will b r-wawged aa atna m aexjaeateg. Senator Foraker does not Raw wood. He tract aa axe. ' Chicago Is furnishing another hint of a hard winter by unloading a surplus stock of cold storage eggs. Reports of the state boards and officers to the 'governor show that Ne-; braska Is paying salaries regularly. One thing Teddy's big stick did In Nebraska waa to establish the fact that a JU sentence actually means a Jail sentence. - " ; ' la the matter of currency legislation congressmen should ; remember the scriptural admonition and -"beware the snare of the Fowler." ' ' ' . The market master will go right on drawing his salary; and, why notf There Is as much marketing done in winter as in the summer. The postal dtUclt -for the last year was nearly $7,008,000. A parcels post system would add many times that amount to the postal revenues. Colonel Bryan would doubtless bo pleased to have the republicans name Joseph Benson Foraker as their standard bearer for next year. Attention is called to the f&ot that fifteen members of, the present con gress were once prlntrs. Oh, well, printers go wrong occasionally. ejasnnmBnswnnnnmmwnwwwnnmmwwen. "Gunner" Molr, the English heavy weight champion, is elaborately tat toed, not counting the extra marks that Tommy Burns put on him. The populists have called their na tional convention for April 2, 1808. It would have been more In keeping to have called the convention for April 1. four Greater New York bankers have committed suicide as a result of the recent discloBures'of the methods of high financiers. Suicide la confession. The humble hen contributed 1600, 000,000 to the wealth of tha country last year, accerdlng to Secretary Wil son's report, and didn't crow about It either. The : Plnkertens report that the banks of the country were robbed of 1 100,000 last year. That refers only to the amount stolen by outside ' thieves. A Washington dispatch says that Sto&tor Aldrich will attempt to dictate Ui senate's action on financial leglu Uptin. That does not come under the head of news. Berlin has an ordinance requiring householders to close their doors and windows when their pianos are in ac tion. You would favor an ordinance of that kind unless you have a piano. Colonel Bryan says he has no prefer ence between Governor Folk and "Gum Shoe Bill" Stone in the sen atorial fight in Missouri. This Is hardly complltnsntary to Governor Folk. The postal savings banks of irat Orlttin hold over fSOO.OOO.OOO la de I'oetta, The Canadian postal savings bank, la tMrty-nlue years, have re celved and disbursed I4CS.000.000. Tola Is the money that is hoarded in times .of flnsuclal flurry in countries Jhut h failed to adopt the po.tal tuti system. rTirEr or CAarATGirtxrtxsKX Of the many topic s iroggfated by the president for congressional considera tion none ,ls likely to provoke more discussion than his proposition that the federal government make appro priations to defray the legitimate cam paign expenses of each, of the great political parties, to the end that a stop may be put to the abuses that have developed through the contributions of corporations and special Interests to the advancement of the chances of aay political organization. The presi dent recognizes the novelty of the sug gestion and says he Is "well aware that It will take some time for the people so to famlllarlte themselves with such a proposal as to be willing to consider Its adoption." - The public needs no enlightenment on the conditions that have provoked the radical suggestion of the president. Disclosures made In connection with the methods of the campaign commit tees of both the great political parties In securing campaign contributions and the uses to which such funds have been put have aroused, a general senti ment in favor of, drastic laws prohib iting corporation from contributing to the political campaign funds. This sentiment has been crystallized Into law, but,M..the president points out, such laws are difficult of enforcement ad are apt to be obeyed only .by the honest and disobeyed by the dishonest and unscrupulous, thus acting as a penalty upon honest men. The ques tion Is whether these abuses cannot be remedied by vigorous enforcement of laws against them rather than by the plan proposed by the president. " Objections to the president's pro posal, from a practical standpoint, readily , suggest themselves. His recommendation that the campaign funds of "each of the great national parties" be provided by a congres sional appropriation opens the way for a dispute over the parties that would answer that designation. The