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Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27
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One of the eminent political economists
Of the country Is Prof. seligman of Co
lumbia university. In regard to the pro-
posed removal or reduction Of import
duties on trust-made articles. he is of
the opinion that while this would
weaken some trusts, yet the great mass
Of trusts would not be affected by tariff
changes, except in so far as general
business would be so affected. "If a
cutting down Of tariff duties" said Prof.
Seligman, would injure the trusts It
would I'm all probability injure those
concerns which are unconnected with
the trusts. IL, as is claimed by others,
tariff reform would mean increased
prosperity in certain industries, It would
not prove an obstacle to the creation Of
trusts in those industries"
This is sound and logical. Every ra-
tional man must see that It is not pos
sible to injure the great combinations
through tariff changes such as the dem
ocrats propose without at the same time
doing injury to the numerous industries
that have no connection with the COM
blnations, but Instead compete with
them In the home market and thus on
stitute a bulwark against monopoly. As
to the assumption that tariff reform Of
the democratic kind would give indus
tries increased prosperity. the country
has had a lesson respecting this which
should be. sufficient for some time to
law Of 1894 would bring prosperity and
everybody knows how utterly that prom
Use failed. The prosperity we had be-
fore the democratic party came into
power vanished and as American mills
and factories closed those abroad be-
came active. The so-called reform
proved an excellent thing for the Brit
ish and other foreign manufacturers.
Another point presented by Prof. Sc
ligman merits consideration. This Is
that IL the trusts were due only to the
tariff, then they would be confined to
the highly ~protectionist countries, which
is not the fact. There are Industrial
combinations in England and the num-
Der is growing. Their organization may
not be altogether like that Of the Amer
lean combinations, but the underlying
principle is the same. 1t being mani
testify impracticable to injure the trusts
through the tariff without at the same
time more severely injuring the thous-
ands of independent industries scattered
all over the country, which produce So
per cent of our manufactured products,
the question as to the wiser curse to
pursue is apparent. The independent
Industries should be sustained. The
capital and labor employed In them
must be protected. This policy is nee
essary to the maintenance Of the com
manding industrial position the United
States has attained and to the continu-
ance of prosperity. 1t is essential to
the welfare alike of the wage Garner
and the agricultural producer.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27
THE SONG OF THE CORN.

In the lazy October days,
With a wide, wide field and a clear sky
near, ,i. .H tr.
There arises a song OF praise,
A song of thanksgiving and homely
cheer.
To the tune of the Autumn wind
You may hear 1t rise, you may hear 1t
Calling 10 life of ev'ry kind
That the harvest is great enough for all.
There are mem'rIes of early Spring
The swish of the plough as 1t cuts the
The beat of hoofs and planters ring
The sweetness and brightness Of yearly
birth.
There's the patter OF welcome rain
And the rhythmic drinking OF thirsty
There srfE Is noon on the open plain
And the, sturdy strength OF the sun UNI
bound.
There's the murmur OF moonlit nights
And the shaking roar or the sudden
There's the fear that the frost incites
And the peace Of the sunshine, glad and
warm.
There's the hush of the Summer morn
And the opal skies of the sunset-glow-
In the cong of the ripened corn
In the Autumn hymn that the prairtes
BELLE WILEY CUE.
Winside. Neb.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27
TIrLn.

The report of Attorney General Knox
dispels all doubt as to the competency
Of the new Panama Canal company to
convey to the United States a good and
valid title to its property. The report
shows that there is nothing In the OBJ
j~ections that have been urged to this
government purchasing the canal COM
pany's property. the French courts hav-
ing entirely cleared the way for enab-
ling the company to sell and the prop
erty will come into the possession Of
the United States without any incumb-
rance. The measure giving the president
authority in this matter provides that
he shall acquire the property II a sat
isfactOry title can be obtained. so that
he could proceed at Once to carry out
this authority, but doubtless nothing
further will be done until the political
situation in Colombia improves.
A treaty has been framed which pro.
vides for the acquisition by the United
States OF land on the Isthmus Of Pan
ANA and the concession on the part of
Colombia to this government OF certain
rights and privileges essential to the
construction and control OF the canal.
This treaty must go before the Co
lombian congress and the congress is
yet 70 be elected. When the election
can take place is a matter of uncer-
tainty. 1t depends upon the suppression
OF the revolution and the situation at
present does not promise that this will
be loon attained. 1t is true that condi.
tons appear to be less serious than they
seemed to be a month or W ago, per
haps largely due to the firm action OF
government in the isthmus, but the
revolutionary party has shown a greal
deal OF vitality and tenacity and may
hold GU for a considerable time yet
though its cause now appears to be well
nigh hopeless. II cannot be confidently
said, however, that with peace restored
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP IN IoWA

