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rire BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY. AFRIL 26. 1909.
Tins Omaha" Daily Bee
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VICTOR ' ROBE WATER. EDITOR. .
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M. P. WALKER.
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WHEW OPT or TO WW.
Sabaei Ihar is via; tba elrj twaa
pwraHlr ! kara Tb Be
aaailad ta tkaaa. Addrwaa will b
ktwal fta aa vawat.
- Th tulttn might htro tried
injunction.
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Abdul Hamld's crown does not ap
pear to be on quite atralght. "
-Won't aomeone please corner the
spot mercury and run n up a few
points. )
To Anxious Inquirer: No, Governor
Shallenberger. did not come to the
No, no one baa been run over by an
automoblhj. The crowd ia simply
watching Hfee' base ball bulletin board.
Reven million dollars in buildings in
prospect la going some for a city the
sise of Omaha.' But then Omaha al
ways sets a pace for Ha neighbors.
The Waters-Pierce Oil company haa
paid ita $1,000,400 fine to the state of
Texaa, '. Not every bualness could
liquidate claim of that site so easily.
V
, The Cleveland tornado, which came
the next day after election, must have
been due to Tom Johnson 'a gurgltated
effort to expresa hla opinion of the
result.
Fishing for trout is not so safe as
angling for suckers. . Broker Pattea la
being sought by the New Mexico game
warden ' for" failure to take out a
license. ........
Hard tfal operatora Insist they are
loalng money en4 must increase ( the
price. Strange how some men manage
to accumulate fortunes in a loalng
business.
The new bust of ex-President loose
velt is ready for the senate chamber.
Whenever the sessions become .too
dreary all that will be necessary will
be to show it to Bailey and Tillman.
.. Senator . Tuiman says that in con
gress he has tried to be. a United States
senator and not simply a senator from
South Carolina. Hia vision haa been
knows to extend as far as Oregon.
Am Englishman haa figured out that
the sport of fox hunting coats ita
devotees in that country 11,800,000 a
j far. If Mlladaya furs were purchased
at that rate there would be aome sick
looking bank accounts.
Three years more of the kind of
economy practiced on Omaha by the
present democratic city government
during the last three years, which haa
saddled ua with more than 100,060
deficit, will put ua Irretrievably In the
hole.
..One of Mayor "Jlm'a political ad
vertisements proclaims "There Is not a
crooked hair on hia head." That's aafe
for the man who gobbled up $16,000 of
Wall street boodle during tbe Parker
campaign. There's no hair on hla bead
at all.
Senator Page of Vermont haa
dlatrlbuted maple augar among his
colleagues and Senator Bradley of
Kentucky haa made them preaenta of
his state's finest distlllatlou. Who
caree whether the aenate restaurant ll
dry or not.
Railroada fighting for territory lo
the northwest la A good algn. That la
one kind of a railroad war the public
can stand without a protect. Tbe de
velopment of thla section haa been held
back too long already by lack of traas
portatloa facilities, '
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WTiK by draft.espreee or postal order,
rayahla to Tbe Baa Publishing Company.
Only !-fMt stamp received in payment of
mall accounts. P,MMt kwki cutct an
Tariff Bill Proipecti.
Senator Browgg hop for a Tote la
the arnatc on the tariff bill by the
middle of May la poaalbl.r a little too
optlmlatlc. In view of the decialon to
open all achedulea to ' debate and
amendment, but the completed new
tariff lg not many weeke off. The dla
ruaalon of the bill reported from the
committee haa proareaaed far enough
to demonstrate one thing roncluaWely,
and that la that the sentiment of the
eenate l itronger thani aupposed for
reylalon In the downward direction de
manded by the people. In the making
of prevloua tariff bllla the aenate has
been the atronghold of the ultra pro
tectionist! aa compared with the house,
but In the present Instance the ettua-
tlon appeara to be reversed,
From the Individual strength of the
members who have taken an advanced
stand for a revUlon of this kind, aa
well aa their number, it la apparent
that many changes are sure to be made
the committee bill and mostly re
ductions, particularly in those ached
uletf which in the house bill were most
objectionable to the tariff revisionists.
Western men are noticeably making
themselves felt in the discussions and
there la reason to believe the Interests
of this portion of the country will have
much greater consideration than here
tofore. The aggressive force which
are rebuilding tho tariff bill come
largely from ibis section and they are
not likely to give away the advantage
which they have won. That those who
are contending .for lower dutiea will
gain All they are striving for la not to
be expected. In the end there must be
compromise, give and take, or the con
tention would drag on to an intermi
nable length, which la neither desirable
nor necessary.
All preient Indications point to the
differences being. threshed out and the
bill being sent between the middle of
May and the first of June to confer
ence, where the final compromising
must be done and the finished product
sent to the president. That It will
satisfy all is An impossibility and that
In ita every detail it will satisfy any
one la improbable the tariff deals
with too many complex and divergent
interests for that. There is every
reason to believe, however, that the
resultant bill will be a fair answer to
the demands of the country as a whole.
