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Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-19
CHANCELLOR ANDREWS TALK.

Boston Globe: DR.. Benjamin Andrews has
got one convert already, II would seem. At
all events, a bachelor, aged 81, in Baltimore,
Is to wed a widow aged 70.
Milwaukee Sentinel: The more DR.. e.
Benjamin Andrews talks the more the pub
lie is convinced that he would appear to
better advantage IL he said nothing.
Chicago Inter Ocean: 1t seems to be DR..
E.. Benjamin Andrews idea that the way
to teach a summer class is to tell 1t how
to do a lot of things which he believes
should not be done.
Boston Transcript: It is all very well for
DR.. Andrews to assert that bachelors are
moral degenerates and that the unmarried
individual Of maria geable age has no place
In society nor in the scheme Of the uni
verse; but with the prices OF hfe's n~ecessi-
ties ever soaring upward the bachelor
throng is likely to increase rather than
diminish. With coal at 50 a ton and beef
steak at 40 cents a pound, 1t is a brave
young man, or perhaps a very thoughtless
one, who enters matrimony, unless he ia
very much better fixed than the average
young man.
New York Sun: After all, the single
continue to be exceptional, and the work
OF marrying and giving in marriage and
buying wedding presents goes on in tre-
mendous volume. Surely the married can
AFFORD to pity and not modest the unmar-
ried. The latter have the impudence to do
a little plying on their own hook some
lines. Don't worry them. Some Of them
are enjoying themselves and all are useful
as a foil. Would DR.. Andrews drive WE'LL
to-do bachelor uncles and spinster aunts out
OF the business? There are few more en-
U0 zinc AONNHAa " -~-IN - -.
should be without a specimen, and there
can't be enough OF them.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-19
RA ILROAD AssEssMENr-OWA AND
NEBRASKA.


And now It turns out that the railroad
attorneys and railroad tax agents who
appeared before the Iowa State Board Of
Equalization have not beer as success
full in keeping down the railroad assess
ment as have been the railroad attor-
neys and tax agents Of Nebraska. Two
weeks ago the announcement was made
that the railroad assessment of Iowa
had been increased by S4,0O0,OO0 over
the assessment of 1901. This was dis
tinctly a setback to the bombastic John
N. Baldwin and his Iowa associates, but
now It turns out even worse. Instead
of raising the railroad assessment by
$4,000 00, a computation made by the
secretary of the executive council places
the increase at $4.S1e, T26, or a fraction
over 8 per cent on the railroad assess
ment Of 1901, which aggregated SAT-
328,911, while the assessment of rail-
road property in Iowa for 1902 aggre-
gates SOL, 1881. 1884.
Computed in dollars and cents, the in
crease in the taxes levied on Iowa rail
roads for the year 1902 over the year
1901 is, in round figures, $4,000. But
this is by no means excessive. On the
contrary, an impartial assessment Of
Iowa railroads, apportioned to the
actual value computed on their bond
and stock basis and pro rata with all
other classes Of property in Iowa,
which is rs per cent Of actual value.
would have increased the assess
ment Of Iowa railroads to $780,
OO0,0 900 instead of $51, 100000. But even
small favors should be thankfully re-
ceived, and the people of Iowa have
reason to feel grati1ed over the relief
afforded to the general taxpayer.
AS compared with the action of the
Nebraska board, the Iowa board is GER
tainly to be complimented. Instead of
increasing the assessed valuation, the
Nebraska board has actually decreased
1t. Instead of paying more taxes under
the assessment Of 1902, Nebraska rail-
roads will pay much less than they paid
in 1901, unless the board is ordered by
the supreme court to to revise
its action and assess the railroad cor
porations according to the valuation of
their property and in proportion to the
assessment levied upon all other classes
of property in the state Is returned by
the assessors but not as computed by
the railroad tax bureau.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-19
LABoR ANp rRE slRrlEs


