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Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-18

that in some instances injustice and,
possibly, cruelty is shown, but says
they are exceptions. It is to be hoped
that the Trademarks information is
correct, but If so there is still shown
to be a situation that calls for radical
and effective remedy. There are $4,000
children estimated to be now employed
In the mills Of the south, most of whom
have had little or no schooling, who
are worked twelve and sometimes four
teen hours a day and whose condition
is that Of practical slavery. We think
no one will question that this is an
intOlerable state of affairs, which should
be promptly and thoroughly corrected.
The mill owner are not likely to do
this. Possibly a few Of them may make
some concession to public opinion, but
the great majority will continue to en-
ploy child labor until there is legislation
prohibiting 1t below a certain age. This
labor can be had for a mere pittance
and is therefore profitable. 1t is also
submissive and may be worked to the
full limit Of endurance. The agitation
against this wrong must not cease until
the wrong is remedied.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-18
GRAsPLNn AT z 4


A drowning man grasps at a straw.
IL Is given out by the hackers and adj
mirers of Congressman Mercer that his
visit TO Oyster Bay would bring about
a change Of front on the part Of The
Bee with regard to his candidacy for a
sixth term through the Intervention Of
President Roosevelt.
II Mr.. MERGERS mission to Oyster Bay
had no other object in view, 1t Is des-
tined to prove n dismal failure. Presi-
dent Roosevelt is not I'm the habit Of
interfering in local political contests,
whoever Ia be involved. Only Satur-
day his influence was invoked to bring
about an amicable settlement Of the
fractional Delaware senatorial feud, but
he has positively declined to mix in, al
though it involves two senatorships, and
Delaware is in the same condition that
Nebraska would have been in today If
Mercer had succeeded in his desperate
effort to prevent the election of any
republican senators unless he was one
of them. 1t is not likely therefore that
the president Will change MS polcy OF
non-intervention just for the sake of
Mr.. Mercer.
Up to this time at least President
Roosevelt, so far as we know! has not
shown the slightest solicitude for the
nomination of ID. II. Mercer and will
doubtless be just as well satisfied with
any good republican. The editor of The
Bee has had four interviews with the
president within the last six months,
but at no time was the name Of Mr..
Mercer even mentioned by the presi-
dent.
II Mr.. Mercer's only hope is to save
his political life by grasping at a straw
from the White House, his chances Of
landing on shore are awfully slim in
indeed,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-18
THE TRUST.

The combination of s~hipbuilders,
known as the United States Shipbulld-
ing company, the organization of which
was completed last week, has for its
object t put American shipbuilding es-
Establishments upon such a basis that
ships can be built here for foreigners.
In order to do this the American ship
builders must be able to compete in
the matter of cost with European ship
builders and II the combination can
effect this without reducing the price
of labor, which now makes the differ
ence in the cost of ship construction
between the United States and Europe,
1t will be a good thing for the ship
building industry Of this country.
According to the statement of an Off
cial of the company, 1t is building the
largest cargo carrying steamships in
the world and has a fleet in course OF
construction of the value OF $3I, UOO,O00,
composed Of every known type of YES
sci, and the total contracts in hand
aggregate $5O,O00,0O0. The combination
therefore starts under highly favorable
conditions. Enlargement of the ship
building industry of the United States
is certainly to be desired and there APP
pears to be no reason why the so-called
Shipyard trust should not be highly sue
cessful.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-18
western Crop Movement.
Boston TRANSCRIPT.

h western crop movement promises
to be the greatest in the history Of the
country, and the capacity of the railroads
to handle the grain of the western states
will be severely tested. Even in ordinary
seasons there is sometimes difficulty in OBJ
tanning cars, and every road will make an
effort to press all possible equipment into
service. There is likely to be considerable
complaint about a 'car famine" before the
crop is moved, but the farmers Of the
northwest can hardly expect the railroads
to maintain an equipment to meet the con-
ditions of SOM phenomenally productive
year. With an average OF 775 bushels to a
car, to move the estimated wheat crop Of
the United States alone at one time would
require a train about 81, 600 miles long
enough TO put several girdles around tho
earth.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-18
Hot Air on the Ocean,

by a singular coincidence" John M.
Thurston, who is ex-Queen Liliuokalani's
attorney in her claims against the United
States for crown lands, sails for Honolulu
with Senators Burton and Mitchell, who
are charged with investigating those claims.
Mr.. Thurston is happy in these coinci-
dences. When he was in the senate he al
ways happened to be around when any
thing was up affecting the Union Pacific
road, Of which he was likewise the attor-
ney. In the present case, however, Mr..
Thurston Will likely come to grief as the
result Of his devotion to the interests Of
his employers. 1t is a nine days trip from
San Francisco to Honolulu. and in that
time Burton will talk him to death.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-18

