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Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-04
NOT A PRIVATE MATTER.

Former Governor Hastings Of Penn
sylvania, does not agree with the view
Of the anthracite coal operators that
the strike is a private matter. He said
that as a coal operator he would nat
urally be inclined to take the side Of
the operators in the present strike, but
he could not hold that a coal strike or
any other disturbance of labor that in
any way affects a public necessity Is
a private matter. Goal is a necessity,
like air and water and daylight" said
MI. Hastings. when the supply is
restricted or diverted from its natural
source it is essentially a matter of the
supremest public Importance. The posi-
ton that public necessities are not to
be controlled in a measure by the best
public opinion is not tenable." sa9aa0f
TIL is the rational view, which will
be coneurred in by everybody except the
anthracite coal operators and the few
who sympathize with their effort to de-
stroy the miners organization. The as
sumption Of Mr.. Baer and those asso-
ciated with him that the mining and
transportation to market of coal is a
strictly private business, with which
the public has nothing to do, is utterly
indefensible. AS the Philadelphia
Ledger says. IL such a position could
be successfully held by the coal opera
tors who practically control by the
binding force of monopoly the output
of coal, they could not only refuse to
mine and transport it for four months,
but for four or forty years, or they
could paddock the mines forever. THE
mere fact that the people," says the
Ledger. whose servants the chartered
companies are, have conferred upon
them extraordinary rights and privi
leges of inestimable pecuniary value
confutes their arrogant presumption thai
their business is a strictly private affair
1t is In the broadcast sense a public bust
ness, as 1t concerns the welfare, pros
perity and comfort of vast communi
ties" The Ledger warns the OPERATOR
that II they persist in their policy anc
the public suffers seriously in conse
quence, they may make the discovery
that the people, whose servants they are
viii demand that they yield 20 duty and
necessity, that a reckoning day vii
surely come which will carry cOnvic
ton with-i It to the operators that th'
VIII aAdspower OF the public cannot b
dehantiy and stubbornly haunted. On
der existing conditions the operator
have absolute control of the situation
There appears to be no way by which
they a be compelled 10 perform theil
duty TO the public. 1t is certainly pos
sible. however. for the state OF Penn
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-04
swrNcrNo AROUND THE CIRCLE.

Indianapolis Journal: Some one remarked
that George Washington never used the
phrase he Is not built that way as did
President Roosevelt the other day. That is
true. General Washington did not delight
the people with oh-hsnd speeches, and that
phrase had not been coined In the days OF
the father Of his country.
Philadelphia Ledger: President Roose-
welt, in addressing his audiences, says, for
instance: Men and women Of New Hamp>
shire" but in the body Of his argument
says gentlemen" The reason Is plain.
When 1t comes to argument and persuasion,
the president. who knows human nature,
thinks II useless 20 try to onvince women.
whose minds are made up, and so he talks
to the men.
Hartford Courant: In the case Of an in
sincere man, OF of a sincere man not fortu-
nate enough to have won the public conf
dence, such a round Of daily speechmaking
would have been fraught, no doubt, with
deadly political peril. But Theodore Roose-
welt is in no such precarious case. He is
sincere and he has won the public conf
dence. The people believe in him, like him
and like to hear him talk. They listen with
a conviction that they are getting the honest
thought OF an honest man, and they are go
ing to think 1t all over for themselves at
their leisure. The result Is not likely, in
our judgement, to be unfavorable to the
president himself or to the republican party.
Baltimore American: President Roosevelt
has not only a strenuous way about him,
but is q hail fellow we'll met with men who
have even been hunting with him or who
fought with him in Cuba. He never let's his
dignity stand in the way Of Shaping one Of
his old chums or soldiers on the back or
calling him by ONE familiar nickname.
Frequently he does this in the White House,
and though 1t shocks sticklers for oficial
dignity, 1t is a question II 1t does not add
to the presidents popularity. Such Incl
dents have been frequent during the New
England tour and have simply furnished ad-
ditional proof how close an American presi-
dent is to the people and how close they
ara IN him
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-04
The Spirit of the west.
New York Independent.

