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TIIE OMAHA DAILY HEE; MONDAY, MAfiCTT 23. 1903.
Tito Omaha Daily Bel;
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Bee Publishing company, being duly swoni,
says that the actual number of full and
complete copies 'of The Daily, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
the month of February. 1994, was as fol
lows: 1 Se,TSO 1 36,100
t. 38,300 IT 36,900
1 1. m.iso it ae,so
36,230 It 38,730
S 4. 3,ai0 20 S,300
, 4. 30,030 tt... 36,340
7 f. 3S.S40 21 36,030
t ,. 36,030 21 36,600
,. 38,000 14 36,300
10 SS.ftOO 25.... 36,670
U 36,100 26 36,490
l ae.aoo n sajeo
I 38,300 21 36,380
1 . . 36,100 2 36,060
I 36,110
.1,048,650
Leas unsold; and returned copies.. 3,437
Net total 1,039,113
Dally average.. 36,831
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WHBS OCT r TOWJf.
eTloora learlaa; th city ten.
orarlly sfeoold hay The Be
Basiled te them. Address wilt he
. caanued at tea aa reaaeeted.
The next number oa the spring pro
gram should be a chorus by the blue
birds.
Quotations on eggs indicate that the
hens have left the ranks of the unem
ployed. ,
Doctors .declare that gout is a foe
to tuberculosis. Now let them And a
foe to gouJ.
Employes of eastern railroads have
been forbidden to use profanity. That
luxury beldngs to the patrons of rail
roads. ',
When all the trusts hare been prop
erly curbed, congress ought to pass
another bill requiring them to be
pared. ,
The League for Political Education
wants to scatter" the population The
leaguerr should get out on, the roa'd
with ' an automobile.
"This is a democratic year," says
the Buffalo Times. All years are demo
cratic years with the exception of the
month of November.'
" When that cold storage plant Is in
stalled at the penitentiary it will af
ford additional means of cooling off
recalcitrant prisoners.
: The $295,000 recently stolen from
Mexican bank has been recovered.
This proves that It was mjt stolen by
common everyday thieves.
Evidently not so much in a name
after all. Mr. Itolllngstone of Chicago
has retired from business with a bunch
of moss valued at 12,000,000.,
That $1,000,000 which Is to be spent
on a monument to Shakespeare would
have come mighty handy to the bard
of Avon when he was dodging bill col
lectors. '
. China proposes to. build thirly-five
new railroads. The long-advertised
"awakening of China" will come when
the yellow populace demands a rail
way rate' law, . ,
If the presentation is to take place
at Sat; Francisco the fftst week in
May, it is high time to begin burnish
ing up that silver service designed for
the battleship Nebraska."
The plan of the administration for
bringing the fleet, home through the
Sues canal has been upset again. Edi
tor Hearet ha Issued an order for the
fleet to remalu in the Pacific.
The town of llethel, Del., is going
to try the experiment of getting along
without a mayor. '. Other municipali
ties much larger than Bethel won J
swap mayors "sight unseen."
"A man may cut hla work in half by
employing a stenographer," says the
advertisement of a business college.
The man' ho wants a real easy time
should employ two stenographers.
No one has yet ventured to answer
the quebtioo why the money raised
by the , public school children of
Omaha should be sent across the ocean
to Vienna to buy a statue ot America's
cartyred president.
Omaha's automobile show under
roof will be followed by an out-of-doors
auto show that will continue
through the summer and until col
weather drives the machines again
Into winter quarter.
JfH. BHTASTB COM WOMBS.
Colonel Bryan's oft reiterated dec
laration of a determination to sacri
fice his political ambitions snd hose
of future party preference rather than
desert a principle he believes to be
right sounds somewhat amusing in
view of his compromise with the Roger
Sullivan democrats in Illinois. For
years Sullivan and .Bryan have been
the bitterest political enemies and have
called each other, names that would
have led to riot, bloodshed and sudden
death it indulged In south of Mason
and Dixon's line.. The .fight between
the two men begah before the St.
Louis conventlon ln 1904 and waa re
newed in February of this year, when,
at a meeting of the democratic com
mittee of Illinois, Mr. Bryan.: without
using names, declared:
I want all my enemies In front of me
and not behind my back. I don't want any
more fights with bushwhackers.
Sullivan and his friends accepted the
defl as applying to them and answered
that whatever Illinois democrats might
do in the way'of sending a delegation
to the Denver convention,' the right
would be reserved to carry on the
campaign in the state in their, own
way, without outside interference or
dictation. The matter rested in that
unsatisfactory state until Mr. Bryan
visited Chicago last week, held a con
ference wth Mr. Sullivan's friends and
agreed to a peace pact, ithe terms of
which, sccordlng to Mr. Hearst's news
papers, and not denied by either party
to the agreement, are as follows,
The following benefits are to accrue to
Mr. Bryan:
Delegates to the Denver convention are
to be loyal men and are. to be Instructed
unequivocally for him at the state conven
tion. Mr. Bryai may write th instruc
tions himself. If be will. ' j
Delegates, to the state convention from
Chicago are to be chosen In ward conven
tions. Such conventions to be held upon
the same day at the same hour.
