THE OMAHA DAILY BEEt WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2f, 1P03.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas County, :
Oeorg B. Txschuck. treaaurer of Tha
Dee Publishing company, being duly eworn
aaya that the actual number of full and
complete coplce of The Dally, Morning,
Kvenlng and Sunday Bee printed during
tha month of January, 1908, waa as fol
lowa: 1 , 86,800
1 4 36,130
I... 36,380
J7 M.30Q.
U 3,150
11 55,400
86,400 . 10 38S0
t 88,300 '. St 36,410
C 3)3,340 . 12 36,140
7 36,500 ; II,..; 36J60
38,380 ' 21 30,460
1 36,380
It J...C 36,416
11 36,330
i: 35,160
13. ,..,' 36,430 -
14 36,960
1( 36,31)0
It 86,100
15 36,640
If 35,100
17 38,140
II 37,180
It 36,060
10 38,830
l 36,380
Totals 1,133,880
Less unsold and returns! copies
8,450
Met total.
Dally average,
1,114,840
35,863
GEORQE B. TZ8CHUCK,
i Treasurer.
Subscribed til my presence and sworn to
before ma this 1st day of February, 1908.
ROBERT HUNTER.
Notary Public.
WHEW OUT OP TOWN,
bserlbers IsaWng the eltr tem
porarily ahonld bar Tha Bee
mailed to them. Ad drees will bo
chanced aa often a requested.
The way to advertise Omaha la to
advertise. .
Maryland republicans , have asked
for reserved Beats on the Taft band
wagon. Speaker Cannon 1b more popular as
a favorite uncle than he promises to be
as a favorite son. '
It is announced that King Leopold
Is going to take the hot air treatment.
Going Into politics again? (
King Edward's cigars are worth
13.20 poJy" tbo.Drpoklyn Eagle,
They may cost that much. ;
Bishop Scannell's remedy for the dl
vorce evil Is to make young people
lake betrothal mora seriously.
Champ Clark eays the democratic
party does not' have enough perspec
tlve. It has even le3s prospective.
San Franclsep la ottering 2 5 cents a
head for rats. There ought tc be
money in raising rats at that price.
A Detroit woman wants $76,000 for
a kiss. .Wall street In lta palmiest
days never law a more flagrant at
tempt at overcapitalization.
If the Kentucky courts are as slow
In trying Young Hargls as they have
beea In trying Caleb Powers the young
man may yet die of old age.
Stuyveeant Fish still has a lot of
'stock in' Mr. Harrlman's Illinois Cen
tral even if Mr. Harrlman does not
take much stock in Mr. Fish.
"Sing and you will be well," says
Bishop Fallows of Chicago. Perhaps,
but it is apt to make some of us a lit
tie Unpopular with our neighbors.
It is to be noted that the movemen
for a tew Jail for Douglas county does
not come from the jail inmates. They
all nope to be out before moving day,
Of course, if the street railway com
pany should by accident cart away
more snow, than it sweeps from its
tracks, no one would complain very
loudly.
Helen Keller says she would not
part with 'the seeao of touch If she
were offered the sense of sight la
exchange. Helen must have something
polltitlan in her makeup.
"Secretary Taft." says the Baltimore
American! "has a big mind, a big heart
and a big policy." - And even after a
shower of bouquets like that he shows
no symptoms, of having a big head.
ssssBBSBasssBsaasBSBS
It those, globe-girdling automoblllsts
only keep the pace they mey reach
Omaha in time to help inaugurate ou
new county roads paved with the pro
ceeds of the Crelghton estate lnherl
tance tax.
TbA Dnffalo Express wants to know
why these noted opera singers do not
learn our language and sing it, Instead
of singing In Italian or French. Prob
ably) because they know Americans
would tot pay fancy prices to hear
them warble lu English.
The War department wants aa ap
propriation for the purpose of building
an artificial Uslaud in Manila bay. It
Beeroa like a useless expense when the
government owns so many real islands
out there and could move one of them
into th bay without missing it
AKT1-RKBATK LA W 8USTAID.
