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Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22
COMPETITION AND THE TRUSTS.

While the great consultations Of in
dustrial capital have been steadily going
on there has at the same time been a
very marked development Of indie
pendent corporate enterprise, demon
strating that competition has by no
means been suppressed. 1t appears that
within the past twelve years the capt.
talizatiOn of consolidated corporations
amounts to about $4,000, 900, 900, while
within a much less time the creations
of independent Industrial capital have
amounted to approximately $1,000
100000.
Remarking upon this the New York
Journal of Commerce says it teaches
that imposing as the expansion of the
trusts may seem. that Of the Independent
industries is i~mmeasurably greater; that
our minor m~illionaires and our substan-
tial men of business have reached the
conclusion that conservatlvely-inanced
and well-managed corporations, with
moderate capitals, have nothing to fear
from the competition and the supposed
superior advantages Of the trusts; that
the surprising magnitude of the new in
dependent corporations evidences a very
emphatic and general conviction on this
point; that the independent industries
are gaining so rapidly on the trust forces
that the hopes Of the monopolist. organi
cations seem to be already fOredoomed
and that the process of consolidating
capitals has released large numbers of
well-trained principals of successful cor
~poratiOns, who are now employing their
means and experience in the ranks of
competition, the efforts to create monop-
olies thus proving self-defeating. 1t is
pointed out that the new independent
concerns are SO far generally doing well
and finding no difficulty in competing
with the trusts. that a noteworthy pro
portion of the monopoly claimed by GER
tain trusts In their respective trades has
been reduced and that Notwithstanding
the extraordinary prosperity Of trade,
not a few OF the trusts are falling far
behind their early promises as to net
earnings, expectations as to economies
are failing more or less to ma
terialize and in several notable cases
the consolidated concerns have been dis
banded. while others appear destined
either TO early follow suit or to be re-
organized on a more conservative basis.
1t is noted that the United States Steel
corporation began with a control Of 50
per cent Of national output and now
claims only 81 On steel and As on pig
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22
FOREIGN CROP CONDITIONS.

The latest reports of croD conditions
I'm Europe show them TO be quite gen.
orally ~unfavorable. The weather for
weeks has been cold and there has
been a great deal of rain, so that all
the cereals are very backward. A dis
patch OF a few days ago said in regard
to the conditions in France that the
caring of wheat has not even COM
menced in the north and the generally
backward crops imply diminished guam
tity and quality, The rye crop, 1t was
stated. will certainly be short and prob
ably barley also. There has been I'M
precedented and persistent cold weather
In Austro-H Hungary, causing great appre-
hensiOn among those interested in agri-
culture throughout the country. Cold
rains have prevailed over a large part of
Germany for weeks and the general
crop conditions are bad. In all these
countries there Will be a scarcity of
fruits and the quality viii be Inferior.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22
FOR SETTLING LABOR DISPUTES.

Every rational plan or proposition
looking to the settlement Of labor dis
putes and the preservation of ndus-
trial peace should receive earnest con-
sideration and there has never been n
time when interest in this matter was
greater and more general than at pres
ent. Representative McDermott of New
Jersey has prepared a bill to be intro
duced in congress which authorizes the
president, when Informed by petition or
otherwise of the existence of Il strike,
to appoint a board of Investigation and
arbitration having power to obtain a
comprehensive account of the matters
in dispute and when this has been done
the opinion of each member of the
board upon the justice of the demand
of each party shall be made to the
president. Upon the submission of any
matter in dispute as authorized in the
bill the board shall consider the testi-
mony offered by the parties and shall
give judgment upon all matters sub
mitted. The plan applies only to strikes
ulCu duttl lultlsNdlt COllLltlNt.
The author of the measure is of the
opinion that the constitutional author
ity of congress and the executive is suffl-
cient to permit Of Investigation and to
provide a court of arbitration in any
matter that affects commerce between
the states, as for example the anthra-
cite Goa strike. The country at large, he
argues, is dependent on the coal supply
for the creation of the power needed
to carry on Its industrial life and If
that supply Is stopped Is seri-
ously interfered with and its existence
threatened; therefore the federal gov
eminent has the right and 1t is the duty
Of congress to take up this matter and
provide for its arbitration. There are
many who will concur in this view, but
there are some difficulties in the way of
such legislation as the New Jersey rep
resentative proposes proving of any real
value. There was a federal arbitration
act passed in 1888, but it was found to
be Of no practical value and was re-
pealed by the act of June l, 1898. The
latter provides for mediation and COIL
Citation only in the case of disputes
between railway companies engaged In
interstate and their employees,
SO that it does not apply to the anthra-
cite coal strike. That trouble, however,
has been investigated by the commits
sioner Of labor and this is as far as the
federal authorities can go in the matter,
SO long as the transportation companies
concerned have no dispute with their
employees.
The arbitration act Of 1888 having
been repealed as recently as four years
ago, 1t is improbable that congress will
seriously consider a proposition to re-
enact similar legislation. There is no
question that the coal strike is a mat
ter Of national concern, as affecting
commerce Between the states, but in its
present condition it is beyond the reach
of federal authority and it is safe to
say that congress will not attempt to
Zeal with it
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22
BLASTS FROM RAMS HORN.

