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Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-25

New York World BY advancing wages
and frelghts simultaneously it is now esti-
mated that the railroads will put about
$50, 100000 more in the pockets of their
employees and about 1920. .O00, 900 more in
their own, leaving them a clean net profit
OF $70,0O0,000 The general public should
be thankful that the railroads are not
frequently seized with these fits Of gener-
osity.
Baltimore American: Railroads are not
making friends by increasing freight rates.
nor is the public convinced that such In
crease is rendered necessary by an in
crease in the cost Of operation. They are
doing larger business than ever before.
and the rates, II anything, should be re-
duced. The demands upon them are very
heavy now and their profits are corre-
spondingly large.
Louisville Courier Journal: The recent
increase in wages on the railroads, taken
in connection with the slight decrease in
net earnings for September, has caused an
advance in freight rates. AS the roads are
overrun with traffic, the shortage OF cars
being estimated at about $4,000, though
$4,000 new cars have been added during
the year, the situation is such as to put
the railways in a position where they can
insist on an advance, and 1t seems they
are doing 1t, although II is denied that the
rise in rates will be general. The advance
hardly seems justlhable.
Philadelphia Record: Probably In making
the shift of burden from their own should
ers to the shoulders OF their customers
the railway companies have chosen to put
the weight where It may most readily be
borne. Unless the iron and steel makers
and the farmers shall be able to reduce the
rate of wages paid by them they will have
to pay the increased freight rates and
make the best OF It. The prosperity there
fore, that falls into the lap OF labor the
astute railway managers have merely acted
as agents in transferring from other
sources Of supply. There is a suspicion
that when the balance is struck there will
be a superfiux left in their hands.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-25
THE RULES OF rBE HOUSE.

/, According to Washington dispatches
one of the contests in the next congress
will be in connection with the rules of
the house of representatives. A number
OIL republican representatives are op-
posed to the present regulations, which
have prevailed for several years, or in
deed since introduced by that greatest
of all speakers, Thomas B. Reed, and
there is very strong disposition to have
change in the rules that will give
greater opportunity for individual mem
bers to promote the particular legisla-
ton in which they are interested.
1t is easy to understand the objection
to the present rules. They are, unques-
tionably, arbitrary to a very consider
able extent, but that very principle has
been found necessary in order to enable
the majority to have its way and con-
sequently to secure legislation. 1t is
well understood what the situation was
before the Reed rules were introduced.
Prior to that time there was obstruction
W ASSAStotiVA III Tic hOu5c VI IepIeSehLd-
tives which rendered it almost impossi-
BILE to get action on any question. A
minority could defeat anything which
it desired. The Reed policy gave the
majority the power that properly be-
longed to 1t and since then the house of
representatives has been In a position to
carry out the will of the majority under
all circumstances.
Whether or not this parliamentary
practice should be continued is a ques-
ton Of some interest and to some public
men Of more than ordinary concern.
For example, 1t is stated upon what
appears to be excellent authority that
Representative Hepburn of Iowa pro-
poses to make hard fight at the repub-
lican caucus TO be held when congress
convenes for a more democratic system
of house organization. 1t is said that
he viii not contend for a general revl.
sion Of the house rules unless he finds
a strong sentiment for 1t, but is going
to confine his work to one particular
phase of the alleged existing despotlC
system. Representative Hepburn Is by
no means alone in believing that the
present rules Of the house should DC
modified and it is by no means Inn
probable that his views in this respect
| will prev all In the next congress,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-25

The annual report Of the first assistant
postmaster general contains an interest
ing description of the work of the dead
letter office, with an enumeration Of the
variegated property which seeks owner
ship there. The great bundles of dead
letter papers used to pad the circula-
ton statements Of local claim-all sheets
are not included because they are not
distributed through the mails. but are
carted by the wagonload direct from the
publication Office to the junk dealer.
The circulation statements Of these
sheets never show any return papers.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-25