One. of the trongest contentions
urged by the railroad companies and
6ther corporations charged with the
lolatlon of the railway rate law passed
In 1806 has been nullified by the de
cision of the United States supreme
court that the Elklns law, so-called.
prohibiting the granting of rebates,
as not repealed by the Hepburn bill.
Most of tha cases that have been
brought by the government against
corporations charged with violation of
the anti-rebate law have been started
under the provisions of the Elklns' act.
The offending . companies have con
tended that the Elklns' law was re
pealed by the Hepburn law passed
later. The federal district court for
Minnesota and the United States circuit
court of appeals both held that the
lalm of the defendants was not valid,
and this view has been confirmed by
the supreme court of the United States.
The decision has special significance
by reason of lta bearing upon the case
of the government against the Stand
ard Oil company, in which Judge
Landls of Chicago found the oil com
pany guilty of rebating and assessed
fine of $29,240,000. The company
appealed and recently asked to Inter
plead before the supreme court in the
Minnesota case, asserting that the Issue
raised In that litigation was practically
identical with that Involved in the com
pany's case in Judge Landls court.
The decision, therefore, is adverse to
the oil company on its chlefest claim
for a reversal .of Judge Landis' de
cision. It leaves the company with but
little to plead before the supreme court
except that the fine Imposed was ex
cessive. The Department of Justice will wel
come the decision as clearing the way
for more active prosecution of the
cases that have already been Instituted
in the courts In different parts of the
country against corporations that are
charged with violation of the law
against rebating.
AMERICA'S BAD HOADS.
The foreigners who entered in the
New York to Paris automobile race are
In a rare state of disgust over the con
dition of the roads they have already
traversed in the initial stages of the
long Journey. They declare that the
highways are combinations of lakes
and mud puddles and insist they have
made mistakes Jn not bringing heavier
machines. One of the drivers, writing
from a snowbank in Indiana, expresses
his conviction that he will find better
roads in Alaska and Siberia than he
has yet discovered in the United States.
It will be interesting to hear from him
after he has discovered his error.
Americans are notoriously negligent
In their care of highways.. The Depart
ment of Agriculture has furnished from
time to time data showing that poor
roads cost the farmers of the nation
many millions of dollars annually, and
much effort has been expended to en
courage better roaa uuiiaing in me
rural districts, without any very satis
factory results. With a railway sta
tion but a few miles away, the Ameri
can farmer is not inclined to spend
much time or money on the Improve
ment of the wagon road3 over which
he must haul his produce to market.
Such improvement work as is done is
for the most part of a haphazard and
slovenly character, without reference
to any systematic plan. So long as the
farmers do not improve the roads for
their own benefit, there Is little likeli
hood of their doing it for the benefit
of automobile racers. The growng use
of the automobile, even among the
farmers, is certain to finally produce
an agitation in favor of road improve
ment that cannot be Ignored. It will
be centuries, of course, before the high
ways of this country are brought to the
condition found in the densely popu
lated European countries, but it is not
too much to hope that each year will
witness an Improvement that will af
ford tome relief from the existing con
ditions, which are simply disgraceful.
THK SENATOR- FROM MISSOURI.
Down in Missouri they are having
one of the prettiest fights in the polit
ical history of the state, the prize be
ing a senatorial toga now worn with
more or less grace by William Joel
Stone, more familiarly known as
' Qum Shoe . Dill. The other con
testant for the place in the national
senate so long held by George Vest Is
Joseph Wingate Folk, now governor of
the state. The conflict Is really be
tween the old and new schools of pol
ltlcs and the contestants are striking
representatives of their class.
Stone's feet are shod in worsteds
He has an eager eye, a buttonhole
clutch from which there is no escape
and a faculty amounting almost to
genius for getting the ear of the man
with a pull in every township he visits.
