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Omaha daily bee., 1901-03-10
TRADE RELATIONS WITH EUROPE.

There are some who are apprehensIve
that the trade relations between the
United States and Europe are likely to
experience Il serious disturbance in the
not remote future. The attitude of
commercial unfriendliness on the part
of some of the European countries,
notably Germany and Russia, some fear
may lead to an alliance against Ameri-
can commercial interests, such as has
been more than once urged by European
statesmen and economists. 1t Is recog-
nized, of course, that there are great
and almost insuperable difficulties in
the way of European commercial
combination against American competi-
ton, owing to the peculiar interests Of
those countries, yet there are those who
think it not impossible.
In the current number of the North
American Review Mr.. Charles X. Flint
takes the position that European
economical alliance against the United
States, even If it could be formed and
maintained, would hurt Europe far
Europeans" he says, "are too wise and
too advanced to immure themselves be-
hind Chinese wall. Europe needs us
much more than we need her. The
table of exports and imports shows this
very plainly. Last year Europe bought of
us Sill, 100000 worth of goods. Dur
ing the same period we bought of
Europe only S439, 100000 worth. This
gave us against Europe alone balance
of trade amounting to S672, 1000, 900.
They bought from us more than two and
a half times as much as we bought of
them. For every dollar invested by
us In European productions they in
vested over two dollars and a half in
American productions. Ten years ago,
in 1890, we exported to Europe only
$685., 100000, while we imported $474,-
100000, In these few years, there
fore, our exports have almost doubled,
while our imports bave decreased by
$50 100000"
In the opinion of this writer the
United States has control of the situa-
everything we send across the water is
necessity, whereas our purchases, on
the other hand, are largely luXuries,
things we could do very well without
If we care TO. As a nations com
mercial supremacy lies in its manufac-
lures and the United States is strong
In that respect, Mr.. Flint takes an alto
gether optimistic view of the future.
He believes that the conditions which
have brought about the wonderful
change in our trade relations within II
few years will enable us to continue
| making progress. I'VE are living in
an age of industrial evolution and here
in the United States the most perfect
results of this evolution have been at
| tained' We are certainly far in ad-
vance of any other country in this re-
spect, but they are learning of us and
what We have attained Is beyond doubt
Omaha daily bee., 1901-03-10

table war records dating from that
period.
Whether service I'm the war with
Spain will ever he regarded as the
same passport to public favor as Is
service in the war of 1861 may be seri.
ously doubted, although it is n question
that cannot be answered for many
years to come. The military hero will
ever be a popular idol. but the demand
for national leadership requires more
and more the craftsmanship that can
be developed only 10y public service in
the civil government as well.
The escort of civil war veterans will
always have the place of honor in every
inaugural procession so long as the
civil war veteran remains; but the op-
portunity to escort comrade to the in
augural platform may never again
rpcur
Omaha daily bee., 1901-03-10
EDUCATION A MEANS TO AN END.

If any one thing specially dstln-
guishes present century civilization from
that which has gone before it, IT
is the widespread popular education
that has almost wiped out illiteracy by
making the elements of common school
ing accessible equally to poor aud rich.
In the evolution of this feature of mod
ern society it is gratifying to know
that no country has progressed so fast
or advanced SO far as the United States,
whose school system from the kinder
gartens and primary grades up through
the colleges and universities has been
worked out in Il detail known in but
few other places. More effort and
money are devoted to educational pur.
poses in these days than were required
altogether for the maintenance of all
branches of government compara-
lively few decades back.
But education is but Il mcaus to an
end, even though it has no limits, and
the end may never be fully ac-
complishcd. To build up schools and
colleges and fill them with students to
be invested with diplomas if they re-
main prescribed number of years in
attendance on classroom exercises aEd
lecture demonstrations would be or
namcntal, but the education instilled
should be guided with Il view to rails
ing the plane of society and lifting the
average of public intelligence mani
thr,,,nl nd SSiy yn
citizenship. We believe this is the
direction which our educational eXpan-
sion has had from the first, but still
more substantial steps could be taken
if better coordination were effected be-
tween our various educational institu-
tions. While certain degree Of rivalry
is necessary as proper stimulus, it Is
a question whether we do not have too
much overlapping of fields and perhaps
too much competition In the same field.
1t Is well enough for our schools and
colleges to departmentize and specialize,
but even this can be overdone and car
ried to extremes in spite of the asser-
ton that this is the age of specializa-
tion. The common ground OF intelli-
gence, logical methods of reasoning and
general information which contributes
most toward the essentials of good citi-
zenship is equally necessary to fit the
youth for any occupation or profession.
A thorough education is n bequest
that can not be squandered. iThe most
the beneficiary can do is to fail to util-
lze it to its best purposes by imagining
it is the end itself instead of merely
the means to an end.
Omaha daily bee., 1901-03-10
N.royAL coyyrTrrmy BErlsIoy