Delegates outside of Cook county to be
chosen "In the usual way," which la to
say by primary, caucus or. convention, ac
cording to what 'has been the custom 4n
the different counties In the past.
What has been- asked from Mr. Bryan
in return Is:
Immunity from future attacks by him
upon Mr. Sullivan. t
That no contesting delegations be sent
to the Denver convention,
That Carter II. Harrison and Robert E.
Burke be given life memberships, in, the
Down and Out club.
The Indemnity for Mr. Sullivan was really
not asked, but was volunteered. This Is
stated upon the authority of Mr. Boes
chensteln. After a long private conversa
tion with the Kebraskan the chairman of
the state committee quoted him as saying
that the Sullivan matter was "a closed In-'
cident."
All this is particularly and politic
ally interesting in view of Mr. Bryan's
address before the Jefferson club In
Chicago on September 4, 1906, in
which he said:
I do not -regard it as a compliment to be
endorsed for the presidency by a conven
tion which endorsed Mr. Sullivan. I told
them In advance I did not want an endorje
ment under any, circumstances, and I re
pudiate ft. If my nomination for any of
fice depended upon that endorsement I
would not accept it
Mr. Sullivan Is not my friend I object
to him aa a political associate. My po
litical asset Is the confidence the people
have In my aincerlty, and I lo not want
to fiave that confidence "shattered by in
timacy with men of - his political methods.
Nothing in the record Indicates that
Mr. Sullivan has changed either bis
business or political methods. The
change, if any, has been all on Mr.
Bryan's part.
THQXB LABOR RESOLUTIONS. .
The alleged antagonism of organ
ized labor to Secretary Taft voiced by
a resolution adopted by the Omaha,
Central Labor union and later by a
protest in similar language by the
president of that body in one of our
republican district conventions was
evidently carefully worked up by the
political enemy especially for foreign
consumption. Corroboration Of this
is to be found In the extent to which
the democratic organs here and at a
distance hare undertaken to exploit
the incident.
It goes without saying that these
demonstrations could not reflect public
sentiment in Omaha, nor were they In
tended to have any effect on public
sentiment here. Before the so-called
protest of organized . tabor was even
thought of our republican primaries
had been held and "the delegates
elected under popular Instruction,
committing this district to the candi
dacy of Mr. Taft. This was done by
direct vote under a rule for placing a
heading on ,the primary ballot indi
cating the preferred candidate for
president upon written request of all
members of a delegation.
Although approximately seventy-five
members were recorded present at the
meeting of the Central1 Labor bnlon In
question, the anti-Taft resolution waa
held back until after the usual hour of
adjournment, when the attendance had
reduced itself down to about twenty
five. It was then put through' by viva
voce vote, the presiding officer declar
ing it carried unanimously, although
he, himself, waa by his own signature
on record as favoring Mr. Taft. It
was, moreover, only by reason of this
pledge that the president of the Cen
tral Labor union was enabled to be a
delegate to the district convention, in
which he subsequently registered his
opposition to Taft.
Of course, every American -citizen,
whether an employer or an employe,
republican or democrat or socialist,
has a perfect right to his own personal
preference as between presidential
candidates. Any republican could
have stood, or refused'' to have stood,
as a dolegate to our convention with
out committing himself to any partic
ular presidential candidal, or to any
presidential candidate whatever. But
having written himself down for Taft
and having been chosen a convention
delegate oa that representation, the
president of the Central Labor union
cannot be regarded In a very enviable
light nor strengthen tho position of
organized labor by his sudden change
of heart.
The fact Is that Secretary Taft is In
no way "an enemy of organized labor."
Nothing In his official record supports
the charge of hostility to labor organ
izations. His views upon labor prob
lems have been given freely and pub
licly and are easily accessible. The
effort t-o use the labor unions of
Omaha to sandbag Mr. Taft without a
hearing in order to pull someone's
political chestnuts out of the Are will
not go far with fafr-mlnded men.
revolution vp to date.
Playwrights who have used the
Latin-American brand of revolution as
a plot for comic opera productions
until the theme has become raveled
and threadbare might find newjnsplra
tlon In the plan of Ivan Norodny, now
busy In New York city planning, the
overthrow of the Russian government
and the establishment of a Russian
republic. Norodny has made a radical
departure from the old method of get
ting his trusty followers together, or
ganizing a junta and marching on the
capital and the customs house. He
has not time for such obsolete prac
tices, but proposes to conduct his war
against the czar along up-to-date busi
ness lines and in a way that must ap
peal to all peace-loving citizens of the
world.
