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Sorao lobster arc not fit. to eat,
though.
Senator Works of California should
prove an industriout statesman.
A revolt Is being started against
"Floss" Murphy. A' blind man ran see
Its finish! .
Those deadlocks have gone past the
place where they can be opened by a
skeleton key.
If you do not believe the office seeks
the man In this country, ask Blue-eyed
"Billy" Sheehan. ;
Why should men protest -on the
trousers skirt? They have stood for
worse looking things. '
Next question to be answered
What action will the United States
Civil Service commission take?
Money may have - wings, but unlike
the homing pigeon's the wings work
only one way going, never coming.
That senatorial fight in New York
is said to be costing the taxpayers
only 2,500 a day. Why should they
care? ,r . . -
Still, when a roan goes to the
trouble of buying an office he cannot
be expected trj give It up without re
sistance. Is It not about time that the
country's mind was being refreshed on
the "Fall of the Alamo?" Come. Mr.
Bailer, o arms, sir!
It will not be long now before
"Joe". Hartley wiU think he has a
right to aspire to some good lucrative
federal appointment .
New York makes Rev. Dr. Aked
ache for dear old Luonon, but how
can he reconcile himself to San Fran
cisco as an alternative?
One egg, estimated to be 400 years
old, was recently found In Madagascar,
which must prove that cold storage
is not such a new thing after all.
By tha appointment of Cadet Taylor Mr.
Ttosawater hai suffered another crushing
and humiliating defeat. World-Herald.
Possibly But, If so. defeat has no
terrors for anyone fighting in right
eous cause.
1 The husband of Marjorle Oould gets
$S a week where he works, which is
probably six-bits more than many
titled husbands of our millionairesses
could really earn.
The proposal emanates from Denver
for forming San Francisco cluba In
various cltiea to boost the 1915 exposi
tion. New Orleans hat not yet sec
onded the motion.
It seepia almost aacreligioua for
Houston to dispute the claim to pretty
women with either Baltimore or
Louisville. Soon It will be claiming
supremecy tn mint Julep.
Although the Oregon plan of choos
ing United senators - was swallowed
whole by our democratic friends, they
re gagging on the Oregon plan for
the initiative and referendum.
Mr. Carnegie pleada with girls not
to reject a suitor simply because he
happens to have a million dollars.
Isn't it pitiful, the way these million
aires have to beg girls to marry them?
Nebraska will continue to inflict
capital punishment on red-handed
murderer unlesa an executive like
prison doors to tbeia by the lavish dls-
penation of parolee and pardons.
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The agitation for a commission
form of government for Lincoln seems
to bsve njl&sed ftie, and Lincoln's new
charter bill runs along the old lines
of mayor and council. Still, we would
ra linen willing to have bad Lincoln
it i: ..u trv as oar experimental
t'.i.tn fi'T new lJcs In government.
A Disgraceful Appointment.
I'nder Insistent pressure from Sen
ator Norrls Brown, with concurrence
of his colleague. Senator Hurkott,
President Taft has sent to the senate
the nomination of Cadet Taylor for
surveyor of customs at Omaha.
This Is a disgraceful appointment,
because the selection of a notorious
political and financial bankrupt for
such a position of honor snd trust
cannot fail to degrade the standard of
public office and discredit republican
professions for public servants with
clean records.
The main facts about Cadet Taylor's
career that should unfit him for high
preferment are undisputed because of
official record.
Aa chief clerk of the government
printing office before he came to
Omaha, he involved the office tn acau
dal that brought, down upon blm the
most scathing denunciation ever con
tained in a report by a congressional
Investigating committee.
With others Inveigled 1 Into his
schemes, he later started a nest of
shaky speculative concerns. Including
a trust company and a bank, described
at the time by the bank examiner as
"a sifting machine for negotiating the
loans of the trust company."
When this bubble bank, of which
Taylor was chief factotum, finally
burst he and other bankrupt officers
of the bankrupt Institution put up a
straw bond by which a receivership
was avoided on promise to pay all the
depositors In full within three years.
Cadet Taylor himself received and re
ceipted for the assets of the bank,
which he up to four years later In
sisted were of sufficient value to pay
all claims, but never to thla day paid
a dollar out in dividends to the poor
worklngmen, school children, widows
and orphans whose savings had been
thus absorbed. When a few deposi
tors undertook to assert their rights
In court Cadet Taylor brazenly denied
hia own 'bond, declaring It Invalid
because he had receipted for the assets
Individually Instead of as an officer of
the bank.
