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CTATKMENT OF PIRCX'LATtOS :
State of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss :
George R Txschuck. treasurer of Tha
Bee Publishing company, being duly sworn,
a that tha actual number of full and
complete entiles of The Dally. Morning,
Kvenlng and Sunday Bee printed during
me month of Miy. 1908. was a rouowa
1 30,640
.36,630
8 36,703
38,S20
B 36.E80
6 30,689
T 36,610
36 J 70
36.130
10 36,300
11 36.350
13 30,310
13 36,180
1 36,090
15 36,960
16 36.100
17 38,050
18... 86,830
1 35,960
80 35,830
81 35,930
83 35,850
83 35,800
84 36,100
85 36,000
88 35,900
87 35,990
88 35,880
89 35,880
30 35,460
81 33,908
TotalB 1,130,690
Leas ur.aold and returned copies., 9,880
Net total 1,110,710
. ily average 35,839
GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK,
Treasurer.
6ubtorlbcd In my presence and aworo
to before me tills 1st day of June, IrOg.
M. P. WALKER
Notary Public.
WHEN OUT or TOWN.
Snbserlbers leaTlaa; (he city tern
porarlly shoaM hare Tha Bti
walled to them. Addreaa Trill
changed mm sflca aa requested.
Closed Boason for June brides.
King Alfouso is furnishing reasons
for changing the name of his country
to "sonny" Spain.
Stuyvesant Fish hag sold all his Illi
nois Central stock. Another case of
a Fish out of water.
The democratic national committee
will not be entirely without work at
Denver. It haa been allowed to ap
point the chaplain.
Boston college has conferred the de
gree of LL. D. on the city's chief of po
lice. The LL. D. in that case means
"defender of laws."
David B. Hill cables a denial of that
Interview. In addition to being still a
democrat, he wants it understood that
he is a still democrat.
"Canada and the United States are
destined to be friends," says Ambassa
dor Bryce. The word "destined" ap
pears to be surplusage.
"Is Charles A. Towne a demoer-?"
rf,ks a local follower of Bryan. If he
is not ho will be, In case he is nomi
nated for second place at Denver.
Tresident Uoosevelt and Mr. Taft
;ir;ree upon most issues, but there has
pcvcr been a report of their exchange
i I opinions on Harvard and Yalo ath
I "tk 8.
If Mayor "Jim" were really in dan
ger of being made chairman of the
democratic national committee the
Utcksrnians might as well be ready to
-Iisband and go out of business.
Speaking of returning confidence, an
Alabama paper reports that Mrs. Taft
Is preparing to wear a dress of native
silk at her husband's inaugural. Ala
bair.a to furnish the raw material.
"Gum Shoe Bill" Stone of Missouri
la slated for chairman of the commit
tee on resolutions at Denver. Aa a
friendly tin to Mr. Bryan, he should
look out for trap doors in the platform.
Mr. Bryan has served notice on the
delegates at Denver that they may pic
any candidate they wish for vice presi
dent. The only condition is that their
selection must be satisfactory to Mr
Bryan.
Alai. the anarchist who murdered
a priest, will be hanged at Denver dur
ing convention week. Those Denver
folks never hesitate in planning rare
attraction!, for the entertainment of
visitors.
Castro is making overtures for a re
sumption of diplomatic relations with
the United States. The administra
tion at Washington might save a lot of
future worry and trouble .by rejecting
the overtures.
King Edward celebrated his birth
day by elevating fifty men to knight
hood and the peerage. American
heiresses are becoming so plentiful
i bat the king's liberality was doubtless
mcrbsary to provide titles enough to
inert the demand.
The report In the eastern press that
Mr. Bryan said he would not run for
the presidency If Governor Johnson
were nominated for second place is evi
dently erroneous. What Mr. Bryan
mecnt was that he would not allow
Governor Johnson to be nominated for
tki.v; m runt. Tin: .mcovo.
