HIE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1909.
The Omaha Daily Dei,
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VICTOR ROSE WATER. EDITOR.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglaa County, as.!
Oeorge B. Tsschuck, treasurer of The
Bee Publishing Company, being duly
worn, aays that the actual number of
full' and complete copies of The Dally,
Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed
during the month of August, 1009, was
as follows:
1.,.. ....... 39,900
2 .....41,600
3 41,470
4 41,830
6 41,770
... 41,540
7 41,790
S 39,900
9 41,930
10 41,990
11 41,940
12 41,870
13 48,030
14.... .41,430
It .....40,000
18 41,600
Total .........
Returned copies..
17.
13.
19.
20.
41,780
.43,630
.41,80
.41,610
21 41,630
22.... 40,000
21 43,350
24 41,770
25 49,630
2 41,700
27 41,730
28 43,170
29 40,000
80 41,910
31 43.190
.14189,410
10,381
Net total '. 1,379,089
Dally average... 4L8B9
OEO. B. TZSCHUCK. Treasurer.
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to before me Jhlg 1st day of September,
1909.' M. P. WALKER,
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ckanaje mm mttu mm reejwested.
The state democratic committee an
nounces that it has reorganized., to
prosecute a. nonpartisan campaign.
In view of the. sudden drop in tem
perature, people In this vicinity will
readily believe that the North pole has
been discovered.
A train killed the only aviator In
New Orleans The safety record for
the aeroplane remains, and may It
never be broken. ,
All of Europe Is thinking of flying.
It Is better than thinking of fighting
and has an excellent effect . on the
state of national debts. ' ' .
If "protection has slain Its thousands
and the gold standard Its . millions,"
the S o'clock closing law Is coming in
for a few victims itself.
Bayonne anti-gambler wives ' lined
up thirteen husbands and had them
fined. A coal oil town may not be
born smooth, but soon acquires the art.
Whether or not In time to help the
crops, the rain will at least .relieve
some of the pressure on the pumping
station of tho water works at Flor
ence. Chicago aldermen say that the need
of the hour is sober chauffeurs. A
few Improved on Sheridan's plan for
Indians would be looking toward
progress.
Wyoming Is giving Secretary Wilson
and Chief Melvln a trial on some
sheep which are in a despondent state
of mind. If they effect a cure all will
be forgiven.
In New York there Is a profession
of Wall street doctors who treat t'ae
worn-out: 'stomachs of rich men. It
has advantages over being born In
royal circles. It Is easy and fat.
Latest report has It that Mr. Harrl
tnaa Is going to rest some years. It Is
a good time to get acquainted with
Stubbs and Krutschnltt. They are to
be the busy nil nn lea on the Job.
. Science has found that only people
who do not work are troubled with
hay fever. Science must find some
other medicine. Hay fever will re
main in style indefinitely on the work
treatment.
One of those warm August days was
the tlm when Dr. Cook ought to have
discovered the North pole. But he
did n6f " He picked April. It seems
that he-was routed by the brakeman
tit a sledge."
Aviation, irrigation and automobiles
are pronounced games 'or rich men.
Eating beefsteak Is of the same social
rank. Benzoate of soda is all that
stands between the common citizen and
moving to the Mexican cattle ranges.
W. E. Curtlss is booming the Carey
act and Idaho lands. Arkansas Is
offering rich land cheap to settlers. If
the smart mover would pick a win
ter seat In Arkansas where the ducks
fly and the quail hide and a good farm
in Idaho he would have about all any
body needs.
Street obstructions are among the
concomitants of building operations,
but the obstructions could and should
be minimised. The building contract
ors ought to be satisfied to fence la
half the street and leave the other half
for standing room for the public that
wants to watch the hoists and derricks.
Also Near the South Pole.
It Is one of the wonders of a history
of strange experiences, that of polar
research, that the North Fole saw a
human being before the South Pole,
practically reached by Lieutenant
Shackleton In 1908, came under ob
servation. The thrilling story of Dr.
Cook, the details of which are yet to
come, puts new life Into Shackleton's
account, Just begun in McClure's and
foreign magazines.
Shackleton's vessel was a sealer,
forty years old, small, but originally
built to endure the shocks and strains
of Antarctio weather. The party was
small, but carefully selected to stand
the hardships and carry out the scien
tific work before them. The food sup
ply had the most minute care, for upon
it the life of the party depended. That
part of the expedition was entirely
successful, for there was not a case of
Illness due to the stores. The same
care was taken with clothing.
