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Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-26

tenn. A recent report of the commits
sloncr Of labor statistics for Missouri
details some examples OF unequal as
sessments which could doubtless be
parallclcd by similar Instances In this
state. With a view to ascertaining the
extent to which differentiation Is car
ricd on in Missouri, the commissioner
obtained from the recorders books in
every county selected list of actual
sales of real estate and the amounts at
which the same properties were as
scsscd Immediately after their sale.
The results are startling. Not only are
assessments unequal in different towns
and in different counties, hut
in the same town and in the same county
next door ncighbors are often obliged
to pay different amount of taxes on
property of precisely the same value.
In two cases cited for st. Louis, for
example, for every 500 of true value
one was assessed SlO1.GG, and the other
SO. In another case, one property
owner was made to pay on three and
one-thrd times his actual holdings.
while a second paid on only onc-hfticth
of what he really owns. Comparing
towns with towns and counties
with counties similar absurditieS in
the assessments are apparent. on
properties examined, the assessment
in ST. Louis is S5O4O. in Kansas
City S29.63, in st. Joseph S4330.
The impression is abroad that the
most Migrant Instances of undevalua-
ton for taxation purposes are always
found in the cities. But this idea is
altogether erroneous. The same method
of investigation extended 10 the differ
ent counties of Missouri shows that
while in one county the assessment Is
SSO.SG on the S1G0 Of true value, and in
others ST3.60 and ST23S. in still others
it runs as low as S21.S5. SSH, S2LS0
and S25.19. Special instances are cited
where the inequality in taxes on farm
property is even more fragrant than
any on city property. The statistics
given in the report Indicate on the
whole that in the race for tax shirliing
lands have Il handicap over the owners
of city lots.
What is true of Missouri in respect
to unequal taxation is true to greater or
lesser degree of Nebraska. The problem
therefore is not merely the adjustment
of tax burdens within the cities or be.
tween city and county, but the equali2a-
ton of tax burdens between all the
taxpayers in the state. The farmer is
interested just as much, if not more.
than the merchant and banker. The
question is of statewide Importance
and affects every one who contributes
in any way TO the support of state ana
local governments and cannot well be
longer avoided or neglected by the
legislature.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-26
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

II Blackburn would carry out his threat
TO detail himself for active service in Cuba
he would solve the Kentucky senatorial
problem nicely.
The Emperor William has twelve Wallets
whose sole duty 1t is to take care of his
uniforms and costumes the value of which
Is estimated at 100000.
Judge c. G, Foster of the United States
District court in Kansas has announced
that he will endOw a society for the pre-
Nehtioh OF cruelty to animals whose special
mission it shall be to protect horses
An ingenious French statistcian has cal
culated that in reading a million letters of
the ordinary newspaper type the human eye.
travels a mile, and that the average man in
ar average lifetime gets through $500 miles
OF reading matter.
writer in the Contemporary Review con-
nfms the old story that the sultan's cook
seals all the dishes prepared for his royal
master. The seals are broken when the
dishes reach the table, and the food ia
tasted by an official, to guard against moi
son, before the sultan touches it.
The British Medical Journal is inveipbipg
against the use of so-caled rice powder for
the face, on the ground of its iniurious Of
fects ON the skin. Some of the rice powders
are alleged to be no longer compcSed of
rice. but of chalk, white lead, starch and
alaDaster in varying proportions.
1t is figured out that Richard Croker's ex-
PSiIShCes on the turf nave already cost hin,
In the neighborhood of $500 OOO His En
gilsh experience is set down as costing him
S23O,OOO. All this was the result of the ad-
wee OF a physician to try outdoor life as a
relief from insomnia and other ills that were
annoying him.
Some of the orders for books sent to Lon
don publishers by country correspondents
are highly amusing. One bookseller wrote
for a work of Harry Stocliles" when he
wanted something of Aristotle's; another,
who wanted "Gaudeamus," by Farmer,
asked for God aim us. by a farmer" and
third sent request for "Pharaoh's Life
OF Christ, when he wanted Dean Farrar's
celebrated work.
The closing of Robert Beall's book store
in Washington removes one Of the capitals
landmarks. The store dates back to the
early '5Cs, to the time when the present
proprietor, then a young clerk, branched
out for himself An order for 81 900 worth
of books, procured through John Sherman's
favor, set him on his feet. Webster. Sum
ner, Winthrop, Toombs, Alexander Stephens
and other ante-bellum statesmen were fire.
quent customers of Beall.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-26

