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Tiir omaiia Daily Bkk ocxji.n lit ):iwat;i ihiskwater. VK'TOIl KOHKWATKR, KDITOIl. Entered at Omaha postnfflre a second clsss matter. TKIIM Or FfBSCrtlPTION: Pundsr lice, on year ti M Saturday tie. one year .A Ut I .ally Hee (without Sunday), one ear..4(.) nre inn Minnty, one year I'i.oo I'KMVKRKIl HV CAHIU KR. Kvenlng Hee (without Sunday!, per wrrh Kvenlng Hee (with Hunilivl. ner ueek liw- I'ally ltee (Including Sunday), per week..1."e Lallv bee (without Sunday), per week...IOc onrees all complaints of Irregularities in delivery to City Circulation department. OKKICE8. Omaha-The Ree Building. Pouth Otnaha-K-'ii S. Tu ent v-fourth St. t'nuncll HlulO IS Scott St. l.inruln little Building. ( hl aso 1S4 Marquette Building. Kansas Pit Reliance Hulldlng. N'w Vork-M Wet Thirtv-third St. Washington 72S Fourteenth Pt., X. W. CORRESl'ONPENCK. Communication relating to news and ed itorial matter should he addressed Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Ree f'uhllshlng Company. Only 2-eent stamps received In payment of mall accounts. ferson.tl checks except on Omaha and eastern exchange not accepted. FKBHL'ART CIRCULATION. 47.621 Htste of Nehrsska. County of Douglas, as: lwls;hl Williams, circulation manager of The Bee Publishing company, being duly aworn, says that the average dally clr tulatlon. leaa spoiled, unused and returned copies for the month of Eeb,ruar.N 1911. was 47.K1. . . DWIrtUT WILLIAMS. . .. J Circulation Manager. Buhsrtlltefl Itt my presence and sworn to before me this 1st dsy of March, 111. (Heal , - .ROBERT HINTER. . ' ' ' Notary Public. aabactthera leaving Ik elty tem anrarll) ahonld have The Ree nailed' la'lnem. Address will he ohaae as tea as requested. Now, March, old acout, do your best or worst. March has thirty-one days to make Up that deflcloecy In snow. r. , , HtfUM. or 'v Lords Diea Hard." Headline British or American? Lujca ALa of Tennessee sounds like one of thold mammy's ditties. Haytl never has been as peaceful as it was the day Columbus discovered it. r- .: De K said for the iame ducks, they are at .lea'atVlneettng their flnlah quacking. .': A military university is to be estab lished t Pekihg. Come on, Mr. Ciar, if you dare.- ; c Proof of the pudding may be in the eating, but th proof of the cheese is in the odor. Old 'Mr. SHort-and-Ugly had one good day'of ft In the dying house last week, anyway. . VhftfiyPA nlR happens! ft, Js to be hop4n HinirrtHnk omee out of this turmollnnsullfed, . ; - ' ,' Fres"umably, Senator Brown Totes againat Lorimer to relievo his own conscience about Cadet Taylor, Bo much attention la being paid to the change in skirts we fear women will forget to remodel their hats. And yet, some, suspicious people are bound to cling to the idea that some thing waa wrong in Springfield, 111. , ) Out in California the legislature has thrown the hooka Into the State Fish commission, which is under inquiry. Mrs. Leslie Carter says she will play Hamlet. Well, of course, thero is nothing td atop her if the really will. Wall, Mr. Water Board, be honest with ug this, time and tell us truth fully how much money it will really take. Consolidation of Bell and Indepen dent Telephone companies baa been tfacted In Council Bluffs. When in Omaha? The scholar, in politics beat all tha professional politicians to a fraztle in Chicago's municipal primary. Another aign tt the times. It baa been two months since Dick Ferris sent his ultimatum to the Mex ican government and President Diax haa not had time yet to reply. Tho Sixty-flrst congress will be dis tinguished at: least by the fact that Senators Hale and Cummlna voted and talked alike on one proposition. At last Mr. Rockefeller is putting that extra story on his house. It Is gratifying to know he haa been able to aavo enough to finish the building. Must have been by a lapsus lingua that Senator Bailey answered "Yea" when tbo roll waa called on the direct popular election of aenators resolu tion. Health Commissioner - Connell has been authorized to swap one of his sanitary inspectors for an automobile. Hard to see how he could loss by such a trad. Tha Water board's proposal to vot mora bonds la practical admission of the truth of everything Tba Bee said about tho last iaaue of water bonds, which at that time the board ao vehemently denied. Th Comanche chief who died soon after visiting a neighboring tribe of Indiana la aaid to have been poisoned by his hosta. : Td what ignoble depths