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Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-01

II is evident that the railroad oficials of
the country have virtually determined in
their own minds that there shall be a gem
eral increase Of freight rates, and Second
Vice President Paul Morton OF the Santa
Fe has been selected TO break the news to
the country. In this proposed movement
we see the results Of the general railroad
consolidation which has been taking place
and which makes possible a policy which
would have been impossible without &C..
Nevertheless, the time has long passed
when railroad corporations could claim the
right to tax the trafic Of the country at
their own discretion, and a proposal to in
crease the taxation by railroad corporations
Is as legitimate a subject for public discus
sion as a proposal to increase taxation by
government. The question Of what consti-
tutes a reasonable rate" for transporta-
tlon is sufficiently dif1cult when confined to
one comomdity between two points. When
considered in connection with a proposal to
make a general increase II involves the
preliminary determination OF the capital
upon which, upon the average, It is "reas-
enable" that a road should earn revenue.
This, again, brings up the question of the
method OF valuation, which has vexed the
courts for many years-that is, whether the
value Of a road shall be taken at its book
cost Of construction, its book cost less
losses by bad judgment or peculation, the
cost OF reproduction, its probable future
earning capacity, or some combination OF all
these elements.
Without discussing this most compiler of
subjects, there is one thing which may be
taken for granted: So long as the net in
come OF a railroad system steadily increases
the roads can only Justify themselves to
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-01
SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
little Folk.

little Folk.
There was a little girl-perhaps you ~
The little maiden's name,
For maids In country and In town
Are apt to be the same;
She went TO bed at S o'clock
And slept the whole night through,
But when the morning came she said
She didn't know what to dol
She went downstairs and breakfasted
With many a frown and pout
And quarreled with the s~ervanta, while
She ordered them about;
She made her little brother cry,
Then cried hefself-she knew
Shed nave no fun that day, because
She didn't know what to dol
She had more dolls than you could count,
She had a hundred toys,
And book shelves filled with handsome hooks
For little girls and boys,
And dainty dinner sets and games
To play with one or two;
But yet she wouldn't play, because
She didn't know what TO dol
So all day long, from morn till night,
This little maid would sigh.
And nope and fret about the house,
And say she didn't know why
She never could ave any fun
Lake little Sister Sue
Because, with all her pretty thinkn.
She didn't know what 70 dol
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-01
RURAL FREE DELIVERY.
General Extension of the service RE-
Earded as q Certainty.
CHICAGO Tribune.

Chicago Tribune.
The officials OF the Postofhce department
look forward now TO the extension Of rural
free delivery throughout the entire United
States. They have made their estimates a.
to what Il will cost to deliver letters on
every American farm or plantation In the
s~parsely settled and thiokly settled parts
OF the country. The cost will not be trihing.
To deliver every rural American his mail
will take about S24, 900, 900 q year. Should
the present service be extended at the rate
OF 1000 routes a year until the 1000
square miles Of territory yet to be covered
have been taken care Of, there will be for
several years an annual dehoit in postal
revenues OF from Ss,OOO,Oo o to $40, 900, 900.
The deficit will, Il is asserted, disappear
gradually as the revenues increase by rea-
son OF the improved postal facilities.
Not many years ago rural free delivery
was a questionable sort OF experiment The
farmers, for whose benefit 1t was intended,
did not in all quarters take kindly to It.
They are not eager seekers after novelties.
and the idea Of abandoning the customary
trip to the village postofnce for mail, a trip
which gave them q welcome opportunity TO
gossip with ~neighbors and discuss crops
and elections, was not altogether attractive
to them. But they appreciate fully now the
advantages Of the new departure. There is
an increasing pressure for the establish
ment Of rural routes. and the representa-
tives OF a country district who cannot Sc
cure something in this line for his con-
stltuents runs the risk OF losing his popu-
larity.
So strong is the pressure for rural free
delivery that the Postofice department on
cials are not dealing wit a remote question
when they prepare estimates Of the gross
cost OF a complete rural service. But
while the cost will be large Il will not
brighten Americans. Indeed, they are in
the habit Of looking unmoved on much
larger appropriations for far less useful
purposes.
1t may we'll be that when the letter
carrier makes his trips TO every farmers
gate the farmers will make a more ex-
tensive use Of the mails than they do now.
and that the revenues OF the department
will expand as they have In the past when
ever better facilities have been provided.
Even II this were not to be the case. the
general welfare" will be promoted by an
expenditure which brings the farmers Of
the United States into closer touch with
the busy world, from which most of them
are SO far removed.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-01
A DODGINa EXPLANATION.
Railroad Omcials Trying 20 Justify
the Freight Rate Grab.
MINNEAPOLIS Times.

