Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 25, 1911)
.Ak in TmZ BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, x MAT 25, 1911. Tiifi omaha Daily Bee IOLKLiEI) BY EDWARD ROSE WATER. VICTOR HOK WATER, EDiTOR. Ehtsrtd at Omaha potolflc second dsn matter. TERMS OV BL'BSCRtPTION. Sitiday lie, one year $2 50 fcitturday Bet; one year 1 W l'aily tie (wlihout Sunday), one year 4-09 Ltailv Ha and Sunday. one "year a-OS DELIVKRED BY CARRIER. Evening Bee (with Sunday), per month. c Dally bee, (Including rtunoayi, pr mo.. wc h i without Sunday), per mo.. 4oc Address all complaint of Irregularities in delivery to City circulation. ueptLrimaui. offices Omaha The Bee Muilrting. outli Omaha N. Twenty-fourth St Council bluffs lb Scott BL Lincoln M Little liulltllng Chicago 1M Marquette Building. Kanaas City Reliance Building. New York 34 West Thirty -third Bt. Washington 726 fourteenth 8., N. W. ,' - CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and editorial matter should be addressed Jrr.aha .Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Bee Publishing Company, only I-cent stamp received In payment of mail accounts. Personal checks except on Omaha and eastern exchange not accepted. APRIL CIRCL'IAT10N. 48,106 late of Nebraska, County of Douglas, as; liwlRht Williams, circulation manager of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly r worn, says that the average dally circula tion, lee spoiled, unused and returned copies, for the month of April, 1911, was 4M0. DWIGHT WILLIAMS. Circulation Manager. (Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before) me this 1st day of May. 111. (Seal. HUBERT HUNTER, . Notary Public aacrlber leaving Ik ettr t. ferarllr afcooM Te Be vjallea thorn. 14ina will A box score of a ball game between Japanese and Mexican teams would be an Interesting affair. If Mr. Bryan bas nominated Dr. Wilson for vice president, for whom la ha reserving first placet Perhaps Mr. Bryan had an inside tip that the $2,000,000 Memphis offered him was stage money. The followers of Mrs. Eddy are so progressive that they have already a Christian Science Reformed church. "Chicago drinks 1,000,000 gallons of beer on a hot day." News Item. St. Louis and Milwaukee papers please copy. A Bt. Louis Judge granted a divorce the other day in Just three minutes ' after the case was called. Tou will have to hurry, Reno. Bellevue college evidently fears union with the University of Omaha would be a combination in unreasona ble restraint of trade. Recording to the city attorney, gar bag collection may be an emergency, but city hall Insurance la only a hand out. Let it go at that ' Connecticut will require aviator to take out licenses. That Is right It tend to protect the alrcastles and also the Innocent bystander. Madero ha managed to get two member of hi own family In the pro posed new cabinet list thus far. That doing fairly well for a starter. If dance hall regulation takes as long to materialise In Omaha as pool hal) regulation the dancers need be In no haste to begin to worry. According to the Chicago News, the Illinois legislature was "bathed In perspiration." Some members of It should have been bathed In the sweat box. I Now that President Taft haa fed the elephant at the .Bronx and ridden the, goat at the Ak-Sar-Ben den, his education may be considered com plete. It remains to be seen whether Bry an's speech to the New York legisla ture urging ratification of the la come tax amendment produces tangi ble results. i Yet when his critics get to scolding him for being a man of war, Colonel Roosevelt may direct their attention to what happened at Portsmouth a few years ago. L It at least can be said there 1 a hot time In the old town Seattle a a result of this recalling of mayors. The man ' who has escaped a grand Jury Indictment Is fortunate. De Moines is about to decide whether tt will buy Its water works plant or not. Omaha might loan It a certain professional compulsory pur chaser, If that would help any. Having no law against kidnaping,' New Mexico has sent two kidnapers to th penitentiary by convicting them of burglary. Now If we had only don something like that to Pat Crowe. It Is a fcreat relief to know that there Is. nothing In the new constltu- ilPj) of' Arlsona to which our Con treBsin'an Lobeck could take excep tion, except possibly recall of Judges, and, of course, If Mr. Lobeck la will ing to stand for It, no one else should have any objections. According to the lexicon used by the World-Herald, for a democratic city councilman to vote for a repub lican is "an act of betrayal," which cannot be