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TIIK liliK: OMAHA. SATIHUAY. MAY I. wx
Tite Omaha" Daily Bee
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lastly Bee (without Hundsy). per week . 100
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STATEMENT Or CTnCt"T.TION
lata of Nebraska, roi. aim County, as:
Oeorra B. Tsschnck. treasurer of Tha Pra
Publishing company. blng duly aworn. aava
that the actual number of fill and complete
oplea of Tha Pally. Morning. Evening and
funday Bee printed during tha month of
March. 1, mil aa follows:
88.830 IT .'. 88.990
84.190
It 30.910
It 9,CO0
JO 39.330
Jl rT,350
t?. 28.980
3t,300
99.180
88.930
88.710
37.000
S8.M0
M.100
1 39,090
II. 88.830
38.870
38.1M
1 87.BC0
98,970
38.630
;1,M0
89.360
9,880
37.400
89,030
88.870
41,380
1.
38.880
IS.
Total 1,307,480
Lena unaold and returned coplea. . 10,335
Nat total 1,197.153
Pally a ventre 88,817
GEORGE B. TZ3CHUCK. Treasurer.
Subscribed In my pretence and aworn to
before in Cfals let day of April. 1909.
M. P. WALKER.
'Seal) Notary Public.
WHElf OCT OF TOWf.
rerlly aaoaM have Ta Baa
matted to theaa. A old res will ba
chea aa afte. .. req.e.f...
The month of March, thla year, has
none the better of the month of April.
Having finished blasting ice at
Niagara, It will be the turn of the ice
man next.
The Western league aeason has
opened and it didn't wait until the
next day to snow.
There may be some satisfaction In
the fact the weather man is not hand
ing us the worst he has In stock.
Judging from the statements of the
Omaha banks, there Is no need of the
services of a financial doctor here.
When the news from Constantinople
reaches Abdul Harold he may readily
understand how lucky he has been.
The latest is "Raisin Day." Jf this
thing keeps up people will soon be
compelled to set aside a day to work.
Two San Francisco club men have
been called upon to explain the disap
pearance of $70,000. Wonder If the
kitty got It. i
Because the Wisconsin legislature
refused to grant any dam franchises Is
no proof that there was no swearing In
the corporation camp.
Governor Shallenberger is said to
have played Hamlet once upon a time
He has played something else since
bolng elected governor.
When an . Incoming ship at New
York used the wireless to summon the
police, presumably It was a "fly cop'
who was detailed to answer.
A Texas roan fell three stories while
asleep, but for some unaccountable
reason the telegraphic dispatch falls to
late whether the fall woke him up.
A Camden girl has been fined for
hugging and kissing a lawyer. That
lawyer must have had a terrible
grouch when he filed the complaint.
Casual reading of our amiable dem
ocratic contemporary will convince
anyone that the editor of The Bee is
again ruuning for every office on the
ticket.
If It be true that Luther Burbank
baa evolved a plant which will produce
both alcohol and 6ugar, what a
bonanza his discovery will prove In
dry towns.
Thanks to the late democratic
legislature, the Home Tor the Friend
less must live up to its name, since no
money was provided for its main
tenance. An orator from South Omaha is vo
ciferating reasons why Mayor "Jim"
and his democratic associates in the
)maha city hall should be re-elected,
fi! ore home rule.
The lot I democratic organ aud the
tire democrat. c scuatoru from Doug
las county do not seem to agree on the
questfon of Mayor Jim s'" fidelity tb
platform promises.
If the city election were next fall
Instead of this spring and alter the
lld-ciosiug law went Into effect, tlie'culd be done tnat woum ue inuir
Jimocrats. would hve to revise their I piecing to them.
campaign methods. j As to extensions, the present pro-
A Milwaukee lecturer deflates that
toy man who works hard is a fool.
rb Milwaukee man may be right, but
It Isn't every man's wife who will take
ta washing, to support him
Omaha a Money Center.