In one of the old fights In the state he
accused "Bill" Phelps, a famous lob
byist, of sucking eggs. . Phelps re
torted that "Bill Stone sucks eggs, too,
tut he hides the shells." The remark
furnishes a key to Stone's political
methods. From Bird Point to Itock
port and from Klrksvllle to Neosho he
has traveled up and down the state,
using sub rosa tactics In placing polit
leal strings that he could pull at con
vention time. In state contests, Call a
way, old Pike, Buchanan, Jackson,
Benton, Jasper, Holt, Nodaway and
other counties have had their favorite
sons, but when the roll was called the
nominees were almost invariably found
to be Stone men. If they were not on
his list before the election, be made it
a point to see that they got on it after
wards. He was a master manipulator
under the old convention system.
Folk is for about everything that
Stone has been against. As governor
he Las fought the corporations with
which Stone has been on chummy
terms during all his political career.
He has succeeded In securing the adop
tion of a state-wide primary law, which
Is considered a body blow to Stone and
his methods of wirepulling in conven
tions. Folk deals in invectives, while
Stone whispers soothing plea for peace
and compromise. Folk la making his
campaign on his record. Stone is try
ing to get away from his. Yet both
are strong in Influence and political
backing. Democratic feeling 1b run
ning high and lines are closely drawn.
Folk Is said to have the support of the
rural voters, while Stone stilt retains
his grip on the city politicians. The
result of the contest is a most inter
esting speculation. To add test to the
fight, there is a growing prospect that
old Missouri may decide to furnish
Senator Warner with a republican
colleague.
A FBEK SEED IDEA.
A few years ago "the only demo
cratic congressman from Nebraska"
made the humiliating confession that
his sole field of usefulness at Wash
ington consisted in distributing free
garden seeds to his constituents. It
seems that even this humble occupa
tion might have been productive of
good had the free seed allowance been
turned to practical account, as Is pro
posed by Congressman Pollard from
the First Nebraska district. Mr. Pol
lard has this announcement running
over his name In the various newspa
pers of his district:
On account of the fact that I have no
faith In the good results that follow the
free distribution of garden seeds, I shall
pursue the same course this year that I
did last, and only send garden seeds to
those who request them. I have exchanged
lo.ono packages of garden seed for a llko
amount of flower seeds which I desire to
distribute among the public schools of my
district. I reserved enough garden seed,
however, to supply everyone with them
that makes request for the same.
Everyone knows that the free garden
seed business is a humbug and a graft
started on the theory that the govern
ment should furnish seed for rare or
specially developed plants for experi
mental purposes, but that it never
stuck to the text. If we must have
free seeds, by all means let it take the
form of a distribution to the public
schools where the children may make
flower gardens of their playgrounds
and at the same time learn from na
ture the lessons of plant life,
FORMULATING A PROPOSITION.
Whatever might be decided upon to
meet the conditions complained of in
the Jail and court house, it would be
necessary to secure authority from the
voters of the county because the law
as it stands absolutely prohibits any
expenditure in excess of $1,500 in con
struction work without such authority.
This being the case, the county board
is pursuing the proper course in taking
steps to formulate a definite proposi
tion covering the court house and Jail
question so that it may be submitted
at an election.
We believe the taxpayers of Douglas
county and voters generally will be
willing to approve a feasible plan, car
rying with it, if necessary, the raising
of the money by the Issue of bonds, if
it is put before them in definite shape.
Every one who has any business what
ever to transact with the county offices
or in court realizes the Inadequacy of
the present county building and the
necessity of a modern and commodious
structure to supply the neoded quar
ters. The question of Jail accommoda
tions is only a part of the court house
and Jail problem and it may as well
all be taken up together.
TO DEPOSE CHAIRMAN DICK.
The reactionary republicans refuse
to be reconciled to Mr. Taft'a methods
of managing his campaign in Ohio and
in the country at large. The latest
protest comes over the announcement
that the Taft forces in Ohio have de
cided that Charles Dick, United States
senator and chief fugelman to Senator
Foraker, shall be deposed as chairman
of the Ohio republican state committee
and relieved of the duty of managing
the coming campaign of the party in
that state. It Is urged that Dick is the
best posted man in Ohio In the duties
of campaign management and that his
long service to the party under Mark
Hanna and Mr. McKlnley entitles him
to retention at the head of the com
mittee.
