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f- TIIE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 1912. Til . ' s. ,-.H. DAILY BEE- victor. roeewaTku editor. BEE LUILDIXG, FARNAIJ AND 17T1I. Entered at Cmaha Postofflce a second class matter. 1ERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Sunday Bee, one year $:.50 Saturday Bee. one year....s SI. 50 Daily Pee iwlthout Sunday) one year. $4.00 Daily Eee and Sunday, -one year J6.fr DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Evening Be (with Sunday), tier m..2So Dally Bee (including Sunoav), nor mo.fijc Daily B (without Sunday), per mo. Address all complaints or irregularities la delivery to City Circulation Dept. REMITTANCES. ... ,'.' ; Remit by draft, expref s or postal brdof .' payable to The Bee Publishing company. Only I-cent stamps received in payment of small account. Personal checks, ex cept on Omaha and eastern exchange, .'not accepted. ,: , - 1 ,; OFFICES;: : , ' Omaha-The Bee buildinr. South Omaha 2318 N St. Council Bluffs-75 Scott St Lincoln-M Little building. Chicago-lMl Maruuette tmlldlng. Kaneas City-Reliance building. . New York-34 West Twenty-third. Washington 726 Fourteenth St. N. W. v , CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to new and editorial matter should be adAreased Omaha Bee, Editorial Department JULY CIRCULATION. ' 51,109 Bute of Nebraska, County of Douglas, as, Dwtght- Williams, circulation manager, of The Bee Publishing company, being duly sworn, aays that the average dally circulation for the month of July, 1813, Was U.109. DWIOHT WILLIAMS. Circulation Manager. Subscribed In hny presence and sowrn to before me this 3d day og August 1912. (Seal.) ROBErtT HUNTER, , , Notary public. i ., i .. -; i , ' r-t "i -t-v " ' Sabserlber 'ltalns; tilt city' ' temporarily .'; shoold t Tb ' malletl to- them. Adires 'VvrlU be cbaaaed a toftrH r V jetL ' '( i','f,;'r '" ' - :V ' i Welcome .visiting stationers'. Wel come to, our city. ' ' ' i Moreover hunting will probably f be good in Africa after November, Some folks mistake) ; latin for '. patience when manifested in them .: selves. ".' '. The weatherman must be trying to f make us all ashamed for kicking on his work. ' ' ,i ' v ; King Ak-Sarr6en continues, to reign over a prosperous, contented and enterprising people. "Words ' are good and only so when backed by deeds." Tell that again to the southern negroes. . What are the two greatest letters In the alphabet? "Tt" , and "It." The idea of asking the question!. There is a suspicion that these New York polled grafters have about sold OUt,thelf supply of protection. ! J , I s Governor Osborn of Michigan, it is y reported, has flopped ; again. Which ' aide is up now, does anyone know? "Twenty Detroit aldermen caught ) in the graft case.-' For pity sake, ; how many aldermen have they in that wicked city? . v . ' ,. A Pennsylvania girl shoved a youth into -an"11 auto and then leaped in and drove to the parson's. Well, It is leap; year. .. William Allen White'slView of the ,' situation" might have more convlno "; ing weight If it were nomatjifae- , tured to, sell at space rates. ' v K , Kaiser Wilhelm,.it Is said, selects his wife's hats. The average Ameri can sovereign over here just pays for them and lets it go at that. ' i "" ; np.tr.u- Perhaps the picnic running race In which i a "jroung V womanV bAirs't her stockings Jpi'cld be njore "properly re-ferred'to-asa hoa toifrnanlent.:' - The American Bar association also has color line troubles to fade. The suffragettes, however, have not yet Irfelto' captttre.the organization . " .Edgar $6 ward charges "Mike" Harf togtQn ?wiih"t going "bull ' moos ing.! Wonder , if '"JMlke" will enter s),. demurrer IH an answer or throw himself pn , the. mercy of the court! Seeking 'io show why children go barefooted 'less ; .iiowr than in former ytin,Kiat)jom'-9&yt it is because shoes are" so "much cheaper In pjice. Anyone noticed how cheap they are? -t It will be readily believed by folks J who attended the big tent show that " played Omaha last week that the high ' cot::tf living includes the price of ", vlrciiW tickets among other neces variW of life.. Omaha courts will be called on to determine which , 18 the greater 'nuisance, an, apartment house or an automobile garage and repair shop There's a case which might warrant - decision by popular vote referendum. Another jail break of convicts at the Nebraska penitentiary Would in dicate that that institution needs fur ther attention from "the authorities responsible -for is conduct. Our peo ple, have had all the "penitentiary tragedies they can stand for in one year.