THE OMAHA SUNDAY UKK: JUNK 127. V.W. SEW LAWS MARE SEW HABITS Many Changes by Legislature Effec tire lint of July. HITS OMAHA IN SEVEBAL SPOTS "tatates 'Will Compel Feoale la Many Walk ot I. If ta kinit Their Ways of Walkla Short OS. Nebraska Guaranty Deposit Law Analysis of the Measure That Will Govern the Banks of the State After Next Thursday With Some Forecast of Its Probable Workings. Habit and customs ot a lifetime some cultivated il some coming down from ;he forefather will be channel by Umalu people In many walk of life on July 1. Turning over a new leaf on January 1 will nut be a circumstance to the chanavi to be forced on railroad, high school u- dt-uta, saloon keepera, business houses, hO' tela arid Insurance agents July 1 by the law of Nebraska riveted on the statute book by the last legislature under the guidance of varioua politicians who de signed early in the game to make a po litical "experiment station" out ot the state. Parsing over the new city charter, which became effective the day It was approved, tie next thing of Interest te Omaha Is i.he much berated S o'clock cloning law which In two weeks will prevail In the city a.id state. Under this law all sale of liquor must cease at S o'clock In the evening nnd until 7 o'clock the ne"xt morning, com pletely cutting out "night caps" and "eye openers." But on trains It will be even tighter, for on them It will always be after 8 o'clock. While liquor has not been sold on train to any great extent. In the future U will not be permlesable to even drink on them, not if the passenger takes his cool bottle with him when he boards the train. One sip will be the slKnai for trainmen to eject the man with the bottle as an Intoxicated person. Few Aimed at Railroad. A few bills of the late lamented Imma ture were aimed at railroad companies and kindred concerns. One of these, passed at the Instigation of the Hallway Employee' Protective association, will make the rail road companies put on larger crews after the first ot July. The new bill provide that a crew of five men shall be provided for all trains of five or less cars carrying passengers, while a crew of six shall be provided for freight trains carrying pas sengers and running 100 or more miles. Another railroad bill orders railroad com panies to furnish cars In good order and to receive and transport grain In bulk within a reasonable time and load without discrimination between shippers. A third bill is the reciprocal demurrage aof. which provides for one thing that shipments must go forward at the rate of fifty miles each twenty-four hours, except live stock shipments. For failure to meet ihl reaulrement railroad companies shall pay to the consignee on a stipulated scale of penalties. Another bill of a kindred nature pro hibits line elevators from paying different prices for grain at different stations, beyond allowance made for the difference In freight rates. Street railway companies get one piece of beneficial legislation, this being per mission for them to extend their lines ten miles outside the city limits provided they can secure the right-of-way. That Bed sheet Bill. Hotels get a rap In the "bed sheet law." No more will the poor belated traveling man be compelled to sleep In a bed where the sheets are .too short and let his toes play tag with one another out beyond the covers, for now the sheets must be over eight feet long. And where Is there the man who can not be covered by a bed sheet ninety-nine inches In length, the of' flclal dimension of the hotel bed sheet as prescribed by the Nebraska legislature put to take the sting off the "bed sheet law," another bill was passed which limit the liability of the hotel keeper ana pre vents guests charging him a high price for a lost grlpAsontalnlng nothing of value. A fire escape bill which hits hotels and , many other buildings goes into effect July I but owners ot the affeoted buildings are given three months from that date In which to provide fire escapes. Fire escape chutes or toboggans and fire pipe ot a dlamter to fit the appliances of the fire department In the local city shall be put on all build ings of more than two stories. Including very hotel, boarding house, store house, tenement building, publlo or private Insti tution, office or store building, school house, theater, publlo hall, place of as semblage or publlo resort, containing space for the occupancy of fifteen or more per sons. Bap o Fraternities. The death knell to high school fraterni ties will be struck on July t and after that date any high school student who shall Join a Oreek letter society shall be expelled