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Mighty rivers rise In quiet places.
Dead issues create no discussion.
Furnished brass shines brighter than mug
gets Of gold.
The criticism OF the sermon often uproots
the good seed.
Many negatives Of vice do not make a
positive virtue.
The flowers OF rejoicing bloom on the tree
Of righteousness.
Sermon seed will sprout quickly II It is
soaked in prayer.
Bread and butter Christians here may
miss the banquet there.
The power of the pulpit is great, but that
OF the person Is greater.
Many a mans practice puts an extin-
gulsher on his profession.
He who fits his shoulder to the yoke is
fitting his brows for the crown.
We are all willing to trust God to feed
us II we may choose the food.
Honor is one Of those things that he
that seeks It shall not find it.
1t is easier to see the way we ought TO
so than to go in the way we see.
A great mans greatness is often exhib-
tied in self-imposed restrictions.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22
DISTRIBUTION or RAILROAD VALUES.

Distribution or RAILROAD VALUES.
For ways that are dark and tricks
that are vain the heather Chinee is com
pletely outdone by the railroad tax bu-
reau. Its attempt to hoodwink the peo-
pie Of Nebraska into the belief that the
valuable terminal facilities, depots and
depot grounds are distributed by the
Board of Equalization for the benefit of
the taxpayers of the various counties
is ingenious, hut will fool nobody. This
feature is pointed out in railway bulle-
tin No. , in the following language:
The distribution Of value in accordance
with the law assists the poorer counties in
carrying on their schools and make those
necessary improvements which induce set
tiers to locate there, and while at frst
glance this distribution Of property would
rot look fair to Omaha, for instance, the
citizens Of Omaha should know that almost
any city in the state would gladly change
positions with that city in case the rail-
roads would do as much for their locality
as they have done for the city Of Omaha.
While it might be popular for Omaha to
advocate a change in this system Of dis
LTlDutlOn, II certainly WOul0 create an an-
tsgonism against that city through the
whole state and would run counter to the
general rule regarding railroad taxation.
This is a very plausible and catchy
argument. 1t has buncOed Legislature
after legislature, but the game will not
stand exposure to the s%earchllght. Let
us see how the distribution has worked.
In 1891, when the Union Pacific was on
the verge Of bankruptcy and its stock
was selling at from 8 to 10 cents on
the dollar, the terminals at Omaha were
not developed and the new union depot
had not been projected, the main line of
the road from Omaha to the west
boundary Of the state was assessed at
S11, 40 per mile. After the road had
been recapitalized and reconstructed and
its earnings enormously increased the
road was assessed at $1,000. The effect
of the distribution of the terminals and
new union depot upon the counties
along the main line will be seen at a
glance in the following table:
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