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An opinion just handed down by the
supreme court of Iowa holds that a tax
levy TO provide a special fund against
which bonds have been issued for water
works or similar public utilities is not
within the constitutional limitation on
municipal Indebtedness. The decision
will give an important impetus to mu-
nicipal ownership within the state. Not
a few Iowa cities have experimental
extensively In pr~oprietorship. The ex-
pertinent has been particularly success
full In water supply. Many more would
have owned and operated their own pub
lie utilities but for the legal doubts aris-
ing under the constitutional limitation.
Their Indebtedness in many cases was
either fully up to the limit or was such
that the total, II the Indebtedness in
vOlved in providing the necessary plants
were added to it, would exceed the limit,
and OF course the legal question would
affect the sale of bonds. The supreme
court at one blow wipes out all doubt
and enables all municipalities, without
regard to the condition of their debts, to
engage freely as proprietors In the sup
ply Of water, and undoubtedly also in
the supply OF light and the like. 1t is
safe to predict that scores of cities and
towns will promptly take advantage Of
the opportunity opened up by the SUI
preme court.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27

The slump in the registered vote OF
Omaha this year as compared with the
vote registered during the first two days
in the presidential year 1900 is by no
means to be taken as an index OF popula-
ton decline. but rather as an index Of
prevailing conditions. 1t is either a proof
Of indifference or a proof that the voters
are too busy. In this respect this years
registration in Omaha does not differ
materially from that Of other cities in
the country. The registration at Chi
cago, for example, fell $1,000 short this
year of the registration for 1900, in spite
of the fact that the population Of Chi
cago has been increased by more than
$4,000 within the past two years.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27

A congressman who procures his nomi-
nation by the votes Of imported repeat
ers sworn in with periured afidavits and
afirms under solemn oath that only 1925
was expended in his behalf In a primary
in which he put out thousands of dollars
is not to be expected to stop at a little
thing like violating the postal laws by
sending private compaign circulars
through the mails under the Thanking
privileges labeled part of the Congress
sional Record" That is MERGERS caliber.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27

MERGERS MORAL sUASiON MANIFESTO.
The manifesto issued on behalf OF
David II. Mercer is a most ingenious at
tempt to enlist the sympathy and sup
port of the moral forces in this com-
munity by representing his opponents as
the friends and protectors of crooks,
dive keepers, ward heelers and habitual
outlaws. II everybody arrayed against
Mercer is to be classed among the crimi-
nal elements there must be a very great
number Of criminals in the Second con-
gressional district.
Under MERGERS classification Of the
criminal elements he includes those who
opposed him before and after he pro-
cured his fraudulent nomination. 1t in
cludes such criminals as Il. J. Cornish,
John P. Breen and Nelson G. Pratt. 1t
includes 2,70O republicans who cast their
votes against Mercer at the Omaha pri-
maries, and especially the delegates who
were defeated by imported railroad
graders and repeaters. 1t includes such
well known republicans as Hans Book,
Carl Steffen and Charles Hanley in the
First ward; Fred Bruning, s. A. Cor
neer, +. II. Hoye and Charles Stelger
from the Second ward; George A. Mead,
II. b. Zimman in the Third ward; Victor
II. Coffman, John L. Kennedy and John
G.. Wharton in the Fourth ward; d. e.
ElllngwoOd, DIR. Gibbs and Ernest Sweet
in the Fifth ward; Emmett g. Solomon,
Norman L. Trimble and A. S. Atkinson
in the Sixth ward; John Grant, Louis
Berka and C. w. Halter in the Seventh
ward; A. Brown, ]. G. Lindquest and
Guy G. Fleming in the Eighth ward, and
a score of others who have always 10y
ally supported the party and its candi-
dates.
The hypocrisy of the Mercer manifesto
in Its appeal for the sympathy and sup
port Of the law-abidlng, moral element
Of the community is as audacious as it
is d~espicable. While the Mercer mani
festo deals In diatribes against the gam
blers, dive keepers and rum sellers, every
string that can be pulled on this class
of people is being pulled for him by the
Mercer Baldwin police commission.
While appealing to the preachers and
| church people to help him to %pulverize
the wicked and lawless elements, Mercer
is banking on the active help Of the
whisky trust in exchange for the ener-
getic support he has pledged to the bill
now pending in congress to reduce the
whisky tax from $1.1O to 20 cents a
gallon.
while appealing to the temperance ele-
ment for sympathy and support in
| Omaha, Mercer has made a bid for the
support OF the saloon keepers and bar
tenders by becoming a member Of the
wide-open order of the Eagles.
While posing as the foe Of ward buns.
he is enrolling hordes Of that class for
the final fray both in Omaha and South
Omaha.
Such grandstand play cannot fail to
open the eyes of intelligent people.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27