Minneapolis Times.
Railway ofhcials do not deny the pro-
posed increase in freight rates and natu-
rally feel called upon to make some defense
or to offer some explanation.
The latest and most widely used e~xplana-
tion % is to the effect that when the lead
ing western railway companies we're found
out in their evasion or disobedience of the
law-that requires all freight rates to be
open and published, or, rather, forbids the
giving OF special rates to one man that are
not available to another-there were many
secret tariffs in existence, that they were
compelled to publish these secret tariffs,
that this publication made them common
property and In effect the ruling rates,
that It is proposed to withdraw all these
secret tariffs-evasion or disobedience Of
the law being no longer possIble-and to
Issue new ones that shall control generally.
Granting that all this is true, wherein ID
the Justice Of raising the rates to the basis
OF January 1 OF this year when It is patent
to everyone that all the railways under
the operation of the lower or secret
tariffs are making more money than
ever before, are spending more in bet
terments than ever was dreamed OF.
feel justified In increasing their obIiEa-
lions by many millions, do not hesitate In
some instances to water their stock enor-
mously, knowing that high dividends can
rtill be paid on the increased aggregate7
Wherein is the public service with which
these roads are charged conserved by rail-
way managers whose sole purpose seems to
be to make all the hay possible while the
sun Of prosperity shines7
When prosperity's sun is clouded or sets
we will be told, as aforetime, that rates
must be raised or at least kept as high as
the trafhc will bear because OF the changed
conditions, the tightness OF money and the
reduction in shipments.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-01

The chief of the fire department Of
New York City has been dismissed on
the grounds "of conduct prejudicial to
good order and discipline in prosecuting
and unjustly discriminating against GER
tain members of the uniformed force,
and of conduct unbecoming an officer
and a gentleman and prejudicial to good
order and discipline" That sounds
strangely familiar to Omaha people who
recollect the circumstances that attended
the last exit Of a fire chief from the
Omaha fire department.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-01
Increasing Freight Rates
San Franclsco Chronlcle.

co chronicle.
the public by a complete expose, which
IL is In their power to make. but which
cannot be made by any outsider, Of their
financial history n condition and by af-
1rmatively showing that stockholders'
money, actually invested and prudently ad-
ministered, Is not producing for its owners
such a revenue as a competent and inn
partial judge would call reasonable" We
are convinced that this cannot be done.
Railroad accounts are VIGOROUSLY juggled
by placing the cost Of betterments in run
ming expenses. From the standpoint Of the
hnancier this may be co~mmendable, as
showing conservative management and
financial strength. 1t may be also claimed
that by this method the water in the
stock is gradually squeezed out by the in
PRODUCTION Of hard coin. That. however. is
only taking from the public money which
1t ought not to pay and placing Il where
1t may pay unearned dividends to stock
holders in the future. It is a device we'll
calculated to deceive the public as to the
real earning OF a railroad.
Taking Mr.. Morton's own road as an ex-
ample, 1t Is now regularly paying all in
terest on it's bonds, 8 per cent dividends
on its preferred stock, and 4 per cent on
It's common stock Of $102, 900, 900, which, on
Its recognized basis, may be safely as
sumed to be largely water. The net earn
ings Of the system have been regularly
increasing from SIS, $780, 17 in 1899 to s25,-
70S, 2S4 In 1901. There was an increase
over his in 1902, The Southern Pacific
company's returns show an equally uni
form increase, which they seek to keen
down by charging betterments to expenses.
While these conditions continue an increase
of freight rates would be robbery.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-01

