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THE BKK OMAIIA. MONDAY, JANUARY .30, 1911.
'Hii; omaha Daily "Hi:
Ol'.NfKD BT F.DWARD ROBE WAT KM.
VICTOR RUSKWATER, EDITOR.
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frtate of Nebraska, Douglas County, aa.
Dwleht Williams circulation manager of
The. Re publishing Comoanr. being duly
worn, aay that 'ha actjaj number of full
and complete copies of Tha Dally. Morning,
Evening and Sunday Beea printed during
tha month of Let-eirfbor. llu, was aa fol
io -s:
43,70
44,000
43. "K0
...42.010
...44,830
. y. 43,530
.43,00
...43,040
.. .44.300
.. .44.330
...44,00
...44.350
...44,400
.. .44,350
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, .4S.no
, .43,79
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, .',230
,'.43.83.
. .43,654
, .43,400
, .44,3110
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tl 45.850
It 43,00
.0 43,600
II 43.540
II 43,400
14 :a,30
1 43.S70
' 2M&0
Total
..1,355,750
11,403
He lurried Copies
Net Total 1,344,887
Dally Average 43,364
DWIGHT WILLIAMS.
Circulation Manager,
fiubscrlbed In my presence and aworn to
Ufote me thla llat day uf December. 1910.
ROBERT H UNTEK.
Notary Publio,
tuharrlbrrs IrovlnaT tho city tem
porarily ebnnld bare Tha Be
wailed to (ben. Adams will be
biiuurd Ma often aa requested.
An odor of gas bag been detectod
in Uelaware politics again.
No one can blame aviators for tak
ing ethereal views of . things.
Calling it the ship subsidy bill dues
not tin-an that it ever subsides.
Mercy, they have already got to
lulling him "Jack" Hourne of Oregon!
The next big piece of extra new
Mill be that Iowa senatorial primary.
. Wliy not -end Her. "Billy"-Snnday
, inio Adams county, Ohio,. and Verr
million County, Illinois? ''''
' As a matter of taste, though, five-year-old
storage food Is not common,
bur would it be popular.
Congress seems to be up in the air
on the war question. It has appro
priated $125,000 for aeroplanes.
It really is not a huge surprise to
learn that the wedding gown of Miss
Vivian Could is rated a "costly affair."
Things seem to be conspiring to
crowd cut Congressman Sulzer once
more from the democratic presidential
race.
We are pretty near ready to start
in on that short month. Still, Jan
uary was not much better; it had only
four pay days.
The dust bath Is in vogue now. Is
dial the kind the people get every
time a man higher up is given aji im
munity sjionge?"
The Mormons are progressing in
Europe, anyway. Oermany forced
them to move on and now England is
about to Jo the same.
"Could Hobson have Infantile paral
ysis?'1 asks the Charleston News and
Courier. Evidently not, from the way
he is still able to talk.
A Irutich of bolltical smull-borcs in
i lie legislature miss no opportunity to
rap Coventor Aldrich. Sometimes a
Knock may become a boost.
"New Jersey Points the Way" and
"iloss" Smith kocs out of the door.
Wonder If New York will find thu way
and put "boss" Murphy out.
The. Hornet seems to bo messing up
tiling Instead of straightening them
out down in Honduras. If it is not
itu't'fitl.U may lose its stinger.
Tin' inld-wiiittr commencement ex
ercises of the Omaha High school
turned out thirteen gradutes. Trust
all of them kept their fingers crossed.
governor Harmon, of course, can
nut expvet lolm R. McLean to forget
ui on V'-'ur and a half how very much
he wanted to be elected senator from
Ohio
The Houston Post says of former
Cmeriior Patterson of Tennessee:
His official administration ha been
clean." Even down to the pardon of
his friend who was convicted of ruur
liriiug Patterson's political enemy.
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Nat Coodwin is said lo bave
nin.tt.htd $2. 000,000 in hi nfty-three
ear and fascinated 2. 000, 000 women,
which Is petting it ttviwii to $1 per
lapita.' but Uu la not pcillnn rid of
ilioxe .he h its nmrrled for quite that
uui.
Cotton Trade in the Far Eait.
The United State a few year aito
exerted quite an effort to build up It
cotton trade with Chino and Japan,
but It (nnot be doing much In that
direction now, for. while It exported
600,000 bale of cotton to China last
year. It lost In it export of raw and
finished product alike to Japan,
which country is making tremendous
fctrldes forward in the cotton Indus
try. Ten years ago Japan Imported
700.000 bale for manufacturing pur
pose and last year It imported 1,028,
000 bales. Also in 1910 It Importa
tion of manufactured good amounted
to JS.SRS.OOO. Of this enormous sum
only $25,000 went for American
g'K)(lS.