Messrs. Gaynor and Greene appear to
have climbed into the right side Of the
Canadian scales Of justice.
J. N. Casanova. proprietor Of the Ha-
vana Post Of Havana. Cuba, is in New York.
He was formerly the mayor Of Phillips
burg, this state.
Prof. Reginald A. Fessenden of the
weather bureau has been granted patents
on eleven different parts Of wireless tele-
graphic apparatus by the patent office.
Prince Henry of Prussia is insured
against assassination. The policy is for
$500, 900, which sum is not payable in case
Of death from any other cause than that
stipulated.
Ex-President Steyn Of the Orange Free
State is recovering his health at Schwen-
ingen. Holland, where he intends to spend
the remainder of his days. He is still "un-
reconstructed"
Commandant Moller, lately Of the Boer
army, was not bern to be shot. During the
conflict with Great Britain he had twenty
one horses shot under him. but never re-
ceived a scratch.
Governor Crane OF Massachusetts takes
no long vacations. winter or summer. He
did go home one day earlier than usual
last week, and even that bit Of relaxation
was considered something unusual at the
statehouse.
Barrett Browning. son Of the two emil
nent poets. Robert and Elizabeth Barrett
Browning, has bought a new residence in
Florence. Italy. the city of his birth, where
he has long resided in an ancient palace
once occupied by his father.
Eliza Cook, the Oldest "old lady" OF the
American stage, is dead at the age Of 80.
Although It is some time since she was in
active service, she did not by any means
flag superhuous" upon the earth. for her
disposition was sweet and cheerful to the
last and her word Of encouragement was
never wanting. ~
Several more Prussian mobiles Will visit
Il is country. They are Count Won Tiele
Winckler, Count A6elbert Won sierstorpn,
Count A. Won PCurtales. Count Won Verns-
torn and Baron Won Ruhle, representatives
OF aEistoeratic Prussian houses. who are
coming with the emperor's consent to study
social conditions and observe the methods
used here In educating the sons Of leading
American families,
James B. Connolly. whose stories OF sea
adventures nave given him high rank among
the younger American writers, Is on on a
European trip in search OF new seas 10
conquer. His Gloucester yarns are we'll
known. Last year he vas living With the
fisher folk Of the North sea and the Baltic.
Now he has turned his face southwark, and
will cast his lot with the sailors and fish
ermen OF the Mediterranean and other
southern seas.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-18
CRUSADE AGAINST CHILD LABOR.

The movement against child labor In
the mills OF the south cannot fail to
have good results. The facts In regard
to the employment OF children under
y years of age and the deplorable con
sequences have aroused a feeling in
the south that must result in remedial
action and it is safe to assume that
there win be legislation in the southern
states for the correction Of the wrong
that is being done TO thousands of chill
dren in depriving them of opportunity
for schooling and subjecting them to a
slavery which ought to be impossible
In this country.
Some of the southern papers claim
that the statements which have been
published as TO the number of children
employed In the mills and their con-
dition are exaggerated. Thus the Trades
man OF Chattanooga says that all who
have written on the subject have been
either ill-informed or nl-adylsed. Hav-
Ing instituted an investigation that
paper asserts that the employment Of
children below the age OF II years Is
not so large as has been charged and
that the conditions are not generally so
bad as has been represented. 1t admits
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-18
FARMERS TO COMBINE.
DakOta Movement to Control and
Market Farm Products.
Milwaukee, Sentinel