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Gas.
One of tbe planks of the platform
promulgated on behalf of the demo
cratic major and council seeking re
election reads aa follows:
Three )cr ago wa promised dollar gas
In tha event It was legally poaaible to pro
cure It. Wa wera atopped by the fact that
republican administration had granted
the present gas company a franchise until
1111, with the authority to charge fl.Si to
U N per t.OOO cubic feet. v Further, tha city
was prohibited by a republican legislature
from granting a franchise to any other
eompaoy for mora than ten yeara. No cor
poration would build a plant under, a tan-
year franchlae. Tha present democratic city
administration tried to aecure from a re
publican legislature In 1907 an amendment
to tha charter la make dollar fas possible.
That leglalature refused us tha amendment.
But a democratic leglalature haa this year
amended the charter In tha manner re-
oulred. We now, therefore, renew oue
pledge to give Omaha dollar gaa In the
manner-made poaaible by the efforts of a
democratic city administration and a demo-
eratle leglalature.
As a prismatic gaa bubble this is
beautiful to the eye, but It la abeo
lutely lacking In every element of sub
stance and truth. Do the democratic
word jugglers imagine that the people
of Omaha have such short memories?
The democrats three yeara ago did
not promise dollar gaa "in the event
it was legally poaaible to procure it."
but they promised dollar gaa straight
out, unconditionally and without any
atrlnga. They promised to extort dol
lar gaa from the present gas company,
if they could, and if not, to establish
a municipal gaa plant, which waa fully
within their power from the moment
they assumed control of the city hall.
Here Is the platform plank of three
yeara ago:
We llg tha mayor and tha city coun
cil, if tbe democratic candidatea are elected.
te provide at an early date gaa at a dollar
or lesa for tha people of Omaha, and In
view of tha existing contract with the gas
company, which remains In force until ISIS.
this pledge binds tha mayor and council
to the estent. If neceeeary, of establishing
a municipal gaa plant, or procuring gas
from an Independent company unleea tha
present company concedea the reduction
demanded.
Now the democratic platform writ
era are trying to cover up the fact that
the exiating gaa franchise waa the re
sult of a pitched battle between the
people represented by Mayor Bemls
and Tbe Bee, and the gaa company, in
which the people won out and secured
concessions worth not less than $1,
000.000. At the time that franchise
waa granted Omaha waa mighty well
satisfied with it and under tbe condi
tions then existing Us terms were de
cidedly favorable to the city. The
ree&on why these terma are not favor
able now la becauae the city haa grown
faater than anyone then expected.
But what haa the democratic mayor
and council during the last three
years done to alleviate the situation?
Not a single thing. The price of gaa
today in Omaha is exactly where the
achedule waa fixed three yeara ago. If
no com pet ng company waa willing
to take a franchlae because of the ten
year limit on atreet lighting contracta
In the old charter, there was nothing
In the way of the municipal plant
which the democrata promised.
But going back to the charter ob
stacle In the way of a competing gas
eomeany, how have "th effort of a
demoeratic city administration and a
democratic legislature" helped things?
The amendment put Into the charter
reducea the time limit on stroet light
ing contracta from ten yeara to five
yeara. If no capltallat could be In
duced to put money in a gaa plant In
Omaha on A ten-year contract guar-
anty of the city's street lighting busi
ness, how Is any one going to be In
duced to put money Into such a plant
on only a five-year guaranty of the
street lighting buslnees? So far as get
ting new capital invested In a compet
inS Plant, the amended charter Is
worse than the old.
There are Just two waya opea to
Omaha to get dollar gas or lower. One
Is to establish a municipal plant and
the other Is to make a new contract
1th the existing company on condi
tions mutually satisfactory. The
amendment to the charter may make
the latter poaaible, but thla new char
ter haa been In effect for over a month
without a move being made by the
democratic mayor and council to take
advantage of It. If they were on the
Square, they would have gotten busy
and we would have had a proposition
submitted at thla present election that
would bring dollar gaa within reach.
The fact that no such proposition Is
submitted ia proof conclusive that
when it aaya "W now renew our
pledge to give Omaha dollar gas" the
democratic administration is simply
emitting air bubbles. -
End of the Goebel Prosecutions.
The action of Governor Willson of
Kentucky In putting an end to further
prosecutions for the murder of Gov
ernor Goebel of that state meet with
the approval of all fair minded men
who have studied the caaea sufficiently
to be familiar with them and who will
divest themselves of partisanship.
That Ooebel's murderers deserved
punishment no one will question, but a
careful analysis of tbe evidence should
convince that In the cases Involved In
the pardons there waa nothing but
persecution based on the rankest and
most bitter of partisanship.