Intelligent workingmen know that the
republican party has been the friend of
labor. All that has been done in the
way Of national legislation in the in
terest OF labor was done by the repub-
lican party. Most Of the labor legisla-
ton of the states is also to be credited
to that party. 1t has ever sought to
improve conditions for labor by every
practicable means and it has never
failed to give consideration to every
reasonable request of those who labor.
While the democratic party has been
profuse in promises the republican party
has acted.
The act that the wage earners of the
United States are better of than those
of any other country is largely due to
republican policy. 1t has protected the
industries and the labor of the country,
enabling the American w~orkingman to
obtain higher wages than are paid in
any other land and thus to accumulate.
Before the organization OF the repub-
lican party little attention was given to
the interests OF labor. The men Of toll
were little thought of by those in public
life prior TO the birth Of the republican
party and labor was not respected as 1t
is at present. There has beer a vast
improvement a great advance. in the
last thirty-hve years in the condition Of
labor and for this the republican party
is entitled to nearly all the credit.
Consequently that party has the
strongest possible claim to the support
Of workingmen. 1t has the right TO ex-
peet from them a proper recognition Of
what the party has done IN behalf OF
labor and Of its always earnest desire to
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-19
Era of Busy Times,
Indianapolis News


Never, perhaps. was the country so busy.
Men are more likely to be asked to work
overtime than to find difficulty In getting
work. Another thing is that these are
great times for the producer Of food.
About 80 per cent Of the increased cost
of subsistence goes to the farmers and
market gardeners. And did anybody ever
hear Of hard times" when the farmers
were prosperous? But the chief explana-
ton is perhaps In the universally Of OPP
%portunity for work. The thing that makes
the pinch" OF hard times is not a
small margin, but no work. Who listens
to the complaint Of a man who has work
that he does not get enough for it7 He
is in a way regarded as the ancients re-
garded one who was ungrateful to the
gods. On the other land when men at
every corner are out of. work, the good
margin of those that have work is lost
sight of, and there is only patent the sad
dest Of all sights-an honest man will
ing to work who can get no work to do.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-19
STAGGERING HUMANITY.
High Priced Coal n Roar
Down East.
New York World

@ON4 "
To the family man who keen house,
there is nothing humorous in the announce
ment hat hard coal has gone up" another
dollar and is now only to be had in do
nestle sizes fer 50 a ton.
The thrifty householder's habit is TO stock
his coal bin some time before September 1
with enough coal to feed his cellar furnace,
his kitchen range and his open CRATES for
all winter. His August order to the retail
coal dealer Is for from ten to twenty-five
tons. varying with the size Of his house.
fifteen tons being an average winters coz
sumption in a house OF ten or twelve rooms.
The time has come to I'LL the coal bin. but
heads OF families shrink from giving an
order that means the addition OF SIS or 500
to their yearly living bills.
The coal problem must soon become an
acute one to all the people who keep
house" on moderate incomes. II will be-
Gene still more acute a couple OF months
later 70 the poorer people Who buy their
coal by the basket. For them indeed. II
current ~prophesy Is fulfilled and 50 a ton
remains the price for a long time after the
strike is ended. 1t will be the price that
staggers humanity"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-19

Chicago News: AS the name Of the new
trust is the international Harvester COM
pany, its evident intention is to AVE the
people Of Russia. Egypt and India do bust
ness with II before they harvest their
wheat.
81. Louis Republic: The harvester com
bine organized under the New Jersey laws
with a capital Of $4,000. 600 for the avowed
purpose Of preventing an advance in the
prices Of harvesting machinery is either
the champion bunco bluff Of the century or
a herald OF the millennium.
Minneapolis Journals: This trust will see
that the simple, unsuspecting farmer is not
made to pay more than he ought for his
harvesters. The manufacturers are being
forced against their will to make the farmer
pay more, but by an act OF supreme unset
ishness they have rallied, asserted their
benevolent strength, hurled the demon Of
high prices into the corner, have spat upon
him and are now holding him down with
$500, 900, 900 capitalization and a little water
cure on the side. Have hope, oh ye OF
little faith; the trusts will yet save us all
from the demnition bow-wows Of high
prices.
Minneapolis Times: 1t may be unkind,
however, to intimate that this combine has
been effected for other than benevolent
purposes, for one of the directors has given
the following reason for its organization;
1T is we'll known that the prices of raw
materials used in the manufacture Of har-
vesting machinery have advanced steadily
during the last few years, and. although the
manufacturers hitherto have avoided an
advance in the prices Of their products, it
has become apparent from the existing con-
ditions that higher prices would soon be-
come a necessity unless the methods Of
manufacture and business could be ma
terially improved and large economies ac-
complished." Therefore, for the sake OF
the farmer, these manufacturers have
banded themselves together to keep prices
down. Such consideration for the welfare
OF Others is rare in this commercially sell
fish age.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-19
Wiz MAKn No ooMpRoMIsE.