The penoogists of New York state are
now realizing that the abolition OF convict
labor is one thing and finding something
for the conyicts to do is another. 1t is well
known what the effects of prison confine-
ment without employment for the minds and
hands of the prisoners are liable to be, and
to provide against the danger of insanity
some form of noncompetng labor will have
to be provided Warden Sage of the Sing
Sing prison will put a large number Of con-
yicts at work breaking stone for the con-
struction of new buildings for the prison.
and he will also Introduce daily drills in
military tactics, with wooden guns. made
in the prison shops. as the equipment. The
military training 10 expected to improve the
discipline of the convcts
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-26
4 SPECIFIC DIRTY on SIGAR

Those engaged in the sugar trade in
New York will be represented before the
ways and means committee when the
sugar schedule is taken up ut the end
of this month and will urge Il
pacific duty. At meeting recently
held it was stated that the trade
had experienced the same ditiicutie:
with an al valorem tariff some
forty years ago that it now does
and it was the unanimous opinion that
this system should be abandoned. In
view of the probability that the schedule
of the new tariff bill will continue in
force for ten years or longer, it was
felt to be of the highest Importance to
the trade that the treatment of sugar in
the new tariff shall be such as to re-
lieve the trade from the difficulties il
encounters under the existing tariff.
OF course it is altogether problemati-
cal us to what conclusion the ways and
means committee will reach regarding
the sugar duties. There has been no
expression from any member of the
committee respecting this very important
schedule. The chairman of the com
mittee. Mr.. Dingley, has said that in
framing the new tariff the policy of pro-
lection will be observed. from which it
may be inferred that sugar will be in
cluded in the application of the protec-
tive principle. In that case ii is certain
that the ad valorem will give way to
the specific system, as 1t will in the case
Of I'LL the schedules, as far as praCtic-
able. The new tariff will retain no ad
valorem duties that it is not absolutely
necessary to retain.
There is no doubt that making the
duty on sugar ad valorem has cost the
treasury very large amount of money
and this loss to the government has
been the gain Of the sugar trust That
rapacious combination has been bene-
fitted in this way probably to the extent
of not less than Sl0,OOO,0OO, and pos
Sibly to greater amount, since the
present tariff law went into effect. The
next house of representatives it can
confidently be predicted, will not permit
IL continuance of this state of things.
The importationS of sugar for the year
1896 will be about 4,OOJ,0O0,OOO pounds.
A specific duty of l cent per pound
would yield n revenue of Si0,000.0G0. or
nearly the amount needed to stop the
treasury deficits. The present duty of
10 per cent ad valOrem, though sup
posed to be equivalent to l cent per
pound, does not yield the amount OF
revenue which would result from Il spe-
Cifc l cent duty, thus showing that the
government is robbed under the ad
valorem system. When 1t is considered
that the government can derive so large
II revenue from sugar without materially
il at all increasing the cost Of that neces-
sary to the consumer and that at the
same time some protection would be
given to the American sugar industry.
it seems highly probable that the new
tariff will provide for II specific duty of
at least l cent per pound.
This matter is commanding the earnest
attention of the sugar interest and un-
dOubtcdly it will be very fully repre-
scnted at the hearing to be given by
the ways and means committee on De
cpmbnr 30.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-26
The Cameron Report.

The report Of the senate foreign relations
committee on Senator CameTon's Cuban reso-
luton bears the earInarks of a preconcerted
plan. 1t was not prepared in the committee
room nor by Senator Cameron or any other
member Of thvtsonmittee. hIt By outside
parties interested In working up Cuban
feeling. Moreover, 1T was prepared in ad-
vance OF the adoption Of the resolution by
the committee and was therefore a cut-and-
dried presentation of questions Of great i'm
portance which were supposed to undergo
careful and thorough investigation. 1t is a
poor commentary on the legislative methods
of the senate that one of its highest com
mittees should thus adopt. bodily, a report
prepared in advance by outside parties and
send II to the senate as embodying the de-
liberate conclusions of the committee. That
Is charlatanry, not statesmanship.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-26

The Denver Board of Trade has
adopted resolutions urging the Colorado
delegation in congress to exert them.
selves for the passage of the Cameron
resolution. AS soon as the Denver peo.
pie learned that the author of the Cam
cron resolution was the same Cameron
who had made such splurge for free
silver coinage. they We're one and all
enlisted in its support. But VIII war
whuop from the national capitol, regard
less of the consent of any other nation
on earth, raise the price of silver?
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-26

1t was interesting to read about the genr
teman who at Sunday-school meeting told
the childreI that in the thirty-three yeaIs
during VIII ch he, had abstahed from to-
baccO he had saved by that means $8.SS2 81
1t would be also interesting to know whether
any bright boy in the room asked him if he
had all that money in the bank. 1t Is one
Of the curious things about economies OF
this sort that they never seem to make any
difference with ones budget at the end of
the year. Theoretically arlthmetically,
they must, of course, but practically they
don't What lots of thrifty saving. get
ahead fellows there are who smoke, and
what lots of total atStainers from tobacco
who can't lay up a cent to save their
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-26
Long Felt wants Not We. Filled.