versy between Great Britain and Venez-
uela involving territorial rights should
be submitted to arbitration and the
British government yielded.
1t now appears that the government
of Venezuela is disposed to take ad-
vantage of this position on the part of
the United States and insist upon GER
tain rights not authorized by interna-
tional law, which it is expected our
government will sustain the southern re-
public in against the protest and action
of European powers. The government
of Venezuela having established a So
called blockade, which in the opinion of
several European governments is not
effective under the rules of international
law and has therefore been disre-
garded, the Venezuelan government is
manifesting a disposition to make scrI-
Gus trouble with those powers.
The folly of this attitude is obvious
and persistence in it must result to the
great injury of Venezuela, but it seems
10 W lllt lluDItSSlOl III lildJ GUILTY. Nhdl
it will be sustained in it's position
by the United States. 1t is another illus
tration of the fallacious notion COM
monty entertained by the southern re-
publlcs that it is the policy of the United
States, under the Monroe doctrine. to
protect them in whatever they may do
in regard to foreign powers. In this
they misapprehend the tc1e meaning of
that doctrine, which is not intended to
relieve them from their just duties and
responsibilities as Independent states.
The latest report is that the Nenez-
uelan government intends to insist upon
what it conceives to be its rights end
to this there can be no objection, but
in order to enlist the support of the
United States that republic must make
it perfectly clear that there is iustii.
cation for its position.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-25
A Picturesque Reunion.
springfield Republican.

INCpubhSdhs
1t Is a picturesque announcement that
diplomatic relations between Greece and
Persia are about to be resumed after an
interval of non-intercourse extending over
1888 years. The last diplomatic relations
between the two powers. It is said, was
when Darius. in 491 b. c., sent heralds to
Athens to demand the submission OF the
Greeks to Persia. The immortal defense Of
the pass at Thermopylae by Leonidas
against the Persian host was in $50 B. G.
The sending OF heralds 10 Athens by Darius
was not equivalent to the modern eoneep-
tion OF continued diplomatic intercourse,
but the episode perhaps will serve in the
way Il Is now used in order TO connect the
Persia and Greece OF today with their
mighty predecessors Of the ancient world.
II the two countries were embodied some
how in spirit and had kept their faculties
all these years they might now sit down
and have an interesting talk over their eK-
perienees since the days Of Darius. XerXes
and AlexAndeE.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-25

The developments in the train of the
coal strike bring out forcibly the fact
that independent coal mining companies
are absolutely at the mercy of the coal
carrying railroad companies, which, in
addition, are engaged in mining opera
tions. No secret is made Of the latter
fact. Yet the Pennsylvania constitution
expressly prohibits the railroad COM
panies from engaging in mining. The
state constitution seems to be as null
and void where railroad interests inter
vene as the thirteenth, fourteenth and
fifteenth amendments to the national
constitution with respect to the suffrage
of colored citizens.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-25
PRESCRIPTIONS ron TROUBLE.
Common Sense NOurishment Ladled
out without Price.
Saturday Evening Post.

Saturday Evening Post.
Never since the first sick man grumbled
have there been so many cures for the body
known in the world as now. That man ia
the exception who has not been cut to
pieces and mended up again. There are
dozen schools OF healing for every disease.
One physician attacks the liver, another
the bone a third the skin. They assail
you with drugs, with heat, cold mud, mag
netism and prayer. They lock you up in
box and bake you, or turn a swarm OF
bees in on you, or bathe you in purple
light. So much do we care for the body.
But who cures the hurt soul? What pat
ent medicine will dry tears?
You have worked hard and honestly in
life, perhaps, and suddenly you are struck
down on the road and thrown aside--a
failure. Or the being dearest to you. your
wife or the boy who was flesh OF your flesh.
your one care and hope in life. is dead
was put out OF your sight, yesterday, in
that cut in the muddy ground yonder, Never
to come back home--never to speak to you
or touch you again. What are you to do?
The hours and days and years must creep
on and on before you can go to him. Or
perhaps the hurt is not a vital stab like
that, but some mean, belittlng shame,
some vulgar disgrace that has fallen on
you by no fault of yours. You think that
you never shall lift your head or look your
friends in the eyes again.
What can you do? You are young and
strong; Is life over now and dead7 No
doctor prescribes for these hurts; no drug
touches them Yet there are homely pre-
scriptions which do give relief.
First, don't disguise the wound to your
self. 1t is there, real; it may never heal.
When Pope was an old man he wept Bit
terly at his mothers grave. Not all Of the
long years, he said, had healed the hurt
of her going away.
Don't touch your wound But your phys
ical nerves are weakened, your vitality Is
lessened. Go to work there.
Is there any occupation or amusement
which you especially relish? Take 1t up.
Be It the theater, or novel reading, or
photography, or cookery-go to It, Don't
mind what the neighbors say. You will be
surprised and perhaps a little ashamed to
find how soon your pulses will grow regu-
lar and your thoughts sane.
Next, stiffen yourself to carry your grief
alone. Don't drip the black flood hourly
on to your neighbors. Be sure each Of
them has his own load to carry. Look for
1t. Give him a helping hand with 1t.
And after year or two of this common
sense nourlshment of yourself you will
suddenly see that going through the vale
OF misery you have made It a straight road
to the heights.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-25
Notable sympathy strike.
Indlanapolis journal.

