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TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, FEDT1UATIY 25. 1909. C' th I I 'Hie Omaha Daily BEt FOL'NDED HT EDWARD RUSK WATER. VICTOIt KOKKWATKK. EDITUIV. I of Entered at Uu.aha Postoftice as secomi clans matter. TEll-MS OP L VCRIFTluN: Dally liee -twithout fcjr.s ), one ar..H.fW Daily 4ee aim bliiuh', oiie year bunday lee, one year bat unlay tec, ine year DELIVEHED UV CARRIER: Dally ld-e (Incluuing t-'umlay). per week. 13c Daily Re twltiioui t)iirniu. per weeK.Kc Evening Ree iwlthout Sundu), per week w Evening Hee twltn Sunday). p-r weeK.ioc Ad'iress all coniplnlnis of in esuiai Itles In delivery to City Circulation Department. OFK1CC3: Omaha The He Hmlulng. South Omaha City Hall Rulldlng. Council Blulfs LV Scott Street. Clil(!a)to--IWi; I'nlverrlty Building. New York U ltume blfo insurance Bullrlln. " . . x w Washington-728 Fourteenth Street N. N . CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to new and edi torial matter should be addressed, Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order Oniy 2-Vnt .tamrs recHve.i i m payment of OmahCo7eate STATEMENT Ob' CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas oumy, i.nr. n TM,-Kiick. treasurer or me h'hthe' rctmua?nn'umt.erB WnV"d ompli.t: copies or in- 1-",l't1(f ' durint 'ii.tn (iwaWiai f" lows 1T 38,300 1 SS.BOO 2 36,130 36,330 4 86,400 ( 35,300 36,340 7. 86,600 5 36,390 ' 9 36,380 10. ......... 86,410 11 36,330 11, 38,160 It 86,430 14..... 86,363 16..... 80,360 16....; 36,100 ti 3,.oo J Tt .ZZ 12 36,140 " ;; ZZo ' 2& . 3,540 it 35,100 27. St 37,130 29 36,060 30 86,330 (1 36,960 Totals 1,133,390 Leaa unsold and returned copies. . 8,450 Nst total 1,114,840 Dally average. 35,963 GEORGE B. TZ8CHUCK. Treasurer. Bubsoribed In my presence and sworn to nerore me tins 1st day ot Fenruary, ivm. ROUERT HUNTER. Notary Public. WHEX OUT OF TOWN. Subscribers leavingthe city tern porarlly should bars Th Dee mailed to them. Address will be cbansed as often aa reqaeated. Taft continues "far ln the lead." ine M. A. degree has been con ferred by Yale on a foot ball expert. Master of Athletics? The motto is to be restored to the coin. Kow If they will only restore the coin everybody will be happy. Charles Dana Gibson says there are more pretty worhen ln ' this country than ever before. And always will be. New York bankers are opposing the Aldrich. bilk - That may result ln get- ting some western upport for the measure. The Balkan war Cloud serves Its purpose. AH the countries interested are voting more taxes to meet the emergency. New York dispatches state that "Banker Morse is very busy hunting money." He has plenty of competl tlon in that line. : ' An eastern parson says Mr. Bryan should have- been a preacher Instead ot a politician. The answer is that Mr. Bryan is both. "Can a whale scream?" asks the Brooklyn Eagle. Perhaps, but It is usually content to express Us emo tions by blubbering. Readers who want to follow the trip of the battleships and the New York to Paris autoists will have to brush up on their geography. In suggesting J. Plerpont Morgan Tor the presidency, Leslie M. Shaw tnust have eflt like the theatrical prompter who had given the wrong cue. I The local democratic organ refers to Its party as tne party of Jefferson, Jackson and Bryan." Why not make the cause of the destruction of the erence Pr,ma"y optional with the re It a Quartet by including Grover Cleve- vessel. Marine exDerta wairi hittr publicans of the different counties a&d? I . ' ' . r. .... Kentucky . and the Philippines thottld both he assured In the national contention platforms that they shall V '" " " Z pav. sen-govern ment wnenever tney tew t ' I Senator Hale announces his inten- tion to make a speech ln vindication of the navy. At last accounts the navy Wat considered ln perfect condition to Vindicate Itself. Blanche Dates, the actress. Is agltat- f ng a project for the establishment of a home for the needy Forty-niners. Thar is greater need for a home forcause of the ewloslon. the needy NIneteen-elghters. Notwithstanding polite ' "effort to 'Bill" Gurley's re-chrlsten them paeudo reformers," we prefer to stick to the more understandable. If not more expressive, term, "fake re- formers." No Sunday closing law seems to have any disturbing effect on Colonel Bryan's speech-maklcg activities. It may be assumed, however, that his Sunday lecturing Is not labor, but Blm- pl physical exercise. After reading all the things that Washington and Lincoln are alleged to have said ln public addresses and mes sages, the student of history must be glad that they had to write their thoughts with a pen instead of having voluble typewriter at their disposal. 