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Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-28

There are indications tnat another
earnest effort is to be made, perhaps
at the mex session of congress, to Sc
cure a removal or modification Of the
tariff duties on paintings and other
works of art. 1t is stated that there
are now in Europe belonging to Amer
leans works of art to the aggregate
value of $30,OO0,OOO, a large part Of
which will be allowed to remain abroad
unless the duties are removed or ma
terially modified. Many paintings ac-
quired by Americans in Europe are on
exhibition there, particularly in Eng
land, and it is urged that thus our peo-
pie are being deprived of the privilege
of seeing these works of art, while the
government is getting little revenue
from this urce One advocate of re-
moving the duties says "This country
can become the exhibitor of the best
in art and there are Americans who are
willing to spend their money and who
have spent their money in order that
it may become so. There is no ques-
ton of free trade or of tariff reform or
tariff smashing in the plea of the Amer
lean artists that pictures may be adj
mitted free of duty. 1t is merely the
revision of a special schedule, IA schedule
which was a mistake in the beginning"
1t is quite true that American artists,
or the better class Of them, are not in
favor of the tariff on art, which they
say is of no advantage to them. They
do not fear the foreign competition and
therefore do not ask for any protection.
But it is not at all probable that the
present congress will change the tariff
law in this particular. This matter of
taxing art was pretty fully discussed
when the Dingley tariff was under con-
sideratiOn and our recollection is that
the sentiment in congress favorable to
the duties was strong, Mr.. Dingley
among others vigorously advocating
them. 1t is safe to say that not many
members Of the present congress will be
found disposed to remove the duties, or
even to materially modify them, unless
all other schedules should undergo mod
ihcatiOn, which is not contemplated.
However plausible the argument for re-
moving duties on works of art, they will
not be accepted by the people generally,
who feel that Americans who can afford
to spend millions abroad for paintings
aud sculpture should be willing to con-
tribute to the government the 20 per
cent duty If they wish to beautify their
homes with these works of art.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-28
personal AND OTHERWISE.

Jokes about the price Of hard coal are
no longer eligible for a place in the humor-
GUS column.
Chicago footpads are doing good business
on State street in the daytime. Something
uncommonly -Chicagoesque lie necessary to
approach within cunning distance of the
strenuous press agent OF 81. Louis.
A New Yorker has sued a barber for &c.,
900 damages for injuries which compelled
him to shave of his beard. Evidently the
metropolitan BARRIERS grow reckless as they
grow rich and deserve q periodical Jolt.
The greatest opportunity Of a lifetime is
now seeking a leader courageous enough TO
start into action the plain people and tho
handsome people, too, with the invincible
cry, Free coinage Of coal at any old ratio
Some of the reckless residents Of London
take balloon trips above the fog and smoke
TO get a breath Of fresh air. Their courage
lie admirable, but how much wiser II would
be to take ship and get out of the "blawsted
country"
Things are getting so strenuous In New
York city that "hold-ups" are doing bust
ness in front Of the city hall. One of the
late victims Of the push who was so indis-
Greet as to "holler," was arrested on the
charge OF disorderly conduct.
The amazing accusation uttered by a
Kansas lawyer that such a "~trifing cour-
tesy' as a railroad pass Influenced the
Judge who held and used Il in favor Of the
friendly corporation, comes unpleasantly
near taking a fall out OF the dignity OF the
bench. 1t is a particularly serious accusa-
tion in the Bleeding Commonwealth
where the bench has precious little dignity
to spare.
The muse is working industriously in st.
Louis. being encouraged and inspired to
lofty periods and thrilling harmonies by the
historic Skinker road and a bunch Of $500.
Skinker road is to be the dividing thor
oughfare between the main show and the
midway Of 1904. The prize winning elegy
and epic insures a period Of fame and pros
perity for the author, but much depends on
the ability Of the printerman to avoid
typographical errors in the title.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-28
SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT.