too strongly denounced. But, for a republican to vote for a democrat Is merely an exhibit of fear less Independence calling for praise and encouragement Diaz and Hi Successors. Whether the enforced resignation of Diss as president of Mexico com pletes the victory of Madero and bis forces is a question to be answered after the new regime shall have had opportunity to demonstrate Its ability to run the government as well, or better. The time for Diss to step down undoubtedly had come, but In that alone Is no sufficient guaranty for the future. Mexico still faces problems which acutely affect its na tlonal Integrity and which will require a large measure of devoted statesman ship to solve. Of Dlas'a remarkable ability there bas never been a doubt. He came into power by mach th cam meana that mark the advent of hi succes sors. Having failed of election as president In 1867, "he never ceased plotting against the government," his tory says, "and his Intrigues occasion ally broke out In the form of open re volt," until he finally achieved hi purpose and th welfare of Mexico along with It. In 1877 ha becam president and "order was restored In a remarkably short time." It re mains to be seen whether the Mader lsts succeed as well now, when It should be easier to restore order than. it was then. Dlas soon won the con fidence of European Investors and, under his Influence, capital began to pour Jnto the country for its develop ment. But his term of office ended In 1880, because the law then forbade a re-election. He practically named his successor, Oeneral Gonzalez, and by th end of his term, in 1884, the Mexican people having demanded Dias as the only man they cared to trust and the only one whom foreign capital would follow, had amended the law so as to remove the restriction, and sine then his elections have followed largely as a matter of course. Dlas leaves the republic potentially strong and Immensely rich, with a sound credit abroad, and hi succes sors will find their greatest task In improving on what he ha done. His going to Franc must be entirely of his own accord, for, while he found It advisable to flee from th country In 1872 and again in 1876, he certainly would have no reason, after hi resig nation Is accepted, to fear for his per sonal safety among hi countrymen who realize and recognize the invalua ble service he has rendered them. Tftft at tlie Zoo. The president should have picked np some valuable suggestion on hi visit to th Bronx soologlcal gardens, wher h saw all aorta of animal. at their prank. A man in his position needs all the information he can get on animal and .their habit. It i said he was most interested in ele phant. That is not strange at all, sine it is with th republican ele phant that he has had most to do. Elephants ar very intelligent beasts, with large brain capacity, some, of course, larger than others. They are also capricious and subject to sudden changes in mood, so that it requires tact and skill in handling them. Th reports say that the menagerie keeper brought a bag of sugar to some of the elephant to show th president how he could make them eat it out of hi hands. There 1 a practical demonstration which, it I to be supposed, waa certainly not lost on Mr. Taft Thu far h ha not been able to mak a many elephants eat out of his hand as h might wish, and there are som in hi cage to which he would never think of ex tending a palmful of sugar for fear of getting hla hand bitten off. It 1 a question if, after all, the soo keeper at the Bronx has any elephants to look after who ar more feroclou than, those at Washington become at times. : ( Laurier'i Sensible Speech. Amased to find in London a gen eral uneasiness oVer the bogey of Canadian annexation set up by Champ Clark and other clap-trap politicians, who chose that cheap method of op posing reciprocity, Premier Laurter doe not mince words In expressing his views to his British friends. The really big and courageous men in congress who have taken Bide on th reciprocity measure have favored or opposed It on tt mer its, not seeking shelter under the false covering of a fear of annexation. No intelligent man in congress be lieves for one minute In th remotest possibility of such a thing as a result of reciprocity agitation and none knows it better than Champ Clark. The Canadian prim minister re flects credit nppn himself and bis people in hla address before the Pil grims' society in London. Hit words at- a rebuke, not only to the Amer ican Jingoes, but to the British Jin goes a j well and should help allay whatever actual feeling of uneasiness may have been