IHuIdHdpOIs JOuTndI
One OF the most remarkable labor strikes
on record is that Of nearly 300 coal miners
at Washington, Ind, who struck on
Wednesday in the interest Of the mules
employed in the mines. They declared that
the animals were not properly cared for,
were often worked without having been fed
or watered, and that they themselves
would not work unless the mules were bet
ter treated. 1t was a sympathetic strike,
and 1t did honor to the men.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-25
ExPEDITIOUs WORK BY CONGRESS
Important Legislation Planned for
the short Session.
Philadelphia Press.

Philadelphia Press.
President Roosevelt Is anxious to accom-
plish something definite at the coming ses-
sion Of congress and is taking the wise way
to bring It about. He not only consults
with people generally, and with his cabinet,
but he calls in leading members Of con-
gress to make certain, as far as possible,
that he will not waste his efforts on that
body.
The session will last only three months.
When the holidays and the time when con-
gress will not meet are excluded there will
be much less than three months for actual
work. The appropriation bills must all be
passed, and there are numerous measures
considered in part at the first session which
will come UP for final disposal at the sec
ond session. To take up measures relating
to trusts. the tariff. treaties and so on with
any view OF disposing OF them depends en-
tirely on the temper OF congress.
II disposed to attend to work closely there
is ample time to do all the important work
that may be brought to the attention OF
congress. On the other hand, work can
easily be excluded OF defeated by nlibuster-
ing in the senate or by adJourning over
from Thursday 10 Monday and by dilly-
dallying methods we'll understood by old
first congress a great deal OF very important
legislation was passed in addition to the
appropriation bills. The same thing can be
done now II the senate can be induced TO at
tend to business and legislate.
The conferences between the president
and leading senators should result in
prompt legislation. There is no trouble
with the house. A commission to take uI
the tariff question can be provided early in
| the session. A bill TO amend the laws re-
lating to trusts, so as to meet the presi-
dents views, could be put through in quick
time, provided republican senators so de-
sire, and so on with other needed legisla-
| tiOn.
That would suit the nation and avoid any
necessity for an extra session. The ques-
tion is will Il be done2 II not II will bC
solely because Of open OF secret opposition
But the prospects are for harmonious, sue
eessful and expeditions work
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-25
COMPETITION IN STEEL.

