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Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17
pEPENpENCE UPON IMERIcA

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The dependence Of the United King
dom upon other countries and princl-
pally the United States, is shown in
the statistics of Its imports just com
piled by, the chief Of the division of
foreign markets in the Department of
Agriculture. 1t appears from these that
the United Kingdom imported in 1900
agricultural products valued at S1,5TS.-
100000, about one-third of which wat
supplied by this country. But while
the United States exports to that coun-
try enormous food supplies, selling there
more than half Of the surplus produc-
ton of American farms, there seems
to be opportunity for increasing the
trade in some directions.
The report shows that we have the
bulk of the trade in lard, hams, tobacco,
wheat -four, fresh beef, raw cotton, cat
tie, canned corn and bacon, but send
scarcely any butter, eggs or potatoes,
articles that the United Kingdom i'm
ports to the extent of many millions of
dollars annually. The chief of the di-
vision of foreign markets predicts that
the greatest future in the development
of trade in the British market may be
expected in perishable products, expor-
tation of which is made possible by
modern transportation methods. He re-
marks that while other countries are the
chief contributors of Injuries, the
United States is the source from which
the British people procure in large meas
ure the staple food products that are
absolutely necessary to the maintenance
of life. This causes the dependence of
the United Kingdom on American
sources Of supply.
This dependence is not likely to be
less in the future, so that it will con
tinue to be a very powerful influence
for the maintenance of friendly rela-
lions between the two countries. The
mutual interests of Great Britain and
the United States are so great that
neither will easily be induced to do
anything to seriously impair interna-
tional friendship. The people of the
United Kingdom must have our food
stuffs. Nowhere else can they obtain
a sufficient supply of these. We, on
the other hand, want to retain this large
trade, amounting annually to more than
$500, 100000, and If possible increase it.
AS by far the best customer for our
agricultural products there is the most
substantial reason why this country
should be disposed to cultivate the
friendliest relations with Great Britain.
The necessity Of importing the greater
part of its foodstuffs makes it most i'm
probable that the United Kingdom will
permanently maintain the tax on grain.
That policy, forced by heavy war ex-
penditures, is exceedingly unpopular
and there is no doubt it will be aban-
doned just as soon as it is found prac-
ticable to do so. Popular hostility to
it has already been shown in Parlia-
mentary elections and is certain to be-
come more general and pronounced.
The United States has no trade more
secure against tariffs or any form of
discrimination than that with the
United Kingdom and there is good rea-
son to expect that it will continue to
grow.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17
KINDLINEss OF NEWSPAPERS.
Forbearing Courtesy Exemplined I'm
the News
ST. Louis Republic.

81. Louis HepuDnc.
'Tt sounds a thunderin' sight bigger"
remarks the sage Of the Albany MOI
Ledger. "to say that MT. ~so-and-So ac-
cepted a position than to say he nearly
ran his legs on and told forty lies to- get It,"
Ia this reflection is truth Of . kind 80
homeiy that It cannot fail to approve itself
to the average man. When We come TO
think Of II, this trick OF taotful expression
Is a great thing In the world. II lie more
largely Instruments in the making Of
regulations than any other one influence.
perhaps; especially in the case of those
who are not really f~orceful persons, but
who have the knack Of keeping themselves
in the public eye by conventional methods.
In no department Of the worlds work
does this truth more wildly impress itself
upon the obserVant mind than in that Of
the daily Newspaper, which Ia commonly be-
lieved to be a cynical sort OF institution,
wearied Of LIES humbugA and disposed to
establishment Yet It is the forbearing
courtesy OF the daily newspaper which is
peculiarly and logically responsible for
making the reputation OF thousands who
would otherwise have lived unknown and
Justly CT unjustly. obscure.
The further truth is due to the fact Of
the frequency with which personal mention
OF the most casual description Is necessary,
and 70 the solicitude with which a news
paper places every individual in the best
possible Hight before Its readers. In this
polite treatment Of the average citizen By
the average newspaper lies the secret OF
the vast majority Of established regulations
In every community.
These thoughts are respectfully sub
mitted to the attention Of that illogical
class 80. prone to the fallacy Of abusing
the daily press for alleged eyuioism and
indifference TO worthy achievement. A
newspaper IL not only invariably glad TO
acclaim such achievement. but errs. II
anything, on the side Of kindly mention Of
the most ordinary effort. The plain truth
is that the daily presS 10 goOd-natuTed and
charitable beyond the usual run Of thtnga.
Without exception. save where its duty
demands the hsrsheT metkc1 IN protecting
the public irOm intentional imposture.
II prefers TO record Ia M. So-And-SO
accepted q position" rather than TO pro-
claim the bald truth that he nearly ran
his legs on ana told forty lies 70 set it,"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17
BLASTS FROM RAMS HORN.

