THK OMAHA DAILY EK: FRIDAY, APRIL 1908.
Tito Omaha Daily Bee.
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It ... 36,300
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IB 36,360
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17 37,580
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2 36340
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WHKJ OUT OP TOWlt.
bscrlbers leaving; th city teas,
pararllr shoal kay Th Be
snail- t then. Address will b
changed often mm rene.ted.
This April Hon la a nature fakir.
The Aldrlch bill seems to be looked
upon 68 an uninvited guest In the
house.
Near-currency reform probably will
bo advertised by congress as "some
thing equally as good."
Dustln Farnam has been fined In
New York for. living up to his first
Dame in an automobile.
Senator Flatt says he wants another
term. Senator Piatt apparently does
Dot know when be- has had enough.
' According to the most authoritative
definition, democracy is the rule of
the majority, but populism is the bolt
ot the few.
It is a trifle late in the season for a
cold wave to create much excitement
either among the coal men or among
the Ice men.
Mexico has suffered an earthquake
which ihe New York Sun will natu
rally charge to the American fleet now
in Magdalena bay.
The suggestion is made that we
want light, not heat, from the pro
posed canal.' We thought it was
power that'a wanteds
Scientists now insist that the North
Pole has moved. . Perhaps it is Just
trying to get into the line of Peary
and Wellman's travels.
County Assessor- S Driver and 'his
corps ot deputies are now officially in
the field. ";po be prepared to entertain
a polite but inaulsltive visitor.
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The council and the city engineer
are at! Jat harmonised for the moment
and the dove of peace now p'erches on
the giastioutuses on the city hall.
Eastern . financiers Insist that con
fidence la returning. Confidence is in
vited to hurry up, as the best room in
the house, has been reserved for It.
Chief Forester Pinchot explains that
the charges made against him by cer
tain satern congressmen would not
be important, even If.' they were true.
Editor Watterson ' has coined "in
flammatory incoherency," which was
apparently designed as a perfect fit for
a certain distinguished public speaker.
The. figures of bank earnings com
plied "by the United States Investor
see nil to indicate that the banks of
Omaha hkvu. been doing "toler'bly
well."
Governor Johnson of Minnesota says
lie is a passive candidate for the dem
ocratic presidential nomination. Col
onel Bryan looks on him as a passing
candidate., ; V-
The Corn show management should
sot overlook any chance to get af few
old negro ''Mamniys" to instruct mod
ern cooks in the manufacture of real
combread- - .
i - -"
A dispatch from Ottumwa, la., tells
ot a four-legged chicken telng hatched
there. Some poultry expert Is evi
dently trying to monopolise the board-
-lug house trade.
. , m mmm . .
A German scientist says that nature
furnishes a Iran with an entirely new
brain) yery ' 'sixty., days. Nature's
stock ot new brains does not seem to
be large enough to supply the demand.
All propped of legislation for fed
eral Inspection and grading of grain
has apparently been killed, so far as
the present session of congress is con
cerned. This has been done by the re
fusal of the house to accept the plan
offered by Chairman Scott of the com
mlttee on agriculture for the establish
ment and maintenance of laboratories
in the Department of Agriculture to
examine and report on the nature
quality and condition of grain samples
These reports were to "serve as a basis
for fixing definite grades, to become
the official standards for the grading
of grains."
The fatal objection to the measure
seems to have been its attempt to ac
compllsh In a roundabout and tiresome
way what the grain growers want done
In a more prompt and direct manner.
Adoption of the Scott proposition
would have necessitated sending sam
pies to Washington, and would have
resulted In annoying delay. The prop
osition offered by Mr. Scott was a com
promise out of the tangle in which the
bill for federal Inspection has become
Involved in the house committee on
interstate and foreign commerce. That
committee has practically abandoned
effort to reach agreement on the differ
ent bills on the subject, and the out
look in the senate Is no more reassur
ing.
The demand of the grain growers
for some uniform system of grading
and Inspection for export is growing,
Congress has no law on the subject
and the laws and regulations in differ
ent states are so conflicting that the
grower is placed at a constant disad
vantage in marketing his product. A
grading accepted at one port or grain
center is rejected at another, with the
suspicion that the grain brokers profit
by the rejection. The grain business,
which handles more wealth than any
other American Industry, is too import
ant to be subjected to the exactions of
conflicting state laws or to the manipu
lation of any set of grain brokers.
