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Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-07
THE WEST AVID THE CURREnCY.

The statement of a banker of this
city that the west is able to take care
of itself financially is undoubtedly sub
stantially true and 1t is to be remarked
that this Is a comparatively new expe-
rience of the west and it must not be
assumed that 1t will be continued In the
future, however probable that may be
by reason of the large amount Of money
certain to come to this section because
of the great crops. 1t is a well under
stood fact that during the present lack
of money but a very small part Of the
need for currency was due to the de-
mands made by the west and that the
difficulty was largely local to New York.
being the result of stringency produced
in that center by unwise loans and the
attempt to initiate Industrial enterprises
whose stock was being carried on money
advanced by the banks.
While 1t is true that the western banks
have made a considerable drain upon the
east during the last few weeks, 1t is still
a fact that the deposits of western banks
In the east during the past year
have been more than ordinarily
large, exceeding thus far in the cur
rent year by nearly 100000 the de-
posits of the corresponding period in
the preceding year. When this fact is
considered 1t will be found that although
the call of the west upon the east has
been more this year thar usual, there
4. aklI a ha1anaa In fa.oa - kho vvaak
and so far as now appears there is likely
to be throughout The season, though of
course this is problematical. According
TO official figures 1t appears that nearly
$14,00O,000 has been deposited during
1902 thus far from the west with the
assistant treasurer at New York for pay
ment elsewhere, as compared with $12,-
100000 during the corresponding period
OF 1901. This Of course does not repre-
sent all the money which the west has
deposited in the east, but 1t serves to
show that the amount has been eonsld-
erably larger this year than last and
this is a fact In the monentary situation
which is important
The demand on New York and other
eastern money centers this year has un-
doubtedly been somewhat larger than
last year or for several previous years.
At least this is what the figures appear
TO show. But this fact does not ac-
count wholly for the eastern s~tringency,
which is admittedly due mainly to
speculation. which the eastern banks
have not been sufficiently careful to
guard against, although they had abund-
ant warning OF the expediency OF doing
SO. Meanwhile there seems to b. no
doubt that the west, as recently re-
marked by a Chicago banker. "wil take
care of itself" although western bank
ers may still deem 1t the part of wis
dom 10 withdraw money from the east
for use In legitimate business rather
than TO permit it TO remain there to be
employed in speculation. 1t is a quite
satisfactory circumstance that the bank.
ers OF the west are showing a conserva-
tive tendency in respect TO the money
under their control and in existing con
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-07
NOTES.

Newport is maintaining the reputation
kiven Il by Colonel watterson-there are
forty divorce cases on the docket.
indianapolis Is striving, with a ghoulish
story. to break the free ad grip Of ST. Louis.
II won't stick. st. Louis is playing with
live stins.
Squire Croker, 1t is said, has lost $1,000
600 on the turf in England. II he won't tell
where he got IL. people at least know where
some Of It went.
Mayor Harrison Of Chicago has ordered
the arrest Of all suspicious characters who
are hanging around the city without visible
means Of support.
All Chicagoans under IA years old are
carried half price on the ~trolleys, and the
number under that age shows that the
census takers didn't half do their WORK
Judge oliver Wendell Holmes has sc-
cepted the invitation to be the guest OF
honor at the inaugural exercises OF Presl-
dent James of Northwestern university. on
October Fl.
Mrs. Thomas A. Hendricks, widow Of the
former vice president, has consented to sell
4he home where her husband spent his last
years, to make way for building improve
ments in Indianapolis.
The fact tina the widow OF the famous
PEARSON" Brownlow Of Tennessee Is still
living at the age Of SO has been brought
out by the erroneous report OF a pension
having been granted to her.
In the treasure room Of the Maharajah
Of Baroda is stored a piece Of woven work
which cost 81. O0O, 900. 1t is only lOxS feet
in size, but 1t is woven from strings OF
pure pearls, with a center and corner cir
cles OF diamonds. II took three years to
make II.
General Lukas Meyer, the Boer leader,
was a big man with big ideas. Some
years ago he formed a sort Of republic OF
his own, with headquarters at Vryheid'
but was persuaded to tack II on to the
Transvaal. He was always very popular
and used to be known as "the lion OF
Vryheid."
Mayor Low has oficially cautioned the
heads Of city departments against permit
ting the levying or collection Of as
sessments upon public employees for politi-
cal purposes, as the same is a violation OF
| the civil service law. Each one is In
structed to Inform his men that they will
be supported in resisting any attempts
TO make such collections should any such
effort be made"
j. Dana BIckford, a New England inven-
tor. IL actively interesting himself and en-
deavoring to engage the sympathy Of other
inventors in a proposition 10 establish a
home for INDECENT inventors at West Med
ford, Mass. A large dwelling house has
been secured aud Mr.. Biekford is about
to address letters to persons throughout
the country In ar endeavor to secure con-
trib1tions for the purpose
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-07
NrERsrATE cONNIssION pOWERLEss.

