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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE FOUNDED BY KDWAUD HOBKWATICit, VICTOR ItOSEWATKlt. KD1TOR. MKB ntJII.DINO. KARNAM AND 1JT1I. KntereJ at Omaha postofflco as second class matter. TEIIM8 OF BUBSCIUPT10N& Sunday Ueo, ono rear W.00 tfaturdny Bee, one year..... LM JJflllr Bee, without Sunday, one yoar.. 4.M .Oa'l.r Bee nnd Sunday, one year 6.00 DKUVEUBD BY CARRIER. Kveninn, and Sunday Bee, per month.. o KvrninK, without Sunuay. per month. .o Dally Uce, Including Sunday, per mo..tto Dally Bee. without Sunday, per month. 4Jo Address all complaint of Irregularities in deliveries to City Circulation Dept. REMITTANCE. Remit, by draft, express or postal order, payable to Tlio Bee PubllchtriK company. Only ."-cent atampa received In paymont of small accounts. Personal checks, ex cept on Omaha and eastern exchanges, not accepted. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. Soutr Omaha 2318 N Street Council Bluffs-H North Main Street. Uncoln-M I-lttle Building. Chicago 901 Hearst Building. New York noom 1108. 286 Fifth Avenue. St. Louis COS New Bank of Commerce. Wuhington 725 Fourteenth fit. N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and editorial matter should be addressed Omaiir. Bee. EOltorlnl Department. JAN'UAIIY CIRCULATION. 50,542 State of Nebraska. County of Douglas, ss.: Dwlght Wiltlams, circulation manager or Tno Bee Publishing company, being duly sworn, saya that th average dally circulation for the month of January, ViU, waa Q,S1 DVflOHT WILLIAMS, Circulation MRnarer. Subscribed in my presence and sworn to ocioro me mis 3d day of February, uif. . . ROBERT HUNTER. (SeaL) NoUry 1'ublto. Sabscribera leartnsr the pity ten poratlly ahould. liavo The Bee mailed to them. Address yrlll bo chnnjged as often as requested. When last, soon Villa wbb going south. Grapo Julco may yet have to giro way to grapo shot. Mr. Ground Hog knew what ho wan doing whon ho beat It. Santo Domingo la said to have ac cepted our treaty plan. Oh, geo! Zbyszco claims Gotch'a title, -which 1b about the only way ho could get It. But in aunny California, as olne Nvhere, every rainstorm cloud has a silver lining. That opera troupe wont on the rocks, paradoxically as it may seem, because It .lacked tbo recltB. "Fame Is a bubble," romarkB an exchange. Yes, and most often mixed with toll and trouble. In hfa own quiet way, Charles Otto Lobeck may be counted on to give Mayer Jim a run for h,ls broncho, Jj Tke ChiMgo mas who killed him self with 'a safety razor must havo feeea a flm believer Is the "safety first" idea. That Swiss, freak with two stom achs majf be forgiven for thinking mora of physical nourishment than of brain food. Speaking of California as a great tourist state, it is only fair t6 add that It produced 100,000,000 barrolB at petroleum In 1013, If anyono still asks "What's in a name?" toll him that a Florida town has recently elected for police Jtfdgo a man Mined O. B. doode. A state paper cilia Edgar Howard, editor of the Columbus Telegram, "aa egotistical editorial ass." and we can almost hear Pastor Savldge'a devout "Awefl." More rooaey fer parka atid play grounds by all means, but how 1b It to be provided without raking the Halt of the park fimd appropriation as fixed by. the charter? Jf tho lawyers refuse to do their own housecteanlng, the grand Jury can do It for them. Sweep out tho crooks, perjury promoters and blackmallors wearing the lively of the law, One of tho points raised before our supremo court is' whether the gov ernorship is "another offlco" with respect to the lieutenant governor ship. The contention must be that the two Jobs aro political twins. Four of tho six newspapers In Pittsburgh havo been running dally verbatim accounts of Billy Sunday's sermons and the other two liberal reports of them. So if Billy falls to drive the devil out of that wicked town it will be no one's fault but his. A city, like an Individual or cor poration, has Just so much credit capital that it can draw on. Omaha strained Its borrowing pqwer when It floated 7,600,000 of water bonds, and that Is one reason why it now has trouble to market a little $200,000 bond issue for Btreet Im provements. If the demand of the labor unions that a maximum eight-hour day be incorporated into tho charter, not only for all city departments, but also for all employes doing work un der city .contracts, had been acceded to by the charter convention, the ele ment behind that demand would ba clamoring for lis adoption Irrespec tive of any objections since dls. covered Locating the Reserve Banks. It should not be long now before the locations of tho federal reserve banks under the new currency law aro announced. It Is open to doubt, Jiowovcr, whother the tour of tho country