Jupitur Pluvius is welcome to q vacation.
Goldfish is going up and prunes show a
tendency TO imitation. Fortunately the air
sticks to It's old level.
The hey Of Tunis. who died the other day,
had fifty wives, according to the last census.
Strange to say, he lived to a ripe old age.
Texas is praying for rain. 1t is a danger
out expedient. Up this way prayers were
sent aloft some weeks ago and brought, down
a food.
While farmers are using waders to navi-
gate their teeming soil. 1t Is a waste OF
precious time to start a discussion on arti-
hcial irrigation.
Mr.. Cleveland's latest degree is a marked
Improvement on the degrees Of frost handed
to him by former associates during the
last eight years.
Regarding the water cure. expert opinion
in the Missouri valley is a unit on the prop
osition that it Is possible to get too much
Of a good thing.
with the end OF June the last Of the war
tax on beer, amounting to so cents a bar
rel, will vanish. However, this will not
AFFECT the height OF the summer collar.
Major Waller denies having been in
tervieWed about the bowling wilderness
Of samar." He didn't say a word about It.
What he did Was to make a trail OF burning
dashes from the Golden Gate - Omaha.
A writer in the Engineering Magazine
ventures the opinion that Cervera's feet
would have escaped il its engineers had
been emcient. 'If' is shor: but mighty.
How differently history would be written
did it not intrude at critical stages Of the
game.
some OF the Chicago college managers
are having a dizzy time trying to prevent
the boys and girls from counting. The
staid old professors declare the students
must stick to their lessons. That is what
they are there for. Yet there is no lesson
so easily and so ioyously learned as that
which cold -bloOded deaeons froWn upon.
Perhaps they are allied with envy.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22
TIE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

The platform upon which Nebraska
republicans go before the people in the
present campaign has the merit Of brew
ity and directness usually lacking in
party declarations.
Its endorsement Of President Roose-
welt and the policies for which he stands
is unequivocal. Its pledge of support
to the administration in its effort to
maintain the honor Of the flag is cor
dial and unreserved. The commenda-
ton of the administration of President
Roosevelt for his vigorous efforts to en-
force the antitrust law unQuestionably
expresses the undivided sentiment of the
rank and file of the party, as does also
the compliment paid to him and our
representatives in congress for secur-
ing legislation to reclaim the semi-arid
regions by irrigation.
On state issues, the demand for con-
stitutional revision is given first place
to emphasize its Importance.
Only second in Importance is the de-
claration in favor of tax reform through
the more rigid enforcement Of the as
sessment laws. Special stress is laid
chises, which heretofore escaped taxa
ton, on the same basis of valuation as
is applied to all other taxable property.
The failure to carry out the spirit and
letter of the constitution with regard to
the taxation of franchises has been a
grievance of many years standing of
which the people of Nebraska have
Justly complained, but up to a recent
period no practical steps have been
taken to enforce the popular demand.
While the people look to the courts for
an Interpretation Of the constitution and
law that will remove the pretext under
which fusion assessment boards and re-
publican assessment boards alike have
excused their favoritism to the rail
roads, the pledge embodied in the plat
form is a promise to be redeemed by the
legislature should further legislation be
necessary to insure equitable taxation.
The plank demanding additions. laws
holding custodians of public funds ac-
countable for the interest as well as
the principal Of all moneys hat may
come into their possession by virtue of
their Office will. we believe, meet with
universal approval and registers a pro-
test against court decisions based on
technicalities that have enabled many
public officers in Nebraska to pocket
money that does not belong to them.
The recommendation for the creation
Of a board of audit to examine and
verify the ccounts of the state treas
urer and give publicity from time to
time as to the condition of the funds
and whereabouts of the money and Sc
curities in his custody follows up the
declaration OF last year against the
farming out Of public funds for private
gain and for more strict supervision Of
the states finances. A board Of audit
vested with these powers has for a
number OF years been maintained in the
state of Kansas with excellent results.
The proposed creation of a board Of
pardOns recommended by the platform
is directed at another abuse under which
Nebraska has suffered under both fusion
and republican executives. Boards OF
pardon are features Of the governments
of several states. where they have
served to check the arbitrary and in
discreet exercise of executive clemency.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22

can't. income was six times that amount,
and he knew nothing Of the disposition
OF the money.
A suggestion that a considerable portion
q, a. might have gone in rebates received no
Illumination from the witness, but It really
required none. His deficient memory with
regard 70 many things had the effect Of a
~nositive confession Of guilt, and the rail-
roads should see that such exhibitions as
this man gave must lead to the most sweep
inc ana Injurious deductions concerning
their policy and methods. II repeated in
vestigations keep leading to such miserable
evasions more and more stringent and hes
tile legislation will result. The companies
can have no just ground for complaint
AGAINST granger laws" thus evoked.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22