repub licans and democrats would, of course. be recognized as entitled to this fed eral support. The prohibitionists have had a national ticket in the field for years and could not weir be de barred from participation in the fed eral appropriations for . election pur poses. The social lets have perhaps established their right to share In tie distribution of such funds and, if such a law were enacted, It would not be long until labor parties, liberty leagues and other political organisations would be striving to receive national recog nition and a share-of the funds. The multiplication of parties would call for an Immense appropriation. Then, too, the question would arise as to what constitutes the "legitimate ex pense" of a campaign. The payment of Judges and clerks of election, the rental of polling places and the abso lute essential machinery tor the oon Ouct; Jf an, election would not be ,ue ttonod, but It is doubtful if it would be safe to leave to congress, on the eye of ' a campaign, the question "of whether the spellbinders, the literary bureau. and the many factors used In Influencing the voters would, come un der the definition of "legitimate ex penses." ... . .. . Great as may be the necessity for a reform In the present system of con ducting national campaigns, the coun try will be slow to accept the presi dent's suggestion as' to the remedy to be applied. The public conscience has been awakened to the evlla of the ex isting system, so far as the corrupt use of corporation funds is concerned, and there is every promise that this eyll will be minimized. If not wholly elim inated, in future campaigns. The pub licity policy adopted by the preaent ad ministration baa already accomplished wonders In that respect and may be relied upon, we confidently believe, to eventually make unnecessary the radi cal departure suggested by the presi dent. '- FUR i KIU'S PflES7I!VTfaL BOOJU. Senator Foraker's self-launched presidential boom adds a decidedly in teresting phase to the national polit ical situation, at least so far as the candidacy of Secretary Taft for the re publican presidential nomination is concerned. Ills announcement will not, it is generally admitted, be con sidered as an honest fight fer the pres idential nomination. Senator Foraker is a man' of marked, if often mtsdl rected. ability, and he is too skilled a politician to believe that the coun try will look upon- his candidacy as other than an obstacle to Mr. TaftB ambitions. It is a case of antagonism rather than seeking. It is a fight for revenge rather than personal honor. It is the work of an opponent rather than a candidate. Ills candid icy rests on the hope that he may defeat Taft for the Ohio endorsement and thus thwart the wishes of President Roose velt. It may be suspected, perhaps, that some other candidate 2 really behind the Foraker boom with a hope to profit by a political division in Ohio, but it Is more probable that it Is a lone-baud flgUt of Foraker, prompted by a deali-a to encompass the humiliation of 'the president and de teat the secretary of war, la the race for the presidential nomination. In spite of this evident lack of sin cerity In luuiK'bing his presidential boom. Senator Foraker Is a factor that niUHt.be considered in Ohio polices. He Is a veritable stbrmy petrel of trou ble in national politics. -He plays his game and usually wins. He opposed the nomination of Mr. McKlnley until he made terms wr.ich secured his re turn to the senate and forced John Sherman into tho State department. He opposed Senator Hanna la 1903 , until" he saw his own vIvHfrtou sure. He quarrelled with Senator Dick and the republican state organization later until be secured the dominant voice in the distribution of republican pa tronage In Ohio. He has since quar relled with President Roosevelt and has resorted to his old tacttcs in fram ing up a scheme which he hopes will return him to the senate when his preaent term expires on March 4, 1909. In his late announcement he ostensibly puU the senatorial toga behind him and appears as an aspirant for the presidency. Back of this la an evident purpose to harass Taft until com promise terms may be adopted which will Insure Foraker's return to the senate and remove opposition which now threatens. The platform on which Foraker an nounces his presidential candidacy Is In keeping with his record. He dis cusses the three points of difference between himself and the president. He believes the country la with him on the Brownsville affair and In his op position to Joint statehood. These Is