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Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29
Increase.


German chancellor has for months been
labOring to conciliate the agrarians and
to bring about n compromise Of the
differences of the two opposing forces,
his present position marks a complete
change, which it is said was ordered by
the emperor himself, a not incredible
statement when it is remembered that
the emperor has never been in hearty
accord with the agrarian policy. What
favor he has shown to the demands Of
that element was due to the fact that
he needed its support for certain gov
ernmental plans, chief among them
being naval extension, that he was seek
ing to carry out. The vigorous OppOsi-
ton to the agrarian policy, however,
seems to have convinced Emperor VIII
liam that it cannot safely be adopted.
1t is quite possible hat the appre-
hension of some sort of retaliatory policy
on the part of the United States has
exerted an influence upOn the German
government. The emperor and his ad-
visers are quite aware of the fact that
there is a strong sentiment in this oun
try in favor of resenting any discrimina-
ton against American products deemed
to be unjust, as in the case of the en-
barge upon our meat and the prepare
tons thereof, and they perhaps realize
that further steps in this direction
would be pretty certain to be met by a
policy of reprisal on the part of this
country that would be severely felt by
Germany. The present indications,
therefore, are that the a%grarians will
not succeed in having their extreme de.
mands complied with and that the Ger
man tariff will be so adjusted as not
to seriously interfere with our trade
with that country.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29
AMERICAN PRODUCTS IN GERMASY

The agrarian party in Germany is de-
termined that American products shall
cease to compete successfully with the
products of Germany in her own
markets. The league, which has the
support of the entire agricultural COM
munity, will apparently accept nothing
short of prohibitive duties on all food
stuffs which Germany can produce. AL
ready an embargo. has been placed upon
our meats and iron and steel manu-
features are threatened with prohibitive
duties. 1t has even been proposed that
American coal oil shall be shut out of
the German markets.
Fortunately there are two parties to
the contention and the agr~icuIturlsts
are opposed by the manufacturers, who
represent the great body of consumers,
so far as food products are concerned.
Discussion of the government tariff bill
In Germany appears to have settled
down to a contest between the jewellers
of the towns and the dwellers%of the
country. A short time ago a CONVEX
tion was held in Berlin, where 700 mu
nicipal officials, representing communi
ties in all the German states and
Prussian provinces, met and unani
mOusly declared against every increase
in the duties on the necessaries of life
Those who addressed the convention ex
pressed the opinion hat the passage OF
the government tariff bill would mos
certainly be detrimental to the interest,
OF the wage-earning classes, as 1t would
Increase the price of material, SEM
down wages and drive German capita
abroad. 1t was further declared tina
the passage of the tariff bill would pre-
clude the possibility Of renewing tn,
commercial treaties, which failure wOul,
exclude Germany from the markets O
the world.
II appears that these expressions hav,
not been without influence with tn,
government, Count Won Buelow having
openly rebuked the Prussian agrarian
for their e~xtravagant tariff demand
and for opposition TO pending commercia
treaties. In view Of the fact that tn
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

Inanimate things often display human In
telligence of a high order.
The appendix is destined to be a notable
chapter in King Edwards history.
Panama hats with sealskin earfaps are
the f~avorite headwear in Chicago, these
rare June days"
The most perplexing question in New
York at present is whether the local
Chollys will carry imitation to the limit of
perityphilitis.
The combine formed to market the
goobher crop innocently declare prices will
not be raised. This is another way of say
ing that consumers will she'll cut.
1t was fortunate for the British empire
that our own DR.. Chauncey Depew was on
the ground when trouble began. He said
the king would recover. That settled It.
A recent visitor to Yellowstone park re-
ports having "a nice quiet time" He was
chased around a mountain peak by a
hungry bear and slid down a steep incline,
seriously rupturlng his clothes.
1t is seriously proposed by the common
council of Chicago to acquire street rail-
ways to refund fares to passengers when
the road is blocked. II is presumed the
managers will accept the hint and make
an early call on the indignant city off,
Gals.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29
BLASTS FROM RAMS HORN.

