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Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-09
aERMANY,s FOOD Trust.

MH. $500 49, Aa.t at|a
The German tariff on foodstufs Is now
bearing heavily upon the people, but
the agrarians. who would form some.
thing in the nature of a food trust, are
persistent in their demand that the du-
ties shall be largely increased and they
have a majority on the tariff cammis-
sion. The government is favorable to
an increase Of duties, but it is more
moderate than the commission. While
the government is disposed to have the
tariff rates increased from so to 70 per
cent, the commission urges from 100 to
$50 per cent on grain and -four and very
much more on meats. In fact the. duties
proposed by either the government or
the commission on pork and sausage
would be absolutely prohibitive and Of
course are intended to. be.
The German consumer and the Ger
man importer are both up in arms
against the proposed great increase in
duties submitted by the agrarian com
mission and the government has been
manifesting a disposition to give heed
to the popular protest, even to the ex-
tent Of allowing the bill to fail, but II
cannot be confidently predicted that the
government will not finally yield to the
influence of the great landowners. who
are engaged In forming or in seeking to
form a vast food trust which shall ex'
clude foreign competition. Under exist
ing Industrial conditions in Germany
any increase in the cost of foodstufhf
would be a very serious matter for mil
lions of consumers.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-09
MEAT FOR MERCER.

Dakota City Eagle: In speaking OF the
ending Of the Mercer-Rosewater fight and
the decision Of the supreme court on the
railroad assessment case the Fremont
Tribune truthfuily says: But Rosewater
is not the man to be discouraged. While
he never fights and runs away, he always
lives to fight another day."
Sidney Republican: The success of
Mercer in the Omaha primaries can only
be attributed to the corporation support
and his use Of federal patronage, for GER
tafnly the republicans don't want a nom
resident perpetual congressman to repre-
sent them in Washington. No man should
have a lease Of life on any elective ONCE.
Mercer has made a good congressman, but
the days Of his usefulness are past and II
he was a true republican and valued party
success above personal greed and political
jobbery he would step aside and thus
reconcile republicans in his district and
assure success, which is doubtful under
existing conditions.
Alliance Herald: II there is any reason
why Dave Mercer should be &c elected &c
congress It has not yet been made public.
The talk about that he has done for
Omaha is all bosh. John A. McShane, a
democrat, secured the first and chief APP
preparation for the Omaha federal building.
Senator Allen, a populist. snatched the
Transmississippi exposition appropriation
from the Jaws Of defeat and then turned
In and secured the appropriation for the
Indian congress. Mercer has done nothing
but rush to the fore with spectacular speed
after others had done the hard work and
claim the credit. He is not q resident Of
Omaha. save in name; does not even pre-
tend to live there, and for ten years has
been promising every campaign to build a
handsome residence. He really holds his
home in Minneapolis and uses the Second
Nebraska district to keep himself in a
soft job, Dave Is a good fellow" but
it's time to stop the "good fellow busi-
ness and elect men o.. brains and ability to
congress.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-09
Personal NOTES.

Henry sienkiewicz, the noted author, in
variably uses red ink when writing his
manuscripts.
The Indianapolis negro, Cantrell, under
arrest for grave robbing and confessing the
crime. is a graduate Of Tuskegee univer-
sity.
Prof. Woodrow Wilson's Inauguration as
president Of Princeton university, to which
he was elected last June. will take place
on Saturday, October rs.
". l., Jovhelson, one Of the explorers OF
the American Museum OF Natural History,
has reached Moscow on his way to New
York with valuable Siberian data.
Prof. Freeman. United States consul at
Copenhagen, has Just arrived at his home
at Madison. Wis. He says he believes
that Germany will ultimately absorb Dem
mark. as the kaiser covets that country.
DR.. O.. Deutsch of the Hebrew Union
college. Cincinnati, has Just returned from
a three months trip abroad, taken for the
special purpose Of gathering historical in
formation that would aid him in the pre-
sentation OF the subject of ecclesiastical
history.
Sir Conan Doyle displays a fine sense
Of the fitness OF things in insisting that his
publishers shall not use his title OF knight
hood in connection with his books. It is
a frank acknowledgement Of the fact that
he was knighted not as an author but
rather for his services as a surgeon in
South Africa. Besides. good wine needs
no bush.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-09
THE COAL