1 MR. TATTS FL4I.V TiLK. Becretary Taft Is establishing an en- viable reputation for using plain words to define his position and tbot the administration, to far as he rep- resents It, on public questions, nn- tlonal and international He has a hnblt of speaking with the utmost can- dor. Some time a:o he told the cltl- tens of Oklahoma very frankly that he dld not like some fenturis of the con-her stltutlon they had adopted and a little later, through an address in Kentucky, he spoke right out to the south on the negro quesion. He hns met the veiled charges of labor leaders by a tull ex- position of his views on labor and cap- ital and ho has Must added a very in- terestlng and wholly frank statement of his views on the trip of the battle- ships to the Pacific and of our future relatlons with the orient. Efforts have been made to construe B tho crulBe of the fleet into a menace against Japan. This has been encour- by J,n0 on boih s,de8 of th0 ocean and has resulted in denials 8equences of broken faith. The aspir whlch did not satisfy and explanations ng teacher should also be Impressed a i a a. - i x r T fi t - ... . wincu aiu not explain, stir, i an, m hto recent speech at Coneord, N. H.. aeclBrPa very plain lermtJ inai iu Purpose of the cruise is to furnish the powers of the far cast an object lesson oi tne mignt oi mo American nuniary rm. Asserting that the United States ilnpa nnf -an fn nun n nnvv tn flffht . but to prevent fighting, and that for . . 1 r at PurP8e the navy onlA be com- I niAtiSMFd ts -l t "Mii ti-cnUh mtp nvv. menBurate with "our wealth, our pop- illation and with the extent of our Jur Isdlctlon," Mr. Taft said The truth Is that In the orient It Is necessary to fill the measure of the eye In order to be convincing. It Is nobody's business where the battlushlpa are going, provided they keep to the ocean and don't Invade anybody's land. "It is nobody's business" may sound a little saucy, but when said without boastlng, and, without fear, it is void of offense and unquestionably voices the real sentiment of our people. Con- fication as trusts. In brief, the Ren ditions ln the far east are unsettled, t'ueky court holds that a combination China Is complaining of Japanese ag- 8 not illegal so long as it does not at gresslon in Manchuria. It is no secret tempt to enhanse the price of any com that most of the European powers are modity, in the growth or sale of which in secret sympathy with every move- ment looking to the impairment or de- structlon of the integrity of the Chi- nese empire. 1 he battle of the na- The case ln question grew out of at tions Tor commercial supremacy is des- tempted enforcement of an act passed tined to be fought on the Pacific and by the Kentucky legislature ln 106, our potential interests ln the orient demand the presence of a proper fleet in the Pacific. The fleet has been sent to the Pacific, not as a menace, but in the assumption of a responsible- lty which the United States incurred when It secured the open door policy in cnina, a policy which it cannot abandon any more than it could aban- don the Monroe doctrine. WRECK OF THE MAINE. Congressman Sulzer'of New York has Introduced a resolution asking the secretary of the navy to inform con- gress whether our government has the right to remove the wreck of the bat- tleshlp Maine from Havana harbor and give the Imprisoned dead proper burial. He has also asked for an estl- mate qf the prooable cost of removing the hull of the destroyed ship. It would appear useless to question the right of this government to re- move the wreck from Havana harbor. but the resolution may possibly at- tract the attention of congress to a duty that should have been performed long ago. The remnants of the Maine lie ln the chief harbor of Havana, a menace to navigation and an obstacle to extensive harbor improvements which the Cuban government proposes to undertake at an early day. It serves no purpose other than to inter- est tourists and to emphasize Amer- lcan neglect ln the matter of its proper disposition. An American marine en- Stneer has estimated that the hull of the Maine could be raised and towed to deep water at a cost not to exceed J300, 000. The cost alone should not cause congress to hesitate about clear- lng Havana's harbor of this obstruc- tlon and giving proper burial to the dead of the vessel whose destruction precipitated the ward with Soain. The raisins of the hull of the Min might, too, throw valuable lleht on ur.r nvpr ihi nuMtinn won m.i.. was blown ud a little over ten voara ago. Mose of the experts contended that the ship had been blown up from the outside by emissaries of Spain, and ... wm.nn MB ' ' ' V, aWrtt.A 1. .. 4. I inat uui3 uy l-uv AUieru-Pa people, WUOBW Oloou WB8 "l anting neat. Spaln' contentlon wa8 that the maga- tine had been exploded from within; either by accident or by design, to bring a climax to the agitation for war. . . . ... v The war haa heeix fought aud its re- pulu accepted. If the hull of the MIn is ever raised and examined we may D'v8 conclusive proof of the real COSTRACT-JVMP1XQ TRACHEBS. 