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aaya that Ilia actual nutnher of. full and
complete copies of The UaJly, MornluK.
Kveuing and Sunday Ilea pruned during tu
month of Alay, 1QW, u aa follows;
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a a,oo ii 43,030
1 4480 . II 43.M0
4 48,810 30 43,000
1 43,080 II 43,000
43.040 12 41,460
7 42,880 23 43,740
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10 49,660 II 43,370
11 43,670 IT 43,400
12 43.600 21 43,160
12 43,030 2 41,300
14 43,960 . 10 43,370
II 41,600 II 44,180
II.. 43,110
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Net Total ' 1,3- 6,233
Dally Average 48,360
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walled to thent. Addressee, will ba
cbanirad aa often aa rea. laated.
Hear that corn crack?
Boost and the world will boost with
you.
It looks like the Water board's next
move.
Next thing we know these aeronauts
will be bidding for mail carrying con
tract!. Texas claims 120,000,000 water
melons in this year's crop. Sure you
counted right? '
You have to give the hook worm
credit for running a good race against
Mr. Rockefeller's million.
If the president does not Quit mak
ing some of those congressmen work
they will get to disliking him.
It is now discovered that a pig
caused the war of 1812. It was not
tho "dogs of war," then, in that case
Chicago lnvitea everybody "to come'
to that city and see a sane Fourth ot
July. It would be a novelty to see all
Chicago sane.
The Germans have put one over on
ua. They flew a ship with a buffet on
it Wouldn't a cocktail .be airy up
there, though?
Now It la figured out that Emperor
William's salary is f 22 a minute,
which proves that he cannot afford to
waste his time.
The time to atop auto speeding Is
dow, without waiting for more people
to be killed or maimed by reckless or
Incompetent drivers.
Colonel Roosevelt's Invitation to
Governor Hughes to visit him doubt-
lees means that the colonel has rested
and is now ready for action.
" i'
If Governor Haskell hurries he
might get out to New Mexico or Ari
sona In time to run for "first gov
ernor" In one ot the new states.
A California woman sues for $75,
000 tor the alienation ot her hus
band's affections. Wonder If she val
ued them that high when she possessed
them?
After a scientific- Investigation the
report comes that West Pointers do
not wear corsets, which ought to set
tle all dispute as to our soldiers being
too straight-laced.
Just to make sure of a little excite
ment, a few automobile races have been
added to the features of the aviation
meet at Minneapolis. No extra charge
It Omaha takes the hint.
The World-Herald la not given to pre
siding vorwi-lieraJ a.
" Then why do It? Why not leave
that to the "Quadrennial prophet.'
who coins It Into cash at the Chaatau
Qua box office?
Brother "Charley" is said to be tlx
log np dates for the talk-feat circuit
promised by the "Peerless" on his re
turn. It's a ten to one shot, though
that he Is careful not to hire any
brewery-annex halls.
President Brown of the New York
Central is almost broken-hearted la
his solicitude (or the poor farmer
these days. Rich farmers do help
mightily to swell railroad revenues by
enlarging automobile shipments, that
trie.
Taft'i Leadership.
I'tsldent Taft la naturally elated
that congress baa dona in two years
almost all tli o republican party proni
lfU the people it would perform in
four ara. Thla record is tUo best
expression of the leadership of Wil
liam H. Taft. It is a leadership char
arterlzed by calm persistency, bound
judgment and wise conciliation, but in
tho end productive of remarknble re
sult. No one can Ret away from the
fact that what the republican platform
of 1908 told the people would be done
in the event of republican success has
been done, substantially, and !iat in
two years instead of four.
It Is .scarcely possible that even his
most uncompromising critics will deny
the president the credit of bavins held
the various elements of his party in
congress down to a common level of
business to the extent of securing the
fulfillment of this program. Subtract
his directing influence and what would
we have had? When we consider the
ambitious extents to which the plat
form promises went tho achievements
f this congress loom up in something
like their actual light.