IS THg AUTO-POST-COACH C0M1XQ1
Congressional acceptance of a prop
osition made by Mr. Overstreet of In
diana, chairman ot the committee on
postoffices and post roads, may open
up the postal service on rural lines to
include the carrying of the mails, an
express and parcels post and a stage
coach business as a side issue. Mr.
Overstreet's committee has favorably
reported an appropriation t)f $60,000
for the experiment of establishing an
auto-post-coach service on selected
good road routes. The measure has
the endorsement of Postmaster Gen
eral Meyer and is being cordially urged
by leading members of the house.
The bill provides that rural free de
livery automobiles shall be con
structed .to carry not less than ten
passengers, in addltlcm to the malls.
ParcelB may be carried for from 5
cents to 25 cents, no parcel to weigh
more than 200 pounds, nor to be larger
than barrel size. " Passenger fares are
to be 10 cents for adults, and children
at half price. Round-trip tickets for
school children are to be 6 cents. The
plan Is to have these routes not less
than fifty miles long, making 100 miles
the daily turn of each coach.
Many features of this proposition
must appeal to the public, the chief
obstacle being the roads. Members of
the committee assert, however, that
the good roads movement has pro
gressed in many states to the point
where routes such as are desired for
the experimental test may be found in
ample number. Perhaps the strongest
argument in favor of the plan is the in
centive its success would furnish to
the Improvement of the roads.
A PBIYILKOKD, COMM VS1CA T10B."
The' two ministers who were spir
itual advisers of Chester Gillette, con
victed of the brutal murder of Grace
Brown in 1905. did a rather remark
able thing when, after Gillette's elec
trocution at Auburn the other day,
they published a signed statement In
which they declared:
Because our relationship with Chester E.
Gillette wag privileged, we do not deem It
wis to make a detailed statement, and
simply wish to say that no legal mistake
was made In his electrocution. ;
; Discussion naturally will be aroused
as to the propriety of the', course
adopted by these ministers. It is uni
versally accepted that confidential ut
terances to spiritual advisers are ob
solutely sacred and Inviolable. The
courts have so held .and the public
mind looks upon such secrets as more
privileged than the confidences be
tween attorneys and their clients, or
between physicians and their patients.
As a general rule, ministers refuse to
divulge such confidences, even in the
moBt qualified form, and the statement
la the Gillette case is noteworthy more
on account of Its violation of the rule
than of what it discloses, if it dis
closes anything. -
The argument in defense of these
ministers Is that their statement will
serve to quiet the public doubt as to
the guilt of Gillette; who was com
vlcted upon circumstantial evidence.
This argument would be more effective
it there were any grave doubt as to
Gillette's guilt. While the evidence was
circumstantial, it was compellingly
conclusive. The letters ot the mur
dered girl breathed love and confidence
to the very day of her death, while Gil
lette's movements, closely traced, and
all the circumstances in connection
with the case, pointed to him as a mur
derer of the most cold-blooded type.
The disclosures made by the min
isters are either tantsmount to a con
fession by Gillette, although he went to
the electric chair with no sign of con
fession or penitence or sorrow for the
woman he had betrayed and mur
dered, or merely their personal op'ln
Ion self-asserted. In either case
must be regretted that the spiritual
advisers ol a murderer went so far as
to make even a qualified betrayal of
his confidence, or to impose on tho
public with a statement Intended to
convey the idea that It was based on a
confession.
8MPPIXG SlLVtR DOLtAltS.
For the first time in twenty-five
years the west and southwest have
been called upon to pay something (or
the privilege of showing their prefer
ence for the sliver dollar. Secretary of
the Treasury Cortelyou has issued
circular announcing that the money
appropriated by congress for the trans
portation of silver coin for the year
108 having become exhausted, "no
more standard silver dollars will be
sent to applicants free of charge for
transportation from the offices of the
treasurer or the several assistant treas
urers of the United States."