An analysis of the latest na
tional bank statement cannot but
be gratifying to those concerned
In the growth and progress o(
Omaha. The rail of the comp
troller w-ss totally unexpected at this
time and the showing, therefore, Is
that, of an bush redly normal condition,
for the banks had no tlni to put tholr
houses In order, even were they so dis
posed. It was only a fow years ago
that Omaha was pluming itself that
one of its banks showed deposits ex
ceeding the ton million mark, but
three of them have now parsed that
figure by a most substantial margin
and the total deposits of the national
banks are in excess of $54,000,000,
with an Increase of $4,790,000 since
the February statement and $6,424,
000 over one year ago.
Taken In connection with the
weekly clearing house reports, the
bank statements are a most reliable
Index of the business conditions of the
city and tributary territory whose
business passes throtieh the local
banks. Measured by either or both
standards the comparison will stand
against any other section of the coun
try of equal population. The sound
ness of the banks reflect the sound
ness of the agricultural and industrial
pursuits of the west as wealth producers.
Prosperity Straws.
The steel trust and all the large In
dependent producers, who together
hold the key to the steel market, have
announced iti advance In price. A
short time ago these same manufac
turers reduced the price and on almost
every hand it was predicted that fur
ther concessions were hound to come
before the trade could resume its
wonted activity. The reduction, how
ever, brought out such largo orders as
to demonstrate that consumers had
only been waiting for such an oppor
tunity to resume construction. These
orders have furnished a basis for the
steel mills to work steadily for some
time to come and the warning of the
present advance. It is confidently ex
pected, will uncover still more orders
held In abeyance for more favorable
prices.
Another most encouraging feature
Is the amount and character or the
Imports for the month of March. The
total shows an Increase of $53,000,000
as compared with last year, and a cor
respondingly large amount over the
month of February. The character of
these imports Is even more encourag
ing than the volume. The Increase is
practically all represented by raw or
partially manufactured materials for
use In the Industries, the amount of
manufactured goods being practically
the same as during; the previous
month. Nothing but a revival of in
dustry and an increase In purchasing
and consuming capacity could pro
duce such a reselt.
Where America Leads.
The farmer In America lias been no
toriously behind the farmer in Europe
in making the most of his opportuni
ties. With a virgin soil he has drawn
agalust the future until the yields
have commenced to decrease, while the
farmer of Europe has raised more per
acre on naturHly poorer land which
has been farmed for tentuties. The
thoughtful and faiseeing in America
have taken note of the Inevitable re
ault and with characteristic energy
have set to work to solve the prob
lems of the future, science being far in
advance of its practical adoption.
So great have been the achieve
ments of our scientific agriculturists
and plant breeders that they have at- bppn fuy narve8te(1 The 8eag0l) B a
tracted the attention or, foreign gov- , mt( batkward but tn9 budding poet
ernments, which are continually send- Ua, gt!nlug has 8Uffered no serious
Ing their experts over here to observe damaf!e ag vet
and study the work. Germany Is par- (
tlcularly active In thif direction, every
year detailing men of the highest at
tainments toN visit the United States,
there now being a party of this kind
starting in with the eastern agricul
tural schools and intending to work
their way west. '
The Amerlcan-Jarmer haB been par
tially aroused, but if he does not keep
moving the European will take advan
tage of American scientific research
as soon aa he does.
Where the Money Goes.
OM-AHA, April 29. 191)9. -To the Editor of
The Bee: It la bolng talked around I.ur
Temple that If we vote the water bonds
an, I pay over $6,250.0)0 for water worka
tiona of it will be apent here4 but will all
go to Wall atreet apeeulatora. If that la
so. how ate we going to build the exten
sion we have been waiting for and which
would put money In circulation here?
A WORKWOMAN.