stirred up In England as to the relation between Canada and th United States Americans may feel an especial pride In th as surance Sir Wilfrid give to his cousin of th wsrm and wholesome friendship cementing these two coun tries over her on this continent, which, h happily said, waa being di vided between them. Th speech wss timely, and'yet It would aeem that no such reassurance should be needed to convince Briton that we mean all we say about our desire for friendship to them and Canada. t Lincoln is again agitated over the prospect of a union depot which is held out aa Inducement to close an other Important Street for the benefit of the railroads The closing of this street would mak the railway termi nals encroach still further their pros- mlty on the State university campus. Lincoln, Itself, ought to wske up soon to a realization of the fact that the present campus location Is bound to become steadily less desirable, and that the sooner It Is moved the better. A Rebuke to Zealots. The committee on temperance of the Presbyterian Oeneral assembly re ports "an alarming Increase In the use of alcohol liquors In the United States as a whole" and declare "Only harm can result from deceiving the public by charts which Indicate a rapid ad vanee in temperance legislation and boastful statements, making 'the rasp sL white,' while we ar doing nothing oi th kind." This Is a sever rebuke to profes sional agitators employed to "put down the evil," and should make them feel that If they gave more time to the stern facts and less to pro moting personal ambitions they would do more good for their cause. The general assembly's committee Is to be congratulated for its good sense In looking this situation squarely In the face and unmasking the false proph ets. False claim of this sort do more harm than good. Efforts st promot ing habits of temperance among all the people have always proved more effective than all the dead-letter law that can be piled upon the statute book. Legislative prohibition, the ulti mate end at which all professional agitation aims, Is a tide that con stantly ebbs and flows and changes Its channel periodically, as the results of election in various states of lat show. The quiet, persistent and sys tematic inculcation of th habit of soberness without regard to politics 1 exactly the sort of work for a great religious organization to do. More over, it will accomplish a thousand times more actual good than all the legislating thai can be done. Omaha's Army Headquarters. There 1 no use trying to disguise th fact that the proposed rearrange ment and reorganisation of the mili tary department contemplated by General Wood aa chlef-of-staff will seriously threaten the Importance of army headquarters at Omaha. The order as outlined from Wash ington provides for relocation of the boundary lines of the department,' and also for a redistribution of the differ ent branches of the service as between departments and divisions. In the territorial rearrangement Omaha may possibly be slightly the gainer, but in taking away and concentrating in Chi cago all the departmental work now carried on here, except that of the commanding general and his aid and the quartermaster's service, this headquarters would be distinctly the) loser. No suggestion Is made that Omaha 1 to be discriminated against as against other department head quarters, but th Wood plan estab lishes a wholly new distribution of staff work, with the army administra tion centered at division points. If this plan, is to maintain It be hooves Omaha' to be alert to maintain the position as army headquarters which it has held from the beginning for the Department of the Platte, and later for the Department of the Mis souri. I Characteristic. It is characteristic of the Water board's method of doing business that at the same meeting at which it or dered a special election to vote $8,250,000 of water bonds "for th acquisition of the water work plant of the Omaha Water company and for the construction of necessary exten sions and improvements thereto," an other resolution was also passed re citing that a committee had been ap pointed to provide plana and specifica tions covering the proposed extensions and improvements of the water plant and requesting the water company to afford said committee such infor mation a aaid committee may require respecting location of its pipes, valves and other feature of it pumping and distributing system." We do not pretend to know whether 8,250,000 is enough money to ac quire the water plant and construct the necessary extensions and improve ments thereto, but