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The colored American., 1902-03-15

schools will send them to Mrs. Yates,
2I22 Tracy Avenue, Kansas City, Mo,
these will also be forwarded to the
Ladies' Home Journal
The colored American., 1902-03-15
SOME RAYS HOPE.

e,sraI States Offering Antidotes
~ Race Prejudice Ignorance
6be Handmaiden Of Crime-A
S,Icy Review ef Persons and
Things.
The colored American., 1902-03-15

DR.. Howard Young, Phi. D. Of Bali
more, Md. was the guest of Mr.. VIM.
a. Baltimore Of II q st. Q. ", last week.
The colored American., 1902-03-15

Always conquered the grippe
with Pe-ru-na.
Witness ia q land SUIT at age
ofLI0 years.
Believes Pe-ru-na the greatest
remedy Of the age for catarrhal
diseases.
The colored American., 1902-03-15

Born before United States was
formed.
Saw ~ Preside&Es elected.
Pe.ru-na has protected him
from all sudden changes.
:. Veteran Of foar wars.
Shod q horse when 80 years
old.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-10
pEMAND FOR rRusT REGuLArIpN.

There is no doubt that the demand for
the regulation and supervision of the
combinations commonly called trusts
has been very greatly strengthened and
intensified by the Of the anthra-
cite coal combine. This was the opinion
expressed a few days ago in a speech
by Senator Lodge and 1t is said to be
the view entertained in administration
circles at Washington. An unnamed
member of the cabinet is reported as
saying in regard to the coal railroad
presidents that they. have better reason
to think of the future han any other
managers of great property interests.
He declared that they AVE set them
selves above the necessities of the peo-
pie, regardless of the fact that in their
business they must look to the people
and the peoples representatives In con-
gress, expressing the opinion that as the
railroads in the anthracite region are
engaged in interstate m there
will be an effort made to amend the law
so as to reach such a condition as now
prevails. He believed there will be a
well-nigh universal demand on congress
for legislation which It will be difficult
for any n in congress to resist.
The arbitrary and arrogant attitude of
the anthracite coal operators has caused
millions of people to take a deep interest
in the question Of trust control and
regulation who had not before given it
very serious consideration. They had
never before realized how entirely the
public Is at the mercy of such a mo-
nOpoly ms that which has been estab-
lislred in the anthracite region and is
controlled by men who have shown
themselves to be utterly Indifferent to
the public interests and welfare. There
has come a general and an alarming
awakening and 1t will be followed by a
demand upon congress and state legis-
latures for legislation to protect the
public that will prove irresistible.
1t is very likely that this demand will
not be satisfied with anything short of
radical and drastic measures. IL is diff
cult for people to feel conservative under
such circumstances as the coal combine
is held responsible for and with that
object lesson ia mind they will not be
disposed to tolerate any lenlency to-
ward the combinations. Thus the prob
lem TO be dealt with may become more
difficult and ~perplexing, involving in its
solution revolutionary policies of far
reaching consequences. We may be
sure that a class OF politicians and dema.
gogues will not neglect the opportunity
to assume the position OF champions OF
the people and urge extreme remedies
Indeed some Of them are already doing
this.
President Roosevelt has pointed out
the course which he thinks should b.
pursued respecting the great combina
lions engaged In interstate business
Perhaps he Will have further suggestion
TO make In his annual message TO con
gress. At an events there is certain Il
be a public pressure upon congress 10
additional antitrust legislation whicl
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-10
HE KNEW THE GOODS.
Baltimore American.