The president has already said that,
while he is elated at results, he is not
entirely satisfied and hopes in the next
congress to be able to complete some
work left, either incomplete or tem
porarily crowded Into the background
by the big things. But the one Im
pressive truth la that the laws which
this congress has written, upon the
statute books are in the direction of
constructive legislation, and If they
are Imperfect, aa all aucb laws are,
their enactment In their present form
will make their revision or perfection
matter of but simple effort, the big
task having been accomplished.
Mr. Parr'i Siiatmointment.
A lot of maudlin sympathy is being
wasted on Richard Parr, the man cred
ited with having discovered the Sugar
trust frauds by which the government
finally recovered something like
3,000,000 that had been mulcted by
the truBt. Mr, Parr expected some
thing like $700,000 and Is said to feel
that tho government has done him
gross injury by giving him only f 100,-
000 and some folks seem to be shar
ing thla view with him.
Parr was a deputy inspector for the
government, charged with the work of
inspection and in the pursuance of his
regular duties he discovered the spring
that controlled the scales and cheated
the government out of millions ot dol
lars to the benefit ot the trust. Now
he says that he was offered much more
than the amount Uncle Sam allows
him by the Sugar trust to secret the
knowledge he possessed, but resolutely
refused the bribe. In that Mr. Parr
showed himself to be an honest man,
shows to much better advantage than
when he adds, "but I am disappointed
that the government places no pre
mium on honesty among Its employes."
The government does place a pre
mium upon honesty among its em
ployes and demands honesty of them.
Honesty Is their duty, to the govern
ment as well as themselves. What the
government does not do is to mete out
a scale of prizes or rewards tor official
honesty and why should It? What
other institution does ltt Why should
Mr. Parr not have made the discovery
In the course of duty and, making it,
have reported It, regardless of future
personal considerations or aggrandize
ment? It is a strange logic that leads
a man to think he muBt receive a pre
mium for doing what he is in duty
bound to do and what every c6nsidera
tion of moral and legal ethics demands
that he shall do. Parr did a hand
some job and he is getting a handsome
reward, a fortune for a lifetime. Why
should he complain?
Causes of Hig-b. Prices.
The senate committee on the cost of
living haa made an interesting report
as to the causes of high prices and yet
revealed little that most people did not
already know. But Its work 1b profit
able as Impressing . on thoughtful
minds the Important fact that, with
out realizing It, we have set up a new
and higher standard ot living on the
basis of the most prosperous times this
country ever enjoyed. This creates a
new economlo condition to which we
have scarcely had time to adjust our
selves. ,
Most ot the causes of higher prices
mentioned by the report are natural
and legitimate, those contributing to
the general welfare of all the people,
and ought not be disturbed, while a
few are unnatural, the outgrowth ot
special privilege, which should be
abolished or at least so controlled as
to work no harm.
We may point out one Item In the
report of prime importance In every
household, for It Indicates what we
have frequently said, that waste and
careless management form large
factors In the cost of living. We de
mand the best; our women folk will
order household commodities of a spe
cial kind, done up in special form and
delivered by special service. This all
costs money and In the aggregate It
costs a great deal of money. It may
look inatgnlflcant set off as a single
Item, but It has impressed a committee
ot United States senators as a rather
significant element and it certainly is
No doubt every household can, If It
will, cut down 1U expenses and not
suffer either by frugality. Yet, If we
want the extravagance or insist on the
beat and are able to pay for It, we
ought to have it, but we ought not
complain about It.
It is a matter of timely Interest, In
view ot the present effort of the rail
roads to continue their freight rate
advancement on the (round of wage
increases, that the committee flads
that while freight rates have had a
vital influence in raising the cost of
living, the increase ot wages has been
an immaterial factor. Wages, it finds,
have not as a whole kept pace with the
increase in general commodities and
salaries have advanced slowly. If
that is demonstrable, it seems to de
feat the railroads' chief argument In
the presLiit controversy.
In Justice to Latta.