forthwith by the Board of Education. Tha bill changing the membership of ths Omaha Board of Education and the man ner of election also becomes effective at this time. Under the former law the board was composed of fifteen members elected at large, but In the future there will be only twelve members elected, one rrom each ward. The extra three men on the board will be dropped, one at a time, and the change thereby made more easy. "Tainted money" forms no component On July first, the Nrhrnska Guarantee Banking law will go Into effect, unjen prevented by some action at law by the banks opposed to It. While there was much discussion ot the general proposition during lsst fall's pres idential campaign, the law which the legis lature and governor of Nebraska succeeded finally In enacting, has not been much con sidered by the publlo. The presumption seems to exist that In this law the people of the state have obtained what was de scribed during the discussion and was promised by the dominant political faction. The arguments offered against the pro position centered principally. In the state, ment that It would enable men to engage In the banking business and obtain deposits upon the credit of a guarantee fund, who, upon their own credit and capital would never be able to do business. If the publlo should be Induced to ac cept with Implicit confidence the Idea that such a fund would protect bank depositors against loss, then It can be esslly seen that those holding this view would not deem It necessary to consider the standing of the banks In which their deposits should be made, for these deposits would be equally secure In a bank of small capital aa In one of large capital. In bank owned or conducted by dishonest. Incompetent, nexperlenced or speculative men, aa In banks managed apd controlled by men of experience and of assured ability, probity and worth That this Is not an exaggerated state ment from an enemy of the guarantee law, Is shown by an extract from an editorial n the Omaha World-Herald Immediately following the passage of the act which Is a follows: It I a bill which does lust thst which democracy promised the leaders of democracy promised last fall that It would do. It furnishes to every man who ha a dollar deposited In one ot the state banks of Nebraska ab solute security and Is a surety that he will receive that dollar bock, whether the man to whom he has entrusted It Is a thief or an honest man. an Incompetent or an able, financier, whether bank rob bers break In and steal or Wall street pirates precipitate a panic. If It should prove, as will be surely demonstrated, that this bill has nothing of the character described and that the absolute security" referred to In thl edi torial la really no security at alt then It can be seen that by the operation of this law, the people of this state will be made to run the risk of a great and far reach ing calamity. It Is true that such a law as the World- Herald describes was promised by the leaders of the democracy, but this law utterly falls as a fulfilment ot that promise. The law proposed by Mr. Bryan and generally talked by the supporters of the scheme, was for a definite and fixed cash fund, to be deposited In the state treasury and If redoposlted In the banks to te secured by them In the manner that all publlo deposits are now secured Payment to the depositors of a failed bank was to Immediately follow the clos ing of the bank. This Immediate payment Idea was) espe daily Insisted upon as thereby panics were to be absolutely abolished and all the distress and heart rending anxiety ex perienced by depositors In panics, which were vividly portrayed with great oratori cal force and power, were to be abolished under this beneficent law. All that the depositor was tailed upon to do was to present his claim to ths state treasury and It would bo Immediately paid. Every one who listened lo the debates upon this subject last fall cannot fall to recall that these were the promises made. But the most enthuslastla supporter of the guaranty Idea cannot claim that this "Immediate" payment feature has any ex istence In this law. Legal proceedings must be taken, a receiver appointed and claims filed and proved, substantially In the same manner as the present law pro vides, before any payment can be made to a depositor. The guarantee fund was to be an ample sum the figure generally named being that In the Oklahoma law of 1 per cent of the deposits, with power to levy at any time whatever additional sum might be required This t per cent upon the aggregate dc posits in Nebraska state bank of about I'iO.Oon.flno would