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Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-30
A Christian Science "MiracIe."

AT meeting of women in Omaha not long
ago the subject of Christian Science came up
Tor discussion. An adherent said: You know
Mr.. n. Well, he was doctoring for his eye
Dut the medicine did no good. He had dis
continued its use. but was suffering great
pain. l induced him to have one of our
healers come in. Well, as soon as she en-
tered the room the pain ceased and he never
suffered a moment since. Was that not
wonderful?' But" remarked another "he
also went blind the same day and has never
seen since" 'Oh, yes," was the reply; "but
Just think of it! The pain wes cured i'm
mediately and for good'' So the story OF
the man who put green spectacles on his
morse and had nearly succeeded in making
nm i've on shayings when the horse died
may not be quite apocryphal. a.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-30
REGULATION OF THE RAILWAYS.

1t appears that the members Of the
Interstate Commerce commission recog-
nize the recent decision of the supreme
court defining the powers of the cont
mission as necesstating immediate legis,
lation. If their powers are to go beyond
the mere investigation OF abuses. That
decision did not deprive the commission
of authority to decide in specific cases
that a given rate or charge is unreason-
able but 1t Is urged that if these de-
cisions cannot be, as declared by the
court, extended to future cases. the com
mission will have little weight in govern
ing the action of the railroads. Unques-
tiOnably the commissioners are right in
this view The restriction of their
powers In the matter of rates, under the
judicial Interpretation or the law, leaves
the commission little more than an in
vestigating body and practically power
less to protect the public against rate
eXactions for while it may compel the
railroads to correct unreasonable rates
and charges its inability to prescribe
rates really leaves the railroads masters
of the situation. They can go on making
unreasonable rates at Will and although
the commission may require them to
rectify such rates the public meanwhile
will suffer. In Il word, the commission
is unable to safeguard the public in the
matter of rates.
There seems to be a disposition In con-
gress to enlarge the powers of the com
mission and this may be done through
the pooling bill under consideration by
the senate committee on interstate COM
merce. One of the sections of this meas
IRE provides that the commission may
prescribe maximum rates for railway
charges in eases where complaint is
made against existing rates and after
formal hearing by the commission. 1t
Is not proposed to permit the fixing of
maximum rates where there Is no real
complaint and where inquiry originates
with the commission or upon the repre-
sentatiOns of state board. 1t is said
that the commissioners are not especially
deeirous of prescribing rates in other
classes of eases. The understanding Is
that II power is given the commission to
prescribe rates it will apply to rates
complained Of outside. OF pooling ar
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-30
THE UPWARD TREND.

Attempt as they may to conceal or
disguise It, the calamity -howling popo-
cratic press cannot suppress the fact
that for this country, commercially and
industrally, the upward trend has set
In. While the editorial writers acting
under orders may persist in denying
that times are improving, the news
items indicating substantial business
gains cannot be eliminated. Complete
industrial revival may be delayed by un-
settled tariff conditions or other causes
that intimidate capital aud check the
gait of returning confidence, but the fact
stands out that business prospects are
today infinitely better than they were
year ago.
In view of the prevailing nascent stage
of so many Industrial enterprises, the
tendency of investors is to look TO that
part of the country that offers the most
promising outlook for their operations.
Never before has capital been econom-
ically so volatile in It's flow from place to
place or so free from entanglins obstruc-
tions. The perfection of our great credit
institutions has made 1t almost imma-
terial to the creditor where his money
is actually used so long as the principal
is fully secured and good returns in
sight.
What is wanted, therefore, to attract
capital to Omaha, Nebraska and sur
rounding states is the dissemination of
reliable Information on the opportunities
offered for profitable Investment. With
an inexhaustible farm region of unsur-
passed fertility tributary on all sides,
with raw materials only waiting to be
worked up into finished products with
an energetic, progressive people with ex-
pansive demands to satisfy, Omaha Is
in position to utilize to advantage all the
be more specific, there are openings for
new beet sugar factories, for chicory
and -four mills, for tanneries, for glucose
works, for factories to transform the by
products of our packing houses into
leather goods, boots and shoes, glue,
stalk into pulp, paper spirits, and for a
hundred and one other things. All these
are bound eventually to come, but the
parties in the field first will reap the big
gest reward
BY moving along with the upward
trend already here, Omaha and Ne
braska should not only maintain their
high standing abroad, but also gain upon
their competitors less favored in natural
resources. AS confidence breeds conf
dence, the Investment of foreign capital
with us will draw additional invest
ments. Every energy should there
fore be bent toward attracting the
favorable attention of investors at the
present most opportune time.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-30
SOME PROMISING FACTS.