Emperor William has a right to boast
of what he has done to promote the
Industrial progress Of Germany. When
he ascended the throne he was hailed as
a war lord who was expected to seek
for glory on the field of battle. Instead
OF inviting war, however, he has so far
at least bent all his energies in the
direction Of peace, under which alone
Industrial pursuits can thrive. Ger
many's rank near the top of the indus
trial ladder attests what has been ac-
complished by his policies.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22
lion Pncihc Assessment in Nebraska.
Total....s 5,a44,ooo s4,b7s,7Se s7oe, 2ss

Here is railroad distribution for you
with a vengeance. How much do any of
the counties west of Douglas get out Of
the value of the Union Pacific terminal
facilities. which are capitalized at fully
$1,000 600? How much do they get out
of the new depot and other substantial
improvements at the terminals? How
mucn are they getting this year out of
the Union Pacific bridge, which eleven
years ago was assessed for $125, 900 and
this year is assessed for 1856? Surely
there ought to have been some increase
visible through distribution u of so
much property, but instead of growing
more valuable the road seems to be
growing poorer and poorer every year.
The same mode Of distribution has pre-
vailed on the Omaha and Republican
valley division of the Union Pacific, as
may be seen in the following table:
Omaha a. Republican valley ASSESS
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22

Maize is the principal crop Of Hungary
and the outlook for this is very poor.
The present indications are that there
will be no diminution during the next
twelve months in the European demand
for American foodstuffs and some coun-
tries abroad may have to import more
would seem safe to assume hat even
Germany will not increase tue duties
OF our grain, although the sgrarians CT
that country are still agitatlng for an
increase. There is every reason for a
feeling of confidence that our exports
Of foodstufs to Europe will I've maln-
tanned for the e year in undlminlshed
quantity.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22

David B. Hill is more courteous TO
Mr.. Bryan than Mr.. Bryan's friends are
to Mr.. Hill. In his Tilden club address
Mr.. Hill declared: I'VE should have
been glad to welcome that other dis
tlnguished democrat who halls from the
great west-our honOred standard-bearer
in the last two presidential elections
that able and eloquent democratic orator,
Mr.. Bryan-had he been able TO be pres
ent on this occasion" Contrast with this
the treatment accorded Mr.. Hill by the
Jacksonian club, made up OF a mem
bership OF Nebraska democrats. who,
after selecting Mr.. Hin as their Jack
sonian day orator, reconsidered the mat
ter and withheld the invitation for fear
IL would give onense TO Mr.. Bryan.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22
DOMESTIC PLEAsANTRIEs.

Chicago Post: "she shines in society, they
Yves and she blazes at home, I'm IN
formed"
BROOKLYN Life: Blonde Bridesmaid-The
ushers haven't seated your Aunt Maria
Other bridesmaid SISTER to the BRIDE
No, she sent only a pickle fork!
Detroit Free Press: Shells there any
thing the matter with my eyes?
Oculist-Sure! We want tn goo soos re-
moved, ye do.
Philadelphia Record: Mrs. Muggins-Do
hcction? '
Mrs. B~uggins-wel. my husband man
ages to spring a new excuse on me every
time he stays out late.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: mo-. sir. I've
never felt so small and insignificant in all
my life before
Whats the reason
Reason! Why, I'm a June bridegroom
Philadelphia Press: "Our minister is a
really charitable man. He always shuts
his eyes to the shortcomings of his parish
ioners.'
even things up bv shutting their eyes TO
the longcomings of his sermons"
Chicago News: The suitor-I wish to
marry your eldest daughter sir.
Her Father-Oh, you DO, Ell? Are you in
The Suitor-I think so, sir.
Her Father-Well, you had better be sure
Of it. There are ten of us all told.
Chicago Record-Herald what on earth
do you mean, her mother asked, by
urgin' your husband to get one of those
outrageously high-priced Panama hats?
Are you crazy to encourage such eNtrava-
gance?"
II shall want some more hats from time
TO time myself, mamma dear, the sweet
young woman replied, and he has always
kicked so at the prices i pay"
MY darling!. You always was such 9
hand for lookin' ahead. Let me kiss YOU"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22
NEARING HOME.
Phoebe Cary