INTERSTATE COMMISSION PUWERLESS.
The investigation OF freight rates on
anthracite coal to be made by the In
t%erstate Commerce commission will be
simply a farce. whether the commits
sion concludes that the rates are too
high or not, there will be no practical
result. The commission has no power
to compel the railroad companies to re-
duce rates, IL found to be extortionate.
Commissioner Prouty forcefully admits
the impotency Of the commission and
makes clear the further important fact
that no other agency o f,the government
is competent to deal with the subject.
Neither can any court" he trutbfully
says, compel them to reduce rates"
The commission can, indeed, report the
facts as it finds them, but the only way
in which public opinion, If aroused, can
accomplish anything is, as the commits
sioner points out, through congress to
secure such amendments to the inter
state commerce act as will more fully
carry out it's prohibition of discrimina-
tlons in rate making" But the rail-
road corporations will not be much
alarmed at this prospect. They have
confidence that the senate, as at present
constituted. will see to it that no such
amendments are actually passed, and
their confidence is not misplaced. For
all practical purposes the Interstate
Commerce commission is ornamental
rather than useful. What is the use of
investigation? Anybody can investi-
gate. What is needed is authority and
remedial action.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-07
cELrlNe rrnN 80 MIrrRs-

WI - 70" ~ 80
The national administration having
fuzzy decided that it is without authority
to take any action in regard to the an
thracite coal strike, and the operators
having absolutely rejected all PROPOSE
tons looking to a settlement, appeal is
the struggle, by resumlng work under
the proposition that something may be
done to insure them a correction of
grievances and fair treatment in the
future. In other words. the miners are
to be asked to show a patriotic concern
for the public interest by a surrender Of
their demands, and a complete submits
sion to the operators.
The question that naturally presents
itself is, Why should the miners sur
render and thus practically concede that
they are in the wrong, besides putting
themselves absolutely at the mercy of
the anthracite coal combine? They GER
tainly owe no more to the public than
the operators and in the general judg-
ment not nearly so much. The coal
combine obtained it's rights and priv
ileges from the state. Every railroad
connected with It is a quasi-public cor
poration, owing certain duties and obli-
cations to the public. If these corpora
lions refuse to respect these duties why
should the miners, who have no such
relation to the public, be expected to
yield and thereby place themselves com-
pletely In the control Of the corpora
lions? 1t might be to the benefit Of
the miners If they should surrender and
doubtless it would be to the present ad-
vantage Of the public, but most people
will doubt whether such a concession to
the operators, meaning the destruction
of the organization Of coal miners and
the irmer intrenchment of the anthra-
cite coal monopoly, would be to the
ultimate benefit of the public. Indeed,
1t seems obvious that the result would
be distinctly against the public interest,
for not only is 1t safe to assume that the
miners would be subjected to greater
hardshlps and grievances than they now
complain of, but that the public would
be smulcted to a greater extent han
heretofore. Having broken down the
miners organization the anthracite coal
combine would have the public COM
pletely at its mercy and how relentlessly
1t would use its power everybody under
stands.
The national administration has con-
fessed that it is powerless to grapple
with the situation. The able lawyers
of the government, who are undoubtedly
in hearty sympathy with the desire Of
the president to do something for
the relief of the public, find moth
ing in existing laws that will reach
the case. The anthracite opera
tors are uncOmpromising. There is no
reason 10 expect that the miners will
surrender. They are ready to make a
settlement through arbitration, but It is
most improbable that they will yield
and thus In effect confess that they are
wrong in their contention. 1t is believed
to be within the power of Pennsylvania
to effect a settlement and the country
looks to the authorities of that state to
make an earnest effort to terminate the
disastrous conflict.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-07
%"sUPPosIN' So"
Baltimore American.

Baltimore American.
We waste our time supposin' things,
Imaginin' an wonderin' how
We'd act or what we'd do If we
Were not the same as we are now.
We worry over lots of things.
When all the time we ought to know
That guessin' isn't evidence
Supposin' so don't make Il go.
Some fellows wear your patience out
Supposin' things. an askin' why
You do the wicked things you do
Supposin' you should up an diei
Supposin' you shoul lose your health;
Suppose your friend should prove a foe
An things like that. They got to learn
Supposin' so don't make It so.
Supposin' isn't worth a cent.
A man can fritter through his life
Supposin' what the girl would say
II he would ask her for his wife.
The man who wins the swiftest race
Don't think of anything but Coz
He knows he might get ~beat-but, then,
%supposin' so don't make 1t so.
So what's the use supposin' things
When roubl almost sure TO come?
It's best to wait until IL strikes
There amt no sense supposin' somel
~"Supposin' things" don't eduoate
Us like the things we're sure to know,
And some day we are sure to learn
Supposin' so don't make II so.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-07
The Right to Organize.

