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Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-27
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President Roosevelt's proclamation
designating n national thanksgiving day
says that I'm the more than a century
and a quarter since the United States
took its place among the nations Of the
eartn He nave had on the whole more
to be thankful for han has fallen to the
lot Of any other people. Each succeed
ing generation has had its burdens and
its trials, yet decade by decade we have
struggled onward and upward and now
abundantly enjoy material well-being.
The ear that has just closed" says
the proclamation, has been one of peace
and of overlooking plenty. Rarely has
any people enjoyed greater prosperity
than we are now enjoying. For this
we render heartfelt and solemn thanks
to the Giver of Good, and we seek to
praise Him not by words only but by
deeds. by the way in which we do our
duty to our fellow men,"
In the spirit of those words all should
observe this national festival Of thanks
giving. The season of joy should also
be a season Of charity and mutual good
will. Out of the great material pros
perity that has blessed the labors of all
classes Of workers in every section Of
the union there should come a genuine
spiritual uplifting that will enable men
to see the brighter and the better side
Of our national life and appreciate more
fully the splendid opportunities it af-
fords. Any good citizen. no matter
what his religious belief, a join with
his fellow citizens on the day set apart
In heartfelt thanks for the bounteous
good things heaped on the nation and
the people during the year. That is the
primary meaning of the day, though
there are others hardly less significant
which have grown as the day itself has
expanded into a national occasion.
Thanksgiving, though in its origin it
was purely local and up to the time Of
the civil var had scarcely any official
recognition outside of New England,
has become an essentially national
festival and undoubtedly is permanently
established as such. The Pilgrim
Fathers perhaps left no more distinct
impress upon the country than that
which is perpetuated in the thanksgiving
observance. 1t is certainly well that
the nation takes one day In the year to
consider the state Of the body polite
and express gratitude not only for ma
ter.al ~well-being, but also for the main
tenance of the institutions that have
brought such happiness and prosperity.
Surely no nation has better reason thar
this to be thankful.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-27
HELPING THE HOME MARKET.

The advance In wages of hundreds of
thousands of railroad men and other m
ployes of large companies will neces-
sarily be helpful to the home market. 1t
increases the purchasing power of a
great army of wage earners to the ex-
tent of hundreds of millions Of dollars
and a large part of the increase will go
to the purchase of more of the neces-
saries and comforts of life. 1t will be a
stimulus to and productive in
dustry. There is one point, however, sug-
gests the Cleveland Leader, that is
doubtful and this is the influence which
it may have on American competition
with other nations for the markets of
the world.
That paper says that If capital accepts
whatever decrease may be necessary in
its profits, in order to advance wages
without increasing prices, looking to the
expansion of business and wider oppor-
tunities for investment for it's reward,
then the position Of this country In COM
petition for the trade of other countries
VIII be made better instead Of worse.
But If the Shippers of freight are to pay
for the increased wages Of railroad en-
ployes because of a higher average
charge for transportation, then the ad-
dition of many millions a year to the
cost of sending great staples to market
must affect the ability of American pro-
ducers TO sell their merchandise in for
eign lands" The railroads have ad-
vanced transportation charges and it is
highly probable that the shippers of the
country will more than pay the increase
in the wages of railroad employees, yet
this is hardly likely to have an appreci-
able effect upon our competition for for
eign markets. At all events, the adj
vance in wages is unquestionably Il good
thing for the home5 trade and that is the
more important consideration.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-27
THE OLD THANKsGIvIN, DAY.,