MERGERS manager is very much
wrought up by what he calls the ma
licious mendacity of The Bee. but he
carefully avoids answering the oft-re-
peated questions brushed aside by Mr..
Gurley on the ground that he is no mind
reader, and likewise ignored by Mercer.
Why did Mercer cash In that $500
Greater America draft through a middle
man? Why did he displace two union
veterans from Nebraska employed in the
house with relatives of Mercer from
other states? win Mercer, if reelected,
continue to distribute West Point and
Annapolis cadetships to political and
personal favorites instead of giving an
equal chance to every boy in the district,
rich or poor? VIII he continue. IL re-
elected, to pocket the $1,000 a year al
lowance for clerk hire which should pay
the salary of same deserving young Ne
braskan? Why are the railroads so anx-
lou to have Mercer reelected unless 1t
is that he has proved so useful to their
interests that they want to use him fur
Their? Will Mercer e live In Omaha
again whether elected or defeated7
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27

1t is the prerOgative of every sovereign
voter to know whether the man who is
to represent him in the halls Of the leg
islature will voice his views and senti-
ments on the vital issues. The most
vital issue that will appear before the
coming legislature will be railroad tax
alton and It will, therefore, be emf
nently proper that candidates for the
legislature shall define their position on
that issue before the day Of election.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27

Somerville Journal: 1T love you more
than 1 can tell" he exclaimed, p~asslonately.
We'll" she answered, coyly, they say
actions speak louder than words"
Chicago Tribune: Hello, Kadger! Eat
ing. mince pie? 1 thought you were a vege-
TARTAN"
81 am, but you don't suppose I can stop
to separate the meat from the fruit. do
your go.
Philadelphia Press: Tess--8o she's mar
ried to Mr.. Johnes-Browne.
Jess-Yes, and such a stick as he is.
Tess-1 suppose she was anxious to ac-
quire a husband while she had a chance.
Jess-No, 1t was the hyphen that caught
her.
Washington Star: you don't have much
to say on public questions ',ti
mo" answered Senator Sorghum. "I am
very much inclined to think that in modern
affairs public questions are of less conse-
Quence than private understandings"
Chicago Tribune: You were talking just
said the man In the tweed suit. Have you
any idea what that means?"
You must think I'm a darn fool" re-
torted the man with the retreating chin
at means that you can't be initiated unless
you can give good references"
Philadelphia Press: "Of course" said the
real estate agent. city property and subur-
ban property are soid In very different
Ways Now in the city we ask SO much
"Ah, yes" interrupted the Unsophisti-
Gated Person, land In the suburbs you ask
so much for a back yard"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27

If anything serves to discredit Ameri-
cans abroad as pOssessors Of sudden
wealth which they do not know how to
use, it is such performances as are being
INDUCED by schwab, the great Steel
trust magnate, who seems to be travel
ing in Europe bent only on displaying
his fortune in the most aggravating
form. He is chasing from n capital OF
Europe to another by special trains,
something seldom If ever used by the
monarchs of the country, who are con-
tent to ride in private cars attached to
regular trains. The impression that
Schwab is trying to Guido and over
shadow royalty is apt to create resent
ment among the people there and GER
tainly rebounds to no advantage to other
Americans who may want to s%Ojourn
abroad.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27
Codash as a War Implement.
Kansas City star.