Whatever purchase price Is paid for
the water works will go to Its owners,
and If we pay over the $6,263,293.49
it will practically all of It go to east
ern investors, as very few of the securi
ties are held here. It Is hardly likely
that the owners of the water works, if
they receive their money, will send it
back to Omaha for reinvestment.
While some of Iheni doubtless do busi
ness in Wall street, to call all "Wall
street speculators" is scarcely fair, ex-
cept that they are naturally looking
for the most profitable returns on their
investment and regard a sale of their J
property at the appraised valuation at
s most desirable price to dispose of it.
They are In court now trying to force
completion of the sale, and. as we have
already said, if votiug the bonds brings
them nearer to their money nothing
j posed Issue of $6,600,000 In nonas it
to be but the starting point. More
bouds will have to be voted to pay for
the extensions and other necessary im
provements. How much will depend
oo what improveojeuU are coutem-
plated. It hfts been estimated.' for ex
ample, that to build a filtering plant
alone would take from $800,000 to
$1,000,000. Neither does the present
Issue of water bonds contemplate pro
viding money to pay off accrued hy
drant rental, which already amounts
to $500,000. Another Issue of bonds
distinctly setting forth this purpose
will have to be voted, so the statement
Is correct that practically none of the
money going In payment for the water
worka under the appraisement of
$6,263,295.49 is to stay In Omaha.
Colorado's Election Experiment.
The legislature of Colorado, .which
recently adjourned, embarked in a new
field in dealing with elections, by en
acting a law under whose terms the
state is to pay the campaign expenses
of alt parties. In the expectation that
this will put a stop to corrupt elec
tions and make it possible for a poor
man to run for office.
Its sponsors admit the law Is an ex
periment which was passed in an effort
to do away with an intolerable condi
tion in that state. So far as its pur
pose la to enable a poor man to make
a campaign. It should aid in a material
degree, though it will never aolve the
difficulty entirely. The state pays
only for the operation of the legitimate
party machinery, the printing of tick
ets, hall rent and other necessary
campaign expenses. The personal ex
penses of the candidate, euch as trav
eling, board and loss of employment,
which are as inseparable from a cam
paign as the others, must still be borne
by the man who seeks office.
The central Idea of the Colorado
law Is to purity elections, yet It would
require a microscopic vision to see
bow it will accomplish this. The field
Is still open to the corruptlonlst and
the money whicll Is expended for such
purposes never appears in the public
statements of the candidates. The
same old opportunities and the same
incentive far corrupt use of money re
main. The slow development of a
purified public sentiment and an In
corruptible electorate are the only
sure preventives of the evils decried.
Greenleaf for City Clerk.
The republican nominee for city
clerk, Sam K. Greenleaf, Is conceded
to be entirely competent to fill the
place. He has served in a subordinate
capacity. In the city clerk'B office and
has learned the routine of the work
performed there. He la active and
alert and when elected may be de
pended on to attend strictly to busi
ness. Mr. Greenleaf showed his popu
larity by winning out In the republican
primary against two of the strongest
candidates who ever went to the front
in. competition for that office and the
same vote-getting ability then dis
played ought to make him a aure win
ner at the coming election when he
goes up agalnat the present democratic
city clerk.
No one need worry about the pro
fessional abilities of George W. Craig,
running for city engineer on the re
publican ticket. He Is a member of
the American Society of Civil En
gineers, whose doors open only to' men
in high standing in their profession.
Mr. Craig's membership rests on bis
experience and ability In designing and
constructing municipal public worka.
His democratic opponent Is a member
of the same society, but his member
ship rests on his experience as a bridge
builder.
An English newspaper bewails the
fact that there are no great poets,
either in that country or in America.
Just wait until our spring crop has
And now we are assured that Mayor
"Jim" did a lot of bard pioneer work
on the frontier. No question about It.
He doubtless put in long midnight
hours with his old friend Maybray at
perspiring labor breaking the faro
bank between roundups.