realise the respectable sum of $1,200,000, which, however, would not be too much for the protection of $00,000,000 ot deposits. Instead of this, the law provides for a tax of I per cent only one-half of same to be levied and credited by January 1, VA0. and the balance by January' 1. Wit, when the maximum will be reached aside from the nominal annual tax thereafter. An additional or emergency levy of 1 per cent Is provided for, but no more than this can be levied In any one year. The maximum fund under thl arrange ment would be $600,000, In 1911. The Inade quacy of this sum to protect $r0,000,000 of deposits must be admitted by everyone. It would be entirely Insufficient to meet the demands arising during the panics ot the past under existing banking condition, and these demands would certainly not be lessened under the extraordinary conditions which It Is believed the fictitious security offered will foster and encourage under this guarantee plan, But serious as this weakness of the law must appear, it is as nothing compared with the doubt which may Justly be enter talned as to the existence of any certain fund of any amount. Instead of the sum taxed being paid Into the state treasury and then redeposlted In banks only upon safe and approved cash securities, It operates merely as entrlet upon the books ot the banks affected. Drafts upon the so-called fund can only be made when the occasion of bank failures call for. them. This may not occur for many years, and then It will be for the banks drawn upon to say whether they will pay or not. There Is no promise or obligation whatever on their part and whatever defense they may have, can be postponed to this period, when all the damage the plan may cause will have been accomplished beyond re pair. It Is true that under the law, the state banking board may close up banks which refuse to pay these drafts, but should several hundred banks Join In the refusal and demand a test of the legality of the law, It would be a rather serious proposi tion on their part to arbitrarily undertake Its enforcement. Banks could also avoid payment by going Into liquidation or by organising under the national system. 1 DIARRHOEA Quickly Cured by WAKEFIELD'S Blackberry Balaam Read This Letter. I have used Wakefield's Blackberry Bul um for over forty years. 1 am not giv- n to writing letters of this kind in tact never did before in my life, but I do wish to say to you. It has never fulled ine In one simile instance nor any of my friends. I have recommended It to. When druggists ay to me: "Here is something Just as good," I tell them very candidly there Is nothing Just as good. The fact la I havs nevtr found anything Just as good and J never expect to. I can cheerfully rreom mend It to any one young or old for all Bowel Trouble. It has certainly helped me when nothing else would. J. E. PAKKE. 1M E. Mth St., Chicago. Wakefield's Iilackberry Balaam has been the surest and latest remedy for Dlarrheoa, Dyseutry, Cholera Infantum and Cholera Morbus for 63 years While It la quick and positive In Its action. It Is unlike other remedies In that it la harmless and doe. not con stipate. It simply checks the trouble and puts the stomach and Dowels in their natural, regular condition. Of the millions of bottles that have been Bold In the past 63 years, never has a case been reported where a cure was not affected when directions were followed even after other remedies had failed. Every home should have a bottle or more on hand ready for sudden attacks. part and therefore "Dr." Bryan allowed the passage of the teachers' pension bill and becomes a law on July 1. It Is not In cumbent upon teachers to take advantage of the new law, but those who so desire may pay Into the pension fund 15 per cent ot their salaries. Teachers on the "perma nent" list may retire after thirty-five years' servtce; must retire after forty years' service, and if twenty years ot this time has been spent In the Omaha public schools they shall receive an annuity of $S00 through life. If there Is not enough money in the fund to pay the annuity, then the school district shall make up the de ficiency. Two Other Pension Bills. Two other pension bills become effective on the same date. These apply to mom bers of the fire and police forces. The men on the forces pay Into the fund as now, but In addition all fines of members, pay ment for special service, witness fees In criminal cases, gifts, sale of lost or stolen articles, forfeited cash ball, and balances In the departmental funds at the close of the fiscal years shall go Into the pension fund. Three of the new laws will effect