DdA1lliOAO AAlGIACdus
He went into a druggists shop;
His step was lame and slow;
His face was thin and drawn INF long
A picture, he, OF woe.
The druggist, from behind his case.
Came smiling into view.
Good evening, sir" he blithely said,
"What can 1 do for your"
"Ah, sir" the customer replied,
MY pain | can't endure.
/ wish you'd recommend to me
A good dyspepsia cure"
I've just the thingl' the druggist cried.
ITO cure such racking ills.
You ought to try a little box
OF Dubbs' Dyspepsia Pills,
They're recommended far and near,
In testimonials which say
They surely are the best"
No" sighed the pallid stranger, then.
N pills like those for me,
Come can you not suggest at once
Some other remedy?"
Good SIR" the druggist man replied.
81 have upon my shelf
Some other cnres-but this is made
BY Doctor Dubbs himself.
"And surely" most impressively
The druggist said, you know
That Doctor Dubbs would never give
Dyspepsia any show"
Black grew the ailing strangers brow
Black as the ace Of clubs.
81 tell you / don't want those pills!
Sir, l am Doctor Dubbs!'
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-10

The letter Of Mr.. Mitchell TO Presi-
dent Roosevelt, rejecting the latter's pro-
posal for an immediate resumption Of
mining and a subsequent investigation,
must be accepted as final and conclusive
so far as the miners are concerned, the
position taken by Mitchell and the dis
trict presidents having been unani-
mously endorsed by the local unions.
This refusal Of the miners to return to
work under the conditions proposed was
not unexpected. AS we pointed out a
few days ago, II the miners were to
resume work without obtaining any Of
the concessions for which they ask 1t
would be in effect an admission that
their demands are not justiiable and
1t would place them entirely at the
mercy of the operators. However strong
their confidence may be in the good in
tentions Of President Roosevelt, they
can feel no confidence in the mine
owners and therefore will not place
themselves at the mercy Of the coal
combine. Moreover they believe, as
stated by Mr.. Mitchell, that what they
proposed at the Washington conference
was fair and in this they have the sup
port Of general public opinion.
So far as appears nothing is to be tx
pected in the way of concessions from
the operators. Having been given COM
plete military, protection, they will en-
deayor to secure enough men to resume
mining, as they have asserted they
could do If men willing to work were
properly protected. The indications are
that they will fail. The miners almost
to a man have voted to continue the
strike. There is no appearance of de-
lection in their ranks and no complaints
from them are being heard. 1t looks,
then, as though the end of the struggle
is still remote. The dispatches report
numerous conferences and mysterious
movements, but they seem to have little
significance and at any rate are without
practical result. 1t is useless to theorize
in regard to such a conflict OF i'm
practicable plans there nave been
enough. What is manifestiy needed is
that all the constitutional powers of the
state Of Pennsylvania shall be put in
force TO terminate this war that is
threatening the gravest consequences to
the country. 1t is alleged that the rail
roads responsible for the intolerable sit
uation are violating the constitution of
Pennsylvania. The governor should lose
nc time in asking the courts to de-
termine this. He has too long trifed
with the situation and further derelic.
ton will be objectionable.
Meanwhile the prospect for consumers
Of anthracite coal is exceedingly gloomy
and indeed the entire coal situation is
most unpromising, for the supply OF
bituminous may fail below the de
mand, should the winter be more thar
ordinarily severe, while coal prices have
probably not yet reached the limit. II
is possible that IL anthracite mining
were resumed at once, or within a week
or I'VE and actively pushed the demand
could be met, but it appears safe tC
say that a majority of the people whC
have used anthracite will have to us,
bituminouss during most Of the coming
winter, and at about the price formerly
paid for hard coal.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-10
Personal NOTES.
in this mi