Texas has forbidden the traffic In a
beau from which a liquor Is made
which acts like a mixture of whisky
and cocaine. The average Texan Is
bad enough when Impregnated with
straight whisky and the combination
is too Strong.
A sailor who went around the world
with the battleship fleet and found the
door open everywhere, was arrested
and filned In Boston for walking on the
grass. Boston is getting fussy in its
old age.
PhlalaaT l a named.
Si. I.ouIk Tunes
Take due notice that among Che ipell
liltul. ru of tha I'nJted States aenate a new
star has aiist-ii frum the west.
remedial lollon.
Washington Herald
Even If e should change our canal
plana and make it a 8ta-lcvel affair. It
probably would not stop l. Bunau-Va-rllla's
mouth. And that blessed consum
mation would be the only possible Induce
ment to change thai we can tliink of.
lluwafall tif a Standpatter.
C'hicsKO K.void-lUrald
Abdul Mumul has found out tliHt t lie
siandpat and let-ua-ulor.e ,oht W-s arc 1ml
always winners. Other gentlemen w!io I .we
bt-en supporteis of those policies Hie pres
sure presently tc make dls. nvi nt-x similar
to that which the sultan has jit. ntd
under such painful comHunn.
C.ettla I'lMf to the l'ele.
Boston Herald
President Taft if within good piecedent
In his desire to ham rr.o.-e of the country
aud lis paople by tiavrl e-t a -nl south.
A number of presidents snue the cloe of
the war have done it The phrase 'swing
ing round the cude." which girw out of
Andy Johnson a Journeying, aitii lis di.
creditable episodes. nUoohl gam a new sig.
nificance ' in tlie.e tna.
In Other Lands
Ua Lights aa Waal ta Vraas.
strlag 4JiM e Wear aaa
Taa- STatlona ef tka Xarth.
The awlft change of rulers and scenea in
Turkey during the last ten days opens up
a rich vein of diplomatic speculation. FYoiti
Ilamid II to Mehmed V in a giant at ride
for constitutional government In Turkey
and tha east. The walled prisoner ot
Slinikl rapreaents tha doom of autocracy.
Hla successor overflows with the plrtt of
the Toung Turks, who now control tha
destines of the empire. Time alone, will
measure the fruits of the victory. What Is
of pressing diplomatic Interests Is the bear
ing of tha change of Turkish ruler on the
balance power of Europe. Will It occa
sion few more discords In the concert of
the powers? What division of the powers
will have a controlling pull with Sultan
Mehmed? A satisfactory answer would
command prle money at ar.y of the chan
cellories. When the Toting Turks seized
the reins of power last July the belief was
widely expreased that Great Britain and
its allies were In close touch with the re
former. Subsequent events failed to con
firm the belief. On the. contrary events
tended to confirm a distinct leaning townrd
the allied powers of Germany and Austria.
The refusal of Turkey to become a party
to a demonstration against the annexation
of Bosnia and Henegovlna by Austria
substantially aided in the consummation of
the extension of Teutonic power Into the
heart of the Balkans. If thla abstention Is
not a clear Indication of Intent, the con
ceded dominance of German pow-er in Cen
tral Rurope can hardly fall to impress It
self on the new occupant of the YIMIa
Kiosk. Austria Is pushing a railroad to
Salonikl and the sea, an enterprise that
makea Increase trade relations. Germany
is financing a railroad through Asiatic
Turkey with protected temrlnials on the
Perualan gulf. The future Influenre of
these enterprises and the close trade re
lations they will foster, foreehadow the
dominating Influrnce of the Dreibtind in
the looked-for uplift of the Ottoman empire.
An official announcement from the
French minister of justice shows that the
liquidation of church property In France,
taken over under the law of separation of
church and state, has resulted in a lump
sum of nearly $100,000,090. Considerable of
the total has been absorbed by the lawyers
and courts. The balance will be handed
over to the communes; to be funder for
poor relief. Bishop's palaces will be turned
Into high schools for boys and girls, tech
nical schools and museums. Communes are
to dispose of the manses as they thing fit.