"People are actually doing more bus
mess than they realize" says the last
report of Dun & Co 1t is true that
prices are low and profits small but it
is evident that consumption has in
creased. This means that more people
are able to buy what they need than a
year ago, that the labor of the country
at large is better employed and that en-
forced economy is not so general as it
was. The commercial agency referred
to says that i'll quantity there is almost
as much business being done as in the
years OF greatest prosperity. Certainly
this is an encouraging fact, as is also
taking place, although. it is slow. II is
gratifying to know that the business of
the country is moving in the right direc-
tion, however gradual the movement
may be, for it gives assurance of the
ultimate attainment of satisfactory de-
gree of prosperity. 1t is also safer to
advance gradually, because it will in
sure greater duration of prosperous
conditions. 1t is a trying experience to
many, undoubtedly, but it will have bet
ter results for the country in the long
run. Prosperity 'thht lis achieved through
conservative business methods is not liza
bic to sudden anti violent reaction. as is
the case with prosperity that comes
with boom.
An eastern paperosays it is apparent
that very much more encouraging and
cheerful view of the business conditions
exists in financial centers than at apy
time since the election of President Nc
Kinley and it observes that this is In
part due to the prospect of as prompt
action on the tariff bill as, can reasona-
bly, be expected. Business mas been bet
ter says this paper, than many persons
have thought to be the case and the
conditions prove that. nothing but the
artificial restraint caused by the dilatori-
| ness of congress has prevented the gen
eral tendency to business activity from
showing satisfactory results. In a re.
cent Interview the president of the
Pennsylvania railroad, after having Wis.
tied the large area of country through
which that road passes, expressed the
opinion that the business outlook is eX.
cellent. All advices from the far west.
| ern states are of the most encourag gine
character.
Why, then, should there not be an op.
timistic view of the future? Why should
| there be any doubt that the country is
on the way to prosperity? 1t is unfortu
nate that new tariff law has not been
enacted and thus some check put upon
the flood of importations. This will de.
lay the return of prosperous conditions
| But the trend in that direction will Ger.
tainly continue and grow In force
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-30

rangements as well as to rates wnich
are proposed In pooling contracts
Judge Knapp of the commission thus
states the matter!u eTbe paramount ana
vital question Il the authority OF the
commission to determine what Is the
reasonable rate sorcthe just relation of
rates. when specific complaint Is made
against existing rates, and such com
plant Is investigated upon notice and
opportunity to beqheard and with all
the formality of judicial inquiry. IL
this authority isoieuied or withheld, the
law will have little validity, the com
mission will be only an Investigating
body and the puilicwill be left without
remedy or redress" There are some
who urge that the power of the com
mission be extended to cases where In
vestigation originates with that body
as well as in cases Of formal complaint
but it is not probable that this will be
done, though it certainly would increase
the usefulness of the commission.
The Importance of enlarging the
powers of the commission in the direc-
tion proposed being recognized, congress
should not delay unnecessarily the legis-
lation required for that purpose. There
appears to be no question as to the con
stitutional authority of congress to con
fer such power upon the Interstate Com
merce commission and the interests of
the public clearly demand that it shall
be done and done as promptly as pos
sible. Under existing conditions the
law is of no very great value.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-30
SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT

Detroit Free Press The missionary in
the Pittsburg convention who will not touch
money that Is offered until convinced that
the gift is clean must have bank account
of his own to fall back on,
Minneapolis Tribune: Dubuque preacher
has admitted that the Sunday newspapers
are all right. OF course they are If they are
of the right sort, and more of the clerical
brethren could afford to admit it than do
Sioux City Journal: The Presbyterian
ministers of Philadelphia have addressed "a
judicious letter. to the wheelmen on the
use of bicycles on Sunday. The wheelmen
need very little advice on the subject.
man may go to church on a bicycle as well
as in a carriage, and one who would not
go to church at all would be indifferent to
advice offered.
Chicago Chronicle: The world is certainly
becoming more liberal when a woman may
be graduated from the Union Theological
seminary to preach in q Presbyterian pulpit.
The woman who has been accorded this
privilege Is no less person than the daugh-
ter Of Prof. Briggs, who was suspended for
heresy in 1894 She has passed with the
highest honors, excelling all the men in
her class. One may be permitted to wonder
how she stands upon the points of faith
which caused her father so much trouble.
Springfield Republican: 1t is estimated
that the Protestant theological schools THO
spring will graduate about 1925 men into
the clerical profession. but the estimate is
too low by considerable. If there are not
over 500 new ministers made next month,
including all the schools in the United States,
it will be cause for surprise. Include Can
ada, and the total will be raised perhaps
another hundred. 1t looks like glut, but
there is none, provided each newcomer is
content to find his level-it may be as a
life insurance agent.
Philadelphia Record: There was touch
Of humor in the proceedings of the Presby-
terian assembly at Eagle Lake, Ind, on
Saturday. During a speech made by ex-
Postmaster General Wanamaker on a bust
ness topic he found occasion to say that he
had never seen perfect man, and he doubted
very much whether there had ever been a
perfect woman. Just then" says the teIe-
graphic report Of the proceedings, "a little,
timid, shrinking body rose in the back OF
the room and told the speaker that she had
heard of one perfect woman. When inquiry
was made as to this remarkable entity, she
said: ut wes my husbands first wife"
This was good. The little, timid, shrinking
body certainly delivered a dexterous thrust.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-30

1t is proposed by fertile-brained
genius to inaugurate a gigantic insur-
ance scheme against enforced idleness.
Paying man for being unable to find
employment might be worked down to
the law of averages if we had enough
data on the subject but for while the
venture would be almost wholly expert
mental The same principle is at the
basis of the benefit funds of some of our
trades unions but it is problematicaI
how far it might be extended with sue
cess. In the interval there is only one
sure guarantee against enforced idleness
and that is voluntary work.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-30
Good Country to Stay Away from.
Philadelphia Ledger.

In Russia, at least, American citizens must
be Americans, or, at all events, they cannot
be Russians. So the State department in
terprets the Russian law. Subjects of the
cZar cannot become citizens of another
country without his perm lsson which is not
easy to obtain. Consequently, Russian sub
jects cannot come to the United States pro-
cure a veneer of American citizenship and
hope to return and live in Russia under its
protection. So long as they remain in this
country the laws of their native land will
not modest them, but they are only Amer
leans while they stay in America. When
they return to Russia, they are Russians
and subject to all the laws of that country
The arrangement bears somewhat hardly on
persons who, like John Ginselberg of New
York, wish to go back to their old homes
for visit, but it saves an immense amount
of trouble and expense to our State depart
ment, which is not required to protect the
assumed rights of Russian subjects masquer-
aiding at home as American citizens
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-30
.IDNES.