plainly neither does the Water tjoard. It may be that $8,250,000 Is more than ample, and will leave a surplus for future de mands. Then, again, It may be that 18,250.000 will fall short of paying for the water plant, and also for the necessary extensions and improve ments. Most business establishments find out how much money they need before they go to the bank for a loan, but our Water board financier bor row th money first and then ascertain how much they need. Th Nebraska supreme court has held not only that a married woman can make a valid contract, but that she can be held to It even though she concludes that she is getting the worst of the bargain. Equal rights for all and special privileges for none. The senate is now inquiring aa to what the government ia doing toward prosecuting officials of the Standard Oil company under the criminal clause of the Sherman law. Would that be contempt of the supreme court T Now that Editor Bailey of the Hous-' ton Post is a colonel on the staff of Tennessee's governor, he may be ex pected to be more bellicose than ever, and la doubtless prepared to fight all of Joe Bailey s battles. V The city council eeema to be get ting in deeper every time It asks for bids on gas street lighting-. Th latest figures are $27.50 for th first year and a possibility of reductions thereafter. In the meantime its ulti matum to the gas company is $22 for lights already furnished and Its best contract bid $26. Better compromise and settle. ttoam of a Good Bluff. Chicago Nwa, If Lortmer had resigned at the first alarm he might have made good the bluff that he waa personally Ignorant of any crookedness In hla election. Cnnae and F.ffeet. Chicago Tribune. It Is said that Mr. Bryan has decided to support Champ Clark for president. Also It is said that the Champ Clark boom Is losing ground. Still, there may be no logi cal connection between the two statements. A Press Aeent's Trick. Pittsburg Dispatch. And now It Is discovered that that Alas kan "coal party' emulating the Boston tea party was only a press agent's trick Most people knew all along It was a trick although they did not blame it on the press agent Baale Note for Booatere. Washington Post. So, with clear skies, a fruitful soil, and wis laws, let - the most ambitious and energetlo people 1n th world get busy, In dividually and collectively, and mak the greatest and most prosperous nation that th sun ever shone upon) Naval Glory Commercialised. Boston Herald. The Imported commander-in-chief of the Haytlen army, "mad In Germany," has returned to his native land because part of the navy he was to command waa de tained for an unpaid bill In Italy, and the rest was laid up for repairs. "Sacre-a HI gate of Senators. Cleveland Plain Dealer. . Tt Is Senator Jeff Davis, who Is charged with saying that newspapers interfere too much with th sacred rights of senators. The senator's attitude recalls the old man who sat by th side of the road and flung recks at th passerby, at th same time vociferously announcing that all he wanted waa to be let alone. We Barely Are a Dtnoersey, Chicago Inter Ocean. Thomas L. Law Is, for three years presi dent of the United Mine Workers of Amer ica, and before that vice president of the same organisation for eight years, has gone back to a pick and shovel In th mines, ac cording to a dispatch from Wheeling, W. Va, After that, who will be heard to say that ours Is not a real democracy T When the president of a national labor organisa tion Ilk the United Mine Workers of America quits his lofty position and goes back to work, relapsing without a straggle Into the ranks of his fellow citizens, tt Is certainly time for all doubts to cease. ALFALFA VERSUS CORN. Forpier Reaching- for Crown of Latter In Nebraska. Nashville Tanneseean. Out In Nebraska they ar shouting that "Queen Alfalfa has routed King Corn! and the folks who ar on th side of the new monarch ar producing some mighty interesting figures to back up their asser tion that a new era has arrived. It Is shown by thes statisticians that a quarter section in corn will produce an actual profit of 1480 per year, while planted in alfalfa, the sam land will yield a net profit of 11.620. The further advantage of alfalfa is that It adds to th fertility of the soil. As a milk and butter producer,' alfalfa has no superior, and It Is th finest sort of fattening food for all sorts of Hv stock. Th village of Ansley, Neb., which ha a population of only 700, shipped during the year from July, 1808, to July, 1810, som 1600,000 worth of cattle, hoga, sheep and horses,1 all of them raised and fattened on