~ mann ~ OOAaN O1aAo
The president Of one of the anthracite
coal companies gave out a statement a
few days ago that there will be no com
promise or settlement of the strike
through political or other influence. He
said the presidents or the anthracite
companies have the absolute and un-
qualified support Of their respective
boards Of directors and stockholders in
the position they have taken that these
great properties shall be controlled and
operated by their owners and not by
outsiders" He declared that this is the
only real issue in the controversy and
that it will be fought to a finish In the
lines already drawn, no matter how
long 1t takes"
This disposes Of the report that a set.
Element was expected to be reached by
September 1 and that there would be
a compromise. The above declaration
undoubtedly represents the position of
all the anthracite companies and its
meaning is plain. The resumption of
mining will not take place until the
miners yield. The companies are not
giving any consideration to the interests
Of the public. They are needless Of APP
peals to avert the threatened coal fam
Inc. They are deaf to the suggestion that
1t is the duty of the companies to mine
coal. Their unalterable purpose is to
starve out the miners and break up their
organization, regardless of the conse-
quences to the public.
There appears to be an equally earnest
determination on the part of the miners.
They show no sign Of weakening and
President Mitchell says that it all de-
ponds on the action of the operators
when the strike will ter inmate. He
states that the financial assistance the
strikers are receiving is satisfactory and
expresses the belief that they will win.
As the situation now stands, therefore,
an anthracite coal famine seems inevi-
table and how serious a matter that
would be most people car understand.
The price of anthracite, has reached I'M
precedented figures in the eastern mar
kets and even should mining be re-
sumed shortly the price would doubtless
remain so high that many would be I'M
able to use this coal.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-19
FAREWELL TO THE BOYS IN BLUE,
Denver Post

Denver Post.
We often sing in joyful strains,
In admiration's loud refrains,
The heroism ever true ~
OF Uncle Sammy's boys in blue.
That sacred color now must 20
And sit back in the has-been row,
And future praises we must dab
Upon our boys in olive-drab.
The blue that since the nations birth
Has been the proudest hue on earth,
The color worn by hero sires
In blaze OF many battle fires
AND honored by their loyal sons
Amid the roar OF hostile guns
Now feels the sharp oficial stab
And fees before the olive-drab.
The girls who've sworn they will be trua
Unto their solid boys in blue
Who've gone a foreign foe to face
Must change their vows to at the case.
When now their confidence they
Exchange OF heroes far away,
They'll center all their loving CAB
Upon the boys in olive-drab.
In future years when wars shall cease
And all creation be at peace,
Save but the democrats. who'll be
At wal while preaching harmony,
The generations yet unborn
Right up 70 the millennium morn
With this proud boast the air will lab:
"Our ancestors wore o~live-drab."
This color fad we pray they'll bar
Before II goes too bloomin' far
And never let Il find a place
Upon "Old Glory's" sacred face
Oh! may 1t never spread unto
Our glorious red, white and blua.
For who could whoop while keeping tab
Upon red white and olive-drab7
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-19
THE rREATr WITH oslNA.

The tariff treaty with China will PROB
ably have no immediate effect upon
trade with that country, but it marks a
departure in Chinese policy that must
ultimately be of great benefit to the EN-.
pire and to all the countries doing bust
ness with it In future there will be no
discrimination by China against any
country in the matter of trade. Her
great market will be open to all on
equal terms and the abolition of the
hkin tax u have the effect of ma
terially increasing trade with foreign
lands. That tax has operated to restrict
trade with the interior and it has yielded
little revenu to the government, though
it has been a good thing for the officials
Of the provinces. These have of course
s~trenuously opposed the abolition of the
tax, which means the loss to them of a
large revenue, but the Chinese govern
ment could do nothing else but submit
to the requirements of the powers in the
matter.
A very energetic competition for the
Chinese trade is now to be expected and
undoubtedly American manufacturers
will not be behind those of other coun-
tries in working for that trade. 1t is
possible, of course, to get al exaggerated
idea of the extent of this commerce,
but a country of 400, 200 people GER
tainly presents what appears to be a
most promising field for commercial ex-
ploitation.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-19
THERE NEED BE NO DOUBT.
Views of the New Associate Justice
on National Politics.
Brooklyn Eagle.