The artistic properties are to remain In the
possession of the church, but under the
safekeeping of the civil authority. All the
churches are dally open aa heretofore for
services. The bells toll and chime In the
belfries as of old.
German emigration for If fell to the
lowest figure In thirty years, the total be
ing 1S.9C0. The quarterly report of the
statistics of the empire, a reliable au
thority, traces the rise and fall of the em
pire's emigration tides for a number of
years, and notes with evident satisfaction
that the exhausting streams of former
years have been reduced to a ripple. Tho
high tide was reached In lfl when 220,000
persons left the Fatherland. Since then
the number steadily decreased, until the
low point of 1808. The report does not boar
out the claim of German emigration to
South America in. aufflclcnt numbers to
have any particular effect on the native
population. Out of last year's total only
t.900 went to other countries other than
North America. The natural Increase of
the population of Germany last year was
WO.000 Bimls, consequently Germany lost
by emigration about 2 per cent of lis In
crease of population. The uplift of the
nation in ail lines, o' activity In the last
twenty years have made opportunities in
the Fatherland aa attractive to the in
dustrious and ambitious as any land under
the aun.
Sydney Brooks, Ixindon correspondent of
American papers, lias taken to task a num
ber of editors from New York to Ban
Francisco, who are prone to scoff at the
"blessings of English rule In India." Mr.
Brooks insists that the blessings are all
wool and a yard wide, and only the obtuse
and ungrateful native Indiana refuse to
accept them at par value. An illustration
of soma of the "blessings" conferred on
the natives is given-by Charles Cawley ot
Bombay, In an Interview in the Baltimore
American. "When I first went to the
orient," he says, "the women of the upper
class commonly owned and wore thick
chains and bracelets of the finest gold and
of exquisite workmanship. In these times
of pinching poverty they are too reduced
financially to possess any expensive orna
ments, and Instead of the gold trinkets of
their affluent days they now wear cheap
plated or Imitation stuff they would form
eily have despised. It Is pitiable to wit
ness, aa I have, the decline in the fortunes
of the people. Abject poverty everywhere,
and the gaunt spectre of starvation is ever
at the aide of millions of human beings In
that ill-fated land."
An admirable representative of "a proud
and fearless race" la E. T. Belhel, pug
nacioua British editor whoe pen Julia so
irritated the Japanese overlords at Seoul
iorea. mat iney succeeded through a
British consular court In convicting him
on the charge of sedition and sending him
to jail at Shanghai for aix months. While
In jail a Shanghai paper published some
libelous matter about him. I'pon his re
tease cue unangnai puunsner railed lo
prove tho chargea In court and was obliged
to pay Bethel as damages a sum of money
much greater than he could have earned
with his paper in the sajne time. With
this bunch of Shanghai money In his
pocket and his pen overflowing with wrath
Ketnel is back In Seoul, pumping hot stuff
Into the Japs. Nothing short of a knife
thrust in some vital part will shut off the
hot air compressor with which Bethel I?
working overtime.
A recent manifesto issued by the I'mtei
Association of French Civil Servants de
tails tne principal grievances which pro
voked the strike of last March, and are as
yet unsettled .Briefly stated, tile griev
antes relate to the system of facoritisiii
and nepotism woven Into the public service
by French politicians whereby merit Is at
a discount and political activity a prise
winner. It is tho nnjila system in an ag
gravated form. The manifesto dei-laie
taal what the association Junes a law
clearly defining Vi, lights am) rcsponsl
b-.lll.ea or t lie "late servant. prut-ctiug
him against intolerable abuses of power
by ministers and members of Parliament
The a'iciutlon leptesenis M0.')0 employes
of the stale.
tie report or the HrituUi ltuy.il conimta
num. document reprexxniuig three ear
libor by men eminent It several cilllngc,
so'.miis the doom of the fcieni of poor
law relief whiih hjs pre ailed in the king
dom fot sixty ers. line of the ic--,,in
inend.illous 't Hliolliinu of m.rk "house.
that riieaded a.", I din of tn
pluce of It the oniiiii,in
Oetitite.