th alfalfa lands In that immediate vicinity. Corn cut some figure in th mat ter, to ba sure, but not approaching th extant that th grass crop did. Th lands of th south ar peculiarly fitted for growing alfalfa, and ther Is no reason In the world why th farmers of this section should not prosper from it as do their brethren of the less favored Nebraska prairies. People Talked About Fred 8 terry Is th managing director of the Hotel Plasa, New Tork, and associate director of a resTery at Hot Springs. Va. Don Ramon Arias Is In New Tork City on his way to London. He will represent the free, Independent and sovereign Repub lic of Panama at th coronation, f To sav his money, get a fin education, be a lawyer and then mak some good laws Is th laudable ambition of Master Russell McAllister, the youngest page In congress. Perhaps Master McAllister has seen the lack of good laws from his splendid point of vantage. Three women have entered an aeroplane race for women onlyy which will be con ducted In August at th aviation meet of the Harvard Aeronautical society. ' Mm. Helen Dutrieux will represent Franc, Mrs. James V. Martin is entered for Eng land and Miss Emily Wlllard for America, All thre have had experience In sky pilot ing. Former Mayor Schmlts of San Francisco, the fiddling executive of th city during the earthquake and fire, Is reported "dead broke" la Mexico and need money to get noma, Th Oakland speculator who pro vided th bond that enabled Schmlts to escape jail put th mayor next to several mining propositions whldh swallowed th fortune of each. 111-gotUn gains seldom stick. . A year ago William I Ralaton of Pitts burg wandered into th rescue mission in Elisabeth, N. J., a physical wreck sod without a cent In hla pockets. Last Sat urday he pledged 160.000 to th mission In recognition of th successful efforts of th superintendent. Howard T. Be heckler, to mak a man of him. H la able to mak th gift through th daath of his aunt, Mrs. Jennie Ralstonj who leave him more than aaoo.ouO. FRED. Oklahoma Bank Law How tke Uoaranty l,tw Pats a r rem torn oa Reek leas Ranklns;. After three years of experience with a compulsory bank guaranty deposit law Oklahoma find Itself much concerned with Its operation. A few weeks sgo the United States supreme court decided that the state had th right to adopt such a statute, and. In effect, authorised the common wealth, ff It saw fit, to for) state bank to pay assessments to make good the losses In failed Institutions. This Oklanoma has been doing. An investigation by the State Bankers' association Is reported to Show that 1878,353 haa been needed In the three years for use In the guaranty fund, and that now, with another large bank In th receiver hands, ther must be further assessment to supply th need of an empty treasury. Bo strenuously do th bankers object to this that, though at th beginning seventy national banks took stats char ters, now fifty have applications pending for new charters as national banks. They declare that, except In sporadic Instances, the operation of the new law has not ax fected the deposits of th nationals. In deed at the latest statement they showed larger gains than did the state banks. They point out that with an assessment of 1 per rent on the deposits, as Is now pro posed, a bank with $10,000 capital and $100, 000 deposits would pay 10 per cent of its entire Investment, wiping out a year's earnings. Th claim that th law has encouraged reckless banking seems to be justified In some Instances. One failure of $600,000 re vealed bad management and th manipu lation of th guaranty fund In a way that endangered the entire surplus. Other fail ures have been of banks In which part of the fund was Invested, thus throwing a double burden upon the sound banks. Ten batiks have been recipients of th fund, which now has a balance of $38,292. Altogether th Oklahoma law appears to have many weaknesses and is receiving sever criticisms at th bands of those most interested in it. In the legislatures of several states of th northwest and mlddlewest during the past winter there have been proposed deposit guaranty laws, but none has been enacted into statute. Nebraska, Teaxs, Kansas and Oklahoma are alon In trying th experiment. Kan- sas's law Is voluntary, and less than half the state banks have assumed Its provis ions. Texas haa two optional forms, and their opinions of Its workings. Nebraska's law was not put In operation until after the recent supreme court decision, so that It is too early to see Its effect In that commonwealth. The principle of the bank guaranty has never appealed to th financial