of esthetic practices our braves have descended, if tbo tomahawk has only given way to this! Bourne on Patronage. The outburst of Senator Jonathan Rotirne, jr.. of Oregon, politely accus- ing the president of using hl an- polntlve patronage to bribe senatore and congressmen, It naturally calcu lated to cause comment. Senator Pourne's grievance had already been exploited In the preceding Issue of Col lier's Weekly, which headed its charge. "Tart Starts His Machine faing Pat ronage in Oregon to Get a Stand-pat Delegation to the National Conven tion." The burden of the complaint In Colliers, as well as that of Mr Bourne on the floor of the senate, is that the president discriminates be tween the recommendations of friendly and unfriendly senators for the dis tribution of patronage. In point of fact this Issue between president and senators is as old aa the government. The constitution pro vides that the president shall make appointments s'by and with the advice and consent of the senate." It does not say that appointments shall be niadu by and with the advice and con sent of Individual senators, and the practice has been to advise only with senators of the same political Taith as the occupant of the White' House and to ignore senators of opposite politics, even though they may be a majority of the senate. But though Bubject to confirmation, the president is respon sible for the. character of the ap pointees, and has more often brought odium on his administration by blindly accepting recommendations of sena tors for close-to-home example, as in nominating Cadet Taylor for sur veyor of customs and "Ben" Thomas for postmaster, than In Ignoring them and proceeding Independently, In the case of Senator Bourne, charging the president with trying to build up a "machine" of his own around federal appointees in Oregon, It would seem that what the senator wants Is to have presidential help in building up an anti-Taft machine around federal appointees, recognizing the senator as their sponsor. If it is only a question of which machine is to have the apoils, as It appears to be, the public will not become greatly excited. The only way federal offices will ever be divorced from politics, and taken off the pie counter, will be by putting them under civil service rules and on good bthavlor tenure. Chicago's Municipal Contract. The results of the mayoralty pri maries point to a hotly contested city election. Carter Harrison, four times mayor, has obtained the democratic nomination to run against Charles E. Merriam, professor of political econ omy at the University of Chicago, as the republican nominee. Mr. Mer riam Is a high-class man, who has al ready displayed marked powers in the methods-of improved city government. He stands for what Is best in civic life, )s no-' mere theorist and enjoys the es teem "of the substantial eleiqent of th city. He is a man of force, who will undoubtedly . make a most effective campaign, even against all the odds of cunning politics he will have to en counter. Carter Harrison, on the other hand, comes into the fight as a professional politician, regardless of what hla former eervlc to the city may have been. He will be backed by the same devious system of demo cratic politics that has backed him and other seasoned politicians before. It remains to be seen whether Chicago will elect a man committed to a new regime or one who would owe hla suc cess to the old democratic machine. On the face of the "returna" the re publicans mght well assert strong hopes of victory. The democrats had three candldatea in the race, former Mayor Harrison and Dunne and Mr. Graham, who polled respectively 55, 069, 63,613 antf 88,641 votes, a total of 14T.123. Prof. Merriam polled 64.828 votes, while his four repub lican opponenta together polled 64, 808, making a total of 108,636. The campaign la sure to be a hot one and one that will mean much to Chicago in ita fight for better civic conditions a aan Important part of its general plans of new and better progress. BoyV Corn Clubs. The boys' corn , clubs organized In the aouth by Dr. 8. A. Knapp and maintained with the co-operation of the Department of Agriculture are pro ducing great results. Last year the total corn crop of the nation came to more than 3,000,000,000 bushels and the south produced 4 J per cent of It. Yet the south ha not been considered a great corn aectlon. "If It continues to gain as It has in the last few years, however. Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas and one or two other great corn-growing states will have to look to their laurels or be outstripped in the race for aupremacy. But we have this satisfaction that we are helping our neighbors down in Dixie to increase their corn output, W are doing It by promoting the sys tem of intensive agriculture and the aouth la ready to admit the fact. Con gressman Ransdell of Louisiana In a recent speech on the floor of the house, reciting some of the excellent results achieved by these boya' corn clubs, called attention to tbe fact that they were organized and are being maintained by a former lowan, Dr. S. A. Knapp, who works under the super vision and authority of Secretary Wilson, another lowan. Moreover he took occasion to pay special tribute to Secretary Wilson for his great Influ ence In aiding the aouth along lines of Improved farming. Th theory on which these boys clubs were organized was that it would be difficult to try to teach tbe men of th south the new and better ways of producing corn, but taking the boy be for ho knew any way of hla own, he could be tatijtht the rtftht way. And over nine southern states the organi zation has spread until today It num- bre 46.225 boya. The results are not ! n,ere ehlld'a play. They are vastly In- creased areas of corn and yield per acre. Prizes awarded by the Depart ment of Agriculture, under whose di rection demonstrations are conducted and diplomas issued at Washington, serve to stimulate Interest among the boys. For Instance a Texas boy raises more than eighty-five bushels to the acre and is outstripped by a 8outt Carolina lad. who raises 228 bushels per acre. The two corn expositions at Omaha, which had the hearty co-operation of the Department of Agriculture, wen well patronized by southernera. They and similar enterprise, all led Jiy the government's scientists, are wielding a splendid influence. We do not know, but the Boy's club idea might be profitably adopted in this and other northern states. Court Yields in Ruef Caie. By an abrupt and remarkable turn in affalra Abraham Ruef, the convicted San Francisco boss, now seems to have lost his last hope of escaping the state penitentiary. After several years of technical proceeding the state aupreme court granted Ruef a rehearing about two weeks ago. This action provoked such a storm of protest In California that the supreme court invited an in vestigation of Its course at the hands of the legislature through a Joint com mittee from the house and senate. The court had made Its ruling and Issued the order for a rehearing purely on technical grounds and It volunteered to defend its action. The speetecle of a supreme court being In vestigated by the legislature was most sensational, but abruptly the court is sues another order vacating the one granting the new trial. From this distance it would seem to be a frank concession to public sentiment and a vindication of the popular belief that the man who engineered the system of bribery and corruption under the administration of former Mayor Schmitz was properly convicted and should serve the term of fourteen years in San Quentin, which the lower court imposed upon him. It will be remembered that Ruef'a conviction waa made possible when he contessed to a great many of the charges preferred against him, and It was this fact that so outraged the peo ple at the thought of his being given another chance to escape the penalty of the law. It seems the supreme court could not have been secure In Its position, or it would scarcely have yielded so quickly. Ambassador Bryce Sustained. The unionists in Parliament were effectually checkmated In their at tempt to rebuke Ambassador Bryce for. his part ,ln facilitating negotia tions for the Canadian reciprocity treaty. The administration, through the foreign secretary, unequivocally sustained the ambassador and refused to instruct British representatives at other capitals not to assist in similar negotiations. Sir Edward Grey not only refused to issue such instruc tions, but commenced the action of Mr. tions, but commended the action of Mr. Bryce as beneficial both to Canada and the mother country. This proceeding is significant of an encouraging situation. In silencing the tariff reformers, who are the Jin goes in this case, the British govern ment has done all that it needs to do to show its confidence in Canada and the United States and its friendliness for what has thus far been done to effecting reciprocal trade relations. Ambassador Bryce