If every man iu public office is enti
tled to full justice Congrettsman Latta
of the Third Nebraska district, the
only member of the Nebraska deleKa
tlou voting against the postal savings
bank bill, is, of courve, ciuitled to a
&juar deal. Inasmuch aa partisan
critics are sometimes accused of po
litical bias, we herewith give this dem
ocratic congressman the benefit of
comment from a good democratic
source by reproducing what Mr.
Bryan's Commoner says about him:
Representative James P. Latta, tho
democratic member1 from the Third Ne
braska district, voted UKalnst the. postal
navlngs bank bill. When reminded by
the Waahlnton correspondent for the
Lincoln (Neb.) Journal that postal tav-
ngs banks wisre endorsed by the demo
cratic national platform Mr, Latta said:
'When tho people turn down a platform
at they did ours two years ago It's not
so binding m If they had endorsed it
Anyhow, the platform does not bind me
on this bank propoaltlon."
When Wr Latta offered thla excuse he
perhaps forgot that both the national
platforms declared for postal savings
banks. It Is, therefore, a mighty poor
excuse for him to say that he voted
gainst the proposition becau.-se the peo
ple "turned down" the democratlo plat
form, Mr. Latta would do better to
tand upon the statement, "Anyhow, the
platform docs not bind me." That Is not
first-class excuse, but It Is really better
than the other one.
Excuses which the local democratic
organ Is offering for Mr. Latta's pref
erence of his own private Interest as
banker over the publlo Interest,
which he is supposed to represent in
congress, do not appear to be as good
even as the exouses which he, himself,
has offered, and which Mr. Bryan re
fuses to accept.
A Notable Publio Service.
The appointment of a successor
marks the retirement from the Omaha
Publlo Library board of Lewis S.
Reed, who has been a member ot the
board from the very beginning of the
library, which dates back as a public
Institution to 1877, and Its president
and directing force most of that
period. For continuous work aa a
publlo servant for the people of
Omaha, Mr. Reed therefore, bo far as
we know, holds the long time record,
having given his time and attention
to the responsible duties of library
supervision for thirty-three years.
It 1b to be noted in passing that the
position which Mr. Reed held so long
and so creditably carries with It no
salary or other ; emoluments or per
quisites, so that his has been a labor
of love and patriotism. He has per
sistently, and more than once, refused
to be tempted by the allurements ot
other offices In which financial reward
would be the attraction. Mr. Reed's
thirty-three years of public service on
the Omaha Public Library board is
unique In the history of a city that it
self has a career extending over only
fifty-six years. He deserves the lasting
appreciation and grateful tribute of
the community.
Even in Christian training schools
the "ruling" powers sometimes turn a
very practical hand at politics. The
last example Is at the Vanderbllt uni
versity, where an attempt la being
made to oust the chancellor and nine
teen members of the board of trustees
for insubordination to the authority of
the Southern Methodist church. As
head of the family that endowed this
Methodist school, W. K. Vanderbllt is
with the chancellor and trustees as
against the church on the theory that
the trustees are self-perpetuating and
not subject to the domination of the
church. It is barely possible Mr. Van
derbllt's voice may be heard. Sem
inary politics, however, has been
played nearer home than Nashville.
Mr. James J. Jeffries shows that he
has entirely failed to catch the point
He asks, "Do they call It religion to
allow a man to risk his every cent on
a business proposition only to grab his
game at the eleventh hour?" Does
not the Honorable James J. know by
this time that the forces of religion
failed and that It was the powers of
business, cold, calculating business,
that sent him and his "business prop
osltion" to Nevada?
This beautiful word picture from
our amiable .democratic contemporary
Those faithful friends! Zealous, unselfish,
devoted and patriotic; watching; and work
ing while others sleep; spending their time
and money and Incurring the danger of
sunstroke to compel the modest Mr.
to run for offioe against his will)
No. the name is not that ot Mr.