Norodny proposes to win his victory
In the bond market. He has already
formed a provisional republic for Rus
sia on paper and is now engaged
in promoting the scheme, just as he
would promote a mining company or
a hew breakfast food combine. He
expects to convince the bond brokers
of the world that Emperor Nicholas
Is a back number and should give way
to a man capable of governing accord
ing to twentieth century rules. He
has even picked out a nice lonesome
place out In Siberia to which the czar
may retire and spend his days in com
fort and dreams of past glories.
To show that' he la fair-minded,
Norodny offers to give the czar until
1910 to pack his household goods,
pay off his grocery bills and close up
any minor business affairs he may
have in St. Petersburg. In the mean
time, Norodny proposes, to float bonds
of the new Russian republic, arrange
for funding the national debt of the
empire by the issue of new bonds of
"The United States of Russia," get
next to the seekers for railroad and
other franchises and lay all the wlrs
for smooth sailing under the new
regime. The entire plan has been
thought out with greatest care and the
promoters do not see how it is possible
for it to fall. Norodny, to prove his
Implicit faith in the merit of his
scheme, himself has Invested a handful
of kopecks for a seal of the new re
public and will be ready for active
business as soon as the bonds come
from the printer.
CHECKED QOLD PBIDUCTION. y
Statistics complied by the New York
Financial Chronicle show a noticeable
check on the gold production of the
world. The Increase of output in 1907
over that of 1906 was the smallest
recorded in years. The gold produc
tion of the world in ounces and value,
at $20.67 per ounce, since 1885, is as
follows:
Ounces. Value.
1907 19.oS4.844 2404,833,978
1906 , 19.370.C68 400,42369
1906.. 18,290,07 r8,098,!2
1!H ltt.T39.44S 346.031,53
litOJ la. 778,016 326.169,991
191 14,437,f JS8.452.806
1901 12.SSK.804 266,5)9,884
1900 12.681,958 262,220,915
1895 ,6&2,003 199,621,278
1890 5.711,431 118,063.973
1885 5,002.584 103,412,418
According to the Chronicle, the re
duced Increment Is due only to natu
ral causes and not to any collapse of
credit or untoward condition of the
money market. There has been a
marked decrease of gold production In
the United States, all of the producing
sections except Nevada and Colorado,
showing a lessened output. The South
African mines continue to increase
their yield and the Russian and Cana
dian gold districts keep up a constant
and normal production. Mexico's out
put has changed but little in twenty
years.
THE VESfAlfD FOR BOJVDS.
Whatever suspicion the owners of
capital entertain for industrial and
stock securities, there Is apparently no
lack of funds for investment in gilt-
edged bond Issues. Some- weeks ago
the city of New York, already bonded
to the tune of $557,000,000, issued
$50,000,000 44 per cent city bonds.'
which were oversubscribed several
times at 1.04. Last week the state of
New York offered $5,000,000 of 4 per
cent bonds and subscriptions for these
bonds aggregated $80,000,000 at 1.06
and over.
The eagerness to secure these de
bentures is a striking manifestation of
the recovery of the bond market and
evidence that a large amount of Idle
capital is awaiting Investment as a re
sult of the general industrial depres
sion. While confidence la being rap
Idly restored there Is not yet a dis
position to put this idle money into
active business channels and investors
accordingly select bond issues, backed
by public credit, as the most desirable
available securities. The fact that
these bonds are thus sought is a prom
ising Indication of the natural process
of business recovery.
The Central Labor union has en
dorsed the action of Its president in
making protest la the convention
against the resolution Instructing the
delegates from this district for Taft.
In other words, the Central Labor
nhlon has endorsed the action of Its
president in repudiating his written
pledge to favor Taft. Incidentally,
the president of this body announces
publicly that out of more than seventy
trades unions entitled to representa
tion in the central body only forty of
them have delegates there.
The main trouble' with the power
canal scheme again projected Is that
while, a long succession of more or
less distinguished engineers have pro
nounced it perfectly feasible as a piece
of construction work and have figured
out immense profits to follow, they
have never been able to persuade the
big capitalists, who are always looking
for just such chances to double their
money, to take It up.
Iowa republicans are beset with the
same problem under the new Iowa pri
mary law with respect to presidential
electors that is confronting Nebraska
republicans. The Iowa primaries,
however, come in June, whereas Ne
braska primaries are scheduled for
September. So we In this state may
take advantage of the experience
gained by our neighbors to the east
of US.
The proposition offered by the Real
Esta'te exchange for Omaha to vote
$5,000,000 of bonds to build a power
canal can hardly come to a head for
the special bond election in May.