The policy of shipping silver coin to
banks free of express charges origi
nated about twenty-five years ago, soon
after "the crime of '73,'! when the au
thorities deemed it advisable to get a
large volume of silver money into cir
culation. The plan operated as quite a
saving to bankers of the west and
southwest, who were thus enabled to
get all their smaller change in sliver
dollars without paying express charges,
while the tolls on currency were heavy,
the express companies in those days
making a much higher charge than Is
now-exacted. The shipment of silver
dollars has averased about $40,000,
000 aLnualiy, and most of It has come
to the west and southwest. The east
and the New England districts have
always manifested a pronounced preju
dice to the "cart wheel" in favor of
the more or leBS dirty paper currency.
The total cost to the government of
transporting this silver coin to the
banks has been about $165,000 a year.
Under the order of Secretary Cortelyou
this item of transportation will have
to be borne by the banks, unless con
gress decides to make another appro
priation to Bupply them free.
UNCLE SAM AND THE CORN SHOrt'.
The request made upon congress
by the officers of the National Corn
exposition, to be held in Omaha next
December, for authority for the De
partment of Agriculturo to co-operate
in this enterprise ought to be granted
without the slightest hesitation.
The fact is that the Corn show is
organized to undertake and supple
ment iu the most practical way cer
tain features of the work which the
Agricultural department is regularly
trying to do. The success of the Na
tional Corn exposition is to be meas
ured by the interest it will develop
among farmers and agriculturalists
and the lessons it will teach them not
only for the Improvement of their
product ajid the increase of the yield,
but also for the best' and most profita
ble use of it after the harvest.
What the Corn show people want
Uncle Sam to do is to install a prac
tical demonstration of denatured alco
hol production to supervise the mill
ing tests and to take part in the gen
eral educational scheme through his
trained experts and specialists. More
can be accomplished in this direction
at Omaha in December than by months
ot correspondence school and bulletin
service from Washington.
It seems to us that Uncle Sam, as
represented by congress and the offi
cials at Washington, ought to be glad
to take advantage of the opportunity
which the National Corn exposition
will offer to popularize his activities
in the field of agriculture and to make
his work count where it will count
the most with the men who actually
grow the grain.
It goes almost without saying that
the public will be glad to know that
former State Representative Caldwell,
at whose instance a preliminary hear
ing . on the demand for distance
freight rates was recently held by the
State Railway commission, in a public
explanation of his position again pays
tribute to the "only good railroad" in
Nebraska. After passing a few char
acteristic compliments to the members
of the state commission, railroad law
yers and Commercial club representa
tives for "handing me ice pitchers,"
according to the most approved rules
of "refrigerated etiquette," he says:
The Northwestern system was rep
resented by attorneys and officials who
are not to be1 classed with the above. If
we hsd more such men to deal with this,
as well as many other cases, could be set
tled with less friction.
Now, will the other railroads be
good?
The birth records of the health
commissioner's office shows that for
the month of March the number of
boys making their advent into Omaha
exceeded the number of girls by one
because two of the boys were ushered
In as twins. That is taking an unfair
advantage over the gentler sex.
According to the calculations of an
engineer, ice eight inches thick will
support a railroad train with ease.
Ice of that thickness will also support
a family in luxury and leave enough
to buy a few automobiles and possibly
a trip to Europe.
Now comes the story that the Ber
lin folks objected to David Jayne Hill
as ambassador because they learned
that Mi's. Hill does her own market
ing. Is it possible that they expected
Mrs. Hill to do the marketing for
some outsider?
Colonel Bryan has declined to be
come chief orator at a second Jeffer
soblan banquet in New York to be or-I
ganlzed in competition with the first
Jeffersonlan banquet, to which he has
been hidden binder strict injunction
not to talk. Mr. Bryan will not per
form in any side show. He will oc
cupy the center ring in the big tent
or none at all. '
A Chicago doctor declares that all
women should . go home before
3 o'clock In the afternoon. He proba-
Diy win bold, too, that all men
should go home before 3 o'clock in
the morning.
South Omaha is supposed to be a
democratic town, but when It comes
to unloading a city administration con
ceded to be recklessly extravagant, it
not worse, party lines cannot be drawn
tightly.