sues, be It understood, are cloned and the country ia caring nothing about them. On the third proposition, Sena tor Foraker declares the president has been all wrong on railway rate legis lation. He declares that the recent financial panic was caused by the rail way rate laws and he holdaAthe presi dent responsible for those enactments. On this Issue the country is, of course, with the president, and Senator For aker knows it, but his boom must have some basis and one claim Is as good as another for fighting purposes. Mr. Foraker's resources are de signed for use in a pivotal presiden tial campaign. If bet uses them suc cessfully enough to prevent Ohio from sending a solid Taft delegation to the national convention it may result In defeating Taft's nomination, aa no re publican' national convention has ever named a candidate for president un less the delegation from the candi date's state was unanimously In favor of him. Foraker appreciates the sig nificance of. this . fact. The country will hope that Secretary Taft will ab solutely and outrlghtly oppose any compromise overtures and go before the voters of Ohio for his endorsement without waiting for the aid or consent Of Foraker. It would clarify the na tional political atmosphere considera bly if the "Fire Alarm" were put out of commission. be careful. Now, that currency payments are being resumed and the pressure on business is lessening. Is the time when all should proceed , with caution. It is not a time for the alarmist, nor is It a time for extreme enthusiasm. The optimistic faith and unfailing patience of the American people is bringing, them through a very crltioal period with excellent prospects of safo arrival. But the danger is not entirely passed, and the patience that has withstood the financial stress so far should be tempered with prudoo.ee until normal conditions are established. Reports of resumption of work at mills and factories in the east are raost encouraging. In the west such cessation of business as haa been ex perienced is literally forced through friability to secure necessary funds. Another factor baa had some material Influence on the situation. The farmer and stock raiser have declined to part with their holdings of grain and live stock at the lower prices ottered them. For the present they are in a position where they do not need to sell, and are not likely to until a general read justment ef values has been made. The movement of grain and live stock In the market from the west will not long be postponed, however, for with the starting up of mills and factories in the east the consumptive demands of the country will call for all we have to sell. In business, as in specie payment, the way to resume ia to resume, but f. little care exercised during the process will go a long ways to secure perma nency for the result. - The architect of the South Omaha city Jail does not care to assume tho responsibility for the work done by the contractor. The chief of police objects to using the jail, and it ia un derstood that a large number of the residents are disinclined to accept even temporary quarters in the structure. All of this complication might have been avoided If the South Omaha peo ple had looked with more favor on the Invitation so generously Extended them by the citizens of Omaha. "Omaha merchants, real estate dealers and the public generally give thousands of dollars more-In advertis ing every month to the World-Herald than to The Bee," shouts the Senior Yellow. And the statement U as easily substantiated as are itsreckless claims In other directions. The World Herald is so accustomed to deceiving others that it occasionally tries to de ceive lUelt, but it has never been aide to deceive the courts when brought to buy. The cjty council Is beginning to re alize that the economy practiced In ad vance brings a squeeze at the end. It Is well to cut your garment according to the cloth at all times, bat the coun cil did not do this and now finds Itself coming out short. Speaker Cannon surprised the coun try by naming the house committee on banking and currency on the second day of the session. That would look like legislation on the currency ques tibn were it not for the fact that Con greHsman Fowler of New Jersey" haa been reappointed chairman of the cow- mlttee. It lias tecome almost a fixed lyblt with the house to kill a Fowler currency bill every day or so. An eminent New Tork Judge, In de ciding a case In which the use of the telephone was involved, declared: The trlphone expreeacs tha until and mind of Our feeling) tha heart