Washington Post: Elder Dowie has
sprung a financial crisis on his flock. This
means another assC ssnent for Dowie.
Chicago Record Berald: A London man
named Piggot claims to be Jesus Christ re.
incarnAted. II would be interesting 10
know whether this man has ever heard q
Elijah II. Dowie or not.
Cincinnati Tribune: In giving his rea-
sons for withdrawal from the Methodist
ministry Rev. j. W, Henness OF Iowa lays
the blame on his wife. Evidently thcre
is . good-sized chunk Of the old Adam in
Mr.. Henness himself.
indianapolis News: II Is interesting TO
conjecture Just where the colored supple
ments Of the sensational newspapers ara
to lead us. In the extremity Of their de-
sire to obtain something funny some Of
these papers have been printing pictures
OF Noah's ark and it's inhabitants, the ami
mails being made to exhibit the common
weaknesses Of mankind and to communi-
cate their opinions to each other in tho
slang Of the day. The silly stun is now
to be improved upon to the extent OF maxi
ing comic representations OF other bible
stories, One shudders to think what tho
result OF 1t will be upon the mind Of the
child that sees these things. but a lack OF
reverence for all things religious will
doubtless be one OF its fruits.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-28

Boston, Philadelphia and other eastern
repositories. 1t is well known, too,
that immense amounts of these securi-
ties have been h~ypothecated with British
and continental banks.
New York, however, is the great de-
pOsitory for the banks Of the interior,
especially in a period Of large demand,
such as there has been for many
months, on account of the creation of
large new issues of securities. 1t is
inevitable under such conditions that
the recall of their funds by the western
embarrass the money market in which
they are so important a factor. This
is precisely what has occurred and is
occurring.
1t is well that the of the
national treasury should not be pre-
cipitately used as an auxiliary to an al
ready excessively inflated speculative
boom in stocks. Most of the consolida-
ton and merger stocks are over-issues
and water-soaked, and If every dollar OF
available treasury holdings were scoop
shoveled to the promoters, brokers and
spectators it would merely a~ggravate
a bull movement that has already gone
too far. A halt must be called some
time, and it had better be called now
than later, when the effect might more
seriously involve the public.
The banks and trust companies them
selves are able now to apply the remedy.
They are restricting or calling in loans
on the speculative collaterals, while &C
cording to all accounts protecting com
mercial customers al not excessive rates
of interest. The gold of the
world are at their command and i'm
portations are already announced. These
facts, together with the conservative
provisions of the Treasury department,
are sure to operate effectively, although
slowly, to relieve the strain. A firm
check on al excessive speculative spirit
is really the remedy most needed, for
the good of the country, however it may
be regarded In certain quarters in Wall
street, and whatever the effect may be
on the steerers Of mergers and consolida-
tons.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-28

The statement Is made on most ON
petent authority that the bank deposits
Of the people of the United States have
doubled in the last ten years. OF what
other nation on earth at any time in its
history could such an assertion be
%truthfully made? With this as an
index, however fallible, Of the marvel
lous material expansion Of the nation, is
it any wonder that the people of other
countries look to the United States as
the apex Of prosperity and recruit our
population year by year with an infu-
sion Of hundreds of thousands of freshly
arrived immigrants? America used to
be known abroad chiefly as the haven
for the oppressed, whereas 10Y it is
regarded more as a prosperity-spreading
retreat, only to be entered to share its
wealth-prOducing beneficence.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-28
SENATOR HoAR ON TARHF REVISION.