No truth can DO expressed by the tongue
alone.
There are no pure lives without pure
hearts.
The richest promises arc for the poorest
people.
Don't trim your lamp so zealousIy ss 70
extinguish it.
Character is the best commercial asset
in the world.
The world needs a pure-thought crusade
more than one for pure food.
A great many are living in hopes there
will be no collection in heaven.
The more personal you make your
preaching the palmer II will be.
It's of no use for your lips to be talking
OF grace unless your life tastes OF II.
Our thoughts in time are weaving the
garments we must wear in eternity.
The man who gives TO advertise his char
ity has no charity worth advertising.
The eloquence Of the preacher cannot
take the place of the influence OF the par
ent.
The wisest sympathy will not sing our
dirge with us, but II strikes a note OF Gods
anthem in harmony with ours.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29

Virginia's constitutional convention,
which has at last adjourned after ses-
sions more or less interrupted extending
over a year, cost the taxpayers OF h
state $4,000, and at that the document
was not submitted for ratification By
the voters under excuse that such an
election would add needless expense.
The principal work of the body has
beer the ENGRAVING of a provision de-
signed to disfranchise the blacks without
interfering with the whites, and for this
wonderful achievement the bill of ex-
penses is considered moderate. Is it any
wonder that Nebraskans have fought
shy so long Of proposals of a conven-
ton to revise their constitution when 1t
can be amended so much more cheaply
by legislative initiative?
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29

portion of the shares. appeal is made to
those in position to do so to pay up in
advance the unmatured parts of their
subscriptions in order to help out the
treasury with needed ready cash. I'm.
posing lists of names on paper are not
necessarily good working capital for a
great worlds fair. st. Louis will have
to discount some of the promises on
which it has been banking Just as has
every other great exposition undertake
ing, but with its almost inexhaustible
and liberal government appro-
priation it is bound to come out all right
in the end.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29
FROM ONE LONG DEAD.
Egbert Bridges.

EBDSIL bIiubcs.
What! You here in the moonlight and
thinking of me?
Is IL you, o my comrade, who laughed at
But you wept when I told you I ionged to
And you mourned for a while when they
laid me at rest.
I've been dead all these years! and tonight
in your heart
There's a stir Of emotion, a vision that
It's my face in the moonlight that gives
It's my name that in Joy rushes up to
your lips!
Yes, I'm young, o 80 young, and so little I
A mere child that is learning to walk and
10 rum
While / grasp at the shadows that wave
am dazzled a bit by the light Of the sun.
1 am learning the lesson, I try to grow
wise,
But al night I am bafied and worn by
] am humbled and then there's an impulse
10 rise,
And a voice whispers, Onward ana winI
This is Life!'
And the Force that is drawing me up to
the Height,
That Inspires me and thrills me-eac day
a new birth,
Is the Force that to Chaos said. LET there
be Light
And IT, gave us sweet glimpses OF Heaven
On Earth.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29
KEEP 1T BEFORE THE PEOPLE.

While the tax bureau bunco steerers
Of "the railroads Of Nebraska" are try
ing to befog the public mind, a few
salient facts should be kept before the
people.
Keep it before the people that, while
the value Of railroad properties on the
market has almost doubled within the
past decade, their assessment for taxa
ton in Nebraska in 1901 is less by sew
eral millions than il was in 1891.
Keep it before the people that 5.41S.15
miles of railroad were listed for taxa
ton in Nebraska in 1891 at 500, 5,917,
while In 1901 5,652.33 miles were listed
Cor only $26, 346, 1875; in other words,
while the mileage has been increased
by 234.1S miles, the assessment has been
reduced by $2,919,1S2.
Keep it before the people that under
the fimsy pretense Of distribution
among the counties traversed by the
line, the costly Missouri river bridges,
valuable depots, depot grounds, yard
age, right-of-way and terminal facilities
IN Ouland, worth mllllOnS Vi uOlldTS'
are completely absorbed and sequestered
and pay no taxes whatever to any
public treasury anywhere.
Keep it before the people that under
the p%retense Of distribution taxation
has not only been evaded on all these
valuable terminals, but the assessments
have been actually reduced throughout
the various counties below what they
were before all these costly improve
ments were made.
Keep it before the people that the
railroads of Nebraska have plenty Of
money to>spend on oil room Hobbies, tax
bureau appendages and political favor
ties, but make it good by forcing the
less powerful taxpayers to bear their
tax burdens for them in addition to
their own.
Keep it before the people that the
only way to secure equity and justice in
railroad taxation is through an aroused
public sentiment that will hold to strict
accountability the public officers charged
with the duty of fixing railroad assess
ments.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29

