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Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-13
TIE MEAT DIGESTION

The law authorities of the federal gov
eminent having taken up the subject Of
special railroad rates given the meat
packers, the Philadelphia Press suggests
that Attorney General Knox and his
associates might proftably address
themselves to the machinery by which
the farmer is robbed at one end and
the butcher at the other. The facts
have been established by repeated in
vestigation," says that paper. "The
cours and current of prices is itself an
eloquent proof of the harm lone both to
the individual and to the gen.
eral progress Of the land by the condi-
tons which now exist. Nor is 1t pos
sible to attribute the present rise in
meat to a three-fOurth corn crop last
fall, though this undoubtedly plays it's
share" The Press earnestly calls for
the execution Of the law against the
meat trust.
Interest in this matter is being every
where strongly manifested and rather
more strongly in the east than else
| where. AS we have already noted, the
wholesale and retail dealers in meat in
New York and Philadelphia are organ
izing to fight the alleged trust and the
subject is being seriously discussed in
the newspapers. Indeed 1t has ever in
vaded congress. What the effect of all
this will be cannot easily be foreseen,
but as we have heretofore suggested
the most practical way to deal with the
matter is for people generally to curtail
their consumption of meat. This seems
to be the most certain way Of bringing
about a reduction in price.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-13
SUPERVISION AND REGULATION.

"After combinations have reached a
certain stage 1t is indispensable to the
general welfare that the nation should
exercise owe them. cautiously and
with self-restraint, but firmly, the
power Of supervision and regulation"
This is the position of the national ad-
ministration, as defined by President
Roosevelt. and it is approved by intelli-
gent public opinion. 1t does not contem-
plate harsh and reckless measures
against the corporations, as cOunseled
by demagogues and irresponsible agita-
tors, but the application of wise and
practicable legislation. having in view
the general good and In the interest of
justice to all.
1t is remarkable that the shrewd and
sagacious men who control the corpora
lions, the captains of industry" do not
recognize the wisdom Of this position
and put themselves in accord with II,
instead OF constantly ~antagonizing 1t.
They should be able to see that it is
certain to ultimately prevail and also
10 understand that persistence IN hostll'
ity to it not only intensifes the demand
for supervision and regulation. but ere.
ates sentiment favorable TO extreme leg.
islation. The curse of the corporations
generally in opposing such legislation as
conservative public opinion and intelli
gent statesmanship demand-legislation
which experience has shown to be
proper and n~ecessary-is most helpful
to the demagogue and the agitator and
the inciter OF class hatred. 1t supplies
these with an argument which they car
use with great force and in fact art
constantly employing TO inaame popular
sentiment against the corporations In
discriminatory.
1t is particularly. surprising that the
leading Hallway managers OF the eOun
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-13
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

People troubled with spring fever will
find work a soothing specific.
Kansas City has placed in cold storage
enough squads to serve quail on toast all
summer.
To accurately measure New York's Sun
day thirst it is necessary to visit Hoboken.
The spectacle ~iustihes the risk.
Higher education comes high. 1t cost six
Princeton students a little matter Of $4,000
for the innocent pleasure Of defacing
property.
In the light of conditions revealed by the
report Of the grand Jury 1t is not surprising
that st. Louis entertains grave doubts OF
its ability to produce a model city In one
year.
Ph~iladelphia's reputation as a slow town
was rudely jolted last week. Within three
days after the commission Of an infamous
crime the criminal had been tried, convicted
and sentenced to be hanged.
To appreciate to the full the inspiring
poetry Of the man with the hoe or the rake,
a silent view OF him over the fence will do
the business. A few blisters on his palms
serve to italicize the soulful lines.
When Greek meets Greek, look out for
trouble. A bunch OF them met in a Chicago
church to elect officers. They did not settle
their troubles then and there, but we're es-
corted to a local infrmary for treatment.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox reiterates her claim
to the authorship of the poem beginning
Laugh and the world laughs with you,
Weep and you weep alone"
and she repeats her offer of a reward Of
s., 900, to be given to a charitable institu-
ton, for an authenticated copy Of a news
paper or magazine containing the verses
prior to February, 1888.
Occasionally a gem OF 'purest ray Sc
rene sparkles in the chronicles OF we'd
dings. Here Is one fashioned by the def
hands of woman and produced in a Missouri
paper: 1.-THE bride was 16 years old, wore
a short dress and black kid shoes. black
dress, red choker, blue velvet hat with
plumes arranged to give a wing effect,
crown fat and white rosette in front. The
groom was tall. gawky and light com
plected, wore a blue nectie, striped trous-
ers, dark blue barred sack coat. standing
collar, black shoes laced upside down with
strings trailing"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-13
BLASTS FROM RAMS Holm.
selnsh success IL a sad failure.