throne of the human voice are felt aa keenly over thla Instrument aa when one person talk to another, and where It la Installed aa a part of an apartment bouse, then Ita pres ence must be regarded aa a sacred part of the home. That's all right, but it's a safe wager that the Judge never tried to use a party ltne when he was In a hurry. Race prejudice is proving very ef fective as an excuse to avoid Jury aerv Ice. It is a mighty well-balanced man who can't find somewhere In his make-up objection to a .Mongolian sufficient to disqualify him In this In stance. Secretary Cortelyou predicts that gold win be a glut on the market in a few weeks. If the secretary wants to see his presidential boom Inflate he should start the glut In time for the Christmas shopping. A Canadian Judge has rated that women at theaters cannot be com pelled to remove their hats. The Judge's wife probably has a hat that is the envy of the feminine population of the town. Undivided Satlafoetloa. New york Tribune. The Omaha man who acted as Ms own attorney and Obtained damages to tha amount of 1 cent has the satlafaetton of knowing that It will not be necesaary to divide with tha lawyer. A Falthfal Frlea. Indianapolis News. Mr. Bryan's defensa, of tha democratic donkey la really generous, considering how that tricky little animal haa thrown him In the past. And yet when a man always lands on his feet he can forgive much. Good Flam ' to Try. Washington Post. A Nabraaka man says he would like to know just where Mr. Bryan stands on tha "In Ood Wa Trust" question. He might find out by oontributlng one of tho new coins to Mr. Bryan's campaign fund as seon as ha hi nominated. ' A Melancholy Note. Philadelphia Record (dem.). Tha donkey Is honest, useful and kind. It Is not nearly as dangerous an animal as an automobile. But It has long ears and Is too unlntellectual to appreciate such questions aa government ownership of rail roads. It Is a mtsflt emblem for any Amer ican party. Nevertheless. t has been fas tened upon the democracy and will doubt less stick. . ,. Gates Opening; Oatward. - ' Buffalo Express. Eight ocean liners sailed from New Tork Saturday, carrying out 10,004 steerage pas sengers. It Is estimated that these person's, nearly all aliens, only 1,000 of whom were women, took back with them to Europe $3,000,000. This does nbt Involve any loss to the nntlonal wealth.' They have left be hind them In this -country an equivalent contribution In the form of labor for which we gladly exchanged, our dollars. -Their going out will b'P' (P relieve the tense labofc situation causq4 by the panic. I , - Foraker In the Fray. Springfield'" Republican. Senator Fofak r nrids In the recent fi nancial panic a political asset creatly to be prised. He feels himself to be a new and formidable force because of tt,'aad he even goes so far tji to believe that the railroad rate Mil, which he opposed, was a large contributing factor In tha financial disorders of the past two months. All this appears, according to his own Interpreta tion of events, In hit letter to tha vtoe prealdent of the Ohio League of Republi can clubs, In which ha acknowledges that he will contest Ohk for the republican presidential nomination. Ohio Is to be the scene of war the coming winter and spring. With characteristic audacity Mr. Foraker announces that ho Is tio longer a candidate for tha United States senate. Only tha presidency will now suit him. THE IOWA SEXATORSIIir. Sagsraeted He-elertloa of Senator Allison Wlthoet Coateat. Washlngtoa Post. Generous, big-hearted, and eager to find knightly traits even among his foes, Henry Watterson makes a pointed suggestion to Governor Cummins of law a. relative to tha aenatorship from that state. "If, after a hard, unyielding contest, or any kind of a contest," says Mr. Watterson In tha Courier-Journal, "he should got to the senate of the United States over the dead political body of Senator Allison, ha will give himself a black aye, in tha opinion of Just men, from which It will take him a htng time to recover, and, if ha be a gen erous man, or even a sagacious man, be lieving in generosity as still a ractor try reputations and affairs, he will decline any such contest. Ha will bide his time, which will be sure to come." Few men in this country eutslds of Iowa will disagree with the sentiments of Colonel Watterson on this subjeot. Certatnly.no one at all familiar with the Ufa. character and standing of William B. AlllSon will find fault with what Colonel Watterson says. Oovornor Cummins la unquestionably a man of force and character, but' he