is a good enough Briton to be trusted with its best in terests and a good enough friend and student of the United States to be re lied on not to go astray with us. So long as he is the crown's representa tive at Washington it will have noth ing to tear for Ha national welfare, and if It could be certain of as safe and sane representation at every other world capital it would be much better off than it is. Undoubtedly the foreign secretary Is right in affirming belief that the ambassador's influence has been help ful in this case both to Canada and Britain, and yet the United States Is not finding fault. No Dust-Throwing This Time. The Water board is aald to be pre paring to submit another bond propo sition to the voters of Omaha as on more step in the process of "immedi ate and compulsory" purchase of th,e water works begau eight yeara ago. When the people were induced two yeara ago to authorize an Issue of $6,500,000 of bonds they were led by the Water board to believe that that would finish the Job. The vote on the bonds two years ago was, therefore, plainly procured through misrepresen tation, else the Water board would not have to come back now for more. If we are to vote again on an Issue ol water bonds of from $7,500,000 to $10,000,000, let us have no dust throwing this time. Let us have tbt straight of It from the Water board and let ua know exactly how deep we are in the hole, bow much it will coat to get out and what we may expect in the way of service and water rates after we get there. President Taft has appointed a negro lawyer to be assistant attorney general of the United States. Thta action of a republican president may offset efforts of our democratic law makers to put a "Jim Crow" law on the Nebraska statute books. The World-Herald aeverely scores Governor Carroll aa th author of a new "low Idea" in vetoing the Oregon plan for electing flitted States sena tors on the ground of unconstitution ality. Oh, pshaw! That Idea was promulgated long ago right here In Nebraska by John Paul Breen and Charley Wooster. The Omaha Commercial club will repeat its efforts to help Nebraska farmers test their seed corn with a view to Insuring a full crop. This Is as practical work as the Commercial club has ever taken up. Corn in the bin means money for the farmer and business for the merchant. Rather close contest out at Dundee on the question of bonds to build an Independent water plant defeated by ten votes. Credit the Omaha Water board with getting busy Just In time to avoid being loaded down with a lot of useless mains and dead pipeage In Dundee A newspaper man, said to be one of the most popular In Washington, died and wins Ave and one-half lines in the paragraph column of one of the pa pers that especially admired him. "The abort and simple annals of the poor." What If he had not been so popular? The news that a respected citizen of Oklahoma, who had become an Invet erate coffee drinker, had died at the age of 108 ought to be a warning to all about their personal habits City Clerk "Dan" Butler Is the most conscientious and efficient person who ever filled that office. If you have any doubts read that legislative report written by friendly democrats. A Hunch for I licle fain. Pittsburg Post. Tt would be a good Idea, ton, to have aotne authoritative commission declare that the I'nlted States government should in troduce scientific management, efficiency and economy In Its departments. It would be a good thing for both of our ruling classes to do. Uhles at Team Work. Indianapolis News. The great trouble with the democratic party as a governing agency Is Its un willingness to do any team work. No or ganization baa much chance of making worthy accomplishment unless It is will ing to accept leadership and direction and will submit itself to sensible discipline. shlfllna on lleelproelly. Chicago Keoord-Herald. When .Senator Hale of Maine, the con firmed stand-patter, and Senator Cummins of Iowa, the heretofore persistent oppo nent of the pet theory, Join In opposing the reciprocity agreement, one or the other of them has shifted his position. We violate no confidence In Imparting the fact that Senator Hale haa not surrendered to tha Iowa Idea. Penalties of Proa-reaslreneaa. Baltimore American., The wearers of the trouser and harem cklrts In various cities are being mobbed and eggedU- which Is the usual reward of one acting. ,wtl) the courage of one's con victions. . StIU, it is hard to make pure reason rise superior to the feeling