A selfish success lie a sad failure.
Many words do not make much vision.
Gods sympathy is not exhausted insighs.
The brsggart deceives no one but HIMSELF.
The church is weakened by wicked walth.
Many a man must lose his all to hndhim-
self.
No mar fails Of success who conquers lim-
self.
A racket is q revival OF nothing but
noise.
Religion without Joy is a sun without
light.
The path to greatness with God lies oien
to all.
The great life is made up Of greatnessln
Titles.
Sincerity is the best sermon against H.
pocrisy.
1t is hard to be healed when we hide our
wounds.
The perils Of truth lie deep in the sea o
patience.
A man may be judged by his judgments
OF others.
God wants flowers on hearts more thar
on altarcloths.
The foolish bark at truth because It IL q
stranger to them.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-13

try, men Of the highest business ability
and practical judgment, are with few
exceptions found opposing regulations
demanded by an overwhelming public
opinion and exerting their powerful in
fuence upon legislative bodies to defeat
the public will. With the fact admitted
that existing law has been persistently
violated and that 1t is not adequate for
the prevention or correction Of abuses
injurious to the public, the railroads yet
array themselves against every PROPOSE
ton for strengthening the law and max
ing It more effective. Some of them
profess disapproval Of rate cutting, re-
bates and other violations of the law.
but they are unwilling that congress
should adopt legislation for the correc-
ton of these abuses and evils. Measures
for this purpose introduced in congress
have met the determined opposition Of
the railroads, with few exceptions, and
it is safe to say that the hearings in
progress before the house committee on
interstate and foreign commerce will
show a practically unanimous opposition
IN the part Of the railroads to proposed
legislation.
The attitude Of the corporations Of
all kinds regarding the popular demand
for supervision and regulation is o most
mistaken one. If persisted in its inev-
table effect will be to strengthen the
already extensive sentiment in favor Of
the most radical and drastic legislation
against the great corporations. If they
will not accept the moderate and rea-
sonable policy now proposed they must
be prepared to be far more severely
dealt with in the not remote future.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-13

ELEVATIN0 THE MEDICAL STANDARD.
The a~fHliation Of the University Of
Nebraska with the Omaha Medical col.
lege, just arranged for by the Board Of
Regents, making the latter in effect the
medical department of the university,
is significant, both as a forward step in
the development of our institutions of
higher education and for the promise
1t holds out for the elevation of the
medical standard. From the very nature
OF things the State university has been
compelled to go slowly in the enlarge
ment of its scope, adding to its faculties
from time to time as occasion has war
ranted. With science, letters, art and
law represented in it's curriculum, med
icine remained the most important field
unoccupied. BY annexing at one stroke
a fully equipped medical college and
staff which have been successfully
maintained over twenty years, the uni
versity avoids not only the laborious
and costly work of creating and build
ing up a new school, but also the unnec-
essary duplication and certain competl-
ton with existing institutions.
That the medical instruction, espe-
cially where it requires clinical demon
stration and hospital facilities, can be
given satisfactorily only in large popula-
ton c%enters, goes without saying, and
makes the retention of the medical
faculty at Omaha instead of Lincoln
an absolute necessity. All the great
schools for medical instruction are
located in the larger cities and in profit
ing by the experience of other educa-
tional institutions the regents have
taken the only safe and sensible course.
AS a %forerunner of increased require
ments for medical practitioners the
%juncture Of university and medical col
lege should exert an influence far be-
yond the educational circle. The eleva-
ton of the medical standard means
more expert ninistratiOn to the sick,
more skillful succor to the MANNED,
more intelligent attention to all suffer-
ing from bodily ailments. The elevation
of the medical standard means the ele-
walton of physical standard of the
human race, the reduction Of the num-
Der of the deformed and the defective,
the advancement of right living. The
huge strides made in the last few de-
cades by medical science are sure to be
overtopped by twentieth century prog
ress. II an improvement Of medical
education brought about by the union
of these two institutions can contribute
to his end, more will have been accom-
plished by it than even those directly
concerned now realize, and Nebraska
will have the credit for taking the lead
among western state universities.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-13
SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT.