Let Is B Thankfsl.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Another big coal strike! Well, let us be
thankful that it Is too late for the Ice-
cutters to Inaugurate a walkout.
Two 'In In a-a Proven.
St Louis Globe-Democrat.
One result of the New York to Tarls
automobile race has been to give the
Americans the record for the best cars and
tho worst roads.
Prospective High Living.
Washington Post.
It Is asserted that two drinks of whisky
in Denver will exhilarate a man as much
as nine drinks at the altitude of any other
city. Under such circumstances the demo
cratic delegates ought to find living cheap
enough there next July.
Pappreaalon of Anarchy.
Washington Post.
There Is widespread belief that the na
tional and state governments can do more
than they are doing to suppress anarchy.
If the present laws do not go as far as the
constitution permits them, the publlu un
questionably would approve of more
stringent measures governing assemblies.
The national government has the unques
tioned power to deport criminal aliens, and
an enlargement of Its activity in this direc
tion will probably become a public demand.
A nemorallslnar nects.de.
Philadelphia Idg-er.
It would be difficult to find the words
which would adequately express the burn-
Ing contempt witli which tho decent peo-
plo of this country must contemplate tho
demoralizing spectacle presented by tho
affairs of a certain, divorced American
pAMnn 4. . . 1 k. 1' - - - .
Tuuiaii juBi iviunieu 10 inew xum irom
France and the man who has followed
her hero In the apparent hope of securing
for himself the position from which a
titled relative has Just been cast by the
courts. Even the title which he bears.
although the cittsen of a republlo which
has long repudiated all such class dis
tinctions, adds to tho Ignominy of his per
formances, dragging that which should be
an indication of some nobility of charac
ter and station Into vulgar notoriety.
LINCOLN A.D DAVIS.
Capt.re of Confederate President an
Embarrassing Incident.
Carl Scrnirs in McClure's.
Tho capture of Jefferson Davis was a
very serious thing, and It was regarded by
nnt ft tour rnAl.h.aitA and lnno.ts-htA(1
. .
men as a very" unfortunate one. It has
become well known that President Lincoln
-
wished that the -downfall of the con-
federacy would not deliver the chief of the
confederacy tnto hts hands. A Lincoln
anecaote current at tne time seemed to
have good authority behind It. After
Lee's surrender, a friend asked Mr. Lin-
soln whether he did not think it would be
best to let Jefferson Davis get out of the
country. Lincoln answered by telling a
story of a Methodist preacher out west, a
strict temperance man, who was offered
a glass of water with a dash of brandy In
it,
and who replied that he would not
object to a drop of something strong; In
his drink. If that drop could be put In
unbeknownst" to himself.
Lincoln no doubt saw clearly that the
capture of Jefferson Davis would burden
the government with a most embarrassing
dilemma. The public voice would inslBt
upon the chief of the rebellion being tried
nH llinluhal n Ixr . i I
uw, ...B crime
of
iraoann t wl Kua I a I a. I
south. A trial for treason by a regular
inuunai in in soutn would be a
mar.
farce, for It seemed a foregone conclusion
that no Jury In the south could be found
that would pronounpe Jefferson Davis or
any of the heads of the rebellion guilty
of treason. A trial by a military commis
sion might result In a verdlu of guilty;
but resort to a military tribunal for the
trial of a political offense after the close
tne war might have looked like a
stretah of arbitrary power befitting an old
world despotism, rather than this new
world republic.
DESIRABLE! I.KGISI.ATIOX.
Two Excellent Reason, for Establish.
inaj Postal BnTlng. Banks.
Chicago News.
President Roosevelt In his messaea th
other day repeated his
that congress authorize the establishment
or postal savings banks. He included this
desirable piece of legislation In his cata-
logue of measures which should be passed
at the present session. The president gave
in concise form two excellent teunm h,
provision should be made for
savings banks. First, they are "imoera-
tlvely needed for the benefit of the wage
worker, and men nf im.li a I
ond. they would be a "valuable adjunct olttlm8' "fter nlne ' reported market to maka large profit at th ex
to our whole financial system." MaJor Fuller's case favorably to the P n"t ,f, the"- Th'y tha tactl( of
Person, of small means would find In
postal savings banks encouragement In the
practice of thrift. Thousands of wage
earner, particularly feel the need of con
venient and safe places of deposit for their
savings. This especially true of new
comers from th countries of Europe, where
there are government .aving. banks. In
the southern states, where prohibition has
been widely adopted with a view to making
steadier worker, of the negroes, postal
saving, bank, would be of immense value
in teaching this class of labor to become
responsible and self-reliant.