Governor Taylor and others who fled
the state have been censured for not
remaining, standing trial and proving
their Innocence. The fate of Caleb
Powera ia sufficient answer to this
plea. American juriaprudence . dis
closes nothing more heroic than the
strugglea of thla man. Pursued by a
partisan vlndletiveness' which knew
no bounds but the satisfaction of ita
blood vengeance, goaded on by rewards
running into the thousands, he haa
fought on for hia life and his good
nsme. In the case Of Governor Taylor
and the others, aa with Powers, there
waa not a particle of real testimony
except that which came from the self
confessed murderers on Which the
falnteat hope of conviction could rest.
Governor Willson has not acted
hastily, but haa taken the time to scan
carefully every word of tbe testimony,
and that he haa had the courage In the
face of the bitter partisanship back of
the prosecution to grant the pardons
and atop the prosecutions does credit to
his manhood.
Trad with Dependencies.
Statistics of the Department of Com
merce and Labor regarding the trade
of the United 8tates with Ita noncon
tiguous territory make an interesting
atudy. Commencing with the year
1899, the firat after the last acquisi
tion of territory, the returns show that
the total of thla trade waa $70,000,000,
while for the present fiscal yesr, esti
mates based on the eight months
which have expired, It will reach $150,
000,000. Thla Is exclusive of gold
brought in from Alaaka and other
poasesslons. The analysis of the fig
ures present some surprises As to the
source of tbe larger Items, Porto Rico
leading by a big margin, and of thoae
of any considerable else tbe Philip
pines make the poorest showing,
Hawaii both taking and sending more
merchandise. The Philippines, how
ever, show a large increaae with each
aucceedlng year.
The statistics may be taken as a fait
Index of the value of the possessions
from a commercial point of view,
Porto Rico and the Philippines particu
larly offering an expanding market for
American goods to displace those of
foreign manufacture which now hold
ao large a ahare. Should congress ac
cept the view, of President Taft con
cerning pending tariff legislation a
atlll larger Increaae in thle trade may
be looked forward to with reasonable
confidence and the prosperity of the
dependencies more rapidly increased by
selling to tbe United States, con
fessedly tbe best market in the world.
Biff Scheme to Defraud.
The arrest of two men in Pittsburg
brings to light One of the most gigan
tic schemes to defraud which haa ever
been attempted In this country.' The
piojectors struck out boldly And pro
posed to rake in $1(0.000,000 from
gullible victims in this country and
England. The interference of the po
lice atopped the scheme when the pro
moters had realized only a little over
$100,000.
The affair simply illustrate the fact
there la no closed season on suckers,
that tbe birthrate Is high and that the
disposition to bite is only bounded by
the ability to furnish bait. Just why
men whose busineaa ability is such as
i to enable them to accumulate auT
ticlent money to make such Invest
metitf will put it into enterprises which
the most casual Investigation would re
veal had no exiatence, is a study in
sociology which offers a permanent job
to the Investigator.
The fact that such barefaced swln-
tle r.n ha nernetrated under tnver
... , .. , ...mt extreme than in other aouthern atatea,
of the Incorporation laws of practically
eery state In the union Is an unan
swerable argument for their modifica
tion in such a way that legal incor
poration should At least be prima facie
evidence of aome merit and some
money in the scheme before the pub
lic could b invited ia. U is a dis
grace that the name of tbe state should
be uu to further a scheme which
purpvited to be so vast when, ia fact,
Ita totil capital consisted of the small
sum psld for incorporation fees and
printing. There la not only the gul
llolc t. protect, but legitimate enterprise-
are entitled to be saved from
the suspicions hnd 111 effects which
suci frauda bring about.
According to Information from
Washington the Interstate Commerce
commission is 'going to institute a
pbyaical valuation of the through
trunk lines. If Uncle Sam will help
out In making the valuation for .our
Nebraska roads, it will be money
wasted for ua to have a atate appraise-,
ment made of the same lines.
An old gentleman 86 years of age
has had hla recollection of what hap-
Lpened twenty-five yeara ago burnished
up to tell the voters or Omaha what to
do In their impending city election.
If somebody's memory should go back
twenty-five yeara on Mayor "Jim" It
might throw the light on several dark
places.
Mr. Bryan haa not yet volunteered
to nerve aa lawyer for the defense for
his deposit guaranty law. Neither
doee there aeem to be any rush among
the great legal lights of the demo-pop
combination. They must be waiting,
first, to see the money In aight to pay
the attorney'a fee, - , . ,
The . democratic orators last . fall
promised Omaha home rule and deliv
ered a gold ' brick. ' The same demo
cratic orators are out now with an
other bunch of promises. They must
be working ori the theory that a
sucker ia born every minute.
Swindler- May bray1 broke down and
cried when accused of being McCann
of St. Louis, for whose murder a man
la serving a life sentence. As a real
sport he could atand everything but
being called dead one.
The aecret is now out why Mr.
Breen ia not qualified to be mayor of
Omaha. He does not wear a sombrero,
or buckskin breeches, or cartridge
belt, or have any revolvers' sticking
out of his hip pocket.
Hew Heroes Are Hade.