-
No one can wound the Father IKE the
child.
No words are great unless they have been
deeds.
The best denial Of a lie is the doing Of
the truth.
Man cannot be renovated; he must be re-
generated.
Evil is real, but temporal; good is real
but eternal.
You cannot Judge the house by one sheet
Of its plans.
Sincere conservation never produces self
complacency.
Life cannot be all sunshine II Il would be
OF any service.
cd lifts up the h~eavy-hearted by means
Of human hands.
The greatest truths are powerless without
the living teacher.
1t is no proof Of courage to dig up a deso
heresy so as to kill II again.
Active service saves many a mar trem
foolish fears aud speculations.
The ncblest worker Is he who does the
lowliest work in the Hottest spirit.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17
MODERN CONvENIENCEs.
Eject of Telephones, Rural Mail and
Trolley Lines ON villages.
Ind{apanolia Journal

Indianapolis Journal.
Telephones, rural mail routes, interurban
and trolley lines have had the effect, It is
said, Of making small villages more quiet
than formerly. A little crossroads settle
ment, with a general store, q postoflce, q
blacksmith shop and a doctors ONCE as its
5hief business establishments 10 net - any
time a very lively center, but the coming
and going of the persons with AFFAIRS to
transact at these places create whatever stir
there is and at times bring about the APP
pearance Of considerable activity. But now
that the farm telephone has come into use
its owner does not hitch up" and go to
the village as ormerly to do his errands.
He telephones to the storekeeper his order
for goods and asks him to send them out
by trolley or by the first man travelling
that way; he consults the doctor over the
telephone and talks with his friend in the
village in the same way. The mail Is
brought to his gate. and thus relieves him
Of the necessity OF a daily trip. His re-
lattons with the blacksmith remain un-
changed, for no way has been yet devised
whereby that useful parsonage can shoe a
horse or mend a wagon without having
horse and vehicle present. But these needs
are not Of daily occurrence, and so It hap
pens that the little street or open square
which was won't to seem almost crowded
with horses and vehicles at certain hours
every day or on certain days In the week
now often wears q deserted look and the
residents are conscious of q sense OF loneli-
ness. They say. too. that when once q
man gets on a trolley car with intent to
make g purchase he passes by the little
country store and goes to q larger town,
and that this is particularly true OF his
wife or daughter on similar errand. All
this is a natural but rather curious de-
velopment following the extended use OF
modern conveniences, and what remedy the
village has is not plain. It's only hope Is
apparently to establish attractions OF q
social or educational nature that will on
set the loss In other directions and will
draw its rural ~neighbors there for amuse-
ment and entertainment.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17
civic Pride In ChiIdren.
Municipal Affairs

MunIcIpaI Auairs.
Our public schools stand as high as any
in the world. All that can be done along
the lines for which they were intended is
well and completely done. By isw. children
between the ages of z and II years are
compelled to attend school daily. 1t is
possible. therefore, to lay here foundations
for an interest in the aesthetics Of life, to
create a widespread interest in all that
concerns the construction and decoration
Of the city. and to cultivate and arouse a
civic pride, which is Of paramount i'm
portance In all communities. Our public
school buildings should be made veritable
temples in all that goes to influence the
sensitive minds Of children.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17
Gladstone. Intereudns Prophecy.
st. James Review