There are several obstacles in the way
of city charter provisions that would
have to be worked out first by the
lawyers, even if there should be a dis
position in the council to push the
project along.
All the returning tourists-who have
been taking In the Mardi Gras celebra
tion at New Orleans agree- that our
Ak-Sar-Ben pageants are far superior
in nearly every respect. It takes a
view of the carnivals as conducted in
other cities to make people appreciate
fully the spectacular perfection at
tained by our own Ak-Sar-Ben.
A Kentucky feudist has testified in
court that the average penalty price for
taking a human life la that state is
$100. While the amount may seem
small to the uninitiated, It should be re
membered that justice Is blind In Ken
tucky and the assassin runs few risks.
The big telephone company reports
that it had an avera'ge of 18,550,000
calls a day last year. As that Is an
average of seventy-five calls for every
man, woman and child In the country,
It is evident that the drug store 'phone
has been working overtime.
Mayor "Jim" Is afraid the New
York delegation to Denver will . get
away from Mr. Bryan. Mayor "Jim"
evidently did not do as good a job as
he thought he did when he went down
to New York with his lariat to tie
them up fast.
Tales about Senator Allison's weak
ened physical condition will have to
be withdrawn. In his 80th year, he
has just succeeded In licking the
lustiest combination of young men that
ever went after the. scalp of an Iowa
politician. -
The only thing in which the Den
ver convention of 1908 will be behind
the Chicago convention of 1896 lies
in the fact that Mr. Bryan will be
compelled to allow' the nominating
speech to be made by an understudy. .
After French In a;, Practice.
Boston Tranacrlpt.
they go home and put Into practice all their
meoriea, aias ror tne youngsters.
Aa IanpewdlBar Peril.
Wall Street Journal.
The next great liquidation threatena to
be in diamond. How cheap some dear
ones' dear hands will feel when the slump
comes.
Hashed by Home Conditions.
Philadelphia Record. '
If it were not for the, failure of honeat
municipal government Id Philadelphia and
the anarchic conditions in Kentucky we
would be tempted to criticise the manage
ment of affairs In Haiti. For the present
we forbear.
A Deiea Willing; Patriate.
Chicago Tribune.
Twelve earnest and self-sacrificing pa.
triots have expressed their wllllnsmesa to
serve the country in the capacity of public
printer at Washington, accepting- whatever
g-oea with the Job In the way of trouble.
More good men must be out of employment
than anybody has supposed."
Faithful in Kvery Ia ty.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
William Ptnckney Whyta enjoyed an un
usual If not a unique distinction. Ha waa
In public Ufa sixty yeara, held every im
portant office within, the gift of bia state
and dtacharged every duly faithfully. He
waa a "atateaman, yet friend to truth,"
who "broke no promise and served no
private and."
Civilisation s a, Lereler.
St. Louts Times.
Modern civilization has changed the Jap
from a hermit to a busy commercial
traveler. Once ha fought as a tribesman
with swords; now be fights as a federal
unit with great guns. In the old days hs
viewed women aa the Turks view them;
now he marries and settles down. Fifty
years ago ha did not know New Tork, and
now one of his race kills himself, and by
carbolic acid, too, In that sreat city, be
cause of a white "affinity." Civilisation
la the leveller.
Great Shoot Ins, This.
8t. Louis Globe-Democrat.
In Magdalana bay the fleet will fire at
targeta 4.800 feet away, constating of carivaa
sheets 10xa feet In else, mounted on rafts.
The ships, in relays, will be in motion and
use their varloua'guns aa they move over
the course marked out and return. No
attention will be given the weather. The
former best American record Is sO.S per
cent of lilts. Admiral Evans' fleet' con
Ulna M0 rifled guns of high power. No
shooting- match oa this scale waa aver
beard of before,
ON rRE9IDKXTI.il, FIRING LINE
Estimates Showlne; How the Delearatea
at Ckleagr May Lino Is.
The following table haa been prepared by
the Italtlmore American as Indicating the
probable nature of the first ballot at the
republican national convention. If the fa
vorite sons remain In the field for a com
plimentary vote:
Favorite
Total. Taft. Hughes. Sons.
Alabama Tl 22 .. ..
Arkansas , IS 18
California 90 20 ,. ..
Colorado 10 10 .. ,.
Connecticut 14 10 4
Delaware 1 .. K 4
Florida 10 10 ..
Georgia 28 ,. ., C26
Idaho 6 .. ..
Illinois &4 ,. ., CM
Indiana 80 ,. ,. K30
Iowa MM.
Kansas 20 20 .. ..
Kentucky 26 F20
Irfuilalana IS ., .. CIS
Maine 11 ( ..
Maryland H iU
Massachusetts ..32 g 24 ..