Finally, when the supreme court
made short work of this flimsy plea
and Judgments became inevitable,
Cadet Taylor waited the exact time
necessary to permit him to hide behind
the statute of limitation and went
through voluntary bankruptcy, sched
uling Just 140 of personal property,
all exempt, and leaving his creditors
to hold the sack. Including all the tax
payers of Nebraska, to the tune of
over $13,000 of missing money be
longing to the state school fund.
The only thing that can be held up
In favor of Cadet Taylor ia his per
sistent pursuit of public office and hia
Industry in collecting autographs on
petitions and letters of endorsement.
What could have possessed Senator
Brown to link his fortunes with a po
litical derelict like Cadet Taylor when
so many deserving republicans who
pay their debta and keep out of the
bankruptcy court are available passes
comprehension.
Strength of the Lumber Barons.
It seems rather unfortunate that
Commissioner of Corporations Her
bert Knox Smith has been unable to
verify by long and patient Investiga
tion the declaration of certain Im
mense lumber Interests that they are
not engaged In a combine. Mr. Smith
doea nofspecifically declare that they
are, but In his report to congress he
cites some fairly good circumstantial
evidence to auggest the possibility of
such a thing.
After receiving this report two ave
nuea are open to congress.' One Is to
ascertain for itself whether the anti
trust lawa are being ylolated by these
dealers and the other ia to amend the
lawa by which timber land may be ac
quired. Thla would protect govern
ment property from pre-emption for
private monopoly In the future, even
though It would not restore to the
government any of the land now held
by these interests. It Is Important
that prompt action along both lines be
taken; it la wrong to leave the door
open to private apoliation of national
resources'. The timber in the states,
Alaska and the Islands should be for
tified against such aggression.
Whether or not the existence of a
lumber trust can be established, this
ceuntry has unquestionably paid exor
bitant pricea for building its homea
and placea of business. Some power
stronger than the ordinary Influence
of aupply and demand has controlled
prices and consequently hindered de
velopment and Imposed hardships on
individuals. It is not enough to rely
upon a Canadian reciprocity with Its
free lumber clause for complete relief.
If Canadian reciprocity becomea a fact
and offers some comfort to the situa
tion. It will be welcome, but It will not
In any adequate degree free ua from
the grip of the concert of lumber In
terests, be they trust, combine or what
not.
Experience or Preitige.
While the selection of a successor
to the late Paul Morton aa head of the
Equitable Life Assurance society haa
been defe-ted. It Is given out from re
liable sources that the new president
will come by way of promotion of one
of the men now high up In the official
ataff. Such a promotion would not
ordinarily be specially noteworthy ex
cept for the fact that In thla instance
It indicates a returning swing of the
pendulum by which more emphasis ia
to be placed on actual experience in
the management of big Insurance com
panies than on the prestige a name haa
acquired In other professions or fields
of Industry. In a word, those who are
responsible have come to the conclu
sion that it is better to employ an In
surance n.an to run the Insurance bus
Ijesa thn to call lu a bij batAer,
railway matnste or successful poll
tldsn. This tendency, too. to lay greater
stress n practical ..experience and
demonstrated fitness. Is not confined
lo the big insurance companies, but
is cropping out In sll directions. Once
in a while the advertising and added
j public confidence that comes from
I having a celebrity at. the head of an
institution may help up bualness and
Increase profits, but as a general rule
what counts Is efficiency that comes
(from knowing the business from the
ground up. and Is able to give practl- !
cal demonstrations to subordinates In
all departmenta. This factor applies
to the prosperity of big business as
well as of little business.
The Plight of Bailey.
Somehow this Joe Bailey "doth pro
test too much. ' By his Tterslstent and
overwrought anxiety for Lorlmer he
has raised the question of his own
motive. Why should the democratic
senator from Texas go so strong for
the republican senator from Illinois?
Bailey is only one member of the com
mittee that reported In favor of Lori
mer. He Is not 'the whole committee.
Senator Bailey may be able to see
more clearly than others why he
should exert hlnmelf to defend his po
sition. He has all but crowded the
Illinois senator out of the limelight
and had the, calcium shifted upon
himself. He has even wept on the
senate floor In his defense of the "ma
jority of the committee's report;"
wept when he referred to certain de
tails in the Lorlmer election that were
condemned by all but this committee
majority, and by It palliated or Justi
fied. Well, it fs not such a etrange
thing to weep over after all. But It la
strange that It doea not upset the
lachrymal glands of other senators
who voted aa Bailey voted.