There is no Joy in Panama, although Adj
miral Casey's at the bat.
President Butler of Columbia thinks about
$40, 900, 900 additional would do as a starter
for that institution. t
Brigadier General William H. Bisbee is
about to retire, having served more than
forty years in the army.
Cuba has started to grant concessions to
m~onopolies. By and by 1t will be asking
concessions from the monopolies.
October is doing it's part toward making
up for summers shortcomings. II Novem-
Der will do as well we may be happy yet.
The president has been invited to hunt
moose in Minnesota, but just now he has all
the game he can attend to right at home.
The Indiana doctor who claims that he can
bring the dead to life understands the art
of getting free advertising for a new patent
medicine.
Mayor McNamee Of Cambridge, Mass,
proposes to sell the wood In the old build
ings on the Elm street school house lot as
a means of relief to the poor people. q
Captain w. l.. Rice, who has been mayor Of
Bristol, Tenn, ever since that place be-
came a city. resigned the other day. plead
ing that being 20 years of age he was getting
too old to properly fill the place.
The late MI william Marsh of Capetown
made a'bequest to the South African Wes-
leyan church OF $500 900 for the purpose OF
establishing the Marsh Memorial Homes"
for the destitute white children Of South
Africa.
Senator Hawley Of Connecticut is stead
fly improving. In some quarters doubts
have been expressed about his being able
to return to Washington in time for the
opening OF congress. AS a matter OF fact,
he and his family expect to go to their
Washington home this week.
Fishermen in and around Gloucester.
Mass, are firmly of opinion that Rudyard
Kipling has 'the evil eye" He wrote a
book about them some years ago and
named twenty fishing boats therein. Every
one Of these boats has met with disaster.
the last two having foundered in a recent
gale. Among English soldiers there are
not a few who also think that there is
something uncanny about Kipling's eye.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-10
Industries i'm Middle West
Cleveland PlaIn Dealer

The grouping Of the manufacturing sta
tistics OF a number Of the states, as pub
lished in the census bulletins up to the
present time, has enabled a comparison to
be made between the progress in the last
decade Of manufactures in a group Of east
ern states that formerly far outrapked all
others In this respect and a corresponding
number Of states OF the middle west form
ing a group adjoining the former.
The eastern group lie made up Of the six
New England states, with New York, New
Jersey. Pennsylvania and Delaware. In
the census Of 1880 these states produced
more than 81 per cent Of all the manufac-
lures Of the country. That percentage
had changed considerably in the census Of
1880. but in the census OF 1900 these ten
states produced but a fraction over 80 per
cent Of the manufactures Of the United
States. All the other sections had made
a decided increase during the last decade,
but the middle west is now crowding hard
on the heels Of the eastern states and by
the next census will undoubtedly be much
nearer an equality than at present.
The ten states brought into comparison
with the eastern group include Ohio on
the east and Kansas and Nebraska on the
west, with the intervening states OF In
diana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Mime
sofa, Missouri and Iowa. In 1890 these
states had 1924 less manufacturing estab-
lishments than the ten eastern states. In
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-10
HOME RULE FoR CITIES.
Petty PRrtiSanship Dominates the
Ma Ohio Legislature.
Chicago News Cind.)


.5. Ohio Legislature.
a, Chicago News Qnd.)
Ohio Is usually classed as a progressive
state, but in the rejection of the measure
providing home rule for cities the Ohio
legislature has placed that commonwealth.
in one particular, in the same category
with the most backward and boss-ridden
Of states. The bill In question stood for q
principle which is now recognized to be of
paramount Importance to the advancement
Of American municipalities. 1t proposed to
take questions Of purely local import out
Of the hands of politicians at the state
capital and place municipal administrator
on n nonpartisan business basis. 1t recog-
nized the principle that in all questions OF
local concern the people OF the municipality
should have the power to determine how
their city should be administered and how
it's public service utilities should be con-
trolled.
The only conceivable explanation for the
failure TO pass this vitality important meas
ure is that partisan and political interests
proved too strong, The bosses at the state
capital were unwilling to give up a system
by which they in company with the local
bosses could exploit LOCAL government fer
all that it was worth.
Ohio has taken a ~perilous step backward
in this matter.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-10
A CAUSE TO SACRIFICE ron.
Chancellor Andrews Refusal of an
n salary.
Boston transcript.