bt. James REVIEW.
Prophecies even when the prophets are
politicians sometimes come true. Here is
a notable Gladstone utterance which we
can now look back upon as quite prophetic.
Speaking or writing twenty-five years ago.
Of the menace which, in the prospective
development OF her resources, America
offers to the commercial p~re-eminence Of
England the Grand Old Man predicted
that America, and America alone, can n
probably will wrest from US that COM
mercial primAcy. We have no title. I
have no inclination to murmur at the
prospect. II she acquires It she will make
the acquisition by the right Of the strong
est, but, in this instance, the strongest
means the best. She will probably be-
come what we are now, the head servant
in the great household of the world. the
employer Of all employed: because her
service will be the most and ablest. We
have NJ more title against her than
Venice, or Genoa, or Holland has had
against US"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17
where They shine Well.
Brooklyn Eagle.

bIOohlyn Eagle.
There have been a number OF cases lately
where young women have distinguished
themselves by saving the lives Of men.
Things have certainly changed since the
days when 1t was considered highly unlady-
like for a woman to know how to take
care even Of herself, Fraglllty and faint
ing fits were thought much more proper
than ability to plunge into the surf and
bring a drowning mar ashore. which shows
how life has altered since the time when
knighthood was in flower.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

straws that indicate material progress
in the direction OF a meat packers com
bihe seem to be visible at several points
pf the compass, despite repeated afirma-
lions OF complete Ignorance by men
supposed to know what is going on. II
the consolidation OF packing house in
terests is to come. we might as well pre-
pare 70 face il now as later.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17
Times an4 Typos Have Changed.
Boston Transcrfp

1t is worthy Of notice that many women
are in attendance upon the forty-eighth an
nual convention Of the International Typo
graphical union in Cincinnati. Time was
when the union printers were deadly OPP
posed to female compositors. and doubt.
less many will remember when the men
undertook to protect themselves against
female competition by grossly insulting the
latter and making association with the male
typos as unpleasant as possible. The
world appears to have moved a little since
those days, and to have taken the typog-
raphists along with It
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

some who take a pessimistic view OF
the matter and profess apprehension
that u financial expansion has been
too rapid and that there is danger of
a sudden reaction, but generally the
feeling is that Of confidence. At all
events, the United States is now in the
front rank IL not at the head of the
money powers and is exerting a most
potent influence in the financial world.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

The dispatches say that the Elks have
left Salt Lake City. The inhabitants
will doubtless be duly thankful that
the city is left t. them, in addition to
the memory of a hot old time.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17
Hay boys, Cheer Up.
baltimore American.

There is rejoicing in the hay fever dis
t%ricts. as 1t is claimed that the hea w
rains have washed the pollen from the
ragweed, and the annoying disease is not
to appear this summer. II ragweed pollen
is the cause of the trouble, it might be a
good idea to apply the hoe early in the
spring and take no chances on rain
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

"The plan to have the Indians work
for a living is a good one" Indian Com
missioner Jones is quoted as saying,
"and 1 am going to use every effort to
encourage it," The revised version Of
the Indian agent at the Omaha and
Winnebago reservation would read:
"The plan to have the Indians worked
by land ring despOilers is a good n
and 1 am using every effort to encOur-
age it,"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

An architect is to be sent ali the way
from this country TO China, presumably
% make sure that the plans for the
new home OF the American embassy at
Pekin are properly drawn and executed,
but more likely to see to it that the
cyclone cellar Is scientifically located TO
be Of ready service next time the Boxers
Jay siege 70 the foreign ministerA
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

Jim Hill insists that he will put into
effect his promised reduction in grain
rates on his northwestern roads within
a week. 1t is noticeable that the re-
duction Of grain rates for the benefit of
the farmer is not yet contagious ON the
other railroads.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

dent Roosevelt on the Isthmian Canal
commission. 1t will be remembered
that Jones Is chairman Of the demo-
cratic national committee. But that
would not prevent the democratic chair
mar accepting a lucrative position at
the hands of a republican president
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

Instead of redeeming his boast to fly
across New York City, his hightlness,
Santos-D umont, has taken occasion to
fly OF the handle and hy the track back
home. Shoe hyl
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