While It may be something of a
novelty to have a campaign in Ohio
without Senator' Dick leading the fight
ing force of the republicans, it is but
natural that the Taft men should in
slst upon having a man in charge of
the battle whom they can trust to exert
every effort of himself and his follow
ers to accomplish a sweeping victory,
It would not be reasonable for them
to expect such service from Senator
Dick. Had the Foraker forces won in
the recent primaries, none will contend
that they would have selected a Taft
man to manage their campaign for
them. Under the circumstances,
should not be necessary for the Taft
men to depose Chairman Dick. He
should resign.
The democratic councllmen who
were so hot to let a sewer contract at
excessive figures a few months ago in
order to favor a particular contractor
now pietend to have discovered that
the sewer in question is not needed a
all. Had they been able to deliver
the goods to their preferred bidder thl
wonderful discovery would never have
been made.
The local democratic organ would
have everyone believe that all the dele
gates to the democratic state conven
tlon inst-ucted for Bryan by the ap
pointing committees have gotten their
Inspiration straight from tha people,
while all tha delegates to the repub
lican state convention instructed for
Taft at direct, popular primaries have
been required to take orders from the
bosses. The World-Herald should
take something for its political malady
if it has not already become hopelessly
incurable.
The United States supreme court has
turned down the demand made upon
James J. Hill by Clarence H. Venner
for a "dlwy" on the proflta of the
Great Northern railroad. While peo
ple hereabouts by no means approve of
all of "Jim" Hill's stock market op
erations, they are less likely to waste
any sympathy on Venner, whose devi
ous methods were shown up when he
made a similar attack on the owners
of the Omaha water works at the time
the original company passed through
a receivership. The only wonder is
that Venner succeeds in retaining law
yers of good reputation to go to the
front for him in these suits.
The mysterious disappearance of J.
Edmlsten Just at the time he is
H
wanted to stand trial in the federal
court on serious charges of land frauds
recalls that Edmlsten was for years a
distinguished leader of the "allied re
form forces" in Nebraska. But, of
course, because one fake reformer is
shown up in his true light does not
prove that every one enlisted in the
reform movement was corrupt or even
insincere. The well-meaning ones,
however, long ago "got on" to the
crooked leaders.
Keith county populists have pre
luded a resolution with the following
declaration:
Realizing that our political strength la
not sufficient when working separately to
elect the best men to official position.
Does this mean that their political
strength is sufficient to elect the worst
men to official position?
Adlai Stevenson has been elected
president of the Illinois State League
of Bryan Clubs. Newspapers gener
ally will be glad to print any letter of
congratulation that Mr. Stevenson re
ceives from his old running mate,
Grover Cleveland.
A fund of $500 has been bequeathed
to the treasurer of a Massachusetts
town in trust to establish an old
fashioned spelling bee. Simplified
spelling boards may reserve the right
to protest.
Theodore Shonts denies the report
that he is going to retire from busi
ness. He cannot afford to quit mak
ing money. Hla daughter has married
a French duke who has a reputation of
being a good spender.
Mayor Dahlman announces that the
fund for the benefit of the family of
Detective Drummy will be closed with
the end of this week. Those who feel
like contributing to this worthy cause
6hould not defer doing so.
"The lesser politicians," says an ex
change, "are wondering when the
candidates will begin to warm up."
Most of the lesser politicians are more
anxious, as a rule, to have the leaders
loosen up.
Novel Political Aaaet.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Hughea la the only presidential candidate
who could expect his father to go on the
stump tor him.
Courtesies of Favorite Bona.
New York World.
Taft's kindly consideration for the
Hughea boom at home Is matched by the
anxiety of New York's governor not to dull
the Incandescence of the Cannon boom In
Its own Chicago. Tha favorite son la not
Ilka the spear which knows no brother.