-;,'vUr - - '-:'. , "One conBtitutiQnal amendment, to . be" voted 6n" ia Nebraska; next' No vember "tlTdesigned ; to ' reduce the number of elections in this state one- by cutting 'out thff -year po- cottests. . Opponents to the jdmeat, if there - are' any have disclosed their Identity., V Taxes Under Commission Plan. The Des Moines Capital makes quite a splurge over an eihibit of statistics compiled to show that un der the commission plan there the city tax levy has steadily declined. To make this favorable comparison, it ie necessary to take an average of the tax levy for the last five years and for the fire-year period Just pre ceding. Qn this exhibit there is a difference of 2.3 mills in favor of the commiEsion plan of government, which is emphasized by increases in state, county and school levies under similar comparison. It is too early for Omaha to make a showing on the result of the com mission, plan of city, government as measured by the tax levy.V The new departure could have started out with a substantial credit mark on this score had It not been for the Water board not only, subtracting from the. city treasury the tax reve nue formerly paid by the water plant, but also insisting on a treas ury bonus of ?100,000 for running expenses after representing that the city could count on a net profit of 1250,000 yearly from the plant. The presumption is that In Des Moines responsibility for the tax levy is cen tered in the commission, for so long as the taxing, power is subdivided and multiplied as it is in Omaha, the rate will be a poor test of economy or efficiency. ' , f Wanted A Statistical Bureau. ;a-"Nebrasft'B system of gathering agricultural and industrial data is a joke. ' It affords no adeo.ua te means of keeping up with what is going on in the state. . If it ; were not for a few private statistical , bureaus that must necessarily operate under dis advantages, We should1 'have almost no , available information' of the state's resources and development. Such a condition should 'not be tol erated. It should be supplanted by an efficient statistical bureau and the legislature should tee to this next, winter. This is not a criticism on any person in particular, whose duties may require work of this sort; it is a criticism on the lack of the machinery with which to do the Work. Several legislatures have had this matter called to their at tention, but have displayed an amaz ing, lack' of appreciation of the im portance of such service to the state, and their Inaction leaves it for their successors to do. Shippers' Evasion of the Law. The railroads of the country do not believe that the interstate com merce , law is as rigidly 'enforced against the shippers as It is against the ratlrqads. Some very, . pqlnted charges, supported by a few definite statements, . are made in) a recent article by Edward Sherwood Meade on "The Shippers' Evasion of the Interstate Commerce Law" in the Railway World.' ' 'k:'' Dr. Meade charges that in every big traffic -center .of the country shippers daily violate that provision requiring true classification and rep resentation of contents of shipments, which offense carries a possible pen alty of a $8,000 fine and imprison ment Yet , he asserts the Interstate Commerce commission has not been as vigilant' in ferreting, dut these offenses as it has in correcting the faults of the railroads. He goes on to show how many not all con signees compel the shipper,! at the peril of losing -trade, to mtsdescrlbe goods in order to obtain a lower rate than tneir reaf classification rightly calls for. v The roost serious aspect of the en tire arraignment is the blunt asser tion that the commission has dona practically, inothing to y stop' this abuse.1 If this is true and it must be or the railroads would not them selves 'have established freight, in spection bureaus over the country- it Is time that the commission's at tention Were called to the subject in such a way as to secure action. "s -Truck and Fmit Farms. Experience has proved that small fruit and truck farming Is a' profita ble industry about Omaha. 