A. J. Waterhouse in New York Times.
II dreams could bring them back again. the
old Thanksgivin' days;
II wishes had the CHEEKY art of alterin' our
I'd sit again by grandpa's board an see his
kindly face;
I'd view the table bounty stored. and listen
And II the blessing halted some I would not
twist. know,
AS did my sister and myself. oh. long, long
years ago,
For now THANKSGIVING not the same; it
lacks the genial cheer
That glorihed an hallowed 1t, since grand
pa isn't here.
The blessing that he asked was long, or 40
1t seemed to me:
1t covered everything in sight, an some you
The turkey an the President. the things Of
cheer and JOY
I wriggled less. to hear him bless this
orphaned girl and boy"
AN bless our Congress-. too" he said,
with all it's sharps and fats,
An please forgive the erin ones that's
And while the mighty turkey steamed and
/ ptnched my sister meath the board to
show her how 1 felt. 3
the blessing passed,
And grandpa and the turkey met in con-
fict dire at last.
And how we children ate and ate, unmind-
full of the load,
Till auntie said in warning tones: Them
children will exploded"
We didn't mind what auntie said; we ate.
an ate, an ate,
An frequent was our bland request: some
more upon my plate?'
And when a wreck alone remained upon the
festal board,
While grandpa offered final thanks. we lack
of room deplored.
II dreams could bring them back again. the
old T~hanksgivin' days;
II l could hear my grandpa's voice in words
of grateful praise;
If at the board my sister sat, not worn and
gray and old,
But in her eyes the light of skies when
mornings were of GOLD,
Then, though the blessing wandered on
through minutes growing long,
TO cover all the peopled earth and llfe's
tumultuous throng. "
Still would / SIT in full content. or cry
"Amen!" with zeal.
For II would take a host OF words 10 sneak
the thanks I'd feel.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-27
Personal NOTES.

A thirty-ton granite monument OF plain
design has been erected over the grave OF
John sherman in the Mansfield CO.. Gene
terry. The only inscription is John sher-
man, cut on the massive block.
The Treasury building In Washington is
being thoroughly secured on the outside by
order Of Secretary shaw. Every sign OF
age. which to most observers only added TO
the beauty Of the building. Is being removed.
Some OF the men at the New York Horse
show appeared in costumes rather startling
in their kaleidoscope tint. but the majority
we're quieter than Of yore in this respect.
Hotel men there say that never before did
a horse show attract so many strangers to
town, the number being put at from $1,000
TO $4,000. AS a consequence the hotels were
enormously overerowded.
Anticipating the speedy confirmation by
the United States senate Of the appoint
ment Of Chief Justice oliver Wendell
Holmes of Massachusetts as a justice OF the
supreme court Of the United States, the
Bar association OF Middlesex county, Massa-
chusetts, has rendered him a complimentary
farewell banquet in Boston on the evening
OF December 3, and he has accepted the In
vitation. Judge Holmes is a member Of the
association. All the judges Of the supreme
and superior courts OF Massachusetts, will
be invited to attend the banquet.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-27
LAST YEAR IN THE aAILRUAD WORLD.

LAST YEAR IN THE RAILROAD WORLD.
Coincident with the orders putting into
effect an increase Of from 10 to 80 per
cent freight rates on grain, -four. coal,
iron II cement, the official reports of
the railroads for the fiscal year ending
June 30 to the Interstate Commerce
commission are published, showing the
enormous increase of their profits. There
was an increase of 10 per cent in net
earnings, while the aggregate amount
distributed as dividends to shareholders
was nearly % per cent greater thar the
previous year. If the average net earn
ings per mile of all the roads. which was
$3,091, be capitalized at 4 per cent, the
railroads of the United States are pay
ing on a valuation of $77,2T5 per mile.
1t is not disputed hat every mile Of
railroad with its, equipment could be
duplicated at an average cost not much
exceeding one-half, and certainly be-
low two-thirds of that figure.
1t is a suggestive fact that the item
showing taxes paid, by all the railroads,
was dbOuI the sdule the luSl nSCdl year
as the preceding year, Notwithstanding
the enormous increase of actual earnings
and profits and the corresponding in
crease of valuation as estimated in the
business world. In some states, as in
Iowa, there was an increase of taxes,
representing new mileage and higher as
sessment of the old, but Nebraska stands
almost alone in showing an actual de-
crease of assessment per mile.
These are the conditions upon which,
beyond question, there is now a syste-
matte effort among those who control the
carrying properties TO establish a gen
eral advance Of freight rates. with a
strong probability that 1t will be done.
The first half of the current fiscal year
has already nearly elapsed, and the
earnings so far exceed the rate of those
which have just been given TO the pub
lie for the last year. The advances OF
wages recently ordered will involve some
addition to the cost Of operation. but
wages are still out OF proportion TO the
gains Of the companies. Taken all to
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-27

