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Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-09
BLASTS FROM nAM's HORN.


Manhood is the greatest profession.
Truth is the goal OF human aspiration.
Sin is the only cloud without a silver lin
ing.
No one becomes unhappy by doing good
deeds.
Some men in doing right lead others TO do
wrong.
Men drift because the engines of the Will
lie idle.
A good occupation prevents mental dis
sipation.
Make education science and 1t will be-
come an art.
Noble deeds are steps UP the mountain
side of character.
Hypocrisy is the gilt OF virtue used in the
adornment of vice.
1t is not right to sacrifice your principles
to save another's feelings,
Understanding is the scale of thought
where all ideas are weighed.
The mind of a wise man is like a good
gun; it has both long range and good aim.
Keep the fire of zeal under the boilers of
patience and you will run the engine of high
purpose.
Sometimes so much attention is paid to
the growth of the church that the growth
of the Christian is neglected.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-09
EXPANDING WAGES.
A Policy that Pays and Promotes
Civilization.

Boston Globe.
1t was a very fitting announcement, fol-
lowing Easter, that increased wages OF
something like 10000 cotton mill operatives
in New England would go into effect April g.
The restoration of the old scale of wages
is all the more gratifying because 1t Is vol
untary. And when rigid business men ike
some of the managers of our New England
mills raise wages 10 per cent or more II may
be inferred that they do 1t from motives Of
good policy, since most of the great captains
of the cotton industry believe that sentl-
ment and business should be kept quite dis
tinct in such matters.
As a stnct matter OF business the poilcy
of giving the best wages that the markets
will warrant Is the paying one. The organ
lied cotton operative of today follows the
markets and knows the factors in the prob
lem of prices just as well as does his en-
poyer. When the latter cuts down wages
on the ground that the factors OF cost OF
production relative to demand compel the
step he has morally and by inference prom
ised to restore them as soon as the adverse
factors no longer exist.
What the corporations have done, while
1t Is no more than honorable treatment to-
ward their hands is none the less graf
flying. II New England manufacturers ex-
pect to hold their own in the production Of
superior goods they will find 1t most profta-
BILE to pay wages that belong to a higher
standard OF living than is found in the
southern sections, where cheaper grade
goods are made
Speaking generally, this is not naturally
a country of cheap men and low wages. This
has always been the refrain of the high
tariff adyocates-especiall before election
But irrespective of all tariff problems
American wages" pay, as belonging TO a
grade of civilization of which we are justly
proud and which 1t should be our chief pride
TO perpetuate.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-09
GREAT FIELD For WOMEN.
Wonderful Change Wrought by the
Training for Nurses.

Training for Nurses.
Baltimore American.
During the war with Spain some OF the
officers were opposed to the presence or
female nurses in the hospitals near the
front in Cuba. 1t was thought that men
could do better work. Other officers dis
sented from this view 1t is in evidence that
these nurses did noble work at Siboney and
elsewhere in Cuba, and later at Camp
Wikoff and in other camps. News has re-
Gently come from Manila that the young
women have been almost indispensable In
the hospitals in and around the city. Cor
respondents say that they are tireless in
their efforts, and even in the operating
room the sight of blood Is not appalling to
them.
The training of nurses and the education
of women to be doctors, which Is now being
carried forward in these days with success
has brought about a wonderful change III
women. They feel, especially in the capac-
ity of nurses, that they can do better WORK
than they have ever done, and that they
fill place which cannot be filled by men.
A visit to any of the large hospitals where
young women are being trained as nurses
will demonstrate the value of women In
such institutions. They gain vast deal of
knowledge, even outside of their profession,
which later in life becomes most valuable.
Many of the nurses become doctors, and not
few marry physicians and are able to
apply in their own households the practical
knowledge they have gained in a way not
possible with thousands of mothers.
The idea that anything that is purely
womanly need be sacrificed in becoming
trained nurse or a doctor has long been ex>
ploded, if, indeed, 1t ever had any standing
except among Tho frivolous.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-09
4 GnrERNMENr or rnRcE.