It may be that our cotton producer
and manufacturers do not feel the
need of cultivating the oriental trade,
but that would be a strange view to
take, particularly since it was the
diplomacy of this nation that estab
lished the open-door policy In the east.
Of course our southern state are now
scarcely able to meet the demand for
the cotton they are raising, and so far
as the stability of the cotton Industry
Itself 1 concerned It trally may not
depend on eastern market. Spindles
have multiplied In number so fast
down south that New England ha In
the last year or two gone begging for
raw material. This, added to the fact
that we supply a very considerable
part of the cotton ued In British mill
and yet do not supply the demand
fully, shows that a far a present
production goes our decline In Japan
Is not a serious factor.
But the United State could and
should vastly Increase' it cotton pro
duction and it should cultivate trade
with both Japan and China more
than it has done, not alone in cotton,
but In other lines of commerce. We
need the political inf ence that would
go with commercial ?jpremacy In the
east. The matter or Intensive farm
ing a applied to cotton raising so as
to increase the yield per acre and also
the matter of opening up new land to
the culture of cotton must force
themselves onto the attention of our
planters. We are not producing
nearly the amount of cotton In this
country that we should. With a na
tion like Japan growing so steadily In
Importance a a cotton manufactur
ing country, our people should need
no special prodding to get them to see
the possibilities of this Industry. Japan
today hag 2,000,000 spindles running
night and day and the entire kingdom
only raised last year 5,000 bales of
cotton, so that It depends almost en
tirely for its upply upon other coun
tries, chiefly India and Chlha at
present.
Pie, Cruet and All.
The "triumphant democracy" must
be stooping to rather small politic m
its attempt to appease, Its ravishing
hunger for spoils.' Evidently It pro
pose to devout pie, crust and all, pos
sibly the plate, while it la yet day and
It ha a chance at tha counter. Not
withstanding it reform professions, it
still proceeds on the theory that "To
the victors belong tho spoils," and dis
tance ha lent enchantment.
A colored man who) for thirty-aix
year has been messenger to the
speaker in the house Is, it la under
stood, elated to give way to a young
white democrat from Maryland as
soon as Marse Champ Clark take the
gavel In hand next December. This
colored man ha served under Speak
er Kerr, Randall. Kelfer, Carlisle,
Reed, Crisp, Henderson and Cannon
and could not be expected to have any
partisan politics about him, though he
is reputed to be one of the most faith
ful and competent messenger about
Washington. He Is known aa an affa
ble, accommodating old fellow and has
hosts of warm friends and admirers
throughout the ' country, who have
known him in Washington.
This action only goea to show bow
hungry It is possible for politician
and a party to get by long, denial of
patronage. It may be a small matter
to raise a rumpus over, but It would
be worthy a largo credit mark to the
democrat who should throw hi Influ
ence to prevent the ousting of a faith
ful employe for no better reason than
that the new speaker may have the
power aud a friend to reward. If this
is to be taken as a straw that show
which way the wind is blowing, then
we may well hope that democratic
ascendency does not extend further
than the house next year.
Not Warproof.
Advocates of neutralization without
fortification are In danger of under
taking to prove too much when they
i declare, that their plan would be war
I proof and afford Inviolate protection
j u the Panama caual. Tho history of
other trcatie doe not warrant uch
an assumption. Congressman Hobson
pointed out in a recent speech In the
house that "about the latest and most
binding general treaty In the world,"
the treaty of Berlin, which neutralize
and guarantee th Integrity of the
Balkan states, was violated in It most
solemn provisions by Austria, which
then proceeded to annex the Adriatic
states without even a protest from th
other signatory powers. Mr. Hobson
goes further and declares:
No nation tin earth ha yet conaented to
arbitrate any iiuesilon of vital Interema.
How. then, ran we confide the intereata
moat vital and most saoivd to the American
heart and the American nation to hand
wholly out of aniatliy with American
Ideals and American aspiration?
Others besides the Alabama con
gressman have taken tho view that tho
principle of the Monroe doctrine en
ter Into our right and duty of fortify
ing the Panama canal. They base their
contention upon the fundamental prin
ciple that in questions essentially
American, "the Un'ted Ststes should
not tolerate the interference of Euro
pean nation." President Taft, himself,
goes so far to declare that It I not
only our right, but our duty to fortify
tho canal and to the universal peace
advocate be offer the suggestion, that
desirable a ia the culmination of their
plans and purposes. It Is yet a long
way off. Until It come within closer
vision. It I not, in his opinion, safe for
this nation to proceed on the theory
that It ha arrived.
In this, aa in all other pollc.le of
government, we mutt Judge the future
somewhat by the past. That being
true. It la not o easy to Justify the
validity and effectiveness of tho non
fortification policy when no great
power with a vital territorial Inter
est at stake ha yet undertaken to
safeguard it by neutralisation.
Worse, and More of It.