would be a pigmy In tha sonata In com parison with Mr. Allison. What consti tutes a state. If It la not man? Iowa Is great because of har great men. William B. Allison, who has surved longer In t.'i United States senate than any other Ameri can, living or dead, has dona much to make Iowa great, lie Is not as much In debted to that state at it la to him. Gov ernor Cummins might. In tha course of yeare. add ta tha luster of Iowa's history In the aenate, but ha will uev?r equal the record made by Mr, Allison. Before taking his seat In the aenate. at tha age of 44. Senator Allison had had eight years of preparatory experience ia the bouse pf rep reavntatlvea. In the t hlrty-four years of hit service In the senate, be haa accumu lated experience and Influeaoe which Justly place him ahead of all other senators. No successor, however able, could hope to equal such a record without going through a similar training. It wculd be a reckless and foolish thing for Iowa to throw away ita richest possession In national affaire tha wisdom, character, experienae and In fluence ef flenator Allison. The rest of tha country U affected la such a matter, and It would not graciously receive news of the retirement of Senator Allison in favar of any other person. Colonel Watterson appeals ta Governor Cummins to curb his ambition until time opens the way for htm. Tha Post sup plements this appeal by respectfully sug gesting to tha people of Iowa that. If thee la any doubt of the re-election of William' tt. Allison to the senate, they aliould consider their duty to tha countcy t Um. and ruwvi the doubt. BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE, Minor Scenes and Inpldeata Sketched a the Spot. A hint of seasonable Interest cornea from the Postofflco department for tha benefit of people who mall Christmas rackagoa. Photographs, books, merchandlen, etc., are third and fourth class mall matter, In which classes written messages of any oharacteir are "forbidden "A good many folka," says a department official, "aea no harm In wrltlrg a mes sage of good cheer eome Yuletlde senti ment or a 'Merry Christmas' on a photo graph or book or on a card In a package of merchandise, but such Is a distinct vio lation of the postal regulations and tha laws of tha land. "The department Is lenient' with those whom It thinks are Innocent offenders. Tha ststuta prohibiting sending written messages in third and fourth class matter contains a provision that tho postofflco In spector may, at hit discretion, settle with tha offender by fining him tlO. Otherwise the matter would be brought Into tha courts, the glare of publicity would center on the violator, and fine and oaats would probably amount to t. ' "People using the United States malla should recollect that the poatoffloa in spaotor hi omnipresent, and such evasions may result disastrously. Any written word In fourth claaa or third olass package subjects It to tho first claaa, or letter, rate of postage," One day last spring, relates a Washing ton correspondent? Secretary of War Taft came Into tha cabinet room In the White House a few minutes lata, and to the sur prise of all his genial "good morning" came In a whisper. Ha waa suffering from a severs cold. "What are you doing here with a cold like that," asked tho president, reproachfully l "That reminds me," said Mr. Taft and the' preiident and tha cabinet forgot about his affliction and settled themtelvea back In their chairs far the cabinet appetiser-: "When I was at Murray Bay several sum mers ago I met Lord Juttloe Flttglbbon, who was one of the Justices of appeals of Ireland. He told ma this story l He said that he waa holding the aasltea In Tlp perary county In Ireland when a man was brought before Mm ' on an indictment for manslaughter. The case was proven that the deceased cams to his death by being hit with a stick in the hands of the de fendant, but the doctors testified that he had what they called In medical parlance a "paper skull.' When tha Jury returned the verdlot of guilty, and when tha man was brought before the court for sentence bis lordship asked him whether he had anything to say why sentence Of the conrt should not be pronounced upon him. The man looked for a moment and then said: No, your lordship, I have nothing to tay but I would like to atk one question,' " "What Is that, my man,' said his lord ship. " 'I would like to know what the dlvll a man with a head Ilka that was doing in Tlpperary.' " There is a policeman In Washington who was taught the power of diplomatic Im munity In a way that excites