Professor Woolscy of Yale, the cmi-
ncnt authority on International law, be-
levcs that the government of the Phil
ippines must be permanently Il govern
ment of force. He said in his address
before the American Academy of Polit-
ical and Social Science that no govern
mCnt can succeed there which Is not
based on force, that 1--WE need to place
benevolent dcspot in every district in
the archipelago" therefore the military
government is the only one possible He
made a distinction between Porto Rico
and the Philippines, saying as to the
former that when congress sees fit to
legislatc the government Of the island
should be laid as largely as possible
upon the shoulders of its own people.
The proclamation Of the Philippine
commission promises that the people
will be granted "thc most ample liberty
and government rcconcilable with
the maintenance of Il wise, just, stable,
effective and economical administration
of public affairs and compatible with the
sovereign and international rights and
the obligations of the United States"
This wholly indefinite assurance may
fairly be regarded as contemplating the
condition which Professor Woolsey be-
lieves to be the only practicable condi-
tion-pcrmancnt military rule or a gov
crnment of force, such as other nations
have in their colonies. He said: This
despotic form of administration is not an
ideal method; its justification is that no
other Is practicable" OF course it is
in the power of congress to establish
civil government in the Philippines, but
the danger is that the American people
will become so imbued with the idea
of military rule, Notwithstanding its re-
pugnance to American principles, that
they will be content to permit it Ito con-
tinue indefinitely. Doubt as to the ca
pacity and fitness of the Philippine
people for self-government, now quite
general, is likely to retain it's hold for
a long time and if under military rule
the islands shall become peaceful and
prosperous and their people make no Sc
rious objection or opposition to that
i'iiA VI SON' lHtIc NOtlu ull-
doubtedly be created in this country a
strong sentiment against any change
The influence of the army would GER
tainly be so directed and most probably
that of the commercial interests Also
together with that of whatever Amer
lean capital may be invested in the
Philippines. These influential forces
may safely be counted upon to favor
the permanent maintenance of military
rule and 1T is needless to say that their
potency is very great.
1t is the declared policy of the United
States to enforce its supremacy through
out every part of the archipelago. This
will be accomplished, perhaps in Il few
months, possibly not for years But
whenever accomplished it is most prob
able that it will be found that in order
to hold our supremacy we shall have to
maintain military rule, with it's more
or less despotic accomplishments. Can
we pursue such policy without dan
ger to our political institutions? Can
we thus hold an alien people in subjec-
ton without the risk of weakening the
safeguards of our own liberty? These
are questions that merit the most
serious consideration.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-09
sound Sense of the Deweys.
Chicago Chronicle.


The Dewey family continues to demon
strate that the admiral of that lk is not the
only member of the clan who deserves we'll
of the country. The Dewey family is blessed
with modesty and common sense. The ad-
miral's brother. president OF an insurance
company, declines with considerable heat all
propositions involving the use of the ad-
miral's fame as an adjunct to the insurance
business. The admirals son and namesake,
being appointed on a public reception com
mlttee, declines to pose as a national hero.
Il have no right" he says, ito figure in
demonstrations. / ought to keep quiet,
haven't done anything for the country" 1t
may be said that this is merely the language
of sensible young man. but when we con
slider the long list of papa's sons who haven't
done anything either, yet who are all sayiors
of the nation, We have to give young Dewey
proper need of praise. Mcdesty is a virtue
unfortunately rare in this free and enlight-
ened republic,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-09

The Cuban assembly having dissolved
the Cuban generals have decided TO re
instate Gomez as COMMUNICATIVE
In every crisis in Cuban affairs ii has
been demonstrated that Gomez is the
only one who can secure obedience from
the tatterdemalion collection known as
the Cuban army, lie called it into
being and there was every indication
that he alone could disband it with any
semblance of order The generals in
command Of the soldiers have shown far
more sense than the camp following gen
erals who composed the assembly.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-09

IJtIIUII JLHIIIII.
There can be no mystery whatever about
the honesty of the colored man who returned
the $4,000 he found in the postoiice. He
had overcome temptation some time ago, for
he says that he once found an umbrella and
returned 1t. That is the acknowledged su-
preme test the civilized world over. When
once n man passes that moral semaphore of
warning set up along the straight, narrow
and damp path down which we must all
walk II is entirely safe to trust him with
mere filthy lucre in whatever quantity. But
testimony to the effect that that trial was
successfully wthstood should be received
with the greatest caution.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-09
GENEROSITY.