11 is a sad reflection upon the whole body of Nebraska) public school teach' er" although entirely undeserved by the great majority of them, that the authorities of the State university and the state normal schools should feel It necessary to Join with the state super- lntendent ln a public circular to teach- ers against contract-Jumping and threatening revocal of certificates as a penalty for breaking employment agreements. The inviolability of contracts, whether entered into by business men, mechanics, laborers, lawyers, clergy men or teachers, must be re - spected and should be enforced, If a school district should repu- dlate its obligations to Its teachers they would have a right to Insist on specific performance or upon adequate compensation for damage. Th aver- age teacher, howerpr, haa no financial responsibility that could b enforced, eVen If the school authorities were dts- posed, as they usually are ucj, to irur- gue uje contract-Jumper with legal retnejdles. Yet the fact that th teacher cannot easily be held to the terms of e contract, nor has anything at stake t0 i,e jOBti snould not be allowed to en- Into the case. Neither is the threatened revocal of teachers' certlfl- cates likely to be effective, although it rnay have some good Influence, because lt would not necessarily extend beyond state borders and because, further, m0Bt 0f 9 contract-Jumping la done by teachers ready to abandon the pro- fesslon for matrimony or other avoca- lons. Tne real rerrjedy for contract-Jump- ina should be applied in the normal - hoola bv emnhaelzlnK to the students preparing for teachers' work the im- portance ot scrupulous honesty In busl ness dealings and the disastrous con w th the Deculiar DoBltlon 01 tne teacher ln every communlty as setting (n example not only to the pupils in the Bchool roora but t0 thelr parents outgtde. Nebraska's pride in Its unexcelled Lllhu orhoola ahnnlrl Include a nrlde .. t . . .ui.v knw(,vr,r r. ha aunnorted onlv on a flrmly established reputation tof the I. - . .... a - . . - , -- teachers for efficiency, fidelity and square dealing ln every relation of life. KESTHKY S VIEW OF TRC8TS. The Kentucky court of appeals has injected a decidedly interesting and novel Question into the conflicting mass of experiments being tried in dif- ferent states and by the federal gov- ernment to test the leealltv of combl- nations, pools and other associations which come under the general classl- it may be Interested, above its actual worth or to depress It below its real value. which declared it lawful for any num ber of persons to combine, unite or pool any or all of the crops of wheat, tobacco, corn or other farm products for the purpose of grading, classifying, storing, holding or sellln the same in order to obtain a better price than could be obtained by selling separately or individually. Notwithstanding the act. a dooI was formed hv tnhncm pool violated his agreement that hla tobacco should be handled by .the agents of the pool, and sought to sell directly to the agents of a tobacco company. The lower court granted an injunction, restraining him from disposing of his crpp except through tne ency of the pool. The tobacco company asked for a dissolution of the injunction, alleging that the pool was in violation of the law. The court of aPPeals has refused to dissolve the in- "'on Tne decslon is certain to attract at tention beyond the confines of Ken- tucky- 11 na8 th effect of Judicial Banctloi of the declaration that there are good and bad trade combines, and addB the element of appraisement to otne" Questions to be considered In trust Prosecutions. There has been no contention on the part of prosecutors tnat any of tn trusts have operated t0 dPreciate the price of any article below its real value. The complaint nas invariably been that the trust has operated to enhance the price of art! cleB a"Ove what is reasonable. Under the Kentucky decision a trust or com' "nation has a perfect right to obtain a ul1 and reasonable price for an "tlcle and Is subject to prosecution only ,f it demands more or less than on article is worth. Here ,n Nebraska the "anti-Taff folk8 are hollering because the state committee made the presidential pref rather than force it upon any county tnat dld not want it. Over in Illinois where tne "ti-Taft folks have full control cf the party machinery the call Ior w Blaie convention requires all the delegates to be appointed by the respective county committees1. The "antis" are, at least, to be commended for their adaptability and versatility. The Good Government league ' at South Omaha has made a few endorse- ments as between candidates for prl- L action whatever as' to the larger num ber of offices to be filled at the coming city election. It is notorious that some of the candidates standing for these nominations are flagrantly unfit.