Th report of the committee of the
Water board on Its acUvltle in con
nection with the propooed South
Omaha franchise for a separate water
plant to aupply stock yarda and pack
ing houses only illustrate anew tho
helpless, and almoat hopeless, muddle
in which Omaha taxpayer have been
Involved by our brilliant Water board.
Taken in connection with tho history
of the "Immediate and compulsory"
purchase of the water plant, which
ha been in process for seven year,
and is still incomplete, and other ebul
litions of the Water board, thla report
is an eye-opener.
After fighting to dismember tho
water plant by cutting off tho pipe
system that supplied South Omaha
and other suburbs, the board has been
forced to realise that the adjunct
are asset which could not be sacri
ficed except at great loss. The addi
tional $500,000 in the appraisement
for that part of the plant within South
Omaha would be cheap if it continued
to carry with it a monopoly of tho
business in South Omaha, but dear at
any price if the water consumers in
the stock yards district are to divorce
themselves and draw on their own in
dependent sources of supply.
Still another thing has developed,
and that is that the big water users at
South Omaha believe tbey can save
money, and get all the water they
need, by building their own water
works rather than by continuing to
pay present contract rates and be ex
posed to a shortage of water. And
yet, when th Water board was con
sidering the rate question, the great
legal lights and marine engineers di
recting its movements Insisted that
the only thing to do was to relieve the
small consumers by raising the rate
to the atock yards and packing houses
to equalize them. It is probably this
threat of raised rates, together with
Inability to secure a larger supply,
that hat prompted the movement for
an independent water plant.
The crucial question which is sure
to come later will be, How " la ' our
Water board, when it takes over the
water plant, going to stand the loss of
revenue from South Omaha and atlll
reduce rates for water exacted from
private consumers?
The consistency of inconsistency Is
again beautifully exemplified by tho
appointment by the speaker of an in
vestigating committee to look into te
alleged lawless conduct of Omaha
elections described in the governor's
special message. Only a week or two
ago the house turned over a new leaf
of reform by taking the appointment
of committees away from the speaker
in order to restore popular govern
ment to the membership of that body.
The expected thing would be for tho
house, Itself, to name the members of
every special committee, aa well aa of
every standing committee, for if it is
dangerous to vest the appointing
power in the speaker in one case it
must be equally dangerous in tho
other. It would appear that tho
house member do not caro to govern
themselve and prefer to have tho
speaker play ctar to relieve them of
the duty.
According to a press dispatch from
Washington drastic change in th
water aupply and sewerage syatem of
I)ea Moines are urged by tho public
health and marine hospital service In
a report on an investigation of typhoid
fever there lat November and Decem
ber. Then Omaha I not th only city
that Buffered from typhoid at that
time, nor Is Missouri river water the
only suspect. Incidentally, too, Dei
Moine I under the commission form
of city government and widely adver
tised aa the closest approximation to
municipal perfection.
The Washington Star denies that
Mr. Bryan defeated Judge Parker,
saying the candidate waa ao weak
Mr. Bryan could not elect him. True
enough, but then perhapa It would be
equally true to aay that Mr. Bryan
did not exert any Titanic efforts to
overcome Parker's weakness with his
own strength.
Montana ha ratified the Income tax
amendment to the federal constitu
tion, thu slipping past Nebraska in
the list because of dilatory action of
our democratic legislature. And Gov
ernor Shallenberger once seriously
contemplated calling an extra session
bo Nebraska could score first.
If It did not look so much like a
grab-bag game a to w hether the gas
company got part of the lighting fund
or the electric lighting company gob
bled It all, the taxpayer of Omaha
might become mor excited about it.
Mayor "Jim" has adopted a bi
own the plan for a permanent bureau
for registration of voter which The
Bee has outlined and ha advocated
every time It has discussed the sub
ject. Welcome to our bandwagon.
Bradstreet'a Trade Review aay bus
Ines tend to drag "except In supplies
for agricultural interest." Well, Ne
braska and ita Immediately surround
ing state constitut the heart of the
country's agriculture.
Perhap It Is not Impertinent to re
mind the pulpit orator who make np
the Omaha Ministerial association
that there la no Sunday base ball in
tho winter time.
Gravitation Restate I.lbertlea.
Minneapolis Journal.
Few aviators are killed who merely fly
from point to point, but when they get to
playing tag with the laws of gravitation
and chucking It under the chin, then come
tha "sad rites" and the "I told you so a."
few Style nf Action.
Baltimore American.
If Wood row Wilson goes on aa he has
begun aa governor r will certainly da
the governing. Notwithstanding his col
lege experience and training, there Is noth
ing aoademlo about hi atyle of political
action.
A Prlylle- Conceded.
Houston (Tex.) Post.
Mr. Bell of California told them at Balti
more that Mr. Bryan would not be a can
didate, but that ha must have his say.