judgment of those who believe In Individuality in business affairs. With th human factor eager to take advantage of opportunity, efforts to trad Upon Its provisions are in evitable. This has In more than one in stance already been manifest. Only com bined with such stringent examination as would make rascality practically unknown, and with powers to assist the weak bank when circumstances justify, could It hope to maintain permanency. Neither of thee conditions has yet been attained fully by states that have adopted the plan. . Okla homa seems to b least successful In es tablishing confidence. MINCE PIE. Chicago Record-Herald: In an Investiga tion which . has . been conducted by Dr. Wiley, the government expert, thirty manu facturers of mine pies testified that meat waa not a necessary ingredient of th con tents of such pies. Dr. Wiley might have asked . them whether they considered It necessary to have cherries In cherry pies. New Tork World: To th vexed question 'What Is whisky?" succeeds the new gov ernmental problem "What Is a mince pier A number of manufacturer of mince meat having represented to Dr. Wiley and the other experts of th Bureau of Chemistry that meat is not a necessary Ingredient, the matter has been taken under advise ment, with the promise of an official de cision In the near future. Brooklyn Eagle: Has that man Wiley of the Agricultural department neither rever ence nor fear? Her ha is at th beginning of a hot summer summoning a lot of ex perts to teach him what Is mine pie. And such experts! But let that pass for a moment. How does a man who spent months trying to learn what is whisky without finding out expect to know rnlnoe pie? A man who doe not know whisky is no doubt equally Ignorant of brandy, and what Is mlnoe pie without brandy T Boston Transcript: What would have been th fat of a roan, a drummer, who should have dared to affront th domes tic tradition of our mothers by tendering them a sample of caiyied mine meat with a Chicago label T Sensitive mind shrinks from conjuring up th vision of his pun ishment, not because It would have been brutal or violent, but because h would have left the ordeal pitiable but unpltled. on to whom the tutelary genius of New England had "thundered - whit - at lence," with som lightning thrown in for emphasis and to scar and brand th plaa- phemer. V.NIOMZINU NATION'S EMPLOYES Emphatic Opposition of th President Indicated. Chicago Record-Herald. In his speech to the convention of train men President Taft gave bis views with characteristic candor and directness on the question of trade-union politics and forms of organisation for government em ployes. The question Is practical and vital; it may become "political," and some pub lic men would Ftraddle or dodue it. Not sd Mr. Taft. He Is opposed to the sugges tionnow embodied In a pending bill- that the employes of th state should bo authorized to afflliat with trade unions and other "outside" bodies, and he bluntly said so, giving his reasons and citing the sober experience of th French republic. Th president Is right, as Mr. Roosevelt was In taking th sam position. Their reasons ar valid and cannot tall to ap peal to reasonable men in the labor unions. A government employe occupies a privi leged position) he enjoys a practical pe rnancy of tenure; he is paid by taxpayers who fear no competition; his wsges and hours ar determined by th sens of fairness and propriety; he cannot us or dinary trad union methods even of th most conservative character without dis organizing th business of th state and the people. A strike of public employes Is a strike against the state against pub lic order and safety. Donga for Democratic Convention. Philadelphia Ledger. Baltimore business men ar determined to land th democratic national convention for their city next year If money will do the trick. They set out to raU a fund of $100,000 to Impress the national committee, end they already have in hand about K6,000. Mayor Preston, just firmly seated In his official chair, boosting the proposal, says: "If th business men of the city cannot raise a guarantee fund of tlOO.ODO w had better shut up shop. It will b a lasting disgrace. I am sure th fund will be raised. out w con i want to oeiay.