Kansas City Star.
The employment of tons Of Goldfish in
Dunkirk as a barricade for rioting dock
laborers, as told in a dispatch from Paris,
reveals a new and novel use for that COM
modify. In this country Goldfish Is utilized
almost wholly as an intellectual stimuIant,
and as an aid to high moral and mental
development. The dispatch from Paris will
be the FIRST intimstioh to thousands of
fairly intelligent people that Goldfish in
quantities suficient to form a barrieade
exists anywhere in the world outside of
Boston.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27

Plans and specifications for the great
South Omaha railway and wagon bridge
across the Missouri river, which was
engineered through congress by Dave,
are now in the hands Of the political
architects but its construction will nee
~essarily have to be postponed for a few
a on account of the high price Of
structural iron and the low price Of gold
bricks.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27
BIG CROPS AND EXPORTS.
Features OF the September Report on
Americas Foreign Trade.


Cleveland Leader.
In September, for the first time in more
than a year, the preliminary monthly state
ment OF the exports of breadstuffs, cattle
and hogs, provisions, cotton and mineral
oils from the United States shows an i'm
portant gain over the corresponding month
OF the preceding year. Last November was
the only month since August, 1901, in which
there was any increase In the value OF
these staples sold to foreign countries, aud
the 9ingle exception OF about one and one
half per cent. The gain In September over
the corresponding month OF 1901 was about
IL per cent.
II seems to mark the turning Of the tide
In the sale OF these great staples to con-
sumers in other lands. There was an in
crease over September, 1901, in the exports
of breedstuffs, for the hrst time in more
thar a year. and also in cotton. The gain
In the shipments OF the latter was large
enough to onset losses in provisions, cattle
and hogs, and mineral oils, and leave a big
margin over. The increase in exports Of
breadstuffs was not large, but 1t indicated
clearly a marked change in the condition Of
the most important single factor in Ameri-
can trade with foreign countries, except,
perhaps, cotton. .
With big crops of wheat, corn and oats
to dispose OF this season, It ought to follow
that the sales Of American agricultural sta
Piles to foreign buyers should increase
steadily for many months, and II that shall
happen, the surplus exports Of the United
States, which have been q narrowing mar
gin for two years, though still very great,
will probably grow larger again. We have
become a manufacturing people of vast
productive powers. and a fine foreign busi-
ness has been built up In merchandise made
In mills and factories, but the greater part
Of the splendid American export trade still
consists Of the products OF the soil in vari-
aus forms.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27

mously inflated and a large amount Of
floating Indebtedness has been converted
into fixed capital. These operations in
the railroad field alone have absorbed an
INN EMS amount of money. The halt
that has been called in these speculative
explorations came one too o II
they had gone on unchecked the reaction
must inevitably have also seriously in
Volved the whole system q. legitimate
industry. Sos
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27

An equitable legislative a~pportionment
conforming to the census of 1900 would
make a noticeable difference in the dis
tribution of members Of the coming Ne
braska legislature to be elected next
week. The present apportionment, dat
ing back fifteen years, works fragrant
injustice on all the progressive sections
of the state.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27

over In Chicago the democrats have
pulled a congressional nominee on the
ticket because unable to answer salts
faetoriiy charges Of forgery. That re-
minds us that our nonresident congress
man persists in staying on the ticket
despite positive proofs OF fraud and per
jury as factors in his nomination. Our
Dave might die or be defeated, but with
draW-ReVer.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27

The Indian land lease ring operating
on the Winnebago reservation has re-
ceived a severe jolt. The license of the
ring to despoll the Indians Of their prop
erty has about expired.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27

Even with a light vote Nebraska's
total vote should not fall below the 2OO,.
OoO-mark this year. 1t will take more
than 100000 votes to entitle the success
fHl candidates to their certificates Of
election
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27

in Colombia no difficulties would be en-
countered in ootaining satisfactory
terms from that country. II Ia believed
that a very large maJoijty OF the Co
lombia people earnestly desire that the
United States shall construct the canal,
but when the congress comes to con-
slider the concessions which our gov
eminent will require there is more than
likely to be a troublesome opposition.
Meanwhile the important fact that the
canal company can give a valid title to
it's property is conclusively settled.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27