' New Tork Tribune.
The man behind the boma run becomes
once more the national hero.
Tbe Lsnar Vlr Wert.
Loulavllle Courier-Journal.
No man can' be either a prohibitionist or
a protectionist and remain a democrat Ha
who la either and claims to be a democrat
la a prevartcavtlonlst. '. v
And Goae Flablas.
Washington Post.
In other words, Ajas Patten, the defter.
refers th public and all others Interested
to certain pithy remark a by one Commodore
Vanderbilt.
Stlekfasr te the OI4 Stead. ,
Chicago Record-Herald.
Abdul Hainft appears, to prefer the Yl)dli
Kiosk to the .Chautauqua. clrfUlt and will,
therefore.' mtie a strong effort to remain
at the old atkitd during the ensuing summer
season. " ' '
..WlH.aW' Present Aet!a.
... New York Sun.
The preeldent haa acted promptly and
properly In ,i.orderlng the awlft cruisers
Montana and North Carolina te tha Medi
terranean 0 look after American Interest
In Turkey, ar elstwhere.
Oae Toaeb at Natare.
Baltimore American.
Who dare exclaim that no simplicity ia
left In our republican government when
th president and vice president of th
United States root at a base bell game and
ahare a a-cant bag of peanuta? What ten
derer touches of natur could make them
and th whole nation kin?
TPIUVINQ AGAINST BRYAN.
Swatkera
DeaaoeMts
Plaatlag; tha
Peerleaa Oae.
Charleston News and Courier (dem.)
The house of representative of Florida,
m aesaion at Tallabaaaee, must have bean
th seen of an eetonishing exhibition when
Congressman' Prank Clark in a two-hour
Speech denounced Colonel William Jennings
Bryan as a populist, Mr. Clark defending
hlmaeif against tha somewhat weird resolu
tlona offered by Representative Alexander
of "Volusia county,'" in -criticism of th
former's recant apcch In congreaa.
W have already outlined dimly tha career
of this Mr. Clark In Florida, and pointed
out th inetantaneous nattra of his con
version from aggravated Bryaniam to con
gealed conservatism. Mr. Clark's position
that he la answerable only to th peop of
his district for his eonduet In congreaa la
unfortunately contradicted by hla visit to
Tellahaaeee, and his eddreaa to th Florida
leglalature, and one cannot eacape harbor
ing the euspiclon that he aeeka tba oppor
tunity te spread hla Improved Ideaa through
th legislative channel so that they may
cover all Florida,
Meanwhile, signs begin to appear that
tha "Nebraska populist," we quote Mr.
Clark's description, la loalng hia grip on
tha aouthern atate. A few day ago ha ad
drasaed tha Texaa legislature In advocacy
of tha atate guarantee of bank deposit
scheme, but the Texan, notwithstanding
that three states have imitated the experi
ment of Oklahoma, pigeon-holed tha bill.
Louisiana i already loat to Bryan, and the
willingness of th Florida leglalature to
II stn to th former moat blatant of Florida
Bryanlt In his new role of Bryan critic
Indicates that the Land of Flower will
have no more floral offering for him.
The singular, but not aur prising, feature
of thla aituatlon is that tha atatea formerly
moat afflicted with Bryaniam in th south
are tha first to turn flatly agalnat him.
This event was to be expected, becauae In
formed praona ar aware that at least in
Louisiana and Florida, Bryaniam wa never
a sincere mania. The Interests of tha pao
pla of those commonwealths were always
oppnaed to the Bryan propaganda. Louis
lana la dominated by the moat powerful
commercial community In tha south, and
th buatntea of Florida la more Intimately
dependent upon corporation owned by
northern men than Is thst of any ether
I southern state, in notn statea. to a eegr
Bryaniam was the plaything which dema
gogues offered the people for their diver
sion, and these same demagogues are clever
enough to perceive first that tha people
have tired of It. Th Georgia pollUclana,
who are alwaya running In a email sray,
deeerted their ' "noble leader" a year ago,
and tha lmlslsnlsns and Texan are fol
lowing In their wake.
While we shall never love Mr. Bryan for
the enemies he hss made, our respect for
him Is somewhst enhsnred by tha turn
coal that hia -failure la uncovering.
Cleveland's Ways
Chaawtarlatle
PabUe Ufa f
Winner.
XsdOaate la the '
IHaseeracya Xa.t
In th current number of McClure's Msg
ailn Oeorg-e P. Parker relatea many Inci
dents In th public life of Orover Cleve
land which serve to Illuminate th lata prea-
ident's relatione with public men and hia
dominant traits. Three episodes taken from
a number are characteristic. When th
position of confidential secretary to presi
dent Cleveland waa offered him, Gedrg B.
Cortelyou felt some healtancy about ac
cepting It becauae of the difference In
their - political conviction. Mr. Parker
aays:
When Cortelyou'a name waa brought op
on. thla oocaalon. It wa Oeneral Mlchener
who told him that ha would probably be
called upon la a few day t decide whether
or not he1 would accept a transfer to th
executive mansion as confidential stenog
rapher to the president.