SENATOR HOAR ON TARIb REVISION.
Senator Hoar of Massachusetts is not
~unfavorable to tariff revision, but he
says that when made it should be on
the principles of the protective system
and not on the principles of free traders
or the revenue reformers. The latter,
remarked the distinguished statesman,
have tried their tariff revision twice and
the result was the horrible nightmare
of Cleveland's first administration and
the still more horrible nightmare of his
second administration. Senator Hoar
further said that changes in the tariff
should be made when public confidence
will not be disturbed and business will
not be endangered.
I'VE must maintain in general the
existing protective system" said the
Massachusetts senator. Wage earners
never had better wages than now; man.
ufacturers never in general had a better
market. We desire to take possession
of the foreign market. We were never
doing better in that respect than we
have been doing since the republican
party came into power in 1897. The
farmers were never doing better. We
are the largest manufacturing nation
in the world. We are the largest ex-
porting nation in the world. We are the
most prosperous agricultural nation in
the world. These things have come to
pass under protection. They will con-
tinue while the protective system con-
tinues. Our prosperity in these respects
will be largely impaired, and we shall
have hard times again if the protective
system be overthrown."
This pOintedly and clearly states the
situation and undoubtedly all repub-
leans will concur in 1t. If existing
prosperity is to be maintained the policy
that has been so largely instrumental in
producing it must be continued. Modi-
fication Of the tariff is one thing and
republicans very generally agree that il
may be advisable whenever it can be
made without disturbing confidence and
injuring business. The democratic propo,
sition to overthrow protection and
open our markets to the free admission
of foreign manufacturers and combina.
tions is quite a different thing, which
would inevitably result In the destruc.
ton Of many of our industries and q
serious setback to our prosperity.
The judgment in this matter of SC
eminent and experienced a statesman
as Senator HOar merits the earnest con
slderation of all who are concerned fol
the preservation Of our industries, the
welfare of our labor and the mainte
nance Of prosperity. The republican
party IAN be depended upon to deal with
the tariff with reference to the bes.
interests Of the whole people. 1t has
not failed to doc this in the past and 4
will not fail now. And whatever il
shall determine ought to be done will
be carried out so as not to check indus
trial growth or lower the standard o.
living OF American workingmen.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-28

Omaha is getting quite a little no
toriety these days in the realm of cur
rent literature. In one of the October
magazine stories Omaha is hOnored as
the starting point of a mysterious long
distance telephone call, which is said to
have come from the very end of wire
talking space. Whether this is intended
exactly clear, although 1t may be start
ling information for down-east bar
barians to learn that we do use the
telephone once in II while when occasion
demands.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-28
MONEY MARKET RIGHrING 1T

MONEY MARKET RIGHFING ITSELF.
The developments of the money mar
ket fully justify SECRETARY Shaw in re-
fusing to take radical action for its re-
lief, and the belief that there will duly
be recovery by natural processes. Two
causes have mainly produced
the strain that is especially felt in New
York. but which also necessarily af-
fects the large money c~enters, east and
west. Those causes operated at a time
when business and industry are ex-
traOrdinarily active throughout the
country and when a correspOndingly I'M
usual amount of cash is required. They
are on the one hand the absorption Of
funds by the innumerable new issues of
securities which have been put upon the
market and on the other the with
drawal of deposits in New York by in
terror banks for moving crops.
Comparatively recent consultations
and mergers are unexampled, both in
number and in magnitude. AS a result
a prodigiOus mass of stocks and bonds
have been ioated, and that too, on a
high and steadily rising level of prices
because OF the astonishing earning ca
pacity and showing of transportation
and Industrial properties. The hnanc-
ing and speculative operations involved
in this movement have been an almost
incalculable draft, not only upon the cash
especially OF New York. but
also, although to a smaller extent, upon
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-28

General Funston, who halls from the
prohibition state of Kansas, and knows
how utterly impossible it is to suppress
the contraband sale of liquor to soldiers
garrisoned ut army posts, recommends
the accomplishment of the army can
teen as the most effective measure to
counteract the temptation to which en-
listed men and officers of the regular
army are exposed. General Funston's
views, expressed in terse English, are
shared by nearly all the army officers
of the country.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-28
INCREASING OF SWEETNESS.
Remarkable Increase in the COnsump-
ton Of Sugar.
New York Mail and Express.