One of the most Interesting pas
sages In Shackleton's concise story ex
plains the methods with which he se
cured warmth without unnecessary
weight. Manchurlan ponies, called the
hardiest animals in the world, were
added. A special motor car was of
some use on the Ice, but cf none In
the soft snow of the barrier. The
winter quarters were a specially built
hut, with a coal stove and a gas plant.
In order to save coal the little sealer
was towed by p steamer from New
Zealand to the pack-Ice. Ice barred the
way to King Edward VII Land and
winter quarters were set up near where
the Discovery had wintered In 1901.
From that time It was a period of
constant exertion in landing stores and
setting up their little habitation. The
stove burned for a period of nine
months, with only a rare stop for
cleaning. Mount Erebus was ascended,
and in the attempt the party caught a
blizzard which nearly froze some of
them to denh. They finally reached
the crater, the first men to achieve the
feat. The maximum. width of the
crater is half a mile and the depth
800 to 900 feet The steam rising
from the crater was sulphurous. At In
tervals there would be a dull boom
and an apparent internal explosion In
the depths of the crater. After a rough
descent they returned to their hut
nearly worn out from the exposure. It
Is a story quietly told, hut suggesting
rough and trying experiences at every
step.
Shackleton closes this Installment
of his account with a few paragraphs
relating their winter experiences after
they settled down In their quarters.
They had found 4he -mountain to be
over' 13,000. feet fc'th - and the Ice
sheet 2,800 feet thick. The members
of the party kept themselves busy and
all escaped the lethargic polar ennui.
They played bridge, dominoes and
poker, wrote and Illustrated a book
and attended daily to their appointed
housekeeping and their scientific data.
Shackleton promises next to describe
the sledge Journey to within 111 miles
of the South Pole. The present install
ment gives us a picture of what Dr.
Cook must have been encountering on
the other side of the world at about
the same time. It is the modern ro
mance of intellectual preparation and
steady, self-controlled endurance of na
ture's most deadening hardships. If
there is a higher form of heroism than
that of those polar explorers it Is not
known. Dr. Cook will soon be back to
civilisation with his story. Shackle
ton almost tells it In his simple nar
ratlve, simply substituting South Pole
for North Pole. -
"Restored" Latin.
The New York Bun discusses in an
amused way the uncertainty in Eng
land about the proper way of pro
nouncing Latin. It informs the En
gllsh that there Is no doubt at all
about , how the Romans pronounced
Latin, Just as there la no doubt that a
French way, a German way or an
Italian way Is as wrong as an English
way.
The real source of amusement in
the field of Latin pronunciation is to
be found In the American habits be
fore preparatory schools were well or
ganized.-A boy's Latlnlty was gener
ally in the hands of a clergyman. If
the teacher were of English, birth, he
in most cases taught a phonetics sys
tem, ealled the "English," though.it
varied widely with the country or city
of his nativity. If he by chance were
Scotchman the system would have
the best Intention of being English,
but it would be the individual's private
lingual habits of speech and sounded
like an unknown tongue. A Catholic
priest generally taught the "conti
nental" method, based on Italian, but
some Irish Catholics ranged not far
from the English of their native par
ishes.
One of the Englishmen mentioned
by the Sun says that Romans would
not have used two letters, c and k, hav
lng the same sound. The Sun super
ciliously remarks that k was not Latin
The Sun concludes that, whatever
fashion of pronunciation Is chosen, the
worst is when an Englishman or Amer
ican pronounces Latin as If it were
bad Italian. The Sun's dictum Is that
If It Is not worth the trouble for
man to leek uniformity, a capacity of
making oneself Intelligible to scholars
in foreign countries, he would better
pronounce it as if It were his own lan
guage. If uniformity is worth the
trouble he should become familiar
with the "restored" Latin, or that
used by the Romans of the Augustan
age. On all sides It seems to be ad
mitted that there Is no longer a con
troversy as to how Cicero and Virgil
did pronounce their Latin. Germany
has decreed that scholars should use
that system. France and Italy have
ceased to debate tuSgjgeyt and a ma-
Jorlty of well informed students either
uphold the "restored" Latin or leave
it to the convenience of the Individual
or institution. The Sun mitigates our
consciousness of being ignorant or be
lated in the humanities by patroniz
ingly assuring our beloved country,
with its endowments and appropria
tions for the colleges, that there has
been considerable progress toward the
right pronunciation of the Latin
tongue, though there is still ample
room for Improvement. What does the
Sun think of the usages at Harvard,
Princeton and the University of Vir
ginia We frankly confess that we do
not know what changes have been ef
fected since "restored" Latin captured
Europe.