~ HuI IIUHVSI NIV'"
They (the operators) may succeed in beat
ing the strikers for the time being. But
they will only nav postponed the solution
Of the problem. They will sooner or later
have to recognize the right Of their en-
ployes to organize. and they would better
have embraced the opportunity offered by
the mediation Of President Roosevelt and
the proposition OF John Mitchell to control
in some degree the character Of that organi-
~Zation, eliminate its mischievous features
and impose wholesome restraints upon it in
the terms of arbitration.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-07
Fundamental Facts.
INDIANAPOLIS News.

NETNIUIIUIVu1 NENWH'
Here are. some fundamental facts Of the
anthracite situation. The men have as good
a right-the same right-to combine as the
mine owners. The men have the same right
to declare on what terms they will accept
employment as the operators to say on what
terms they will give employment. The mine
owners want workers; the miners want
work. They differ as to terms. The miners
have from the start been willing to leave
questions in dispute to an impartial board
Of arbitrators. The mine owners have re-
fused to do this-or anything. Which side
seems to be the more reasonable?
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-07

John Brisben Walker. who claims to
have given the anthracite coal miners
strike profound study, has appealed to
President Roosevelt to use his inhu-
enc with the conflicting interests to
make ]. PierpOnt Morgan the referee in
the hght. Why not make Mr.. Baer the
refereef He has been the initiative
and might as well be the referendum in
the battle. He is only a Goa baron In
the kingdom OF which Morgan Is the
monarch.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-07

comes. for the time seems the best. and In
winter we would not turn 70 spring, as in
spring we do not hope for winter.
Old age has its consultations no less than
youth. suppoeing the windows are dark
ened and the light has gone from the west.
Some prefer the soft starlight 10 the glare
Of day. II is something to have lived and
seen and been a part OF many things. What
man having lived would begin AGAIN. The
test is good. The fearful school boy, look
Ing ahead to the advancing years, breads
the added tasks that are set before him.
But the years arrived, the tasks at hand, all
seems easy and natural and right. Provi-
dence has made Il so. II Is doubted u a
man ever feels truly old. The spark OF
youth somewhere within us burns to the
end, and feelings and desires belle the
face in the looking-glass and the plying
looks Of friends. No matter how SLOW
stealthy and insidious the approach OF the
Pale Pretorian. when he comes he Is I'M
expected, unlocked for. AS long as life is
in him man is filled with the thrill OF
living.
Therefore, why fear old age OF give 1t
thought? II is only a scarecrow at best
1t will come upon you before you Know
and even when it comes il is doubtful IL you
will realize. Hear Stevenson. "A sort OF
equable Jog trot Of feeling" he says, rs
substituted for the violent ups and downs
Of passion and disgust; the same influence
that restrains our hopes Quiets our appre-
tensions; II the pleasures are less intense
the troubles are milder and more tolerable,
and. in a word. this period for which we
are asked to hoard up everything as for a
time OF famine is, in its W right the
richest, the easiest and the happiest OF life.
Live so that when the so-called OWL days
come you will still be able to rule your
self"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-07
REGULATE COAL ROADS.
One Effective Measure Of Curbing the
Coal Monopoly.
Indianapolis Journal (rep.).

Indianapolis Journal (rep.).
The country will expect congress to pro-
vide some efectual bar against the repeti-
ton Of the present situation. With the
warning experience OF the last 1t should
have done so before, but continued failure
to do so will be inexcusable. Legislation
on the subject should not be directed
against any class nor discriminate for or
against capital or labor. but II should pro-
vide a means of preventing the Interrupt
ton OF a industry so essential to the pub
lie welfare.
As usual, the constitution will be cited
as a bar to any remedial legislation, but
rightly construed it is not. The constitu-
ton gives congress exclusive power to regu-
late commerce between the states. The
anthracite coal trade is such commerce.
and railroads which engage In 1t are thereby
brought within the constitutional sphere OF
congressional action and government cOn-
troll. The constitution hxes no limit to the
regulation which congress may exercise
over Interstate commerce. 1t may regulate
such commerce to the fullest extent and In
the slightest detail. The present interstate
commerce law is but a first step in the
exercise Of constitutional power in that d.
~rection. and congress should take as mahy
more steps as may be necessary TO safe
guard the public welfare against the greed
Of capital, the demands Of labor or the
clashing Of individual interests Of any kind.
The common veal is above all other con-
siderations, and congress should take care
that IL is safeguarded from injury. An
other session Of congress should not be
allowed 10 pass without bringing every coal
road in the United States that does an
interstate business under the operation Of
a law that will prevent q recurrence Of the
present situation. 1924. .
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-07