Dclraatlna- Ilearalatlvo Powers.
Naw York Tribune.
Tha decision of the court of appeal up
holding tha gaa commission law aettles the
queatlon regarding the constitutionality of
the public service commission act. The
legislature ean confer regulative powers on
a commission of lta own creation. The de
cision la Important because the supervision
of public utllltlea la far too large a tank
to be undertaken by tha legislature dl
rectly. Tha creation of a commission with
great powers la the only practical way of
handling them.
Honesty tbo Beat Poller.
Wall Street Journal.
Recent events have aerved to bring home
to the mlnda of multitudes of people tha
wholesale lee son that dlahoneaty or trickery
or the obtaining of special privileges by
manipulation and deceit, or tha creation of
wealth by methods whloh do not square
with th economic law, does not pay.
A time of panic Is a great revealer and
leveler. It Is then that truth and shame,
honesty and rascality appear In their true
colors.
It Is unnecessary to name names.
Pleaa of Niagara Looters,
Boston Transcript.
Niagara eontinuea to distress commercial
minds, who lament tha waste of so much
good water power. Their latest plea for a
chance at the "development" of th falls
is that castellated factories will Improve the
scenery. If tbey have In mind a renaissance
power plant or a Oothlo glue mill which
enhancea nature' beauties they are invited
to point It out. The architectural triumphs
of the factory type are well known. Save
Niagara If possible, but If It Is to be ruined,
let It b ruined honestly no pretend fort
resses, no stucco cathedrals I
racl Barn's Best Castomer.
Philadelphia Press.
Tha total foreign trade of the United
Kingdom last year was U. 900,000,000, com
pared with 13.300.000,000 foreign trade carried
on by the United State. British Imports
however, exceeded British exports by 1640,
000,000, while American exporta were greate
than American Imports by $600,000,0(0. From
these figure it would appear that the Eng
llah are the greatest buyera In the world,
which they undoubtedly are. while the
Americana are th blggeat seller. But Eng
lishmen buy of necessity and American
purchase mainly from choice. That la to
ay. tha British people are obliged to buy
imported food and clothing, whereas the
people of the United States, having most
of theae thing produced at home, spend
money for Imported luxuries.
opposmov no.vT pi.ay faih.
Distorted Political Reports Itlnseml-
ssffd Aaralaat Secretary Taft.
FVIenda of Secretary Taft In Washington
and elaewhers have been aroused to cm
phatlo protest by what they characterise
as "below the belt" method of the opposi
tion. That the adversaries of the secretary
are disseminating distorted political reports
with the view of confusing the public with
regard to matters about which It lacks In
formation Is the char (re that Is being made
with considerable emphasis. A bill of par
ticulars I submitted In a letter from the
Washington correspondent of the Boaton
Transcript, as follows:
There was never any doubt from the out
set, any reasonable doubt, friends of Poc
retary Taft assert, as to the attitude of the
Buckeye state. In their opinion the ex
istence of an overwhelming Taft sentiment
was sufficiently obvious to convince the
most superficial observer of political affairs.
In Ohio the existence of that sentiment was
readily recognised, but report were circu
lated, it la-charged, which could have had
but the one purpose of creating a doubt In
the mind of the people outside of Ohio. A
these report were met and contradicted
and disproved by the Taft managers, other
doubt, announced by them as artificial.
were created. Even the election of a state
convention unanimous for Secretary Taft,
regarded as the Inevitable forerunner of a
solid Taft delegation from Ohio to the rtjl
c&go .convention, did not serve to put a
period to this alleged pernicious activity.
Opponents of Secretary Taft continued to
lay stress, for Instance, on the defeat of
Congressman Dawes for the renomtnatlon
In the Fifteenth district, acclaiming it as a
Foraker victory. This In face of the uncon
troverted assertion that the candidate who
wrested the prises from Dawes Is himself
an avowed Taft man and the further fact
that the Fifteenth district Instructed Its
delegate to the Chicago convention for
Secretary Taft.