ment 70 a number OF skilled workmen.
Lists of the new stamps wanted are fur
nished by the government, and the work is
sent to Washington complete, even to the
polished wooden handles.
AS each stamp is a separate piece Of
work, all the type cutting is done by hand.
The base is sent from the main shop to
the cutter with a circular path OF solid
metal around the outer rim. In this rim
the cutter deftly chisels out the name OF
the postofice and state. This done, the
stamps are put through a hardening pro-
cess, that the type may stand the vigorous
pounding Of postofice workers. The date
letters and figures are cut on separate bare.
and sets OF dates sufficient to last many
years are furnished with each stamp.
Many Of the city postof1ces require special
stamps. These are made by the best cut
tiers. Some OF the most skillful tpye cut
tiers in the country learned their trade in
the Chambers shop.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-27
AN UNFORTUNATE COURT ORDER.
Fraud Order of the POstOmce Depart
ment NuI1ihed by Court.
Rronklvn TrapIa

BY multiplying a fraud order the supreme
court has opened the gates to all manner
Of humbugs practising in the name OF
health and religion. There was a concern
called the American School OF Magnetic
Healing that evaded the results Of it's con-
duct by concealing its headquarters at
Nevada, Mo-, and there applied for the
dollars of the trusting, promising in re-
turn to give them absent treatment" for
anything they might suppose to be the
matter with them All that this amounted
to was that the School OF Magnetic Heal
ing accepted the dollars OF fools. To pro-
tect the fools from their folly the postof1ce
returned their letters with the dollars,
stamping the envelopes fraud" Now the
supreme court says that the postofice has
no right TO protect the public and this
would seem to mean that the precious
scamps in Nevada, Mo-, can go right on
selling think-treatment at a dollar a
thought. Maybe it's as we'll. Some people
learn only by experience and IL they can
buy wisdom for a few dollars 1t stays by
them longer than II somebody had told it
to them.
Yet, the attitude Of the court is surpris-
ing. Hundreds Of s~callawags are trying
to prey on the public, and most OF them by
subtler schemes than that of the School OF
Magnetic Healing, which is so barefaced
in it's fraudulence hat il becomes humor-
Gus. There are people who advertise goods
which are never delivered, and not even
made, people who are willing to teach pro-
LESSONS at a distance-the greater the dis
lance the better they like it-on advance
payments OF disquieting sums; people who
will trace your relation to m~illionaires
recently dead for a retaining fee OF con-
siderable size-in brief, bunco men OF all
sorts, selling anything from new creeds to
patent clothes wringers. II the postal au-
thorities did not follow these scamps, any
one of them could become rich in a fort
night by using the mails for purposes OF
robbery.
With all due respect to the supreme
| court, the postmaster general did exactly
right, apd the supreme court has done
exactly wrong. 1t is not for a judge TO
decide in a medical case. 1t is for physi-
clans. Schools of Magnetic Healing will
not have the vote Of one qualified medical
practitioner. The emptiness OF the claim
| Of the Nevada institution is proved by the
fact that the fellow who did the magnetic
thinking, one Weltmar by name, did not
even live in Nevada, and did not see the
letters of his dupes, which were answered
by a corps Of typewriters. The money
turned into him in a single day was $1,000.
Does Justice Peckham mean to say that
such money was not properly returned to
the people who sent it? The School OF
Magnetic Healing did not even have an
existence, II its thinker was not a~pprised
of the names and residences OF his VIC
| tins. Why have officials Of the courts for
bid them to exercise common sense? Courts
ought to exercise It, too,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-27
On the Giving of Thanks
Baltimore American.


that have come to them and give thanks
to the great Giver OF All Good. Ma
tional prosperity may not always mean
individual prosperity, but there are very
few who do not in some measure reap
direct benefits from favorable conditions
Of business.
President Roosevelt, in a speech In Phil
adelphia. pointed out how great had been
the improvement In these conditions since
eight years ago and his words are true.
There have been enormous fortunes pile
up, but while the rich may have been get
ting richer the poor have not been growing
poorer. More is done to relieve poverty
now than ever before; more avenues OF es-
cape from poverty are being opened every
year, more encouragement is being given
to thrift and to industry and more people
are saving something every week or every
month, no matter how small their earn
ings may be.
Truly, this is Thanksgiving from It's
purely material side. There is a higher
view of it-one more worthy Of man, but
one he is very apt to overlook. For the
freedom he enjoys, the liberty given him
by the founders and the builders of this
great republic, for his health and the love
Of those dear to him, for his right to wor-
ship his Creator after his own fashion. for
his manhood and for the opportunities
given him to prove himself worthy OF
respect, esteem and honor; for a thousand
and one blessings God gives to his children
let one and all give thanks
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-27