Boston Globe: Why should the religious
folk Of Washington feel shocked because
President Roosevelt has accepted an invi-
tation to a race track? The horse enc
thusiasts never complain when the presi.
dent goes to church.
Brooklyn Eagle: A New Haven clergy.
wife would not call on the Pensioners
and do other social duties. Sympathy is
with the woman. You ought to see some
Of the people that ministers wives must
be pleasant to.
Courier-Journal: A New York preacher
how we love a lordl-has been indus.
triously digging in geneslogy and now tri-
umphantly proclaims that President Nc
Kinley is descended from eighty-one kings.
And the pitiful thing about It is that this
preacher believes he is faithfully observ-
ing the rule to say nothing but good Of the
dead.
New York Mail and Express: When Rev.
DR.. Charles S. Ryman arose In the Newark
Methodist conference last Thursday and
said that he would pray for the day to
come when all Methodist churches would
adopt a system such as prevails in the
Episcopal church, so that the worshipers
COUlub W melnOulSl CnuTCuSb WOulu huOW
just what part to take in the service" he
voiced a feeling the growth of which is APP
parent in his own and other denominations
Minneapolis Times: The church nursery
Is a new departure and a good one. A
room in the basement is fitted up with
everything necessary to the comfort and
happiness of a baby. sweet-faced nurses
are placed in charge and the little ones are
checked and cared for while their mothers
enjoy the services without fear Of an out
cry. When a church is thus equipped the
presence of an infant at home is no longer
regarded as a valid excuse for non-attend-
ance.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican: The
action OF the archbishop Of Montreal in
forbidding Roman Catholics to attend the
passion play professionally performed in
that city is evidence that public opinion In
America is not yet ready to tolerate the
portrayal Of the sacred scenes on the stage
Heretofore Mgr. Bruchesi has k no
position in the matter and his final deci-
sion has been largely the result Of public
opinion. Meanwhile the Passion play is
still being performed by professionals in
Paris. There the Catholic church Is said
to have given tacit consent, though priests
are forbidden by Archbishop Richard from
attending, on the ground that such specta-
cles prevent ~inwardness, create an idle
frame Of mind and are foes to seriousness
of religious sentiment and thought"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-13
WILL MAKE NOMORE PROPOSALS..

It appears to be the determination Of
the Canadian government to submit no
more proposals to the United States
looking to closer trade relations. The
premier, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, is reported
to have announced that the government
had sent its last delegation to Washing
ton to seek reciprocity and at a dinner
of the Canadian club of Boston a few
days ago Mr.. Longley, the attorney gen.
eral of Nova Scotia, said that If Canada
were approached in a fair and liberal
spirit her government would be found
procity, "but that Americans should go
to Washington rather than to Ottawa,
If they wished to cur reciprocity"
He said that he had reached the con-
clusion that I'VE will discuss reciprocity
no more until we see evidence that
it is to be a reciprocity indeed and a
reciprocity which means giving as well
as taking" Another Canadian speaker
at the dinner stated that ''since the
public men of Canada had been unable
to get consideration from this country
by reasonable appeals. Canada was
seeking to place United States impor-
tatlons in a less favorable light"-that
is, the Canadian government is con-
templatlng placing higher tariff duties
on importatiOns from the United States.
The strong desire which the Cana
dams are manifesting to secure a reel
procity agreement with this country is
certainly entitled to respectful consid-
Grafton. We have a large trade with
the Dominion which 1t is desirable to
retain and of course closer trade rela-
tions would tend to strengthen friend
ship. But Canada is at least quite as
much interested in the matter as the
United States and 1t is a somewhat ex-
~traordinary position for the former to
take in asking that this country shall
take the initiative In proposing reel
procity. 1t is not the fault of the
United States that there are not closer
trade relations with the Dominion.
True, the schemes Of reciprocity sub
mitted by the delegations which Canada
sent here were not acceptable, for the
reason that, like the old treaty, they
were distinctly One-sided, but when this
question was before the joint high com
mission there was a fair chance of an
agreement being reached when Canada
blocked the proceedings by her attitude
regarding the Alaskan boundary. II
was insisted by the Canadian repre-
sentatives that the boundary question
must be settled before any other matter
could be acted upon. o
The responsibility for the existing sit.
uation, therefore. rests with Canada and
if there is any obligation as to initiative
for renewing obligations 1t is upon that
country. So far as the threat Of tariff
retaliation is concerned, II it should be
carried out it would perhaps prove quite
as much an injury 70 the Canadian
people as to our own and this is quite
well understood among our northern
neighbors. who are in no hurry to put
their threat into effect. Reciprocity with
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-13
THE RULE OF SoBRIETY.
Temperance Reform Moving Along
Practical Lines.