- A I good government league ought to put up a black list against the bad candi dates, even where It may be afraid to take sides between good candidates. When the congressional salary was nBed trom j.5.000 a year to 17.600 a year it was naturally to be expected that competition for the prize would Increase. The sprouting of numerous congressional aspirations ln nearly every district In Nebraska Indicates that the honor of representing the Btate ln congreM i, no longer regarded ai imposing any financial sacrifice, 1 The nomination of the candidate for governor on the democratic ticket will not take place In Nebraska until next September, but Mr. Shallenberger Is taking time by the forelock ln securing I endorsements from the conventions and committees that ere meeting now to choose delegates to the March state convention, which to' charged with nothing except to choose national con vention delegates. Mayor "Jim" will have to wake up and begin to hustle if he does not want to be left at the post. In his paper Judge Edgar Howard denies that he has been "see In things" himself and claims to get his political pipe dreams from some unnamed In formant with an elastic Imagination. That is not the way, however, for him to escape responsibility. JVidge How ard should at least make the attempt to verify his fakes before swallowing them whole himself and trying to palm them oft as genuine upon others. Senator Stone of Missouri says the tjanic was caused by a shortage ot available currency. We have felt con fident all along, In spite df the con flicting opinions offered by financial experts, that some great-brained statesman! would finally discover the one real cause of the panic. . The funnv nart about It Is that the towns that want a strictly distance tar iff on shipments between points wholly within state boundaries would object the most strenuously to a strictly dis tance tariff on Interstate shipments. It all depends for whom the tariff Is to be made. Statements made by the national banks of Omaha in response to the last comptroller's call afford all the proof a reasonable man could want that no government guaranty Is neces sary to insure their depositors against loss. "Does anyone really talk in Esper anto, the new language?" asks a reader. Oh, yes. Most ot the brakes men and callers at the railway sta tions have been using it for years. ' A Pittsburg Jury has decided that a kiss is not worth $2,000. The Jury is not good adthorlty ln such cases. The value of a kiss is a matter known only to the kisser and the klssee. Childlike Confidence. Philadelphia Record. Ex-Oovernor Pennypacker still displays that touching confidence in everybody of which he g-ave such childlike proofs when millions were abstracted from the state treasury under hla official nose. I An Object Lesson. Et. Louis Republic. If the Japanese cruiser which has been dodging about the Chilean cost got a glimpse of Evans' squadron U must crry back nome tne report oi an instructive oo ject lesson ln the naval power of the United States. Cana and Effect. Bpiingfleld Republican. Mark Twain simply notes, ln discussing the causes of the panic, that It came coln cldently with the lemoval of "In God We Trust" from the gdld eagle. Congress, ln rushing through a bill to restore the legend seema to have such a thought seriously ln mind. Balked a Ilaara Grab. Kansas City Star. President Roosevelt has cruelly defeated the scheme to have the Chickasaw and Choctaw tribes sell 60O.OC0 acres of coal lands, worth anywhere from 620,000,000 to $150,000,000, A syndicate of white philan thropists was willing and ready to pay the Indians as high aa $S or fl an acre, and If necessary to throw ln a string- of beads te boot. ' Well Worth the Honey. Portland Oreg-onlan. The report that Bryan made 151,000 last year from his lectures la seised upon by Harper's Weekly as the subject for a cartoon representing the peerless leader as a bloated plutocrat. And yet, with all his faults, Bryan was well worth $52,000 to the people ot the United States. If he did nothing else, he made such men as Fair banks, Knox, Foraker and Cannon Impos sible republican nominees for the presi dency. And that alone was worth $52,000. Hnmble4 a Frensled Promoter. Baltimore American. It Is said -that Mr. Morse was extremely humiliated at hla arrest on the charge of grand larceny, aa he thought a man of his Importance In Wall street would not be subjected to the processes of the law In flicted on ordinary offenders. The fact that he was treated exactly like any other man accused of a crime will do much toward restoring publlo confidence In the prom ises made that ln the crusade against crim inal frenxled finance justice will show itself no respecter of persona, but put the rich