1t has not been long since the an
nouncement of merger of steel COM
panies into a concern of S5OOOO,OOO cap
ital would have excited wonder Such
n combination, however, now seems
small in comparison with a colossal
organization like the United States
Steel company with a capitalization of
nearly billion and n half. Nevertheless,
the confederation of several independent
steel companies under the name of the
Union Steel company is a reminder of
the important fact, the fact that Is
destined to grow in Importance, that the
stupendous Morgan merger is far from
having comprehended all the efficient
plants in the steel industry even Of
this country. Besides those just now
included in the Union company there
are other strong independent steel com
panies in the east while the Colorado
Steel and Fuel company in the west
occupies n strategic position, and is so
ably managed as to be serious com
petitor of the Morgan combination, a
competitor the latter has sought most
strenuously, but SO far unsuccessfully,
to remove.
These and many other radical facts
give no small assurance that the
potency of competition has not yet been
eliminated from the steel industry,
whatever the appearance of things
may be. Many owners of independent
steel enterprises deliberately refused to
go into the Morgan merger in spite Of
what seemed to be tempting induce
ments, and it remains yet to be proved
that their judgment was not sound. So
far public attention has been centered
upon the advantageous phases of mere
magnitude of operations, in which in
some directions economies Of operation
may undoubtedly be effected, but there
are also disadvantages. The Morgan
merger is overcapitalized. The smaller
concerns are likely to have the adyan-
tage of more minute and effective super
vision of details, of keener invention
and attention to improvements and
of quicker decision and action, They
are more likely to keep free from the
burden of excessive capitalization and
from the restraints on operation almost
sure sooner or later to be caused by
speculative and other complications.
The defects of the Morgan merger in
competition with the independent con-
Germs are largely hidden in a period of
universal prosperity when every facility
in highest activity-cannOt keep pace
with the demand upon the steel indus
try. They will be uncovered, however,
whenever the tide of industry shall have
ebbed. Unless all economic history is
in error, the independent smaller con-
Germs, more compact, more instant in
adjustment free from stock market en-
tanglements, will be in better position to
meet the conditions of a changing in.
dustrial market. At least the possibil.
ity of steel competition yet remains.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-25
vENEzUELA's FoREIeN ISSUES.

The United States has had more or
less trouble with the foreign issues Of
Venezuela and the prospect is that 1t
will have more. In the controversy
between the southern republic, which
under its present administration has
been remarkably troublesome, and Great
Britain the United States government,
at the risk OF war. brought about an
arbitration agreement with England
which stil awaits inal determination.
In competition with this matter. what
ever the real merits OF the case. there
is no question that the course OF the
Venezuelan government was open to
objection. but this was disregarded by
our government in pursuance Of its
policy Of protecting the Independent
countries Of this hemisphere against all
forms Of European aggression. The
United States insisted that the eOntrO-
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-25
DUPLICATE ASSESSMENT MACHINERY

DUPLICATE ASSESSMENT MACHINERY.
The work of the tax commissioner and
the Board of Review brings out forcibly
the fact that we are maintaining an un-
necessary and costly duplication of the
machinery for tax assessment. All the
labor expended by the tax commissioner
and his assistants to make up the as
sessment roll Of property within the city
Of Omaha subject to municipal taxation
is repeated by the ward and precinct as
SCISSORS and county authorities in max
ing up a separate assessment roll for
county and state taxation.
But the unnecessary burden imposed
by the present practice extends beyond
the mere double expense for assessors
and clerks. 1t is heaviest on the indi-
vidual taxpayers, who are compelled to
devote valuable time to the return of
property schedules twice each year
when once year should suffice. 1t re-
quires them when they think they are
aggrieyed to appear before two sets of
equalizing boards where one could do
the work as we'll. The time of the busy
man is worth money to him and fire.
quently he prefers to let an inequitable
assessment stand because it involves
only few dollars when the time neces-
sary to correct it is worth more to him
in the ordinary course of his business.
The creation of a separate tax depart
ment for Omaha distinct from that for
the whole county, including Omaha, was
unquestionably justified by the deplor-
able condition of affairs we were then
suffering, which, by systematic under
valuations and listing at a small frac-
ton of true values, forced the imposi-
ton of colossal tax rates. frlghter ing
away capital and population. So
long, however, as the assessments
in other counties throughout the
state are made on basis of one-sixth or
one-seventh, it would clearly infict the
most unjust burdens If property in this
city and county were assessed only once
at their true valuation for both state and
| local lhAdllOn. NO EOOu IcuSOu GAlSlSs
however, why the law cannot be
amended to avoid the present duplication
of assessment machinery. There is no
good reason why the assessment roll as
made up by the tax commissioner for
the city of Omaha should not be used as
the basis of the assessment roll for the
county by simple division. If property
subject to city taxation is listed at its
full value, or 100 per cent while the
ratio applied in this and other counties
is but 16 per cent, dividing by 8 will
bring the city assessment down to a
uniform basis with other county and
state assessments without injustice to
any interest
To institute such reform will require
some intricate but not insurmountable
! legislation. Yet the saving that would be
effected, both to the public as a whole
and to individual taxpayers in their pri-
vate capacity, would make it worth
while for the lawmakers to make the
attempt.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-25
LIFE's HAPPY DAYS.
Baltimore American.