Practical Lines.
Portland o~regonian.
Practical temperance reform took a nota-
BILE step forward when, a few weeks back,
the Union Pacific railroad management
made al order to the effect that no man
who f%requented drinking saloons, while
either on or OF duty, could remain in the
service Of the company. Everywhere along
the Union Pacific lines there followed a
sudden decline In saloon patronage, and at
Cheyenne, Wyo.. the chief center Of rail-
road labor on the transcontinenta route,
twenty-five drinking places shut their doors
within a few days. This incident illustrates
conspicuously a principle which is now be-
ing very generally enforced. First, the
ban was put upon the %drunkard; now the
line Is being drawn against the occasional
and moderate drlnker, who is regarded as
an incipient drunkard. The great railroad
companies led off in the movement, and
their example is being followed by en-
ployers in every situation where large re-
sponsibility is involved or where a clear
head and a steady hand are essential to
efficiency.
The progress OF industry and the pres
sure OF competition have practically elimi-
mated the drunkard. When industry was
on an individual basis, 1t was possible to
get along in some sort with partially
efficient men. but under modern conditions
this is no longer true. An inefficient man
or a man not dependable is a nuisance in
any relation. In the railroad service his
lapse OF attention or judgment may result
in the most serious disaster; in factory,
one man not up to his work. may hold
back a score or hundred Of his fellow work.
men. and he is certain to destroy the dis
cipline upon which the general competence
of a working force depends. Under these
conditions there Is no room for the drink
ing man and no tolerance for the man who.
through the saloon habit. Is in the way
Of becoming a drunkard.
The principle applies to professional as
we'll as to other forms OF labor. We used
to hear OF famou lawyers, doctors, generals
and statesmen with an inhrmity OF self
indulgence" but such men are heard Of no
more. Nobody now employs In any rela-
tionship Of responsibility, in any duty call
ing for steadiness and judgment, a man
who cannot be relied upon for the best
that Is in him at any time. The fashion
Of the world has changed. and 1t has
changed not in response TO any merely SEN
tImental feeling. but from a conviction en-
forced by many and painful experiences
that the drinking man, whether he be a
drunkard or a mere occasional tippler. is
a dangerous man. So important a change
is having, naturally. an important effect
upon social and domestic manners. The
social club is no longer . place where ex-
cosslve drinking is tolerated; no decent man
becomes fuddled with wine at dinner; in
respectable social circles. no matter OF what
rank. there is no federation OF those prae-
fNaaa Of aweaaQ WhNFh No Las than fuyaufw
years ago we're common II not general.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-13
PLANT A TREE.
Baltimore Sun.

Baltimore Sun.
He who plants a tree,
Plants a hope.
Hoovie.s w "a 5hT ,Oteg ho m9ep of srnny srop'1
So mans life must climb
From the clods of time
Unto heavens sublime.
Canst thou prophesy, thou little tree,
What the glory of thy boughs shall ben
He who plants a tree.
Plants a comfort hat will never cloy.
day a fresh reality,
Beautiful and strong.
To whose shelter throng
Creatures blithe with song.
II thou couldst but know. thou happy tree,
OF the bliss that shall inhabit theel
He who plants a tree,
He plants peace.
Under its green curtains jargons cease.
Leaf and zephyr murmur soothingly;
Shadows soft with sleep
Down tired eyelids creep,
Balm of slumber deep.
Never hast thou dreamed. thou blessed tree,
or the benediction thou shalt be.
He who plants a tree,
He. plants youth;
Vigor won for centuries-in sooth,
Life OF time that hints eternity.
Boughs their strength uprear;
New shoots every year
or old growths appear.
Thou shalt teach the ages, sturdy tree,
Youth of soul is immortality.
He who plants a tree,
He plants love.
Tents of GOODNESS spreading out above
Wayfarers he may not live to see.
Gifts that glow are best;
Hands that bless are blest.
Plant-Life does the rest.
Heaven and earth help him who plants a
tree,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-13