Michigan 2 2S .. .,
Minnesota 23 22 ,,
MlFwIssippI 20 .. C20
Missouri 36 ,32 4
Montana 6 8 .. ..
Nebraska 16 16 ..
Nevada 6 .. ..
New Hampshire. S 4 4 ..
New Jersey 24 j 8 ..
New York 78 ' ' .. 7g
North Carolina.. 24 20 .. C4
North Dakota.... 8 8 .. ..
Ohio 46 4 v ..
Oklahoma 14 14 ,.
Oreiron 8 8
Pennsylvania ... 68 .. .. K68
Rhode Island 8 8 ,. ..
Bouth Carolina... 18 18 ,. ..
South Dakota.... 8.8 .. ..
Tennessee 24 24 ... ..
Texas 88 3rt
t'tah t
Verm6nt ......... 844,.
Virginia 24 24 .. ..
Washington 10 0 ..
West Virginia.... 14 14
Wisconsin 26 ..1 ,. LM
Wyoming 6 6 ..
Arlsona t 1 .. ..
Hawaii 2 2 " ,. ..
New Mexico ,.
Dts. of Columbia t .. .. CI
Alaska , t 2 ... ..
Philippines 2 . 2 .. ..
Porto Klco 2 2
Totals 960 678 132 17-
K, Knox. C, Cannon. F, Fairbanks.
L, La Follette.
Tills table glvea Vr. Taft 676 delegates.
or eighty-five mora than la necessary to
nominate.
Examples of Bryan Ism.
Washington Poet (Ind.).
Here are examples of Bryan as a con
structive atateaman 16 to 1, government
ownership Initiative and referendum, tax
ation of honest and prudent bankers to
swell the deposits of rascally and wild
cat bankers. Federal child labor laws enforceable-
in the states, allowing congress
power to nullify an act of a atate legislature
and numerous other things equally vision
ary and equally vicious.
On the stump Mr. Bryan has his uses.
He directs the public mind to public af
fairs, and he is an excellent entertainer.
On the stump he is a round peg In a round
hole. On the stump he Is a sentinel on the
border, constantly sounding alarm when
there Is np danger; but he makes for vigi
lance, which somebody said was the price
of liberty.
Peerless and matchless" is ne on tne
stump. In the White House he would ba
almk-sc, but not harmless.
Let the shoemaker stick to his last and
the agitator to his stump.
Tread of Popalar Sentiment.
Baltimore American (rep.).
The advance signs lead .to the belief
that Mr. Taft will maintain this two-thlrds-of-the-entlra-vote
position ' when
the very last state delegation to tbe Chi
cago convention shall have been chosen,
and that' the prophecy made long' ago- by
President Roosevelt, to the effect that
Secretary Taft will be nominated on the
first ballot, will be fulfilled. ' It Is to
be noted that nowhere Is there1 any evi
dence of the development of what may
fairly be termed popular sentiment fa
voring any other candidate than the one
who, In the popular thought, stands for
the continuation of the Roosevelt poli
cies. It la thla unmistakable trend of
popular sentiment which constitutes the
Irresistible power behind the Taft can
didacy. It is because of the entire lack
of any generally Indicated popular senti
ment for any other candidate that there
la no focualng of the forcea In opposi
tion to Mr. Taft around any particular
candidate.
Taft Sapport.
New York Olobe (rep.).
No other candidate, with the possible ex
ception of Governor Hughes, haa any con
siderable support outside of his own atate.
It Is certainly a striking fact that Secre
tary Taft promises to have every delegate
from every northern state that hasn't a
candidate of Its own to the Una of the Hud
son river. New York Is, of course, for
Oovemor Hughes, and will do all in its
power to bring about his nomination; yet
intelligent Hughes opinion should take no
tice of the remarkable sweep of the Taft
support. It Is comparable to that which
won McKinley an easy victory at St. Louis
in 1906, although then, as now, the big
delegations from New Tork and Pennsyl
vania were "bucking" the sentiment of
the country one by supporting Governor
Morton and the other by supporting Sena
tor Quay,
Reaetlonnries Court Defeat.
Boston Transcript (rep.).
To our view, republican defeat In Novem
ber could be more readily courted by the
selection of a ticket which would be looked
upon as a "turning down" of Roosevelt and
the Roosevelt policies- Any man who was
thus stamped In popular opinion might well
view Bryan, because a possible legatee of
tho Roosevelt influence as a formidable
candidate. But with any red-blooded re
publican, such as Mr. Taft Is, Mn touch
with the Issues . of modern republicanism,
Bryan's defeat ought ,to be very easily ac
complished, if present signs mean any
thing. Johnson's Boom.
Washington Dispatch to Brooklyn Eagle
(dem.).