by the two cabinet members charged with this responsibility has changed the situation in tho least, although their observations, and tho familiarity thus acquired with tho buslnoss and financial conditions of tho different sections, should be valuable in tho later discharge of their duties. Will Omaha bo favored with the location of a reserve bank? That Is a question that directly concerns us. If tho latest ronort that twelve regional banks aro to bo established, and that no two of them aro to be within tho borders of one state, then Omaha ought to be on the now bank Ing map. Tho president and his ad visers must know that in setting tho now federal banking aystom In mo tion the chief rock they must avoid Is that of politics. It is to be ex pected that the democrats will have the big end of the appointive patron age, but political considerations ought not to control tho location of tho banks. By every requirement or test, except that of political claims. Omaha is entitled to recognition, for Omaha s ono handicap Is the political disfavor of tho democratic United States senator from this state, whoso course has put him out 6f Joint with tho Whl to House powers. Tho selection of Omaha for tho ro servo bank would be tho best pos sibles proof that the administration Is disregarding politics, and looking only to strengthen tho financial fabric of the country and stlmulato business efficiency. Emancipating Business, President Wilson has said that not moro than 10 per cent of tho corporations need discipline ' In "Tho Emancipation of Business" chaptor of his "The New Freedom," explaining that his party's program la a program of prosperity, ho says: I am one of those' wlto bellove that we have had such restrictions upon the pros perity of this country thnt we have not yet come into our own, nnd that by re moving these restrictions wc shall set freo an energy which in our generation hns not been known. If this prospectus Is to bo carrlod out, no honest or legitimate ar rangement Is to he disturbed, every impediment to business is to bo re moved, every illegitimate kind of control destroyed. The emancipa tion cornea to its fullness in this, that "The brains and energy of those formerly engaged in monopolies are to bcjdttcd freely against those of us (,ito have not enjoyed such ad vantages." "There Is to be a gen oral release of the capital, the enter prise, of millions of people, a gen eral opening of the doors of oppor tunity." Surely that is all that could be asked by big or little business. With the multiplicity of our anti-trust and anti-corporation laws, our now commissions and methods for regu lating this and controlling that and curbing the other, the question is presented, Havo wo not provided enough restraints and safeguards against the encroachments of "big business?" Havo wo not gono far enough In tho direction or. dis cipline? If not, how much further? If the presldont believes only 10 per cent of tho corporations heed dis cipline, congressjought to Join hands with tho executive In a genuine, earnest, efficient working-out of theso attractive plans of emancipa tion. Country life Schools. It Is quite agreed everywhere that one of the essential elements required for "holding young folks on the farm and deepening their inter est in the rural life Is moro direct education along those lines. Schools must point the farmer's boys and girls countryward more than' city ward, must Inculcate In their forma tive minds the love, both from a practical and Bentlmental stand point, of the bucolic pursuits, In stead of following merely in a hap hazard way tho ordinary lines of schooling with alluring pictures in the forefront of tho city and Ha at tractions as compared with tho old homestead. All this talk and agitation Is tine, but the thing, itseir, Is better. On that theory the state of Minnesota Invests annually 97,500,000 In this sort of education. Says Governor Eberhart: By establishing: a central school with land for experimental work, with facili ties for social entertainment and with provision for manual training and in struction In domestic art, we hope to solve the rural problem and to make country Jlfo more attractive. There now are seventy of these central schools in me state ana is others are gettlne state aid. Nebraska, though making great strides In manufacturing, Is and will indefinitely remain pre-eminently an agricultural state. It, llko others of its class, cannot afford to defer ac tion of this character. It Is time our people wore giving the matter their serious consideration. Bill Allen White, who is leading a fight on Emporia billiard tables, Is accused of a bit of peeve, owing to his Inability to play the game be cause he cannot get within reach of the table. But what's to prevent his backing up" THE