that becoming eeslumes in current styles ara moro acceptable, to the unthinking crowd than the firmest kind of conviction Not Much of a Record. New York World. Charles O. Oates traveled 3.000 miles on a special train In a little more than three days, which Is called a record-breaking run. Yet It calla for an average speed of only fifty miles an hour for twenty hours a day, allowing four houra a day for stops. Upon well-constructed railroads It Is easy to make much greater speed. It would have been easy to do so at any time in the last thirty years. Hall road men have held that It would not pay to quicken runs generally, but with the prevailing glut of business there would surely be some economy In having a certain train occupy certain tracks three daya Instead of five days. The lied Hndae of Coirtfe, ; Chicago Post. The president of the I'nlted States haa put on a biasing red necktie and Washing ton la accusing him of trying to aet the style, even aa -King Edward VII used to do In London. Never waa there more patent error than this. ' The president's new tie Is no symbol of paltry fashion. It is The Red Badge of Courage. We are glad to see htm hoist it. He needs it every hour In that big Job of hla In the White House and he never needed It mors than he does in this troublous "last week," when courage la the only thing that can win for htm his brave fight for Canadian reciprocity. People Talked About Woof Mook ilves at Belvidere, ill. Aside from that, Belvidere has no excuse for getting Into the publicity columns. Lawrence county, Arkansas, has a num ber of Industries, but the most unique Is that of capturing and raising animals for their fur and hides. The occupation Is followed by a boy, Crockett Gibson, who lives on a farm four miles south of Im boden, and who has been well paid for his labor. While' she was feeding her two weeks' old chickens, Miss Kuth Vance, daughter of James I. Vance, a wealthy farmer, lost a )3i0 diamond setting from a ring. She brought all tha chickens to ChlillcuOie, O., and had them placed under the x-ra, but tha gem was not found. Miss Vane re fused to hava the chickens killed. A poker scandal la agitating tha Inner circles of tha Kansas university. While tba atudent gamblers atuck to pennyante the game was a Joyous diversion, but a raised limit and a fat "kitty" spoiled tne temper or me piayers, provoking a ruction of dangerous energy. A bonfire of all the cards In tha school Is prom ised. After Investigations In the Westmore land coal regions, where a strike haa been In progres for aome time, four promi nent charity and literary workers, Ida M. Tarbell, Elizabeth Marbury and Anna Tracey of New York, and Miss Einrnellne Pitt of Pittsburg, were caught in a snow storm and suffered greatly before reaching Greensburg. Pa. Robert Emerson J'avts, tha Buaton boy financier who got away with IsuO.Ouo en trusted to him. and waa overtaken at Klo d Janerto, la credited with wlda knowl edge of the Bible and a religiously feeling outwardly aa keen aa bis auent for easy money. Ills offices In a Boston suburb were decorated with acrlptual mottus which comforted tha victims aa they coughed up. Around New York BlPFlsa tea entrant of X.lf "ess la tba Oraat Amarteaa tatrepella from Dsy to Day. Ceniallty that smile- and shines above all kinds of common troubles is supposed to be the exclusive and happy aset of the fat uisn. It Is one of the roniensatlons for "cinhty responsibilities, the stialn on shoe leather, and solace for rude remarks at tracted by a hla front. Hut a fat worm turns occasionally, (mo of copious dimen sions sunned himself in front of a store window In New York and tl-rew such a mighty shadow over the Ulterior that the stoiekrrpei ordered him to move on. Me refused to hudue. A lively argument fol lowed. BltiHclum ii crowd which fell Into the humor of the situation. An appeal to a policeman lifted the blockade and shifted the heavyweight and liTs shadow to the ad joining cigar store. The store relieved measures two feet six Inches in width, and so Hell Is space economized that the pro prietor goes outside to turn around. Pioh Hhly the fear of a bad taste or the cop prevented the fat man from eating up the lean one. Tlie passing of one of tha worst pests from which New Yolk has ever suffered and one that has been a matter of great Interest to visitors seems to be near at hand, tt Is the theater ticket speculator, that heavy-browed Individual that Infests the sidewalk in front of every New York