Governor Johnson's avowed candidacy
for the presidential nomination has In
terested democratic statesmen here as
nothing else since the visit of Mr. Bryan.
At that time the peerless leader bottled
up his enemies so effectually that all
opposition to his nomination apparently
vanished; but when, the Impudent Minne
sota democrats got together and placed
their governor squarely before the coun
try, long pent-up feelings began to come
to the surface.
"Ninety per cent of the democratic
representatives In congress are against
Bryan If they only dare say so," said a
leading democrat today. "They have to
beep quiet because they had nowhere else
to go. but just let a few states corns out
squarely for Johnson and It will be all
off for Bryan, aa far as bis opponents
hers are concerned." W. B. Hennessy,
formerly editor of the gt. Paul Globe,
la In Washlngtoa stirring up Johnson
sentiment. He says hs is delighted with
tbe encouragement ha baa had.
"I have talked with no less than forty
democratic congressmen In the last twenty-four
hours," he said today, "and every
one of them Is against Bryan. I dou't
mean that they dislike Bryan personally,
but they are convinced that ha hasn't a
ghost ef a show la win,"
THE SKWJPtrfR AS IT IS.
Vnlnnhle Information) oa to Mow Con
oneti anal What Ms Wen S access.
The Commercial Union.
Charles II. Taylor, editor of the Boston
Globe and probably one of the most prac
tical newspaper men In American, In a re
cent Interview on the newspsper as It In,
went Into detail relative to the relation of
the newspaper to the people, and as an ad
vertising medium, where and how the best
results from advertising are obt allied. Ills
contention that the women of the house
hold are the buyera and they must see the
newspsper In order to net returns for the
advertiser Is true, and this fact merchants
and other advertisers are rapidly realising.
Mr. Taylor In the Interview said:
"Newspaper making, like government. Is
first of all a business. Statesmanship is
the ability to make compromises; govern
ment Is regulated by the necessities ever
more than by the Ideals of the people,
Newspaper making Is no better and no
worse. Ideals are essential to a proper
grasp of a newspaper's possibilities, as well
as of Its limitations, but plain business sa
gaclty, well directed hard work and com
prehensive recognition of the demands of
the public make 'the nation's newspapers
what they are, the great power In the nt
tlonal life.
"The American people form the Jury that
passes on all newspapers,' the Jury that
every newspaper maker and every business
man has to meet, sooner or later. It may
be Said that newspapers print much mat
ter that may be useless and worthless. Any
newspaper doing thla soon finds Itself be
hind in the race of competition, the people
decide what they wish and wilt have It.
Newspapers simply meet the demand of
the age, In also and quality, aa the shoe
manufacturer meets the demand of the pub
lic when ho puta out hla leading atyle of
shoes. The people know what best fits their
own feet.
"The value of a paper's advertising de
pends on the character of Its circulation;
that Is, whether It la a home-read paper,
or one read only In street cara and other
public places. The moat prosperous papera
In the United States are those that go Into
the home. The women of he household
are the buyer of the family supplies, If
not actually, tJaclr Ideas prevail. To reach
them la the aim of every newspaper adver
tiser who has anything to sell which can
be used in the home.
"This reaching for home circulation on
the part of publisher and advertiser ha
the Important effect of raising the tone of
the papera. The advertising column of a
newspaper are a public place, where a man
may enter by paying a fee. It Is the aim
of th average editor to keep objectionable
advertising out of his paper; and th pub
lic would scarcely bellev how large a
quantity Is excluded,
"As evidence that the cleanest advertis
ing pay beat, on may consider who are
the largest advertisers in the great city
dallies. There are th great dry goods mer
chants. Their advertising Is as timely and
as fresh as news, and it la such a legiti
mate part of the paper. Their return are
commensurate with their outlay; othsrwlse
they would not spend as high a 82,000 for
a single day's advertising, for th mer
chant Is no philanthropist In hi advertis
ing. "Having attained his circulation by con
ducting a clean and able paper, and having
gained sufficient advertising business to
make the paper pay, th publisher ha
achieved one of the most difficult feats tn
modern business. H must make bis good,
as well aa sell them, and upon hi manner
of making them, of dressing up the raw
material, depends his success. First ef ail
he must be fair. He must always assume
there ar two aide to svery atory, and that
the under dog may have some rights. He
must be careful to print no pleo of new
that might injur an Innocent person."
DOOM OF, THE RKBATB.
"npreme Conrt Affirms Principle of
tho Sejnaro Deal.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
It looks as If the decision Just rendered
by the supreme court knocks the last prop
from under the rebaters. The case was
that which Involved Armour, Bwlft. Morris
and Cudahy, who had cbtalned rebates
from the Burlington railway. These per
son had been fined 115.000 each by the
lower court for accepting the rebates, and
the aupreme court affirmed the decision.