BEE: loinijjackvvar 1 1 TkPsy n Omaha eextnr rsoai an nits 2 FKBBUAHY 23. Thirty Years Aro- The Swedish Library association gave a mask ball at Masonic hall. The Judges who awarded the prizes wero Gustavo Anderson, A. Rwcnde and Henry Wilson, Those In charge of arrangements were A. N. Stenberg, 8. A. Rergstrom, T. Nord wall, L. Hlldlng, A. Wlckeman and Au gust Benxcn. The bar held a memorial meeting in tribute to late County Judge Chadwlck presided over by Judges Wakeley and Neville. Addresses were made by E. V. Slmerol, Warren Hwitxter, C. A. Baldwin, James Jf. Woolworth, W. J. Connell,.W. A. Rcdlck ' and Messrs. Montgomery, Morarity, Smith and Troup. John A. McShane left on a week's trip to New York and Boston on business, John Grant, superintendent of the Bar bour Asphalt company, has returned from Washington. The explanation Is offered by a member of the school board that Decoration day Ik to be tho holiday for the schools hero after Instead of Washington's birthday. Mrs. J. B. J, Ryan Is back from Wash ington, where she lias been on the sorrow ful errand of attending tho funeral of her father, James Gray, for many years cm ployed In the United States treasury. Twenty Years Ago Attorney General Hastings and Secre tary of mate Allen dined at tho Millard. Rev. Marsena Stone, 81 years old, died at the homo Of his son, Dr. R. M. Stone, 3870 Dodge street, after ten days of painful Illness. Throughout his ministry Rev. Mr. Stone was prominent in tho Baptist church. As a speaker and writer he was famed for his virile nnd simple English. He had resided for threo years with ills son. A brief funeral service at the home was planned, to be conducted by Dr. Helllngs, the body to bo taken to the old home at Lebanon, 0-, for burial. August Newhaus and Annie "Walesman obtained license to marry. Fred Stlnson, tho well-known manager for Julia Marlowe, reached town from Kansas City and began preliminary ar rangements for Miss Marlowe's forthcom ing engagement at the Boyd. Bay, tho only son of Mr. and Mrs. II. R. Vlggers, less than S years old, passed away at the home, 1119 South Eleventh street, and the grief-strlcKen father and mother planned to lay tho little body nt rest at Table Rock. Orders were received from headquar ters of the Distillers and Cattle Feeders' company to increase tho output of the Willow Springs distillery, which had been consuming nbout 1,200 bushels of grain dally. The plan was to run this up to 1,500. Ten Years Ago O. W. Sues left for Chicago on busi ness. Bam C. Homer. 2912 Izard street, a painter, fell from A tree he Won trim. mtng and fractured his skull. He was taken to a hospital. ng, driver for Ooldonberg & Hornstcln, seems to hav.e his lucky cap on the wrong way. wnuo driving down the Street his Wncon rollldnd with n tr. car and he was thrown to tho ground, sustaining some severe body bruises. A fow days before lie was rnmmwl Intn an Ice box in the store while thieves took the money. Walter If. Shoeman and Miss F.rftn Campbell, both of Waukee. la.. married by the Rev. C. W. Bavldge nt tno residence of Leo Rothschilds, Twenty sixth street nnd St. Mary's avenue. Miss Violet Patton of the senior high school class won the award of the Daugh ters of the Revolution for the best co lonial period essay. Hers waa entitled, "Franklin as Our Colonial Agent" William H. Mallory, JS12 North Eight eenth street, fell down an elevator shaft three stories at his place of business, 1815 Maplo street, nnd strangely escaped with only a few bruises, whereas ho stood a find chance of losing his life. T. J. Muhoney let the contracts for the building of his now $13,000 residence at Thlrty.soventh and Farnam streets. John McDonald was tho architect and Philip J. Kuni the contractor. Political Tips Final figures show that It cost the state of New Yoilc S30O.COO to Impeach aovernor Sulzer, but William Is again on the payroll. , Ellsworth Borough, near Pittsburgh. Pa., contains, out of a population of 1.38, only one democrat, Henry Bourne, and ho has been rewarded with tho local postofflce. The late Senate r Cullom's estate, as shown n court, amount to lo,Ci which isn't much for a statesman with the opportuntes .of half a century In the publlo service. In swelling his "Million Dollar Boost Boston" fund, Mayor Curley put tho newspapers down for $1,000 each, without permission, but the newspapers declined to be shaken down that way. The forehanded bull mooters of Mich igan sought to corral Henry Ford, as a candidate for governor, but Ford shooed tlte tempters away. Mr, Ford is using his surplus to better advantage. Campaign cigars are losing out and bonbon are coming to the fore as vote persuaders In Chicago. One candidate for alderman distributed 1,000 boxes of sweets as soon as his mind grasped the fact that 1SJ.0M women