Having; decided to Hianiplnn F.rynn
and Pirjanisni in the mining campaign,
Colonel Henry Wattfrsnn. editor of the
Louisville Courier-Journal, with all the
eal of the new convert is proposing
to go even further than Mr. Bryan hai
dared to go in devising traps to catch
votes. The old bourbon democrats of
the south will dotibtloas be dazed to
find "Marse Henry" openly advocating
a platform plank promising aid. com
fort and encouragement to the negro
voter. Colonel Watterson frankly ad
mits that his suggestion is simply In
tended as a vote-getter. but be prnfcseg
to believe that the nrnwnsvlU" Inci
dent has aroused the antagonism cf
the negro voters to the republican
ticket and that the democrats should
take ndvantage of it. Tn the course of
a long editorial Colonel Watterson
says:
Olve us a pl.tnk. then. ...r. Pl.itform
Maker, at Denver, or a resolution In con
vention, opening the doors to the colored
brother, and, no matter what Is the Issue,
good will come of It.
Is it possible that Colonel Watter
son expects anyone to take bis preach
ment as nnythlng but the one best
political joke of the campaign? With
the blacks disfranchised In every state
under democratic control, the mirth
provoking features of this new bid for
their support will be nil tho more ap
preciated. The republicans gave the
negro the suffrage, which the demo
cratic party has been industriously try
ing to take away from him. To hold
the southern democrats, even Colonel
riryan has had to approve their rob
bing the negro of his ballot. At Cooper
Union, New York, In April last, reply
ing to the question "Is the disfran
chisement of the negro in the Kouth
in accord with the spirit of the broth
erhood of man of which you have been
speaking?" Mr. Bryan said:
The white man of the south ruts a
qualification on negro suffrage In self-
defense. There Ik not a community In
the north that would not put on a similar
qualification under the same circum
stances. The white man In neither the
north nor south will permit a few men
to take the solid black vote and use It
for the purpose of making money, regard
less of the Interests of the community.
The democrats of Maryland are at
this moment seeking to disfranchise
the negro and the democrats of Okla
homa have practically disfranchised
the negroes, although they number less
than B per cent of the population. No
negro is likely to be fooled by the
sophistry proposed by Colonel Watter
son, who knows enough to distinguish
the friends of his race from its foes.
rRlCES AKD THE TARIFF.
The market advance in the price of
flour, potatoes, eggs, new tomatoes and
nearly, all kinds of fresh vegetables
will serve at least in a measure to puz
zle some of the free traders who have
persistently contended that the high
price of commodities is directly due to
the tariff schedules. The situation nt
present Bhows that steel products and
nearly all of the commodities supposed
to be controlled by trusts and Indus
trial or commercial combinations are
lower than for some years, while the
farm products, whose production is In
no wise controlled by trusts, are
rising in price. These changes
are
the
the
taking place with no change in
tariff schedules.
Such price vagaries illustrate
weakness of the democratic contention
that the protective tariff on manufac
tured articles works a hardship on the
American farmer. The figures all
prove that the development of our man
ufacturing interests has given the
American farmer a home market for
his products that could have been se
cured In no other way. In the final
analysis It will probably be shown that
the farmer haB benefited more than
any other class from the operation of
the protective tariff system. The
value of American farm products has
increased from $5,000,000,000 In 1905
to $3,000,000,000 in 1908, an average
Increase of $1,000,000,000 a year, in
spite of the fact that agricultural ex
ports have not materially Increased, so
that the tremendous gain has come al
most entirely through the enlargement
of the domestic market.
D1STRIBUTISG THE WORKMKS
Secretary Straus of the Department
of Commerce and Labor has under
taken the difficult task of bringing
about the proper distribution of the
immigrants who come to this country
seeking employment and getting the
army of the unemployed out of the
congested districts In the large cities
and into the fields of the west where
their services are in demand. To aid
in this work the department has just
established a branch office In Chicago
and 1,000,000 return postal cards have
been sent to rural employers all over
the country asking how many helpers
they want, the sort of work to be
done and the wages to be paid. The
replies will be sent to the great busi
ness centers where the unemployed
congregate, and addresses will be fur
nished which will doubtless enable
many of the present idle persons to
secure work.