~
The Farmers National Cooperative Ex-
change company was recently incorporated
in Pierre, S. D.. and its capitalization fixed
at $50, 0OO, 900. The purposes Of the organiza-
ton are TO buy and deal In grain and
other farm products and to build elevators
and warehouses. storage plants and stock
yards. The information Is given that the
stockholders will largely consist of the
farmers Of the middle western states and
that the company intends to aggressively
enter into competition with the companies
and corporations which have practically
controlled the marketing Of western farm
products.
Fifty million dollars, the capitalization OF
this new company, seems q small sum when
compared with the 81, 000, 0O0, 900 eapitaliza-
tion Of the steel properties or OF the hun
dreds of millions OF capital stock Of other
combinations OF corporations and compa-
mics. but II may be sufficient to give the
project a fair trial. This new plan may
afford a solution of a mooted economic
question. IL is asserted that the farmer
has always been the victim OF adverse con-
ditions imposed by the aggressions Of cap
ital and has always in one form or another
been paying tribute to capital. Possibly a
combine. first OF the farmers of South Da-
kota and later Of the farmers OF the entire
country, is contemplated. with a view to
syndicating all their resources to control
production and the sale Of all farm COM
modities and thus turn the tables upon the
so-ealled Industrial enemies Of the farmers
prosperity.
II the owners OF steel mills, OF har-
vesting machinery factories and other In
dustrial plants have a right to combine. the
American farmers have the same right. The
probability Of an American farmers trust
is, of course, remote. but its formation is
no more impossible or improbable than was
the organization Of a 81 200, 900. 900 syndi-
cate from the viewpoint OF twenty years
ago, Syndieates control the price Of wheat,
corn, oats and other farm products. and II
must DO admitted that q w~ell-manaEsd syn
dictate Of farmers, having the power to
regulate and control the production Of com,
modities, as well as their sale, would be
a powerful as well as novel industrial agent
in the held Of ommsro
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-18
aRrAr RRIrAIN,s NAYY.

The disclosures regarding the weak
features Of Great Britain's navy,
brought out by the review Of the chan
mel fleet, are really not new. For sew
eral years English naval officers have
been telling the government that many
of it's vessels would be found almost
useless in case of war. The statement
of a naval critic in regard to the home
fleet, that a majority Of the ships
Knight as we'll be built of cardboard,
as they are mere dummies, too feeble
to fight and too slow to run away" has
been said in effect many times before.
But none the less Great Britain's navy
is by far the most powerful In the
world and would still be so If all the
ships which are deemed to be too feeble
to fight were put out of commission
Omitting these from consideration and
the British navy still is equal in fight
ing power to the combined navies of
France and Russia, in both Of which
are ships that may be classed as dunn
mics, too feeble to fight and too slow
to run away. And Great Britain is in
creasing it's sea power as rapidly as
any other country. She is building the
most powerful battleships and cruisers
ever constructed, thus maintaining her
policy of keeping her naval strength
about equal to that of any two EURO
pean nations. This she may not al
ways be able to do, but there is no
doubt that is her position at present and
Will continue to be at least until the
French and German programs of naval
construction are carried out.
The fact is that warships built fifteen
or twenty years ago have become an
tiquated and would be useless against
the latest battleships and cruisers.
Great Britain has a number of such
vessels, but she also has enough mod
ern ships to make her position ais a sea
power secure.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-18
SAMPLE OF wATERED CAPITAL.
MT. Schwab's Latest Deal in the Game
of Bunco.
PHILADELPHIA Press.

of Bunco.
Philadelphia Press.
Mr.. Charles NJ. sehwab has made" s1s,.
800, 900. be
He bought the Bethlehem steel works for
$500, 900. SO 1t is reported. He has Sold"
it to the shipbuilding trust for $780, 900, 900 in
its securities, or. as the report runs, for
$40, 200, 900 Of trust deed certificates, $S,O0O,-
COO Of preferred and 5000, 900 of common.
This is the way people once made" money
In the tulip mania in Holland. Everyone
concerned made" a lot of money until some
foolish man tried to realize. Even Mr..
Schwab cannot eat the shares and bonds Of
the shipbuilding trust. They will not do for
wall paper. The trust can make no more
money than the business Of its. separate
plants can make united, and there is not
one Of them but, to the knowledge of all
men, has had--and not long ago-the driest
Of dry years.
This money can be made only by SELL
ing these securities to the public. Will the
public buy? 1t has seen asphalt smash, It
has watched rubber go down and It sees
even the great steel trust hanging at prices
which are ridiculous II people really believe
that full years In iron and steel can last.
II the public does not buy this money will
not be made" 1t will go where went the
money made" In tulips. In South Sea Sc
c~urities, In mines and the New York realty
craze and the western realty booms about
Indianapolis and other western cities in
1873, In California lands In 1883 and in a
great array Of southern land sites and mines
In 1898.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-18
Relieving Fools Of Their Money.
Minneapolis Times