NiIONhL DNNtiIt iiDN hflINiDNs
Among the resolutions pending before
the Nebraska legislature Is one me
mOrializing congress 10 call n national
constitutional convention, I'm conformity
with article v. which provides for the
summoning Of such a convention by
congress TO propose amendments on the
application of the legislatures of two
thirds of the several states.
The suggestion that a national con
stitutional convention be called for this
purpose was first formally made in the
platform adopted by Nebraska repub-
licans during the campaign of 1899 and
at that time ELECTED widespread discus
sion in all parts of the country.
The present constitution of the United
States was framed at the birth of the
republic and has remained substantially
unchanged for 100 years, with the ex-
ception of the three amendments en-
grated as the result of the war be.
tween the states.
The industrial, social and even geo
graphical conditions existing at the time
the constitution was adopted have been
completely revolutlonized, and problems
confront the people today which were
entirely out of the purview of the men
who drafted this organic law.
Perhaps the amendment most gener-
ally demanded by the people is that for
the election of United States senators
by direct popular vote. This amend
ment has been proposed and passed by
the house of representatives on four
different occasions, but has been as
often refused the assent of the senate,
a majority of whose members are OPP
posed to sanctionlng a change I'm the
method by which their own election
was accomplished. With the senate
thus blocking the way to q response to
this imperative demand, the only power
to overcome it lies i'm forcing its sub
mission by Il legislative demand from
two-thirds of the states
What would favor n convention rather
than the proposal of separate amend
mcnts is the fact that the constitutional
questions arising out of our new colonial
acquisitions require most careful study
and such revision of the constitution in
its various parts as will prevent con
hicting interpretations. This could he
brought about best by consideration
and discussion 10y the most far-sceing
craftsmanship of the nation, upon
which requsition would be made by
national convention.
Certainly no more feasible or practl-
cal solution has been offered for the
perplexing problems that are before us,
and by taking the initiative in this i'm
portant movement the Nebraska legis-
lature will secure the credit when il
shall be fully materiallzed.
Omaha daily bee., 1901-03-10
BLASTS FROM RAMS HORN.

Ease ensues only from earnest endeayor
Crookedness cannot be consectated
\ troubled conscience makes a hard pill.
low.
Measure for measure" applies to legls-
latures
The runaway tongue raises the dust Of
scandal
When church becomes a playhouse Its
steeple will not save Il.
There is more pain in practicing brother
hood than in preaching about It,
The church can not save the world as long
as she depends on the support of the
world.
When a man turns the light on others
he must not expect to stay in the shade
himself
II men were as anxious to do right az
they are TO get their rights the world would
be righted.
The ever widening tide OF time separates
the sinner more and more from God and
at the same time bears the saved one nearer
home.
Omaha daily bee., 1901-03-10
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