of a foreign people and the glory of his
country, say to the suggestion that he
might have the greatest judicial posi-
ton in his government. On the author
ity of the president of the United States
he said that if a justiceship in that great
tribunal were offered him and congress
should take off his salary as governor
Of the Philippines, he would neverthe-
less go back to the islands. because he
thought the Filipino people needed and
expected him back and believed he
would not desert them. He is going
back to the continuance of that great
duty which he believes TO be impera-
tive and in the performance of which he
conceives to be the glory and the honor
Of his country. Who can doubt that he
is inspired by the right spirit?
And what of General Wood, who at
the beginning Of the wal with Spain
was known only to a very limited mil
itary circle and only as a medical Of
fcer. with no marked claim to distinc-
ton even in that capacity The Span
ish war gave him an opportunity and
his record since is before the world.
| Who has made a record more worthy
of commentator? He vent into that
war at the head of a regiment, ap-
proved himself a gallant soldier, took
up the work of administration after the
war and demonstrated extraordinary
qualities, carried out with most re-
markable success the work which had
been committed to his care and left it
without a flaw. 1t Is a record of good
conduct and of honorable achievement
that merits all the commentator which
the president bestowed upon it
The list of faithful public servants
| could be extended almost indefinitely
| Those referred to by President Roose-
welt in his Harvard address constitute
a very small minority of the men.
equally worthy; who are entitled to the
respect and honor of their countrymen.
In the history that this republic has
made in the last four years there figures
a multitude of men who are entitled
to imperishable fame for their faithful
performance of duty.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29
FAITHFUL PUBLIC SERVANTS.

In his address at Harvard, President
services Of Secretary Root, General
Wood and Governor Taft which we
think viii have the appreciation Of all
fair-minded men. He pointed out that
all of these men had performed their
duties with absolute fidelity, honesty
and courage. In regard to Secretary
Root, the president said that he had
accepted the position at a personal sac
riice and it is to be presumed that no
one will question this. The office Of
secretary of war pays but a small frac-
ton of what a lawyer like Elihu Root
can command and at much less labor,
yet he accepted that arduOus position
and is still there from a sense of patri-
otto duty to the government.
The same is true of Governor Taft,
| When he was appointed to the Philip
pine commission by President McKin-
ley, who knew of his great ability and
worth. he held a federal judicial posi-
ton that gave him an opportunity to
sometime be a member Of the supreme
court of the United States. He yielded
to the solicitation of the late president
to take up the work of establishing civil
government in the Philippines and how
well he has performed the duties there
devolved upon him the record amply at
tests. From the very outset Judge
Taft has justified the confidence repOset
in hin by President Mckinley and has
commended himself not only to the con
hdence of his own countrymen, but also
to the respect md esteem of the more
intelligent of the Filipino people. Anc
what did this a eager with the am
bition TO do something for the beneht
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29
SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT.