The Commercial club, through its ex-
ecutive committee, has undertaken again
to advise the city council as to what it
should do with the pending franchise
ordinance. In this case, as in most in
stances in which the name of the Com
mercial club is used in this way, the
action was taken on merely an ex parte
statement from parties interested in de-
feating the franchise proposition with
out even the courtesy of a hearing to
the promoters of the proposed power
canal. 1t is this one-sided sort of deal
ing by a small clique that pretends to
be the whole club that weakens the
influence of the club when it really
moves as a body for some public pur-
pose.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-27

On complaint of Congressman Loud
investigation is to be had into the charge
that officers of the National Letter Car
riers' association in violation of the civil
service rules covertly contributed to the
defeat at the recent election in Cali
fornia of the chairman of the house post
office committee. But what is to be done
about the open and u~ndisguised attempt
to use the National Letter Carries asso-
citation, through its official organ, in the
interest Of the reelection Of Congress
man Mercer here in Nebraska? If it is
against civil service rules for the asso-
citation officers to help down Loud, is it
any less offense for them to make their
association journal a campaign circular
for Mercer?
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-27

ANAAAA
1t is a very easy matter 10 argue that
the blessings and the other good things OF
this life are not evenly distributed-that
some have far more than their share and
others far less. A visit TO the homes OF
the poor and another to the homes OF the
rich will, OF course. give very different
pictures Of life, though they may not
tell all the truth about the amount Of
real happiness these homes contain. 1t
Is not safe to measure contentment by a
scale graded either on wealth or luxury,
for hackneyed though the phrase may be.
money cannot buy happiness. At the
same time money can buy many things
that conduce to happiness and can when
put to the best use add not only to the
comfort OF its owners, but to the advan-
tage OF others. II is only when such
wealth is boarded and allowed to lie idle
that 1t becomes OF no use to a COM
munity. When It is expended in a legiti-
mate way, not only its possessors, but
many others reap benefits from it's ex-
istence. 1t thus confers blessings not
only on the one, but on the many. and as
an agent for good has a power that all
must recognize.
1t is for such reasons that all can re-
joice at the conditions now existing in
the country and can in sincerity follow
the advice Of the president and the gov
ernor In giving thanks for the blessings
of the year.
Even those who will not 90 to church on
Thanksgiving day can. for a time at least,
turn their thoughts to the good things
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-27
Hoch der Crosse Hnimerich!
= St. Louis Globe-Democrat.

= st. Louis Globe-Democrat
1t is now said that the man after whom
America was named was a German. and
his name was Haimerich, Italianized into
Amerigo. We never fancied being discov-
cred OF named by a Latin. We always
imagined him sailing up and down our
shore in a banana cart. But Haimerich is
a different proposition. We are kindly
disposed toward him. We know that the
hold OF his ship was stocked not with
spaghetti, but with pretzels and our
favorite brew. Unconsciously we have all
along rendered homage to Haimerich. I'm
knowingly we have built monuments to
him in our breweries. This discovery ex-
plains our seeming prejudice against the
Latins. Now We bear them no i'll will,
but they must cease to taunt US with the
fact that our continent is named for them.
This is Haimericha. NIGHT wahr? Then
let the maps be changed HOeh der crosse
HaimeriohI
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-27