Tho road la tied up with them In the same
ruling, and will be punished for the same
offense.
Thla give the Elkln amendment o 1903
to the interatate commerce act of 1887 a
new validity and Influence. At h timu
that th Klklna law Waa passed many per
sons were skeptical about Its enforcement.
Th national administration, however, set
out to give it vitality, and In aeveral esses
hss "made good." The packers made a
coitract with the Burlington which gave
them favored rates, and tho
called them to account therefor. Under
the decision of the supreme court the pub
lished rate of the roada become the lawful
rates, and the roads have no right to give
lower rate to favored shipper for th
same sort of service and under th cam
conditions. Th rate which are duly pub
lished and posted are the rates which must
be charged to all patrons for aimllar ser
vice. '
Not always 00 law and Justice coincide,
but they do so In a marked degree In this
case. The antl-rebating law was passed
in the Interest of the square deal. It was
Intended to place ali patron of the road
on the aame footing. The wealthy were
to have no advantage over the poor in con
tracts for similar work by th roads.
Favoritism of sll sorts was to be shut out!
And the law has accomplished it object
No Individual or community can have any
special favors over another In a similar
Situation. The big Deckers will n
seriously embarrassed by the 115,000 fines
imposea upon them, but they will take
special ears hereafter to avoid coming la
conflict with the statute. It la well to show
one more, as tho supreme court does In
the Burlington rebating Incident, that the
United Statea baa the asms law tnr rirh
and poor, high and low.
National Menneo of Debts.
Justice Brewer In Leslie's Weekly.
I do not' rejoice In tho spectacle of this
nation covered with municipal bonds. The
single city of New York owe H?l,ono,o00.
We are manifesting' a fondness for military
and naval prowess. We are bulldmg a
large navy, and, while crying "Peace!
Peacer" are still preparing for wsr. Then
there is the flood of railroad bonds. No
wonder we have the greatest railroad sys
tems In the world. The country 1 flooded
with railroad bonds. Th reckless isauanc
of theae bond ha not only burdened the
future, but ha lessened the sense of moral
responsibility of the present. There Is a
universal casting of tbe burden on those
who are to 00 me after ua Such creation
of indebtedness can only cast a burden
upon posterity and obtain for ua th thing
which must be paid for by th toll and
bounty of those who can receive little or
no benefit from the debt that tlty have
to bear. This la an Injustice.
A Pretty Uooa Platform.
St. Louis Times.
. Iowa for Allison and tariff revision offers
a platform that will sound pretty good to
the old-fashioned republicans of th Hawk
ey state who have beeu allowing their
majorities to slip. 1
PKKS03AI, MOTE-!
The supreme court of Missouri declare!
that the Bt. Louis ordinance against loaf int
Is unconstitutional. Abildges the "pursuit
of happiness."
The fsct that John Hay did write "Th
Bread Winners" .Is stated, with Mis
Hay's Consent, In the new Tsuchniu
manual of American literature. Tills Is tin
first statement of authority. '
Lobster cocktails nesrly ended the live,
of threo Cleveland women. They ,
tippling amateurs.' F.rperlcneed tippler
stick to straight goods, with an occasions'
cherry for decorative purposes.
It Is reported at Honolulu that the crown
prince of Japan will make his long con
templatcd tour of America and Europe this
summer. Prof. Bettcolong has been reCsllcti
from Oermsny to accompany the crowt
prince.
An Irishman In New York celebrated St.
Patrick's day. by appearing at the tax offlc
and asking to have his personal tax as
sessment rsised from 115,000 to $j0,0C0. Tin
tax officials compiled with his requrs,
whet they had partially recovered fron.
the severe nervous shock,
Eastern papers note th arrival at H .r
vard of a distinguished western . visitor
Colonel "Dick" Plunkett, a Wyoming shir
Iff, who wears "a frock coat and a plains
man' hat." Curiosity waa dulled, how
ever when the visitor failed to draw a gur
and shoot a few holes In the atmosphere
Prof. L. 8. Row of the University 01
Pennsylvania ha been elected chairman
of the committee named by Secretary Root
to represent th United States In th Fan-
American movement to carry out the sug
gestions of the Rio conference, calculate!
to strengthen the bond between govern
ments of th American Continents
Russell Riley, artist and litterateur, who
died In St. Louis last Week after forty
years a a recluse, was assistant secretary
of the confoderate navy during th ciyli
war. He was at on time an associate of
General Robert K. Ixe, who is ssld to havi
given hint one of his swords at the end o!
the war. He I also credited With several
paintings showing marked skill.
William H. Helss, who was assistant
manager of the United State military tel
egraph during th civil war, I daad at
hi bomo In Sioux Falls, 8. ' D., at th age
of 81. Mr. Hets was Just entering the Ford
theater at Washington when John Wlikta
Booth assassinated President Lincoln, and
It waa by hi order that all telegraphic .
communication out of Washington was cut
off Inside of ten minutes after the tragedy.