"The wicked flee when no man pur
sueth;" also, "a guilty conscience
needs no reproof." Bailey has been
held in hl&h esteem in the past. He
has been ranked as a deep constitu
tional student, a powerful orator, an
effective logician and a resourceful
tactician. He haa played all these
strings for more than they were
worth in thia effort. But he has come
out this time with a new distinction,
"Bailey, the hair-splitter." Seldom In
the history of congress has a democrat
made such a fight for a republican, or
vice versa. But what la politics be
tween friends at such times? It may
be but a queer turn of circumstances
that It is" not Lorlmer defending
Bailey.
Bailey on trial presents, after all,
a spectacle of pity. Here Is a compar
atively young man falten from the
high estate of public esteem into a
pit of popular distrust from which no
skill or strategem that he possesses
or can command could lift him. The
splendid powers nature gave him can
never be used for the best Interests
of his country, because they have too
long served other purposes and other
Interests. The. Texaa spell-binder ia
doing more than defending hia action
on the committee he is making a
stand for his own waning influence.
Mule is in His Heyday.
Do not waste any sympathy on the
poor mule. He is neither a has-been
nor a candidate for that class. He,
like the horse, la not suffering any
set-back as a result of. the advent of
the automobile, the long-eared ani
mal seems only to have como Into the
hey-dey of his popularity, If we may
Judge from the price he brings on
the market. Evidently his prosperity
will not depend for artificial support
on the advertising he might derive
from Champ Clark's heralded promise
to drive a span of Missouri mules up
Pennsylvania avenue. It rests upon
something more substantial.
The mule Is more In demand today
than It has been at any time alnce the
Boer war, when the demand surpassed
all records. But In price he haa far
outstripped the Boer war days. Mules
are from 30 to 40 per cent higher to
day than they have been4n ten yeara,
and, according to the Kansas City Star,
a mule of fourteen and one-half hands
that could be bought on the Kansas
City market during the South African
war for from $70 to $105 today
brings from $185 to $210. Evidently
the automobile, popular aa It has be
come for hauling purposes, and the
motor, popular aa It ia for propelling I
farm machinery heretofore driven or
pulled by mules, have failed to under
mine the mule's atabillty. They may
not have increased It. but something
has.
Of course. It ia simple enough to
determiue what that factor is. It Is
the tremendous expansion of business.
There are certain kinds of service
which the mule will always perform
better than any other animal or ma
chine and these kinds of service have
gone on multiplying along with the
general Increase In the volume of
business. It is not merely a saying,
but a fact, that the value of horses
and mulea keepa pace with the amaz
ing multiplicity of automobiles and
motors for various purposes.
Omaha and South Omaha have not
yet been annexed, but South Omaha'a
former city attorney haa Just been an
nexed as assistant city attorney for
Omaha. If all the present South
Omaha city officials would be taken
care of In the aame way annexation
would doubtlesa come easier.
What Induced Senator Brown to
champion Taylor in the face or his
record ia a puxtling mystery, but It
will probably be disclosed in due time,
and will not be particularly creditable
to senatorial dignity.
rbe
i..r.a.
worst, tMs aout those sen-at-'.
ijtVk .( tit we save vet
to listen to the speeches of the win
ners, telling us how they appreciate
"this unbidden and wholly unsought
honor that has Just been thrust upon
me." - -
The Omsha Real Kstste exchange
hss usually been vigilant against
threstened Inflation of the tax rate,
but It has aparently been asleep at the
u-ltch n H Ua Ika rhirlaf rh.nao. or. '
Incubating.
"There's no king I can't talk to,"
retorted Theodore Roosevelt when the
British prize fighter expressed sur
prise that an ex-president would talk
to a pugilist. But why drag In the
kings?
The suggestion is made by a con
tributor that every time the Jury disa
greea the accused should be given his
freedom. Whst a snap that would be
for those who make a profession of
crime.
If that legislative committee Inves-
tigatlng Omaha election conditions
makes four different reports it will be
entitled to be ranked with the famous
Ballinger Investigating committee.
leiupt Ina Another Mcklnarf
Chicago Record-Herald,
rtunsla Is threatening to make a military
demonstration atrainat China. Perhaps Rus
sia thinks it had better do It without fur
ther delay. If It la going to whip China.