F'low'rs are messengers from God
Springing from the lowly sod.
Essence of the fruitful ground
Shedding gladnsss all around:
Chaste and sweet and beautiful,
Teaching lessons dutiful.
In the park, where all the day
Shining waters leap and play:
On the mountains dizzy height
FIlow'rs look down from stamens light:
Beauteous forms that charm the eye
Tints unmatched in earth or sky.
Dews of evening lightly fall
When the thankful blossoms call.
Tiny hagonS slowly fill
Fragrance pleasing to distil.
What tonight the petals borrow,
Paid with usury tomorrow.
Flow'rs are messengers from God,
Springing from the lowly sod.
There's a lesson we may learn
If we would the truth discern:
Seek ye not to hoard your treasure
Scatter gifts for others pleasure!
FRANK B. THOMAS.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-09
Industrial Growth,
Chicago Record.


In many lines Of manufacture the only
difficulty in the way of securing large add-
tons to our lines of trade has been the
greater cost of our goods. Their superiority
over the product of the European houses has
long been recognized, but price heretofore
has been an insurmountable obstacle to get
ting the foreigners custom. Whether the
placing of orders with us now means that
the greater excellence of our manufactures
warrants the payment of an increased price
or whether the price itself has been abated
in difference to cheaper raw materials and
more economical methods of handling them,
the result is a healthy growth in the volume
Of our manufactured exports.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-09

Close observers who have the facil-
tiles for reaching intelligent conclusions
predict that with a favorable season
Nebraska farms will in the present year
yield a larger total of farm crops than
ever before in its history. This means
additional sums turned into the chan
nels of local trade and a prosperous sea
son for every business and industry in
the state Briefly summarized the basis
for the opinions are these: The soil is
in excellent condition to- start with ow-
ing to the heavy snowfall and freezing
weather. There will be larger acre
age devoted to crops than ever before.
New settlers are coming in large num-
bers and the farm profits of the last
two years have induced those already
here to get in as large an acreage as pos
sible. Good prices for farm products
always induce more thorough cultiva.
ton of crops and resultant better yield.
There is every reason why the man who
has pinned his faith to Nebraska and re-
maned steadfast through the period of
depression should be encouraged.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-09

Iowa democrats who do not endorse
the Chicago platform and have steadily
refused to act with the party since It's
adoption are somewhat at ii loss to know
how to construe the call for the demo
cratic convention. On its face it is Il
plain invitation to them to come back
into the fold and that 16 to l is not TO
be IA test of party standing. There is
II lingering suspicion, however, that
when the convention meets they will
find it controlled by the radical silver
element with the gold men ranged up
on the mOurners' bench and compelled
to serve a probationary period before be-
ing admitted to full party communion.
This they are not willing to do and the
more they think it over the less liable
are they to return to the fold. The
party has no fatted calf which can be
killed in honor of the prodigals' return
and seat at n banquet table supplied
with nothing more nourishing than wind
is not worth the journey
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-09

WOLF FARMING MADE PROFITABLE.
Some years ago syndicate of enter
prising Nebraska farmers, with Beech
Taylor at their head, stocked one of the
islands in Alaska with blue foxes as a
promising speculation. The blue foxes
multiplied more rapidly than expected
and the blue fox skin industry turned
out n rather poor investment. Had
these thrifty Nebraskans only known
that the bounty on wolf scalps would
be cashed by the grace of our late leg
islature and our granger governor they
would have done much better to have
stocked n few sand hills with coyotes
and gone into the wolf nursery busi-
ness.
This is no idle fiction, but n stern
reality. Among the appropriations made
by the late lamented legislature is one
item of $4,000, payable to wolf bounty
claimants.
Although Governor Poynter had the
power to kill this wolf claim job by ex-
ercising the power to veto separate
items of appropriation bills, he was
bound to eXterminate the wolves even
If it robbed the taxpayers. Whether
this was inspired by Il sympathy for
the wolf scalpers on the Wyoming from
tier or the claim scalpers at the
state capital is not recorded. Suffice
1t to say that self-respecting coyotes
will do well to provide themselves with
wigs when they are out after dark in
the Nebraska jurisdiction. Wyoming
wolves are also warned to keep on their
own side of the state line if they do not
want their scalps cashed at the Ne
braska treasury counter.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-09