We are strictly In favor of Mr. Bryan
having his shy. And every other democrat
is entitled to the earn privilege.
Hor Not to Be t'keated.
Collier' Weekly.
New Jersey, agitated over short weights,
la eager that the legislature paaa an effec
tive law. Ohio Is suffering from apathy
In the enforcement of the somewhat defec
tive law which was paaaed laat winter.
New York has recently exposed conditions
which show how widespread are abort
weights and meaeurea among certain
classes of small .merchants. The remedy Is
clear. First, pans effective laws. Then,
If publlo offlolala fall to enforce them, let
some cltiaen refuse to pay his grocery or
meat bill on the ground that the merchant
failed to teat his scales. This has been
held to be a good legal defense.
DEMOCRATS AND THU TARIFF.
Member of the Committee Booked
foe Jon of Revision.
New Tork Bun.
Th country will be Interested In the
fourteen democratic representatives se
lected .by the caucus In Washington on
Thursday night to frame th tariff bills
that will be Introduced in the Sixty-second
congress. Of the fourteen democrat who
are to form the majority of th ways and
means committee In the next congress,
four ar minority member of th com
mute In this congress: Oscar W. Under
wood of Alabama, Francl Burton Har
rlaon of New Tork. Choice Boawell Ran
dell of Texaa and William O. Brantley of
Georgia. Every one of the fourteen la a
lawyer; the oldest is 17 and th youngest
17. and moat of them are under 80; six of
them under 40. It Is worthy of note that
only four ram from Important manufac
turing cities; Mr. Underwood, who will
be chairman of th committee, from Bir
mingham, which has blast furnaces, roll
ing mills, tel works and railroad ma
chine shop; Mr-, Harrison, from New Tork;
Mr. Andrew Jame Peter of Massachu
setts, from Boston, and . Mr.. William
Hughe of New Jersey, from Paterson,
which has locomotive and bridge works
and manufacture of cotton, wool, silk,
linen and velvet.
Ten of th men who will frame the tariff
bill come from small town or Insignifi
cant rural place. For Instance, Hon.
Cord ell Hull of Tennessee, from Carthage,
which In IWO had a population of 500; Hon.
Otlle James of Kentucky, from Marlon
(1,064); Hon. Claud Kltchln of North Caro
lina, from Scotland Neck (1.148; Hon. W-.
8. Hammond of Minnesota, from St. James
(2,007); Hon. Henry T. Ralney of Illinois,
from Carrol Hon $2,156); Hon. Lincoln Dixon
of Indiana, from North. Vernon (1.83), and
Hon. A. Mitchell Palmer of Pennsylvania,
from Btroudsburg (1.460). Th remaining
three are claimed by more populous com
munltlea: Hon. Dorsey W. Shackleford of
MlBBourl, by Jefferson City (9.664), which
has foundries, aho and earring factories,
breweries and cigar manufactures; Hon. C.
B. Randall of Texas, by Sherman (10,243),
which boasts machine shops, foundries,
cotton, cottonseed oil and flour mills, and
Hon. William a. Brantley of Georgia, by
Brunswick $9,081), which has cotton mill
and canning and 'cotton coinpreis fac
tories and Is a phosphate port.
The veteran of tha democratic tariff bill
framers I Mr. Underwood, who date from
the Fifty-fourth congrs; Mr. Brantley
made his bow In the Fifty-fifth, Mr.
Shackleford made his first appearance In
the Fifty-Sixth. Mr. Randall In th Fifty
eventh, Mr. Jame. Mr. Hughe, Mr.
Kltchln and Mr. Ralney in the Fifty
eighth. Mr. Dixon In th Fifty-ninth, Mr.
Harrison. Mr. Hammond, Mr. Hull and
Mr. Peters in the Sixtieth and Mr. Palmer
In the Slxty-flrat.
People Talked About
Herman Schmidt, 65 years of age, said
to have been the heavleat man In the
west, was found dead at hi home In San
Franoiaco. Ilia weight waa mor than
410 pounds. Ha was active In spit of
his avoirdupois.
Th Boston Art commlaeion, which has
supreme control over th selection and
asalgnment of picture and statue In
th city, lias vetoed for a second time
the effort to have a portrait of the late
Mr. Julia Ward How hung In Kaneull
hall.