But aslda from Ohio affairs, reference is
made to the application of the principles of
the game of befuddle to "other situations
that would even remotely permit it. The
convention held in the Fourth Oklahoma
district, the first district convention held,
is pointed out as an example. Although
the delegates chosen were Instructed for
Taft, and although these dolegates declared
for Taft, they were acclaimed as antl-Taft
men for the purpose, it is said, of creating
and continuing a condition of doubt in the
minds of those not directly In touch with
the Oklahoma situation. Florida is alleged
to have been used for the same purpose, the
organization of a contesting delegation
there being anrounced as lacking genuine
ness and sincerity, aa evidenced by the
declaration of the leader of the Taft oppo
sition that the antl-Taft delegation, even
though it should be a contesting one, would
be recognised by the Republican national
committee. The idea sought to be con
veyed, Mr. Taft's friends Infer, was that
the national committee could be controlled
against Secretary Taft, no matter how per
fect the claim of the regularity of Taft
instructions and Taft delegates might bo.
This statement they resent with all the
emphasis at their command. Moved by a
careful canvass, they assert without hesi
tation that in the national committee the
supporters of a square deal are in an over
whelming majority. They are firmly con
vinced that every contest brought before
the committee will be obliged to stand
strictly on its merits.
Stories dealing with tho political affairs
of Michigan, California, Minnesota, Iowa,
Nebraska, Missouri and elsewhere, calcu
lated to give the public an exaggerated
view of the Ineffective opposition to Sec
retary Taft. are also cited.
As a further contribution to political
fable writing, reference is had to the tales
of an alleged "combination" by the "allies"
by virtue of which the delegates of the
favorite sons were to be "delivered" to
that member of the combination whose
prospects for the nomlnutlon should seem
best. Secretary Taft's friends pronounce
the story as absurd. They point to the
fact that the members of this "combina
tion," even if Inclined to countenance such
deliveries, could not accomplish them be
cause of the strong second choice feeling
in their respective states In favor of the
war secretary. But although this fact has.
been made clear by political leaders In the
various states involved, the talo Is kept In
circulation In the hope. It Is alleged, of
depriving the public of that clear view of
the situation to which it Is entitled and
which would naturally redound to the ben
efit of Secretary Taft.
Thus the protest runs. It would not be
complete, It is asserted, without reference
to the charge that President Roosevelt has
used federal patronage In the political In
terest of Secretary Taft, which charge U
held to be of the same character, and to
which the reply of President Roosevelt and
the failure of Senator Foraker to show
reasonable cause Is accepted as a complete
refutation. On all fours with the patronage
charge, It Is asertd, is tho cry raised
against so-called "officeholders conven
tions" In the south, the nature of which is
evidenced by scrutiny of the men raising It.
If there are officeholders among the Taft
supporters In the south. It Is pointed out,
there are In the foremost ranks of the op
position to Taft men who happen not to be
officeholders solely because the president,
regarding character and fitness as the
prime requisites for officeholders, declined
to appoint them to the office they coveted.
pehsonai, .ornn.
A man named Holler looms up as a can
didate for the prohibition nomination for
vice president. Holler will help soma while
the party sticks to the woods.
Four Philadelphia girls were recently ar
rested upon the charge of blowing Hinoke
in men's faces. The flirtatious ways of
Philadelphia maids certainly are cute and
coy.
The Justly celebrated lake breese of Chi
cago, united with a blast flora Medicine
Hat, blanketed the Windy City last wick
with seventeen Inches of snow, caused ten
deaths, Injured 150 persons and pulled
J25.OU0 out of the city treasury for street
cleaning.
Representative Joseph A. Ooulden of New
York, who has brought himself promi
nently in the limelight through his cham
pionship of the superanuated clerks on tha
government payrolls, Is a Pennsylvanlan
by birth, and during the civil war served
in the navy.