Jarrtnaj Loose (he Old Gaard.
Baltimore Sun.
High financiering. It appears. Is not her
editary. Georga J. Gould lost the Western
I'nlon and now is to lose the Missouri Pa
cific, while August Belmont was pried loose
from the Louisville & Nashville. But sill!
the world rolls on.
Ah, Forsret It I '
Sioux City Journal.
The Nebraska legislature moved over to
Omaha for the evening, and on the follow
ing, day there were forty absentees from
the house snd eight from tha senate. Tha
Inference Is that tha legislators tried to find
out whether all the places were closed after
8 o'clock p. m., 'and found that they
weren't.
A Spectacle Worth WatcHlna;.
Springfield Republican.
That Increased postal rate for the maga
Ines Is for tha moment adding to the
revenues of the telegraph companies. The
magazine publishers and their friends art
burying the senate under a flood of dis
patches of protest. Mr. Depew says he
averages one telegram a minute. It will
be Interesting to sea how the victims of
the muck rake vote.
Influences for Reciprocity.
Springfield (Mass. Republican.
One very' strong influence working upon
the republicans In congress to act favor
ably on tha reciprocity agreement at this
session Is the eldenl cr
democrats over tha prospects of 11 p--session.
They are. now fcaylng that they
would make use of an extra session to
frame up and press for enactment the plat
form on which thev will make the presi
dential fight of next year. If they arc
ready to submit -such a program In full
party unity, this would give them an early
start and a great, advantage. By enacting
reciprocity at thV aesslon tha republicans
would not only prevent the opposition from
acquiring such -an . advantage, but would
take a lot of wind out of the democratic
sails in respect to the tariff-reform Issue.
HAZEJ2S MUST GO.
New York Sun; President Taft deserves
the thanks of the arrny for vetoing the
Joint resolution of congress authorizing the
reinstatement of nine cadets dismissed from
the military academy for hazing. We have
no doubt that every member of congress
who voted for the resolution Is glad that
Mr. Taft took the responsibility of stopping
a practice which congress has never had
tha moral courage to resist.
New York Sun: President Taft deserves
the thanks of the country fur vetoing the
Joint resolution passed by congress for the
purpose of securing the reinstatement of
nine West Point cadets dismissed for haz
ing. The hazera had their fun and paid for
It. , They were fairly convicted of Insubordi
nation and the army waa well rid of them.
Cadets who defy the laws which they have
taken an oath to obey are plainly not of
the stuff out of which good officers are
likely to be developed.
New York Post: President Taft's veto of
the Joint resolution of congress reinstating
at West Point the nine cadets who had
been dismissed for hazlnr Is a m-lrnm
check to a very bad practice. Again and '
again have the authorities of the military!
academy seen their efforts to maintain
discipline thwarted by act of congress. In
their determination to stamp out hazing
and to make the future officers of the
army learn 'the first lesson of obedience,
they ought not to be Interfered with by
a too good-natured congress too open to
political Influences. ,
The housemaids of Boston have formed
a union and will Insist that meals be
served on time, and that two Sundays off
be given each month. A cold dinner will
ba a valuable lesson In applied ethics.
Monsel Farris, an Assyrian merchant of
South Pittsburg, Tenn.. surprised the resi
dents of that city by carrying on hia back
a curbstone weighing 473 pounds a distance
of two blocks, about a quarter of a mile,
on the principal atreet of the city. The
feat waa done on a wager.
James Whitcomu Riley, the Hoosler poet,
la on tha serious invalid list at his home
tn Indianapolis. As nearly as can be
gathered from the statement of a recent
visitor. Mr. Riley has suffered a shock
which affects his right side. Tha unhappy
Inference Is that bla working days are
over.
Christopher J. Lake of Bridgeport. Conn.,
promises a flying machine that will atand
without hitching and be a obedient as a
peddler's horse. Bridgeport waa tha win
ter home of Rarnum'a circus, and It Is too
soon to tell If the Laka machine la a real
humming bird or a humbug.
The bill to abolish the whipping post in
Oregon for wife-beaters has been vetoed
by the governor. II says It I trua the
lash li a relic of barbarism, but that It
Is not a bit mora barbarous than wife
beating. So brutal spouses In Oregon, ow
ing to tha common-sense atand of the gov
ernor against sentimentality, will continue
to whip their wives at their own peril.