Income Tax Frogresi,
As the income tax amendment goes
down the list of states Us fate remains
uncertain. At first guess it was sup
posed that, being already in the demo
cratic national platform, the demo
cratic states would tumble over each
other to record their affirmative votes.
Marlyland democrats ignored the sub
ject, and they were not forgetful. The
Cleveland democrats will almost cer
tainly follow the same course, though
the Hearst wing will be for the tax.
The Connecticut legislature Ignored It,
neither republicans nor democrats try
ing to bring up the question. Georgia
deferred action.
It may be predicted that the tax
amendment will be passed by the nec
essary number of states, but the open
opposition in both parties Is remark
able, considering the general tendency
of political discussion since the su
preme court passed on the principle a
few years ago.
The sluggishness of the democrats
s almost unaccountable. Either they
were not wholly sincere when they de
claimed on the decay of the supreme
court or they do not like now to add
burdens to their difficulties In popu
lous states like New York. On the
meager returns so far recorded It can
not be said that the south is strongly
for or against the amendment. Any
how, that Is scarcely the point. The
significant feature so far is that the
democrats of the south do not show
that they care much what becomes of
the amendment. They handle it as they
handle many planks of their platform.
They have the custom of consenting
to a declaration for immediate cam
paign purposes which they do not
among themselves at home defend.
Then the southern democrats get at
their birth a predisposition to up
hold the original articles of the
constitution. The Income tax amend
ment will ultimately be adopted, but
assuredly the state of the parties at
the moment shows only a remarkable
proportion of indifference and and
noncomm Ittal Ism.
A Sad Object Lesson.
The ' sudden death, perhaps self-
inflicted, of a man who from small be
ginnings had built himself up Into a
prosperous business among us, only to
find his hard-earned accumulations
dissipated on branching out Into larger
and a more" pretentious field, holds up
to us a sad object lesson.
The path of business success is sel
dom an easy one, even under the most
favorable circumstances, and the
strength required to maintain a posi
tion near the top, when once reached,
is not found anywhere In over
abundance. If Tolf Hanson had stuck to It and
won out, if the blasting of his busi
ness had not been completed by unfor
seenable legislation, If his enterprise
had finally grown and flourished, he
would have continued to be regarded
as a business man of exceptional
shrewdness and ability. If be had
had the force of character and the
courage, even when his misfortunes
multiplied, to have remained on the
firing line and faced the music, mak
ing necessary adjustments and started
out bravely to build up anew, he might
have recovered lost ground and In time
regained his old place. But he evi
dently possessed neither the will nor
the strength, but, like a man discover
ing himself in water over his depth
after a few fruitless efforts to swim,
ceased to resist the rising flood and
sank down out of sight.
In the hurry and scurry of the push
ing procession of business crowding
everything In Its way, let us ponder a
moment over this incident which elm
ply repeats a too oft-told tale.
It seems very hard for our amiable
democratic contemporary, the World
Herald, to pick out suitable political
partners for the editor of The Bee.
One minute it has him delivering the
goods to Harrlman for the Union Pa
clflc, and the next minute it has him
tied up with the Burlington. A little
while ago It put him into an offensive
and defensive alliance with Senator
Burkett, and now it carves out for him
a proprietary interest in a new political
corporation to be organized with Am
bassador Thompson at Its head. In
the meantime the editor of The Bee Is
attending strictly to his own business
by publishing a newspaper upholding
good government as exemplified by the
established principles of the republican)
Party.
Our old frleud, Edgar Howard, asks
himself and tries to answer the duplex
question, "Why Is It that Platte county
is always so solidly democratic, and
why Is it that all of the county offices
are constantly filled with democrats'
That's easy. It is, first, because there
are more nonpartisan democrats in
Platte county who always vote the
straight democratic ticket, 'with or
without checkbook appendages, than
there are republicans; and, secondly,
because there are two republican fac
tions In Platte county who fight each
other more than they fight the com
mon enemy.
Prof. Whitney has the documents
to prove that soils and crops are as
productive as when the plow bad never
touched them. It will be several
years before people will credit the dis
covery, but the fertilizer men will
know what to do and agents of good
conversational powers will be in de
mand in North Carolina and New
Jersey.