Notwithstanding the heroic efforts Of
Senator Carter of Montana. Nebraska holds
the record for long distance and continuous
talking in the senate.
The backbone of winter continues per-
pendicular and decidedly knobby. Spring
poets should approach it cautiously, IL they
value their lives.
The new star recently discovered in the
heavens is several millions miles away. so
managers OF electric light companies can
sleep on. secure from competition.
The Indiana senate has passed n bill
providing for physical examination of can
didates for matrimony. None but a prize
fighter will be eligible for examiner.
The premature frisking OF the March
lamb hercabouts invited the shearing that
followed. Older and stronger mutton
trembed under the fierce clip OF Boreas.
According to the revised code of naval
fighter of heroic qualities, but unworthy
of higher rank unless he can lead a cotillon.
Pessimists may growl and jeremiah wall,
but the fact remains that the world is i'm
proving. A bcyclist who ran into a woman
actually stopped and apologized for his
rudeness.
'nltl NtdlHtI iIOpHti MOuI' IIOpHtsleu
ideal weather for inauguration day at
Washington and failed to make good his
prophecy Wise is the prophet who propho-
sizes only when he knows.
Somebody asks the New York Sun why
II is that the mother, instead of the father,
does not give the bride away. The chief
reason is that n mother hasn't the heart
to give her daughter away.
Webster Davis says he has an offer Of
$1S0,00O for the manuscript for his book
in South Africa. The hole shot in Webster's
cady several years ago proves an exceed
ingly useful ventilator for his pipe dreams.
The Community of interest" OF the ice
combine of New York produced several
communities of unrest in Maine. Forty ice
houses are idle and 6,O00 men out OF work
in consequence of the trust. But that
condition "cuts no ice" with men who have
q cinch.
St. Louis has obtained a charter for an
other bridge over the river. The Eads
bridge continues TO do business at the old
stand, but its glory has faded. view of
the western end Of It, with its riot of ad-
vertlsing signs and shocking posters is
enough to drive Kansas teetotaler TO
strong drink,
Omaha daily bee., 1901-03-10
AN APPROPRIATE CONCESSION

The concession to the veterans of the
the escort to the president for the in
auguration ceremonies in preference to
the veterans of the war with Spain is
characterized as particularly appropri-
ate because it Is quite probable that
Mr.. Mckinley will be the last of our
presidents to have served in that war.
1t Is notable evidence of American
history that with one exception every
man elected to the executive office
since the restoration of peace and union
had a war record made in the defense
OF the flag against secession. The pres
tige gained by military service in re-
sponse tn the call Of the nation when
the union was in danger, has unques-
tionably been one of the chief factors
in the making of our presidents since
that time. For the future, however,
people will hardly find their leaders
amongst the fast disappearing surviv-
ors OF the war of 1861. President
Mckinley himself was one of the
youngest TO enlist in the volunteers
when he shall have completed his term
of Office in 1905 he will he 62 years of
age. While that does not bring him
much beyond the prime of life, still the
inevitable tendency in the selection of
his successor will be in the direction of
"A younger man, and few men younger
than Mr. Mckinley can point to cred
Omaha daily bee., 1901-03-10

possible TO them. so that our industrial
superiority may not be permanent.
There are, however. very substantial
reasons for looking to the future with
confidence. We shall undoubtedly not
only retain all that we have won In
the worlds markets. but steadily in
crease our foreign trade in manufac-
tures, perhaps not in every direction,
but surely in quarters where we are
given fair competition and where there
is a chance for trade extension. In
the great struggle in which all the in
dustrial nations are engaged-thc
iiercest battle for trade in the worlds
history-there can be no doubt that the
United States with its vast natural re-
sources and its unequaled industrial
development, will not fall behind any
competitor in the trade contest.
Omaha daily bee., 1901-03-10
SECULAR suors Al TUE PULPIT.