Former Mayor Tom U. Johnson of
Cleveland seems not to have derived per
manent results from excuraions tj
health resort at home or abroad. Mo Is
at home' In Icieveland and his condition
la reported serious. Intimate friends
who ar allowed to visit him are quoted
as aavlng. "there is little hope of re
covery." '
Uncle Bill Itnbinson of Kddyville, Ky
has been a mall carrier for fifty-two
years. He entered the service In 1868, be
fore liter were any railroads In that sec
tion. At first he made one trip a week on
three routes from Princeton to Madlaon
villa, Princeton to Cadis and Princeton
to Kddyville. At the present time his
duties are confined to carrying tha mall
from the KdJyville poatofflce to the sta
tion. Displayed in th window of a Market
street cigar score In Harrlaburg, Pa., la a
copy of the Inaugural addreaa of Oov
ernor Joseph Helster. who waa inaugu
rated In ii0. Tit address, which Is
printed on ailk. waa taken down In short
hand by a 14-year-old girl. Miss Anna
Magdalena Ober. who was born In Derby
township. At the time the taking of the
address in shorthand by a nerson bo
young was considered quite a feat, and
several copies were primed on ailk from
tier inaniiu, rli(, one of wnlch was pre
sented to her.
Insurgent Moves
Comment of the Tree on nan
and Principle of th Pro
gressive aTapnblican xeagw.
Not Alnrmlna.
Paltlmor American (rep).
The republican party welcome ny agita
tion for light, and when 11; lit la secured It
will walk In It. So that the eo-called
progressive movement within the prty
I not alarming In any Bense. Th party
Is bigger than any proposition, until th
proposition takes on full party proportion.
Ilmiarvrll and the l.eagne.
Thllndelphla Record (dem.).
Colonel Roosevelt Is getting wary. He
ha not allowed the use of his name as
one or th organisers of the Progressive
Republican league, apparently Intended to
block the way to the renomlnatlon of
President Taft. The league has unques
tionably arrayed Itself after th rough
rider style, and Intends to mak Its fight
on ths Osowntomle platform.
' Orthodox lnanrasmry.
Chicago Record-Herald (Ind.).
Most of the plank ar "orthodox" In
surgency, and even moderate men have
embraced them. The Idea of a popular
vote on presidential candidate I relatively
new, and wiy bear a good deal of dla
cuasdon. Specific Idea will be considered
on their merits; differences win arlne over
them; but the general purpose of con
serving or restoring popular government
and equal opportunity appeals to every
sincere and thoughtful citleen.
Meetlnc tne Proaresel ve View.
Boeton Herald (Ind ).
The republicans will have to nominal
Mr. Taft In spite of thla mechanism In
Insurgent elates for pointing to omebodr
else; but he may go far between now and
next year's election date toward meeting
the progressive view, if indeed he Is not
already doing that In his anti-trust actlv
Ities. The democrats In the next congress
will have to show how far they are wllllns
to go In the same competition, and on the
comparative result the next stage In the
evolution depend.
The "New Itntionnllam."
Philadelphia Ledger (Ind ).
It represents, In effect, what Is vaguely
understood as the "new nationalism."
which was loudly asserted but not favor
ably received In tho recent elections, and
which would seem to be especially lmpossf.
ble of acceptance among those who pro
fess eveti the name of democrats. Party
names, however, now convey little precise
meaning. It may be that we are to have
a new alignment, on something like the
old constitutional lines that will cut
Ithrough both parties even more com
pletely than they were cut through on
the money question In 1W.
Peril In elf-eeklnr.
Indlanapolla Newa (ind ).
One thing we think ia clear, and that
Is that If there Is the suspicion that the
new leaders are struggling merely for of
fice and power the cause of the progres
sives will be weakened. That I. M.i
danger. Power, of course, must be had if
me new principles are to be put Into ef
fect. That is understood. Hut- tf in..i
ambition intervenes the people will wonder
wnttner that or a desire to serve them ia
the controlling motive. So w think that
a great deal depend on the attitude which
th organised progressives maintain toward
public questions. It may be found neces
sary to adopt a "self-denying ordinance."
We believe that the men back of the new
movement are. most of them, sincere and
deeply In earnest. But thev h,v. . m
Job ahead of them, a no doubt they
realise.
All in th- Ibel.
New Tork Tribune (rep.).
It seems to ba tha Intention . ..
ganlaers of th "Republican Progressive
league to oirreren tlate themselves from
th common run of oroareaslva ! r.n,.k.
Ilcan. They want to be progressives
with a capital P, leaving th great mass
of the party, to pursue progrea as It al
ways has done, without a braas band and
a ten-Inch lettered transparency. Th Mn.
try la disposed to applaud any movement
which make for cleaner politic and better
administration. It is In favor of reforms
which will strengthen the principle of
majority rule and permit a freer ,vr,r...i.
of the real will of the
not likely to be Impressed by a movement
men aims at capitalizing Dnnnlar .
dencles for personal advantage, monopoliz
ing the "upward and onward" label in
politics and appropriating credit foe ,.,....
thing accomplished and yet to be accom-
pusnea unaer tne banner of progress.
la Division Probable f
Washington Herald (Ind ).