St. Louis Is once more, the future
great. The new north and south and
the old east and west railroads are to
meet there. What's to prevent some
thing happening at Galveston, Denver
or, modestly mentioned, Omaha It
will not do to be positive about what
two or three breaks and two or three
booms will do for a town In a few
years.
Some of our amiable contemporaries
seem to be puzzling themselves as to
The Bee's attitude on "Uncle Joe" Can
non. If it will help them any we will
say that The Bee does not believe it
necessary to turn the next house of
representatives over to the democrats
to make sure of getting rid of Cannon.
The democratic World-Herald has
kindly picked the new leader for Ne
braska republicans in the person of the
Hon. David E. Thompson, present am
bassador to Mexico. That ought to
settle It, Will Mr. Thompson please
step up and take the reins?
Baltimore rejoices because the local
theaters offer fine shows. Western
towns used to talk that way when we
were hunting eastern capitalists. Now
that they are hunting western Inves
tors, the operas speak for themselves.
Ask Chlcag'j.
George Boldt, the hotel king of the
east, tells how he began business In
Texas. Anybody who learned the ho
tel trade in Texas would naturally
thrive on Fifth avenue, where thirst
Is abundant and reckless about prices.
Another record has been broken by
the Mauretanla, and by a new route.
In the next travel season Count Zep
pelin will have all the advertising.
The Mauretanla will look like a Hudson-Fulton
celebration.
Let 'Em Oat.
Washington Post.
What's the matter with the U. S. eagle
bird being entitled to a few screams as
an aviator?
"On Aarfn, Off Aaln."
Bt.'- Louis Republic
The Iowa ruling that a mayor Is always
on duty will not be accepted as good pre
cedent by political favorltea in the de
partments at Washington, who are credibly
reported to be nearly always off duty.
A .C lose Gneas.
Chicago Tribune,
Uncle Tim Hill probably was not more
than a few kopecks out of the way when he-
made his memorable estimate that 110,000,-
000.000 would, b"0needed for enlarging rail
way facilities to, peep pace witn tne coun
try's growth and development..
Sartorial Cpllft In Omaha.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
There Is a revolt In Omaha against the
$20 a plate which Is to be charged at the
Taft dinner there, and even more against
the full dress suit which all of the Invited
must wear. Mr. Bryan's dollar dinners
and Cowboy Jim Dahlman's high water
pants are demoralizing Omaha, which once
stood for a sky limit and clothes too skin
tight to permit kicking.
Finest Grade of Heroism.
Philadelphia Record.
Finer heroism was never displayed on the
field of glory , than that of the wireless
operator on the steamer Ohio, who saved
19 lives by flashing the C. D. Q. call and
went down with his ship signaling direc
tions to the shlpa that were hastening to
the rescue. The little lifeboats into which
the saved, had huddled were but specks on
the great ocean and might easily be missed,
so this faithful man and true remained at
his post that the rescuers might be In
formed where to look for the castaways.
Field of glory, there never was a more
glorious battle fought with self than in
that wireless operating room on the Ohio.
Hats off to the memory of George C.
Ecclees!
DEATH HOLDS THH WHEEL,
Antomoblle at Deadly Weapon tn
Hands of Fool Cnanf fears.
Emporia (Kan.) Oaiette.
In Omaha a few days ago a woman was
run down by an automobile and so badly
Injured thst she died In a hospital a few
hours later. The man who was running
the machine narrowly escaped lynching,
so great was the Indignation of the poople
who witnessed the accident.
In Chicago a man was arrested yesterday
for running down and killing a girl. A
man Is tn jail at Los Angeles charged with
the same offense. In every paper you pick
up you may read such stories. The mania
for speed seems to overwhelm auto drivers
and rather than miss their fun they arc
willing to pay fines at the police station.
It Is not difficult, and one does not re
oulre the mantle of the prophet, to foresee
the end of all this. The laws governing
motoring will become so stringent and the
penalties so severe that there will be no
satisfaction In owning or operating a ma
chine and the beautiful red buzs wagon
will be. put out of business, at least In the
towns. There will be so many rules and
regulations to be observed that a motorist
won't be able to navigate at all without
breaking some of them.
It Isn't long since most of the cltlsena of
Missouri carried guns and shooting was
the popular outdoor sport. Ther followed
so many killings and shocking accidents
that the strictest laws ever heard of have
been enacted and are now in force In that
stats, and the gun-toter go-s to the pent
tcntlary. The Innocent hunter, trvlng to
shoot a polecat or mongoose. Is apt to be
gathered in and sentenced to hard labor
for five or ten years, thus helping to pay
off the snore against all the gun-play fools
tn Missouri's history.