You know, general,' he ssld. 'that I
have always been a strong republican, and
as tha president Is a democrat r naturally
hesitate to take this plane. let If aome Im
portant "aecret should leak out, tt might
place me In a disagreeable poaition In spite
of any precautions that I night take.'
"General Mlchener replied:
"'Wall, Certalyeu, I can understand your
hesitation, but If I war In your place X
should pttt it entirely aalde. This trenafer
may be a turning point In year career. Go
ing to the White House will give you, many
unexpected opportunities for contact with
puMto men. I will toll you what to do;
accept the poaition. and. when a eonvenlent
epportunlty presents Itself, make the same
representations to the president thst you
have made to me, and leave tbe deolslon
of th question to him.'
Th second or third thn that th con
fidential stenographer found himself aeated
with the president, ready for his work, be
faithfully repeated to him the speech al
ready rehearsed to Oeneral Mlchener. Th
president, probably somewhat annoyed at
hi Interruption, turned rather sharply and
replied: 'I don't care a damn about your
polltlca. All I want Is somebody who is
honest and competent to do my work.' "
There wa a vague Impression In tha
public mind, during many years, that
aoma kind of natural and Insuperable an
tagonlam had arisen between Mr. Cleve
land and David B. Hill, aa the result of
the ticket In HIS and the 'defeat ef the
presidential electors. It was a matter sel
dom mentioned ' or discussed by Mr.
Cleveland in the Interval between bis two
term In the presidency. He never seri
ously regretted bis own defeat, save that
he occasionally referred to what he might
have done in matter ef federal taxation
and expenditure If . be could have had
another four year in which to develop
bis policies. In 10, however, the aub
ject came up aa a topic of conversation,
and, for th first time in my presence,
he spoke of It with great freedom.
"I want sometime," he said, "to correct
the false lmpreselon abroad that I' ever
bad any feeling that the presidential
ticket waa the victim of treachery In
New York In the election of ills. No
body could underatand better than I
hw that seemingly contradictory reault
wa reached. My campaign for re-election
was mad upon a single national
Issue, so forced to the front that aa I
bad foreseen, there wa nO such' thing aa
evading It, even if I or my party had ao
desired. .
"I have never ceased to admire and
praise David B. HIM for hla clean, hl-n-minded
administration of the affairs of
the state of New York,. It kept" down
taxation, and wa efficient In carrying out
the traditional idea or his party and of
our Institution."
. Perhaps the history of the country
does not reveal another public man who
ao took to heart his defeat for the
prealdency, or so resented the success
of his opponent, as did Jamea O. Blaine.
The vile calcumnle of th heated
campaign wera succeeded by attack, both
persistent and insidious, upon th nw
president. It wa only natural that th
latter abould reach the conclusion tht
since he could hot expect support In
carrying on tha affaire of the Country,
or decent treatment personally, the only
thing for him to do wa to wear out
these attacka by devotion to the public
Interests.
True to his nature and to that spirit
of. fairness which waa one of his
strongestcheractarietlos, Mr. Cleveland,
during tha campaign of 1114, took th
moat determined stand agalnat retalia
tion by attacka upon tha private life of
hla opponent. At one time, one of the
leading managera of tha national demo
cratic campaign informed Cleveland that,
on the following morning, a very acau
daloua exposure of Mr. Blaine would be
published, and that thla waa to go out
with official sanction from the committee.
When Mr. Cleveland told me the story,
many yeara later, it waa with atrong In
dignation. He said that he told hla In
formant that If any such publication
were made, with official approval or even
with ' connivance, he would at once re
algn from the ticket.
MODJESKA'S HOMECOMING.
Peilaad'a Trtbat to th Meaaery af a
Worthy CsaatrywsauiB,
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
It la pleasing to not that tha atatement
regarding the Russian government's un
friendly attitude toward the Modjeaka
obsequies was groasly exaggerated. 1 That
the Ruaaian authorities would bar her
countrymen from doing fitting honor to
tha remains of this gifted woouui, on of
th moat notable and praiseworthy figure
ef th stage," seemed Incredible and so It
ha proved.
Extensive preparations ar being made
In Ruaala and Auatrlan Poland to receive
and honor th illustrious dead. A me
morial service will be held In - Warsaw,
and a statute of th great actress Is te be
erected In th foyer of th Warsaw the
ater. Tha management of th house has
planned to establish a fund for tha aid
of young peraona deatrlng to adopt the
stage aa a profession. In Austrian Poland
a Modjeaka statu t Is to adorn tha Lem-
berg theater, and there is every proba
bility that a public funeral of an Impos
ing character will be held In the Polish
metropolis. And all this is planned with
out any anticipation of Interference from
the Russia o authorltiea.