Although the league haa tha nam. ..t
the republican organization nmmii wu
Its own, the fact Is that its declaration of
principles noes not suggest the republican
party. For Instance, tha lh r,.i,n..
national platform was abaolutely silent on
tne suDjct or electing senator by th
peopte. me initiative, referendum .
recall can ihardly be classed as a repub
lican iny proposition, while the direct
primaries for th nomination of all elective
officers and the direct election of delegates
to national conventions have certainly
never been suggested in any formal utter
ance of th republican organization How
ever, if the mem hers of the league want
to carry th banner of their cause with a
republican label attached, no one will say
them nay. At Jhe same time, If ths party,
aa a body, refuses to follow where they
lesd, what are they going to do?
xi' nna i-ie Counters.
Philadelphia ledger.
Representative Crumpacker of Indiana
who In the next house will be the lone re
publican In his atate delegation. In report
ing a bill for the apportionment of repre
sentatives, suggest tMe propriety of
Placing all of the employee of the house
in tne ciassinea service, with protection
against removal for political reasons. If
I this should appeal favorably to the next
j house, the victorious democracy would
'probably begin with a clean aweep and
introduce this merit sstem later, follow
ing the precedent of President Harrison s
reorganization of the railway mail service.
Sen In Voar iuir.
Brooklyn Kagle
The Hot kefeller institute estimate that
6,0ii0.O0o Americans have the hookworm
disease. Kvrry one of the remaining ss.uk,.
UU Americans ha something of etjuul im
portance to him. A llltie Rook that vtouid
be a honk of the blues might be Issued
by the same hish authority when It ht.Ui
from the rest of the population.
Went Too Far from Home.
Chicago Record-Herald
An American who tried to force the offl-
tera uf the Bank of Kngland to open Ihc
vaults and let him help himm-lf to lite j
money stored in them has been ileelanttl :
to be hopelessly inane There are plenty j
of Americans thl at larg hu have tiled i
lo ael iUii iii natier h,i ihau inai. j
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The Bee's Letter Box
Contributions on Timely Subjects
Wot Xaeoodlng Two ataadrod Word
Are lavttoa from Oar Beader.
(ipnprn1 ( sslemst Case.
OMAHA. Jan. J7.-TO th Kdltor of Th
Bee: On unfamiliar with th facts, and
reading only th published dispatches
from Washington, may gain th Impres
sion that the proceeding In the supreme
court of the United States sgalnst Messrs.
Oompers, Mitchell and Morrison Involve
enly the question of boycott. Th truth Is
that the question was passed long sgo for
the consideration of th broader on of
the right of free speech nd free press.
The matter atarted over a suit brought by
the Buck Stove and Range company, but
that element of th case was decided when
an adjustment of th difficulty was made
between th Bucks people and th labor
unions. Th American Anti-Boycott asso
ciation then Intervened and said It would
not permit th cases In th upreme court
to be abandoned. Similar action was taken
by th American Federation of Labor, for
the (abor union of Hhl country or vitally
Interested In having a final decision on
the polnta In question. Action waa taken
at th Denver convention In 1908 to this
end, and was renewed at Toronto in 1P09,
and again at St. Louis In 1910, for th pur
pose of securing a decision from th United
States supreme court.
It may also be of Interest to your read
er to know that th "contempt" for which
Mr. Gompers is cited consists of writing
an article In criticism of th restraining
order issued by th local court at Wash
ington, D. C. ; that Mr. Morrison I held
for publishing the magazine that contained
that article, and that Mr. Mitchell Is held
for presiding over a convention of the
United Mln Worker of America, at wBlch
a boycott resolution wa adopted. Also
that the original order of Injunction has
been lnce modified to that degree that the
contempt complained of Is not now con
tempt. So that the question to be deter
mined by the supreme court of the United
States does not deal with the right or
wrong of boycotts, but with the power of a
lower court to Issue an exparte order that
deprives the restrained of constitutional
rights and privileges. WORKER.
The Snllowny Bill.
DENVER, Jan. 27. To the Editor of The
Bee: 1 have Just been reading your edi
torial under the above caption. The first
idea that strikes me Is the fact that even the
son of a good old soldier does not and can
not fully understand the situation. Speak
ing of "deserving" soldiers, ss If there
were any undeserving.
When a man enlisted he knew that he
must go where he was ordered If he wss
not ordered to the front it was not his
fault. Besides, there were more men .who
died or were disabled from exposure than
were killed or disabled from wounds. Time
had little to do with It.
There were five of our family In the
civil war. My oldest brother waa color
bearer for his regiment. He was shot to
death In one of the earliest skirmishes
under McClellan. Another atood guard
one night In a drenching rain which turned
to sleet and his clothing frose fast to him.
That one night made him a confirmed In
valid and he died shortly sfter the close
of the war. Another fought on to the
close of the war and Is still alive but sadly
wrecked. Still another "veteraned" twice
and for seven years he lay paralysed until
death came to his relief, receiving only $17
per month.