The automobile Is getting Into equal dis
repute; It Is now regarded ss a deadly
weapon rather than as a vehicle, and the
motorists of a few years hence will be
paying for the homicidal foolishness of
present day chauffeurs. All of these dally
killings are catalogued and they will be
presented to state legislatures and other
lawmaking bodies, as arguments against
the modern Juggernaut; and before long
every penitentiary will have an annex for
the accommodation of auto driver
Whither Eyes Turn
The JLofty Betreat of Mr a. K.
Rarrtmaa on Top of the Karaapo
Mountains aad the arrouaOlngs.
Fifty thousand acres of mountain for-
esta, lake and valleys surround the 12.090.000
country home In Orange county, New
Tork, where E. It. Harrlman Is taking the
"after cure." Only three roads traverse
the estate and only one reaches the crest
of Tower hill, on which Is perched a partly
completed home. The difficulty of reach
ing the retreat of the man whose physical
condition excites nation-wide Interest ex
plains why the corps of reporters assigned
to the job are obliged to hug the two coun
try railroad stations on the premises and
be content with what news they can se
cure from callers. The principal object of
Interest Is beyond reach.
The home on Tower hill commands a
sweeping of fifteen miles each way. One
of the improvements which Mr. Harrlman
Is said to be most enthuslastlo over, how
ever, Is a huge steel tower several hun
dred yards north of the house, from
which Mr. Harrlman hopes to be able to
get a forty-mile view on every side. There
Is also another observation tower on top
of the house Itself.
This latter tower has what the Harrlman
family humorously call a "secret stairway"
leading up to It. The house main stair
case Is In the east wing and leads up to
the family apartments. A rather dark and
narrow stairway has been constructed.
leading from the first floor hall to the
second floor hall, so the transient visitors
may be taken straight up to the tower
without passing through the oorrldors oc
cupied by the family's private rooms.
The house nestles so snugly among the
mountain oaks that only Its slate-covered
roof can be seen from the Turners village
railroad Station below It. It Is SOO feet above
the village, 1.300 feet above sea level and Is
In the middle of a tract of wooded moun
tains, open valleys and pretty lakes, which
have, during the last twenty years, gradu
ally came Into Mr. Harrlman's hands.
The tract is bounded by the hamlet of
Tuxedo on the east side, by the Erie tracks
on' the west, and by the Central valley on
the north.
One way to reach the residence is by a
33.000-foot Incline, which Is fitted with a
steam windlass, which draws a cable car
up and down: At the top of the Incline
Is a broad entrance driveway, bordered by
a high wall of dark blue granite. This
wall hides almost two-thirds of the ram
bling house until the house entrance Itself
Is almost reached.
Then a central courtyard appears, with
gay flower beds, a splashing fountain and
shady, coot arcades. At the same time
the house's long eastern wing, which has
quarters for the thirty servants, also comes
Into view.
The house has not been constructed after
any European style or historic architect
ural period. It Is, Indeed, such a rambling
and much-added-to structure that it does
not even resemble any letter in. the alpha
bet. It has been built entirely of huge bluo
granite blocks quarried from the surround
ing mountains. Its interior woodwork has
been largely carved In Mr. Harrlman's
Own turning mill from Mr. Harrlman's own
oak, pine and chestnut tree. The work
men are the same Orange county folk who,
for th- last twenty years, have been his
neighbors. The house has not an artificial
comer, cither outside or Inside.
The main entrance hall of the house,
which Is DOxflO feet. Is wainscoted to a
height of forty feet with oak. Above the
wainscoting It ts decorated with a warm,
bright, buff-colored stone. Mr. Harrlman
saw some of this stone In Utah last year,
liked It, and Is using It now for almost all
the Interior stone decoration of his house.
The celling of the main entrance hall ts
supported by carved oak trusses. The
floor Is of marble. At one end of the room
Is a large gallery. In whloh will be an Im
mense electrical organ, which can Imitate
almost every musical Instrument.
Out of the entrance hall, on the east,
leads a long corridor with wainscoted walls
and an elaborately carved and vaulted cell
ing. The corridor opens Into a smaller
reception room, In which afternoon tea
may be served, and the v-oodwork of which
will be tn lighter colors. Opening off this
same corridor on the south are the house
loggia, dining room and principal living
room. The walls of this room are paneled
In haxel wood.
All of the woodwork of the dining room
will be trimmed with light green marble.