The latest agricultural implement
trust has been formed with the avowed
purpose % protect the American farmer
from paying higher prices for farm
machinery by reason OF the increase In
wages and cost Of materials. 1t is
doubtful. however, whether the Ameri-
can farmer will appreciate the benevo-
lent amalgamation.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

For the 'steenth time Colonel William
J.. Bryan declares publicly that he Is
not a candidate for the democratic
nomination for the presidency in 1904.
II an enlisting officer should be sent out
TO enforce a draft, however, he wsnts it
known that he win not hide behind the
door.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

Washington and adopt the course rec
commended by the Atlanta convention,
the result will be a great improvement
In their material condition and their
betterment In other respects.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

Cuba Is moving for admission to mem
bership In the Universal Postal union.
hYith the taste OF good postal service
they got under American administra-
ton. the Cubans are 0 to be expected
20 put up with anything like what they
had to submit to when Spain ran their
postofices for them.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

II Mr.. Mercer and his fool friends
imagine that The Bee will slacken it's
IRE and desist In it's opposition to his
denomination because the democrats
have been induced L nominate an Of
fensive partisan, they will presently dis
cover that they are very much mis-
taken.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

If the railroad tax bureau is not muz-
xled pretty soon it VIII succeed admir-
ably in ~arraying the farmers and wage
workers once more against the bankers
and money loaners generally.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

The next time the Board OF Review
meets to assess Omaha corporations it
will know just what the street railway
franchise is worth, based on its selling
hYalue.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17
where Did He Get Them,


Chancellor E. Benjamin Andrews says
the greatest foe Of marriage is the loose
divorce laws. Surely he never got that
idea during his stay in Chicago, where one
divorce is always followed by two mar
riages.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

According to credible authority, the
American s~kyseraper is about to gain a
foothold in Paris. This is to be con-
strued into the startling intelligence
that the Notwithstanding Europeans
are almost reconciled to using an ele-
vator instead of a lift.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

With prospective crops Of 1851, 4sO, 900
bushels Of corn and s16.611,O 900 bushels of
wheat. according to government oflcial es-
Inmates, the farmers are evidently going to
have money to go shopping with next
winter.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

The crown prince of Germany may
not marry an American girl, but that is
mo reason why any American girl should
be downcast. Every American girl is
a queen In her own right
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

Chicago Post: DO you still rely on
your burglar alarm"
"Oh, no. We have a baby now, you
during the night when some, one isn't up
with. the baby, he's welcome 70 all he can
get"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

Never worry. The Omaha base ball
team will be back soon, to give the local
fans a chance to show how they feel
about II.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

When it comes to breaking records
King Corn proposes to be in at the
Anish himself.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

Philadelphia Press: eff you refuse me-
cried Moody, my blood Will be upon your
head. I cannot live without YOU"
Well. self-preservation is the first law
simply couldn't I've with you"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

1t takes the old settlers picnic to dis
close how prolific Of old settlers a young
state like Nebraska can be.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

Puck: Her Mother-You must be pa
tent with him.
The Bride-Oh, 1 am. I know Il will
take time for him to see that he can't nave
his own way.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

New York Sun: Harry-Don't you re-
member that when we were engaged last
summer we cut our initials on that tree?
MarJorie-Oh, that's a chestnut.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17
DOMESTIC PLEAsANTRIEs.

Chicago Tribune: Gone over TO the
Seventh Day Adventists, have you? What
Is your reason for thatY"
We'll. It gives me two Sabbaths in the
week. and you can't have too much OF a
good thing"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17


Chicago authorities are starting a
campaign against the use of cOlored net
ting over baskets containing fruit, on
the p~retense that the colored covering
is a cloak to palm on unripe or over
ripe specimens on an u~nsuspect1ng pub
lie. But is this not going a trife too
far2 If the pink tarlatan that makes
green peaches glow like a blushing
maiden's cheek is to be tabooed, where
will this invasion of the fruit stand
mans rights ceasef Will not the in
spector next insist on banishlng the
berry box with a sky-scrapeF bottom
and require all apple barrels to be
packed with as good specimens in the
center as at the ends? What chance
will we have to acquire cholera morbus
at cheap prices if the privilege Of pur-
chasing melons without first plugging
them is denied? Why, before we know
1t some exacting and over-oficious OFF,
Ger will demand of the banana peddler
that he give bonds that his yellow
punches shall not u brown when ex-
posed to the summer sun. What next?
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

iltimatiol Is had from Washington
that Senator Jones Of Arkansas will be
given q place by appointment Of Presi-
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.