A leading democratic newspaper In an
elaborate discussion Of the outlook of
the party lays it down as fundamental
that everything depends on the man who
Is TO lead, and then dismisses as unsat-
isfactory every man who has been men-
toned or thought of for leader. 1t con-
cludes that the only consolation is the
reflection that in great emergencies
someone has always been raised up to
he a Moses. In other words, the DISPOSE
ton is to throw the responsibility upon
Providence.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-01

A novel scheme fqs the perpetuation
Of control Of two corporations Ia got
into the courts and been temporarily
%enjoined. 1t is for n company to
hold control Of the stock of another COM
pany. the latter company in turn hold
ing control OF the stock Of the first 1t
is perfectly simple. and. unless held to
be against public policy, certainly efiec-
tive. II is easy. however. to see that
the minority stock in both companies
might not fare well
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-01

tors was variously put from 5000 to
5000. AS each paid admission was sup
posed to drop 81 into the box office, with
an extra 80 cents for the reserved seats
on the grand stand, the statement that
the total receipts aggregated $4,000 indi-
Gates either a discrepancy in the &C
counts or an unusual elasticity Of vision
Of those who estimated the attendance
presumably the latter. incidentally the
financial exhibit for the University Of
Nebraska foot ball season promises a
surplus of $500 W and above all ex-
penses, which goes to show that college
athletics constitute the only portion Of
the curriculum that is coined forthwith
into dollars and cents.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-01
GLOW of volcanic Dust.
San Francisco Chronicle.

II will be remembered that for nearly
two years after the volcanic explosion OF
the island Of Krakatoa rosy sunsets we"
conspicuous phenomena throughout the
northern hemisphere growing out OF the
distribution OF volcanic dust through the
earth's atmosphere around the globe. These
rosy sunsets are again in evidence, n are
doubtless due TO the volcanic dust dis
charged this year into the earth's at
~mospherie envelope by the eruptiVe cones
in Central America and the West Indies.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-01
REMARKS.

Detroit Free Press: Political Orator
What is the crying need of the United
States? I ask you again. h is the crying
Man in the Cro~wd-Paregoric!
Westminster Star: 80 you were held up
Eyes, and tina isn't the worst of IT. They
simply took my money without OBTAINING
me long enough to give me a start as a
magazine writer or a lecturer"
Philadelphia Press: Tess-I don't see
how she can be happy with a man like him.
Jess-Oh! but she says he's another man
since he's. been married.
Brooklyn Life: We'll" said Noah, as he
hunted for a dry spot on the top of Ararat,
IA lot of people came down TO the pier to
any Of them around to poke fun at our
homecoming"
Yonkers Statesman: Baeon-You say she
has just got her third divorce7
Egbert-Yes she is an enigma.
That Is why her husband gave her up. I
Chicago Trlbune: Colonel, would YOU
mind telling me how you made your first
mot at all. / made It by attending
strictly TO business-my W business, you
know"
Chicago Tribune; The purchaser of the
eligible town lots Just inside the city limits
went out to inspect his property.
He looked at the spacious pond that COW
cred his land, and listened awhile 10 the
hoarse music OF the bullfrogs.
Yes, darn your he exclaimed. you're
right. I'm a 'chump. chump, chumpl"
Washingt n Star: You have the assur-
ance to cot1plain that money was ilIegfti-
mately used In that election7"
Certainly" answered Senator Sorghum.
They violated every principle Of honor,
They told the voters to take my money and
keep II, and then come around and get az
much more for voting their way"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-01

The canal idea seems to be catching.
Governor odell wants to put $6O,OOO,O 600
into a canal connecting the great lakes
and the Atlantic which could be trav-
ersed by the biggest boats. The next
few decades are bound to see some
gigantic engineering enterprises carried
into execution.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-01