NEW jill 1aAA oAAN NNlNN0
Medical men, II not psychologists, might
find an interesting subject OF study In the
largely increased consumption OF sugar In
the last 100 years. In the first quarters OF
the last century the average per capita in
the United States was eight pounds, and
in the last decade 1t ranged from sixty to
sixty-eight pounds. In Great Britain 1t
rose to about ninety pounds per year before
the century's end.
The cause OF this advance was purely
economic. Time was when sugar was .
costly luxury, INDUCED in only by the rich
or decidedly well-to-do, but that was be-
cause it was scarce, for all mankind have
a sweet tooth. The production has in
creased so enormously that the saccharine
product has become cheap, and is eonse-
quently rated as a necessary of life. More
over, the mass Of people in civilized coun-
tries have become so much better OF as the
result OF Industrial progress that their
standard Of living is much higher than 100
years ago, though they may be no more
contented with 1t.
The growing plenty caused cheapness and
consumption kept steady pace with produc-
tion. Appetite for sweets grew with what
It fed on. or course, it is not plain sugar
alone IN which the people now indulge so
freely, but all manner OF CONNECTIONS and
preserves; and what is set down as the con-
sumption OF a country includes what IL puts
up in one combination OF another and sends
abroad.
But the question with which We began is,
What is the effect upon health, or upon
mind and morals, Of this vastly increased
consumption OF material sweetness? Has
1t anything to do with the rise or fall OF
prevalent diseases, upon the death rate or
upon the genial influences Of civilization
Now that philosophy is seeking a physical
basis for everything in human nature, II
might inquire whether the sugar habit has
anything TO do with the "sweetness and
light OF humanity.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-28

In place of their customary lecture
course, Omaha public school teachers
have this year subscribed as a body to
a course Of university extension lee
lures ON economic and sociological
topics. Those who attend these lectures
will doubtless receive instruction and
entertainment-probably more in the
way Of instruction than they received
from the lecture courses given under
their own patronage and management
but there is no good reason why the origl-
nal idea of the teachers lecture course
for a series of lectures by noted educa-
tors on educational subjects should be
abandoned. Teachers in the Omaha
public schools who want general cul-
ture have ample opportunity TO listen
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-28

Minister Conger is complaining on be-
half of the American shippers against
the depredations of Chinese pirates. ri
rates OF the Barbary states Once thought
that American vessels and American
goods were easy booty, but a few Amer
lean men-Of-war persuaded them differ
entity. II the Chinese government can
not talk to the Chinese pirates, perhaps
a squadron of the American navy can
talk TO them more efectually.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-28
~BESTRLDING THE WORLD.

Lie SlupeuuOuS scope Oh mOuefn III
dustrial combination is only beginning
to be generally appreciated. The re-
organization of the iron and steel in
dustries of the United States under the
Morgan plan, involving the %unification OF
interests representing more than a billion
of capital, seemed when first announced
the limit of the most daring conception.
1t was swiftly followed by another
combination, under the same control, of
hardly less imposing proportions, the
merger of the great ocean carrying com
panies, including some of the most i'm
portant British lines, and a harmonious
adjustment with the German ship
owners.
sidered by itself, is of almost bewilder-
ing magnitude to the average mind and
virtually implies an Industrial revolu-
ton. But they cannot be considered
In isolation. 1t is now perfectly APP
parent that the prime motive of Morgan
and his associates in the merger of the
ocean companies did not have reference
merely to the freights which they bring
to and take from the great American
railroad systems which the same men
also control, but they had in view an
UNNECESSARILY greater undertaking. 1t
is nothing less than the ~harmonizing of
the iron and steel industries of the
United States, Great Britain and Ger
MANY nor maFaIu nc aOnnnn fhan,gaIrag
but also with reference to the markets
Of the world.
Thus the series of combinations, each
Of such tremendous scope in itself, turn
out to be merely parts of a worldwide
system, absolutely unparalleled in his
tory, and involving a radical departure
In the methods of production and distri-
button 1t was to present this plan In
its practical aspects that j.. Pierpont
Morgan spent many months in Europe.
try has been conducted with extreme
secrecy, 1t appears that the leading
manufacturers of Great Britain and
Germany look with favor upon the plan,
and Mr.. Schwab is now abroad to prose
cute the practical details.
The fundamental idea is that there
are some markets which the iron and
steel men of Germany can supply more
economically than those of the United
States and Great Britain, and the same
is true of the latter In relation to other
markets. No only so, but each of
these countries has superior advantages
over the other two for some parts of
these great basic industries. There re-
mains the adjustment OF their relations
in markets as to which they all stand
on a substantially equal footing. To
attempt to reconcile such vast interests
on a practical working footing may
seem like a Utopian dream, but it is
being actually undertaken by the hard
headed men of business.
1t is simply the application In the
theater of the worlds m OF
identically the same principle on which
the American iron and steel industries
have been combined and their manage.
ment consolidated. Controlling these
industries in all three of these great
nations, controlling their shipping anC
adjusting in all markets the supply OF
iron and steel, the aim of these captains
Of industry is to dominate the business
OF the world. The conception is a.
fascinating as it is colossal.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-28