3 The soil is highly adapted to It and the mar ket is excellent. . The wonder Is that the industry 1b not- more extensive, as it surely will be in a few years. No one can survey the vine-clad hills, the lowlands . furrowed with rows of garden truck or the little orchards on the uplands in the Immediate vicinity of Omaha without heir im pressed with the belief that theso crops offer remarkable; advantages here -tor investment. It probably would surprise many, though, to dis cover 'the Invhense amount; bf pro visions raised around this city. The grape crop alone is large, and when some of the young vines just being planted get to bearing it will be very much. larger. There is no . more beautiful place anywhere for a, country, home, than out in these Omaha suburbs, many of them luxuriantly templed with native forest trees. . The land is un dulatlng and fertile ; and the ' hills offer inviting sites for homes, es pecially in the summer, so that the man investing Jn this pursuit is able at' once to combine profitable bus! ness with pleasure, ' : As for markets,1' It would be super fluous to speak of the" advantages which ?'oma ha holda out ;' Wlth, Its own consumption it nas transports Uon ; facilities . that give "outlet' to all the. desirable; markets. . . - ' . EOOSEVELT'S "CONFESSION OF FAITH" Views of Newspapers of All Shades of Political Affiliation. The Jtote of rpheara!. Cleveland Plain Dealer (dem.): It la an Incongruous hodge-podge of platitudes, revolutionary radicalism, vague evasions. The dominant note, however. Is that of upheaval. It Is the true Hooeevelt battle cry. Rale or Rain. New York Sun (rep.): For a generation Theodora Roosevelt has been gorged with honors by the re publican party. He Is now bound to destroy it because it refuses him that third term denied Grant and by long prescription and tradition held to be dangerous and forbidden. Problems it Be Solved. Denver Republican (rap.): These so cial problems will have to be solved some day. Heretofore they have been considered In their political aspect almost exclusively by the socialists. They will have to be taken up by the repub Ilcarf and ottier parties If the drift to ward socialism Is to be stopped. They do not, however, call for the organisa tion of a new party; for Mark Hanna was right when he predicted ,'that ulti mately a trial of strength will corno between the socialists and the ' repub licans. Upon the republican party, as the greatest moral and Intellectual factor In tha public life of this country, t'ha right solution of theaa problems will ultimately depend. Oa Mam Party. fit Paul Pioneer Press (rep.): This third party Is different. It may be said to be formed about an in dividual and, in a sense, that Is true. Without such a leadership of that party It la not likely that the same forces which are brought together In the third party would have been arrayed so largely and so enthusiastically under the one flag. But Roosevalt Is not a third party, although the party depends upon Roosevelt for that leadership which is essential to promotion of ideas and prin ciples which are widely entertained, but wnien have been more strenuously ad vocated by him than by anybody else.' aasassaaaMi Rprlnte as a Cnld. New York World (dem.): Mr. Roose velt was president for Seven years and six months, and we know from his record what he would do if he were president again. He would sein as. much power as possible into his own hands. He would make working alliances with all the cor rupt bosses whom he is now denounc ing. He would carry on secret relations with corporations whose Influence could benefit him politically. He Would build powerful pohttcat machine to perpetu ate his control of the party. He would denounoe everybody who Opposed him as a orook and a pirate, and he would, have a perfectly corking time." Bus he would settle nothing. State ttoetnlUm, Naw Tork Tribune (rep.)t In easavinr to convert our present System Of represen tative government Into a pure democracy and in assailing tha tndejjahdence of the Judlelary-th last barrier against hasty and oppressive action on the part of a temporary majority-Colonel Roosevelt Is logically clearing the Way for the intro duction of a. system of state socialism, adumbration of which appear In his re commendations of federal regulation , of all Interstate business, the fixing of a minimum wage rate and public control of practically all the condition under which labor must be offered or paid for. What ever the proponents of. such doctrines may prefer to call them they are essen tially socialistic. EndleiH Repetitions. New York Post (Ind.): Mr. Roosevelt's speech at Chicago Is Intolerably long and repetitious. He will doubtless accuse the newspapers of suppressing the truth for not printing all of It. but If they printed It In full thty could not print anything els. And a large part of it comes tmm him for the hundreth time. He has im proved on the Greek saying that a, good tning win oear repeating two or three times, and repeats himself endlessly. His new speeoh launching a new party is only what we have heard from him in weari some Iteration befor. Bom of his old ideas he utters with fresh emphasis; but It Is evident that h ha so frequently emptied himself of all he