him to laughter every time ha thinks of It A few days ago, relates the Chicago Tribune correspondent, he was gayly swinging his club and flirting with the nurses In tHi pont circle when he noticed a 1-year-old breaking branches from a small bush. "Stop that," he said to the youngster, touching him on the shoulder. "I may have to arreat you for that." The child looked, at him unafraid. "Tou cant do that," he Observed gravely. "I am entitled to' diplomatic Immunity." The officer's mouth flew open. "Young man," ha aatd peremptorily "I am an officer of-the lawV. It Is' unlawful to break shrubbery. Anybody doing so must be punished." "Ah, but you don't knew who I am," the boy replied In a childish treble. "I am tha son of an envoy extraordinary and a min ister plenipotentiary. Diplomats and their families cannot be punished fer breaking tha laws. If you don't believe me you may go and ask my papa." Til tell you what I will do, young man," the offlcer'sald, exasperated. "I will take you to your father and see If you have any immunity from hit punishment." The youngster walled. It was soma sat isfaction to the officer to know that he walled ttlU louder after he bad told bis tale at Un legation. Farmer Senator William 'Morris Stewi art of Nevada, a bearded patriarch of four scare, it In Washington looking over his old stamping ground and ruminating on things past. "In nearly half a cojv tury of experience in publlo life," ba said to a Pott Reporter, "tha greatest man I ever met was President Lincoln. Lincoln had a wonderful Intuition, which amounted to almost superhuman wisdom. Ha had a wisdom, and with It a human sympathy which I have never found be fore or since in any , publlo man In the United States. Ha Waa tha beat letter writer I ever' knew, striking off a few sentences, which meant more than vol umes. In the most serious of crlsltes ha was Imperturbably calm. Then his face waa aadness itself. But in a minute something funny would strike him. and you oould not help laughing Just to see him laugh. "Only two of the senators I knew when I entered the senate In 1S44 are living now. I saw a great many cams and go. It would ba hard to aay who was the greatest senator during that time. Undoubtedly tha most brilliant was In galls. Tha most useful senator, In my opinion, waa Senator Allison, who is stilt there. The greatest orator of my time was Senator Roscoa Conkllng. Perhaps the finest speech that has been delivered in the senate alnce the war was deUvered In tha executive aesslon In tha wtfter of 1170 by Conkllng. He and Grant did not get along. Grant had played Senator Fen ton, Conkllng's colleague, aa a favorite, and the latter could gain very little from the White House. Finally Grant and Fen ton spilt on the appointment uf Tom Mur phy aa collector of tha port of New Tork. Grant wanted the appointment Fenton did not. The case came up lata one aftsr noon before the senata in executive ses sion, when Kenton made a long speech in opposition to the man. "Conkllng came to ma In the midst of it and asked ma what ha should do. I told him that It would ba best to take a recti s from t until 8 o'clock, and thsn he should speak an hour. Conkllng aid not sea how he could get through In an hour, but he and tha senate agreed. At that time ha had made the greatest effort of his life. For strength of argument, tm presslve diction and biting sarcasm It waa a masterpiece. Had It been preserved It would havs been a classic. Murphy's ap appointment was confirmed and Cons Una succeeded Fenton In tha good graces of Grant. But Conkllng had weaknesses, du to his attempt to punish all bis entrains. No man cun afford to even try to do that" A Slody ta Figaros. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Tha value of American manufaotares la placed by a census bulletin at 114.000. OOO.tUO a year, a vast Increase In ten fears. Their export Is far ahead at tba old fig turn. Add t7,0u0.utu0 for agricultural crops and 11.0tS,000.OA from tha mines, and tha conditions of tha country's prespertry can ba correctly gauged. TWO-rMT FAtlFS. SlewlSoaat Itoenlta of Rate Fed ttn Ietr4elatlon, Chicago Tribune, Reports are beglnalng to coma In upon which to beao Intelligent Judgment of the actual working of the t-oent fare legisla tion. When the movement fof-lowering fares began to aln foree there was loud outcry from the representatives of the railroads, who ssserted the Impossibility of operating the road profitably on a basis of I cents a mile for passenger trafflo. In some cases the passage of laws was fol lowed by the taking oft of