Minneapolis Times.
Another ge%t-rIch-quick scheme has come
to grief in Boston. The concern was
known as J. M. Fisher & Co., and it Of
fered marvellous profits to investors. The
dangerous character Of so-called invest
ment enterprises that promise 90, 100 and
200 per cent a month has been shown so
often by their collapse with the per cent
all made by the proprietors, and can be
demonstrated so easily by the application
of the rules of arithmetic and the law
of probability that it is a wonder they find
such liberal support. Mr.. Barnum's maxim
applies in other matters than the show
business.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-18
DoUBLE-BARRELEp o. MPAIeNIN

DoUBLE-BARRELED ca MPAIGNING.
The democrats and the populists have
each opened separate state headquar-
ters in this city, from which they will
conduct the fusion campaign in Ne
braska this year, Speaking Of the
work Of the fusion committees, the
chairman OF the populist organization
declares that the populist campaign will
be conducted entirely Independent OF
the democrats, although the manage
ments at both headquarters are to be
In constant consultation for the good
Of the ticket"
This double-barreled campaigning is
one Of the unique products of fusion as
practiced in this state, and part and
parcel Of the systematic deception prac-
ticed in order to keep up the fusion
farce. Although there Is but one fusion
ticket in the field, the name of every
candidate on it will appear ON the Off
cial ballot labeled both democrat and
populist. In order to make the popu-
lists believe that there is a populist
ticket in nomination, all the campaign
work dealing exclusively with populists
will be conducted by the populist state
committee, while to convince the demo-
Gratis that the democratic ticket is not
tainted with populism, all their adj
dresses, communications and literature
will come out Of democratic headquar-
tiers.
When 1t TO raising the wind,
the theory of fusion is that two solicit
ing agencies, operating under different
names, can gather In more contribu-
lions than one acting by itself. When
it comes TO footing the Dills, however,
the connecting pipe between the two
reservoirs win be found clogged, in case
either is confronted with a deficit.
acquisitions ''for the good of the ticket"
will not be honored by the democratic
fnanciers If drawn by the populist cam
paign managers, nor by the populist
treasure-keeper IL drawn on democratic
letterheads.
Double-barreled campaigning Is a
great thing. 1t Is designed to fool
everybody, except those who load the
guns.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-18
Gush for Foreign Consumption.
WASHINGTON Post.

W~ashInGton Post.
General Joe Wheeler is quite enthusiastic
and wants us to send our officers over to
study the English army. We fear the
generals judgment has been slightly
warped by the heroic entertainment he
has received on the other side. The Eng
llsh army gave us ample opportunity to
study it during the recent affair in South
Africa. And, then, our forefathers had two
seasons Of most practical study in that
particular branch and succeeded in grad
uating with the highest Of honors.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-18

In the aftermath OF the sham battle
crowds az Lake Manawa the collection
OF empty poeketbooks, in evidence OF the
activity OF the piekpocket brigade. con-
stitutes n striking reminder OF what
used 70 happen In Omaha under = fer
mer reform poiiea regime. II hasn's
happened In Omaha, hOwever, since the
late Martin White and his successor.
John J. Denahue, have had charge Of
the police foFcA
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-18

Central Labor union viii favor Gov
ernor Savage with another communica-
ton, telling him what it's members think
Of his reputation of his promise 70
them under dictation Of Baldwin and
Mercer. This will give the governor
opportunity to favor the public With
another expression of his remarkable
views upon the character and claims Of
organized labor.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-18
THE sTAY-AT-HOME.
PhnadelphIa cathoIlo Standard.