Phoebe Cary.
One sweetly solemn thought
Comes to me Ger and Ger:
I'm nearer my home today
Than l ever have been before.
Nearer my Fathers house.
Where the many mansions be;
Nearer the great white throne,
Nearer the crystal sea.
Nearer the bound Of life.
Where we lay our burdens down;
Nearer leaving the cross.
Nearer gaining the crown!
But lying darkly between,
Winding down through the night.
Is the silent, unknown stream,
That leads us at length to the light.
Closer and closer my steps
Come to the dread abysm;
Closer Death to my lips
Presses the awful chrism.
o, If my mortal feet
ave almost gained the brink;
If II be | am nearer home
Ever today than / think
perfect my trust;
Let my spirit feel in death,
That her feet are firmly set
on the rock of a living faith!
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22

Another federal disbursing officer, this
time in the Department Of Justice, has
gone wrong by a shortage In his ac-
counts. AS the culprit's ~defalcations
date back nearly seven years to the
time he received his appointment under
the last democratic attorney general, the
opposition press will have to go shy on
charging his misdeeds up to the repub-
llcan administration.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22

The approving unanimity of the com
ment passed on the selection of Wood
row Wilson to succeed President Patton,
at the head of Princeton university.
must be as gratifying to the authorities
of that institution responsible for the
because 1t shows that the friends Of
Princeton everywhere and educators
generally are satisfied no filter man
could have been found for the place.
With DR.. Wilson holding the executive
lines, Princeton will take its place along
side of our other great American uuiver-
stiles that have prepared to take up
twentieth century work with aggressive
vigor under the rapidly rising younger
generation Of educators. The past few
years have witnessed the installation Of
new presidents over most of our leading
institutions of higher learning, marking
a new era in the educational world, and
now that Princeton has given its call to
DIR. Wilson, Harvard md Michigan
alone Of our great universities remain
under older directors. That the success
of President Wilson in his new position
is assured by capacity proved in subor-
dinate experience goes without saying,
and 1t is no disparagement of his pre-
decessor to see new life and greater in
fiuence ahead for Princeton under Its
new regime.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22

American medical and sanitary ex-
perts have an opportunity to distinguish
themselves by eradicating cholera in
Manila as they eradicated yellow fever
In Havana. Such an achievement would
count high for humanity and clviliza-
ton.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22
TotIs.s4.0oa.osO s%a.S1s.a2O sI.ae1.aaO

The distribution of railroad values on
the Burlington is IL anything a more
stupendous farce. In 1891 the Burllng-
ton depot at Omaha was a one-stOry
brick cottage and its terminal facilities
were on leased Union Pacific grounds.
Today the Burlington boasts a mouu-
mental depot and superb terminal facil-
tiles which could not be replaced for
$1.OOO.OOO. All of this property is in
cluded in the assessment OF the Omaha
& Southwestern railroad which, IN 1891.
was assessed for $1,000 per mile and In
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22
a Missouri Main Line.
Total...ss,2oo,s1 s2,o2e.170 s2ss, "a,

Members of the next legislature
should cut out these tables and paste
them In their hats so that when the
railroad bunco steerers seek to impress
upon them the idea that the value OF
the terminal facilities, depots and ma
chine shops are distributed to their
counties they will turn a leaf ear to
their pleas.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22
ments.

TOtals..s1, s06, O2B 81 ,45O,64O s414,4s5
Total shrinkRge of Union
Pacihc assessment. ...... 81, 1SO,723
A marked effect of the great gift en-
terprise distribution of railroad values
will be appreciated by the settlers up
the ElkhOrn when they study the fol-
lowing figures:
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22
Rounding Up the Facts.
Indianapolis Journal.

IIUIdudpUIS JVUIIIuIs
Since the declaration of peace in South
Africa II comes out that there were about
so, 600 Beers in the field at the beginning
Of the war. This is several times as many
as It was supposed they could muster, but
there were three generations of them bear
ing arms.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22
POOR MEMORY COMES HANDY.

Peculiar LaPses of q Railroad Man
aEer On the Witness stand.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The inevitable inference to be drawn from
the testimony of w. NJ. Bushnell, general
freight agent Of the Chicago, Peoria &
st. Louis railroad, before the Interstate
Commerce commission is that his employers
systematically evade the interstate COM
merce law.
He testified that $50, 900 was paid annually
to a solicitor Of freight business who was
accountable to him. While his own salary
was much less than $4,000, this subordinate