trains and the crippling of trie service. The railroad nen wore confident that experience Would toon demonstrate tha, fiecesdty Of a return to former tariffs. ' The conditions vary so greatly In differ ent parts of the country arid on different railroad systems that tt Is not Just to make positive dertitctlons from a single re port. There must be careful comparison of showings In several ttatet and recogni tion of tha tpechU situations existing here and there before final Judgment may be passed upon tha fate loWtrlng letrhilatloni At tho tame time there ia Interest In tome of the early reports, whloh seem to show that the feara of the railroad repr-eaenta tlvea were not well based. The Ohio l-cent iara law -became ef fective on Margh 10, ltOa, The report for an entire year Is now available. It eomes from the state railroad commission, whloh has seoured from the reads data showing the groat receipts from the sale of Uokete to pointe within the State during the year ended June SO, ItOT. ., Twenty-six important roads and thirteen subsidiary corporations are represented In the report of tha. com mission. The thirty-nine roads had an In crease of nearly H,4n,000,. with a decrease of tea of the smaller' roads of . 854,000, making a net Increase of $l.St,t8X The report contslns a Comparative . statement for five years which proves tnat the re ceipts of 1S07 were above the average dur ing tho five-year period. ' The commission alto made-a stud of the average passengar earnings per tfa'n mile of each of the roads In the state. In this the same remit wag obtained. Thsre waa a substantial Inoraase over the figures for 1908. Tht elimination of tree transpor tation and the withdrawal of exoursion ratea were Joined with tha growth of pas senger . business ' to produce the hat gain mentioned. Scattered reports far given months In other parts of th country team to support the Idea that the fsart of railroad men caused by the lowering of rates have not been realised. On lh contrary,. travel haa been stimulated, In some cases trains have been restored to the schedule, and the out look Is favorable that- complete showings from the oountry at large will Indloate that the Ohio situation is much Uta that of other well settled . areas Whore travel la constant. WHERE) KNOWLKDOn BXD9. Food Exports Admit Inability- te De fljia Sanaatrr. . Pittsburg Dispatch. Cheer Is brought to tha hearts of those w,ho iiejte beep .wroth with the pure food authorities by the intelligence that one sabject waa toe much, far those Rhadaroan thine Judges, tThe administrators of that multlcharga law could scatter consterna tion by ruling that whisky must he whisky, lee cream trooon, ertam, -and the hthale on Jelly contain all Ita oondlments; but when tbey tacklod the official and legal formula for tausago they discovered their finish. Artemee Ward declared that when he went ta a restaurant ho ordered hash, be cause she liked to know what he waa st ing. The pure food officials may have had a similar intention with regard to sausage. They started ,out Xof know what waa ilnMt.: But study of that versatile compound led them to that 'proverbial xenlth of knowl edge whloh Is to know that we know noth ing. They discovered that they might learn some of the components of sausage; but when tt oame to defining what was In It It was too much tor tfiam. They gave up the ta4k. Bverythlhaj that la In sausage belong there. Whatever is Is right. Tha pure food law hides Its diminished bead and the solace of 6,000.000 breakfast tables moves undisturbed and undelayed. In the march of alimentary events. , . PERSONAL NOTES. . A Taooma bootblack haa Juat retired with S fortune of pso.eoa, proving the wisdom of beginning at the foot ' ' - Since Carrie Nation has announced that she will kiss no man Who usee tobacco, a goodly proportion of the mala population la resting easier. I John Maginnls, former mayor of Bvtte, Mont., has sent to Boston chapter, Knights of Columbus, an offer of tiVWO as a Thanksgiving gift toward the fund that is to be devoted to the purcliase of a building. Senator-elect Thomas U. Payfiter, Ken tucky's Junior member of the upper branoh of congress, haa arrived in Washington to begin his maiden service In the senate. He served Uirte htrms in the lower branoh of congrwrs some years ago. The majority IB&oirjiiiliigt ICinor l Co CEXTni740, rXJWlNtaWNOSt sand HATS Jackets and Robes OOW is the time for and we have the largest and most handsome line of these goods shown in the city. Robes, $2.50 to $50.00; Jackets, $3.00 to $22.50. If you are not ready to