It was Helena Modjeska's wish to be
taken home, to be taken bark to tha land
of her birth, to the land that In spits of
her long absence waa still dsarar to her
than any other soli. This wish Is to be
gratified, and har countrymen, her broth
er and aiatera of Poland, are t be per
mitted to show freely their loving appre
ciation of tha honora aha ao richly earned
and deserved.
Perllaaely .Near Treason.
Philadelphia Press.
Mothers of the land, arise In your might
and proteat. The Board ef Uenersl Ap
pralaers In New Tork haa made a solemn
ruling that "cradlee are not furniture.'
Those of wicker are classified aa "inanu
facturea of willow." There ia a aubtla blow
at tha most important of infant induatrlea
which deaervea all the encouragement possi
ble in a land unalterably opposed to race
suicla.
TH5 LIMIT WHEAT.
f cheap Wheat.
- Hew York Bun.
'Thirty year ago tha world s wheat pro
duction wa a boat lnM.em.onft bushel a
year. It now averagee about I.KO.oeO.OOO
buahela. Aa thla Increase la out of pro
portion te the fneraaaa In tha world 'e pepu
la twin It la evident that wheat aa a food
suhetance hs -displacing other onmmodltte
previously used.- Increase in production In
this country haa been little mora rapid
than tha average of world Inciwae. Tha
American crop of thirty year ago averaged
about IM,W.OM bushels, and It la now
abmit Sne.OOO.OOn.
The rajrletina ef rerxtittona from year
to year maker impossible anxexaot state
ment, but the jfigure of the fast five years
how a large decline In th percentage of
Amerloan whe,t exported: From 1W0 to
1AM about 0 per cent of th total crop
waa exported, and from 1880 to 1SN about
U per ont. Th ever of th last flv
year has been about one-half that of the
preceding twenty-five year. While th
maximum of poaaible acreage has not yet
been, reached there Is little or no proba
bility, that th acreage, If It la at ail ex
tended, will Increaae aa rapidly as It did
la earlier year when new railways Were
opeoing new area to settlement and civi
lisation. In foot the largest aoreag in th
record waa that of lM, when 16.114
acre were planted. The year IK followed
with ?,. T . acre. The figure for 1S07
drop to ej,tll,. It la conceivable, thongb
Uttle probable, that another tn year may
see a,fOB,0O acre in wtteat. Th greater
probability Is tha the Inoreae in aoraaca
will not keep paee with ttte Increaae In
domeetio demand and that the predictions
of some observer reward rag the diminution
Of wheat enporta will be Justified.
Thle pelbl.eiproech to the maximum
f wheat averagre le not at ail th equiva
lent of approach bo tha maximum of wheat
production. The average wheat yield for
the- last twenty yeara baa been thirteen
and a half . busavsle to the acre. In Oreat
Ihrttaln the average yield ia about thirty-
two buahela to the acre. Here la the weak
spot in our national wheat business. The
aore value of the American output for
th last ten year shows an average of
about lift,). As land htcresujee in value It
become Impossible to raise wheat at a
profit on any such basis! The state ef New
York produced snore wheat in IBM than In
1907. New England la practically out of
the wheat buSlnees. Comparing tbe yield
ef last wtfh that of 1907, an increase ap
peara la Pennsylvania and Maryland. Vir
ginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Tennessee and
Kentucky show fluctuation from year to
year, but no matertaJ change in ten year
average. Michigan show a shrinkage of
about one-Half, and Wisconsin appears to
be abandoning the Industry altogether. In
dlana and Illinois about hold their own.
Iowa show marked decline. - The gain
comes principally ,n th- ot Itt6r
settlement, the frontier atatea, where land
a Cew year ago waa cheap.
The . conclusion is inevitable that with
the passing of cheap land there must ala
be a, paewma- of cheap wheat unls ther
shall be devised and adopted soma profita
ble system, of Intensive cultivation, with
decided Increaae In yield to the aore. Tbe
alternative will be Importation, duty free,
from oountriee that still have cheap land.
MIAKMIlfO THB SHOW-ME.
Om'm Twtlejar Pat aa th OatUwed List
Im MUaoajrf.
' . St. Louie Republic.
Slowly, perhaoa.. but Inevitably, th west
is leaving: behind the thing that remain
from the raw pioneer day Wheat the keel
boat wa the. excepted craft On western
rivers, roads were aot and jerked buffalo
meat was aa important article of diet.
The latest advance is one that put te
shams many commonwealths of th effete
east. Two bille relating to revolver have
yuat passed th legislature and now await
the goveraor'a signature. One prohibits
the carrying of concealed weapons, under
a minimum penalty of BOO and a maximum
of two yeara in th penitentiary; th ether
abojlahee Window displays of revolvers and
guns, which may henceforth be shown only
in inside show eases. Aerator Wilson ha
worked for ten year to secure this legis
lation. Both measures will be welcomed by all
sensible human beings. Carrying a re
volver, eonqcaled, is much more dangerous
than any peril agalnat which it Is sup
posed to guard, and th one to whom
finally the realisation of thla fact moat
acutoly conies horn is usually th carrier.