dealers In food stuffs. All commission merchants, of whom there are about fifty In Omaha, selling farm, dairy, orchard or garden produce or wares on assignment must pay a $10 license. The net weight of tha con tents must be stamped en all food pack ages put up by a wholesaler or manufac tursr, except meat products, canned corn canned and preserved fruit, though the bill applies to any lard substitute. The third law enlarges the powers of the pure food commission and provides that all bakeries, confectioneries, packing houses, dairies, creameries, restaurants, hotels. groceries and other places used for the preparation or sale of food shall be well lighted and ventilated, and especial pre caution shall be taken against the fly. iKDraurt Measure. Under a bill Introduced by an Insurance agent senator a non-resident of the state cannot sell any Insurance of any charac ter In Nebraska. The new law also pro hibits a Nebraska agent, from sharing his premiums with a partner or a "general agent" living In another state. Lazy husbands or fathers who refuse to support their families and Jailed for this cau'-e may give bond and secure release, and a Judge may, at his own discretion, parole a person convicted of a felony, short of murder, providing the prisoner was convicted on his first offense. Other new laws provide that the county commissioners shall, upon petition, mark with nvMal markers the graves of soldiers of the civil war; the county commissioners shall draw the names for a grand Jury an nually unless ordered to the contrary by the Judge; the mayor of Omaha may ap point a fire warden at $1,600 a year, with the approval of the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners; the county attorney shall receive $4,000 a year Instead of $2, CO) and the bailiffs of the district court shall receive $1,200 a year Instead of 00, and tha Deaf Institute shall bs known as ths Nebraska School for the Deaf. Th rce Men Work Four Years on Door aintert Never Cease Painting En trance to the Local Burlington Headquarters. When I was a lad I served my term as an orrice bov to an attorney s firm. cleaned the windows and sweDt the floor And polished up the handle of the big ironi aoor. James J. Hill, And the poet-laureate of the northern railroads still believes In the spirit ot this poem put up a good front. Some years ago the Burlington headquar ters In Omaha were rebuilt and splendid general offices provided for the employes of the road In Omaha. When this building was remodelled a pair of heavy oak doors were placed at the en tranue to the office building on the Far naiti street side. These are on the outside and exposed to the direct rays of the sun anJ to all kinds of weather. To keep these doors In first-class order three men have worked assiduously for four years. Scarcely a week goes by but these doors are treated to a fresh coat of varnish. About every two weeks the old varnish is scraped off and new added. For the last four years patrons of the road have met with these painters working on the front door of the ' headquarters building, and It has been necessary to walk underneath a ladder to enter the building. The governor in a recent address de clared that the people of the state de manded the passage of this guarantee law and Intimates dire results to whose who would oppose the will of the people by litigation. If the people really demanded the pas sage of a guarantee law which, however, may of Itself be doubted, the question not being a direct Issue In the last election It may be safely asserted thst the demand from whoever It came was not for a more "make believe" guaranty, but for some thing at least as definite and complete as the Oklahoma law. The grounds upon which the legality of the law may be attacked seem plainly ap parent to even the layman. Doubtless the proposed action of the united banks to prevent the law going Into operation, will be prosecuted In the federal courts. There the simple proposition Is presented, whether under any process of law, a bank can be compelled to con tribute rrom Its cash resources to the use and purposes of another Institution. But the violation of our stute consti tution seem still more apparent. Take for Instance the technical question ef title. Our constitution requires that no bill shall contain more than one subject, and the same shall be clearly expressed In Its title. In order to meet thl requirement the title of our present banking law Is con tained in thirty-six lines that of the new law has less than five lines. It Is cjn dtttised In the words "regulation, supervis ion and control" of the banking