Bryan, but it alone would fit truly the
inspiration and the thought
Governor Ehallenberger has been In
vited to institute ouster proceedings
under the Sackett law against another
bunch of local officials, this time in
Jefferson county. If the governor ever
starts borrowing trouble under this
law, be will have plenty ot it
Ak-Ear-Ben asks Mr. Roosevelt to
arrange to stop oft at Omaha some
Monday In order to tate In the Initia
tion features at the den. Still, If It Is
any accommodation, the Initiation
might be pulled off on a pinch on some
other day of the week.
That eminent democratlo statesman
W, V. Etoecker, who took a trip to
Europe immediately after serving In
the legislature for the munificent com
pensatlen of flOO for three months,
rushes into tho public prints to say
that he has aRain been the victim of
some "conscientious conclusions.'
better take something for it.
If the weather was like this a hun
dred years ago, It must have been
rather discouraging to the establish
ment of a fur tiading enterprise on
the banks of the Papplo unless the
pioneers were looking for an early re
turn of the glacial period.
nmmerUme Perplexity.
Chicago Tribune.
We have no wish to crltlclw or find
fault, but does It not seem to be a curloo
provision on the part of nature that when
you need Ice the moat It Melts tho fastest?
" Dot nit Good Array Off.
Wall Street Journal.
Torcel post privileges hnve been extended
bv our govertimr-nt to Jertiialem and other
oriental cities, but the cltlzons of Ihc United
Htates are still deprived of almllnr facili
ties. Will Theodore Make Uoodt
Philadelphia Bulletin,
flurtly, If Mr. lloosevelt makes good his
declaration of keeping silent on polltlca for
two months, his worst enemy will have to
admit that his will power Is as phenomenal
as his popularity.
peed on Horn Stretch.
Indianapolis News,
The recent Industrious work ef congress
suggests that time, trouble and expense
might be saved by having the session con
vene just before spring merges Into summer
Instead of having a whole winter spent in
dodging work.
Ilvllble by Three.
Roston Transcript.
To have the number of states In the con
tinental republic limited to forty-eight, as
they will now be and presumably so to
remain for all time. Is no email advantage
In numerical symmetry, It makes ninety
six senators, or three equally slsed classes
of thirty-two.
LIFM INSITRANCK. ,
Magnitude of the Business to thla
Country and Canada.
Philadelphia Record.
The fact that more than 110,000,000 a
week were paid out by the life insurance
companies In thla country and Canada last
year directs attention to the enormous pro
portions of the life Insurance business, re
flecting both the increased means of the
people and the very great Increase In the
provisions men are making for the welfare
of their families.
Two years ago the number of regular and
Industrial policies considerably exceeded
25,000,000, so that there was one sort of
policy or the other for every three and a
fraction persona; more than one for every
four persons. That Is in excess of one
for each family. The total number of per
sons, male and female, Including children
over ten, engaged In gainful occupations
In 1900 waa a trifle over 29,000,000. Assum
ing this number to have considerably in
creased In the next eight years, there
must have been two years ago more than
two policies, ordinary or Industrial, for
every three persons counted by the census
as engaged in gainful occupations.
Comparing 1908 with 18S3, the number
of ordinary life insurance policies in
creased nearly six-fold, and the amount ot
Insurance increased four-fold. The average
policy decreased from nearly 10,000 to less
than 12,000, because the great increase in
the number ot policy holders was due to
the number of men of moderate Incomes
who took out policies. When we compare
this Increase in ordinary life Insurance, with
the Increase of between 40 and 60 per
cent In population the significance of the
figures becomes apparent. While Ameri
cans are still bold In financial matters,
and run risks freely, the provision they
make against the contingencies of life
haa increased very greatly.
In industrial Insurance the number of
policies has increased nearly seven-fold In
twenty years, and the amount of Insur
ance has Increased nearly nine-fold. This
Is gratifying evidence of the increased
ability and disposition of the wage earners
to make some provision for a family left
without a breadwinner, though the average
Industrial policy Is only a little over 1133.
POLITICAL DRIFT.
John K. Tener, republican candidate for
governor of Pennsylvania, haa been a pro
fessional ball player, a congressman and
grand exalted ruler of the Elks.