The marble mantel of the dining room Is
Inlaid with many hues of the same kind
of stone. The windows of all these three
rooms look over a rich green courtyard
and then over the hills In the direction of
Arden and twenty miles beyond.
The loggia occupies the southwest cor
ner of the first floor with five big arches,
which open out over the hilltops. In the
winter they will be filled with glass win
dows. Outside the casement windows of the big
main floor dining rooms there Is another
loggia, looking eastward, on which the
family on especially balmy days may
have their meals served.
The second floor la given over entirely to
sleeping and living rooms.
More thought Is said to have been put
on Mr. Harrlman's library on the south
east corner of the third floor than on al
most any other room in the big structure.
The wainscoting Is In white American
oak, and the amount of hand carving on
it represents many months of patient work
on the part of several skilled workmen.
There are a big marble mantel and four
big casement wlndowa looking straight
down upon the lakes and swimming pool.
The walls art lined all the way round with
oak bookcases.
Mr. Harrlman has also built a camp on
the shore of Cranberry Lake, Immediately
below the east wing of the house. The
lake Is about half a mile square. The
camp consists of a bctthouse, a dining
room, built of the roughest pine, and two
places for tents.
Another body of water, ealled Forest lake,
Is about a mile from the house, and an
artoslan well, 1,100 feet deep, furnishes the
house with water.
Several other lakes are Included In the
property. The swimming pool Is on the
southeast side of the house, separated
merely fc." a grassy lawn and a heavy
stone balustrade. The pool Is about ten
fet deep and thirty feet long. The water
flows Into It from the fountains In other
parts of the grounds, spouting out of the
open mouth of three vicious looking mar
ble dolphins. Eeyond the pool, again, ts
a pergola a limestone resting place with
some hand-carved chestnut beams to serve
as a roof.
For the last twenty years with his fam
ily he has been living In the valley about
a mile and a half nearer Arden, In a
rambling frame, lakeside, old-fashioned
dwelling.
Ijtformnttnn Knaterly Soaght.
Chicago News.
If the census officials cared to make their
volumes Immensely popular they would
need only to add the personal element to
the statistics. Almost everybody likes to
know how much bis neighbor has and
where he got It
Missovni niTRit bate case.
Oominral Denied t Riant to Do
What Railroads Da,
Springfield, Mass., Republican.
The United States circuit court at Chi
cago appears to take extraordinary ground
In Its disposition of the Missouri river
rate rases. The Issue as determined by
the court Is not whether the rate ordct
of the Interstate Commerce commission was
reasonable and Just, but whether thst body
possesses power to make rate orders which
have the effect of establishing "trade
(ones tributary to given trade and manu
facturing centers." In the case at hand,
the railroads had made a rate from tha
Atlantic seaboard to the Missouri river
which was the sum of the rates from the
seaboard to the Mississippi, and from the
Mississippi to the Missouri river. In con.
slderatlon of the longer haul the commis
sion thought the seaboard-Mlsourl river
rate should be a little less than the sum
of the rates for the two hauls.
We are not prepared, says -the court, "to
say the commission has not the power to
enter upon a plan looking toward a sys
tem of rates wherein the ratea for longer
and ahorter hauls will taper downward
acordlng to distance, providing such ta
pering Is both comprehensively and sym
metrically applied applied with a design
of carrying out what may be the eco
nomic fact, that, on the whole. It Is worth
something less per mile to oarry freight
long distances than shorter distances."
Out and here Is the gist of the decision:
Hut It does not follow that power of
that character Includes power, by the tifce
of differentials, to artlfirally divide the
country Into trade Bones tributary to given
trade and manufacturing centers, the com
mission is such cases having as a result
to predetermine what the trade and manu
facturing centers shall be; for sucn power,
vaster than any one bodv of men has here
tofore exercised, though wisely exerted In
specific Instances, would be putting Into
the hands of the commission the general
power of life and death over every trade
and manufacturing center In ths United
States.
So the commission In permanently en
Joined trom enforcing Its reduction order,
whose effect would be to favor somewhat
the Industrial Interests of the eastern
states and Missouri river points, as against
the manufacturing Interests of the Mis
sissippi valley, j
Discussion, however, of the fairness of
the commission's order In the light of these'
conflicting Interests is precluded by the
court's decision, and we have only to con
sider the legal right of that body to lake
such matters Into consideration. It ,ln-
volves the exercise of a colossal power,
say Judges Grosscup and Kohlsaat, and it
cannot be that congress ever intended to,
confer It a "power of life and death ovet I
every trade and manufacturing center in
the United States." Yet if the commis
sion possesses no such power, do not the
railroads possess It all, and may they not
exercise it as they will without any pub
lic restraint upon them whatsoever? And
is It better that private corporations should
have and exercise absolutely this life-ami-death
power over trade and manufacturing
centers than that the government ahould
have It, or than that the railroads should
have It subject t public control T And the
evident answer of the judges is that it Is
better.