The necessity aud value of effort In
this direction is emphasized by con
trasting existing conditions in New
York and in the harvest fields
of the west. A recent semi-otn-
cial report states that thousands
of idle, unemployed men are llv
ln tenements In New York City
expressing a willingness to undertake
any kind of labor. At the same time
the labor bureau of western states are
sending out appeals for harvest hands.
With the present crop prospects there
promises to be work for many thou
sand men In the western fields up until
the time the corn is gathered late this
fall. The difficulty has been In getting
the men who want work and the men
who are looking for workers together.
There is a surplus of labor in the east
and a shortage of it In the west. If
the Department of Commerce succeeds
In making a coupling of the demand
and supply possible, without too great
expense, it will perform a real service,
not. only to the workmen and the farm
ers, but to the entire country.
STuroVf
The railroads passing through
Omaha are to be commended for ac
ceding to the demand, voiced some
time ago by The Bee, for Btop-ovets at
this point on excursion tickets to and
from the Denver convention. This Is
recognition of the fact that Omaha is
of sufficient Importance to bo entitled
to this concession, and having once
been made for one occasion, it ought
not to be withdrawn.
The railroads that converge at
Oninha are selling reduced rate tickets
for one thing or another nearly all the
car round. In the summer time the
rate is reduced for vacation tours of
the Yellowbtone or Rocky mountain
resorts; in the autumn for tho home
seekers' outings; in the winter It la for
those in quest of California's balmy
climate, and periodically for big con
ventions here or there. If all railroad
tickets that take the passenger
through Omaha permit of stop-overs
here, the stop-over privilege wlU be
utilized extensively by travelers desir
ing to look In upon ub.
Just as a brief personal Inspection
is worth yards of long distance descrip
tion, so permanent Btop-over privileges
would be of immense value in. bring
ing strangers face to face with
Omaha's substantial growth and its
multiplicity of attractions.
THK SAFE RULE
The Board of Education haB gone
on record again agalnBt authorizing
the use of public school buildings for
any private purpose. That will be a
good rule if well stuck to, but the prin
ciple of safeguarding the schools from
outside intrusion should be applied
generally. If the school buildings are
not to be used for private purposes,
then there should be likewise no using
of the machinery of the schools for any
thing but legitimate educational work.
The school board Is supposed to have
rules to this effect, but is constantly
beset to make exceptions to permit the
school children to solicit money or sell
ticketa for some supposedly laudable
object, or to disseminate through the
schools Information for advertising
purposes.' There la only one place
where the line may be safely drawn,
and that is against admitting any pri
vate project within public school doors
and refusing point blank to relax the
rule no matter what the excuse or
pressure.
"JMR. BRYAN WILL SPKaK."
The doom has been sounded for the
Chautauqua orator, the "street fair"
promoter and the amusement park
manager. "Mr. Bryan Will Speak."
The change is going to cause some
confusion to people who endeavor to
keep track of Mr. Bryan and his itin
erary, but those are minor considera
tions compared with the opportunity
offered to everybody everywhere to
hear Mr. Bryan speak.
From telegraphic reports it would be
inferred that Mr. Bryan is at his home
In Falrvlew, near Lincoln, welcoming
the embattled democratic hosts on
their way to the Denver convention
and instructing them as to what they
phall do when they get there, but that
Is a crass error. A thoroughly con
servative and reliable newspaper
printed at Washington, D. C, con
tains the announcement that "William
Jennings Bryan, the great Commoner,
will speak tomorrow (Monday, June
29) from 10:30 to 12 o'clock on ten
favorite topics." The topics are as fol
lows: 1. Swollen Fortunes.