Governor Hughes slashed nearly I",, 000.000
off the appropriation bills passed by the
New Tork legislature, bringing the total
state bill down to 139,600,000, an increase of
16,000,000 over 1909.
Caleb Powers, a Kentucklan ot more or
less notoriety, has set out on horseback to
capture the republican nomination for con
gress in the Eleventh district. Caleb Is a
hummer among the mountaineers.
Joseph C. Blbley captured the republican
nomination for congress in a Pennsylvania
district by an expenditure of 1 10, COS. 83 in
the primary campaign. He received a total
of 10.VM votes, which makes the average
cost per vote a little less than $4.
The presidential election in Mexico takes
place tomorrow. It la confidently believed
that the administration candidate, ForfIKo
Dlax, will be elected with a whoop and
some to spar. Leaders of the' opposition
are in Jail, and numerous offensive parti
sans along the Rio Grande have been
chased to the American side. It's a cinch
for the seventh-time candidate.
Handsome illumined prints of the heart-
throbbing prayer of the Houston Post,
beginning, "Oh, Lord, now that every
thing is coming our way, purge every
democratlo soul of hot air and vainglory,"
are to be distributed at various democratic
conventions during the summer and fall.
The Idea inspiring the missionary move is
to influence in democrats a proper degree
of humility before the "dull thud" cornea
One Pr. James Ball Nayler or Morgan
county, Ohio, a physician and poet ot local
distinction, who waa defeated for the nom
ination for state representative, has hki
home of gloom brightened with thin vocal
boquet handed out by the Ohio Btate
Journal: "A man who can writ poetry
like Dr. Naylor has a right to be defeated.
Why does he want to bother with politics?
His place is by the quiet streams. In the
nodding woodland and the sun-klased floMs
where the meadow larks sing. Now
that he is defeated, the doctor con mlng e
with the mueea and saunter wlih them
over hill and dale through the twilight Into
the region of the stars, where the angel
tranquillity comes and smooths the wor
ried brow; rather that a thousands time
than to hobnob with a lobbyist and smoke
his rank cigara."
Our Birthday Book
as. mo,
fj. M. Bodler of 8, M, Sadler ft Son, ab
traders of title, waa born June K, UM,
U is native of Ohio, and a graduate of
Michigan university, and a lawyer by
profession, He cam to Omaha In Must and
atartad h's prevent abstract business In
1W1, associating hi son with blra six years
ago,
Railway Valuation
l'roceedings American Economic Assorla
Victor Hosewater: While I am not imt
fectly clear In my own mind as to how ef
fective physical valuation would be for the
purpoKtii for which It is advocated, 1 nlioul.,1
I ke to emphasize two or three Important
points which bear on the aubject which
have not been given adequate considera
tion. First, It should be remembered that the
demand for a valuation, which we are now
told is unnecessary and inconsequential,
originally came from the railroads them
selves, and was set up on behalf uf the
rullroails to protect themselves against
what they regarded as a threatened con
fiMcaiory reduction of their rates. 1 happen
to come from the section of the country In
which tlie railway ruto cnnes to which ref
erence has been made started, and have
some familiarity with them.
In what Is known as the Nebraska max
imum rato cases, It was the railroads which
set up the plea that rates should be com
pena.itory to the extent of giving owners a
fair return upon tho value of their prop
erty, and they persuaded the court to their
view, The railroads had no difficulty In
proving a valuation to support their con
tention, and in securing from the court a
decree nullifying the rate law on the
ground that It would confiscate their prop
erty, Hut In this decree the court made it
plain that It had reference to the then val
uation of the road, volume, of traffic and
cost of operation, and left It to the state to
reopen the case at any time an Increased
volume of business growing out of the de
velopment of the country might reduce the
cost of handling and transporting and
n-ake the annulled schedule of rates pro
duce sufficient revenue to be compensatory
on a fair valuation. In other words, the
Nebraska rate cases show that the rail
roads could surmount all obstacles to na
In Other Lands
Bide Iilffhts on What is Trans,
ptrlag Among tbe Vear and
JTu nations ef the Earth.