has to say that nothing remain wherewith he may burst upon a tartllhg world. Everything has been discounted in advance On of the nepnhllcan Party. srooaiyn Jiagie (ina. flem.): If Colonel Roosevelt is absolutely sincere In STAND BY THE STEAM EOLLER Bull Moosen Stick to Old Party Convention Ideas. . Sioux City Journal (rep.). - . . - ' Th management of th bull moose na tional convention made a point, or rather tried to make a point, by offering and having adopted the following rule: "In the event of contest regarding th right of any delegate or alternate to sit in this convention, notice of such con test shall be filed with the aecretary, and any delegate or alternate whose seat ha been contested IN GOOD FAITH shall stand aside and not be permitted to vote a a member of this convention until his credentials shall have been accepted by th convention; provided, however, that In the makeup of the temporary roll of thl convention the recommendation of the provisional national oommltte shall be accepted a prima fad evidence of the right of the' delegate or alteruate to sit in this convention without the right to vote until the credentials In question shall liav been finally determine) by tho convention Itself." , The above rule, which now become the law of th . national progressive party, will remind the reader of the fuss made by the Roosevelt people in the republican national convention over the point In volved, Their contention wa that con tested delegates should have no vote in the preliminary proceedings. vn though their credentials had been approved by tha national committee. The Roosevelt strategists are now gently endeavoring to Intimate to the gentle reader that they hav swallowed a dose of their own medl- cine. Hav they? Th discerning reader wilt have no difficulty In discovering that thay have not. Thr is a "Joker" In the new rule that places co.itiol of tho temporary roll In a bull moose convention In the hands of the national oommittee just as effectively as In a lepubllcan con vention. The "Joker" la capital sed above. It Is to be noted that contested dele Kate aro to be barred from voting nl.v If conte'ts are brought against them "In good faith." Who is to decide whether th eon tetts were brought In good faith? what be calls his "confession of faith," otherwise to be described as a 21,000 words speech to his Chicago con vention, he has definitely abandoned the republican party as now constituted. He cannot honestly or logically re-enter in U1S, or at any other time, the ranks from which he bolted In June last. If republi canism, as an organisation. Is ever to command his services it must approach him with furled colors in token of an abject, surrender. Mahomet will not go to the mountain, but if the mountain In some now unsuspected eruption of virtue volcanlcally rejects Its present wicked leaders. It may be permitted to coma to Mahomet. Otherwise the sever ance of relations Is complete, for the oolonel has his back to the wall and proposes to fight It out on the line of no compromise If It takes all summer. Still he has been known to change his mind. Theories of Social Jaati. New York Times end.): From Theodora Roosevelt's speech to his convention at Chicago the best, the ablest, the most persuasive of all his public utterances, we come at last to a definite understanding of his theories of social justice, and of his program for what he calls the Industrial democracy. It is unmistakable. Mr. Roosevelt hat planned, and in that speech he outlines, a vast system of state. Socialism, a gov ernment of men unrestrained by laws. To the federal government he would com mlt unlimited power, even over . small thing; business would be regulated and controllel from Washington, tne standard of wages would be fixed, Inequality In the distribution of profit .would be at tended to; he would teach the weak, the unfortunate and the unemployed to look to the government for relief. Above the judiciary he would exalt the administra tive officers of the government, armed with powers not subject to review by the courts. And the decisions of the courts, a he ha many time said, he would make reviewable by the people. BaM Mlarejtreaentatlou. Springfield (Mass.) . Republican (Ind.) Mr. Roosevelt constantly seeks to create the Impression that any person or news paper that, opposes his third term ambi tion is "reactionary." In hi "confession of faith" he could not resist th tempta tion to ay: "How cloe is the alliance between th two machine la shown by the attitude of that portion of those northern newspaper, including th ma jority of the great dailies In all the north eastern cities