The Wall street yarns TO the eject
that there is friction between the presi-
dent and Secretary Shaw, when sanely
interpreted simply mean that there is
friction between Wall street and Secre-
tary Shaw. The secretary has not
jumped when Wall street says thumbs
down. wherein he doubtless has the
presidents complete approval.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-28
Facts Riddle Assertion.
INDIANAPOLIS Journal.

indianapolis journal.
Ex-Governor Boies of Iowa is not a free
trader but a modern protectionist, he says,
and what he wants is to cut down the
tariff on the articles the prices OF which
are crushing Iowa" At the same time
reports from that state show that the value
of farm lands increased about 20 per cent
during the past five years, and investors
are hunting mortgages with s per cent
money.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-28
Train soIdierV to shoot.
Philadelphia Press

The English defeats Tin South Africa
we're, In short, due not to superior num-
bers, but to the one cause which will de-
eide all future wars-accuracy and EN-
cheney in the use Of the rife. Ordinary
military drill does everything but furnish
this. War will treat all things as negli-
gible except the unerring owe to hit q
man at 1000 to 1000 yards. The troops
which are able to do this with unfailing
accuracy will be worth from five to tenfold
more than troops which fire without aiming
or are unframed in taking cover and In the
use of the rife in all attitudes.
Yet soldiers get minutes of training with
the rife where they receive days at mere
drill
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-28
Fear of a CoaIIess Winter.


A curious feeling of apprehension as Of
impending calamity is in the air, an in
dehnable fear OF widespread suffering and
intolerable inconvenience In which all
classes are mutually interested, and which
few can entirely evade in the far-reaching
effects Of a c~oalless winter. In a thousand
unthought Of ways the lack Of coal makes
itself felt, and only in this manner is one
brought 70 realize how absolutely indispen-
sable an article coal has become in this
busy age OF ours,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-28

rity in their various branches who are
brought here by various local organiza-
lions and associations, but a lecture
curse distinctively educational and
helpful in the every day work Of school
teaching is what our teachers need, but
unfortunately have never had.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-28
Credit to whom Credit is Due.

st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Somebody says the term "Bryanarchy'
vas invented By the Chattanooga Times,
and is a creation Of the last few weeks
"Bryanarchy'' was a coinage OF the late J,
Sterling Morton, and he used It freely in
the canvass in which his old neighboT
Bryan first figured, that of 1896. The des-
ignation struck the country as being
graphic,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-28
Very Uncouth Retort.
Datrnit Eree Press

DetrOlt Free PTess.
The editor Of that Russian newspaper
which had reminded Secretary Hay that the
Roumanian Jews are probably better off
than the Filipinos, is probably a rude,
coarse person who is incapable Of appre-
ciating the beauties of disinterested med
ding
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-28

Members of the tobacco combine are
patting themselves on the back and as
surfing the public that it is the first com
bination that has been effected ION
right lines" We will prefer to watch
the course of the Tobacco trust for
awhile before acquiescing in this YER
dict
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-28

The new British ambassador to the
United States is quoted as saying on
the eve OF his departure for his post
that going to America is just like
going home" 1t would have been worth
his official position for a British am
bassador to have made that remark dur
ing the first half century Of the re-
public. But times hive changed.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-28

No newspaper interview with General
Miles has appeared for over forty-eight
hours, but this is explained by the fact
that he is on shipboard out in the Pa
cihc.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-28

The prophets who have ventured pre-
dictions of the settlement of the anthra-
cite coal strike seem to be faring no
better in this year 1902 than the prOph-
cts who have been taking guesses at
the weather.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-28

Mercer proclaims to the voters of this
district that he asks no quarter and will
give 10 quarter. The black flag is the
appropriate emblem of political pirates
as well as of sea pirates.