We cnnot depend on special pension bills
for relief. Ell Master was on his death
bed when Congressman Norrls got him a
special pension. About all the good It did
was to help his family during dire distress.
Ell Masters was too far gone for help.
The "Sulloway" Is the least expensive
bill before the senate. There are only
about per cent of the veterans over 75
year old. It I calculated to reach all the
veteran Just when they need It most, and
they need not wait until they ar "death
truck" as Eli Masters did.
I hope I shall never again read In your
valuable paper of ."deserving" soldiers.
Intimating that there were some undeserv
Ing, because when a man enlists In the
United State irtny he knows he places
himself under absolute control, and when
there Is an order to fight he must fight.
No old aoldler ever begrudges another one
his pension. We all need It!
JOSEPH SODERSTAD.
Conduct of Orthopedic Hospital.
OMAHA. Jan. 28. To the Editor of The
Bee: In regard to the alleged Irregularities
at the orthopedto hospital, I find myself
In the position of the old farmer who wa
prevailed upon to run for office. Ho finally
consented to do so provided he would not
be obliged to enter Into a public cam
paign. This was agreed to, but In the heat
of the campaign, the opposition hinted at
Irregularities In connection with an old
transaction that finally became exagger
ated into a charga of hog stealing and
the modest farmer found It necessary to
take the stump to defend- hi character.
The orthopedic hospital was established
for the treatment of Indigent cripples nf
the state. Because of my connection with
the state institution and having been
known also for many years as one giv
ing special attention to orthopedto cases,
my opinion la sought by many people who
are not Indigent, but who desire to avail
themselves of my opinion upon these cases.
I am frequently solicited by people who
are both able and willing to pay for con
sultations, treatment or operations.
The case of the child referred to by
Representative hast man waa one who
sought my advice In Omaha. The case was
afterwards seen In Lincoln because It was
more convenient for the people to see me
there than to come to Omaha. The father
did not wish to make application to the
state because he owned a good farm and
felt able to pay for her care and treatment.
At that time, which was about two years
ago, our Institution was not crowded, and
by irmlion. which we had obtained
from the Hoard of Public Lands and Build
ings, we were allowed to take a limited
number of pay cases when- these cases
would not keep out of the Institution the
poor for whom it was established. This
parent preferred to pay the hospital charges
of II per day. agreed to pay m a moder
ate fee and have the case treated at Lin
coln rather than In Omaha. The case was
one of hip diseaae and required a longer
period of treatment than expected. The
people after nearly two years' expense
last summer were pemuaded to make ap
plication to the atal and the little girl
became a regular Inmate, alnce which time
nothing has been paid to anybody. When
Mr. Lastinan wrote me that the expense
was a hardship to these people 1 cheerfully
reduced the bill.
This reflection upon the conduct of our
Int-litutlun ia unfui tuna'te, because it may
piejudice the public and Possibly hamper
tha passage of adequate appropriation bill
for the malntenante of (hi nork. How
ever, if this agitation resulta In a better
M.owlni and an Increased Interest In
our Institution by the general public, I
shall feel that there has been some com
pefiaiion for this unenviable notoriety In
this I'unnri llun. J V. I.HKI,
uprrililrlid-lit.
Tiutott.H it a tic row i:rnr.M.
Proposed nedaettona .(! Ml not
Part of a eh ed a Ira.
New Tork Journal of Commerce.
Uttle baa been done to regulate th
charges of express compsnies under th
amendment of the Interstate commerci
law which Include them among cotntnor
CAirifrs subject to Ita provisions, but one
effect of what may b done Is seen In the
voluntary snatiKement which the com
panies ar making for through rstos whrr
th same matter la handled by mie than
on company between points of shipment
and destination. In th contrsots nitli
railroads to do their carrying the eprr
companies have divided the field among
themselve o tht each may have a prac
tical monopoly of Ita own territory. Then
when anything Is sent from th territory
of on company Into that of another where
no Joint rate has been made, the charge
Is made equal tn tha sum of the local
charge of th two companies. Whst is
proposed now Is to make Joint rates In all
cases by agreement of the companies, so
that the charge from a place In the terri
tory of one to destination in another shall
bo th same aa if the entli service were
performed by the company with which th
shipment is made.
This will result In considerable lowerliiK
of rates In some cases, chiefly from rela
tively small place in on territory tc.
place In another, for between the princi
pal points Joint rates are already In effect.
The conreeslon Is not very litter! one.
It leave existing local rates and Joint .
rates untouched, merely making Joint
rates where heretofore the through charge
has toeen equal to the combined local rates
of two or more companies. Theie Is a
common conviction that express rates are
generally exorbitant, that contracts with
railroad ar extravagant and that th
monopoly of ares by certain companies
results In costly service that is far from
what It should be In quality and In regard
for the rights of customers. This Is a mat
ter that has not been looked Into much un
der th authority to regulate, though there.