If Hiss Ubby Bcudder of Huntington.
L. I., Is behind tha times, aha la unwill
ing to acknowledge IJ. 8he la $4 years
old. but as active aa when a school girl.
Ii-rlof tha winter she sawa and splits all
her firewood. In cherry tlma she climbs
th traes with the agility of a school boy
arid proceeds to pick th cherries, which
It, a terwards makes into pies, or -
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I PeoDle Talked About, l!
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Washington Life
Soma Intaraatlaf Ftaaaas
aat Conaltlona Obr4
at tha statloaa Capl-.al.
"What'a this? Cut down the flint iuare
meat aened up In fourteen yram? Not on
your life! We demand every crumb on the
Kilt nt r.r.r Tli. u nr.l. .ninl. the
eai -
wrutns of democratic conresmen In caucus
acmbled a few week ao. 8ome dl
tlngulxhed democrat, one of .tha newly
I electa. nuoreMed applying the pruning knife j
to the aineciirea on the payroll of the houae
of representative, to the end that demo
cratic promises might Jibe with perform
ance. Instantly the Indiscreet patriot was
smothered by a storm of protest. No won
der. The layout at tha house end of the
national capltol has not the proportions of
a barbecue on a Baltimore banquet, but It
is a mighty fine luncheon Just the aame.
especially appetlxlng after a painfully long
debilitating fast. The hungry are eager
for the feast and enthusiastically cheer tha
New York World's screams for an extra
session. An extra session mean Immediate
relief for expectant ple-eatera. Otherwise
tha democrats will not take charge until
December, leaving republicans mastera nt
the chuck wagon'' for nine more long
weary months. Truly, the mind of man Is
taxed to picture a situation move harrow
ing to the souls of famished democrats.
The patronage In sight for the democrats
on taking charge of the house, aa com
puted by the Brooklyn F.ngle correspondent,
amounts to over a million a year, as tha
salaries of secretaries of members may be
added to the regular payroll of 1744,325. Ex
clusive of the secretaries there are 67(1 em
ployes of the house. Thla patronage la dis
tributed by the speaker, the ergeant-at-arms,
the clerk, the doorkeeper, the post
master and the chairman of the several
committee. Champ Clark, who will suc
ceed Speaker Cannon, will have the ap
pointment of eighteen employes, whose sal
aries aggregate IHS.D40.
Tha clerk of the house and It la practi
cally settled that former Congressman
South Trimble of Kentucky, will land that
Job will have aeventy-flve appointees, who
will draw a total of 133.990 In salaries each
year.
The patronage of the aergeant-at-arms
amounta to $84.AG5 annually, divided among
sixty-four employes. Former Congressman
Ryan of Buffalo, In generally picked aa the
winner of thla prize, although Stokes Jack
son, chairman of tha Indiana democratic
atata committee, la making a hard fight
fW tha place.
Joe Slnnott of Virginia, who will be the
doorkeeper of the next house, will have
the appointment of 211 employes, not In
cluding special minority messengers and
messengers on the soldiers' roll. Their sal
aries will aggregate t203.905.25 annually.
The postmaster of the house will have
thirty employes under him, with annual
salarlea amounting to $28,730, while the
slice of patronage that will go to the su
perintendent of the capltol building and
grounds will amount to $4.60, divided
among forty-one employes.
There are thirty-nine committee clerks,
twenty-three assistant clerks, twenty-three
session clerks, three official committee
stenographers and forty-seven janitors and
messengers to committees. Their salaries
will amount to $173,273.
Besides his secretary, whose salary la
14,000, tha speaker has' the appointment of
a parliamentarian at $3,800, a messenger at
$1,440, six official reporters of the proceed
ings of the house at $5,000 each, an assist
ant reporter at tiooO, an assistant stenog
rapher to committees at $2,010 and several
Jobs of minor Importance.
The clerk of the house haa tha appoint
ment of a chief clerk at $4,500, a journal
clerk at $4,000. two reading clerks at H.OOO
each and a number of other employes
whose salaries range from $2,000 to $3,000.
The aergeaht-at-arms names an assistant
at Z,m. a cashier at $3,400. a financial clerk
at $2,700. The clerk and the aergeant-at-arms
both draw salaries of $6,500 them
selves. The doorkeeper's salary Is $j.0u0
and the best Job under him Is that of assist
ant at $2,500. The postmaster draws $4,000 a
year.