accused swindler on the same plane aa the common accused thief. Abasias the "Root of Evil. ' New York Sun. Mr. Bryan's remarks to the Indianapolis ministers breathe his wonted hatred of saint seducing geld: "My friends, we find that the great pas alon Is to get rlohee, no matter how you got them; and you start up a lottery and offer a ti.oOO prise for a dollar ticket, and the fellow will pay the dollar to get the ohanoe at the $1,000, because he wants to get something for nothing; and I believe that the root of all this trouble Is the love of money." Fortunately, some people when they earn tGO.OOO a year or so feel that they can afford tq abuse the rcot of all evil; and lotteries are unlawful and legacy hunting Is often unsuccessful. PAYING FOR WATERED STOCK. Thin the Pvhlle Eadsres BtuiH It Is Basy, Charles E. Russell In Everybody's. We have now about 8,000 miles of steam railroads, of which only 15.000 miles are double-tracked. Practically the entire mile age should be double-tracked, not only for publlo safety, but to carry the traffic If there were no stock watering, there need be bo single-tracked railroads. The money that normally would have been used for double-tracking has gone for dividends on ths watered stocks. We have on our steam railroads thousands of grade crossings (a very barbarous and stupid device), by means of which every year hundreds of persons needlessly lose their lives. If there were no stock watering, there need be no grade crossings. The money that normally would bars been used to abolish these deathtraps has gone for dividends on the watered stock. In ths case of. ths street railroads, the vile overcrowding, the strap- hanging, the monstrous discomfort, the In frequent cars, the bad tracks, th wretched conveniences, are merely products of stock watering. The money that normally would have gone Into adequate equipment h gone for dividends oa watered stock. Where President Publlo announcement made December 11, 190": "On the night after election I made the following announcement : " 'I am deeply sensible of the honor done me by the American people hi thus expressing their confidence In what I have done and have tried to do. I appreciate to the full the solemn responsibility this confidence Imposes upon me, and I shall do all that In my power Ilea not to forfeit It. " "On the 4th of March next 1 shall have served three and a half year, and thla three and a half years constitute my first term. The wise custom which limits the president to two terms regards the substance and not the form, and under no circumstances will I be a candidate for or accept another nomination.' "I have not changed and shall not change the decision thus announced." This statement was Issued to the public to set at rest all talk About the president being a receptive or possible candidate for another term. It was accepted generally by the friends ot Mr. Roosevelt as settling finally his position, and aa voicing not only his true sentiments, but also Ma determlna , tlon not to allow his name to bo considered at any sto;e In connection with the contest for presidential preferment before the republican national conven tion or before the people. Since then the president has repeatedly aaserted to visitors that he favors Mr. Taft, and that no real friend of hla would refuse to respect his wishes as expressed ln thla public statement. HOl'N D ABOUT NEW YORK. Ripples on the Current of Life In the Metropolis. The Important legal question whether the State legislature may delegate to a com mission the legislative power of fixing rates waa decided In the affirmative by the New Tork stato court of appeals. Un der the legislative act of 190 creating a commission to regulate prices of gas and electric light and power, the commrssion ordered reductions ln several cities. The publlo service companies of Saratoga re sisted the order and appealed to the oourts. In the decision Just rendered tho court of appeals held the. act. constitutional in its underlying principle, namely, that the leg islature may delegate to a commission Its power to fix rates, but the act In ques tion, ln this particular case, was held un constitutional on the specific ground that In establishing an arbitrary period of three years ln which the rates fixed by the com mission should stand no provision was made for an appeal for a readjustment of rates. As the right of congress to dele gate rate-making power to the Interstate Commerce, commission has been raised by opponents of the Hepburn law and Is likely to be presented to the court of last resort, the ruling of New York's court of appeals Is considered an Important Judicial prece dent. New York barkeepers, when they bocome confidential, usually tell good stories, and he Is a novice who does not carry bar secrets under his Jacket and who does not know stories about the men