Indeed, it Is 'the railroads themselves
which have divided the country Into such
trade tones as are Involved tn the case
at hand, and the commission ts merely
recognizing a fact or situation already de
termined by ths roads. And as a practical
matter it evidently must give some heed
to established situations of this charac
ter even In trying to carry out a funda
mental and scientific reform In rate-making.
But the court says, or seems to say,
no, it is for the railroads and not tho
government or Its commission to recognize
and build up or tear down trade zones.
Congress never Intended to confer this
power of life and death over trade centers
upon the government commission T The
Judges apparently So contend. But will they
maintain the converse of that proposition
that congress never Intended to Interfere
with the exercise of this ilfe-and-dcath
power by the railroads If so, then they
are running head on against one of ths
very first and greatest purposes of the
Interstate commerce act. Their position Is
extraordinary, and should certainly be
brought under the review of the United
States supreme court
WHO I M'HAHQf
Public Record of Assistant Secretary
of Department of Commerce,
Washington letter to Boston Transcript.
Before his appointment Mr. McHarg had
arranged to enter private law practice In
New . Tork, and when he took office he
announced to his friends that he should
remain In the government service only
six months. He has Improved that time
by making himself the live wire of the
official clrole, and has plaoed himself more
In the publlo eye than any other man In
Washington life. It was the Investigation
of MrHarg that were chiefly Instrumental
In removal of 8. N. D. North as director
of the census, and it waa current at the
time that he desired the appointment of
his friend, Arthur L. Statter, former as
sistant secretary of the treasury, as as
sistant d lector. The new law, however,
in Its requirement that the assistant di
dector should be a "practical statistician,"
made that appointment Impossible, and
Mr. Statter was taken care of by being
made special employe of the treasury de
partment and assigned to duty on the
Pacific coast, where he now Is. Mr. Mc
Harg then started upon a crusade to rid
the department. Including the bureau of
the census, of the Inefficient clerks in the
service, and Instituted a aeries of effi
ciency examinations which were the terror
of the whole fprce. These resulted In many
changes, demotions and promotions, and
not all these have been finished yet.
When the presidential campaign of 1908
opened, Mr, McHarg was a special at
torney of the department of justloe and
had done excellent work In uncovering and
prosecuting land frauds In the west, par
ticularly in Oklahoma. He waa, to say
the least, a lukewarm Taft man, but upon
Instructions to go to the region of his
former home In the northwest and work
for Taft, he did so; and sinoe that change
of base has been one of the most unre
strained critics of the policies of the Roose
velt administration. His seal for the re
moval of what he regarded as Incompe
tent Roosevelt appointees In his own de
partment has long been known In Wash
ington, and as ha la naturally outspoken
and free in criticism of men and measures,
be often has gone on record In condemna
tion of the Roosevelt followers and their
methods, especially aa they have operated
In the unsettled west.
are Sign of Good Times.
Washington Times.
One of the best Indications that good
times are returned Is seen In the fact that
the number of enlistments In the army Is
decreasing, and the War department of
ficials fear they will have difficulty In
getting men enough to keep the foroe up to
M.MM. General Prosperity Is tne personage
who appears to have given that mooted
order for reduction In the numbir of troops.
Simplifying l.esjal Machinery.
Boston Transcript.
The American liar association wants
fewer courta. Not a bad Idea, but why
stop at a simple reduction In the number
of court sT Let us rut down the number
of laws and make sure that such as sur
vive are rigorously enforced.
PERSONAL ROTES.
A New Tork dentist, James Oeorge Jen.
nlngs, has asked the supreme court to
grant an Injunction restraining his wife
from keeping him out of his own house and
office.
A Minneapolis minister held a short ser
vice at the ball park before the game Pun
day. The general effect Was good, but
the fact that the umpire did not come for
ward and ask forgiveness for his sins de
feated Its specific purpose.
From a country school teacher at IW a
month to an annual Income of llto.Oi.Ki a
year seems a long step. True, It took
twenty-seven years. to accomplish 1L but
that Is the record of "Hill" Brown, Cen
tral Oregon's ecceptrlo sheep king.