One by one the roses fade. One by
one the demagogy is uncovered of the
men who posed under the popocratic
banner last fall as the implacable foes
of trusts and combinations and the un-
relenting opponents of corporate greed
and oppression.
This time it is Jones. Everybody re-
members Jones of Arkansas, VINO as
chairman of the popocratic national com
mittee made pitiful appeals for popular
contributions to campaign funds on
the ground that by reason of popocratic
antagonism the faces of all the rich men
with the exception of the silver bullion
aires were turned against him. Every
body remembers Jones, who proclaimed
himself the manager Of the poor mans
candidate for president and who kept
constantly prating about the dear COM
mon people.
Yet the same Jones is now engaged
in launching what is expected to be the
most gigantic trust ever conceived. That
good popocratic organ, the st. Louis
Republic. that served so faithfully dur
ing the campaign as the mouthpiece of
Jones and the popocratic managers and
candidates has announced the fact and
enlarged upon it with all the important
details. The new combination is a syn
dicate of capitalists who have acquired
the patent rights to new process of
baling cotton which insures such
economies that it is bound to drive all
competition from the field. 1t is to be
known as the American Cotton COM
pany. with 100000 900 of preferred and
common stock-the proportion of water
not stated. At the head OF the syndi-
cate is John e. Searles, one of the grasp
ing Sugar trust kings. Associated with
him, among others, are Stuyvesant Fish
railroad magnate and president of the
Illinois Central; B. p. Mcdonald, an
other railroad magnate connected With
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railway
and d. r. Francis, late goldbug sacre-
tary of the interior in President Cleve-
lands cabinet. Neither last nor least
is Jones-Jones of Arkansas-member Of
the United States senate, chairman of
the popocratic national committee, in
public the enemy of trusts and corporate
aggregations of capital, but in private
the friend of the sugar kings. associate
of goldbug bankers. beneficiary of rail
road presidents and active promoter of
odious trust methods. Worse yet the
new cotton syndicate is said to date back
to March, 1896, prior to the opening of
the late presidential campaign, so that
if Jones is Il charter member his pre-
tended popocratic virtues must have
been assumed from the start.
After advertising himself as one of
the founders of the new Cotton trust.
how can Jones remain as chairman of
the popocratic national committee at
the head of party that relies almost
wholly on the sympathy dodge for sup
port? Alas for the poor deluded popo-
Gratis who were led to believe that in
Jones they had paragon of political
purity!
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-30

Washington gossips have been singu-
larly unfortunate since the Inauguration
Of President Mckinley in the dearth of
alleged cabinet dissensions and impend-
ing ruptures in the presidents official
family. Things have been going along
in the white house altogether too quietly
and too smoothly to meet their eXpecta-
tions and they may be forced to invent
n few imaginary dscords to keep them
selves in practice.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-30
How quickly the railroads adjust the

How quickly the railroads adjust them
selves to existing conditions! 1t was
only II few weeks ago that the cry was
raised that the supreme court decision
applying the antitrust law to railroad
pools was sure to bring on a general
roads than any in recent years. The
decision stands with even a rehearing
denied. yet the terrible rate war has not
materialized in any part of the country.
The railroad calamity shouters will have
TO take q new tack:
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-30

A scheme Is on foot to supply Kansas
City with electric power generated at
Leavenworth, Kan. The scheme, how
ever, that should attract attention is the
plan to utilize the friction on the river
bed of the Missouri for transforming il
into electricity and supplying electricity
to all cities and towns on the river from
a single plant. When 1t comes to exer-
cising the Imagination, why not draw
on it without limit?
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-30

Upon what THEORY can that jury have
acted that in s9it for damages brought
against n railroad company by members
of well known theatrical company
awarded the male principal twice as
much money as the handsome dashing
leading lady? Where was the usual gal
lantry of the members of that jury?
What an affront t'upen the profession to
fix the price Of balm for the leading
lady at less than that for the leading
man2 . s..-
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-30

Nebraska prohibitionists are in the
field already with a prohibition state
ticket for next falls campaign. This we
believe breaks the record In this state
for early nominations. But the prohibit
tion party candidates will have this ad-
vantage, that by the time the five months
intervening before the election rolls
around their names will have been al
most forgotten, SO that their defeat win
cause small diseoncertion amongst the
people.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-30

about seven years. IL some OF Ne
braska's state officials who are awaiting
trial on charges Of embezzlement would
plead guilty and save the taxpayers the
cost of convicting them through expen-
sive court proceedings, they might have
an opportunity to pose as repentants.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-30

A man who pleaded guilty in Chicago
the other day TO stealing l cent was let
off with fine of $40 and costs. That
man is way behind the times. He
should first have become a bank pres,
ident or had himself elected state treas
urer in some state that has assets.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-30