Nearly every lawyer of democratic per-
suasion in the county is trying to get
connection with the county attorneys
office by appointment to the corps of
s ,2OO-a-year deputies. That does not
speak overly well for the ability Of the
lawyers OF the faith to bring in big fees
from their private practice.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-01

The great crowds which attend the
foot ball games seem to suffer material
diminution when the report of the gate
receipts comes in. At the gridiron bat
tie between the teams representing Ne
braska and Northwestern universities
Thanksgiving day the number OF specta-
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-01

The conclusion OF the committee rep
~resenting English labor unions, now
making a study Of American industrial
conditions, that wage Gamers in the
United States are at least * per cent
better of than in England is fully cor.
roborated by immigration statistics.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-01

After all, a respectable navy would
come mighty handy for American farm
ers and live stock. growers il any for
eign power should undertake to close
u ports or stop u access to foreign
markets.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-01

The Mexican silver dollar. worth less
than 80 cents, will find its antithesis in
the souvenir gold dollar coined for the
st. Louis exposition that is already
selling for three times its face.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-01
Before ana After Taking.

A month before election the little great
men of congress were c~linging frantically
to the presidents anti-trust policy as the
life preserver that was saving the repub-
lican party. Now some Of them are going
back to Washington with all manner of OBJ
~jections to the presidents plans. A states
man who refuses to take the same view OF
public opinion after election that he recog-
nized while a candidate is not worth lis
tening to.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-01
Not Eager to support Mother.
Baltimore American.

bdltlInOfe AineIlcdu'
Canada does not take kindly to the
proposition to establish a navy from which
Great Britain could recruit its own. Some
how or other, the colonies are beginning
to grow FESTIVE under the complimentary
i~nsinuation that the children Of the en-
pire are too dutiful 10 let their old mother
work, and that the latter will fondly
allow them to assume as much Of her
burden as she can get them to accept.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-01
Getting at the Truth.
News.

IIUIUIdIUII0 NNWNF
Perhaps, in the long run, IT will be better
to have the investigation Of the coal strike
proceed, for in that way the public will
find out many things that It ought to know
and has a right to know. Certain connec-
lions between railroads and coal mines and
their relations to the laws OF Pennsylvania
will probably be brought out in a way that
may ultimately serve the public we'll.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-01

Omaha's bank clearings statement for
the week shows an increase of lib per
cent over the figures for the correspond
ing period last year. The per cent of in
crease is not quite SO high as that Of
some other cities, but Omaha shows bet
ter thar Kansas City in that respect,
while st. Joseph and Denver both have
comparative decreases to their credit.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-01

The Union Pacific lawyers seem to be
in NJ hurry to press their charges Of con-
tempt against the locked-out machinists
resting under the strike injunction. The
ofenses Of the maehlnlsts cannot be very
heinous or Baldwin the Great would in
sist on having them clapped into jail
forfhvyith fr.. =
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-01
biggest Gun in the Bunch.
INDIANAPOLIS News.

We now have a coast defense gun that
will fire a projeetile twenty-one miles.
Shooting at that range must be a good
deal like shooting around a corner. One
would think, too, that considerable diff
Guilty would be experienced in retrieving
the game when the shots were effective.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-01

Half the time allotted to the work Of
the Board Of Review has expired. The
next two weeks should see some lively
churning in the figures returned to rep
resent the full taxable value of personal
property held in Omaha!
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-01

MERGERS opponent at the recent cleo
ton makes oath that he spent just $46s
in the campaign that landed him in Mer-
GERS congressional shoes. Mr.. MERGERS
bill for the billposter alone must have
amounted TO nearly that much.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-01

President Palma of Cuba is gradually
coming to be the target of warning po-
litical factions, who win soon make him
realize that his position is no permanent
ainecure
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-01

The railroads are keeping mighty mum
about the assessment of their property
in Omaha for municipal taxation. We
may be sure, however, that they are in
cubating some smooth scheme to get
away from paying their taxes II they
oau aa- .g .
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-01
Binecure.