who come In "to see what time It Is." "Now, there," said a white-aproned total abstainer mem ber of the profession, pointing to a tin box on the glass shelf, "la one of my regular customers this tin box." In answer to the look of Inquiry he said: "It belongs to a man who never takes a drink, but who smokes a lot of cigarettes, which he rolls himself. Every little while he gets a box full of some particular kind of tobacco and comes here and orders a cocktail of his own invention. He empties the drink Into the box. watches the tobacco absorb It, then hands me the box, which I keep till he returns In the evening and takes It home. No cherry goes with this .cocktail, and, although I've never known the to bacco to curl up and find fault because the drink was too dry or too sweet, I mix It as carefully as I do those for our crank customers." Nearly 600.000 of New York City's popula tion of 4,500,000 are crowded Into the ab normally small area of 8G4, acres. As the total acreage of the city is 200.218, It can be see nat once how extraordinarily teem ing the congestion In some parts of the city is. ' Unless something Is done and done be fore many years, this Increasing congestion will reach a point defying human efforts to remedy It, short of the most radical changes in the system itself. It Is computed that within ten years the city will have a population of fully 7,000,000. The most recent census taken was that of 1905. The congestion revealed by that cen sus was shockingly bad enough, but ln the last two years It has grown much worse. The Immense number cf immigrants which every year augments the city's resident population, and the results of industrial depression all have had the effect of still further massing more and more humanity Into the already swarming sections. Al though the figures of 1906 are the most re cent authentic ones, they do not, however, tell the full tale. Present conditions are far worse than was the situation three years ago. Contrary to the general opinion, the most thickly Inhabited block ln tho, city is not on the east side, but Is on the upper west side ln the region Inhabited by the negroes and dubbed "San Juan Hill." It Is the block bounded by Amsterdam avenue and West End avenue. Sixty-first and Sixty-second streets. Here1 on a little mere than five acres, no fewer than 6.173 people are stuffed, Time brings Its revenges to all. It has brought them to James W. Osborne, for mer assistant district attorney whom At tomey General Jackson haa named as his deputy to conduct the Ice trust prosecu tion. Two years ago Mr. Jerome end Mr. Osborne were candidates for the same of fice. The people refused to take Mr. Os borne seriously, because he had made several unfortunate breaks. By the time election day came around, he was "poor Jim," to use Mr. Jerome's language. So he waa when the votes were counted. There was one thing he said, however, when he accepted the Tammany nomina tion that la pertinent to recall. Quoting Mr. Jerome's remark that his Independent candidacy "placed the people of New York county on trial," he retorted ln effect that If such were the case It was "the first Influential and wealthy criminal whom the district attorney has ever brought to trial." By the act of Governor Hughes Mr. Jerome is superseded now ln th,e Ice trust matter, expreasly because he had. not brought to trial an Influential corporate offender. Ho "poor Jlmm" has his chance. He probably realise . that It Is also hla risk. "The man from the west who makes goad ln New York has troubles of his own," re marked on who had. "I'm willing to ad mit that my Income Is double what It used to be, but I need the money. However, that doesn't appeal to the down-and-outer who knew me back home. Never a week passes but on of them finds me out for a touch, sometimes half a doaen. Th chief trouble about New York la that It is th mecca for everybody looking for big thtcgra Young fellows come here, spend all their money looking for work, then hunt up someone from home who has a Job. It's hard to turn them down, but It becomes a nuisance finally, and patience has ceased to be a virtue ln my case." Hugh Bonner. 