There are great many fortunes standing
around just ready to fall into the hands of
whoever shall fill the needful conditions
One fortune awaits the man who shall in
vent a perfect fountain pen-a pen which
shall deliver just the amount of ink re-
quired. never less, never more, never in
the wrong place. Another fortune stands
holding itself out for the man who shall
enable us to forget at will. Still another is
shrieking aloud for the opportunity to de-
liver itself into the palm of him who shall
make virtue pleasant who shall reverse the
law according to which the wholesome foods
are not nearly so good to eat as the indi-
gestibles.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-26
NEED or REVENGE LEGISLATION.

1t is expected that one of the most
important features of Governor IIol-
combs message TO the legislature will be
the part devoted TO n review of the de-
fects of our present revenue laws and to
recommendation Of remedial legislation
that will strengthen the states resources
and equalizc the burdens of taxation
That the time has come when some legis-
lative action is absolutely imperative to
stralten the financial difficulties of our
state, county and city governments is
admitted by all. The chief evil with
which the Legislators will have to deal
is that OF unequal assessments of real
and personal property, and 1t will tax
the ingenuity of the best informed to
devise plan which can and will be en-
forced without fear or favor.
Nebraska is not alone, however, In
suffering from a defective revenue sys-
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-26
Peanut Politics in the senate.
Dblia 4 ol.,ar

The senate of the United States is the
body in which, theoretically. there is less
chance for partisan politics than anywhere
else In the country, but in which. practically.
politics rises to the height and dignity of
the peanut gallery in a theater. The re-
fusal to confirm the nomination OF Secre-
tary Francis is the latest instance OF the
extreme pettishness to which political ami
mostly can carry senatorial proceedings.
That highly respectable body Is willing to
show so much discourtesy to the president
of the United States in order to crafty the
personal animosty OF one or two individuals
eyen-to make II worse-when the members
arc so much ashamed OF their animosity
that they disguise 1t under a pretense of
wishing to hear from some unnamed con-
sttuents What a travesty on the national
dignity the senate il getting TO be!
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-26

Mr.. Hitchcock went all the way TO
Montana and Colorado merely to tell
Bullionaire Marcus DAILY and Banker
ID. III. MofIat that he saw them. lie
never even suggested that n contribu-
tion to relieve the pressure of the World
Herald creditors would be acceptable.
1t was purely social visit And some
people shrek about blufiing.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-26

The fact that vacant residence. situ-
atcd in the very heart of the city. can
be burglariously entered, completely
hardware from cellar to garret. and
damaged wantonly to Il considerable cX-
tent. all without the slightest molesta
ton, is discreditablc to say the least
to the police of metropolitan. city.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-26

According to cable adviccs, Servia Is
temporarily without cabinet. This
information is repeated free of charge
for the special benefit of the surplus
cabinet material that has been rendered
Major Mckinley beyond the possibility
of his immediate use
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-26
on. Liherty. vhithcr.

1t is queer. but it is fact, that mans
name 1t not his own to sell or swap for an
other, as he may choose This is an idosyn-
Grassy Of the law that is, like so many other
laws. past finding out. But the law says it
Is a crime to shift ones cognomen, and two
men in an eastern town who obtained en-
Dloyment under different titles from these
which came to them from their parents We're
fined SEQ each in city police court the other
day 1t Is possible that a man may be ar
rested some day for changing his hair or
the legislature.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-26
By-producis of Corn.
Minneapolis Tribune.

The majority of men in the corn trade
are naturally very skoptcal, but Mr.. Cramp
seems very enthusiastic We car all re-
momber the time when the cotton seed or
southern plantations was a waste product.
But now it is utilized in the product OF
oil and feed and is the source of an I'M
mense income to the planters. Why may
it not be within the range of possibility that
the waste product of the corn fields will be-
come equally valuable?
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-26

Populist candidates for the senator
ship from Idaho are springing up on
every side. If only enough of them
project themselves into the arena, Sena-
tor Dubois may succeed in having him
self accepted as II compromise successor
To himself and thus accomplish what he
set out to do when he marched In the
bolters procession at st. Louis.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-26

The calm judgment of the great Ameri.
can people will know how to take at its
genuine value the wild and whirling talk
of chronic colonels and professional
warriors relative to an armed conflict
with Spain.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-26