While Germany manifests uneasiness
about the health of the kaiser, Hpuln
similarly Is nerroas over the condition of
King Alfonso, and other rulers In middle
life are troubled with plebcin ailments, the
patriarch of old world monarch, Emperor
Francis Joseph, shows astonishing physi
cal strength at nearly fourscore. The dis
tinguished ruler of the dual empire reems
to monopolize the royal fountain of youth,
performing tasks within two month of his
eightieth anniversary that would test the
strength of rulers of fifty, During his re
cent tour of Bosnia, the provlncn annexed
to the empire two years ago, the aged em
peror smiled away the native frost en
countered in the early stages of the tour
and warmed up to tho populace with the
heartiness of a youngster as the enthus
iasm grew. He visited the Great Begova
mosque at Serejevo, escorted by a body
guard of Mussulmcn, was warmly wel
comed by the officials, and presented with
a huge bouquet by a tlr.y Mussulman child.
Proceeding through the chief portal to the
altar, where prayers for the monarch are
sold every Friday, ho stood erect with
reverent meln under a canopy of rosc-col-pred
brocade, and listened to the - orisons
of the Imam, which were punotuated by
deep "amlns" from the many ehoe-less
worshipers encircling the clergy and the
throne. "The scenes," write an eye-witness,
"was one of rare and Impressive
beauty, difficult adequately to describe In
words. The emperor himself seemed under
the spell of the moment when, for the first
time In his long life, he received the hom
age of hi Moslem subjects in their chief
house of prayer."
The Royal Commission on Divorces In
Great Britain haa heard from American at
taches of the United States embassy whose
opinion on the subject of divorce In this
country were solicited. One of the mem
ber pointed out that there are more varied
causes for divorce In many other countries
than there are In the United States, In Aus
tria, for example, "Invincible aversion," In
Hungary "vexatious mortification," In
France "prodigality and violent disposi
tion," la Sweden "opposite ot feeling and
thought amounting to hate," and In For
mosa "loquacity" being considered suffici
ent grounds, while In Algeria, where there
are thirteen causes, "previous wooing in
which no final acceptance or refusal has
been made" is accepted as justification. One
of our representative put forward the In
teresting theory that we have more di
vorce than any other people because we
are a more moral people. "American of
respectability," h argued, "have come to
regard divorce a a firmly established in
stitution designed to cure unhapplnes"
plausible assertion which probably no
sociologist would entirely dispute.
An imperial decree announce that the
new Chinese senate, or Imperial assembly,
will hold Its first meeting in October. The
member, whose name the decree con
tain a full list, owe their appointment to
election by the throne; they number nine
ty-one In all. and are drawn from six dif
ferent clasae. Of these, princes and nobles
of the Imperial clans supply fourteen mem
bers; the Maochu and Chinese nobility
twelve, the prince and noble of depend
encies outside the eighteen provinces seven
teen, the Imperial clansmen other than the
class already mentioned, lx, official of
ministries and office thirty-two, and emi
nent scholars tea. Apart from the seven
teen prince and noble of dependenclea
there are on the list thirty-nine Monchu
name and thirty-five Chinese. But these
figures do not actually represent the bal
ance of power In favor of the Manchus, be
cause the bulk ot the Chinese representa
tives, drawn from the ranks of official and
scholars, can scarcely be expected to exer
cise the same Influence In the counsels of
the assembly a the princes, noble and
gentry of the Imperial clan.
A Berlin correspondent of a London daily
write: "The Prussian franchise bill ho
died unmourned. The semi-official writers
maintain that the failure to achieve any
thing I matter for deep regret In th in
terest of the country, but all, with a lgb
of resignation, that queatlon ot such mo
ment have seldom In any oountry been
solved at the first attempt. Ultimately the
consequence ot the struggle over the bill
and It abandonment will be far-reaching.
The conservative and national liberals are
now agreed about one thing that a wide
gulf U fixed between them, Even the uu
lnirn Oaaette aee that there I now an
absolute cleavage between right and left.'