Boston. Buffalo. Sprina- flpld, Hartford, Philadelphia, and, above all, New York which are controled by or representative of the Interest which, in popular phrase, are : conveniently grouped together as Wall street Inter ests." Insofar as that attacks this news paper It falsity needs no demonstration. Advanced social legislation in Massachu setts baa had the support of the Repub lican almost uniformly. We favored th minimum wage law for women and chil dren passed by the last legislature, which Mr.. Roosevelt referred to , "as a baels from which to start and on which to im prove," He might as well charge the radical Mr. Brandel with being a "tory" because he supports Governor Wilson, as to charge many newspaper .with beins organs of Wall street because they refuse to help him get Into, the White House M(n. ... . ' ' . .i i ' fi T 1 "Oo, Knln( br 'la." Henry Watterson In the Courier-Journal. The bull moose movement I obviously an array of th "outs" against the "ins." Scratch a Bull moose and you shall find a disappointed republican offlceseeker or some disgruntled republican turned out of office. The claimants grew too many for the party. It Is easier to found a hew religion than a pew party.. It used to be said that w had fifty religions and only one soup. We have not had as many parties as religions. Yet we have had a few parties. Nature seem to cast men In two orig inal mold, turning out on the one hand tha conservative and on the other hand the radical; but circumstance and en vironment tilay havoo with individualism. It makes alt the difference In the world whose Ox is gored. Many of the men who are rallying about Theodore Roose velt have had an ox that was gored by Taft. Leslie Combs had hi ox gored In Peru. Brutus a ay had his ox gored In Switterland. Beverldge' ox Wa gored by the people of Indiana. Nothing; can come of it but defeat Wnomlnlous defeat. There is little likeli hood the ticket thus put In th field will carry a itate In the union. The demo cratic ticket may carry every state In the union. Its triumph la assured. What then?' .. ' ' The national commute, of course. And if the national oommltte decides that a contest Is not brought In good faith the delegates it seats will be allowed to vote from the Jump on all questions. Tne na tional committee can give votes to whom U pleases and keep votes from whom It pleases. Great la the bull moose national committee-just a great a th republican national committee. , This newspaper ia not criticising th bull moosers for giving the national com mittee permission to discharge an essen tial function. If tha committee were not given discretion to decide who could vote In the organisation of the convention the whole convention could be tied up with flimsy contest?, leaving no delegates eligible to vote. , This newspaper Is, how ever, criticising the bull moosers for pre tending to reverse th rule of th repub lican national convention, when in fact the rule adopted by the new party amounts to precisely the same thing. Fair pretense ought $o . a serious an offense In politic as It I In business. It false pretense were eliminated from the new "movembnt" the remains could be gathered up in a small basket. Pletarea of the Ball Moose. De Moines Capital. ' Did you evr read "Tha Wilderness Hunter," by Theodore - Roosevelt? If not you have missed a most Interesting description of th bull moose concern' Ing which we ar hearing so much these days. In that fascinating volume may be found the following: Another notleable characteristic of th bull moose Is his Inordinate and un changeable selfishness. Whether roaming the wood in solitude, or tearing up the earth, or coming . headl ing to the call, he 1 thinking, first. last and alt the time of the safety of his own akin and the fullness of his own stomach. . . Really, we do not feel thst any fur ther comment ft necessary,'"" :'l i. fB 1 ooKina 'Bdxsm ti . no . l inisuav tawmasiaj j f roMSUD FK3M BEE ria,E4 AUGUST 12. Thirty Years Aero The Union Pacifies again defeated tho Dubuques. by a score of 4 to 1. Dorr pitched and Bandle caught, and the um-( plre was Mr. gtropp of Council Bluffs. The B. A M.'s were not so fortunate, being beaten in their game by the Bpauldlngs by 3 to 2. Durkee pitched and Grant caught, and the umpire was Decker of Chicago. At Crelghton college the position of vice president filled by Father Dowling is to paae to Rev. D. J. Leysen, 8. J., who comes from th University of St. Lout. Real estate dealers complain of dull business, yet Boggs & Hill have laid out their third addition near the flheeley packing house, and John R. Redick sold to Lyman Richardson a tract of 140 feet front by 340 feet deep on the