1 oAAAbMHN4 OF INCODAIHON
State Of Nebraska, Douglas County, SIS:
I George b. Tzschuck, secretary Of The Bee
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
Says that the actual number of full and
complete copies Of The Daily, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
ths month of July. 1909, was as follows;
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

Chicago ~Tribune:1. So you ran across
Dingbat In New York, did your Has he
got a good position there?'
He had when / saw him last. He was
sitting In a hammock with the daughter OF
q big Ike
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

Democrats profess to be greatly cha
grined because Lewis Nixon, late head
boss of Tammany hall and now treas
nrer of the democratic national congress
sional committee, is the leading figure
in a trust consolidation of shipbuilding
concerns into a corporation with $40,-
OOO,O 900 capitalization. But they need
have no great concern The people do
not take the democratic antitrust talk
seriously. The democrats ran n plu-
tocratic shipbuilder IN the same ticket
with Bryan in 1896. and they had an
object in making another p~lutOcratic
shipbuilder chief hnancier Of this years
campaign. To build a political craft
that can run the blockade Of popular
distrust is the aim and object Of the
democratic managers, who think they
need the aid Of experienced shipbuilders
to score success.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

Detroit Free Press: Mintie-Iu bet
Wayne is sorry already she married that
little spindlin' hoorwalker.
Birdie-Why
Mintie-Look at his delicate little hands.
h use II he be when Il comes to
screwin' up fruit jars?
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

w RHok; BT,isss-wh0t sort of a fellow IS
Griggs-I don't know. I've only seen
him when he was with his wife.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-10
JUSTICE LEWIS TO RESIGN.

Vacancy to Be FILLED by state
COnventiOn-Judges Gambler. Go-
Der, Beck and Van Epps Are Mem
toned.
Atlanta, June 9.-Several candidates
have been suggested to succeed on the
supreme Court bench, Justice Hal. It.
Lewis. whose resignation, it is stated.
will take effect Oct. l. Justice Lewis.
as is well known, has been in had
health for some months, having left
the bench in the spring on an indefi-
mite vacation. His physical break down
was due to overwork In the discharge
OF his duties on the bench. Among
those mentioned as candidates are
Judge John S. Gambler of the Stone
Mountain circuit, Judge George F..
Gober. OF the Blue Ridge circuit. Judge
Marcus w. Beck. of Griffin and Judge
Howard VanEpps. of Atlanta. 1t is
SAID the nomination will probably be
made by the coming state convention
without a primary as II is impracti-
cable TO hold another primary Just for
that one office. It is not unlikely thar
all OF the candidates would be willing
Tor the convention to decide the mat
ter at once.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-10
HELD COURT ON SUNDAY.
Unusual Scene at Florence, $. C., in
the Noted Smith and Dennis In
cendinrY Case.

INC 4NOACA anu DEhhAD AA~
cendiary Case.
Columbia, S. c., June 9.--Unusual in
terest is being manifested in the case
Of Dennis and Smith now being tried
before the Criminal Court at Florence
Smith & Dennis were formerly mer-
chants at TimmonsvilIe, Florence coun-
ty. One night last December their
store was set on fire, which resulted in
the almost total destruction of the
town of Timmonsville. causing a money
loss of nearly $4,000. Suspicion rested
strongly on Smith and Dennis. and
they were arrested and charged with
burning their store.
Before court adjourned Saturday it
was found necessary to continue the
case through Sunday. and for the first
time in it's history, the people of Flor
ence witnessed the novel proceeding of
an all day session of court on Sunday.
Notwithstanding the intensely warm
weather the court room was crowded
all day and until late in the night when
the jury took the case
There is much speculation as to the
verdict Many think a mistrial will
result. while others look for an acquit-
tai. Very few expect a verdict of
guilty.