F. L. Stanton in Atlanta Constitution.
He dreamed a dream in the shivering night
OF the land where falls no snowi
And he saw his friends. in the lurid light,
Shoveling coal below.
Shoveling coal below,
In the land that's lost to snow;
And he cried "Alas!"
In his souls despair, H
There Is never-no, never
A coal strike there!'
He saw his creditors-twenty score
Who never would shake with chills;
And bailiffs there. at the furnace door,
Who had bothered his life with biIlsl
Shoveling coal below
Where Ice could stand no show! ra 70.
And he cried again
In the wintry air,
They're never bothered
BY coal strikes there!'
Mountains of coal for each shoveling soul,
And he heard the red flames roar,
Till they leapt on high across the sky
And Kissed at the, dreamer,s door,
The flames from that world below
Where no dearth of coal they know;
And he Jumped from his couch,
And he cried, "Hooray!.
I'm as warm as a blazing
Summers day.
And since the night OF that lurid dream,
When he hears the bleak winds blow,
He keeps as warm as a thunderstorm
With the thought OF his friends below!
With the thought of his friends below, 'f
In that land where falls no snow;
And he cries: They're safe
From our winters drcar~
They'll never be bothered
BY coal strikes there!"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-09
PLANS.

Numerous plans have been proposed
for dealing with the anthracite coal
situation, most Of which are either
utterly ~impracticable or would involve
protracted litigation that might in
definitely defer the resumption Of min
ing. Some Of these have been consid-
cred by President Roosevelt and his
legal advisers, resulting in a decision
that none of them is available, at least
Immediately. and that a settlement must
be sought through Cancellation. II is
announced that an investigation may be
made as to whether the anthracite coal
combine is amenable to the federal anti
and In the meanwhile efforts will con-
tinuc to bring about a settlement with
out recourse to legal remedies, II there
be any.
There is promise of good results from
the interest which is being taken in the
situation by the officials of the National
Association of Manufacturers. That or
ganizatiOn, which embraces most of the
large manufacturers of the country, Is
perhaps the most influential business
body in the country and among its mem
bers are large patrons Of the anthracite
coal interest. The efforts Of its officials
looking to a settlement of the strike
show that they realize the peril of the
situation and feel that the time has
come to bring to bear the strong pres
sure at their command as representa-
tives of great business interests. The
coal operators have declared that no
political influence will have any weight
with them. Possibly they will listen
to suggestions from a class of business
men with whom they have large deal
ings and who could not reasonably be
suspected of having any other object in
view than that of the public interest
and welfare. At the same time the
miners may be expected t o~glve re-
spectful attention to proposals from this
source.
While it was to be expected that some
effort would be made to turn this trouble
to partisan advantage, 1t is noteworthy
that there has been very little criticism
but on the contrary general approval
and ~commendation of President Roose
velt's course. A few of the more
thoughtless democrats have urged that
the federal authorities should have pro
ceeded against the coal-carrying rail
roads under the criminal part OF the
antitrust law. Before criminal pro
ceedings are instituted the federal Law
officers or attorney general of Pennsyl
vania must be in position to contend
successfully in the courts that the rail
roads are amenable to the law, which
in the opinion of the legal advisers o.
the president they are not. II is mani
testify unreasonable to expect the presi
dent to order proceedings contrary Il
the judgment of his legal advisers.
The prospect for an early settlement
of the anthracite strike is not favorabl,
and one of the plans thus far suggested
appears likely to have the desired re
suit.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-09