The National Nonpartisan Reciprocity
league. just organized at Chicago, had
q very fair sprinkling Of Sugar trust
representatives and spectators in Gu
ban prosperity, who ingeniously roped
In unsophisticated delegates from Ne
braska and Kansas to pull their chest
nuts out OF the fire by the adoption of
resolutions requesting congress to pass
a law that win enable the president to
negotiate q liberal Cuban treaty.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-13

General Schofeld, formerly command
ing general OF the United States army,
declared before the senate committee on
military affairs that General Miles and
President Roosevelt do not speak as
they pass. With General Schoheld on
record In favor OF the War department
bill TO reorganize the army we appre-
bend that hencefOrth General Miles and
General Schoheld win pass each other
without saluting.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-13

The river and harbor bill. which con
Eains $7O.000,00O of pork in n barrel,
also carries with 1t an appropriation OF
$4,000 for the Improvement of Mis-
souri, river navigation above Sioux City,
We may confidently. predict therefore
that about $50 snags will be pulled VI
from the bottom of the Big Muddy dur
ing the coming season. Improved nav
igatIon Of the Missouri at $1,000 a snaG
comes cheap.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-13
AK ENGLISH IN SCHOOLS.
Protest Against Juggling in the Cock
ney DrawI.
Brooklyn Eagl,

Brooklyn Eagle.
The Anglo-Saxon has been a vigorous
tongue, but some OF those who teach it
In our public schools are trying to take
the life out OF 1t. A new and cockney
drawl is substituted for the true sound
OF some letters, notably those which con-
tain the short sound of o. For instance,
pupils In this city are told to call a dog
a dang; they must pronounce coffee as
cahfy; a log as a labg, and to drop is to
drahp. Where is the Turk that has such
twisted ear drums that he can't hear any
~straighter than this? They don't talk
that way In Limerick, and they don't talk
English like that In Berlin, when they
try to talk 1t. 1t is peculiar to somebody
In the schools here, and 1t is not peculiar
TO the language nor the people. Some one
who is used to understanding English ought
to call the attention of Mr.. Maxwell to
this extraordinary and lackadaisical mode
OF utterance and secure an order from him
to go back to the teaching OF English.
Meantime. parents and others who
speak English are urged to correct their
children when they talk in the parental
presence as II they had hot mush In their
mouths, or as II they were too feeble or
too affected to give the straight, plain
sound Of q straight, plain, tongue. Chill
dren used to have their faults Of locution
corrected in schools, but now they are
provided with faults. OF course-beg
~pardon-ahf cawse, there are people who
cannot discriminate between sounds, Just
as there are people who are color blind,
and people with blind noses, but nobody
has a right to teach defects. The ma
jority OF folks hear straight enough to
recognize In the talk now declared off,
cial in our English clawsses the languor
Of a feeble intellect. Cease It. Be Amer
lean and talk United States, so thai United
States people will know what you are
talking about. We mean you, every teacher
and superintendent In this town.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-13
Rising Tide of BenevoIence.
York Tribune.

NtW lOTh ITIDune.
The tide of benevolence and goodwill has
risen to a greater height than ever before.
Men and women Of means are giving more
bountifully, and their benefactions are more
widely dlffused than in any spring of earlier
years. Libraries and hospitals and
churches, universities and colleges, and
charities and good causes and undertakings
Of almost every kind are fairly flooded with
showers Of gold. The world goes very well
now so far as the open hand can make
1t 60.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-13

The Iowa legislature has thrown a big
pait for public buildings to Uncle Sam,
giving the United States government a
blanket grant to lands as sites for fed
eral buildings. Up to this time a spe-
cial act was required ceding Jurisdiction
70 the United States for lands occupied
hy. each separate building.