.ZHA 80
Referring to the new member Of the
United States supreme court Mr.. Justice
Oliver Wendell Holmes, the Eagle editorially
said: r
His views are; accurately known on all
the subjects covered by the late decisions
OF, the United States court in cases affect
ing Porto Rico and the Philippines. He
believes that the constitution extends to
the ~colonies only to the degree to which
the congress Of the United States carries
1t there by legislation. AS the court was
lately OF that opinion only by a majority
Of one, the fact that Judge Holmes shares
that opinion gives to his appointment an
unmistakable Importance"
That statement was made advisedly. It
was made on knowledge. 1t was made on
purpose. 1t was made with the object of
meeting the natural curiosity Of our read
ers concerning Judge Holmes views on ex-
p~ansion, and for. the purpose Of assuring
them that his views were what, with
knowledge. the Eagle set them forth to be.
We may add that II they had not been
the views Of Judge Holmes he would not
nave been appointed. and another man.
with those views, would have been Sc
lected for the place.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-19

for him regardless Of anything else. This
idea is necessarily accompanied by the
further idea that farmers are all chumps
and idiots. This effort to form classes,
and to set one against the other. is moS
contemplate. This is the greatest SIN
Billy Bryan will have TO answer for. He
Is continually hsrping about the CONS
mon people," as though there was a class
Of registered t~horoughbreds who were diff
ferent from the rest Of us. Why not be
sensible even in politics.
Beatrice Express: Some OF the fusion
newspapers persist in the statement that
Mr.. Mickey is a prohibitionist There is a
wide difference between a temperance man
and a prohibitionist. but the terms are
often purposely confused by designing ed
itors and politicians. who desire to create a
prejudice against some candidate. This old
wolf" cry has been raised so often in Ne
braska that It no longer causes alarm or
influences votes. Whenever a decent. rep
utable man is nominated for an once some-
body is pretty sure to cry that he is a pro-
hibttionist, merely because he Is not an old
rounder, Mr.. Mickey is temperate in all
things-including his views touching the
liquor question, and when he is elected II
will be his duty at once to obey and en-
force the laws. and this he may be depended
upon to do. The governor Of a state does
not enact sumptuary or other legislation.
Fairfield Herald: II. Hon. John II.
Mickey We, at all the kind of a man
to be easily puifed up he would naturally
feel considerably elated or inflated, or
both. over all the nice bouquets tina are
just now being go freely handed him by
the republican press Of the state. II is
because Mr.. Mickey is a good example
Of the enterprising Nebraska citizen whose
stirring and sterling qualities have brought
him success that we are proud Of him.
In addition to being a man with a clean
record and sound judgment our candidatr
has the backbone essential to back Il up
and make a good governor. In this re-
spect Mr.. Mickey has long and abundantly
proved his qualities Of self-reliance and
independence OF Judgement We think that
the verdict of Nebraska voters the 4th
Of next November will be that Mickey's
alright.
York Times: 1t may not be any p~articu-
lar credit to Mr.. Mickey, but II is no dis
grace to him that he was born on a farm,
has lived all his life on one, and still lives
on one OF the best conducted farms in Ne
braska. 1t may not be any credit to him,
but It is no disgrace, that he has made
money and saved It, and haze been elected
president Of a good. strong bank in the
county seat of his county. A farmer may
aspire to these honors as we'll as anyone,
and the fact that he succeeds does not in
the least impair the respect Of sensible
men for him nor their confidence in him.
Directors Of banks do not usually elect a
president to manage their important in
terests unless they have confidence In his
integrity and ability. They are not look
ing for cheap guys nor swindlers for such
positions. They put their money and busi-
ness integrity at his disposal and he must
be a business man and thoroughly reliable.
Mr.. Mickey is that kind Of a man.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-19
limiting at Strange Things.
Minneapolis Journal.