Oeorge Manvllln Frnn, whose death l
his seventy-ninth year Is reported trjfm.
London, waa an Industrious and sucoe. v
ful writer of novels of the sensational
sort, the total number of his booka com
ing to more than 100, besides 1,000 or so
short stories for boys and magazine
sketches.
President Taft has declined an Invita
tion from the Fat Men's association of
New England to be the guest of honor at
the annual outing of the association, which
will be held at Long Island, Me. He has
declined membership tn the olub. Moro
than 400 of the fattest men In New Eng
land will be present and an elaborate pro
gram of sports baa been arranged. Arthur
H. Moulton of Portland. Me., who weighs
434, Is president of the association.
PRODDING THE FUNNYBOITE.
"What Is your Idea of happinessr
"To be able to spend my own money Just
as If I were going to turn In an expense
account when I get home." Chicago Record-Herald.
Announcement In society column, of forth
coming Issue of Builders' Journal;
"The molding of the elegant concrete
mansion of Mrs. Btruckett-Rltch next Tues
day afternoon Is to be, in Its way, a swell
affair. There will be light but elegant re
freshments. Mr. Thomas A. Edison will
pour." Chicago Tribune.
Knlcker What is the worst thing that
could nappenr
Docker If women dressed to please men
and cooked to please themselves New Tor
Sun.
"May I ask you a question T"
"Sure, stranger."
"Why Is everybody in the section mixed
up In a feud?"
"Well, nobtiddy keers to take chances on
being an innocent bystander'Louisvllle
Courier-Journal.
"I'm afraid that man was never cut out
for a high financier," said Mr. Dustln Stax
reflectively.
"Yoa wouldn't condemn him simply be
cause he makes one big losing."
"No. But this waa all his own money."-
Washington Star.
"Say, If de bolt o' llghtnln' dat killed dat
eecon baseman had monkeyed wit our
middle-bagger do you know what he'd a'
doneT"
"Naw."
"He'd a speared It on de lump an'
flipped to foist '."Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Jack Those young widows have an ad
vantage over you single girls, because they
know all about men.
Madge Yes, and because the only men
who know all about them are dead. Boston
Transcript.
Phoebus was becoming Irritated.
"One of these days," he muttered, "some
blundering aviator will drive his airship
athwart my pathway, and then he'll get a
sunstroke!
Thus It Is that conservatism, grown arro
gant with the ages, ever seeks to dlscour
age the daring Innovator with the new
Idea. Chicago Tribune.
THE AUTUMN CHORUS.
- Arthur Chapman In Denver'' Republican,
The Joneses have come back again
From o'er the seething pond:
They cast their eyes on local scenes)
With glances that are fond:
And Jones remarks, triumphantly,
As men have said before:
"The part-.of traveling , Hbat's ibest)
Is getting home onoe more."
The Browns they went away this spring
iook in tne glorious west;
But they are settled Jown again,'
Safe in the old, warm nest.
And Mrs. Brown, with eyes u-shlne.
Declares In tones that ring:
"This getting home's the best part of
The game of traveling."
And so the chorus rises loud
In these glad autumn days,
When all the suitcase folk return
From far vacation ways;
The things they saw were grand oh, yes.
Hut this drownfe praise of Rome:
"The best part of this traveling
Is getting home, home, home!"
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That Don't Cool
On a hot day you often hear people
say that the more cold drinks they
swallow the hotter Ihey get.
Know the reason for it t
It's because nearly every cold drink
shocks the sensitive, overheated,
strained nerves of the stomach. The
shock brings a sudden, temporary
chill, but almost immediately the out- .
raged nerves react and a wave of ' Jk
warmth sweeps over the body again.
There's just one drink that can be
taken, iced, in any quantity, without j
the slightest reaction and with m nat v
ural cooling bt the overheated blood.
That's absolutely pure ginger ale,
oecause the ginger warms the stomach,
while the coolinir effect remains.
There is just one ginger ale that has
come to be the standard of purity and
healthfulness. Jt's
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Hydro is made from the best In
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We make our own extract of ginger
from the best root that Jamaica pro
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We use double-distilled
. aerated water, and this is
an excellent solvent.
Hydro, liko the best
imported brands, is sged
for cia months. It isequl
many ssy superior
to the best of Imported.
It costs less, because you
save the duty. No other
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proaches It.
If you haven't tried It,
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I -I After that you can order
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