f- new IOfK INDEPENDENT
The west has come to realize, with the
added responsibility OF caring for its saw
ings, that it is not a desire of vengeance
that makes capital thoughtful for Its own,
but common prudence that prompts business
exactness. 1t has absorbed with this idea
the further sentiment that the investment
of eastern money in western enterprises is
worthy OF encouragement, but not on specu-
.lativea grounds. Tt boasts less and qualities
more. seeking to present its attractions on
a basis of actual returns and not on one
OF hopeful theory. 1t has given up MIST OF
It's political radicalisms. Populism, as a
political force, is dead. In Kansas, its
strongest foothoid, the party will this year
have no place on the ballot. the fusion
ticket appearing as democratic. The same
tendency is manifest in Nebraska and South
Dakota. Even the radical legislation
adopted in the earlier days OF the party
has mostly been. repealed or declared uncon-
stftutional. The west Is becoming more
liberal.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-04
HARKING BACK TO JoHNNYcAKE.
OId-FashiOned Brown Bread Just as
Good as Beef. -'
Portland oregonlan.

Portland Oregonian.
Secretary Wilson Of the Department Of
Agriculture predicts hat the large corn
crop will bring about a reduction in the
price OF beef. This is pleasant reading for
the town folk who have meat to buy, but
not SO agreeable to the farmer who has beef
cattle he intends to sell this winter. There
is little reason to believe, however, that Mr..
Wilson's prediction will be fulfilled by
reason of the facts he mentions. The great
rise in the price Of beef has not been due
to a scarcity Of feed with which to fatten
cattle so much as to a scarcity Of cattle.
The rise in the price Of beef has been out
Of all proportion to the advance in the cost
Of f~attening. During the hard times farm
ers sold of every beef animal they could
spare In order to get money TO carry them
along. When the price offered for cattle be-
gan to advance, they continued to sell. In
this way large numbers Of cows which
should have been kept for breeding purposes
were sold to the butcher and the means OF
cattle production was lessened. Multiplica-
ton OF cattle is a slow process. especially
when the price Of veal tempts a farmer to
kill heifer calves which should be raised.
The constant and rapid extension OF the
cultivated area is driving the large herds
Of cattle from the range and cutting of
this source Of supply. Abundance OF feed
may increase the supply OF beef somewhat,
but It is hardly to be expected that the
relation Of supply and demand will by this
means be changed enough to make any ma
terial reduction In the price which the
farmer receives or the consumer must pay
for his meat.
The greatest cost OF meat may and should
result in a lessened consumption Of thai
article. AS compared with many other
foods, meat is very expensive. Thus, az
shown by bulletins OF the Department oi
agriculture. the corn meal which can be
purchased for rs cents contains ten timeI
the quantity Of food materials that are found
In the sirloin steak that can be purchased
at the same price. People are likely e
hnd out that It is cheaper TO eat cornmea.
in the form OF old fashioned brown bread
or "Johnnycake" than to eat II in the form
OF beef. With the same expenditure o.
money. a man receives seven times as muel
food materials In milk. eight times as much
in wheat -four, hve times as much In beam
and twenty times as much in potatoes az h
does In sirloin steak. In these prosperous
times no able-bodied and industrious mar
need go without all the meat he wants. but
the man who desires to economic may d.
so by reducing his meat bill. Many have
done this, and will continue to do 80. by
which means the demand for meat will tend
to accommodate itself TO the supply.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-04
THE DELPHIo PLATFORM.
sweet SONG Of Harmony from In
Banks of the
New York Sur


From the banks OF the Wabash and the
wildcat, from Delphi, a city Of oracle.
from the democratic convention Of Car
roll county. Indiana. comes the most
atholic and capacious Of democratic plat
forms:
That we are democrats Of the Jefferson.
Jackson and Bryan type and that we here
reiterate and endorse the democratic prin-
ciples and tenets and the platforms Of our
party from the inception Of true dem
ocraey down to the present day"
The wildcat democrats have no greasy
stomaehs- They take what comes and
are glad OF It and the boa constructor is
their model. They swallow every demo-
cratic principle that has been or is and
no doubt they will have a hearty appetite
for every democratic policy that is now
growing In the seeds Of time. They re-
iterate that the civil war was a failure.
They denounce specie payments; they
hurrah for free silver. From Jefferson to
the Jefferson Of Nebraska every demo-
cratic leader was or is the man for their
money and they stand on every success
sive democratic platform with all their
legs.
Here Is the true, irenic democratic
spirit. The delphic platform. slightly re-
vised. is a bridge Of harmony and pom
toon Of peace for the democrats:
Resolved. That we favor all the demo-
cratic principles that have been or ever
viii be-"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-04