Nebraska's cornheld soldiers have
done themselves the state and the ma
tion proud in the actions around Manila
and it is a fitting recognition of the state
that one of the finest naval vessels in
the world is to be named after Ne
braska. Though located far from any
body of water large enough to float any
thing bigger than a prairie schooner the
state has also furnished some excellent
material for the navy, equally able to
plow the waters as the fields.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-09

In spite of the belllgerent journals in
the United States, England and Ger
many, the diplomats of the three nations
are proceeding quietly and expeditiously
to settle the Samoan difficulty along
peaceful lines so far as the interests of
the three powers are concerned. Samoa
is too small game for three such powers
TO pull hair over TO any great extent.
The real harm growing out of such
clashes lies in the feeling of resentment
engendered, which will render more diff
ficult the settlement of larger diffe:-
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-09
Concentration.

The tendency of the times in
all mercantile enterprises is
toward concentration. We
have fourteen retail stores in as
many big cities and we man
ufacture all the clothing that is
sold in them under one roof.
All of Our energies are bent
on doing that one thing we'll.
By manufacturing on so
large a scale, we are able to
take every advantage that
ample capital can give. We
buy cloths and materials in
large quantities and the work is
done in Our own factory under
the most economical conditions,
and under our direct supervi-
sion.
The customer gets the benefit
of all this in better clothes and
lower prices. Will you look
over our Spring assortment
$500 to $500.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-09

Now that Germany, England and the
United States have reached a complete
understanding regarding the settlement
of Samoan affairs, the natives can re
sumo the occupation of raising cocoa
nuts, instead of cracking them, with the
assurance that they are to be assim-
Hated after the most approved methods
of civilization.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-09

Just to show his faith in the cars dis
armament proposition Emperor William
has selected as one of Germany's rep
resentatiyes at the peace conference a
university professor committed in ad-
vance against all disarmament meas
vres. III the other European potentates
are playing the same Kind of hand, 1t
may be predicted with substantial GER
tainty that the little International game
at The Hague will terminate in draw.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-09

cnccs bound TO arise in the future, the
more SO as the United states is entering
the field of Oriental diplomacy 10y vir-
tue of possession of the Philippines. In
the game of diplomacy it is the wise
statesman who knows just how much
to conccde in smaller matters to avoid
friction without creating the impression
of MpnknrSS
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-09

When Admiral Sampson goes to Eu-
rope with his squadron he can give the
people n good idea just how the Span
ish fleet was annihiated by turning the
sailors loose for a little free for all
such as they INDUCED in recently i'll
Jamaica. Donnybrook isn't in it with a
lot of Jack tars on shore leave.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-09

1t is to be feared some of our operate
hibiting signs Of egregious envy Of the
free advertising Rudyard Kipling has
gathered in by reason of his late illness.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-09
Solid Basis for Optimism.
Philad slphia Record.

Secretary Gage talks with confident assur-
ance of the ability of the government to get
along without further resort to borrowing
Notwithstanding the drain on the treasury
for war expenditures and the prospect of a
$50, 900 deficit at the end of the fiscal
year. The March returns show a large in
crease in imports, and a resulting increase
in revenue. This improvement and the large
returns from internal taxation furnish a
pretty solid basis for the secretary's optim-
ism.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-09

Secretary Long has set at rest all
speculation as to the return of Admiral
Dewey in the near future, by informing
Il peace jubilee committee that the ad-
mral is too busy assimilating Filipinos
at present to return and accept social
invitations. As an assimilator Dewey is
easily the champion.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-09

not subsded. Sooner or later these
combinations will fail to pay dividends,
their stock will be thrown on the mar
kct and then there may ensue Il crash
disastrous in its consequences. The
banks may not now he able to avert
this, but it is obviously their duty and
their interest not to encourage the com
blnatiGn CrAZe.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-09