Two brothers of Boston long on nerve
and short on money, bid $104 for $4,000,000
of New York City bonds, and were awarded
that amount. As soon aa the award waa
announced the nervy pair were offered a
premium of IliB.OOO for their ahare of the
bonds. Wouldn't that winning Jar you?
AVilhelm HUdebrand, one of the foremost
civil englneera In the country, died in New
York Saturday. Mr. HUdebrand built the
oog railroad up Itke'a Peak and rebuilt
the Clnclnnatl-Covlngton suspension bridge
without interrupting traffic for more than
an hour at any time. Hla widow waa Miss
Hubbard of Covington, Ky.
IJeutenant General Mllea, who h.aa made
hla home in Uoston since lSnj, has gone to
Washington, where In the future he will
reside. The reason for the change Is said
to be that the general la writing a book
of a character that makes it desirable for
him to be where he can have easy access
to the War department and ether guvurn
inent records.
6
II
M AM
In Food
and strictly prohibits
the sale or alum
baking powder
So docs France
So does Germany
The tale of alum foods
has been made illegal in Washington and the District of Colum
bia, and alum baking powdert are everywhere recognized at
injunou. jQ protcct yourself against alum,
when ordering baking powder,
Sap ptafaig
KM
and be very sure you get Royal
Royal is the only Bakinc Powder made from Royal Grape
Cream of Tartar. It adds to the digestibility and whole
someness or the tood.
It AILHOAD ACCOl'JfTlXCJ.
Importance of Eatabllahlna; a Uniform
System.
Chicago Tribune.
One of the features of the railroad rate
law was a provision for a uniform system
of accounts. It gave the Interstate Com
merce commission the right to prescribe
a limit of t'me within which such a sys
tem should bo adopted by all common
carriers. It opened fhe books at any time
to the inspection of the commission. It
fllxodj an adequate penalty for failure to
keep books In the manner specified, for
refusal to permit Inspection, and for falsi
fication of the accounts.
The statistician of th commission ex
presses his conviction that this part of the
law will prove of great value to the In
vestor In railway securities. It will tend to
remove these from the field of speculation.
With full 'knowledge of the exact state of
affairs the Investor will recognize as desir
able the securities of those companies whloh
are managed properly. On the other hand,
the weakness of others will be shown where
there has been dishonesty and Juggling of
accounts. Railway securities will be counted
safe Investments, their present speculative
character largely disappearing.
The same student of the situation believe
that It will be possible, under the new sys
tem of uniform accounting, for the govern
monfc to select classes of railroad bonds
which will be perfectly safe as security for
the ultimate payment of circulating notes.
Tha accounts of common carriers are no
longer private, but may be made as' com
pletely subject to public control as are those
of the United States Treasury department.
It will bo possible at any time to ascertain
exactly what the status of a particular
company la.
Under the rules which have been adopted
detailed statements are to be made regard
ing depreciation and Improvements. It has
not been Infrequent for managers to over
state net revenues by falling to Include all
the costs of operation under operating ex
penses. At other times, operating expenses
have been made to Include what really
waa a permanent Improvement of the prop
erty. There has been no uniform rule In
inese matters. Oftentimes a good showing
has been made when the actual facts would
not warrant It. Sometimes the stock mar
ket has been Influenced by such actions.
The uncertainty has made railway securities
speculative instead of giving thorn the In
vestment character which they will have
under changed conditions.
I,AltlHI.U GAS,
"What, after all, are the fruits of pol
itics?" "If one Is to speak from observation, I
should say there are only two varieties
lemons and plums." Baltimore American.
Towne Iuschman Is troubled a
dial by his wife's Insomnia,
lirowne I didn't know that before.
great
"Here, you," said the conductor, angrily,
"you rang up a fare. Do that again and
I'll put you off."
The small man standing Jammed In the
middle of the car promptly rang up an
other fare. Thereupon the conductor pro
jected him through the crowd and to the
ede of the platform.