with the party under oath and is pre-
sumed to have sworn to the truth.
Mercer and his railroad allies and or
gans are trying to impress the people
with the idea that he is to be made the
victim Of a conspiracy of wholesale per
Jury cOncocted and executed before the
last election a year ago. That violent
presumption is fatty contradicted by
comparison of registration figures.
In 1900 the total republican registra-
ton in Omaha was 1851, or nearly
1900 heavier than in 1901, when the
total was only 9,645. If 2,40O of the men
registered as republicans insA 1901.
are democrats, the falling off would.
have been about 80 per cent, when the
truth is that the drop of nearly 1900
names on the republican register shows
general neglect and indifference on the
part Of a large percentage of the rank
and file of the party. In this shrinkage
all factions were represented, Mercer
and anti-Mercer. Inasmuch as the Mer-
Ger faction nominated most of the can
didates on the county ticket last year
and managed the campaign, they surely
must have got their full quota of the
registration.
The fairy tale about 2,40O democrats
being registered as republicans is fabri-
Gated out of whole cloth to excuse the
attempt to d%isfrsnchise, by lawless test
oaths a large number OF republicans
who oppose MERGERS denomination. II
test oaths were applied at Lincoln that
would require each voter to swear that
he supported the entire republican ticket
in 1900, nobody connected with the
Journal would be allowed to vote at a
Lancaster county primary. If the same
test oath were enforced in Douglas
county it would bar out Mercer and
two-thirds Of his following. .s't
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-04
FLASHES OF FUN.

Brooklyn Lfe: Briggs-what's your idea
OF heaven?
GriggsEwell, It's the way a man feels
the first three days after he Is home from
a summer vacation.
Philadelphia Inquirer: Struckoyle (show-
ing his art collection)-Ain't that bull light
picture. a beaut? / paid an artist 5000 to
paint that for me 20 order. -. g.
Cutting-Well! Wellt It's surprising what
some men will do for money. Isn't it2
Chicago Tribune: Upgardson-what are
you looking SO glum about?. You told me
the other day that you had thrown all your
cares to the winds.
Atom-So l had. But the wind changed
and brought them back.
Philadelphia Record: BlobbsIThat fellow
seems to have a wonderful power of max
ing people do what they don't want to do.
Is he a book agent2
Slobbs-Oh, no; he's only a professional
hypnotist. .r-
Cleveland Plain Dealer: when Mr.. Nor
What do you argue from that?'
either hemisphere from tipping up"
Philadelphia Press: Tarkley-Nas your
trip to Coney Island e~xpensiver
Markley@ should say. Why, Il cost me
$50 just to pick shells on the beach.
Tarkley-Oh, come on
Markley-Fact. / ran up against a
thimble-rigger and I didn't pick the right
shell once.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-04
DANCER IN leNoRANr AGITATION.