south side of Farnam street extension for $1,000 to be platted and marketed next spring. A little daughter of Mrs. Jacob Gish fell out of a awing and broke an arm. John Frost, th well known janitor of the B. & il. headquarters, 1 the happy father of a bouncing baby boy. , An official order of General Manager Kimball Instructs employes of the Union Pacific that Frank Ramge Is the author ised manufacturer of their uniforms, and that suits according to sample will cost $38 and $55 each. The office formerly occupied by Dis trict Clerk Ijams is now In possession of Al Morris and Billy Moran, at work In making up the county and city tax list. Twenty Years Ago The democratic organ of Omaha re iterated the assertion that. Governor Mc Klnley of Oh.o was paid $360 for each of his speeches at Beatrice and Council Bluffs and $010 In Omaha, In spite of th4 signed and published Statements of tho Chautauqua managers at both Beatrice and Council Bluffs that liberal sums were offered the governor and he posi tively refused to accept a cent at either place, not even for his expense. And as to Omaha paying the governor, p. L. Perine, chairman of the committee hav ing him in charge, said the paper pub lished a lie and knew It at the time; that not a cent was paid to Governor McKln ley. The reward for the recovery of the body of Judge Clarkson, supposed to have been drowned in Honey Creek lak. Iowa, was raised to $l,CO0. Dr. Hippie of Toronto, Canada, was the gueat of Dr. Conway, en route home from Denver. He was wildly enthusiastic over the wonders of the great west. Lieutenant J. J. Pershing of the United States army, military instructor at . the University of Nebraska, spent the day In. Omaha, en rout to Chicago to spend his vacation. Or. D. A. Fbote wa going about on crutches as th result oi Injuries received in a runaway when he was thrown out of his buggy. The Klopp-Bartlett company incor porated with a capital stock of $30,000. C. H. and A. F. Klopp and E. W. Baitlett were the incorporator. Ten Years Agi New wa received of the death at his Old home in Lincoln of John B. Knight, a book binder employed for three years by tha Omaha Printing company.' prior to his Service there , ha had worked for the Lincoln State Journal for more than twenty years. He was 61 year old, was born in London, bad served in the British army for many years In China and India. The county commissioners Instructed C. 8. Peterson to pad two cells at the county hospital for insane patients who might be lodged there. The rooms were to be 10x13 with wall seven feet high. The Dougla county democracy held another "enthusiastic, meeting, to ar- ang for the annual outing at-. Missouri Valley. Spirit were most fluent and cordial, presaging . a highly convivial oo caslon. v ,. Mayor Moores appointed these men to represent Omaha at the Transmisslsslppl congress in St. Paul, August 19-22. In clusive:, Dr. George L. Miller, Miss C. C. Tenant Clary, Guy C. Barton, John Becan Ryan, John E. Utt, George t T. Mills, Thomas C. Byrne. E. E. Bruce, Frank Haller, C. F. Weller and Major R. S. Wilcox. ' . The coal dealer were out with their annual, pre-autumnai announcement of a probable coal famine the coming winter. Buy early and avoid the rush." People Talked About Speaker Champ Clark has been re nominated for congress in the Ninth Missouri, and Charley Haskell, aspirant for th United States senatorship In Oklahoma, wa burled under 20,000 pri mary votes. Welcome the soothing poul tic and th slam. Jolly Roll Wells of St Louis, named as treasurer of Candidate Wilson's cam paign fund, is one of th few Mlssourl- ans who rocked Champ Clark's boat and helped to overturn the craft. As he Is worth a million or two his qualifications for th Job are ideal. The esteemed Kaid Gllhooly of Agadlr, Morocco, who fraternised with the Ger mans a year ago, is about to break into the progressive ranks, proximity ot French guns with unfriendly men be hind them suggest to Gllhooly the wis dom of, moving Into the country beyond range. . . Rev, Mis Ina L. Morgan of the Metho dist churches of Georgetown and Arrow- sic, Me., la th youngest woman pastor In New England. She Is in her early twen ties and hns been engaged In church work for nearly four yeara, having re ceived a license In 1908 from Bishop John W, Hamilton of Worcester. An official Investigation Into the claim that Jose Calvarlo. who died a few days ago at Tuxapan, Mes.. was 185 years old has been made, and it la announced that tt . was fully established by church records that, be was born in 1721. .For mora than .seventy-five years before his death CaJvario wa known to the people of the town where he lived as