2. The Labor Question.
3. The Railroad Question.
4. The Trust QueMlon.
5. The Tariff Question.
t. Popular Election of Senators.
T. Imperialism.
8. Guaranty of Bank Deposits.
9 An Ideal Republic.
10. Immortality
There the deception and the confu
sion ends. The announcement goes on
to state that "Mr. Bryan will talk
through the medium of the phono
graph," with the further assurance
that "no one who has ever heard Mr.
Bryan speak will fail to recognize all
the wonderful charm of voice and man
ner for which he is famous. Take one
along on the Fourth of July picnic."
The last sentence is the straw that
threatens to break the back of aspir
ants for the limelight, the noise of the
orchestra, the enthusiasm of the multi
tudes and a share of the gate receipts
None of the great men who have held
the most exalted position in the gift
of any people, since the Invention of
the phonograph, ever realized the vast
opportunity offered to get next to the
public through that medium. It is true
that the late Pete Dailey, Eddie Foy,
James J. Corbett, "Bob" Fltzsimmons
and other celebrities have used the
talking machine to advertise their
greatness, but Mr. Bryan Is the first
presidential nominee to utilize the
phonograph to thrill a patient and
eager people with burning truths about
living issues. With the pace thus aet
there need be no further dullness in the
world. If the attractions at the chau
tauqua, at the park, at the Bummer re
sort or at the theater do not appeal
all that Is necessary la to pick out the
particular record, press the button and
hear Mr. Bryan speak.
The transfer of three Omaha pas
tors at one time to new fields em
phasizes the Instability of the minis
terial profession. While quite a few
membera of the local clergy have been
here for many jeara, by far the greater
number are new-comers who are here
today and gone tomorrow. The
strange part of It Is that, as a rule, the
ministerial birds of passage ore the
ones who assume to speak loudest for
the community In which they are tem
poral ily residing.
The big question before the school :
board now is to change or not to j
change its salaried attorney. The j
Bee has been of the opinion all along j
that an efficient and properly organ-;
Ized city law department could easily !
take care of all the law business of the!
school board without additional ex-1
pense to the taxpayers. Unfortunately,
It would be a rash assertion to say that
the present city law department is
efficiently organized.
The police board has issued warning
to members of the police and fire de
partment against assigning their sala
ries in advarfce as security for loans.
An inspection of the warrant register
In the comptroller's office will disclose
the practice of hocking pay checks is
not confined among city employes to
those under Jurisdiction of the police
board.
The next Chicago convention will be
held in July, when Mr. Hearst will
come home from Europe to do a little
nominating on his own account. Mr
Hearst may not expect to be elected
president of the United States, but he
hopes to create excitement enough to
prevent the other candidates from get
ting apathetic.
High power automobiles are still
being driven through our crowded city
streets by young boys and glrlB who
ought not to be permitted to take such
responsibility on themselves. For au
tomobile accidents an ounce of preven
tion Is worth a pound of cure.
The controversy over the franchises
of the electric lighting company has
been taken Into the federal court. If
the five years of unfinished water
works litigation is a precedent there
1b no haste to get excited over the elec
tric lighting sqabble.
The high-priced lawyer for the
Water board and the high-priced law
yer for the water company are both
about to take their annual trip to Eu
rope, while Omaha foots the bills. Are
the lawyers eager to end the water
works litigation?
The worst feature of these wind
storms is the havoc they are playing
with the trees. A broken chimney
may be easily replaced, but the de
struction of a fine tree of many yearB'
growth is practically irreparable.
For fear the matter may be over
looked, we take pleasure In suggesting
for second place on the democratic
ticket to be named at Denver that
sterling trust-buster, Colonel Mose
Wetmore of Missouri.
Chancellor Andrews of the Univer
sity of Nebraska shows signs of re
asserting his allegiance to Bryan and
democracy. If bo, hia miscegenation
with Rockefeller may yet be forgiven
by the World-Herald.