Is frequent complaint.
The feeling that express charges In gen
eral are too high and th profits of the
bosiiiess are excessive finds support In
statements regarding the capital of express
companies, the cost of conducting their
business, the relation of mutual profit
between them and th railroads that do
their hauling, and the dividends paid upon
their tock, regular and extra. Th kind
of monopoly they have established by mu
tual agreement and contracts with dif
ferent lines of railroad could hardly go on
for years without developing th abuses
that characterize all uncontrolled monop
oly, negligent service, high cost of opera
tion and excessive charges. Most people
have had experience of these things with
express companies, ami little has been
done under the act of l'.06 to correct them.
BACK TO T A UTI O POINT,
Sherman l.aT Hlta av Dock strike In
v Orleans.
Philadelphia Reoord.
The Hherman law started out on It ca
reer at New Orleans, and It lias got back
there. The flrat application of the law
against combinations occurred about
twenty years ago, when the dock laborers
were enjoined from obstructing foreign
commerce by a strike. .A Jury In the
United States circuit court has Just re
turned n verdict against th member nf
th New Orleans Dock and Cotton coun
cil for conspiracy to Interfere, with for
eign commerce. From the time a bale nf
cotton, a load of. lumber or any other
through freight reaches .the port until it
has been stowed on a vessel It Is only
handled by members of ten or mor
union affiliated With the dock and cot
ton council, and the charge against the
men was thst when they conspired tn
strike and tie up the business of the port
they interfered with interstate or foreign
commerce.
TAPS ON THE FUNNYBONE.
"I notice." remarked the observant jr
boarder, taking his Beat at the table, "thanr
the conversation stopped aa soon as I can
In. 1 hope nobody was saying anything
10 my discredit."
Then they all hastened to assure him
that they had been talking about tha
weather. Chicago Tribune.
Friend Ah, doctor, how did you make
out with that cranky patient of yours?
Doctor Oh, we're both on the read to
recovery. He'a able to ba about, aud 1
am suing lor my bill. Boston Transcript.
"I'll never ask that uncouth westerner
to another social function with me."
"Why, what's the matter?"
"When Mrs. lie rttyle at the dinner the
other day asked him 11 be would have a
demi-tasse, he said If she didn't mind,
he'd rather have a deml-John." Baltimore
American. .
He The president of our society never
will let me have th floor.
She Never mind, dear, you can have all
you want of It tonight when the baby cilia.
Baltimore American. ,
Agent I'm trying to sell some hooka to
make a living. Won't you help me oult
lady of House 1 will, if yu won t get.
out any other way. Columbia Jester.
"I never saw a mora solemn fare than
your friend, the lawyer, wears. And jet
you claim he has a sense of humor'.'" ,
"Senae of humor! (-.av. you ought lo
hear him read a love letter in open court: '
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Do you believe In all the views yuu
advoe ate?"
"Yes." replied Senator Sorghum, after
some hesitation, "1 do. Hut I doubt
whether a lesa Bklllfttl reaaoner than my
self would be able to convince mo o lit
correctness of some of t hem." Washing
ton Star.
"Yea," said the clerk, aa hs dipped Irs
pen In the ink ana prepared to mi out ti
blank. "lour name, please.
"Amelia Whlpplrton.'
Nationality?''
"American.
"Married or unmarried'.'"
"Both twice." Chicago Record-Herald.
A .New England mother bad com upon
her S-year-olu son enjoying a feast hereof
the components were Jam. butter ana
bread.
don," said the mother, "don't you think
It a lilt extravagant to eat butter Willi that
fine Jam'.'"
"No, ma'am." was the response, it a
economical; the same piece of bread due
for both.' Llpplncutt'a Magazine.
THE HOUSE OF THE YEARS.
Priscllla lonard In the Outlook.
Life room, tn childhood, Deems a bound
less place.
Full of atranse corners and adventurous
space;
Youth finds It wider et, a home of
dreams
With shining casements III by rainbow
gleams ;
While riper year bring fiieliihl on th
hearth.
Content and welcome, love and work and
mirth,
Until the walla drw neaier and more
And ase beholds'them. suddenly and clear.
How small the loom! and how each thing
Borne "memory that bieathea within tha
aailB
Here Joy stood smilln. garlanded with
flowers.
Here sorrow sat through long and inti
mate bouts.
The mirror's depths glimpse nlth a shad
owy host
That wavei. melt and in the dusk aa.
lout,
The fire burns low and quivers or) tha
floor --
Yet. an unseen hand sen wide tha
door.
.o' t In oi.fh lis an h as to the child, sp
pea l s
I hc ! Honing vision of luiiuoi lal yeavra.