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New York World: 1t remained for a
Cleveland co., preacher to declare st. Peter
a victim to the f%sherman's traditional vice
OF reinstatement.
Chicago Record Herald: A Cleveland
preacher has won fame by saying st. Peter
was a lying old fisherman. He might have
written books all his life and never been
known outside OF his own ward
Washington Star: Church-goers are
sometimes put into a dificult position.
worldly display; those who do not are
charged with indifference or parsimony.
Chicago Chronicles Among other inter-
esting local intelligence is the discovery
by Rev. George Whiteside that the devil
has established his headquarters in Evans
ton. There has been a suspicion to that
effect since another Evanston divine de-
clared that the game of golf as played by
the people Of that town was a direct per-
sonal invitation to his satanic majesty. We
may assume hat the invitation has been
accepted.
New York Sun: or the six composers
of the mass which is to be sung in the
Roman Catholic cathedral at Newark, one
is a Presbyterian and two are Episcopal
clergymen. In churches Of the rltualistic
school Of Episcopalianism the first prayer
book Of Edward vi is looked on as the true
standard and accordingly the term mass Is
used by them invariably and the doctrine
Of ransubstantiation is taught with some
slight attempts at variation. That two Epis-
copal ministers, therefore, should assist in
writing a mass is not surprising, but that
they should write it for a Roman Catholic
church is rather remarkable. That a Pres
byterian minister should be a colleague in
the production is very remarkable. A gen.
Grafton ago such a circumstance would have
struck Protestants with amazement. Now
1t is likely to pass without any very serious
comment or, at least, any bitter rebuke.
Washington Post: Rev. DR.. L. ". Munhall
is quoted by the Chicago Inter Ocean thus:
M Methodist may dance or play cards
without perjuring himself" Perjury
means false swearing-the wickedness Of all
lying; an offense which, under certain con-
ditions, is defined and punished as a fell
ony. We do not imagine that DR.. Mum
hall intended to apply the brand OF GRIM
inal to dancing or card playing Methodists,
for he must know there are thousands Of
excellent young men and pure-minded
young women in the Methodist church who
occasionally take a hand at whist, euehre,
old sledge, high fve, casino or some other
game. Nor is 1t reasonably presumabIe
that DR.. Munhall is ignorant OF the fact
that there are many young Methodists who
sometimes dance. And the felicity with
which they move their feet in saltatoriaI
exercise is positive proof that they are not
weighed down with a load Of conscious sin.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29
VICE OF MONEY BORROWING.
Efforts TO Clip the laws OF Modern
ShyIOcks.
San Francisco Chronicle.

W SIIp inc CIaN8 OF mOdeEn
ShyIOcks.
San Francisco Chronicle.
The Western Union company has adopted
a drastic remedy in New York for the cur
ing of the borrowing habit among its en-
ployes and the suppression of the ~usurious
money lenders who encourage the vice for
self gain. Operators who are addicted to
borrowing and patroniEe the Shylocks are
being weeded out of the service. The
practice of paying orders for salaries given
to the money lenders as security for the
loans grew into an intolerable nuisance.
1t is assumed that the discharge OF the
borrowers will drive the usurers out OF
business. 1t may have this result. but It is
doubtful. The only effect 1t will probably
have will be TO discontinue the use OF the
cashiers office as a collection agency, for
money lending on these lines is too profit
able to be easily ~relinquished by the men
engaged in It.
It would doubtless be a great boon to
every large corporation in the country II
the habit of borrowing by its employees
could be permanently abolished. The cor
porations doing business in this city are
afflicted by the practice. The u~surious
Shylock Is in evidence in the neighborhood
OF the cashiers window every pay day to
collect his pound of flesh" And the war
rant shaver is the curse OF the city hall,
where the vice of borrowing from profess
sional money lenders who carry their Offices
in their pockets has grown to enormous
proportions.
II the history OF many OF the defalca-
lions and embezzlements in private and pub
lie service could be fairly followed in nine
cases out Of ten probably the foundation for
4 --.NI - 800 - H. 80 -
borrowing from one Of these accommodating
money lenders TO meet what may seem an
urgent necessity at an outrageous rate OF
interest and the embaTrassments which the
act subsequently entailed. There are times
in the career of most wage earners when
they must borrow to bridge over periods OF
financial distress. This is ordinarily the
professional usurer's opportunity and he
seizes It with avidity. Once his prey is in
his net he keeps him there as long as he car
continue TO collect his victims wages. The
latter Is seldom allowed to escape and each
month makes IL more dificult to get out OF
the tolls which are constantly Tightening
around him. II this kind OF borrowing and
money lending could be effectually stopped
II would be a blessing to society and II
would doubtless remove one OF the chlei
sources OF anxiety OF employers regarding
those occupying positions OF trust in theii
establishments. II would certainly go far
toward elevating the standard OF honesty ir
] the public service.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29

That the st. Louis exposition must ex
perience for itself all the troublesome in
cldents that have beset its predecessors
goes without saying. Just now the
problem pressing upon the management
is that of getting in the money due on
stock subscriptions, which appear to
have been taken with the customary in
observation-disclosures and usual disregard OF
serious intentions on the part of the sub
scribers. While past due assessments
have not yet been covered in on a large
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29