Postmaster General Meyer,
convinced
n d able advocate of postal savings banks
has pointed out that the hoarding of small
. "
um. by thousands of thrifty but timor-
ous persons has kept millions of dollars
out of circulation. Through a Bound postal
savings bank system the government would
bring thla money back Into general use. Th rest of the world, for Instance, could commenting editorially upon what it de
Thu. postal savings banks would be an Im- do comparatively little in cotton manufac- scribe, as th. remarkable change which
portant agency tending to prevent financial turing, without th fibre furnished by the has occurred In th .ttit.iri. o i i
Panic
Representative William, of Mississippi,
th minority leader of the house, does not msnufaf turing. During the first seven for holding to th.t policy against all oppost
Include a postal savings bank bill In his months of tho current fiscal year thesa lti i. .v.. . 7.
st of measures supported by the president
which he says the democrats will Join with
... .
the republican congressmen in passing,
However, th. platform, practically written
by Mr. Bryan, recently adopted by th. N.-
raska democratic convention favors postal
savings bank, and the democrat, in con-I
res. would vote for their establishment.
It Is now In order for the republican lead-
rs In congress to give to th. nation a
ood uo.tai savings bank avatum.
BITS or WASIIIXOTO LIFE.
Mls Sceaes and Incidents Sketched
a th "not.
Th Sixtieth congress Is scoring hesvlly
and not over ' creditably as an exponent
of th manly art. Within a week two rep
resentatives and one senator jumped Into
the limelight as participants In public
brawls, from which they emerged with
battered heads, black eyes and ball bonds.
Congressman Heflln of Alabama arnt
pistol bullet Into the neck of a Washing
ton darkey because the latter persisted
In slur xlng whisky In a street car. Con
gressman Clark cf Florida objected to the
rude hsste ot a fellow passenger In a re
volving door and In the subsequent argu
ment asqulred a blooming black eye. Sen
ator Jeff Davla of Arkansas collided with
one of his political enemies In Little Rock
and was swatted good and plenty, losing
nls cane In the melee. Each of the pug
nacious statesmen, acting up to the profes
sional atandard, have given out explanatory
Interviews, but their explanations only
serve to show they wor outclassed and
thrown over the ropes.
At the capitol, says a Brooklyn Eagle
letter, the members refer to th new quar
ters of the ways and means committee as
the "royal suite," and talk admiringly of
the "throne room." They will surpass In
elegance and beauty the sumptuous quar
ters of the luxurious senators, If the pres
ent plans for decorating the rooms proposed
by a New York artist are carried out.
No less than four rooms have been re
served for this committee. The largest Is
something like 60x30 feet, or more, and is
destined to become one of the show places
of the town. Today its walls glare with a
whiteness that suggests polar bears as th
natural Inhabitants of the place, but after
tho artists have got In their work the
chamber will present a riot of design and
color that will cause it to look like a Turk
ish rug bazar.
The "throne" will bo at the north end.
and the seats of the committee arranged
n d, iiiii in ic i,n an rievatea platform, as
a courtroom In the amphitheater in front
will be placed a large table for the use of
witnesses. In the center of which will be
two revolving disks, so that documents
may bo pased about without the neces
sity of throw-Ins them.
Real spring Is blooming in Washington
and correspondents aro indulging in pros
Poems of ecstacy. Tills is a samnle? Tho
nuuops are red with the maples and the
city parks aro full of flowers. The birds
came In llko an army with no advance
suara to spy out the land. The oldest in
habitant wonders at tho state of thin.
an,l looks at tho calendar to see if ho
,ias nt been asleep and if tho hour is
not lat April. The oriental magnolias,
I With Iholt. t 1 .
mine ami purple Dlossoms a
"Uraen to their branches, are three weeks
m advance of their time: Massachusetts
avenue from the Thomas statue to the
hme of Secretary Root is one burst of
y"ow. Two years ago. when the winter
was long and hard, this colorful disnlav
was held back until the time of the com
ing of tho Herml thrush on the eve of
May day.