The chairmen of the more Important com
mittees of tha house will have the distribu
tion of from $5,000 to $fi.000 in annual
patronage.
There are placea galore created' for the
benefit of members who are Importuned
for patronage. The employe of the house
and the senate have the sinecures of the
government service. Being political and
having the backing of the men who make
the laws, no questions are asked of the
men who hold their places. There are
scorea of names on the rolls for auch posi
tions as folders In the document room who
never gov near the capltol except to sign
their vouchers. This Is a matter of general
information. It Is the most obvious rem
"ant of the old spoils system to be found
In government service today. These are the
People who are to be changed for others of
! their kind In the Immediate future.
It has been a long time since the senate
has seen s'uch a complete case of the rattles
as was presented by the baby senator, Clar
ence W. Watson of West Virginia, on Sat
urday a week ago. Ha made his maiden
speech. Mr. Watson will never crowd Mr.
Ualley, Mr. Beveridge. Mr. Cummins and
the others tn the race for oratorical honors.
Ha had only about 400 words to say, and
these had been prudently typed. Yet on
rising at hia seat It was plai that the new
comer waa overwhelmed with a sense of
the Importance, the dignity and Impressive
nesa of tha I'nlted States senate. He lost
his voice, and clung to his dosk tor support.
He swallowed at th rata of fifteen to the
minute, and his words carried not farther
j than thirty feet. It was plain to everyone
that the young man was going through a
terrible ordeal.
I onarrsslanal Cowardice.
i'hlladulphla Ledger.
Senatora are cheerfully considering the
Sulloway pension bill with a view to "pass
Ins ii up" to the president. As the presi
dent la known to b particularly anxious to
bring tha expenditures of government
within the revenues, and as this bill adds
some $46,000,000 to the annual outgo at one
blow, it is assumed that he will necessarily
veto it The house has already parsed the
bill on th same aasumptton, and though a
majority of the senatora know that It ought
not to b passed, they are quit willing to
please the "soldier vote" by throwing the
responsibility of preventing Its enactment
on the president' broad shoulders. The
president probably will not shirk, but cow
ardice of this kind ought to win nothing but
contempt.
Shade of al Dovrt
Philadelphia Record,
riurtly this Is a time of political upheaval.
The state of Main haa been for a lifetime
th citadel of prohibitory liquor legislation.
Prohibition haa ben for many yeara bedded
fast In tha state constitution. Yet on
February 14 tha state sonata, by a vote of
tt to T, adopted a resolution for th resub
mission to popular vote of an amendment
to the constitution prohibiting prohibition.
It is alleged that the house may concur
by th necessary two-thirds vote. The roll
call will be awaited with doubting Interest.
Seeiaa la believing.
The Bee's Letter Box
CoBtrlbatlone aa Ttmaly SablMte
wot Esoaaatnf Two Kaadrad Wards
Are lavltad from Oar Boadara,
Hallway Rrrrtari,
CHICAGO. Feb. 17 -To the Editor of
The pee: I beg to call your attention to
certain statements In the editorial entitled
"How Ruslness Holds I'p," published In
your Issue of February 15. lull, which are
spt to mislead the very large constituency
which reads your excellent paper. You
state that the earnings of the railways of
the Vnlted States In the year 19 "ahowed
a vat Increase over those of the pre
ceding year." 1 assume that you refer to
the fiscal year, as complete flgurea for
calendar years are not obtainable. It Is
not true that the earnings of the fiscal
year showed a "vast Increase" over those
of 190. Gross earnlnga were a little
larger, but meantime there were some In
creases In mileage snd the result was that
gross earnings per mile In 190 were actu
ally smaller than they were In 190S. being
$10.3.-4 In 190, as compared with $10,491 In
1908.
You state thst gross earnings In 1910
were larger than In 190B. This Is true.
Rut the gross esrnlngs per mile In 110
were only a little more than in 1907, being
$1183 In 1907 and $11.fi0 in 1910. You fur
ther stats "that earnings .thus far In 1911
are still showing Increases snd if they hold
tip for the rest of the year proportionately
will outstrip the records of 1910." This
statement. If It refers to gross earnings.
Is correct. Rut gross esrnlngs considered
alone are unimportant. It la the amount
of net earnings that determines how large
a return shall be received by the capital
Invested In railways and how much money
the railways will have with which to make
permanent Improvements. Now, It Is not
true that net earnings are Increasing.