theater and all but commits actual assault In case his offers are refused. Hy unanimous vote the Hoard of Alder men has passed an ordinance preventing the sale of tickets In the streets and on the sidewalks and prohibiting the adver tlsement of such a business. The specu lators still have three weeks to ply their holdup, as the ordinance was to become effective within thirty days. Needless to say the speculators are trying to devise some way in which to circumvent the or dinance, but up to date no scheme of eva sion has been found. It was at first siiKgested that the specu lators take out peddlers' licenses and sell chewlntt gum or some such commodity, with theater tickets thrown in. Thrs rcheme, however, was abandoned, on the ground that It would have been too appar ent an evasion of the law. It I probable that the speculators will test the constitu tionality of the law, the old ordinance hav- Since It has been decided to establish municipal batha for tha million at Coney Island, other and even more ambitious plans for Its improvement have been formulated. These Include a continuous walk and drive along the entire live miles of Its water front and a new bulkhead line which has been author ized by government engineers. A con tract has been let for a rip-rap wall, forty feet thick at its base and twenty feet at the top. surmounted- by a concrete walk. This will protect the Island from those periodic invasions by the Atlantic which have frequently been quite destruc tive. All of which Is expected to attract a higher average of patronage than the resort has hitherto enjoyed. Mrs. Frederick Hartwlg, a bride, living at B4ft Ogden avenue, notified the High bridge police station that her diamond en gagement ring, valued at fM5, bad disap peared while she waa making change. for tho chauffeur of a delivery wagon. Police- men Buddemeyer and O Mara were sent around to investigate. She told them that the man had delivered several packages to her In the kitchen. Khe went Into another room to get her pocket book to pay him. After he had gone she missed the ring. She described the driver, and the detec tives went to the stables of a department store at Park avenue and One Hundred Klghty-thlrd street. There they scrutinised all the employes and finally picked out John J. Kelly, a chauffeur. He was searched, but no trace of the ring could be found. "Wrong man, 1 guess," said OMara, and the chauffeur began to put on his clothes. So pronounced was Kelly's relief that he began whistling a popular air as he adjusted his tie. "I know that tune." said Buddemeyer. "It's something about bells on his fingers and rings on hla toes. Do you suppose he means anything by It?" "I-et'a see," said O Mara. Then ha turned to Kelly." Take off your socka," he said. Kelly's face fell, but he pulled off the hosiery. The policemen say they found the missing ring encircling the little toe on the left foot. Assemblyman James A. Hendrlckson of Ited Bank, N. J., with a keen eya to the ruture, nas come to the rescue of the lobster family with a bill that will prevent the taking or selling of lobsters under nine Inches in length. This will give the lobsters that are now ruthlessly taken from the bosoms of their families a few more years In which to wax fat and sweet for the palates of tha Broadway diners. The penalty provided is a fine of from i2o to $."i0. Hendrlckson argues that the bill will redound to tha advantage of the Jersey fisherman, aa It will Insure the contlned prosperity of the lobster Industry, whereas, If the present unrestricted catch ing of the red-clawed tribe is continued, fishermen will eventually look to their lobatec pots In vain for a satisfactory re turn. Eire Commissioner Waldo and Chief Croker were making a tour of Inspection of the engine houses on Staten Island In the department automobile the other day. They stopped at a village postofflce and several natives gathered about the car, which It appeared they never saw before. The big black letters, F. L. N. Y., on the rear was a puszla to them. After vainly trying to figure It out one of the men asked what the letters stood for. "Frank Duffy, New York," said the com missioner. "One of thorn Wall street fellows, I s'pose," one native remarked to tha others. "And to think they are atlll within tha city limits:" Croker aald to tha commis sioner. PROFITS OK TliK tfllliDK. Kalloaal Treaaary Kalteaed hy tu- tviua lloaae Activity. New York Post. The Treasury department at Washington now knows the exquisite