President Iclaya of Nicaragua desires
TO make u visit to the United States and
proposes to cache the capital tempo
rarily up in the mountains, where it
cannot be disturbed by two-by-four
revolution during his absence. 1t is not
safe to put on Il sub, as he might be
unwilling to vacate on the presidents re-
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-09

The Third Nebraska boys, in response
TO their expressed preference, are to be
mustered out on the Atlantic coast. But
there will be few of them who do not
make beeline for home as soon as
they are provided with their travel
money, There is no place like home for
the soldier boy.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-09

The announcement of the imminent
publication of sequel to "rhe First
Battle" offers foundation for the suspi
cion that book-producing is a profitable
industry on a 100-cent dollar basis.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-09

While insurance men are looking for
new fields they might issue anti-lynch-
ing policies in the south. The premiums
would necessarily be high, but some men
would be willing to pay literally with
chances so good of getting quick action
on their money.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-09

Wait till the navy is augmented by
the addition of the Nebraska. No ma
ton, big or little, will want to dispute
the authority of the seas against yes
sci buoyed up with the fighting tradi-
tions of Nebraska's valiant sons.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-09

The latest fad in England is to make
globe trottlng trips by proxy, sending
time records. That is fun for the boys,
but unless built on different plan from
the American messengers no records are
liable to be broken.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-09
ACTIONS spE4A LorDER THAN WORDS.

~ . i'aNN ~ Ts-iN iJC fbfth IiisiN " of'f'sN
OMAHA, A?ril To the Editor of The
Bee Referring to your editorial in re-
cent issue Of The Bee regarding the neces-
sity of establishing more manufactures
and furnishing more employment in Omaha,
it occurs to me that we talk too much
and "act" too little.
While the people of Omaha and Fremont
have been talking" beet sugar factories
for the last five or six years the people
of Ames have been raising beets, giving It
practical demonstration that they could ana
would produce a good quality of sugar
beets in large quantities. The consequence
is that while Omaha and Fremont were
ready to offer a cash bonus Ames was
ready to offer beets, and Ames gets the
sugar factory and we get nothing.
The idea entertained by some that tue
| location of a sugar factory at Ames pre-
cludes the possibility of securing one for
Omaha is erroneous. If the people OF
Omaha and vicinity will only improve the
opportunity now afforded them we can in
the near future have sugar factory In
Omaha without the burden of a large cash
bonus, The factory at Ames will make it
possible for us to develop the beet indus
try here and ship the product to Ames, edu-
cate ourselves in beet culture and at the
and demonstrate to capital that we can
and will furnish the raw material to sup
ply q factory.
l know Of no other resource we have at
our command that offers the opportunity
right here at our door. The Foundation"
OF sugar factory must be built out or
beets." Why not commence to lay the
foundation this year? We started to get n
beet sugar factory once, but started wrong.
Why not start again, and start right?
PROGRESS"
The suggestion of our contributor is
timely and pertinent. 1t is a trite say
ing that actions speak louder than
words, but at the same time agitation
must always precede innovation
There is no question but that Omaha
offers an inviting field for capitalists
ready to invest in manufacturing and
commercial enterprises. Capital, how
ever, is always timid and requires con-
stant urging.
The case of the beet sugar factory is
not alone. Omaha has been on the
point of securing a sugar factory sew
eral times within the past few years, but
on each occasion the project has been
dropped because of interfering circum-
stances.
A large number of other cases could
be cited in which factories and mills
which would naturally have been 10
Gated in Omaha have gone to other
places because Omaha business men
have INDUCED in nothing more substan-
tial than talk.
The time is at hand, however, when
Omaha must get to work not only dis
cussing the advantages offered for vari-
Gus lines of industry, but to organize
whatever machinery may be necessary
to secure and locate the needed mills
and factories at this point. The Com
mercial club should be the agency for
this work and it should wake up at once
to the necessity for it's accomplishment.