business. All banking laws are for these purposes, and no one reading this title could gather therefrom that the bill contained the un usual and extraordinary provision for an enforced mutual guarantee . fund and for the levy of a special tax upon the capital stock of the banks to maintain the tame, The authority for the legislature to levy taxes for any purpose must be derived from the constitution. Th constitution authorises a levy for revenue purposes only, and then this levy, if upon property, must be by valuation In such a manner as to be equal, and upon occupations. It must be uniform as to the class upon which It operates. No one will claim that the tax proposed Is for revenue purposes, and If it was bo It would be unequal. The tax is levied upon the capital stock. not by valuation, but In proportion to de posits. In this manner a bank having a capital of the actual value of $25,000 may be taxed ten times more than a bank hav ing ten times Its capital. The deposits of a bank constitute Its debts, and this law undertakes to tax not upon the value of the bank's property, but upon the volume of Its debts. It was asserted by those having charge of the measure In the legislature that able legal talent was engaged In Its preparation and that It would stand all legal test. If that Is so, then certainly no harm will be done by the demonstration of the fact. On the other hand, the danger Is appar ent If the law should be permitted to go Into effect and no contest Is made until perhaps five or ten years hence, when the occasion arises for the use of the guaran tee fund. The action now being taken by the banks Is not only In the furtherance of their own personal Interests, but it Is In the Interest of the publlo as well, and bank depositors who will be the main beneficiaries, must In the end, If they do not do so now, cor dially approve ot the course adopted. HENRY W. YATES. OMAHA, June $4, 1909. ganmrpi siimim sj atwisnmt i ,n miry I We are agents n n I for th All win I If J 1 One-Motion II j J I folding y 1 GOCAKT. ih: ' iller, Stewarts 413-15-17 South lOtli St. Beaton . We are rxr lu le atrenta for the llnho-Hyphon lorrlHln lined llefrlgerator. and The Great Attraction This Week This week's showing of Porch and Lawn Furniture will be a revelation to the prospective purchaser of out-door fur niture, consistingof all that is desirable in style and construc tion, durable and comfortable as well as moderate in price. This stock contains all the latest patterns of Rockers, Chairs, Swings, Couch Hammocks, Porch Rugs, Porch Shades, and Settees, in fact everything pertaining to out- I of-door furniture will be found here. Same style of couch swing sewed at the cor ners; price, $9.75 Porch couch swing in dif fer e n t col ors, with spring bot tom , all ropes in eluded price, $8.00 PORCH COUCH SWING Like illustration Miule of heavy brown duck, laced nt the corner with rope, heavy frame in bottom to prevent sagging, lias thick felt mattress and wind shield on either side; price complete with all ropes $12.00 Crex Grass Furniture ' Made from the strong fibre of the Prairie grass, particularly constructed for durabil ity. This furniture has stood the test of six years and the goods have now reached the final state of perfection. The increased and unusual demand for this furniture indicates their worthiness. We herewith quote prices of portion of these goods now on sale: Crex Grass Arm Chair, sale price ....7 $8.00 Crex Grass Arm Chair, sale price $13.75 Crex Grass Settee, sale price $25.50 Crex Grass Arm Rocker, sale price $14.50 Crex Grass Arm Rocker, sale price $15.00 Crex Grass Arm Chair, sale price $1.11.50 Crex Grass Arm Cha'r, sale price $1J.25 Crex Grass Arm Rocker $12.25 Crex Grass Arm Chair, sale price $KJ.75 Crex Grass Arm Rocker, sale price $12.50 Crex Grass Arm Rocker, sale price $l2.UO Child's Rattan Arm Porch Rocker SI. 50 Misses' Rattan Arm Porch Rocker $l.SO Rattan Arm Porch Rocker $2.15 Large Arm Rattan Porch Rocker $2.25 Rattan Porch Rocker, without arms $2.25 Rattan Arm Porch Rocker $2.75 Large Rattan Arm Porch Rocker $3.00 Double Rattan Seat and Back Porch Rocker $2.40 Double Rattan Seat and Back Arm Porch Rocker, for $2.C5 Red or Green Porch Setteo, 3-ft. C-in. long. Double Rattan Seat and Buck Porch Rock ing Settee $5.75 Red or Green Porch Settoo, 4 ft. 6-ln. long $1.40 Double Cune Seat and Back Arm Rocker $4.40 Double Cane Seat and Back Arm Chntr ....