In view Of the plan Of the cleveland
democrats, to GUST Tom Johnson from
party control in Ohio. that statesman
has merely stored his circus tent in
winter quarters.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-01
welcome Change.
Detroit Free Press.

A good deal OF fun. has been made of Gen.
eral j. c.. breckenridge eloquent compli-
ments to his brother officers; but it is relief
now and then to find somebody in the War
department who is not trying to work an
embalmed beef pedal.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-01
CIiueinr 20 a Good Thing.
Indianapolis News.

Indianapolis News
AS long as the Independent operators are
getting 81 and IS a ton for their coal at
the mines, they probably won't care how
long the present state OF affairs continues.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-01

Baltimore American.

The picturesque and the practical are
about equally mixed in the cry Of the Porto
Rican mob: "Abajo con Dooley!' 1t is to
be hoped, II only for the sake of his name,
that Dooley will refuse to comply with the
request and be downed.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-01
overworking the MeEaphone.
Washington Post.

OF course, there is nothing selfish in Mr..
Bryan's discovery that the weekly newspa-
per has taken the place Of the daily as a
mold for public opinion. In fact, Mr.. Bryan
is about the only real unselish person
striving for the center Of the stage these
daVS-
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-01

silver Riding the TObOEgan.
Cbicaqo Chronicie.

chicago CnronlcIe'
The divine ratio does not appear to be
playing to very good business in the Philip
mines either. -
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-01

Congressman Fowler will doctor his
currency bill by adding a number of
amendments. At that it does not stand
the ghost of a show Of becoming a law.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-01

Colonel Mosby talks as If he meant
business. What is more. he has a record
for making his talk good.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-01

The talk Of organizing the preachers
into trades unions will come to nothing
If it is proposed to bar Sunday work.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-01

Captain Peary is now frriously any
ious for someone else to capture the
north pole.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-01
STATEMENT OLE CIRCULATION.

State of Nebraska, Douglas County, S.:
George b. TZschuck, secretary OF The
Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
says that the actual number of full and
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the
month Of NOVember. 1902. was as follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-01

the game himself. "wolcott never sleeps
AS for Jones, l believe he can go a year
without winking."
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-01

GEOttGh %. 1HSCftOCh.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn to
before me this 30th day Of November, A. d.
1902. M. B. HUNGATE,
(SeaD Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-01

Philadelphia Press: Tess-I don't see
how she can be happy with a man like him,
Jess-0h! but she says he's another man
since he's. been married.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-01

Detroit Free Press: Political Orator
What is the crying need of the United
States? I ask you again, what is the crying
need?
Man in the Crowd-PareRoricI
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-01

Yonkers Statesman: Baeon-You say she
has Just got her third divorce7
Egbert-Yes she is an enigma.
That Is why her husband gave her up. I
suppose"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-01

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Complaints Of Irregularities in delivery
should be addressed to City Circulation De-
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-10-02
OLD FEUD LIABLE
TO BREAK OUT.

K>oNyiLlg. Tenn. Sept. 26.-Re-
ports received here are that the feel
ing that has been high since the kill
ing Of Jim Wright aud John Tenn
pIetou in the mountains Of Hawkins
County. Tenn. is liable to break out
at any tune in renewal Of the old
leud Men of means and promlnsnce
10 the mountains OF a2per East leu
nessce and Southwestern Virginia
have been brought into the breach
between men Of the community where
Wright lived. aud a renewal OF the
old trouble would be no surprise.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-10-02
FORMATION IN THIS SEC
TON.

Charles >chucbert, ol the smith
sorian Institute GO Washington. d.
e.. spent a couple OBJ days pa che Gap
last week booking for FOSSILS and
corsls for that lustitation Tie found
a nice lot oi corel- near lhe Virginia
and Southwestern depot Tie said
that this section was certainly a
mystery 90 geologi,,s' that where
cogals were found in mountain conn-
try coal and other minerals were not
found within radius of 500 miles.
bat shat the formation here was sil
broken Up and very irregular, which
accounted for evidence of the sea
so near ;he coal and other minerals
lie said that most anything wa.
likely TO be found 10 this section.