In 1896 it was Bryan and Sewall
and In 1900 Bryan and Stevenson. No
democratic vice presidential aspirant
whose name begins with the letter
"S" need be backward about coming
forward in 1908.
With two divorce suits in the family
and the necessity of supporting a
prince on the side, tho Goulds natu
rally feel that they should be allowed
to raise freight rates on their railroad
lines.
One Sound Plank.
Chicago Tribune.
There should be a ringing plank In the
Denver platform demanding that the heirs
of the Bennett estate hand that JoO.ouo
over to Mr. Bryan.
Truth In Few Words.
St. Louie Globe-Democrat.
Only 11 per cent of England's railway
employes receive over $7.50 a week. The
remarks In the republican platform on the
subject of American wages is the solid
truth.
A Statistical Grourb.
Indianapolis Newa.
A statistician figures this year's June
bride crop will be the smalli.st ever known.
Can It be that even this noble Industry
la to feel the depression usually Incident
to presidential years?
Tremendous Coat of Crime.
Leslie's Weekly.
Christianity Is the greatest creator and
conservor of values; sin Is the greatest
destroyer of values. The cost of crime to
New York City for one single year is
enough to build two subways a year; the
cost to the state enough to pay In two
years the whole cost of widening the Erie
canal from Buffalo to Albany. The cost
of crime to the t'nlted States la enough, If
our people were righteous for two years,
to pay the whole national debt.
Taekllna l.on Felt Want.
New York Tribune.
A western Inventor proposes to insure
smokeless combust. on In locomotive furn
aces by the Injection of heated air, and It
is reported that his apparatus is soon to
be tested by the Illinois Central, the Rock
Island and St. Paul roads. The feasibility
of preventing the emission of smoke by
careful stoking has been demonstrated re
peatedly. If the same object could be at
tained automatically there would be a
better promise of reform. The new plan
Is apparently worth watching.
The Break with Veneauela,
I'ittshurg Dispatch.
There Is nothing particularly alarming
In tha breaking of diplomatic relations with
Venesuela. It has been the persistent con
dition tn Caracas that one or another of
the great powers has been obliged to leave
Its diplomatic interests to the care of some
other nation because It has been Impossible
to maintain relations with Castro's govern
ment. In fact, the pruper treatment of
that country would be the gradual with
drawal from it of all foreign investments
and of all foreign residents, leaving It
trlctly to Its own devices. No better cure
could be devised for the greed and rapacity
that underly all of tba Vtneieulan troubles.
MV t;oIP l WtIIIXiT01,
( nrrent KtenH (.leaned from (he i
rmy and tt llralater.
The VMH edition of the Army HcRiilatl'ins
is cxp. ctcd shortly fr.un the printer. The
text is brought up to June 1. In the mean
time, many amendments, mure or less
Important. Including: those rendered necfS
sity by recent legislation, nre awaiting
ptoinulg.itlon to the s. r Ice. The ..nnne ce
m nt of these amendment s c.ur..ot b ma ie,
of course, until the new idll.m i.f t lie
Armv Regulations lias b. en Issued The
previous edition was In 19 4.
Some delay has been caused in the pub- I
llcation of the new regulations i oncer, una!
the allowance for hot so in the armv. Tils;
remilmlon Is awaited with tint, h l.nere.-t '
since It detet mines the extent nud nie h,nl i
of what Will now take the place of:
mounted pay for the conimt.-sinn, ,1 er
Hcnnel of the military estahl .shnient. In
general terms, netual owneishlp if o, e or
two horses Is required In enh r to en lil
an offleer to the allowance of j;.',0 fur one
animal or fur two animals a year.
A practical test is being made at F r.