OANNAh Nv A0AfftaNA AoNs
With characteristic directness and
force President Roosevelt points out the
danger there is in ignorant agitation re-
garding the great Industrial comblna-
lions. It is not the destruction OF
these that is to be sought, as urged by
some political demagogues, but the cor
rection Of the evils connected with them.
If it were entirely practicable to destroy
the combinations the effect, as the presi-
dent says, would be destructive beyond
the trusts. These could not be elimi-
mated from the business of the country
without putting a severe check upon
business and prosperity. Mr.. Roose-
welt correctly characterized as a quack
and al enemy to the republic the man
who advocates destroying the industrial
combinations by measures which would
paralyze the industries of the country.
1t is not n revolutionary but a RENE
dial policy that is to be desired.
Thoughtful men, who can consider the
question without prejudice, do not urge
striking down the combinations, but the
correction Of the evils and abuses Incl
dent to them. Such men understand
that to destroy the trusts would neces-
sarily result in damaging business gen.
orally, that individual enterprises would
inevitably suffer. This must be per-
fectly obvious to everybody of practical
experience. The Industrial combina-
lions are so great a factor in the bust
ness Of the country that their destruc-
ton could not be effected without doing
tremendous injury to all interests. As
to those who advocate revolutionary
measures the president said: Those
men, II they should succeed, could do
nothing to bring about a solution of the
great problems with which we are con-
cerned. If they should destroy certain
of the evils at the cost of overthrowing
the well being Of the entire country 1t
would mean merely that there would
come a reaction In which they and their
remedies would be hopelessly dis
credited"
Destruction of the great combinations
being impracticable or impossible, they
must be subjected to such supervision
and regulation as will protect the public
against the evils and abuses now. COM
planned Of. The president believes this
can be done and there is no doubt he will
urge congress to take some action. The
sincerity Of the president in this mat
ter is unquestionable. He wants some
thing done, but whether he will be able
to induce congress to act is Of course
uncertain. Representative Littleheld in
tends to make a persistent effort to
secure legislation at the next session
and 1t is the understanding that he will
have the earnest backing Of the admins
tration. Perhaps he will be successful,
at least to the extent Of securing legisla-
ton providing for publicity, which Mr..
Roosevelt regards as very essential. 1t
certainly seems to be the dictate Of wis
dom, from a political point Of view, that
the party in control of congress should
respond to the popular demand for legis-
lation to correct trust evils. Meanwhile
ignorant agitation is to be condemned,
since its tendency is to create and foster
an erroneous public sentiment which
can. have no other than a harmful effect.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-04
CURRENCY MADE FLExIBLE.
Increasing the Circulation to Meet
the Crop Emergency.
Philn dnlnhin Presa

AAAAaNh"AkhH -
A banking currency based on bonds can
always be made safe, but It can never. be
made flexible, Just as a currency based on
assets can be made flexible, but never can
be given absolute safety.
Secretary Shaw has. however, Just shown
how much can be done by provision and
energy to render a bank currency based
on bonds flexible. The steady advance in
United States bonds has abruptly checked
the growth in banking circulation which
had before been in progress. Between
January /, 1900, and January 1, 1902. ma
tional bank notes increased In volume
Se4. O00, 900. This was the highest point
reached. or $3.50. 900. 900. The rapid ad-
vance Of government bonds, particularly
In rs. which have wholly falsihed Senator
Aldrich's confident prediction that they
would remain at par, led bankers to with
draw their currency. and the aggregate
had fallen by July 1. $500, 900. A slight
increase took place in August. but It has
been plain that II the currency in cirou-
lstion is to increase as It should for fall
needs in moving the crops It must be
along the line of bank notes. as govern
ment receipts are too near to government
expenditures to make 1t probable that any
disbursement could place by the treasury
through the purchase Of bonds which Sec
rotary Shaw suspended last January.
Ordinarily any application for an In
crease in national bank currency takes
so long. owing to the routine methods
Of the Treasury department, that an
e~xigency is over before the bills can be
supplied. Secretary Shaw, however, by
having bills printed in advance. by quick
ening the machinery Of the Treasury de-
partment and by a 1udiciously worded cir
cular, which reminded great bankers that
the United States had some 1926, 900, 900 ON
deposit in banks which It could withdraw,
has led the leading banks Of the country
to share in an application for about $685.
0Oo, 200 in new currency, The profit on this
will be small. On the currency itself
there will probably be none whatever at
the existing price Of government bonds,
which. under the purchase this increase
brought, abruptly rose.
This Is the misfortune Of having linked
at critical moments the government credit
and banking facilities for the supply of
CURRENCY, but when this exists the best
that can be done is to ameliorate. the
situation, as Secretary Shaw has by his
energetic action.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-04
ExpENsIVE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

It is hardly worth while to enter into
an elaborate discussion about kinder
gartens to prove that they have become
an integral part Of the modern primary
school system. Nobody advocates their
abolition, but true friends of the public
schools contend that there is plenty Of
room for improvement in kindergarten
instruction. The clamor for more kim
dergartens is simply a clamor for more
places on the public school pay roll for
young people who want to earn a salary
for practicing as teachers in children's
play rooms and old women who desire
to v~egetate In those play rooms at the
expense of the public.
The fact that Omaha has a larger
number of kindergartens and kin
dergarten teachers than any other
city of equal population in Amer
lea affords sufficient proof that the
kindergartens have not suffered at the
hands of the school board, but, on the
contrary, that the school board has
overdone the thing at the expeHseaYof
OlACl OldhShCb VI AhSNA uNdOh bHub z
quire more teachers and better teachers
than we now have.
OF course, kindergarten teachers who
are on the pay roll and would-be teach
ers who. are not on the pay roll will
utterly, disagree with us on this score.
But the rank and file Of educators and
the great body of patrons Of the public
schools, who are deeply concerned in
our public school system and desire SYM
metrical education all along the line
rather than lopsided education stimu-
lated by sentimental gush. will agree
with The Bee that there is such a thing
as OVERRIDING the kindergarten business
by substituting kindergartens for
nurseries and loading upon kindergarten
teachers the work that properly de-
wolves upon the mother and the nurse
girl.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-04
LOOK PLEASANT.
Somerville Journal.