- POLITICS IA NEBRASKA. Nebraska City Pre: Nebraska democrats t are again talking about W. H. Thompson j of Ornnd Island frr United States senator. Why not give tis a candidate who would I make a good race? Hastings Tribune: A. C. Phallenberror feels as though he Is entitled to the demo cratic senatorial nomination and he Is going after it. He also felt the same way about th gubernatorial renomlnatloh, but somdiow he could not get his good demo cratic brothers to feel that way. Red Cloud Ars.ua ,(dem ): Nebraska will elect her delegates to the next national conventions at primary conventions. The election will be held next April and we predict that the successful democratic dele gates will be friendly to Mr. Bryan, while the republican delegates will be mainly antl-Taft Bloomington Advocate: Blx-OoVernor Shallenberger of Alma Is an avowed can didal for United State senator. Shaliys Itch for office stays with hlra a long time. W. H. Thompson of Grand Island, whp has been a candidate for about every office In the list, also wants the same office. Better trot out some new blood. Tekamah Herald: Senator Brown can be depended upon to line up with the spe cial Interests whenever h Is needed, as hs did a few days ago when he supported Gelltnger for president of the senate. Ben ator Galllnger has never been anything but a meek and lowly follower of Senator Aldrich, voting with him at all times In the make-up of the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill. Brown will not fool Nebraska pro presslves; they are on to hi deceptive methods. Nebraska City News: In an authorised interview Hon. W. H. Thompson of Grand Island has announced his candidacy for United States senator to succeed Senator Brown. Wills Reed also wants to be sen ator. The News Is not prejudiced In favor of either, but if Nebraska could send such men as Thompson to represent the state as United States tehator we would hav a man who would attract attention and the interests of the state would be well looked after. Thompson would rank with Tipton, Van Wyck or Allen, and they were the three brainiest senators this state bas ever had. Ord Journal: Th democrats of Nebraska already hav two candidates for United State senator In th persons of W. H. Thompson of Grand Island and Ashton C. Shallenberge? of Alma. There are also two democrats In the running for gover nor. Both served in the present state sen ate and their records will tally almost Identically. Senator Moorehead bas a lap the best of Senator Volpp, but (the genial German may make up the advantage when he gets warmed up to the running. With out mentioning any names the Journal would respectfully suggest that Valley county can furnish a better candidate than either of the last-mentioned gentlemen. Aurora Republican: "Billy" Thompson of Grand Island has declared himself a candidate for th democratic nomination for United States senator to succeed Nor rls Brown. Willis E. Reed of Madison also wants the job and so does Ashton C. Shallenberger of Alma. The Republican Is not familiar with what degree of states manship Mr. Reed is supposed to possess. hut if we 'were to make a choice between Shallenberger and Thompson we would certainly choose Thompson, for th rea son that we think him closer to the people than Shallenberger. However, ther Is lit tle danger of any democrat succeeding In the election, so It doesn't make much dif ference which 1 nominated. BURDEJT ON TUB RAILROADS. IsaBoslasT a Heavy Toll on the Trans portation of the Conntry. Indianapolis News. Through th reorganization scheme by which the Baldwin Locomotive company Is to pass Into th control of th steel trust $20,000,000 which In said to be mostly water will be added to the capitalization of the concern. A new company, the Phila delphia Locomotive company, is to be organized to take over the Baldwin, and also the American Locomotive company, through which th Baldwin company was acquired. The aggregate capitalisation of the new Morganlzed concern will be $54. 000.000, Including, of course, th $30,000,000 of new stock to be "injected" Into, the capita of the Baldwin company. What will be the total burden of the new organization is not yet known. But that there will be a considerable Increase in It is. of course, obvious. It will make It necessary for the company to earn more money, and that will necessitate higher prices for locomotives, and as a conse quence an additional charge on the rail roads of th country. With th men con trolling th railroads also' controlling th manufacture or rails, of locomotives and of steel cars they oan show what earnings they please In th manufacturing business at the expense of the railroads. And then, ill You can improve dishes, etc., and make PURE,, PLAIN. SPARKLING GELATIN B 1 box Sosk ialstlne sad no flrmp )uio iva auiiutM.sdd boiiioS wiut sod stir aattl St oJvd. Add lnoa Iuim sad Httr. w Bsa f.lalia ba, Mart ad aat. add Maiafa f apaa eut ia kalvas sad aaadad. Barva with