delight of com ing across an overlooked half-dollar In the pocket of an old coat. It la a pleasurable sensation altogether out of proportion to the Intrinsic value of the retrieved coin. Nut that flO.O10.OuO Is a sum to be sniffed at even by a secretary of tha treasury. Ten million dollars I the amount that haa been recovered during tha last two years' ciusada against customs defraudora. Of greatar value, however, la tha knowledge that honesty and efficiency hava replaced graft and slovenliness In tha custom house. It Is something to hava found tha m I -.s Iris- half dollar; It Is more Important to have j sewn up tha hole through which a good many' mure half-dollars might have slipped In tha course of time. ,"UM" i"".Miiuiniiiai. new ci,iar character of our wheat not makl... ordinance is believed to meet the defects ai) tti,i,. , ., ,, ,,,BKIS found in the old measure and New Yorker. Kansas won! r , " W',et' are harboring visions of at least being rid w'w , . m '? h"rde''1 of the most obnoxious phase of theater- e wheat 1 . .1 . ' l""- Hime is siniiia auma 111 11. e jiii-uuiou". j Tho Bee's Letter Box Contribution on Timely Onblacta Ho SacaadiBg Two Hnndra Words Ara tavltsd from Oar Keadara. V here Hrelpre-llr tills Nebraska. OMAHA. March 1 -To the Kdltor of The Hoe: W hat Is rec lpi o. it W hat does t'anadlan retlproclty ns proposed In t lie M.ChII bill now before the fnlted States senate mean? It means the giving over to Canada, our greatest and best markets, the mills of the northwest and middle west, for M.ncn.(0 to oh.(,mki huMiels annually ,.f Nebraska. Kansas and lima wheat, without getting anything In return. The mills of the northwest and middle west prefer the Can adian wheat even at a considerable pre mium over the southwestern wheat, as It makea the whitest of flour without bleach ing, whereas the winter wheat of the south west needs the bleaching process In order to compete, and this process illegal. Such a condition brought about by red proclty would benefit especially the Ca nadian farmer, at the gre.it disadvantage nt K 1 . 1 ... ..UT nuipinin inrmer; to the latter It would be suicidal. It also means the giving over to tbe Canadian farmer our markets in the New Kngland and the middle states tor I(IU,0IK,W10 bushels of our western oals annually, which grain Is second only to corn In extent of production, without get ting anything in return. Furthermore. Canada raised a superior quality of oats to those raised In the west and hence Its markets would be preferred at a premium in our eastern markets, which markets now take a large part of our surplus. This would mean a large Increase In the production of grain in Canada end a corresponding de crease In the I nlted States of both wheat and oats; our los would be Canada's gain. In a word, reciprocity places the Canad ian farmer not only In direct competition with the American farmer In the lattera home markets, but gives the Canadian farmer the advantages of the superior quality of grain, and shorter distances to ... casern markets. These markets, which we now propose to give awav to om Canadian neighbors for nothing, have been mrgesi factors toward the building up our western country. a.n. win receive a harder blow man any other state on account of the re r to the Nebiaska wheat, and also, Canada would compete for the large Pacific coast trade, which Kansas now enjoys. It is estimated that the depreciation in the values of wheat, oats and corn since reci procity has been agitated In the Cnited Stales will exceed sixty million dollars (fcw.oun.oou.) As grain depreciates In value so will the lands on which it Is raised. The lessened values of farm products will be felt by nearly all manufacturing industries This will in time affect labor, because ne cessities and economy will be the motto We were all taught from the beginning that the farm is the foundation of the pros perity of this country, la not this aa true today aa ever? 1 have distributed the grain products of Nebiaska through ter minal elevators at Omaha for twenty years, to all parts of our country. If 1 do not know whereof I am speaking, I ought to If 1 am unabla to forecast the effects of reciprocity which does not reciprocate 1 ought to be. This reciprocity bill Impresses me deeply and sincere as a discriminatory asajnai win larma of our country. The disastrous effects of this are not ready a fact. The United Mates dues not really need the products of Canada, while on the other hand Canada with Ua