purchase we will be pleased to have you make your selection, and on payment of Email deposit we will hold for you until you, are ready. Buy now and get the benefit of the assortment, only eighteen nwre shopping days. aananansaanmaaansaanmasannannasnnnnao 13th an4 Docile. TSy 15,h and D Ctrtrwts Viy Crreet t t n. o. wilcox, lUai-o i t THEME 10 MO rr n We lists ths Only Izzmi, Cljtn, I.ct, Lnsti. $7.53 VICTOR WHITE COAL CO., 1214 Fmx;TI. Etm. XXI of his colleagues of those" days 'nave lost their teats and moved from tha city. One of the most conspicuous ' figures among the Cheyenne Indiana In Montant, la Spotted Hawk, a hrav who la said tt have killed, durlnn his fighting days, mor white men than any other member of hl tribe. Spotted Hawk, aa well as the re malndcr of hie tribe, te now at petce with, tha United Statea, and lherefora It le not likely that he will, daring the coming years of his life, add to his list of pale faced victims. ' Thomas M. Hoyno, tha newly elected, president of the Chleagrt, Bar association was born In Oalewa, III. ' He graduated from the Chicago High stfhirl In lfx, took a law course at the University of Chicago and was admitted to the bar In lfwe. He Joined the firm of Hoyno Horton Heyne and la now the chief partner In the firm of Hoyan, O'tVnnor Irwin. In IS8J Mr. Hoy no was one of the three men elected aa provisional Judget of the circuit court whose election was afterward declared unconstitutional. rfVti M1HT L, REMARK. "Talking of Bryan's speech about hon esty in business, do you really know ot aay class of men who are always-square and nprlKht In their dealings?" Certainly I do." ' "Who are theyt" The men who manufacture pianos.' Baltimore American. : , "I suppose your financial revsrsoe will keep yeu walking the Soor?" . "Worse than that," answered Mr.' Jonah Jones. "It looks as tt I wouldn't bo able to reut a floor." Chicago Reoerd-Heraid. "Really," said tha first speculator, "It's a woii'ler that stock hasn't taken a tumble. It's steadily rising, although I believe It's full of water." But." reuivarked the other, "how. can It be full of water If there Isn't a drop in It?1' Philadelphia Catholic Standard. "Tou realise," said the earnest patriot, "that some grave responsibilities rest with you?" ; "Tea," answered Senator Sorghum, "and I am endeavoring to meet the responsibility, Heet Is precious, and 1 am going around on tip-toe trying not to disturb thsm."-)' Wash ington Star. "Ethel, dear, I don't think you are treat ing young Mr. Fullfayce quite fairly. I know he Is stout, and might be considered almost fleshy, but he la ef excellent family, gentlemanly in his manners, and -So en tirely devoted to you thalr--" , "But mamma, I 'Just can't bear the shape of hla ears. 'They look Ilka huso parentheses, stuck on his head with the cunoave side out!"-Chicago Tribune. Mrs. A (over 'phone Can you send me up a cook today, Mr. Dwyer? Heed of Intelligence Offlce-Borry I can t accommodate you. Mrs. A, but wt have only one in the office. , , Mra A But why mayn't I have hnr? Head of Intelligence Ofnc-Oh. we have te keep her aa a sample. Harper a Weekly. PAT ON THE; VEBD BUltjfttR. (Note The Union Pacific has beeii open, atlng during the last season k gasoline weed destroyer, whloh ' has attracted con siderable attention.) y v "Be dad," says Pat, "the world do movej The Irish used lt be t, t Tha monarchs of the rlght-Of-wey, But my, oh my, oh me, ' They brought a lot of dagos In And chased poor Pat away. , But right Is right and might Is ,-mtght The dago's had his day. - "You bet, the dago ha to go; - ' He UBed to dig the track ., And cut the big sunflowers down Without a bend of.baok; .. - He worked all day" for sixty cents; Hla finish now Is seen; They've got a thing that burns 'em now ' Ana does me oo up mean. "It's like poor Chink's first cable There ain't no horse or mule: cable car, iiule; .' There ain't no push or pull at all; it a sure a oaisy tooi; The flame the sends out from her baoB la like the devil's breath, But for all weeds along tha track ' She sure Is audden death. "The dos-rone thine Jt runs Itself. ' ' h dago s' bn tSd t.uhi; I He thought he was a roxy Dny, But now his time has come: I've got a aecret for you, too, And you can bot I know An irishman Invented It To make tha dago go." W. It McKeen. O. GKSSIGEIt Uj and constipa tion are ill -mated companions La Claw Cmm1!! eTMC3 ni-!jir I OaansagtsJeajoywor(oee. L-Jt : I 9 A NATURAL J I AVATTVF WiTTB f . Bottled at the Springs. Avoid substitutes. you to make your selection OUDCTITC FOR nn oLeawnZnaal , - J 1(1 - vi n i