The Nebraska railroads have a much
smoother and more effective way than
the Chicago taxhxers who have got into
trouble. The Nebraska railroads TX the
matter at the start for themselves when
the assessment is made. hun saving a
world OF bother and shunting the tax
burden over upon other shoulders.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27

VIII our vigilant United States district
attorney prosecute Congressman Mercgrt
for violating the postal laws by asiS
his frank to cheat the government out
of postage on his campaign portraits and
circular l~e.tersi
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27

What's this? Democrats predicting in
public interviews that their present cam
didate for county attorney II elected
would make the best county attorney
ever in that office. What a reflection
on the present democratic incumbent.
S'noutraRel
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27

Applicants for the vacancy in the office
of county clerk should possess their souls
in patience, It's a safe bet that the
appointment will not be made until after
election day rolls by.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27

MIXERS lily ONhI'
While there may be some justification for
President Eliot's structures on the common
school system Of America it is a question
for debate whether the head of Harvard
university could provide a plan Of popular
education which would suit the people quite
as we'll as that which is now in vogue.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27
sending Back the Loot.
New York Tribune.

New York Tribune.
This country wants nc Chinese loot, or
loot Of any kind, from IN quarter. Jul
Treasury department in sending back to
Pekin the jade tablets brought from the
Oriental capital acted in accordance with
American traditions and precedents, and In
the true American spirit. This republic
has no disposition to a or to hold any
thing to which its title is not clean and
hnnesf-
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27

We are at the end. at least for some
time, of a bull market in railroad stocks,
which has run for six years, the longest
OH record. The average price of twenty
Important railroad stocks is about three
times as high as 1t was in 1890. The
aggregate Of the stocks has beer enOr-
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27

Any other big national conventions,
secular OF religious, that choose to come
to Omaha for a meeting place may de-
pend on 1t that they will be cordially
welcomed and adequately provided for.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27

We take it that Colonel Bryan will put
in no objection against Grover Cleveland
delivering all the academic addresses to
university conclaves that he pleases. But
when he touches oil politics he invites
reprisals.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27
TurninE the TabIes.
New York World.

New York World.
Secretary Of Agriculture Wilson says the
Nebraska banks are "gorged with money
whose owners don't dare invest Il in east
ern watered stocks. The tables are turned
with a vengeance since western farm
mortgages" were of color in New York!
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27
sons of Adam, BIte.

The apple crop this year is estimated at
As. 900, 900 barrels-an excess Of 5000, 900
barrels over the crop Of 1901. There is an
assurance Of greater health and happiness
in these figures. There is nothing that
grows upon . tree better than an apple.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27

Although the strike is ended, rather
than make people who bought anthracite
at famine rates feel that they have been
buncoed. the coal dealers thoughtfully
refrain from pulling down the prices.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27

Look out for the false registration Of
illegal voters. The fraudulent registra-
ton is always pe%rpetrated on the last
registration day,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27

In christening Mercer by the name of
David Henry a grave mistake was COM
mitted. In view Of his exploits in cheat
Ing the mails, he should have been called
Frank, as' '' y
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27

The news of a movement in Paris to
set up a new divorce Mecca there will
cause great excitement at Sioux Falls.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27

1t is to be a hve-ring ballot this year.
with the republicans on top. the demo
Gratis, popullsts, prohibitionists and So
ciallsts following each other in the pro-
cesslon Of the eQuinoxes.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27

The kaiser is bound to establish good
relations with the United States If he
has to send all his own relations to
visit us.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27
Favored Son OF Toll.

New York World.
The total of this years crops-sl,7s 5, $780,
OOO-makes the imam with the hoe" also
the man with the dough-"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27

Entries in the political race Of 1902
are coming into the last quarter.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27
A Point well Taken.
Chicago Chronicle.

Chicago Chronicle.
Government rather than corporation con-
troll OF the federal courts is another propo-
sition which might meet with a good deal
OF popular favor D