"asinngion, beautiful as It is at this
season, has nothing else to compare with
mis Massachusetts avenue flower show.
Th shrubs bear the yellow blossoms In
such compact masses that th twigs and I
orancnes aro Hidden. It la the forsvthla
wnicn attains this wealth of flowering.
Th. kl.n ... . ... . . -
nve orieiiy, ior aimost in a I
night the branches once more are bare.
to take on quickly
a garment of green
I t ........ 1.1.1. .
.....yco wiiu-ii outwears ma summer,
This
year the tulloa the tiv.inth. j
I L. ' .!!. th"
' v ."-iiiri . 1 no crocuses
should : have led the procession, but the
others Were not to be denied The rnso.
bushes are full leafed, and the rosebuds
are but a matter rr
W.CelV T,I.le.W'!d
honeysuckle is as green n. it win k m
June; the tulip, trees, ordinary laggards,
are touched with color, and even tho n,i.
always the last In the springs train, are
dropping the dead leaves that have dim
tenaciously through the winter and are
ready to take on the dress of another
season.
Tho house of representatives has Just had
submitted to it by the members of the
committee on claims a report recommend
ing1 that Major Lawson M. Fuller of the
army bo paid for some article munv
articles in fact-whlch tho government lost
for him nine years ago.
An army officer's pay is small at the best.
and nine years ago. when Maior Puller'.
"
belongings were lost, his pay was some-
mailer limn 11 is ioaay. xsevertne-
i i.- .., . . . ..
" ,,au lu "I""10 i..ao. as ne coma
save It from time to time, to replace the
aDsoiuieiy necessary articles which were
lost "without fault or neglect on Ills part
and with equitable responsibility by the
United States," as the finding of one of th.
investigating officials had It
Major Fuller's belongings comprised
pretty nearly everything that he had In the
world, from "one pair of (Romeo slippers"
to a "civilian dress suit, evening, satin
lined," "one sack suit from New York"
and "one sack suit from Baltimore." The
major made affidavit that every article
enumerated In the list of hi. losses "was
necessary and would have been used had
tho consignment ever reached Its distinc
tion." The consignment went to the bottom of
th sea with th wreckage of th trans-
Prt Michigan. The major added to his
affidavit th statement that every article
would ba replaced as soon as he was
financially able to replace it. The goods
wer lost nine years ago. A glance at the
army pay table makes It BDDear that bv
the practice of rigid economv Maior Ful-
,er b? thl tlme mY have succeeded in
auP"c"tlng his wardrobe of the late '90s.
Th. end 1. not yet. The committee on
nou'- Th "" l busy with other
tmn"- " not har th. representa
tive iu uveriooK claims. Tney are used
to it and hardened to It. Then the senate
must act and finally the president. Major
Fuller may gel his money at a time co
incident with hi. retirement at the age
limit, and he Is yet a young man.
A PROVIDER OK NATION'S.
Antrrlraa Storehouse from Which Na
tions Draw Snsteaance,
Wall Street Journal.
Provider of Nations is the name which
might aptly ba applied to the United States,
on account of the vast amount of exports
- ' -.-... ... -,
tions of tho world. The two main classes
H'tllfh It ! nn Al in in. Munilfartu. I
commodities are materials for manufac-
ture, and foodstuffs, by which th. Indus-
trial populations are maintained.
United States. Tills Is the lsrgest Item ex-
ported In th crude materials for use in
materials compribtrd 33.67 per cent ot our
entire domestic exports. Besides this, vast
.I., i . '
quantities cf lumber are furnished to
Burop. to maintain ,,. wood-working in"
du.tri...
Next in order to materials of manufac-
ture com foodstuffs, comprising z prlroii .. j . .
cent of th. exports. This 1. followed by
manufactures ready for consumption, mak-
Ing 24.n per cent. If, crude material, for
nianufac lures, senil-aiiinufactures and nun-
I
VMM
Our tomatoes are all vine-ripened. .