He was born in Philadelphia,, July 28, IS:
PASSING PLEASANTRIES.
"I hear. sir. that you captains of Industry
are looking for tenAhousand-dollar men,"
"AH a mistake," responded, tne financier.
"Whv. a man with no more than that
would not be worth exploitation." Phila
delphia Ledger.
"I suppose," said th good Isdy, address
ing th man behind th bars, "that you are
able to look back now and regret your first
falne step."
"Surest thlntr. you know. lady. I was get-
tin' off'n a street car, and If I'd knew what
I know now I'd of aoaked the cotnp ny for
big damages, pretendin' I broke my leg or
something." '
"Her' a South Carolina couple who
were married In an auto that was going at
full speed. What do you think of that?"
"i itMnk eney must nave oeen married ny
very sporty parson." Cleveland Plsln
Plain Dealer.
'I hone vou will accent mv condolences."
began Mr, Somber.
"Thank you." replied the widow of Mr.
Gsyrske.
!Yes, continued Mr. Somber, "we must
remember that, we must all go that way
some day and that"
O! mvr exclaimed the widow. "I hope
not." Philadelphia Press.
"Gee." said the man whit1 ws colltcrJhir
for tho grocer, "those I'ptoms must be
ricn."
"Why." his employer asked, "did they
psy their bill?"
No, but you ought to have seen how
haughty and Indignant they got when I
asked for the money." Chicago Record
Herald. '
"So you're going to be married, are you.
Fanny?" asked her Intimate friend.
"Yes." said the queenly blonde. "It S all
settled."
"When I the wedding to take placer
"Well, mamma wanted It put off until
October, but Jck Instated on having It in
May. Both couldn't have their own way,
of course, snd so it had to be settled by a
compromise."
"Ann when Is It to ner
"Why, we er compromised on April."
Chicago Tribune. -
PILOT, LAN DR BOAT.
Denver Post.
De win' blow soft from de heavenly hu'.
Pilot, lan' de boat.
Ou' backs soon carry de loads no mo',
Pilot, lan' de boat.
De han's on deck an' ay all done gwlns
To hit de bank wif ha long toe line.
Den do ransom chlllutt til rise an shine
Pilot, lan' de boat.
De roostehs stan'ln' 'roun' do long staso
plank.
Pilot, lan' de boat.
Soon gwlne to lancli 'er to da Zlon bank,
Pilot, lan' de boat.
De bright aho' crowded wif de angel ban'
Com down to de levee fo' to see us lan',
De 11 Ull us "howdy" wif a welcome ban'.
Pilot, lan' de boat.
She' loaded down wif d po' los' sheep.
Pilot, lan' de boat.
De current' swlf an' de wata'a deep,
Pilot, lan' de boat.
De wiieeia poun' hard on de rlvvh'e btuast,
De aun gwlne down In fiery west,
We'a nea' de po t of eternal rest,
Pilot, lan' as boat.
We'a all dead weary, fo de trip was long.
Pilot, lan' de boat.
De deck ban's singln' de landln' song, '
Pilot, lan' de boat.
De toil an' sorrow oh de trip am past,
De flag done towered from the Jackataff
maat, .
We climb de levee an' make her fast.
Pilot, lan da boat.
De steam'a ahut off an' ahe' roun'in' to,
Pilot, lan' de boat.
De captain alngln' wit de coal black crew.
Pilot, lan' de boat.
We hea' de tlnckle of de engine bell.
Do wavea wash de landln' from de ol' boat s
swell.
Fa'well. or riven, bid you long fa'well.
t uoi, tan at boat.
Watch this space for a series of
talks to investors. Talk No. 3.
When Uea of Honor ani Easiness
Ability are the Directors : . fV&
of a' corporation, you Investment In
that company Is guaranteed saftey and
good management. Always 'be sure
that men of this sump aro at the helm.
When you Join a corporation you
are able to insist that this sort of nrm
directs affairs. Your stock gives you
a voice in the management.
For this reason a corporation Is the
safest of all business Investments. As
a stockholder, you are on the INSIDE;
yon can say how your money is to bo
spent so as to bring you tbe greatest
profits.
You have now a chance to get on
the Inside of snch a corporation. Tbe
opportunity is offered to a tew per
sons, who have a small amount of
money to invest.
For a short while, there is still time
to become one of the original stock
holders, on the same terms aa Induced
many sound business men in this city
to Invest.
Tbe company will pay BIO PROFITS
QUICKLY, but it Is not to hs claused
as a dangerous get-rich-qutck, proposi
tion. If you want to know abont It,
address W 259. Bee.
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