"Thanks," said the little man. "I didn't
see any other way to get out. Here's your
dime." Philadelphia ledger.
Town 6 Yea, she usually has a severs
attack of It every ninht when he cornea
In late and then the trouble begins. Phil
adelphia Press.
"What we want," said the patriot, "Is
a thoroughly honest government."
"Look hero, my friend," answered Sen
ator Sorghum, ''the government's Inten
tions are In tha main pretty good. What
Browning, Ming & Co
CLOTH1NO, FURNISHINGS and HATS
YOU'VE
OUR DAYS more to get one of our Winter Suits
or Overcoats at a reduction of
SO PER CENT
This is a paving of just- one-fifth and if you
don't need the suit now it's money saved fur
you to buy for next season.
This same 20 per cent reduction applies to
all our Hoys' and Children's Winter Suits and
Overcoats.
THESE NOBBY NEW SPRING STYLES
Hats are in and ready for your inspection. Come in and
let us fit you.
15th and Douglas
Streets
t t R. S. WILCOX, Mgr. t I
BAKITIQ
POVDZi?
we' want Is contractors nnd other trusted I
employes who will lie honest with the j
ernment." Washington star.
"Isn't she a peculiar utrl. though? She
wouldn't look nt him win n lie was rich,
but now after he's lost all hla money s'i.
acrepts him."
"Well, you know how erazv every ivonrin
Is to get anything that's r-duce'l."-i:x-chantre.
T1IK M10I.TI' ' T1IK HOW,
T. A. Daly In Catholic Standard.
"'TIS cold, th1 day," said John McCann,
Upon the road to mans.
The sorra word said Murv Ann,
Hut stopped to let him p.'iHs;
Kur, shure, he wns the hold young innn
An' she tho modest laws.
'Twas not himself tliut would he balked
Bo nlslly, an' so
He timed his steps wld her s nn' wa!k d
Beside her, through the snow.
But O! she passed upon her way,
So modest an' so prim,
'Twas little he could think to say,
An' less she said to him.
But this he said when they were nigh
The little chapel door:
"A colder land, a colder sky,
I have never seen before
Than this, for all its store of gold,
For all It Is so grand.
I never knew the feel o" cold
At home. In Ireland;
Hut here. In these forsaken parts,
The snows, the bitter storm,
Creep even Into Irish hearts
That should be kind and warm.
O! kind the maidens. Mary Ann,
Who tread the Irish grass,
This blessed day!" said John McCann,
Upon the road to mass.
Small heed la where the heart Is not.
An' shure, 'tis safe to any,
'Twas little that the pastpr got
From Mary Ann that diiA';
No ears had she for any word
But Jlst that hold young man's.
An' falx, the only thing she heard
Was when he rend the banns
For two truo hearts that soon should bo
In happy wedlock one. '
Then out she passed an' homo went she
Beneath the winter sun.
An" knew before she turned her head
who was It walked beside.
"Ye heard the banns? Ah! well." he said,
"There's one has found n bride.
Thank Ood! one Irltsh heart Is sweet.
Though nil the one I know
That makes my own lone heart to bent
Is cold an' hard aa snow."
"Hut now 'tis softer, John' MrCttnn"
Ochnne! the modest lass!
"The snow, I mean," blushed Mary Ann,
Upon tho roud to macs.
O! bells were on the hreeic that ran
Atonic tho huddin' grs.
An' spring, on tip toe, waved Its han'
Th day to see them pass,
When John and Mary Ann MeCnnn
Cnmo down the road from m.i.
ROSY CHEEKS.
Whan a llttl maid is colorless, backward
and quiet, jou may b sura her load Is not
nourUhlni tier. Try giving htr
LIEBIG COMPANY'S
EXTRACT OF BEEF
In warm milk every day: iha will toon be tha
frisky, roiy-cheekad chatterbox that every
moiner wortnipi.
k to taaspoonlul ol Llablg to H pint ol milk.
ONLY GOT
i
15th and Deuglas
Streets
vpr host untLas.
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