Our sauce has a sparlding zest
We could buy tomato juice for 75c per barrel. Yet wa
pay $3.45 for just the tomatoes used la a barrel of ours.
Cheap sauce is made from tomatoes picked green, and
ripened in shipment. Or from scraps from a canning factory.
Our sauce is made solely from vine-ripened tomatoes.
You will note its piquant tang.
We bake our tomato sauce into the
beans, to get our delicious blend
The beans, the tomato sauce and the pork are all baked
together.
They are baked in live steam not in dry heat. Thus the
beans are baked until they are mealy, yet without bursting.
The result is our beans are nutty, not mushy.-." . '
And we start with the whitest and plumpest of Michigan
beans. .
The cost is $2.10 per bushel.
Van Camp's pork and beans
baked with tomato sauce
Your grocer may tell yon that he has beans which aro
cheaper. Yet he makes more on them. No wonder.
You never will buy them when you once knovy VanCamp's.
Encourage your folks to eat more beans by serving the
best beans. They are cheaper by far than meat; 1
And beans are 84 nutriment. . ,
You can't possibly bake beans as we
bake them. Let us cook for you ,
It isn't your fault but you lack the facilities. '
Beans, to be digestible, must be factory cooked.
It requires a fierce heat to break down the fibre, and you
cannot apply it. Our ovens are heated to 245 degrees.
Home-cooked beans are heavy and hard to digest. But
the heat makes Van Camp's digestible.
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10, 15 and 20 per can.
Van Camp Packing Company, Indianapolis, In J.
. . .
ht4clu", ready for consumption be com
blned Into on class, they comprise 71.67
per cent of our total exports for th period
in question.
Although thesA flura ftrn nnl siiiHa .nivi
p,ete- th "tl11 ""ow the slgnlflcanc. of our
resources to Industrial Europe and Asia.
It Is this fact, of our actual and potential
Industrial capacity, coupled with the pres
ence of foodstuff supplies, which are, as
mrancy of their development,
th' ketpB tho old wor1(l thinking to offset
these advantages In maintaining: Its posi
tion In competitive relations with the
Unlted States. Europo feels keenly the
Psl&liltles of power Indicated In thesa
resources.
SWINDLES is SECURITIES.
Method, of Promoters on the Stock
Markets.
New York Journal of Commerce,
Th worst abuses of speculation are not
to be found on the tnhinm hut nntaldn
or them, ami it i. .ori., i, n,.
. : - "
stock market for the consummation of their
purposes that creates the greatest scandal.
In the promotions, exploitations and com
binatlons of reckless financiers, by which
securities are created In Inflated volume
and of fictitious value. Is the root of much
of the evil. These securities are emptied
I Into the stock market, many of them
listed on the exchanges, with false pre-
tens and. misrepresentation, and the ele-
ment Of gambling enters largely Into deal
Ings In them. It takes time to sift them
down to their real ' value, and In the
meantime many victims are fleeced by
those "on the Inside." There Is a way of
manipulating stocks of an established
character, Indulged In by men of stand
ing In the financial world, that la scarcely
I lpM disreputable. They are "on the In
,lde r tn management and operation
of rat corporations and have knowledg
01 conaitions ana or plans that Is kept
,rom othen who have an equal right to
knw. They plan for new issues of securi-
or lno conversion or oia, ror an In-
1 "r "r oi aivmenaa mat iney
can control, which they know will have
a certain effect upon th market value
of stocks, and they use their knowledge
and the advantage of their position In the
th blackleg to filch the money of
the
unwary.
PERSONAL, NOTES.
When a Judge, at a salary of fl7,5O0, can
not afford to stay on th bench the old
favorite, "Whither are we drifting?" i
legitimately called Into action again.
An English woman who ha. Just died
left a fortuna of 117,000,000. Nobody had
ever heard ot her. Now, an American
woman with that much would hav taken
people into her confidence.
What', in a legal phrase? An Ohio
preacher Is suing hi. wife for the rastltu-
tlon of property deeded to her In honey-
.nrutn In .1 . . ...
,.., tuv,uci.UUii ol love ana
affection." He awr. that'the roods de.
llvered were counterfeit.