Ul fiCS !lf . itf I
i InM.iuiiona fur the nk. me e,l. l ie
juun,- and Ihe mentally Ueble. a national
Tho grape fflustration h to remind the
reader of tho
fruit gives
system of labor exchanges, with labor col
onies for men without work, and detention
colonics for vagrants. By this system of
segregation it will be possible to deal with
each clasa of unfortunates effectively, and
diminish the odium attached to the work
house. Official statistics show that in
January Inst I he number of paupers in
England and Wales was IfiO.nOO, the high
est since lsl The successful solution of a
problem oT e-.tch magnitude challenges the
bent if fm Is of humane people.
POLITICAL DRIFT.
Norman Mack's democratic magastne Is
to be decorated with a portrait of Thomas
Jefferson. Jefferson ia charged with being
a democrat, but he has been dead a long
time.
t
Some Texans are wondering what they
will do with all that oil money. By the
time counsel for the plaintiff and the state
house crowd get through Willi it, there
will be no occasion for perplexity.
Senator Chauhcey Depew, starling on
the last quarter of his century run, gives
no heed to the suggestion thai he Is ripe
enough to adorn private life. If the sug
gestion was conveyed to him by a bunch of
lively Young Turks, perhaps but what's
the use? New York Is not Sulonlki.
PHtsbuiB congratulates Itself on the
strength nf its moral uplift, which has
secured the seventh conviction In the
municipal graft cases. The last victim is
H. M. Bulger, who solicited tho money with
which the wheels ot legislation were
greased.
The recall mayor of Lais Angeles is In
danger of getting his neck in the recall
halter. According to reports from the cap
ital of the ozono belt, the mayor found the
city civil service commission an effective
road roller, responsible only to the con
tractors' push button. As an exemplar of
civic purity tho mayor could not tolerate
discrimination at the pie counter and sent
the commission and the road roller to the
political Junk pile. The mayor proposes,
constructing a machine of his own design,
whereat the bounced roar and threaten
dire things.
l.M I).tii;.Ml, RUD1ELI.OW S.
'arty l.iaea Somewhat Shaken by
Tariff Itevlsloii.
Washington Post.
In a democratic hoUbe of representatives
largely democratic in 1884, Samuel J.
Kand.iM, of Imperious will and consum
mate leadership, could rnuiLer but fo.'ty
two of his party to vote to strike out the
enacting clause of the Moiris,in bill of the
Forty-eighth congress. The lt.indall forcea
were less than one-fourth his party.
How is it now In a republican congress?
In the consideration of the Payne li'll tio
losa than 102 democrats voted for protec
tion, against sixty-eight who kept the faih
that Is to say, the 102 were for rrotec-
flon for their districts an opposed to it
In other districts. The late David Turple.
in debate with tho late Senator Mitchell
of Oregon, hazarded the ooinion: "You
can't run a government on conundrums:"
but how are you going to run a party by
extorting protection for vnat you huve to
sell and demanding free trade In that you
have to buy? It is ealer to make a gov
ernment out of conundrums 1 you had a
Socrates to boas It.
How can a democrat from Florida, who
demands protection for rl'rus fruits, re
fuFe protection when asked for by a re
publican from Massachunotts for a kit of
miit-kerel? TIow can a Tex.in. who votes
for protection for wool, refuse the Yankee,
who makes blankets, protection for hla
product? And so through the chapter. If
It is sound doctrine to ;rolict one tiling,
It is equally wise legislation to grant pro
tection to everything. The late Tom Kwlng
of Ohio was a fine democrat, f nd for a
tariff for revenue mainly on everything
but salt, and lie made an Ingenious. If
specious, argument to the effect that salt
Is a prime necessity of life, and If we
allowed aalt from Turks Island to come
In free. It would dry up nil our salt wells,
and In time of war we would he at the
mercy of the enemy with a navy strong
enough to blockade our ports.