vast area of territory, capable of raising auO.OUO.liOO bushels of wheat and 1 .VOO.UOO.M bushels of oats and poasibly In tha near future enough coin for home consumption, needs our mar kets to help build up Us country. It should be understood that our farm products are consumed largely In our own country; that we export only 10 per cent of our wheat, three J) per cent of our coin anu one U) to. three t3) per cent of our oals. We ahould not forget that there Is no ma terial economy In low prices for wheat, be cause at $1.10 per bushel the average con sumption for each person does not exceed In value cents per day. We should al ways remember thut good prices for farm products makes for good times In all In dustries and high prices for labor, while low prices for farm products makes for hard times, closed factories, and low prices for labor and armies of idle men. While we are giving a good deal of consideration to the conservation of our forests and mines, we should not underestimate the conaerva tlon of our home markets. N. MERRIAM. President Merriam & Millard Co. Houte.ll lioea to 1'ortuaal. WASHINGTON, March I.-Ilepresentative Henry S. Boutell of Illinois, was today nominated by President Taft to be fnlted States minister to Portugal. Mr. Houtell was defeated for re-nomlnatlon at tha lust primary election. 55S5 Here's " I fell V A J 7 wl LA now use my arm as well as ever." Mrs. H. ii. Springkr, oai Flora St., Elizabeth, N. J. MORE PROOF. 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Cleveland Plain Dealer: The I'nlted States ' has tretatnd Japan as one progressive, powerful nation should treat another pro gressive and powerful. It argues well for a continuation of the friendly relations be tween them that the senate. In the midst of this busy season. Iihs been able to ratify this treaty without a long and bitter lls- cussion. 1 he quicker such an agreement Is clinched the less likely there Is to be ' an aftermath of suspicion and hostility, V New York World: The new treaty iVici' not mainly concern Immigration and dos not practically affect It. The pledged honor and the Interest of Japan are alike Involved In keeping Its own people at home, or as colonists In Korea. Saghallcn and Formosa. From all Asia east nf Turkey our immigration last year was less than that from the West Indies, which was chiefly colored. The Japanese numbered but twenty-seven out of every 10.000 In the total. f Chicago Tribune: The treaty Is received f w ith general acelHlm In Japan. The Seat lie j merchants welcome It for they see a prom ise of more extensive trade with Japan ior meir city, -mere is no such outlast of Indignation from California as was a tlcipated. Perhaps It was hinted gently to the representatives of that state early In the session that If they and their constitu ents were to Keep reasonably quiet about Japan It would be much easier for San Francisco to get the contemplated exposi tion the congressional recognition It co veted. CHEERY CHAFF. "We don't see any mora of tha old-. ' fashioned rrnun nhnlnnnnlii " ' "No; a modern girl's Idea of a grnnn photograph Is herself and her hat." Kansi sas City Journal. ' 1 "Did you reallv aav all tha elvr- ihhxl attributed to you by tha aneodota writer ? i "No." replied Senator Forfthum; "I didn't, exactly say em. But I Indorsed 'em."- Washington Star. Sister Blenklron Yes, T know tha Throgj sons. They're as poor as church mice. 1 Sister Widgeon O. but church mice aren't ' poor any more. Think of the basement kitchens we have In our churches nowa days, and the elegant suppers we some times have In tbe. lecture rooms! Chicago) Tribune, Tm not complaining of the tip to th inB. irui patron 01 a in 4 111 n i me. "Hut It la ratline km. '1 don't mind. I'm willing to pav Itfr tne privilege of listening to the miisiind louklng at the pictures. What I obiect to is the expensive custom of ordering food " Washington Star. A FABLE. Baltimore American. I aw Two maids there were who courted fame Of an unusual kind: In beauty, wealth, society, They wished It not to find, For many could that notice gain; But these had fixed intent To do a great thing, so the world Its eyes upon her bent. 1 One studied years with patient care. And burned the midnight oil She sought to delve In learning's mine With never-ending toll; Her luxury she sacrificed. To pleasure gave no looks. But thought to aid humanity. By writing helpful books. The other wanted fame aa bad. 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