the oldest man In the world. H was active until a few days before his death. It is said. The charms of the recall oft pictured by Its. .advocates is classed as a vile tiling when turned ' on It supporters. Mayor Mott of Oakland, Cat.. 1 the latest enthusiast turned critic. Not .hav ing enough offices to go around the disgruntled started the recall On him and with the assistance of members "ot tho Industrial Workers of th World secured enough names to put the mayor On the hot griddle. His screams can be heard acrots tho bay. 11 meBetileWox TT Carreacy Reform a Necessity. OMAHA, Aug. 10-To the Editor of The Bee: A day or two ago the treasurer of a great business institution In Omaha said to me: "Greater than any other Issue before the buslnes men of. the United States that of currency reform looms up In Increasing proportions. If settled right it will promote prosperity as no other legislation can do.". This remark reminds mt that three na tional , party . conventions have just adopted platform plank recognising the need of currency reform. It must come sooner or later, but the form in which it will come 1 debatable. In order to start debate the national monetary com mission put out a tentative plan. The National Citizens' league wa organised by Chicago business men to conduct a campaign of education and has laid down a few sreneral principles which it is Sub mitting for the consideration of the busl nes public. The league ha not endorsed the so-called Aldrlch plan which I but a single factor irt the problem Of banking reform. Yet it advocates some of the principles embodied in that plan. Here Is one of them for instance: Under thl proposed system the power of a bank to lend money would not de pend upon the condition Of Its cash re serves, but upon the quality of paper it had on hand. Instead of garnering cash and stopping discounts, it could pay out cash and make loan with the certainty that, with pood paper oh hand, It could get cash. Instead of increasing and Intensifying a stringency by efforts to u..i u nmuiii nntr1mitA tn end the stringency and restore confidence. No local merchant wouia ever ue unvcii w failure by lack of banking accommoda tion, and no bank would be forced into liquidation because of inability to con vert sound assets Into cash. Such- a .nPAP,.A itiiv la morn in the interest Of tho local merchant than of his bank. Certainly here Is a subject of vital in terest to business men Irrespective of partisan fealty. J- B. HAYlsES. GENESIS Of A TRUST. Mr. Perkins' Harvester Combine Put on Hand-Pafnlen. Haio. Philadelphia Bulletin. At last we are afforded an Insight Of the real beginnings of a great trust, even before Its plan begins to shape Itself. The common Idea has ben that masters of finance or of industry, seeing large opportunities for money-making, whether by economy of organisation or through monopoly, have, with more or less eel fish purpose, applied the science of fiscal engineering; Now we know that thl is all wrong. " Mr. Perkins tolls ua that tho Idea of the International Harvester trust was conceived in hiB brain when, In Rus sia on other business, he saw the peas ants using primitive, farming implements and he wa sore distressed at th great agricultural wealth going to waste . for lack of modern methods. Not long after the harvester people ap pealed to htm for financial assistanca and, seeing his opportunity to rescue the benighted peasantry of Russia from their barbarism, he summoned the hou9 if Morgan and pledged Its millions for the work of civilisation. The poor Europeans had to be taught, and after their educa tion had been completed they had to be supplied with the machinery which fiey were too poor to Buy. ; Credit had to be extended; prices had to-be Cut below fig ures which were demanded of the Intelli gent American farmer, although Mr. Perfcins does not lay particular stress on this altruistic concession. It has cost an "enormous sum," says Mr. Perkins. The export trade of the trust has In-, creased from $8,000,000 to $50,050,000 In eight years, and some Idea of the appropriation for missionary work Jn darkest Russia Is gained from the statement that the trust was Just beginning to make money when a cruel attorney general came along and threatened to disintegrate it. "Could anything' be more foolish?" asks Mr. Perkins. We don't know of anything unless it may be the neglect of the har vester trust to claim credit, and perhaps a financial allowance, from the Ameri can Board of Commissioners of Foreign Mission for its work. ObftituelP to Trth Telling. Houston Post Fishing and politics aside, the average man would have little trouble in telling the truth