The public will watch with interest
the struggle for control of the Colorado
Fuel and Iron company. 1t cannot be
positively proved, but 1t is highly prob
able, that an effort is on to eliminate
the Colorado concern as a competitor of
the United States Steel corporation. The
Osgood management, which has had
such phenomenal success in developing
the Colorado iron and steel industry, was
able to defeat the first attempt of John
w. Gates to seize control. That attempt
is now renewed with a persistency and
vigor which shows the Importance the
great interests behind Gates attribute to
the suppression of western competition.
Precisely for hat reason western sym
patty and interests are enlisted on the
side Of the Osgood management.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-27

new negotiations with Colombia and an
attempt may be made to induce Mica
ragua and Costa Rica to enter into ne
gotiations. In its present aspect the
situation is certainly p%erplexing, but
there can be no doubt that ultimately an
lsthmian canal will be constructed and
that it will be owned and controlled by
the United States.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-27

Jealousy is not an admirable emotion,
but like the wrath of mar it sometimes
e~ventuates in good; as in the relations
between Henry w Prick and Andrew
Carnegie. The former, it appears. is
not to he outdone in public be~nefactions,
and proposes to build and endow an ed
ucational institution at Pittsburg which
will throw the Carnegie institute in the
shade. However, C%arnegie's ~benevolence
is evidenced by actual brick, mortar and
other substantial things, while 1t still re-
mains for Prick TO make good on his
promises
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-27

The complaint about the i%nadequacy
OF the compensation attached TO the
ONCE Of lieutenant governor in this state
under present constitutional limitations
overlooks the fact that the $40 per diem
Of the lieutenant governor is at a greater
rate than the salary accorded the gov
ernor himself, who gets only $500 Il
year. or less than 81 a day. Neither
officer is likely to grow rich of his pay.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-27

In little Delaware a special election
has been called TO decide again between
two legislative candidates who came out
of the last fracas with a tied vote. Here
in Nebraska the tie would have been cut
away by appealing for an injunction or
mandamus to some convenient and ac-
commodating court
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-27
Prosecution of Land GraBBers.

oI' LOUIS hepuphc.
Secretary Of the Interior Hitchcock's an
nual report has much to say regarding
the extensive frauds which are being prac-
ticed by large cattle owners and others
who wish to secure a monopoly OF gov
m land. Mr.. Hitchcock's admins
tration Of the Interior department has
been marked by a vigorous prosecution OF
these offenders. As long as his opposi-
ton to the granting of special privileges
is marked by the bitter hatred Of the
men who are back Of these schemes. he
will receive the cordial support of the
people.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-27

Not since the days of the James and
Younger brothers has the industry of
bank robbery fourished as it has lately.
The trust principle may have to be re-
sorted to in suppresslng II.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-27

People who should be most thankful of
all are the owners of the railroads In
Nebraska, who for years have been I'm
loading the taxes they should pay for
the support of the government onto
the shoulders of other property owners.
knowing how much longer this out
rage will be tolerated, the benefciaries
should be thankful while it lasts.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-27

The governors of eighteen agricultural
states are expected to attend the live
stock show at Chicago next week. The
governor Of Nebraska must be in the
list, and no bull fight among the attrac-
tons, either.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-27

Those heller SHELTER newspapers which
a few days ago proclaimed the anthra-
cite coal arbitration ali on and all differ
ences between miners and operators ad-
justed might at least 'fess up to their
readers that they got the cart ahead Of
the horse.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-27
We Have the Means.

Indianapolis Journal.
If some OF the essentials OF a Ths nksgiv-
ing dinner cost more now than in 1895 and
1896, people have a great deal more money
with which to purchase. The public soup
house of those years is not a possibility of
next winter.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-27
Slow but sure Progress.
Minneapolis Journal.

Minneapolis Journal.
The Impotence Of the people for the &C
tual construction Of irrigation reservoirs
and canals by the government to begin
at once causes Secretary Hitchcock to say
a few wise words about making slow but
sure progress in the great enterprise. As
the secretary says, II is far more i'm
portant hat water should be running over
we~ll-constructed works for an indefinite
period than through the ruins of a single
failure.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-27

1t now takes $2.S5 in Mexican silver
to buy what one dollar in gold will buy
In that country. But we will not say
anything more about the sacred ratio
Of IL to /.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-27

If the forecast of Governor Mickey's
appointments to his clerical force should
prove to be correct IL would seem that
the First Congressional district is the
only one on the governors map.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-27

Now that the contending telephone
companies Of South Omaha have gotten
Into court with their troubles, inquiries
Of central viii bring the response that
the judicial line is busy.