The outcome of the fight for the com
mittee craftsmanship of the Illinois de-
mocracy leaves little from which the
F., Bryanites can draw consolation. The
candidate supported by Ben Gable, who
Is actively Identified with the national
l~Feorganizers. won out. which must be
taken to mean that the silver element is
losing its grip in Bryan's native state.
The death OF Altgeld and several other
ardent champions OF the Bryanite wing
has apparently made things easy for the
reorganizers, and the transfer of Illinois
from the n side to the other in demo
cratic councils is likely to exert an innu-
enee that may prove decisive.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29
FACTORS Of Modern Progress.
PHILADELPHIA Record.

T~HIIdutIpHId TttCOIu.
The oficial returns of immigration show
that the number OF arrivals is not nearly
as large now as 1t was thirty years ago.
when the population OF the United States
was not much more than half as large as at
present. Formerly very few immigrants
returned to their native homes even to
make a visit. Now nearly every outgoing
steamer carries back immigrants either for
a temporary visit or permanent stay. In
this facility OF locomotion is one Of the
great factors OF modern progress.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29

Richard Mansfield at all events has our
gratitude for devislng a method of pre-
clPitating newspaper discussion without
~resorting to the time-frayed fakes of
the cheap stage mouther. When Mr..
Mansfield consents to public interviews
be- imparts a few ideas of his own with
out serving as a %phonograph for mana
Gerial operators.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29
CherishinE Vain Hopes.

st. Louis Globe-Democrat
Several democratic papers are proposing
Mr.. Cleveland for a third term. This sug-
gestion is being attacked by other demo-
Gratis. but the excitement which is shown
Is unnecessary. The democrats have not
the faintest chance Of carrying the coun-
try IN 1904 under any candidate whom they
can name.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29

The Indiana supreme court has ruled
that the good will of a business estab-
lishment is altogether different from a
franchise and that while franchises con-
stitute taxable property, what is known
as good will is not property at all. This
is n pointer, however, that will not be
relished by our friends of the tax bu-
reau Of 1.-THE railroads of Nebraska"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29

Strange the popocratic press has not
yet denounced President Roosevelt for
expressing sympathy for Britain's
stricken monarch without first asking
congress for its consent.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29
"a Vindicntion at Home"
Minneapolis Times.

minneapolis llHltS'
The Nebraska democrats reafirmed the
immortal utterances OF 1896 and 1900 any
how, and Mr.. Bryan feels that he has re-
ceived a vindication at home even though
the brethren in Indiana and Illinois did
sidestep and duck.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29
Is There to BE "a Changef
Washington Post.

" UHIIIIbNVH IVNN8
1t is the business Of a political fakir to
impose upon the party with which he
chooses to be identified. 1t is the business
of a political party to keep It's affairs out
OF the clutches OF the fakirs. Mr.. Bryan
has been attending to business and the
democratic party has not. Is there to be
q change?
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29

Give our late fusion conventions at
least n credit mark, They observed
the p~roprieties for once to refrain from
utteFing the usual dismal lament of
calamity and denial that the prevailing
prosperity is the real thing.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29

II Mr.. Bryan redeems his promise to
hold himself at the command OF the Ne
bfaska campaign committee from now
until election, he must be satisfied that
his services in other states are not nearly
a Imperative to his cause as right here
at home.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29

Home rule in municipal government is
one OF the pledges in the Missouri re-
publican platform. Municipal home rule
IL one of the coming issues in every
progressive state in the union.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29

Keep the railroad tax figures before
the people. The more they are studied
the more thoroughly convinced the peo-
pie will become that railroads have over
their taxes.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29
Some Additions necessary,
Chicago Chronicle

Chicago Chronicle.
Jewels ere not wearing apparel, according
to a recent decision of the United States
court. The average society leader, whose
full dress costume consists mainly OF a
tiara, a diamond necklace and a string of
pearls. will kindly take notice and put on
some clothes.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29
What we Are Coming To,
Chicago Record-Herald.

Chicago Record-Herald.
A Frenchman has completed an invention
which does away with the flash, the smoke
and the sound when a cannon is fired. Now
II they will get rid of the bullet war will
be perfectly lovely.