voters reentered in one day. W. J. Bryan and Roger Sullllvan of Illinois are swinging vocal hammer ut each other, Bryan Is fernlnst Roger breaking Into the United States senate, and Roger opines that his name on Uncle Bara'a payroll i would look just as sweet as BlU's. Stand back and give the scrapper room. Uncle Joe Cannon U gallivanting around Washington as lively aa a kid In vacation time. Expect to come back a year hence tand camp on his old seat He wear his hat cocked on one side of his head, and his springy stride betray his confident belief that the ancient enemy will get It In the neok. Olfford Pinehot bull moose candidate for United States senator in Pennsyl. vanls, is mightily worried over the task of explaining his motives In becoming n resident of the state for office purpose. The record shows hp cast his first vote In the state in lilt, qualifying a a cltl ten by residing In the slate for a year previous. OMAHA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1914. Twice Told Tales John Ball Abroad. The Paris Liberie has discovered the most "nervy" of English tourists always a self-confident race. This man entered a well known restaurant, accompanied by two little girls, ordered a bottle of min eral water and threo plates and began to eat sandwiches, which ho bad brought with htm in his pockets. Tho manager, overcome by this outrage, approached him and sold: "I should like to inform you that this Is not a" "Who are ycuT" Interrupted the Eng. llshman. "I am the manager," was the reply. "Oh, you are the manager, "are you? That is good. I was Just going to send for you. Why Isn't the band playing?" netting Even. Governor Glynn of New York tells a story concerning one Casey, a hodcarricr, who during the summer waa employed at a country place In Westchester county. In order to reach the railway station to take the train home it was necessary for Casey to cross an extensive field. One evening there was a bull in this field and It gave Casey a terrible chase. He sprinted for about half a mile and only escaped by a wonderful leap over a a five-foot fence. Next evening, on his homeward Jour ney, Casey carried a hod with him to serve as a weapon should he again en counter tho bull. This time, however, tho bull was absent Only a playful, harmless calf was in sight. Approaching it the vindictive Casey gave it a sharp blow with his hod, at the same time' exclaiming excitedly: "Take that and tell your father Patrick Casey done It!" Lippincott's Magazine. nnnsre S Apropos of ills policy of silence, Mayor Mltchel of New Torlc said at a dinner: "In silence there is safetv. Thv vchn want opinions often get opinions they aont want. Tako the young planter's case. "A young Mississippi planter had a servant. Uncle Jeff, who had cared for him as a child nnd who was verv de voted to him. The young man became engaged to a neighboring beauty who was credited with n very bad temper. Noticing that Uncle Jeff never mpntlnniw! his approaching marriage, the young planter said one day: " 'Jeff, you know I'm going to marry Miss Lamar?1 " 'Yes,' wo the reply, 'I knows it " T haven't heard you say anything about if persisted the planter. " 'No,' Jeff acknowledged. 'Taln't for me to say nutfln' about It. I Isn't got nuffin to say.' " 'But, what's your opinion about It?' "'Well, massa said Jeff with sonje hesitation, you knows one thing the most plscnesest snakes has got the most prettiest skins,' "-New York Globe. i Editoriaj Snapshots Philadelphia Ledger: The president's plan for national prtmarlen may be de scribed as a scheme to prevent by law mo renaDiutation of tho republican party. St. Loul Republic: Every reformer, cure-alllst crusader and' nrofesslonn.! a. nouncer sooner or later begins to look. out of tho corner of his eye at the box office possibilities. , Boston Transcript: The senate Via passed a bill making It a crime to Im personate a congressman, but the chances aro that anybody who does It will be able to get off on tho grounds ot in sanity, Philadelphia Bulletin: Perhnnn ir.i dent Wilson may be able to sidestep women's suffrage, but tho way his party Is lumbering along, taking tho whole road, ita prospects are very good for a rear-ena collision. St. Lquls Globe-Democrat: .While Or VlUo Wright's pessimism nAintit front... lantlo flights may result in his being styiea an old fogy, he can point with pride to the fact that he has never yet boon killed in an aeroplane flight. Indianapolis News; Why worry about the two ex-presldents being on the same ship at the opening of the Panama canal next jew lears? There could, for In stance, be a nlco little aame of ninoohiA- In which, aa is well known, there i no pontics and everything would be per fectly pleasant. New York World: The assurances of Commissioner Prouty about physical