Baltimore American.
The happiest days of all will come not
when fame crowns the brow
With laurels of unfading hue, while all
the world doth bow
Before. the glory of it's might-before the
majesty
That wraps renown as with a robe-not
such the days we see.
These days will come-the world will hum
and gone will be joys dearth,
When the ton is In the cellar and the
scuttle's on the hearth.
The happiest hearts will beat not when
love floods two souls as one,
When warm and high in lovers veins the
tides of passion run;
Oh, raptures strongest will not thrill when
that old tale is told
But ages all ecstatic in a moments space
be rolled.
And love. will not be in It, If bliss divine
finds birth
When the ton Is in the cellar and the
scuttle's on the hearthl
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-25
Caste and Glass in Manila.
New York Outlook

4NVW UIh OUIIUVhs
Manila is a big army post socially, and
very gay. The army officers are agreeable,
and every one seems to enjoy life there. II
has been an interesting experience to come
in contact with a set of people who are SO
evidently persuaded that they belong TO a
superior caste by the simple fact that they
wear shoulder straps. 1t has also been en-
tertaining to discover that all the rest of
the world belongs to another inferior class
called civilians. or. as one ofhcer put it.,
they are only cits." OF course, a cit is not
exactly pariah, but he is sometimes made
to feel that he does not exist socially ex-
ceot in sufferance.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-25

states are under democratic control, but
they are the states which have accom-
plished the least towards solving the
trust problem. Theoretical reformers'
rampant partisans and carping critics
cannot help and can only hurt progress
towards sane and safe treatment Of this
serious subject. President Roosevelt
has taken it up with candor and
courage and the American people ap-
preciate his efforts.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-25
LINES TO A LAUGH.

Chicago Tribune: Now these" said the
dealer. opening another barrel, ARE what
we call fancy winesaps."
Yes" remarked the customer, tasting
call winesaps-in fancy"
New York Times: "Ephem, s'pose de good
Lawd should come down an look inter yer
wild all dose chickens dat yer hab stole?'
What would yer say?"
'Parson, might say dat my old 'ooman
cooked 'em, but you nows dat a man amt
bound to testify agin his Wife"
Chicago Post. ''No," said the decided
him."
Perhaps II isn't wise" replied the de-
mure young thing. but wouldn't you hate
to marry q man that some other girl had
reformedY'
Boston Courier: zone would never think
tronomers say II is"
How far is thatY
According to their calculations. it's 9O,-
900, 900 miles. Fearful distance, isn't it?"
"Oh, / don't know. l called on a girl
last evening who seemed more distant than
that"
New York Sun: Achilles was sulking in
his tent.
You see." he exclaimed bitterly. my
mother left my heel vulnerable, and I can
never play foot ball"
Seeing the greater glory was denied him,
he rushed forth to engage In minor fracas
before the walls OF Troy.
Somerville Journal: When you see 6 girl
picking a thread on young mans coat,
you can generally assume that she loves
tense of picking OF a thread that isn't
there, you can be dead sure of II.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-25

Here comes ex-senator Allen now with
a halfway endorsement of David b.
Hill, vouching for him that he would
make an ADLER executive and be frcer
from corporate influences than Cleveland
and in this respect be far preferable for
the presidency" More treason to Bryan!
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-25

Another of the fraudulent votes by
which the Mercerites carried the last
republican primaries has been unearthed
through the testimony adduced in a case
in court to which the information bear
ing on the plaintiffs nonresidence is
only incidental AS the election is over
perhaps we viii be spared having this
exposure denounced as a campaign rOOr'
back.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-25

A large number of Omaha jobbing
houses would like to expand, but cannot
find suitable quarters to accommodate
their growing needs. Omaha will have
to erect large number Of new ware
houses within a very short time.