They ar chiefly carried by weak and at
oltable men. It takes a steady nerve to
shoot coolly at a deer and a still steadier
one te shoot coolly a fellow being. The
man with, the steady nerve generally relies
upon something other than a weapon, with
the result that pistols" are usually used by
semi-hysterical Individuals, excited to a
pitch of irresponsibility. Said a railroad
conductor of thirty yeara' experience in
the forest region of tha north during ita
most lawless period: "I never wished for a
gun but once in my llf. and there I noth
ing that I am aow gladder of than that I
didn't have one. when I wanted it."
. The man who conceive himaelf to be un
safe in hia dally coming and golnga with
out a concealed revolver would better re
form hla itinerary.
RAISrXa CORN IN THB SOl'TH.
Iaernslagr Diversity af Crape Jastl
by Reealte.
' Baltimore Sun.
Cotton Is still king down south, and ther
la no reason to suppose that it will be de
throned in our time. The cotton that ia
exported represents a sum large enough to
pay our gen rou balancea In Europe, for
the expenae and purchases of tourists, for
aood imported, for transportation by sea
and for Interest on orelgn money invested
ia th United State. But down south King
Cotton ha occupied the field too exclu
sively. It has been too much the policy to
devote the entire energie of the plantar
to that on crop and then have to uaa the
money received for cotton to buy thing
that ought, to have been raised at home.
The south Is getting away from this unwise
policy and plying more attention to raising
ccrn and other food. In the tan year end
ing Wtlh IV th production of corn in the
South was nearly 700,000,000 buahela greater
than In the previous decade The corn
crop of South Carolina alone increased by
over a ntUllon busnels a yoar. In ordor te
still further increase the crop Of that state
the legislature haa offered a series of prises
to he awarded to those who can raia the
largeat number of buahela on one or five
acrea. 'Thr ar eeparat prise for boy
This la a prSotWal way to Inteiest farmsra
in corn growing and to secure t!i uae of
the beat seed qd tha best methods of fer
tilising, and cultivating. The contests held
in formen years, the atate commissions'' of
agriculture says, "have been of immense
value te th atate In dollara and cants, as
hss been demonstrated by their Influence
upon the remarkable advance made in 4he
value of the corn crop in South Carolina
in the last two year." The production of
corn' naturally suggeat th prodrctlori of
bacon, and When that la done the people
will have bread an) meat, even if th boll
weevil vats up th cotton crop.
msoy&L NOTES.
Representative Charles' F. cet ej
Kanaaa need to play the B-flat cornet ll.
tbe village band at Kmporta.
Tha baby of the house Is Representa
tive Polltt te Evans of MleeoeH who has
Juat passed the thirtieth milestone.
Mme. Guadalupe de Hero, a Mexican,
and a descendant of th Moatesumas. is
in New Tork studying domtlc sclne
a practiced In the ;Vnltd Stat.
Of Mr. Elisabeth Hant, who died In
Brooklyn at the age of 101. It IS aaid that
ehe waa .never addicted to health fads.
a a .
one man t wear -herself out worrying
about keeping well. ...
Living on th summit of Muner moun
tain. Pen nay I van! a, is a real Daughter of
the American Revolution.. She Is Mrs.
Elisabeth Evans. (Reese, whose .father waa
a captain of Infantry In the war for Inda
pendence. . Mr a. Reese' Is in her ninety
seventh year.
Although he aaya .he ha made mora
than. a million dollars in the, prise ring.
i, prise ring, i
ngilah pugl- I
for a pen-
"Jem" Mace, the oldlime Ens
llatlc champion, haa applied
alon under th .new British eld age an
nuity. aot. Mace, who is now ,77 years
old, has s record ef 100 appearanrea in
the ring and only., two 'defeats.
A clay model of the first statue of a
confederate officer -to be erecld at the
National Military park, Vlrksburg. haa
bn finished at the studio of Henry
Hudeon Kltson, st (julnry, a suburb of
Boston. It represents Lieutenant Oen
eral Stephen Dill Lee,' C. 8. A., as he
stood at a crltlckl moment of th sleg
of Vlcksburg In the eventful summer of
lisl. .'
John 8. Pughe, whose cartoons helped
to make Puck famous, died at hla home
In Lakehurat N. J. He was about 44
yeara old, and waa beloved in a wide
circle. Hia first work of consequence
we On the New "York Recorder. Hi ap
preciation of toplca Of human' Interest,
and his 'keen sense of honor, brought1
about an offer from Puck, and he went
to that 'office to continue and impro.e
upon hia earlier conceptions.
PRINTERS' PENSION FIND,
lasportaat forward . Step , Tkra
by
Oreraalaed Labor. - v
Washington Post, f
One of the Important advance steps taken,
by organised labor In tha last .yesr was tha
establishment ot an old-age pension fund
by the International Printers' union. In
stead of Indulging . in .. politics and wasting
its time and money In fruitless quarrels,
the printers', union hss ...been conducted
with prudence, eonservStlem'and enterprise,
and its latest experiment' In seeking th
welfare of it members Is' worthy of etud
by other labor organisations.