Net earnings In 1907 wer $3,696 per mile.
In 1908 they were $.1,171 per mile and In
1909 they were $3,506. Th increase In 1909
over 1908 waa entirely due to enormous re
ductions In operating expenses. The extent
of these reductions Is Indicated by the
faot that In 1907 operating expenses were
$7,687 per mile. In 1908 $7,320 and In 1909 only
$6,851. The reductions In operating ex
penses during these yeara were made
necessary by the hard times. They repre
sented the, withholding of expenditures
w-hlch were needful to keep the properties
up to the physical condition that they
were in when th panto of 1907 came. The
large Increase In gross earnings in the
fiscal year 1910 prompted the railway man
agements to begin making the expendi
tures necessary to restore the roads to
the physical condition that they were In
in 1907. The result was a rise In operating
expenses to $7,727 per mile. In spite of this
Increase In operating expenses, net earn
ings In 1910 were $3,933 per mile. Unfor
tunately for th railways lat In the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1910, and during th
succeeding months up to the present time
many Increases In operating expenses have
taken place, these consisting principally of
advances In wages, which have been
causing heavy reductions in net earnings.
In the four months ending October 31
1910-these being the latest months for
which official figures for all the rallwav
of the country are available-gross earn
ings increased $44,047,609, while operating
expenses Increased $63,651,278. which caused
a decrease In net earnings as compared
with the same months of last, year of $19,
603,709. Meantime taxes increased $2.73S.13.
causing a reduction In the net income of
the railways of $22,242,622.
Tou say In your editorial "There are
systems of bookkeeping, of course, that
way effect appearances, but awollen traffic,
enlarged earnings and ahrewd management
ought to produce a healthy condition and
satisfactory profits." You are Incorrect
In your statement that "there ate systems
of bookkeeping." There Is only one system
of bookkeeping In use on railways engaged
In Interstate commerce, and that la th
aystem prescribed by th Interstate Com
merce commission. It was repeatedly Im
plied In the recent hearings involving
advances In freight rates that the roads
had Juggled their accounts, but when the
lawyers and other representatives of the
railways challenged those who made such
Intimations to Introduce facts to sub
stantiate them no fact of that sort were
forthcoming. Th managers of th rail
ways are charged with the duty of raising
capital for the development of these prop
erties, and for them to so Juggle the ac.
counts aa to make th properties appear
less prosperous than they actually were
would tend to diiv capital away. The
managements hava a stronger reason than
anyone else for trying to make It appear
that the properties are prosperous, and
every imputation that they have or may
so Juggle the accounts as to make It ap
pear thst they are tinprosperous Is base
less.
I hope you will give as wide publicity to
the foregoing as was given to the state
ments In the editorial In question.
t). MILLER. President.
, .Nut a Hit tnvloa.
Washington Herald.
The general manager of the Cnlon Pa
cific says Kuropa beats us tn the number
of train wrecks. This Is where we are
quite willing to play second fiddl.
GOLD DUST
Digs Deep After Germs
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GOLD DUST not only cleans but sterilizes.
mmhTnTil! W8She8 VCr thC $UrfaCC IcaVing 3 srcasy
GOLD DUST "goes to the bottom," and insures
absolute purity and sanitary safety. Why not sanatize
your home, as well as clean it? -anauze
wZrr otlT't1' ,PJ G0LD DUST do "
nard part of the task without your assistance.
GOLD niTST
C , , - O"ou, ncjucsi, vcgetaDie-ou soap,
to which are added other purifying material, in jus the
nehtDrODortinnfnrt-nc( u"
3Cl1tr virrnrAiielir nnrl rIl
"'"JI"6"UUJI'"U Willi-
out harm to fabric, uten
sils or hand.
Foolish, indeed, is the
woman who tries to get
along without GOLD
DUST.
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Maker, of FAIRY SOAP, the ov-1 cake.
WiitHDOd Of TSK TltKl H .
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f ( reaeed Traasrr. . jf
Houston Post.
Tha controller of the treasury'. "M'. Trr
well. Is a rude man. A distinguished archi
tect In th government's services submitted
a traveling expense account, which Included
$4 for creating his trousers. It was a psrt
of a hotel bill, of course, and th architect
thought that It was a legitimate traveling
expense. But Trace ell said no. ahd what
Tracewell says goes In the Treasury de
partment. Tracewell believes that a niP
can travel an entire year without finding
It necessary to have his breeches, panta
loons, trousers or pants creased. So Mr.