M~IHnedpOTIs JOufhhI.
The voluntary reduction Of grain rates
by northwestern railways is a striking
and profitable Illustration OF the change
that is coming over railway arrangements.
They rave at last learned that 1t does
not pay to buck" the people and state
governments. The railway management
are at last coming to a k a view of
their business that the people, the leg
islatures and the courts have now taken
for some ye~ars-namely, that the roads
have no right to charge more than will
yield a fair rate Of profit on fair capital
ization Of their properties. 1t saves an
noying litigation and saves time and pre-
vents a dangerous public irritability for
the railways to reduce rates from time to
time in accordance with the rule. as trat-
&c grows.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-19

In 1898 William F. Gurley instructed
his tenant, Johnny Wright. who keeps a
popular sporting resort for colored men,
to take his instructions from Frank
Ransom as to whom he was to support
for congress, and Ransom designated
Hitchcock as his preferred candidate.
If Mercer should be nominated again
this year what will Gurley do? VIII
he instruct Johnny Wright to go the
way Ransom wants him to, or will he
desert his bosom friend, Hitchcock, for
the man to whom he is indebted for
thousands Of dollars worth Of federal
patronage as attorney for winding up
broken national banks? Here is a dt-
lemma almost as exasperating as would
have been Gurley's position if his part
ner, Ransom, had been nominated by the
.popocrats.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-19

Contractors are said to be getting
busy already to connect with the work
Of building the isthmian canal, which
is billed as the biggest engineering I'M
d%ertaking in sight on the international
boards. 1t goes without saying that
American contractors should be In po-
sition TO bid for this work successfully
as against those of any other country
both by reason of being nearer to the
scene of action, but also because of SUI
perior mechanical resources and machin-
cry devices. If the United States is
to put up the money to build the canal,
American labor and American industrial
concerns should have first opportunity
to earn IL.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-19
The CrueIist Cut Of All.
Springfield Republican.

bDIIUBHtIU NtpWUIICdHs
After spending 81, 900, 900, 900 in conquer
ing the Boer republics it is a little hard
on John Bull that he is unable to hold the
South African market. All advices indi-
cate that the Germans and particularly
the Americans are gathering in the trade
and the contracts, while the latest British
trade commission solemnly reports that
this is a most serious matter. 1t GER
tafuiy is.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-19

Bank Wrecker Andrews of Detroit,
who has just been sentenced to fifteen
years imprisonment, doubtless wishes
his term were to be served in Nebraska.
where the chances of an early pardon
would be much more promising.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-19
Another Outburst of Confidence.
Philadelphia Press.

Colonel Bryan has again taken an In
ventory OF his inner thoughts and last
weeks issue OF mis- newspaper Omciaiiy
announced the result. He Will not be
a candidate for the nomination in the
next campaign. but he won permit any
one TO be nominated who would not be
as thoroughly beaten as he would be II
on the ticket. II Is conceded that Colonel
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-19

From the stories brought home by the
Elks, Salt Lake City will not be in 1t
as a competitor for national conventions
Until Is people learn to treat their
guests better. omaha's reputation for
hospitality in entertaining visitors with
out holding them up is worth more to 1t
than al the money that might be gath.
cred IN during q convention week.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-19

The way all the democrats with
avowed congressional aspirations were
showed on the track by the local demo-
cratic bosses shows that when it comes
to operating a well-greased machine the
democrats hereabouts are no slouches
themselves.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-19

"f l was mayor Of Omaha" says
w. s. Summers. Il would enforce the
law" but w. S. Summers is United
States attorney. Why don't he en-.
force the law against the land specu-
lators who are conspiring to rob the In
dams IN the purchase and leasing of
reservation lands?
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-19

King Edward knows what he is doing
in extending a glad hand to the brave
Boer generals, who kept his armies busy
with nearly three years lighting in
South Africa. Cordial treatment of
their leaders is likely to do more toward
reconciing the Beers with their condi-
tion as British subjects than any other
thing.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-19
tremendous Expansion.
Chicago Inter- ocean.

NUIIdEU IHIVI-ONUdHs
To be specific. the excess Of exports over
imports in the los years from 1890 to
March 4. 1897, was $685. 2s ,4s7. while the
excess in the Eve years from March T.,
1897, to March l. 1902. was $2.707 1898. 1914,
the excess of exports in a year since
1897 being greater than that Of the entire
los years prior to the inauguration Of
President Mckinley.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-19

Jim Hills reduction of grain rates is
altogether outside Of the community-of-
interest agreement. The other soads
show no disposition to meet the cut, and
do not have to. since it in no Sway at
fects competitive business.