68 years old, and formerly chief of th New York Ftr department and one of the greatest firemen In th world, haa Juat been appointed fir com mtsaloner tn New York, vice Lantry, re signed, because th bone buret repeatedly at a recent serious fire in which three fire men lost their Uvea. , Dr. Osier was not consulted about Bonner's appointment, but property owners and th underwriters in New York regard it with great favor. Roosevelt Stands. I'RICES MUST COMB DOWN. Only Hrdnrrd Cost of LlTlnsr Will Stimulate I'rodartlon. New York Journal of Commerce. In the situation Into which the Industries and business of this country have been brought by past overdoing and misdoing there is but one way of giving an Impulse to a renewed and 4iealthy activity. That way is to reduce th coat of production and of the distribution of products, In order that consumption may be stimulated by lower cost of llvlr.g. To reduce the cost of production there must be a lowering ot wages and ot the price of materials Into which the cost of labor enters. The logi cal result would be lower prices for the consumable products, which would . soon compensate for reduced wages through the lower cost of what wages buy or a reduced cost of living. Tills process of adjustment cannot In the complex situation follow a logical order, but there must be a simulta neous yielding all along the line, a conces sion In waxes and concessions In prices be fore the effort of a lessened cost of pro ducing has been fully realised. The dimin ished production Is already a stubborn fact, compelled by circumstances which neither capltol ncr labor can control or long resist, though both have control or long bringing them about There Is no such thing pos sible as forcing renewed activity and In creased volume In production. It can only be Induced by making It easier, by reduc ing cost and encouraging consumption. The alternative to lower wares and lower prices la less work and leas business, not only Icbb than there was a few months ago, which Is already accomplished, but less than there would otherwise be. The resistance of organised labor to reducing wages must Inevitably lnorease the number of unemployed and the consequent suffer ing, and delay recovery In industrial activ ity, for organised labor has no power to force production or prevent the curtailment that Inordinate cost has compelled, "ln the form of trust or otherwise," to a reduotlon of prices can only have a similar effect ln hampering recovery for a wide range of Industries and for all business that de pends upon normal Industrial activity. Every day we are getting reports of th great number of werklng ,men In enforced ldelnesa, and there are appeals to govern ing authorities to make work for the un employed, while organisations for charita ble aid are overwhelmed with demands for relief for the deserving who, can get no work. There should be a co-operation of all concerned to relieve this situation as speedily and as rapidly as possible by th only means by which It can be done. PERSONAL NOTES. General Chaffee Is now an offlolal of ls Angeles and faces a contractor without flinching. A New York bank teller has died from a disease contracted ln handling paper money. Yet there Is no lack of people who are willing to take the risk. Brigadier General Francis S. Dodge, U. S. A.,, retired, who waa awarded a medal of honor by congress for distinguished gal lantry at the battle of Whit River ln Colorado In the Indian campaign. In th sixties, died at his residence ln Washing ton the other day. Yborshl, a monarch, whose realm Is that of Aysbonla, a strip of land In Africa, 250 miles long and ninety miles wide. Is ad vertising his kingdom for sale ln several continental newspapers. He offers his throne, crown, scepter, dominions and sub jects, with thirty wives thrown in, for 10,000. President Tucker of Dartmouth college sends a letter to the New Hampshire Taft association announcing his preference for the war secretary. He asks, "What greater personal qualities, what broader training, what more thoroughly tried capacity, what more assured unselfishness, can be de manded ln a candidate for the presidency than Mr. Taft has already exemplified In his public career." A correspondent of the Boston Transcript tells all about that split ln the republican delegation from Florida. Florida was for Taft. but It seems that the split wa en gineered by Henry M. Flagler, the people's friend. He managed to pack the hall with negroes, and at an opportune time had ban ners bearing the portrait of "Foraker, the negro's friend," flashed about th hall. This stampeded the negroes to the negro antl' Taft candidate for permanent chairman of th convention and gave this element their claim to regularity. And Wall street and Henry Rogers, who Is ln th oil busi ness, "laughed fit to kill" when'they beard of Henry Flagler's coup. For Coughs Never hesitate to ask your doctor about Ayer's Cherry Pectoral It is a regular medi cine, a strong medicine, a doctor's medicine. Ay ers Cherry Pectoral REVISED FORMULA It would be very interesting to know how many years your family physician has prescribed Ayer's Cherry Pectoral for coughs, colds, and all forms of lung troubles. Ask him the next time you see him. We know physicians who have used it for over half a century. Free from Alcohol J. C. AYER CO., Manufacturing Chemists, Lowell, Mass. THE MODERN HOTIL Wonderful Changri in the Twenty-Five Tears. Last THE ST. REGIS ;ois A MODEt se hn enlo the lux-l How fw of those who enjoy the lux uries of a -(treat modern