Amendments to the city charters of
Omaha and South Omaha of the utmost
importance to property-owning taxpay-
ers of those cities are imperatively de-
manded at the hands of the next legis-
lature. The time for considering and
discussing these amendments is not
after election but before the election.
Candidates for the Legislature who pledge
themselves to bring about SPECIFIC re-
forms can for the most part be depended
upon TO redeem their pledges, but can
didates who go. free to do as they please
will make faces at you after they are
elected and politely inform YOU that
they know their own business and will
not submit 70 dictaton.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-07
Wages Of Coal Miners.

nv OoS eNOSSAN
In this connection the report Of Bishop
Fallows Of Chicago, who recently visited the
mining district on a tour of investigation, is
of great interest to the public. On the
question Of wage the bishop says: THE
miners figures as to wages are far different
from President Baer's. Baer has insisted
that the average days wages for the rs, 270
working in the Reading mines is s1.S9.
This would make the average annual wage
$2e6.20 but Mr.. Mitchell can prove that it
is really only S24s. Out Of this must be
taken a total, In round numbers, Of 800
for rents, powder, oil and the annual fee to
the company's doctor, leaving but $14S for
food, clothing and fuel" To claim that the
sum of $14s, or twice that amount, is
sufficient to provide food, fuel and clothing
for an average family. to say nothing of
educating children and supplying the ordi-
nary comforts Of life according to the
standard Of living in the United States, is
an insult to popular intelligence.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-07

the entire board, and their tenure Of
office during the next three years viii
make them very important factors in the
management Of our public schools.
When IL Is borne in mind that the Board
of Education disburses from 100000 to
100000 a year. the Importance Of Sc
lecting as members Of the board men
who are identified with the future pros
perity Of Omaha, and especially men
who have Q sincere desire to improve
our public school system and raise It to
a higher plane should be manifest to all.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-07
American Tunes for Americans.
Boston Herald

Those truly patriotic Americans who
have always felt more or less Inundated
in singing our national hymn, America
to al old, secondhand tune which
Englishmen and Germans employ for
their national anthems, are glad to know
that an effort is being made to get an
entirely original air to go along with our
words. Colonel Asa Gardner. through the
Society of the Cincinnati, has offered a
gold medal for the right sort Of musical
accompaniment for Mr.. Smiths stanzas.
Therefore, tune up, all We Yankee musick-
ers. Let the w~atchword be. American
tunes for Americans"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-07

Stockholders of the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & st. Paul road have authorized the
directors to issue SOS, 100000 of new
stock. Part Of this new stock is to be
used for extensions, but a very respect
able block, which represents hetterments
made within the last five years aud are
charged to operating expenses. vii! be
distributed by pipe line to the stock,
holders like Waukesha mineral waters.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-07
Receiver.hlp for Mines.

h courts have not hesitated to take
charge OF public service corporations and
carry them on by means OF receivers. This
is a form of temporary application Of So
~cialistic principles, only so often employed
that the public is used to the method.
Unless the owners Of the anthracite mines
are able 90 run them, why not In tho public
interest apply this power OF the govern
ment, leaving the quarrel between the mine
workers to be settled out Of court, after
the public needs have been satisfied?
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-07

Congressman Mercer is now In the
midst Of his house-to-house h~andshak-
ing campaign, but up to date he has not
yet divulged even to his most con-
hdential admirers whether he in
tends to settle in Omaha after election
or whether he will continue to reside in
Minneapolis. Atlantic City and Wash
ington. He has not yet disclosed
whether he intends to turn over a new
leaf after election and stop drawing the
500 a month clerk hire which he has
been pocketng for years, although it
was never intended to be congressmen's
pocket money, but should have paid the
salary of some young Nebraskan willing
to begin life at Washington in a clerical
position on $1Oe a month.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-07
Impotence of Mine Owners.

DelIOlJ HT6e ETeSe-
1t is a curious state Of affairs when half
a dozen men can insult the president,
defy the national and state governments
and impudently ask 10000, 900 persons what
they are going to do about Il. Yet hat is
precisely the condition which exists today.
In Great Britain the coal trust under such
circumstances could be snuffed out and
lite property con1scated by act OF Parlia-
ment. In France or Germany the army
would take possession Of the coal mines
and proceed to operate them until the
owners came to their senses. In this coun-
try six men may call their 10000 employees
thugs, vandals and outlaws In the presence
OF the president OF the United States and
bluntly inform him that when he gets
ready to shoot down their recalcitrsnt en-
ployes they will consider the matter Of
selling the people fuel.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-07

The increase Of live stock receipts at
the South Omaha market indicates the
steady growth of the live stock inter
ests in the country naturally tributary.
Those interests are in a healthy and
prosperous condition. The advantages
Of the South Omaha market are surely
pushing it to the front, and the records
indicate that the business for the cur
rent year will exceed any previous year
In its history.