Buffalo Express: An evangelist who has
undertaken the task Of converting Chicago
can quote 1000 verses from the bible aud
is absorbing the remainder OF the book at
the rate OF seventy-fve verses day, He
certainly knows the letter OF the bible, II
he should be little weak on the spirit.
Chicago Chronicle: local millionaire
religious enthusiast. convinced that re-
vivals are practicable IL the clergy will
wake up, is TO send professional revival
list to a certain church. aud IL the revival
list fails to make fifteen conversions within
two weeks the millionaire is to give the
church 81 900. 1t will appear TO most peo-
pie however that the condition of the gi!t
should be reversed IL soul-saving is to be
purely commercial proposition the $1,000
should be given il the sinners are con-
verted. To put it the other way is to in
yte indifference.
Boston Transcript: As a matter OF re-
ligious principle perhaps the Ministerial
union OF Cedar Rapids. Ia. is wholly
justified in its action whereby its members
engage themselves that they will not off,
ciate at the marriage OF a divorced per-
son except in the case where they solemnly
believe such person to be the innocent vic
tim OF marriage which has been really
dissolved on scriptural grounds. but to
practical minds 1t will appear that this
action is not calculated to improve the
morals OF the parties Immediately con-
cerned. II was in the interest OF good
morals that the law was changed in Massa,
Chusetts which forbade the party against
whom divorce was granted to marry
within FIVE years
Springfield Republican King Edwards
coronation oath will be made entirely in
offensive to his millions of Roman Catholic
subjects, now that the House OF Commons.
without a party division. has sensibly voted
in favor of the expurgation Of the object
ionable passages. The oath, however justi-
fable It was In its origin. is certainly highly
obnoxious in this day of toleration. The
king, by its terms, is made solemnly to
repudiate the doctrine of transubstantl-
alton and to declare that the invocation
and alteration Of the virgin and saints are
idoatrous and superstitious. while he
also declares that lie takes the oath as
understood by Protestants, without evasion,
equivocation or mental reservation. The
formula was first fixed upon in 1888 and Is
an interesting survival OF a storm and
stress period when church. religion and
theology affected profoundly the issues Of
politics,
Omaha daily bee., 1901-03-10
WORLD BRIGHTER AND BETTER.
Gladstone Song OF the Optimist Pleas
ing to the Ear.

Cincinnati CONGRATULATIONS.
The nineteenth century was an incom-
paraby better age for mankind intel
lectually, morally and materially, than all
preceding centuries The twentieth cen
tury will surpass the nineteenth in all
these respects. just as much as the latter
surpassed its predecessors. The spirit OF
human brotherhood was never 80 active as
today, 1t brings a sympathetic America in
close touch with ADMINISTRATION Asia.
1t inspires the rich and strong to minister
to the needs and assuage the sufferings OF
the sick, the poor and the unfortunate. II
fills our cities with institutions OF charity
reaching out to every Ill which affiicts
human kind. 1t sees in the abandoned, the
pain stricken, the criminal himself,
human being whose claims TO relief 1t were
inhuman to deny.
The actual expenditure for Christian
charities throughout the world is at pres
ent 81 900, 900 900. or this vast sum It Is
impossible to believe that any considerable
portion Is wasted. II goes to churches.
hospitals asylums, orphanages, poor funds
Of varied character and description, every
where producing evident results of better
ment and emancipation.
The cost of maintaining Christian inter
ests in the United States last year was
$500 900 900. Every leading denomination
is nobly represented in this magnificent ag
gregate. The Catholics stand first. with
$3l 900 900; the Methodsts are second, with
s26 900 900. Then come the Presbyterians,
with s2OOOO,0OO; the Episcopalians, with
sli, 900 900; the Baptists. sl2 ,OO0 600; the
Salvation Army winding up the list with
s75OOO0 New church buildings called for
s37 900 900; education, s21, 900, ,O0O hospitals.
s2s 900 900; Sunday schools. $1,000, 900.
The pessimst may frown and the icono-
cast growl, but these are facts which defy
doubt and shatter denunciation, The world
is today a thousand-fold brighter and bet
ter than 100 years ago, when, bleeding and
almost dcspairng, it entered on a new age,
May We not hope, from actual advance
ment on all lines making for human de-
llverance from evil and human victory
over every bond and barrier between man
and happiness, that at the end OF this age
the world will be even thousandfold bet
ter than todayl
Omaha daily bee., 1901-03-10
Reports from South Carolina ind