While, however, the national liberal are
hardly likely to unite In surlou attempts
to procure a real 'fusion ot the left,' the
conservative ore disposed to duolare open
war upon them, The conservative mouth
piuce d tola re, first, that all concession to
th idea of franulilM reform, ana espuciuuy
to secret voting, are now withdrawn, and
secondly, that all 'young liberals' must In
Vigorously opposed In their Kelehstog ran
dldaturea-"
The 'Wad Mullah" ot fiamallland is
likely to rival the negus of Abyssinia In
death reports, A week ago it w reported
that h k4 keen killed and O yet there
has baa n aaalal. Thl U longer than b
and Railway Rates
tion, Annual Meeting at New York, p. Ml
euro a valuullon which might be uned to
maintain their rates; but now, when Ihey
fear such a valuation and rule would re
duce their rutes, they lnni.it that it la Im
pnsslb.e to arrive at any accurate valua
tion, and that such a valuation, even If
possible, would have no bearing on rates).
Second, one of the speaker has called at
tention to the fact Unit public service util
ities have hud to spend a great dual of
money for experimental work, and for ma
chine ry and ciUli limit at terwttvda (IIh
carded, an! has urgued that physical valu
ation of the property would not take this
outlay Into account as part of the Invest
ment on which tho owners were entitled
to a return. There Is no question but thnt
this is a common practice ot such corpora
tions, namely, to capitalize all the Invest
ment losncs and endeavor to charge the
public rates that will enable them to pay
dividends Just the same as it these Invest
ments had turned out successful. Hot the
ordinary buatm-rn man tr private corpora
tion Is subject to the same losses. He buys
machinery which Is soon antiquated, or put
out of commission by new Inventions, but
he must charge the coat off to profit and
loss and cannot make the public pay for
them perpetually In higher prices.
Third, the question of aluutlon enters in
at ono other point. Whenever the employes
of a publlo service corporation seek wage
increases the question urUea whether the
rcvonue warrants yielding to their de
mands, end their committee Is told that
the owners are entitled to a fair return
on their capital. On how much capitaliza
tion are the owners entitled to a return as
against the employes and m;-eurner7
Plainly the earnings are divided between
these two classes, end the Justice of the
claim of the owners to a fair share de
pends at least In part on the valuation.
ever remained dead before, and Italy and
England may breathe a sigh of relief
When tha British scuttled out of the land
because of the trouble that he gave them,
tender hearted alarmists prophesied dire
disasters to the friendly tribesmen left to
their fate. No Booner were they thiir own
masters, however, than they started after
the Mullah. An early dispatch said that
he "is fleeing with only 400 followers, pur
sued by 11,0()0 'frlendlles,' " and the next
that he "was captured at Hardega and
shot to death."' A Somalllnnd peace now
hovers over the desert.
"The German emperor took his cue from
Roosevelt," ay a Berlin letter, "when
ho called the young one-year volunteers
olnjahrlge Frelwllllge to task for their
extravagant habits. P'rom now on they will
not be permitted to exercise these as here
tofore. They must share barracks and
tents with the other enlisted men, and
will not be allowed to take quarters In
nearby hotels and farmhouses. Ono of the
perquisites of the officers has been the
gift received at the hands of these young
men, who, according to the emperor' or
ders, will be unable to continue the prac
tice under penalty of being tried, not only
for Insubordination but for bribery."
Missouri Showing .ew Jersey.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
It may Just be that Missouri wants to
Bhow New Jersey how a meat trust can
be legally lassoed, baled into court and
branded. New Jersey has the start in the
contest against the packers, but Missouri
has had more - experience In "trust bust
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board at beautiful Colfax the hand
somest hotel in the middle west
the best table on the continent the most
beneficial springs and baths in America.
The finest scenery in Iowa.
li Write for kookUt. HetelCelfaa.Celfaa.Iowa.
NORTHERN MICHIGAN LINEI
The Elegant Steel Steamships
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LAUGHING GAS.