President Roos.vit . hi.i.
pllment from the Indon ti.. i,i,.h
nartle. in th. T'-ii-i .,.. . .... .u-
president and bis nollcv. ..v. th.t hi.
victories ever won in nubile llf.
i v, , 4ll. ....
In honor . of th. soth ann verrary of
th. hi-n. . ... " f . .
I'll Rich.? W.n"oHdV"nT
J' JlV' ZV'?t f? th'
L. - .,., . " jiome
The love h. give, a thousandfold ret,,rn2:
"lM th wealth of love a great heart
D ,, ... .
tiilod.
. ri nu .our. and
y a
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SMILING LINES.
"Would you fall thaf'orator. eloquehe.
a gift?"
"Not at all. He always chsrges at le.Bt
60 cents admission." Philadelphia Press.
"Was that pretty girl I met coming out
of your office proposing to you?" face
tiously asked ono business man of another.
"No," answered the latter. "She hsd seen
my advertisement for a stenographer, and
only wanted to be asslster to me." Hal'.l
more American.
"Circus acrobats are singularly fortunate
tn times of financial stringency."
"How so?"
"Uecsuse, no matter what happens, they
can always be sure of keeping a balance
Secure." Chicago Tribune,
"I baven't seen a drunken man alnoa I've
been here," declared the visitor to the
prohibition state. ,
"Oh, we are not ostentatious." exclaimed
the Georgia man. Louisville Courier-Journal.
"Before I give you my" answer," said
the beautiful heiress, "you must toll mo
about your debts."
"Oh," replied the count, "why discuss
worldly matters? U't ua Just talk ot love
for the present." Chicago Record-Herald.
"It's a mystery to me," said Undo Allen
Sparks, "that Senator La Follette, when
he was counting up the men that control
the money of the country, forgot to In
clude Mrs, Hetty Ureun." Chicago Tribune.
Uncla Jerry Peebles '' threw "down Ills
newspaper In disgust.-
"I see," he said, - somebody has Invented
an onion that hain't gut any smell to it.
Why, blame It, all I eat onions fur Is to
git tho smell of 'em!" Chicago Tribune.
Mrs. Laxenbee Here's tho man come to
fix our clock. Oo upstairs and get it foi
him. won't you?
Mr. Itsenbee H isn't upstairs. Is It?
Mrs. Laxenbee Certainly. W'iiure did you
think It wss?
Mr. Laxenbee I thought it had run down.
Baltimore American.
"That man," said Mr. Ferguson, pointing
him out, "Is Ji st as active as ever, and he
70 years old."
"How well he holds out!" exclaimed Mrs.
Ferguson.
"Sh! Vou mustn't let him hear you ssy
that. He's a street car conductor." Chi
cago Tribune. , .
"Blxby 1. the man who Invented a lumi
nous keyhole."
"Yes."
"It wa. a failure. Blxby came horn, from
the club at i o'clock In th morning, con
fident that he would have no trouble In
finding the proper plaoe to Insert his latch
key. And, lo! when he looked for th
luminous keyhole he saw a whole galaxy
of them." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
THE NEWER CLOHVi
Chicago Post.
Mother', pricing coronets.
Father's pricing crown.,
Sister goe. downtown and gets
Presentation gowns; v
Couchman's an equerry now,
Wears a whit, peruko, "
Grests us with a stately bow).
Father's made a auk... '
Mother's made a dulheet.
Uncle's mad. an earl:
oji;
Auntie', gold tiara'4 newi t '
With a massive pearl. . ,
All th. folks about the place
Fear to make a fiiiks. , .
Csll each other. "Ah, yous Tt)p"
Father's made a duks. , . J
Father frowns on business
Where his coin wa. made
Say. It give, a duke distress
To be called "In trad.."
W have written to our friends
Living in Dubuque
That tlie old acquaintance ends
Father', mad a duk.
Cook and butler and the maids .
Made an awful rowv'v)-;
When w fixed them up'- with braids
They're retainers now.
They must all stand up In line
Or get a rebuke
When we progres. In to dins '
Father', made duk.
My, but time, have changed of late!
Father says he thought
That when sister tii'-t her "fat."
It was to be bought.
But they paused the title. 'round
Never made a fluke.
And w'r glad aline w. Lav. found
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