val uation of railroads will be very comfort ing to somebody. We shall have it around tho year 1920 at a coat nf mttnnm o,, i "i" i then it will how that most of the older nne nave a physical value in excess of their capitalisation. As fixing It cannot come too quickly to suit mo roam. , Springfield Itepubllcan: Plainly It is right that a doctor should be paid for services to a man made unconscious by accident or seizure even if the Involun tary patient should never regain con sciousness. But should he charge as much aa he thinks he can get? In New York under these circumstances a doctor sent in a bill for $500 and the court the other day allowed -him $15. which seems reasonable, it may be proper that the rich should help make im for nnnn.vu. patients, but they should hnv. . - nviiiy option In the matter such aa the choice oi a. a oct or gives. Nebraska Editors C, II. Hale, formerly with th ti.a Cloud Chief, has purchased the Indlanola e porter. H. N. Wagner, editor of the Homer Star, was recently married to Miss Lena Wllklns of Homer. The Alliance Times, which recently started a dally edition, has added an in tertype to its equipment Arthur V. Shaffer, who has been editor and proprietor of the Alma Record for the last eight years, has sold the paper to Arthur Kimberllng. The Alliance News is the name of a new democratic weekly that made it ap pearance at Alliance last week. J. B. lvnelst and J. K. Adams are editors. T. T. Osterman, editor ot the Blair Democrat, got out a fine souvenir edition last week. It is printed in book form and conUtns seventy-two pages, besides Its Illustrated cover, and set forth In attractive form the physical beauties, natural resources and business opportuni ties of Washington county, it assumes that the Garden of Eden was located In the immediate vicinity ot Blair and pro ceeds by facts, figures and pictures that It is not mistaken a e ees. HuKKftn HUH Another Reason. SOUTH OMAHA. Neb.. Feb, 22. To the Editor of The Bee: Possibly the reason that more people do not go to church Is because so few ministers preach the old tlmo religion of forty and fifty years ago. When I was a boy I lived next door to a church where the old fashioned shouting Methodists held their services, then across the street was a Baptist church and only two blocks away the Congrega tional church of which I waa a member and the Presbyterian church were located. In those days of forty and fifty years ago all of those churches believed in and taught us of tho dangers ot a literal burning hell. When services were held In those churches they were neatly always crowded to the; doors and religious fervor seemed to bo at white heat The shouting Methodists wero under such great leaders aa Dick Haney and the other Haneys and Father Summers nnd the services becamo so Intense many times that we could almost Imagine that We smolled the sulphurous fume of hell and could almost hear tho shrieks and mosns of those who had been condemned to the burning of fire and brimstone through all eternity. Those old time Methodists were wonder ful people nnd , made the world better from their Intensely religious zeal and fervor. If we had more of them today the world would be bettor off. When I was a boy of 15, one of my most intlmato friends was the minister of that Methodist church. He was a veteran of the war ot tho rebellion who waa noted for his valor on the field of battlo and for his high class eloquence In the pulpit He preached the old time religion and becamo one ot tho noted ministers of Illinois. "He treated me as his chum when I was a high school boy. his memory to me Is as sweet incense. for ho passed away a good many years ago. In theso days that are called progressive by many people, it Is seldom that preach ers mention hell nnd when they do they mako it as mild ha possible. So much so that people have begun to think as the man at the circus did who stood for a long while and looked at a giraffe, He finally said. "There ain't no such ani mal." A preachers seldom mention hell any more and do not tell of fire and brimstone any more, people are beginning to think that "there ain't no such place aa hell." In my boyhood days, many times church members -who danced or played cards wero fired from the church rolls, but In these up-to-date times churches give balls for tho benefit of the Lord, I suppose, If the preacher of the present time would preach somo of the old time rei llglon, they mtght draw back many of thoso who have wandered away. Instead of objecting to the coming ot Billy Sun day they had better welcome him and let him put somo of the old time religion Into them. In prcsont times the mini tetcrs seem to drift with the tldo of present day thoughts and I do not know- as they are to be blamed for that as most people