Itiley, Kan., of the new type of le.Uiui
letjgin, of which two samples have b 'en
sent out for trial, tint' of these is an imi
tation pigskin and the other a plain Icttrcr
article Thue samples of buckles urc also
under trial. The advantages of the bather
letrgln as compared with the canvas log
gin Involved the greater durability of the
former. The report of the olfteers who are
conducting the test at Fort ltih y will de
termine the type of leather l.ggin to be
adopted for military use, after which the
quartermaster general s orflce 111 Invite
bids with a view of making a contract tot
those articles.
Tests have been under way at the Rock
Island arsenal to determine the durability
of the Mills and Ku.saill types of woven
cartridge belts, with which the army U
equipped, when used to cany the new
pointed ammunition assemble in clips. Tho
equipment was tested on "Jogging' ma
chines, which comprised a dummy figure
having a cartridge-containing belt placed
thereon and otherwise rigged out to simu
late a soldier. The figure Is placed on
springs and Jogged at the rate of H tlnna
per minute. The movement was kept up
In the case of each belt for forty-elht
hours. Both types of belt i-atisfactoi ily
withstood the tost.
The surgeon general of the nrmy has Is
sued a circular of information relating to
appointments to the medical reserve corps,
authorized by the act of April 23 as a
constituent part of the medical department
of the army. The examination for nppoint-
ment includes n physical examination, ex
amination of diplomas, etc., and an ex
amination on certain practical subjects to
be oral. It I recognized that except for
the limited number of medical restrve
corps officers who are on active duty
In army in time of peace there are few
material Inducements' for representative
physicians to apply fcr appointment In the
corps. The possession of a commission
from the president of the t'nlted States set
ting forth his confidence in tho patriotism,
fidelity and abilities of the holder Is, how
ever, something that anyone might be
proud of, and the contact that the War de
partment will be able to maintain with the
best class of young medical men through
out the land will, it Is expected, be of
great value in emergency. It is especially
hoped that medical officers of the militia
of the various states may be sufficiently
Interested to secure positions on the medi
cal reserve corps list.
The War department has rendered an im
portant decision concerning enlisted men of
the army who have lost time by absence
without leave. It is held that enlisted men
should be retained in the service beyond
the regular date of discharge In order to
make up days lost by such absence In the
case of all enlistments entered into on or
since May 11, 1908; that men who enlisted
prior to that date should have their atten
tion drawn to the fact that If they propose
taking advantage of continuous service they
should voluntarily remain In the service
for so many days after the date upon which
their contract otherwise ceased, as may be
required to make up for absence without
leave, although they may not be so re
tained, except as provided under the (hth
article of war should they object thereto.
The general rule has been formulated that
the requirements of continuous service
have not changed, but the terms of enlist
ments entered Into on and after May 11
have changed; that In all enlistments en
tered Into under the new law, of that date,
the making good to time lost by absence
without leave, as well as the desertion, Is
obligatory, but in the enlistments entered
into prior to the approval of the new law
the making good of time lost on account of
absence without leave Is permissive where
the soldier desires to enter upon a new en
listment with an accomplished three years
of continuous service.
In some respects the most important de
cision based on the pay clause of the army
appropriation act Is that rendered by As
sistant Comptroller Mitchell to the effect
that the retired enlisted force of the army
and, of course, of the marine corps Is en
titled to the same method of pay according
to grade, whether a man was retired before
May 11, or afterward. This was one of the
questions Included In many submitted to
the comptroller's office from the headquar
ters of the marine corps and It meant
much, not only to those most directly con
cerned, but to the disbursing officers. The
paymaster general of the army was In
formed that the question could not be an
swered in the communication to the com
mandant of the marine corps until the
other questions were also settled, but It
was arranged between the office of tha
paymaster general of the army and the
office of tho comptroller that this par
ticular question would be passed upon at
once if submitted In a formal way. This
action was taken with commendable and
characteristic promptness by those In toe
army paymaster general's office.
The Fhah of f'ersla seems to be some
thing of a steam roller hln.self.