Architect must dig for the four slmoteop.
We are Inclined to the Tracewell view of
th situation, but at th same time' w are
not without sympathy -fof the architect.
Th government pays many bills Just aa
bad as that for creasing th architect's
breeches, pantaloons, trousers or ranis.
For Instance, take a look at a congressional
committee on a Jaunt to bury a deceased
brother. The expense account Ineludaa
champagne, cigars, magazine, and Inciden
tals galore. In some Instance. It hss cost
thousands upon thousands of dollar (a
bury a dead senator, and at one time th
government had to pay for poser chip
and cards!
And even now. there ar aom gay ex
penses, as may be ascertained by a perusal
of the annual report of the secretary of
the senate, such as brllllantlne, hslr dy. -
flowers, pocket cutlery, pills and hsth at
tendants. , .
But Tracewell haa no control of the- con
gressional expenditures, and what a pltr
he hasn't so as to emancipate congress
from the petty forms of extravagance
which have become firmly established on
Capltol Hill
CiOOO Bll.l. TO COPT.
Proposed Federal Law to rah arse
General Technicality.
Chicago Tribune.
Before President Taft was elected he
contributed an article to a law Journal In
which he said: "No Judgment of he court
below should be reversed for an, error whirl
the court, after hearing the entire evidence
can affirmatively my would not haVe led
to a different Verdict." Ist week th
house of representatives passed a bill con
formable to the president's Ideas. It pro
vides: - l
"Thst no Judgment shall be set Said or
reversed or new trial granted by any court
of the I'nlted States In any esse, civil or
criminal, on the ground of misdirection of
the Jury or the Improper sdmlssion or re
jection of evidence, or for error as to any
matter of pleading or procedure, unless. In
the opinion of the court to which applica
tion is made, after an examination of the
entire cause. It ahall appear that th error
complained of has Injuriously affected the
substantial rights of the parties."
PASSING PLEASANTRIES.
First Anarchist 1on't vou think It
would he a good Idea to throw bombs all
im- nine io lerronxe tn publlcr
Second lltto No: throwing bomb I an
exploded theory. Baltimore American.
Mis. Leeder. whose comparatively well
preserved face had luxl received another
coal of enamel, regarded herself critically
In the mirror.
"I can see well enough." she said "that
I won t dare to crack a smile. " Chiceg j
Tribune.
Lightning-blazed the way to glorv
him.' says a Georgia philosopher, ' "
we trust the blaze didn't keep up after
tor
but
lie
kui mere. .manuc Constitution.
"Annabell always uses such dangcrouslv
long hatpins." ,
"V'es. but she's care Oil to sterilize tli-ni."
.-Cleveland Plain-lealcr. - -
Riigga-la It true that you have broken
off your engagement to that girl wlm lives
In the suburbs' ,
Griggs Yes; they raied the commill
tatlon rates on me and 1 have tianxfeired
lo a town girl. Life.
He I wonder what the meaning of that
picture Is? Th- youth and maiden are 1n
a tender attitude.
he oh. don't you seer He has iuai
asked her to marry lilm, and she Is accept
ing him. How sweer! What does the
ait'st call the picture?
He Honking alniutl Oh. I see. It's writ
ten on a 'card at the bottom "Sold." Llp
plncott'a Magazine.
"There are a lot of girls w ho don't t r
Intend to get married."
"How do you know?"
- "I've proposed to several." Cleveland
LrfdPr-
"Farms sre becoming valuable ' now."
"Yep." replied Mr Corntossel. "I'll bet
It won't be long before these city folks ate
sorry they covered up all their good land
with house." Washington Star.
A FUNNY FEBRUARY.
Of snow and Ic e there's none to ba seen:
Cirass in mead wland turned a little green.
Ire man feeling and looking rather glum
Coal man grumbles. "This la mighty bum!"
Th farmer strolls across his
lawn
Is satisfied looks wlxe says.
swan!"
greening
"Well,' I
Crows debate the question In pasture near,.
"Can It be true that spring is really her?"
I'pon my word. I heard a croaking frog -Weather
man has surely slipped at leaat
one cog.
Ground hog. as usual, played his solitary
ace . ,
But Welsh, he luKKed behind and couldn't
' keep the pace. K. B. T.
Omaha.
"IM th COLD DUST TWINS
f Jar work"
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