The action OF Chancellor e.. Benjamiu
Andrews Of Nebraska university In refusing
a raise OF salary from that institution be-
cause he thought Il could not AFFORD TO
take the money from ITS treasury at this
time Is another illustration OF the fact
that education as we'll as the church has tie
prophets and souls devoted TO its advance
ment. This kind OF self sacrifice, OF
which examples are not intrequent, is not,
however. the highest form that the devotion
OF instructors TO their life work takes. The
daily giving OF the best in the heart and
brain which thousands OF devoted teachers
practice costs more and counts more than
any sacrifice OF money possibly can. Tho
quiet attempts to understand the minds
and develop the latent manliness Of way
ward boys. the persistent efforts TO help
the growing womanliness Of thoughtless
girls tries the patience and wearles the
body and soul of many toilers in our
schools.
This unreuuired work is harder to per-
form sometimes because II seems to lack
recognition. and those who steadily con-
tinue in 1t are entitled to be called great
among our builders Of coming social and
Industrial life. It is noticed more. how
ever, than It may appear to be to the teach
ers. The mistress OF the school room
holds an enviable place in the regard OF all
classes OF people. Neither the clergy nor
those who hold high Office in the state or
nation command such an ever-present fund
Of popular good will as do those who teach
the pupils Of the public schools. The ire
mendous burdens imposed upon the tax
payers by the task OF giving a hrst-class
modern education TO every child born or
brought 60 our country's care causes at
times an impatient. restless spirit to be
manifested at school expenses. but no dis
satisfaction has ever caused any noteworthy
proportion Of the people to feel that too
much was being done for the teachers OF the
children.
We're It not that the large yearly increase
in the number OF pupils taxes the financial
resources of school authorities TO the utmost
to provide for, there would be less com
ment upon school expenses and even more
would be done to make the position OF good
teachers desirable and their work easier to
perform.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-10
CBARTER plsCUssIONt IN ORDER.

Omaha's present city charter was
framed six years ago. In many respects
it is an improvement on previous char
tiers. In some respects it has proved by
experience to be defective and not sufi-
GENTLY elastic to meet the changing con-
ditions of the city.
In several particulars the people of
Omaha are vitality concerned in secur-
ing speedy relief. The most crying need
is a revision of those provisions that re-
late to the taxing powers of the city now
at variance with our new mode of as
sessment.
Under the system prevailing at the
time the charter was framed city taxes
were imposed on assessments made by
elective ward assessors on the anne
basis of valuation adopted for state and
county taxation. Under the tax COM
missioner system the valuation of prop
erty for city taxation is at variance with
that for county taxation. For 1902 the
county assessment was presumed to
represent 16 per cent Of the actual value,
while the city assessment is at the ratio
Of 40 per cent of the actual value. For
next year the assessment for municipal
purposes will be for actual value as near
as possible, while county and state as
sessments are liable to remain Mt 16 per
cent. In view of the fact that the rail
road property In Omaha represents at
least one-seventh of all taxable property
value in the city, the provision of the
charter that requires the tax commits
sioner to assess railroad property at the
mileage rate valuation fixed by the
state board is an injustice to all other
classes of taxpayers that must be mani
fest to every unprecedented mind. While
the state boards assessments have for
years been extremely low, the wrong
perpetrated becomes more fragrant with
the greater divergence between the
ratio fixed by the state board and that
adopted by the tax commissioner.
No relief can be had from this exemp-
ton of the railroad property from city
taxation until the railroad property is
assessed on the same basis as all other
property in the city.
While the assessment Of all property
at actual value will raise the debt limit
of the city so as to place it in position
to enlarge it's system of public improve
ments, there is danger of extravaganza
unless additional limitations are placed
against projects that would enormously
increase the city debt.
= Another question that should be dealt
with in the revised charter is the issue
of warrants against future revenue and
the refunding of debts created by over
laps.
The paving problem should also be
dealt with in the revised charter on
lines suggested by experience.
Last, but not least, the revised charter
should make provision for home rule
In the management of the police and fire
departments as well as of the parks.
To postpone all discussion OF charter
changes until after election will leave
Omaha in the same condition it has
found itself time and again, when ali
charter revision was frustrated by cor.
pOrate interference. If we are to have
any charter reform, we must formulate
it and pledge all candidates for the leg.
islature to carry 1t into effect.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-10