1t is Idle to expect the tariff bill in its
final form to suit everybody who voted
for Mckinley. 1t must conform to the
republican principle of protection, how
ever, and meet the approval of the great
majority of the republican representa-
tives in congress.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-30

II the advocates of the amended sugar
schedule of the tariff are correct the
Sugar trust is actually subjecting itself
TO great self-sacritice for the benefit of
the public when it reluctantly assents
to discriminating duty on sugar that
promises it inordinate profits.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-30

A New York man has just gone crazy
and threatens suicide because he i'm
agines himself the homeliest man In the
world Meanwhile the real homeliest
man is getting his full complement of
sleep ut night In normal condition of
sanity and never caring straw about
his lack of personal pulchritude.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-30

The appearance of newly formed
mud island off the coast of California
is taken to show where, at least, part
Of the mud thrown during the late po-
litical campaign was finally deposited.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-30

According to the best available indica-
tions, the gold production of 1897 will
exceed that of 1896, which in turn was
the largest for any single year in the
history of the world. Lamentations
about the dearth of gold may be post
poned with propriety for some time in
the dim and distant future.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-30

What pity Bruisers Corbett and
Fitzsimmons did not have presence of
mind enough to pose properly for the
verascopic camera at the moment of the
blow that determined the possession of
that championship belt
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-30

Banker Johnston. Indianas prize en-
bezzler, has pleaded guilty and accepted
with as good grace as possible a SEN
tence of ten years Imprisonment which
may by good behavior be- reduced TO
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-30

"Chicago stands alone as the only
large city in the United States that has
neglected to rear memorial to our first
president" exclaims the Times Herald
of that city. Not exactly. Omaha has
as yet no Washington monument.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-30

The decline of .5l in the use OF spirits
from 1893 to 1896 means decrease OF SO ,0OO,-
600 gallons, or more than one-third Of the
total consumption in 1893 The decline of .22
in the use OF wines in the same period means
decrease of 15,40O 900 gallons, or nearly
half the total for 1893.
Eighteen hundred and ninety-two was a
flush" year and the consumption of drink
was enormous. Eighteen hundred and ninety
three was not a good year but the people
who had made money In 1892 evidently
thought the depression was temporary and
spent their surplus from 1892 literally.
Then the bard times set in In earnest and
the drinking was cut Off rapidly.
Spirits declined Is in 1894. .21 in 1895 and
~ in 1896. The drop In wines. which are In
general drunk by the very prosperous only.
is still, more significant. The decrease OF IT
In 1894 shows that at one stroke the hard
times cut on all but the rich and the
prodigal. Hence tho fall oi only .03 in 1898
and OF only .O2 In 1896.
These figures refute the old theory that
hard times drive men to drinking. They
give another proof Of the level-headed com.
mon sense and prudence Of the masses Of
the American people.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-30

The government has just awarded a
contract for six locks at an aggregate
cost of over S600.000. Were it not that
these locks are to be built for river
canal instead of for doors the announce
ment would certainly give the taxpayers
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-30

d. With each recurrence of national an
niversaries, calling for patriotic songs
and declamations, the need of a suitable
American anthem becomes more appar-
fant
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-30

President McIiinley's visit to the Ten
'nessee Centennial exposition at Nash
vile next week ought to make that one
of the red letter periods in the annals
of that enterprise.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-30

True, there are fewer veterans of the
great war than ever but tnat only gives
deeper Significance to the custom of
decorating the graves or the heroic pa
triots with flowers in the springtime of
the wear
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-30
Cost of Future Wars,

Chicago Record.
The cost will soon be eliminated as a fac
tor in war. About the next one that comes
along the newspapers will pay expenses If
the generals will act as correspondents, and
the governments can have the kinetoscope
earnings as clear money.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-30


Corn for Egypt acquires a new meaning in
the recent shipment of 100000 bushels of In
dian corn for seed from this country to dwell
iers along the Nile. They will feel sorry for
their ancestors when they make the aceuain-
tance of roasting ears.