unles his wife interrogated him too sharply upon his return home at midnight. BisasEsaagsasasEsasHSgsasa Hi Twelve Sp lendid Trains daily Omaha and Chicago The Best of Everything SCHEDULES OMAHA TO CHICAGO Lv. Omaha 12.05 p. m. 6.00 p. m. 6.35 p. m. Ar. Chicago 6.45 a. m. 7.45 a. m. 8.30 a. m. Lv. Omaha 7.55 p.m. 8.50 p.m. 12.40 a.m. 7.40 a.m. Ar. Chicago 9.10 sum. 11.20 a.m. 1.30 p.m. 8.45 p.m. SCHEDULES CHICAGO TO OMAHA . Lv. Chicago Ar. Omaha 9.30 11.15 Lv. Chicago 8.30 p. m. 10.16 p. m. 10.45 p. m. Ar. Omaha 9.10 a. m. 12.30 p. m. - 3.28 p. m. All trains arrive at and depart from tha new passenger terminal, Chicago Aa mott perfectly appointed railway ttation in the world. lThe famous double track, auto matic safety ; signal line between the Missouri River and Chicago. NW5t17 ' BRIEF CHAPTER OF HISTORY. Recollections of the Greeley Move ment of 1872. Springfield (Mass.) Republican. . Now and then it Is an advantage to get the backward look in our politics. Th many who can remember the .' Grant" Greeley campaign of 1872 will recall , how many hitherto Important republican lead ers then left their party because of tht scandals that had grown up during th administration of General Orant. Fore most leaders In reform work throughout the country declared against the.- ad ministration. The newspapers . jaf. that time were filled with repudiations , of. . th republican party. Much more . than now It seemed as if the dominant party wer condemned by popular opinion to death beyond resurrection. The story pf that wmcn ionowea is uioimj. -republicans declined to leave their long, time moorings when election day' cania around, and the country gave to,, the G. O. P. its renewed lease, of life. Thi) noise and the shouting; dled'down and tht Old political lines remained in force. THESE GIRLS OF OURS. She Jack tells me all his secrets. Her Friend Well, you don't object to that, do you? ' She Oh, I don't know. I think I q rather find them out. Baltimore Arrieri: can. , ' . .' "She married him for his money." "And is she happy?" "Very: she's able to live in luxury on the alimony." Judge. . . Glbbs Here's a table showing woman's, chances of marrying at various ages be-, tween 20 and 40 years. Of course,. H grades down. . Dibb8 Rubbish! If a woman really wants a man her chances are 100 to I at any age.-BoBton Transcript. He Dearest, during the first , dance 1 have with you be sure to say something to ma. - She W b? - He Becavse you're so light, if you don't speak I will not know I have ydu in mjj arm. Princeton Tiger. v.-.r Intimate Frlend-You're doing, your dwij cooking now, are you. Beryl? ' :' - ' Young Bride Yes; exclusively my own; Beverly er takes his meals at a -restaui rant. Chicago Tribune. , ,' "She Insisted on " having woman, lawyer secure her divorce." ,- "Why was she so particular?" "She did not want to go contrary tq that portion Of the marriage ceremony that reads: 'Let no man put asunder.' "-( Judge's Library. "So he took you out auto. tidiuY the, other evenihg?" - - "Yes. what of it?" .a "Do you think he is in love with you ?'( "I think so. I know that every timS I spoke to him the auto tried to Climb a tree or jump a fence." Houston Post. RICHES. ' Detroit 'Free Press. The love that's In my baby's 'eyes, the, play times that we have at night, The Joy that's In my lady's smile, her cheering words that air is right, Tho little home where we - abide that rings with laughter aye, and aong. I would not risk In any way by any act that I deem wrong. There Is no price that I would take -to tinge my loved one's cheeks with shams, To rob them of their pride In. me, and dull the eyes with love aflame; There is no profit that I'd take to cloud my home now sunshine filled.' ' No sum of gold that could hrlngr back the laughter once it had been stilled. They do not ask that t be rich, thoy do not urge me tc be great, To climb the mountain heights 'of fame 'or elarm the honors of the state. They aak. me merely - tcr be.: kind; Jltoy want me only to- be- true, - ' And In return they giv me" love- whn each long day of work Is through. i 1 I'll keep my home a dwelling' place for merry laughter and for song;: - - I would not. risk one little smile by bart ering with what ia wrong. - I'll keep those eyes aglow with pride, unto tbelr love t'll fondly cling;, For tbouafh I may be poor in purse In Joys I'm richer than a kins. 8i01a.au 1:23 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 10:4.7 p.m. Every Day to i Lincoln via Hock Island Lines, between a. m. p. m. 6.05 p. m. 6.49 a. m. Ticket 'Offices , Chicago and aMSWSSSSSSSSMWMSSMSSMMI ' NorthWesterri Ry, , 1401-1403 Farnam Street , Omaha, Neb. l u A