"Why do you call up at that box. my
mint?"
"To learn what new laws have been
passed since 1 went on duty," answered
the policeman. Kansas City Journal.
N xt-tloor Neighbor Heady ,ion, old
in nr.'
Mr. Ozonehurst Yep; be with ou liiihl
n". .lust us soon as I wash the rest of
tlitse illfhes and dry them and put them
away ai d make the beds and telephone the
K -hp. r km I hutch-r and sweep the porch
and tidy up the parlor and dust the dinlng-
m and ued II,.. cat. S'lfes gone to th
city to get another cook. l'uck.
Ooctcr (just arrived) What Is the
trouhle?
Officious Person A woman lias wooned.
I'octor Has anything heen done?
Ofilclous IVrsoi-Ves, sir; we've tried our
best to unswoon her, Put without uccess.
Chicago Tribune.
"Why don't you have ono of those old
fashioned knockers outside your door, Mri,
Growler?"
"I ilon't need it. T'vo got one Inside that
does all the Knocking for this family."
iialtlmure American.
"I don't want you to marry him.'
"Why not. mother?"
"You may bo aide to djo much better In
the future."
"Well, 1 can cross the bridge when I
come to It, can't 1 ?" Washington Herald.
"Hero's a nickel," hm 10 a thr'rn house
wife to a tramp at her door. ",.iv, what
are you going to do with 117''
"Well, mum," replied tin, hungry man,
"If 1 buy a touring car, 1 Mm'.i't have
eouKli left to pay my rhi'.uffeiir; il I pur
chase a steam yn lit, there won i be
enough left to pay my chauffeur; li I pur
It; so I rucss, mum, I'll net a schooner
and handle It no self." Kvci huily's
Magazine.
"I thought you said the new man l:i tho
company was riding on u train for thu fir.- t
lime in his life."
"Thiil's hut hu told me."
"Hut Just notion how familiar ho Is with
the scenery."
"1 didn't say he had never (raveled over
tho rmul. Tho company ho was with nha
w.i'keil. "-Cleveland i'liiln U' al r.
"Wo wish to arrange for nn evhahirn of
prisoners." announced the Soulh Amerlcun
dictator.
"On what basis?" Inquired tho loader of
the other side.
"The usual basis; eight generals for a
good, husky private." CourU r Journal.
Poets nro born, not paid.
Flour by any other name would cost a
much.
One swallow may not make n summer,
but one grasshopper makes many springs.
A bird on the tree Is worth two on the
hat.
Where there's a pill there's a pay. Lip
plncott's. MEN AND THEIR TRAITS.
S, E. Kleer In Hecord-H.'iahl.
Some men have the talent, some men have
the gall.
Some huvo too much money, some have
none at all;
Some men are guod looking, many men are
not,
Every man thinks some man has a happier
lot.
Some me.i work for glory, some for dully
bread;
Some keep slipping backti,!, some men
get ahead;
Some men deem their honor of all dear
trill gs first,
Some men think the best thing is a con
stant thirst.
Some men sit In darkness, some achieve
the heights,
Some men's wives are beauties, soma men's
wives are frights;
Borne men usoful knowledge all their lives
pursue,
Caring not for riches they are mighty few.
Some men live to lighten other people's
woes,
Some men live to plunder, some men live
to po8o;
Some men have the talent, some men have
the gall,
Each man thinks his hardships heaviest of
all.
Spend Summer
among the
Here are thousands of beautiful lakes
abounding in game fish. Camping
resorts where the appetite grows, the
pale cheek glows and you wear old
clothes. Easily reached by convenient
train service of the
,
Norihern Pacific
Railway
Ask for copy of 'Minnesota Lakes'
a work of art to make the angler's
mouth water. Well illustrated with
numerous maps and cover in hand
some colors, it describes the various
outing spots, lakes, hotels and rates,
how reached, kinds of fish, etc. Address
E. D. ROCKWELL, Ditt. Pau'r Agetf
til CtnUurif Building, Del ninci
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