Reports from South Carolina indicate
that the modern planter has evolved a
scheme which is more brutal and more
unjust than the worst features of slay-
cry. In the old days the owner pro-
vided the slave with plenty of food aud
comfortable quarters as matter of
dollars AMI cents, If nothing else. Those
held in the stockades under an alleged
labor contract have been worse treated
than the slave. The courts have taken
the matter up and it is to be hoped they
will not stop the mill until those guilty
of the offenses are punished in "A man
ner which will render repetition of
such outrages unlikely.
Omaha daily bee., 1901-03-10
Men aud Methods Superior.


Keir Hardie, who cannot be accused Of
prejudces in favor of the American meth
DDS of work, has been forced to admit that
with higher wages in the United states
the cost of making steel is much less than
in England, since the American does more
for his money than his British coworker
in the same lines of endeayor. This simply
confirms what all specialists have written
as TO the explanation OF American strides
in industry, The advance is a result not
only of methods and machinery but of the
men behind the machines and the men be
hind the business methods. In other words,
it is the American spirit, American inge-
nuity and American go-aheadativeness that
tell in the contest and will continue to tell
Omaha daily bee., 1901-03-10
A SENSIBLE PEAN.
New system Of Rewards for the Army
and Navy.

Boston blODe.
One OF the results arising from the Samp-
son-Schley controversy is a recommenda-
tion by Secretary Long to reward officers
and men of the navy and marine corps
who distinguish themselves in future with
medals OF different grades. II is proposed
to have four medals to be known as the
medal of the republic, the Paul Jones
medal, the Farragut medal and the cam
paign medal. The first named Will confer
upon its recipient the greatest honor and is
to be awarded only to the commander-in-
chief of fleet or squadron who gains a de-
cisivo victory over a squadron of the
enemy equal or superior in strength. This
medal carries with it an increase of pay of
80 1-3 per cent, which will obtain in the
various grades through which the officer
may be promoted and upon bis death his
widow will draw a pension equal to his ac-
tive pay. This pension will continue until
his children shall have reached the age Of
Il years.
The Paul Jones medal can be awarded
only to an officer contributing In a special
manner to a decisive victory over an enemy
and viii be accompanied by an increase of
pay of 20 per cent. The Farragut medal is
to bo given to an officer or enlisted man
distinguished by eminent conduct in ac>
tion, such as rcscung a wounded man
under fire, and a small pension will be
given with it. The campaign medal will be
awarded to officers and men participating in
a campaign.
Congress may well see to 1t when ready
for business again that this plan is enacted
into law.
Omaha daily bee., 1901-03-10
oMAHA's COMMERCIAL GROWTH

In the figures returned by the asso-
ciated banks for the business done
through the Omaha clearing house last
week much encouragement is found.
The total of the transactions Is nearly
million of dollars greater than for the
corresponding six days of 1900. Refer
ence to the file of The Bee shows that
the week ending March o, 1900, had an
increase over that of the year 1899, so
the growth appears TO be continuous.
Bank clearugs are not always Il re-
liable indication of actual business
transactions yet they may be said to
fairly gauge the commercial activity
of the community from which the re-
ports come. 1t Is admitted that the
totals do not expand during dull
seasons, and it is therefore reasonable
to assume that the reverse is true and
must indicate corresponding eXpan-
sion in commercial operations.
Omaha Is not undergoing n boom or
anything that might bc twisted into an
approach to a boom in business. 1t is
simply natural, healthy development
of the opportunities the country COM
mercially tributary to Omaha that has
brought about this growth. The addi-
tion of new jobbing houses and the cX-
tension of the interests of those already
existing have been in the line of this
slow but permanent development. The
facts and figures are favorable to
omaha in every aspect.