1900 the difference had been reduced to a.
9S5. During the decade the east had added
40,SS4 establishments. while the middle
west had added SO, 1853. In value Of manu-
featured products the east is still consider
ably ahead Of the middle west, producing
in 1900 a total value Of 50, 54S. 7S2, SIS. while
that Of the ten middle western states was
$4,316, T7S,424. But In the decade the east
ern states had made a gain Of 32.9 per cent,
while the gain in the middle western states
was 36.9 per cent.
During the ten years there had been a
larger amount Of new capital invested in
manufacturing in the east than in the mid
die west, whether regarded positively or
relatively. On the other hand. the returns
in value Of product on the amount OF cap
ital invested and number OF hands en-
ployed were higher in the west than in
the east. The average value OF the product
to each $1,000 capital in 1900 was S1.2lS In
the east and 81 ,4s4 in the west. The value
Of product in the east was S2,341 to each
wage Garner. while in the west 1t was 81, SIS.
Thus it took less capital and labor to produce
the same value Of manufactured product
in the west than in the east. That may
partially explain why the middle west Is
building up its manufacturing interests at
a more rapid rate than the eastern states
that at one time had a practical monopoly
of manufacturing.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-10

Eastern papers are commenting on a
pipe dream yarn said to have emanated
from Nebraska TO the effect that the
Bryan democrats of the west would like
to have Richard olney as the demo
cratic candidate for the presidency In
1904. All other considerations aside,
the Bryanite democrats of the west will
neve 80 TO Grover Cleveland's cabinet
for presidential timber. Mr.. olney need
not take TO the woods as yet to escape
being drafted
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-10

Harper's Weekly refers to Bird S.
Coler, who has been put up by the demo-
Gratis Of the Empire state to make the
race against Governor Odell, as "vacillat-
ing, inconsequential and incompetent"
and expresses regrets that his certain
defeat, no matter how overwhelming,
will not even have the merit of quench-
ing an Unsuitable thirst for office in
particular and notoriety in general. IL
the people of New York refuse to take
Coler's candidacy seriously no one out
side of New York should waste any
time worrying about it.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-10

Grave danger exists that the South
Omaha assessorship, that was once con-
sidered of more Importance politically
than the presidency of the United States,
is fast losing its prestige. If an assessor
cannot pocket padded fees on fake
names Of pretended deputies without
subjecting himself to criminal prosecu-
ton, the office will not be worth trying
For
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-10
HnrRENcHMENr rHAr DOES NOT

A1EhAhLAOE
With the opening Of every new year
Omaha always turns over a new leaf,
with promises of retrenchment as the
keynote in every branch of the public
service. The mayor and city council
invariably declare In favor of the aboli-
ton of %sinecures and a general wedding
out of ~tax-eaters. The Board of Educa-
ton solemnly pledges itself to a revision
of the salary list, the abolition of fads
and frills and strict adherence to bust
ness methods in the management of the
affairs Of the public schools. The county
commissioner trump the cards by the
adoption of resolutions to do away with
useless and worthless salary grabbers
and a most vigorous use of the new
broom.
All these good resolutions and all the
swearing off do not, however, arrest the
current Of extravaganza, wastefulness
and general disregard of the rights and
interests of the taxpayer. Reforms
promised in January are thrown over
board In March, and the month Of Octo-
Der brings to the forefront the usual
overlaps running into the thousands and
thousands and a corresponding increase
in the floating debt, which, in the long
run, has to be funded by an issue of
bonds. This is precisely the condition
which confronts us this year., as it has
in previous years, and will continue to
confront us until the officials that ere
ate these overlaps are prosecuted and
they and their bondsmen are compelled
to make good the losses entailed by reck-
less and lawless expenditure of public
funds.