somerville Journal.
We cannot, OF course, all be handsome,
And it's hard for. us all to be good.
We are sure now and then to be lonely,
And we don't always do as we should.
To be patient is not always easy,
To be cheerful is much harder still,
But at least. we can always be pleasant,
If we make up our minds that we will
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And II pays every time to be kindly,
Although you feel worried and blue;
IL you smile at the world and look cheer
full,
The world will soon smile back at you.
So try TO brace up and look pleasant,
No matter how low you are down.,
Good humor is always contagious,
But you Danish your friends when you
frown. tfn
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-04

John N. Baldwin still keeps himself in
evidence through daily proclamations
and pronunciamentos. His latest is an
assurance to the public hat the Union
Pacific has hired a sufficient number of
bricklayers and hodcarriers to keep up
its construction work on the new ma
chine shops. Why the political attor-
ney Of the Union Pacific should dip his
a into brick and mortar is incompre-
hensibla.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-04
A VERY GOOD CnSr0MER.


Statistics of Canadian trade for the last
fiscal year show that the Dominion i'm
ported from this country merchandise
to the value of more than $3.50, 900, 900,
while the importatlons from Great
Britain amounted to only $40, 1000,
Notwithstanding the preferential duties
favOring imports from the latter. The
Springfield Republican suggests that
the figures will doubtless stimulate the
movement in the Dominion for retaliat-
ing tarin legislation against this coun-
try unless we are willing to make a
liberal reciprocity arrangement.
Possibly the advocates Of a higher
tariff in American products will have
their cause somewhat strengthened by
the showing Of imports from this coun-
try, which increased $10,0 900, 900 over
last year, but 1t appears that the Ca
nadians SO much prefer American to
British goods that a increase in the
tariff, unless made p~rohibitory, would
probably not have any serious effect
upon our exports to Canada. 1t is most
unlikely that the Dominion will go to
any extreme in this matter, because 1t
m%anifestly has nothing to gain from
a commercial war with the United
States. AS to ~redproolty the canadians
should bysthis time understand that II
cannot be forced. They should also
know that its attainment depends upon
- "EIHH
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-04
Promoting the sharpshooter.
New York world.

New York World.
The army proposal to increase the pay Of
the s~harpshooter follows logically the mod
ern tactical changes. Smokeless powder
and the open formation of lines have made
today's battles affairs rather of individuals
than of masses. So the man who can "pick
his man" has his value naturally increased.
The spectacular suffers loss. but by the
token the cause Of lasting peace will
eventually find gain.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-04

What would be thought Of the chair
man of the state central committee If
he should undertake to bar out one set
of candidates and force on the party
another set of candidates by arbitrary
ruling and refusal to carry into effect
the rules and orders Of the committee
This is precisely what Chairman Goss is
trying to do in trying to use his position
in the interest of Mercer and against all
of MERGERS competitors.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-04

The nominee OF the socialists for
county attorney attempted to decline
the honor because he is not a lawyer,
but was drafted into the service on the
assurance that 1t made no difference
whether the county attorney is a lawyer
or not. Our socialist friends must have
set their standard by the present popo-
cratic incumbent.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-04
Mennce of the CoaI strike.
SnrinRaeld Republican.

DpEIHbHNU "oPWEE~
1t is not only the individual that suffers
from the coal strike. The public schools in
many cities are likely to be seriously af-
fected by the nhanced cost Of coal, and II
the strike continues unpleasant retrench-
ments may be necessary in more than one
town. In Washington. d. c., real uneasi-
ness on the part of the school commission
ers is reported; and the borough of Brook
lyn is troubled at the prospect Of closing
several schools.