The son of Eugene Field Is engaged In
stalling peanut-vending machines. There
Isn't much poetry about the goober, but In
wooing the nickel It luats verse.
Adjutant Oeneral Johnston of Kentucky
has Itsued ordeis for the retirement from
active service In trie tobacco districts ui
one-third of the force of state nialltlt.
Judge Thomas Iturke. who has lust re
turned from Japan to his home in Seattle,
says that "War betwen this country and
Japan is too remote to be considered, and
that all the talk of international trouble
seems to emanate in the I'nited fitates."
Charles Field, who Is believed to be the
oldest Judge In the t'nlted States now ;re
siding, last week celebrated his ninety
third birth. lay by holding a session cf the
district court at his home, in Atho!, Mass.
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CIIF.lt It V MKMOIllEs.
Western Crop llrpir(er Cheers (he
Prosaic l'.nst.
Wall Street Journal.
A great western railway system In one of
Its crop reports rises so far above the pro
saic level of ordinary things as to speak
glowingly of the cherry crop within its ter
ritory. The thought of the thing at this
season of the year makes one's mouth
water for these luscious bits of edible poe
try which In earlier days could be picked
in their native freshness from the low
hanging boughs of the trees when we drove
the cows to pasture.
We have plenty of the kind of cherries
which come from some far off country,
packed so tight Into boxes that they lose
their roundness by the time they are
hawked around the streets on pushcarts.
Hut these do not excite the yearnings of
one who for years in youth, regularly on
the first Sunday of June, climbed the old
cherry tree on the hilltop where the great
oxhearts grew, or stood on the stone fence
along the highway where the trees, black
with their bursting fruit, bent low to wait
ing lips, or scaled the garden fence to get
the pungent reds whc.se beauty of color was
unmatched by anything except the blush on
the maiden's cheek.
Would that the Burlington crop reporter
had told us which of these varieties flour
ish on the prairies of Nebraska and Just
at what time one might come down the
pike and be sure of finding a mess without
fear of farmer's shotgun or terror of a
watchdog to the fellow who hasn't had a
free field on an old-fashioned cherry tree
for a iuarter of a century.
WHEAT HARVEST I'HOSPECTS.
F.allmate of t1$r Crop In Kansas, Ne
braska anil Missouri.
Wall Street Journal.
Market Interest is now centered upon the
group of states formed by Missouri, Kansas
and Nebraska, In which harvesting and
threshing operations In winter wheat are
actively under way. Keturna from this
territory are rather conflicting aa to quin
tlty and quality. Estimates of yields are
widely divergent and the trade Is very
much In doubt as to the final outcome.
Under these circumstances an appeal to
the record may be of value. These three
states in IW produced 17fi,noo,ono bushels of
wheat und In 1U07 V40.000.0UO bushels.
To the surprise of many, who look upon
these states as leading wheat producers,
the average yield of Kansas and Missouri
during the last five' yeara has been below
the average yield for the t'nlted States.
Nebraska alone, which contributes 7. of
the acreage this year, yields an averago
of 17.7 bushels an acre. Tho following table
gives the average yields of wheat for 19nJ
to 1907, Inclusive, In bushels. In these states:
IT. 8. Kan. Neb. Mo
i:17 14.6 11.8 !.
lfi.6 15.1 22 0
1()5 14 5 ia.i 19 4
1H04 12 6 U. 13
1II03 12.9 14.1 15.7
13.2
14.8
12.4
17.7
8.7
Average 14.0 13.3 17.7 13.3
These three states together have an acre
age of l,273,0uO acres or S4.6 per cent of the
entire winter wheat area. The average for
this period for the three states would be
13.8 per cent bushels an acre. At that rate
the yield of Kansas. Nebraska and Mis
souri would be 142.01X1,000 bushels, or only
2,oi,000 bushels above the crop of last year.