Philadelphia Catholic Standard.
Let others go
For pomp and show
Where ocean beats or mountain towers.
I'm glad I've got
A home-like spot
To rest I'm after working hours.
My wife and /,
Contented, sigh
For nothing thatithe haunts OF pleasure
By sea or lake,
Could add 70 make
Our Joy In life OF greater measure.
Good food 70 eat,
despite the heat
l love my meals, and so does Kitty,
And not a care
What clothes 70 wear!
We're quite contented in the city.
Although TO stick
Where walls Of brick
Encompass one In all directions
Is hard, we've got
A cinch. That's what
Were spongtng on my wife's connections
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-18

Attorney General Knox is credited with a
desire to leave the cabinet. He said to a
friend at Atlantic City the other day: 81
left a law practice Of &7o,O 900 a year in Pitts
burg to come to Washington to take a cab
met place that pays me $4,000 a year. In
Plttsburg 1 had my city house and a little
place out in the country where l used to go
and romp. In Washington have just one
place, and to get out of doors and have some
fun l come to Atlantic City. where I pay $72
a day for the board of myself and my family.
oh, l am getting rich at II. The Joy of be-
ing in the cabinet is wonderful"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-18

Nothing stands in the way to pre-
vent Aguinaldo from coming to the
United States on a lecture tour except
the prospect of falling down on the
gate receipts. II the willy Filipino is
as shrewd as he is credited, he will in
sist on a guaranty as a condition of his
contract and see that the money to
cover it is deposited in the bank before
he walks out on the stage.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-18

The necessity for the republicans Of
the Second Nebraska district to NOM
mate for congress a man who makes his
home here and whose interests are
identified with this district is now more
urgent than ever. The people win no
longer stand for a nonresident con-
gresham.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-18
A Refuge for Crooks.
springaeld RepuhlIean.

bpTIIBHeIu HepUDIICAn,
II lie a great pity that that precious pair
Of fugitives from American justice, Gaynor
and Greene, should nave the Canadian
courts on their side in the extraditlon pro-
ceedings. Two more impudent offenders
against the laws have never snapped their
fingers at the American authorities from
the best hotels across the frontier. It is a
long chase, but Gaynor and Greene may
yet be landed before q United States Judge
on American soil.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-18

All the river craft calling at the port of
Omaha have been placed under an en-
barge and navigation has been com
pletely closed by the seizure Of the one
vessel that plies along the river front.
Strange to say, this sudden interference
with our shipping industry has not, so
far as the naked eye can see, had any
tendency to stagnate commerce or par
alyze industry.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-18

If Charles NJ. Schwab should be dis
placed from his $1,O00,000 Job at the
head Of the Steel trust before his new
$3,500,OO0 residence in New York is
finished, a half built palace may be
thrown on a market which only multi
millionaires can patronize.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-18

st. Louis is in raptures over the prom
Use of President Roosevelt to partici-
pate in the dedication exercises Of the
Louisiana Purchase exposition. Plainly
the Inflated star Of the Buffalo show
is having no deterrent influence on
President Roosevelt.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-18

Governor Savage's honeyed Labor day
proclamation will not wash away the
bitter taste of his insulting letter to
the union plumbers. The proclamation
is an official formality, while the letter
the mans real sentiments
toward labor.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-18

In their zeal to convince the public
that the railroads of Nebraska are over
taxed, those railway a. b~ureaucrats are
Just liable to prove that the roads
are really entitled to an annual sub
sidy out of the state treasury and total
exemption from paying anything into 1t.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-18

The democratic congressional conven
ton may rest under a cloud Of a few
trifing irregularities, as gagged by the
requirements of the election laws. but
In the democratic copies Of the statute
books the election laws are made appli-
cable to republicans only.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-18

Colonel Bryan declares he is not anx.
ious to be convinced that he is the man
needed to lead the democratic hope
next time, but he Is convinced that sew
eral other selt-styled democrats who
are anxious to lead the democratic hosts
are neither needed nor wanted on the
ticket.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-18

The reunion Of the Society of tho
Army Of the Philippines has peer re-
freshing in this-that 1t has disclosed
the fact that there are still a few vet
Grams Of the Philippine war who do not
claim to have been anything more than
~privates.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-18

If Omaha had oil Of the market houses
in brick and stone that have been
erected on paper, it would have a mar
ket house on every other corner.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-18

The new police board is already I'M
dergoing an irresistible impulse to trans
act business behind closed doors, In ex-
ecutive session. AS The Bet has re-
peatedly remarked, no public body, act
ing in a representative capacity, has any
excuse to conduct Its proceedings in Sc
cret to avoid the enforcement of re-
sponsibility. Public officers who insist
on meeting behind closed doors will
peal watching.