The subject of pensioning aged and inca
pacitated members was carefully consid
ered by a committee, which drafted a plan
a year ago for the establishment of a
fund to be filled by an assessment of H of
1 per cent upon the total earnings of all
members. It waa' estimated lhat this as
sessment would produce 118.000 a ear. and,
that the annual disbursements would reach
1104,000. The plan was put Into operation
In March, 1(01. and after ten months' ex-
perienca It waa found that the receipts
wen eiov.Tn enu inn vxpenuuurrs eov.s!,
gratifying surprise.' ' The per capita tax -waa
paid by 44.730 members.' avsraglng 344
eenta a member a month.
Up to January 31 of this year &M appli
cations for pensions had' been received, of
which forty-four were ""disapproved, one
withdrawn and 121' approved. The average
age of pensioners was found to be M.I
yeara. Of the total number HI per cent
(Mtty are between SO Snd 70 years. 15.1 per
cent (IM) ar septuagenarians. 4.7 per cent
are octogenarians, and one is a nonage
narian.' ' ' " forv-rK..-.
Th officers of tha International union
have calculated their aaaeasments carefully.
and are confident that the fund will be
able to meet the future demand cones-'
quent upon the Increased ag of members.
Their enterpri In eatabllahlng a aelf-aup-porting
pension fund within the order la
highly commended by other organisations,
and Its operation will be. closely watched.
If aucceaaful, the way will be ' open for
similar efforts In other unions, thereby ac
complishing effectually th very purpose
for which labor organlsatlona exist. Inci
dentally, the experience of the printers'
union with old-age pension matter mav i
be of great value to government employe .'
In their endeavor to establish such a sys- ''
tern.
LINES TO A LAUGH.
Club Doctor (with view to diagnoels)
And now, my man, what do you drink?
Patient (cheerfully) Oh er well, doctor,
I'll leave that to you. Bystander.
"fit that policeman held you up again T'
"Yea." answered Mr. Chujtglna. "I think
It's a eaae of professional Jealousy. He a
annoyed because my automobile can -o
faater than hi bicycle.' Washington star.
"Why doean't someone Invent a hew pus
sier "Cheer up; the aprlng change of railway
time tables Is about due." Buffalo Ex
press. Mr. Henoeck We're going to remove lo
the seaside, aoctor. . , r
Doctor But the climate disagrees
with f
jar. MenpecK ,1 it woman aare: i-nua
delphta Inquirer . . . ,' . .: .
Kate Jack called last night, and it wasn't
long before I had him at my feet.
Ethel Was ha hard to throw? Boston
Transcript. .. ? J .:. H .
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Teacher Johnnie, do you know what a
blotter laT' . , ..... '
Johnnie Yeasujn. It's de t'lng wot youse
hunta fer. while de. Ink ' dry. Chicago
News. -A ; . ' r
"Doea Mr. Stormlhgton Barnes try to
look on the bright aide of things?" aaked
en actor.
"I ahould say ao.", answered the other.
"He's never content unless he Is storing
tbe spotlight right in the face." Washing
ton Star. . . 1 '
"Miriam, lan't that young Fergus coming
to our house pretty often .now?"
"I suppose fie is. mamma."
"Do you know anythlog about him? What
I he worth, for instance?" .
"Well, he'e worth any doara of tha or
dinary young men of my acquaintance."
"Yea. but .
"And he's worth 1100 a week to the firm
be works for even it h d get only M
now." Chicago Tribune.
PIOST KING'S OF MAT.
O start the furnace early, start it early,!
papa, dear, ,.'"'" V
Tomorrow may b the -coldest day of all I
the frosty yeSr!
Ma, gat my flannsi and my furs, that'
dress of heavy gray.
For I m to be 4un of May, mamma, I'm
to be Queen of May!
My Cinderella sllprars will be overshoes
fur-lined. .
My muff my optr, end my .crown th
ear muff, mink toque kind.
Have Bridget heat a doaen 'brick for my
frand chariot, alelgh
m te be Queen of May, mamma, I'm
to be Queen ef May! ,
W'v Icicle for jewels, artificial flowr.
- of course. - - -
A phonograph will alng May songs, for We
are all toe hoarse; . .
The banquet ia hot aandwirhea, hot lemon
ade enirws.
Per I'm to be Queen ef May; mamma, I'm
to b Queen of May!
W eeei't put up a Maypole, fur the ground
ta froae ao hard. . ...
We use a 'phone pole down In Boyd s high
fence, wmanreax. oacu vara:
The tviv beve shoveled off .the snow, the
skstlng's fine, they y. .
And I'm to be Queen nf May, mamma, fm
to be Queen of May!
Omaha. . t.l" 9. CAKX.
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