$4.25 Large Double Cane Seat and Back Arm Rocker $5.00 Largo Double Cane Seat and Hack Arm Clmir $3.00 Four Passenger Gliding Setteo $12.UI Porch Shade 8-ft. wide, 8-ft. high, each $5.25 Porch Shade, 10-ft. wide, 8-ft. high, each $0.75 9x12 MoodJI Porch Rug $20.00 7-6x10-6 Moodjl Porch Rug SS 15.00 6x9 Moodjl Porch Rug 811.00 s 6x12 Moodjl Porch Rug $12.00 4x7 Moodjl Porch Rug $5.00 4-6x7-6 Walte Grass Porch Rug $3.;0 6x9 Walte Grass Porch Rug $5.50 8x10 Walte Grass Porch Rug S8.O0 9x12 Walte Grass Porch Rug $8.80 We are exclut Its agents for ths Tuloaa Gas Bang's, the kind that saves a-as and la posi tively odorless. Weathered Oak Porch Set, contains six pieces to match: 1 Rocker, cane seat and back, price 1 Arm Chair, cano seat and back, price 1 Rocker, cushion seat, cane back, price $ 1 Arm Chair, cushion seat, cane back, price $ 1 Stand to match, price 1 Reading Chair, price 88.00 $8.00 11.00 11.00 $8.0O $5.50 Ws carry the most compute stock of laos our talns and draper tes shows In Omaha. Corns and sas ths new nov.l-tlss. DENT1S TR. "V Gentle and Cleanly Oood work, of course. Is even more Important than painless work. In my office you are assured of both. If you have business Instinct snd de mand equal reliability on the part of those with whom you do business, just call at my office and demand references. For Instance, those terribly sensitive cavities to which the mere con tact of an Instrument means excruciating1 pain, are filled in my office, with al most no Inconvenience at all to the patient. Space is too valuable to explain this prooess In detail, but I shall be glad to do so pursonally without charge. rXIODBB SXTBXMSX.T XODEXAX DR. J. e. FICKES, jne-aiT Board ef Trade. Both rhonss. 16th and rarnam Sts., B. W. Our product and reputation are the , best advertisement we can oitr& V yV -W,.; V MERCURY REACHES NINETY lk.it the Warsseat ins ha Has Felt Tkls Year, bat tke Wind Keeps Stirring. Some folks opined It was warm today. The mercury did reach ninety, but it had a hard time doing It. It finally accom pllkhed the feat at t p. m. A gentle breese fanned the weary wayfarer and office man alike, so that It was not aa bad It might be after all and ne casualties Girls, ,Do You Want Husbands? Then Accept a Position as an Appren tice Nurse at the County Hospital. Sis bright-faced young women are wanted at the County hospital to enter the training school for nurses. Advertise ments for them have been placed In sev eral newspapers for somo time without results, and Q. Fred Elsasser says be Is In despair. "If young women realised," said he, "that nursing Is the surest, quickest "oaj to matrimony I think the vacancies would be filled at once." Applicants must be 30 years of age. douars S I (I roe II ST0RlESy Ih B 9 i 3 1 V .sxv '-J Jj (I A. LIUot.lwlllO-llia Howard SuOssakaVV N l - - ,,. , ,,,.;a V v . , ...Jiiijuii .lis uiimiumi iiii,pnapisiwwnapyiii miwi Slip mm .imfptyftun.iwmum!' even Prizes and Lots off Fun for I IBoys a,ndt DOLLARS j k"Jxx Girls. - pW?s) STORIES D0LLARS I STORIES J pOLLARS Ufa EAST BRIGHTER, SAYS MOHLER Coadltloas Skow Slowly Rising Tea dene y aad Daslnese Has More Confidence. A. I Mohler, vice president and general manager of the Union Pacific, has returned from New York where he was on a three weeks' business aad reciestlon trip. Mr. Mohler expected to meet Mrs. Mohler and Miss Mohler In New York, but be was called home earlier than he expected and could not trait for them. 'The f neral buslnesa atmosphere In the east shows a slowly rising tendency," said Mr, Mohler, as he confronted a huge pile of papers which awaited him. "Business will be materially stimulated when the growing crops are a certainty. Business Interests generally show more nerve and confidence." If you are below the second year in High School, The , Omaha Be wants you to write a story for pub lication. To the seven boys and girls who write the best stories each week we will give the following prizes: Bigger, Putter. Busier That's what ad vertising In The Bee doee for your busi- The best story each week wins Three Shining Silver Dollars. 2d best story each week wins Two Shining Silver Dollars, Third best story each week wins One Shining Silver Dollar. The next four best stories each week win interesting Books. The plot of your story must be based on a want ad that appeared in The Bee. This may sound a little difficult, but it isn't. Scores of plots ftr romances comedies and tragedies are to be discovered in Bee Want Ads every day. All you need to do is to use your imagination and your bruin. Make up your mind now that one of these prizes is going to be yours. Get your parents or friends to help you select the plot, but the composition must be all your own work. 8 1 Full ilie bottle, 35o or S for fl.00 everywhere.. were reported. JjjBaBnnWnSsDOnGnQBBASSS