seem to want hell made as easy for them as possible. Mr. Editor, let me add that I could hardly make the abovo any shorter and then I left out some things I intended to write. I am always astonished at tho number of people who tell me they read my articles in Tho Bee and many of them congratulate me on every com munication I send .to you. t F. A. AGNEW. Variety of Oar Contributions. WAIIOO, Neb., Feb. 2L To the Editor oi The nee: In your Letter Bok, I no- tlced four contributions. Thn first nn Is' signed "A. F. (a stranger from Now York.)" He essays lo solvo the cost of living problem. The second Is signed "Robert IL Park." and av h nn posed to religious holidays, and believes In Abraham Lincoln. The thlrH In hv "A Taxpayer" who cannot see the difference oeiwcen a salary paid to nn officer and a pension paid to his widow after his acatn. xne rourth is by "Beriah F. Cochran" who insists upon an Impossible book, outside the falrv realm. Now mv point Is this, why do the managers of me paper insists on filling their waste basket with really meritorious article In. stead of bringing them to light through me medium or the Letter Box. You wilt notice that three of thesn nHlrien wr. written from Omaha and one outside the sacred preclnctaof that "Bailiwick" and none ot them, with the possible exception of the first one, has any real literary value either as an exponent of a current event or aa a matter ot hlstorjv There is no apparent disposition to (.thiih religious holiday, hence no necessity for uie protest. Nor .do we believe there is a disposition towards the pension act, as regard the widow of your lamented po liceman, and as far as the last article Is concerned, we want to say that most or us, are having it hard enough in tryjni to square our thouchta with "nuhllr n timent" with out trying to cut them Into cunes. ihie. in the opinion ot the writer is an aiiround article, and you wilt nrnh ably conform to the shape of your waste- Det. C. II. OILLILAN, OniAha's Uo-to-Cburch Movement. URADSHAW, Neb., Feb. 2t-To the Editor of The Bee: Wo have been read Ing wltli a good degree of Interest in re gard to the movement on foot in Omaht for a kind of rally day for church going among the class of nonchurch going people, in all ages neonle have twn rosny moved in ny popular work affect i reugion. xne numan family aro worshipers, and the church, with it. multiplicity of dogmas and creedc tem best fitted to till the cravings of the numan mind. Bloody war have been waged to establish creeds upon which certain churches have been founded. But wo are living in the early history ot the twentieth century of the Christian era. and can rejoice in the hope that the dav of religious, war have been engulfed in the great ocean of Christian civilization. Men of all creeds have mora tni.ran) Federations are being formed anions- Churches, creeds and dogmas have lost their power to create the sharp differ ences they once possessed. Men are learning more and more to be governed b the sermon on the mount in their deal- ings ana relations too and with their fel low man. The "Go-to-Chureh" mnv in Omaha ahould be viewed from an optim istic standpoint Let the spirit of Chris tian faith and prayer nrevall. Thi v.r move may be the beginning- of a great revival. "Alans extremity Is God'a on. rortunlty." The churches of Oirmh. thought they wanted a Billy Sunday. iney aid not get him they do not need him. There roust be u(fllent spiritual life spiritual holiness anions thn irnHi earnest, active motion to save even Sodom Itself. Omaha is Nebraska's great city. In fact It Is the eastern gateway to tho state and tho great west All good citizens are anxiously waiting to rejoice with the churches of Omaha ih a grand victory, not only in getting people to at tend church, but In a victory, over sin. Let tho good work go on. JOHN B. DEY. lloiup Industry Iloostlnar. OMAHA, Feb. 22,-To the Editor of The Bee: The Bee publishes a letter signed "Homo Industry Patronlzer" commenting upon the fact that certain targo building contract had been lef to outside In preference to Omaha firm. Thrr nr number of prominent business men In this city, members of the Commercial club, who aro so actively engaged In "boosting for Omaha" that they apparently can not find time to "practice what thpv I can cite the names of half a dozen largfl thlppers who route practically all of cer tain classes of their freight over eastern rast freight lines, whose nenrent atttcv nre located In St Josenh City, notwithstanding tho fact that nn- uwer iasi treigni lino, whose rates arc identically tho same, with service as good, If not better, maintains nn offlrn in Omaha, at nn expense of over $5,000 a yea?, practically every cent spent In this city. 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