But, then Hie republicans have their
Insurgents, too. ami the senior benator
fvom Hhoile Island Is walking ihe floor at
Inauspicious hours of the early .norn think
ing about them.
If all the sheep were separated from all
the goats In both parties, thers woild be
found a lot of strange and new b.-d fellowa.
WHB.tT STATISTIC.
Increased Production Kseeeds la.
rrease la Consumption.
Philadelphia Record.
Heerboiim's compulation of the worlds
wheat crop.i kI.owb that t.ie crop of last
year was only an infir Heslmal amount
below that of the year before. It wa de
ficient by a somewhat laigei margin com
pared with the crops of Ii6 snd Wsl.
but as the cr..p of last year was practically
the same ti'.a: "f Hie jtsr before and
win larger i I'm avnge of the past
decade bv :',, n.'XJ bushels, or more than
IS per cent, there is nothing on the face of
the figures 'to suggest a aevere scarcity
and prices approaching the famine stan
dard. Of couise. the consumption la Increasing
Te Worlds population is giowir.g. and
while a Brent nianv people ate sssoting u
that the poor ere growing pooler t lie weil
establUhed commercial tac t is that more
people at e eating w heat bread in pUi of
re. bailey and t-t-elt. Some et.- io
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eminent heat aulliornies i omp'itcil that
tne ir.cte-i-e In consumption amounted "
;i.iiHi leidhels iinouallv In ten er
tha increase, tutu, would be iDO.int.'i.i. To
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fact that this healthful
to Royal its active and
chief ingredient. From tho grapo
derives those prime qualities which
a. . .
matte it unique as
agent. a favorite with all who do
sire tho finest, most healthful food
Royal is tho only Baking Powder
mad front Koyml Crape
make a comparison over a ten years' in
terval as fair sa possible we will averag
three years at tha beginning and end of
the period. The average production, then,
for the years 186.7-1 was i.MB.OOO.OOO bush
els, and for the years 19M-T-S It waa 3.254,.
non.ono. Here Is an Increase of 7O9.OOO.0flO
bushels, ao that even If the estimated In
creased need of lt.0n0.000 bushels annually
Is too low the Increased production has
been much In excess of any probable In
crease In consumption. The crop of 1!07
waa less than that of each of the two
previous years; let ua assume, therefore,
that there was little or no wheat carried
over to 1908: if we compare the single year
1908 with 1896 we find that the Increased
production Is 232,000,000 bushels.
Beeebohm gives the world's visible sup
ply of wheat April 1, 1908, at 5.000,000 bush
els above the supply of a year ago and
2.000.000 above the average at that date for
ten years. Even supposing that the exces
sive supplies of some previous years have
been aonsumed in the last two, we fall to
see and statistical basis for great ' alarm
over wheat on hand less than two months
before a new harvest will begin.
THAT OLD BED BARN.
B. j. Sabln in Judge.
I've wandered to tho homestead, Jim;
I've seen the old rod barn.
Where you and I, In boyhood dim,
Once played with "Use: and "Oarn:
The loft, them times, was sweet with hay.
The Bunbeams slanted through,
And from their stalls tho white and bay
Would nicker, "How de do?"
There ain't no Prince nor Whltey. lad;
There ain't no bloomln' stalls;
Thore ain't no harness, good and bud.
A-hangin on the walls.
There ain't no hy up In the mow;
There ain't no musty scent.
They keep their gasoline there now
I'm sorry, Jim, I went.
There ain't no place to romp and hide:
It ain't a barn no more.
It's a ga-rage. all slicked Inside,
With reg lar ce-mcnt floor:
Them cobwebs soft that used to swing,
Them specks thnt used to flot
They're gone. There's not sn old-time thins,
Not e'en a single oat!