1'nfavorable weather for a month before
harvest and the large abandoned acreage
on account of floods and other causes are
sufficient explanation of the change for the
worse which has taken place In the winter
wheat prospects over this territory In the
last sixty days of the crop's history. The
result, which will no doubt be borne out
by later returns. Illustrates again the risk
of counting too far in advance on the ac
tual crop yields.
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WHITTLED TO A TOIXT.
Nan "That's a beautiful anlj'.alre Die!
avo you. 1 wonder if you knoVr what a
fickle young man he is.
Kan "Indeed I do; that's why I made him
give mo such an expensive one." Chicago
Tribune.
"We understand that under certain condi
tions you are ready to put a million or so
into the campaign."
"I am," replied the great financier, "and
the coalitions are simple. All you have to
do is to adopt a plank declaring stage
money legal tender.' Philadelphia Ledgui.
Farmer Honk (musingly) They say Pe i-
eon Kluti hpenny's wife was a paragon be.
for he married her, ami
Mrs. Honk (briskly Nothing of the kind:
Sh was a Smith! 1 knew the whole
family.
Tommy "Wat's de matter, Chlmmle?
Yer look sore."
Chlmmle "Sure I.m sore. I got up early
ylsted y morrjln' an' anchored inesel' alopn-
baatt ball graun's: den we en de game hi
gtna cie overnow crowd nnod up In fiont
me knothole." Catholic Stardue-i
Times. ' '
"Oolng to study law. eh? I don't think
there's much money in that. The great
majority of people seldom need a law
yer." said the friend of the family.
"Hut when they do they need a crim
inal lawyer," replied the bright youth, "and
that's the kind 1 in going to be." Philadel
phia Press.
m n iviuiiiiiit il nrrn n u 1 1 1,' . iiiv uroi.
your kiihii in euiiieiy inu n,w. iiwi,, luim
i ,i..l.. l..n. XT... I...I,
at Alice Itrown: see how modest her gown l.
Miss Munnle It Isn't modesty with her,
ma, but a mole, Philadelphia Press.
"Father," said little Rollo, "what is the
'party harmony?' "
"Phrty harmony, my aon, is a state of
affairs which permits two men to alt and
glare at each other as much as they llko
so long as they don't say anything."
Chicago Record-Herald. ,
JIM.
Never vui no good at schoolln'.
Nor at readln' outen books;
Never done a thing but toolin',
lreamin' uv the trees on brooks;
Classmates all translatln' Latin
"Olve the substance of that Una,'
Droned the teacher, aheentmlndad.
With a countenance benign,
Jim responds, "a seven pounder
lilggest caught in thla here brook,"
Then the teacher here got angry,
As for Jim he "got the hook."
Never wus no god at flggera,
'Cept the print of rabbit track
He could trace them to a finish.
An' to you expoun' the facts;
He could ne'er explain a problem
That wui writ in pasteboard cover,
liut he learned In natur e handbook
All the habits of the plovers.
If you but mentioned syllogism.
He would gaop an' tear his hair,
Tet by a single feather knew
Bach Creature of the air.
Yet Jim. he made a mess o' thing.
He had no grit er spunk.
The teachers said an' one an' all.
They handed him a flunk;
And when his classmates finally.
In stifling hall assembled.
That day In June and with thought
sublime.
Perspiring stood and trembled.
And aa the words of wisdom guihad.
As loudly they orated,
Beneath a willow by the stream,
Jim dropped his line an' waited.
Then let us pause right here with thn.
And Just a moment ponder;
Who's winnln' most in this gam
Of life? The student yonder.
Or Jim, who under Jod' great sky,
With nature for his teacher
Imbibe his wisdom out-of-doorsT
.. ..
As you will surely gueMS
All students, need to ope their eye
Tn nuhiro'i I. e.. 1! neMM.
Ami, perhaps. If Jim had kept at school.
Am "nonen as wen ne annum.
New light of beaut v had transformed
I or him both field an' wood.
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