hotel realise the maghltur of the task Imposed upon Its management. The hotel, as we know It today, did not exist twenty-five years ago. The Introduction of steel and fire-proof construction, the manifold application of electricity to common uses, and the fsr higher standard of living demanded by well-to-do Americana are largely respon sible for this great change. Perhaps th most conspicuous example of this new type of hotel Is the St. Regis In New- York. To manage such a crea tion requires executive ability and re sourcefulness cf the hlhest order, fur th proposition Is the one most complicated put up to human managornent. To keep its wonderful mechanical plant running to prepare food for Its large number of snort and to minister to their almost limitless requirements, from the spreading of a grand banquet to the sewing of a recreant button, requires an army of trained em ployees, a half-thousand strong, Years of planning and travel, to say nothing of large expenditures, were necessary to equip and furnish this hotel and to gather the treasures of two continents, here so lav ishly displayed. Yet th cost to people who fnne-1 " St. Regis Is comparatively small ' service rendered and the luxuries Here one may enjoy the.utmns perfect housekeeping, rare treas.m art and antiquity, entrancing music, the rich perfume of flowers and the most select companionship. A perfectly appoint ed private room may be had for only $4 a day, and If desired with a bath, for ft per day, or a parlor, bedroom and bath for $12 and upward. The prices In the restaurant are no higher than In other hotels of the first class. WHITTLED TO A POINT. "Wouldn't you be better off without vour husbandT" "I don't think so his life Isn't In ur d " Cleveland Leader. 'Is this seat engaged?" asked the you.ig man. "No, replied tho handsome alrl. ' but It la only fair to state that I am not, either." Realising that It was leap year, he has tened to the safety of the smoker. Phil adelphia Ledger. Delilah had betrayed Sirmson and he was ln the hands of the Philistines. - Just the same, he reflected, prou lly, "I am the strongest man now. In captivity." Whereupon he proceeded to wait patiently for his hair to grow long again. Chlcag.i Tribune. "Suppose you suoceeded In destroying the trusts' said the theorist, "what wou'.d hap pen then?" "I'd hav to begin life anew," answer tl the emotional orator. My entire repertory of speeches would be invalidated." Wash ington Star. "Pa," said the senator's little boy, look ing up from His book, "What's a Neme sis?' ,r "A 'Nemesis,' my son," replied the sen ator, wearily, "i a female offlcesee'.ier that you foolishly promised to assist." Philadelphia Press. "Ge whizz I look at Growella," exclaimed Newltt, at lunch. "He seems to have a very hearty appetite. I thought he wts a dyspeptic." "He Is," replied Wise; "he's the worst kind. He's cursed with an optimistic ap petite and a pesslmistlo digestion." Phil adelphia Press. "Papa," asked one of the little girls, who had been looking at the advertising c lutm i of the paper, "why don't you take us to on of these continuous performances - some times?" "Because, my dear," sighed papa, "I am running a continuous performance of my own. I have to buy shoes and sehoolbooks for thirteen children." Chicago Tribune. "Your presidential chances are experlens ing quite a boom," said the reporter. "There you go," exclaimed the candidate, Impatiently, "calling my prospect a 'boom.' " "What's the matter with that?" "It rhymes with gloom, doom and tomb," replied the candidate, "and I never did ll'te campaign poetry, anyhow." Philadelphia Ledger. , PUT VP TIIE SWORD. James Jeffrey Roche In the Century. I have sung of the soldier's glory As I never shall sing again; I have gazed on the shambles gory I have amelled of the slaughter pen. There Is blood In the Ink well clotted. There are stains on the laurel leaf, And the pages of fame are blotted With the tears of a needldes grief. The bird is slaughtered for fashion, - And the beast Is kiUed for sport; And nevr the word compassion Is whispered at Moloch a court. For the parent seal ln the water Is slain, and her child must die, That some slater or wife or daughter Her beauty may beautify. And the merciful thought we smother For such Is the way of man As w murder the useless mother For the "unborn astrakhan." But a season of rest comes never For the rarest sport of all; , Will His pall nee endure foraver, Who noteth th sparrow's fail? When the volleys of hell are sweeping The sea and the battle plain. Do you think that our God Is sleeping. And never to wake again? " When hunger and ravenous fevur Are slaying ths waited frame, Shall we worship the real deceiver, The devil that men call Fame? We may swing the censer to cover The odor of blood ln vain; God asks us, over and over, "Where Is thy brother CalnT" a