Nonresident owners of Omaha realty
are the ones who above all should not
fail to assist the exposition by subscrib-
ing for stock. BY helping TO make this
enterprise success they will inevitably
contribute to the general prosperity Of
this city, one of the certain results of
which viii be IN improved market for
real estate
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-26

Goyernor-elect Tanner of Illinois an
ncunces that he does not intend to mix
up in the senatorship contest in that
state for the reason he does not think
1t the governors business to make or
unmake senators. Whether or not the
governor-elect lives strictly up to these
professions. all will agree that on this
point he has struck the nall ON the head.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-26

1t would seem that Engineer Howells
recommendation to Mr.. Bierbower was
made out of pure philanthropy, and for
the best interest of everybody concerned,
except himself.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-26

The New York Worlds Cuban CORE
spondent has auspiciousTy accomplished
what General Weyler has not been able
to compass. He has effcctually cleared
the insurgents out of Pinar del Rio.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-26

The publisher Of our amiable Bryan
contemporary never contributes to n
campaign fund. His only connection
with such funds is in the role of the
suckling pig.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-26

Succl, the famous Italian faster, has
tasted himself into insanity somewhat
faster than any one anticipated. 1t is
certainly noteworthy that feasting and
fasting should so often lead to the same
end
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-26

Experiments with the interchangeable
mileage books continue to multiply. Be
fore very long interchangeable mileage
will uniformly be adopted for the rail.
roads of every great division of the coun-
fry
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-26

With n whole holiday at their COM
mand for consideration of the matter,
members of the council ought pretty well
to have made up their minds us TO the
fit of those Taylor-made Jail job gar
mputS
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-26

The Omaha Bryan organ absorbed
$4,000 of the popocratic campaign funds
at one fell swoop. It's cold day when
the World Herald does not get its
graft in on all the cash within reach.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-26

Although the present councils days are
gliding swiftly by. it has still time for
meetings enough to kill all jail -jobbing
schemes, if so minded
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-26

If President Cleveland is not entirely
Indifferent to public opinion, he can add
to his popularity in the transmississippl
region by making official proclamation of
the exposition.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-26

The sultan will never be convinced
that the European powers are in earnest
until they prove it to him beyond rea-
sonable doubt.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-26
some Cause for Thnnisfulncss.

with the tomato heart, the bicycle cancer
and the many other perls that are alleged
to environ henhUman being OF today, wo
should be thankful that the mortuary re-
ports are not fltter than they are.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-26

The Greater Republic of Central Amer
lea sounds very well, but there ought to
be some convenient way of abreviatng it
In writing.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-26

property OF trusts should be forfeited upon
conviction and sequestcrCd to the state.
These are heroic remedies. but the situation
Is believed by many to demand them,
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-26
JOY for the Calnnhs.

All is not gloom beneath the skies of the
silverites. Twohor three banks have failed
in tho last two or three days and every
time a bank fails the sllyerite thrills with
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-26

1t is to beithoped that the proposed
legal proceedpgs,in Gage county to test
the validity Of the guaranty company
bond law will be prosecuted and pressed
without delaEfcd n final and authorita-
tive decision by the supreme court. The
opinions already, given by the attorney
general and the attorney gcneral-clect
TO the effect that the law is defective are
not binding an the local authorities
charged with approving official bonds,
but they are sufficient to raise doubt
that would make every conscientious
officer hesitate before accepting n
guaranty company bond from any public
official An appeal to the court will
alone settle the questions in controversy
and an appeal of this kind must be had
sooner OF latcr-thereforc, the sooner the
better.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-26

City hall employees who failed to be
included in that salary-raising resolution
are naturally indignant at the diScrim-
nation against them. There is no more
reason why the salaries of one or two
clerks should be raised than the salaries
of every one on the pay roll. In Il
word, there is no reason why any salary
SHOULD be raised ut this time. The
shortage in the treasury is greater than
ever and the pressure of municipal obi
cations unrclicved. There are, further
mere, plenty of competent and reliable
persons eager to take the places of any
city hall employees who think they are
ovcrworl,cd or underpaid.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-26

try has dcmanfYf a return TO that policy
and the republican party will respond
to the demand
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-26
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State Of Nebraska,


George B Tzschuck secretary Of Tho Bee Pub.
lshlng company being duly sworn, says that the
actual number Of fun and complete copies OF The
Daily Morning, Evening and sunday Bee printed
during the month Of November. 1886, was as fol-
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-26

The latest movement recorded on the part
of Russia is the seizure by her Of sta
tion on the Red sea littoral, and within the
limits of the Italian protcctorate A Rus
sian cruiser landed a party of men at Re-
hita, removed all signs of the protectorate