Bjisout wbippad stats. Waaa aaaua it mimf b ;trr saadiad vioiat. auk Send for the KNOX Recipe Book Today 'Dainty Desaart tot Uaiat Paopla" F REB lor yuar grocer's sasM. flat aaxupls tor i atatap sod your groear'a aaata. - . J .11 i L , - 1 ' I . .. . ..HI f I ef cours. will follow a demand for higher rates. Whether this la or Is not a "reason able" combination no one ran tell. Its effect will be to Impose a heavy toll en the transportation of the country. It should not be forgotten that all this control Is exerted by a very few men. The Morgan Interests ar supreme In th manatianicnt of property amounting to HR.onO.OOO.ftiO. There Is another group ef men the Rockefeller group nlmoat equally powerful. Between these ther ar the closest relations, mostly through the hanks. No sensible man objects to the wealth of these people, or quarrels with them for making all the money they can In honest and lawful ways. What does seem dan gerous to many of us is th us of this vast power to control the Industrial and commercial life of the nation. And when this touches credit and the transportation facilities of the people th situation be comes serious. Sooner or later w shall have to realtxe that everything don In the nama of busi ness Is not business, and that attacks on certain methods are not attacks on busi ness. Th only demand Is that w shall maintain conditions under which it will be possible for all men and not simply th big men to do business. SMILING REMARKS, "This thing of swindling poor men by pretty young women at charity basars 0,,.?iA. to takm up by th Government." It.. th government to do with rrT f ,t.,.MlRr c" of ulrtnS mal -.--u,r..L., , -miumois American. "Johnny, do you know th Greek gods?" No; where Is their fruit store?" Wash ington Times. This cash register you shipped ma rraud." declared the country editor. 'Just like th sample," pointed out salesman. th iiut l thought that was a model In min iature. Why, man, I can t keep potatoes n e g- tk it i t ny Dins, "washing "Now they claim that th human body contains sulphur." "In what amount?" "Oh, in varying quantities." "Well, that may account for som girls making better matches than others." PltUburg Post Hamm That's a bum audience tonight Fatter Didn't they call you back? Hamm Call me back? They dared me to com back. Toledo Blade, Thief (who has snatched a lady's bag) . Two transfers, a powder puff, a recipe for iicou nu atuu BMIlipitl O BIIK! AH 1 ran two miles with It! I'm agin votes for women I Boston Transcript. WHO BUILT DE AUK? Journal of American Folk-Lore. Th following rhymes seem to b known by Virginia, Waahlngton, D. C, and Mary land negroes. The air Is accompanied with patting and shuffling of th hands and feet and a swaying motion of the body of thos "wrapping him or her up" (aa they term. It) that can best be compared with the swaying motion of the head of a caged bear. Every few moments on of th "wrappers" will jump upwards of a foot, and cry, "Ah, Lawd!" or "Wrap hit up, wrap hit up!" or "Cum to hit, boys! cum toe hit!" And they will keep this up nntll you wonder that both the "wrappers" and the dancers do not collapse with exhaus tion. Finally they are "spelled" by an other bunch of darkles; but as soon as the first set are able they start in again. CHORUS. Uht whoo built ds ahk? Brudder No-rah, No-rah, Uh! who built de ahk? Brudder No-rah built d ahk, "Say, Mlstah Rabbutt, W at makes yoe head so ball?" "Olory b to Gaud, - Ian bin er buttin' tboo do walL" "Say. Mlstah Rabbutt W'at makes yoe eyes se biff . "Glory be to Gaud, . 1 bin er wearln' fals wig." "Say. Mlstah Rabbutt. W'at makes yoe nose so flat!" "Er Olory be toe Qaud, I se bin cot In er trap." "Say. Mlstah Rabbutt, W at makes yo teeth so sharp T" "Er Qlory be to Gaud, I've bin outtin' caun top." "Say, Mlstah Rabbutt, W'at makes yo aides so thinT" "Er Glory bo to Gaud, Dezo bin er skaetin' thoo de win'." "Say, Mlstah Rabbutt, Wa't makea yoe legs so long?" "Glory be toe Gaud, Deso bin hunt; hon 'rong." "'Bay, Mlstah Rabbutt, W'at makes yoe nails so long?" "Glory b to Gaud, Desa bin diggin' hup caun." "'Say, Mlstah Rabbutt W'at makes yoe cot so brown?" "Glory be to Gaud, Hits humble to do groun'." "Say, Mlstah Rabbutt, Wat makes yo tall so Wlt?" "Glory be toe Gaud, I keerles hit outer sit." Each Package Makes 2 Full Quarts soup, sauces, gravies, meat countless dainty desserts with RECIPE for GRAPE JELLY Knox Aoidulated Gelatin. 1 pint grape juice. H eup cold water. Juice of two Icmooi. 2 pints boiling water. IX eup sugar. otrwd learns IuIm la cold watar as CHARLES B. KNOX CO. 8 1 H Koos At., Johnstown, N. Ya i