Where Jed. the hired man. clumped round
With fo-k or broom or comb
An oily, tlnk'rin' chap I found
Had made 1 isself to home.
He looked so strange, where Jed had been'.
A leather suit he wore.
And carried off the blame machine
A-.ayln on that rioor!
It's changed, old paid. They've cleaned
It up I
Of cobwebs, hoss. and hay.
It ain't a spot where boy nor pup
Nor yet a mouse can play!
I wonder how those kids who live
Where s such a blwik consarn
Can get along: and what they'd give
To have an old red burn.
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Aa Inhalatioa for
Whooplng-Cough, Croup,
Coughs, Cold, Catarrh,
Bronchitis, Diphtheria,
OaaaUna hs Bean ta Aathmatlea.
rxtm It sot smoi mors iti' lo brostk to s
nmtif 'or 4imw of tho brMihlna orfoas taas
to Uko tho raMdy Iota Iks sMmaef 1
tOreaaleaa tun koouos tho air, rmdared
strongly saUoeptto. is oorrloa OTor tho dtooued
m.trlmym wllk MarW hraattl. OtvloO BmloDSOa Sod
eosolut tr.otm.ot. II la tamlaobl ta mothrro
will) toil child roo.
For imtstoa throw
thoro li Doitiuif boiler
tnon croooieao asuoeptio
Tbiost Toblotf .
Bond Be id postage.
for oomplo botUo.
ALL DHUOaiSTS.
Bond Boofcol for Am
oorlpti.v Dookloi.
Va.-Crele.. C.
UH I altos Blrost,
Plain and Fancy
Weaves
The best Suits to be seen in this city
are ours, from all points of view.
Material, fit, tailoring and finish are
all included in this statement.
And there is a wide and pleasing
choice of patterns in plain and fancy
weaves.
$15.00 to $35.00.
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POINTED PLEASANTRIES.
"How did Blnks celebrate his purchase
of a new auto?''
"Whv he had s big blowout. "-Vk
Record.
"Do you think that doctor la alvln your
wealthy uncle the proper treatment?'
"Yep. the old man's getting weaker nil
the time." Houston Post.
"English ia a funnv language, after aP.
isn't It?"
"Why so?"
"I heard a man. talking of a political
candidate' the other day. say. If he only
takes this stand when he runs, he'll hnw
a walk-over." Baltimore American.
"Do many of your cnr-stlt jents write t'
you for appointments?''
"Well." answered Senator Soigiium.
"they think they are. but most of tiiem
are writing for disappointment'." Was! -Ington
Star.
Mrs. Chugwater JosIhIi. this panel- .av
Colonel FYlbbles is a "competent sptskcr."
What doea that mean?
Mr. Chugwater It means llva: ). com,
pels you to go to sleep. I e iicasil F: !''
bles. Chicago Tribune.
"Do yc.ii think the te-lf s io -.:,1 be ;.
vised upward or downward?'
"My friend." aiisw.ji-rt !: I ""
hum. 'I am concerned v.-lth !; e; i -i'.i
sltion. I'm a slile-su t " c , i ' ':,:" i "
Star.
"How did thnt roo ii mite of v,- : ci t .
age to raise the wind this i nieV '
"lie sent to his father In Ills .irnl h e ,:
way for a draft." Illt iiuor. Amoii Kii
The fiery Young Turk was cinl a orinv
to. a rouse the stolid Mohammedan.
"The sultan tells us in porllcl te.ni-'.'' Ii -shouted,
"that he Is our he,-; and truest
friend. He describes himself as a foun
tain of faith and a river of charily . Hi ;
I tell you. my brothers, that while p.- i. e.
be n river of charity he's no Boss-'or-us:
Whereupon, with a wild shriek of ho:-i',v
the rabble turned and rushed tow-u J Hi
Yildia palace. Cleveland Plain Licale:-.
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