Prior to 1902 the west half Of the
Union Pacific bridge was assessed for
the city on an appraised valuation Of
100000, which on the 40 per cent basis
applied by the tax commissioner made it
pay taxes on $4,000. This year it is
included in the assessment made by the
state board as part of the Union Pacific
mileage, rated at one-sixth Of a mile and
listed for assessment at a fraction over
$1,000. Has any home owner in Omaha
been able to evade taxation on his prop
erty in equal degree?
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-09
Who Are ~Lawbreakers7
Chicago Inter ocean

TUT CNtdus
miners union have committed crimes In
the supposed interest OF the union. Yet
the fact is no proof that the organization
In a criminal conspiracy or that its ac-
knowledged leaders are criminals. As well
say that because' there are immoral priests
the Christian church c-ountenances vice and
fosters crime.
On the other hand, what do we see ].
Pierpont Morgan and his associates. who
are behind these charges, doing daily7 They
are not petty agents and obscure private
members Of their organization, but its very
head and front and controlling power. What
do we see them doing?
We see them, having obtained absolute
control Of a necessity Of life, combining
to restrict is production and TO raise its
price. We see them so using their power
that without their consent the people Of
the United States cannot obtain a natural
product Of their W soil. We see them de-
termlning. and even enforcing their deter
minstion, Just how much anthracite the
country shall burn each year.
Such a monopoly of a necessary OF life
as Mr.. Morgan and his associates have
formed is contrary to the whole spirit OF
the law. 1t would appear TO be such a con-
spiracy In restraint of trade a. the laws
Of the United States expressly forbid. lin
ply as a monopoly It is an utterly illegal
and law-breaking organization.
II the court Of public opinion a. In 9
court Of equity, clean hands are demanded
Of the plaintiff. Until they can show clean
hands, Mr.. Morgan and his men can OBJ
tain no hearing for their attempt to frame
IN indictment against $50, 900 Of their fell
low citizens.
In the light OF the notorious fact. no
lsw-abiding American will have the slight
est difficulty in determining which~John
Mitchell and his men or ]. Pierpont Morgan
and his men-are the real. the habitual and
the unrepentsnt law breakers.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-09

General Colby and the Nebraska mill
tia were not allowed to participate in
the war at Fort Riley be-
cause Governor Savage entertained
grave fears that the national guard
might have to be called out to protect
John N. Baldwin and suppress popular
sympathy at North Platte with the
locked-out mechanics of the Union Pa
ci6c. The brilliant idea of suppressing
the whole town Of North Platte for it's
exhibition of sympathy, unauthorized by
the railroads of Nebraska, had not been
evolved at the time the halt was called
on General Colby and his marching col
umn Of national guards.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-09
suors AT THE COAL BAROSs.

Chicago Record Herald: What a wonder
full hit the PRODUCERS OF some nerve tonic
could make by getting testimonials from
Baer and his fellow operators.
indianapolis News: We are practically
running the Panama railroad in a foreign
land, and we shall be able temporarily &c
run SOM quasi public corporations In ouI
own country. II need be.
New York Word: OIL is being widely bx'
perimented with as a substitute for coal.
But the supply OF oil Is a monopoly. too.
Public necessities seem to be purely private
business all along the lines.
Chicago Chronicle: Don't forget the coal
dealer who may take advantage Of the situa'
ton to soak you. He will be around next
fall with his tail between his legs begging
for your patronage. Then soak" him.
Buffalo Express: J. Pierpont Morgan has
ordered $4,000 tons Of coal from Wales,
which, It is said, will be sold to the poor
of New York at reasonable prices or given
away. Mr.. Morgan is generous, but It is
not charity that is wanted to relieve the
coal situation.
Baltimore American: The public in the
indifference with which its rights have been
treated has been very patient and long-suf-
.SAaAe " NhoN RohAVhNN - Se0aA GN
condition OF the calm before the storms
storm OF whose ravages It would be a brave
man. indeed. to predict when II breaks at
last
Cleveland Leader: In New York soft coal
was sold at $3.50 a ton, before the Ruthless
conference at Washington. While the meet
ing in the temporary executive mansion was
In progress and an agreement seemed prob
able the price fell to $5.75 a ton. As soon
as Il became certain hat nothing had been
accomplished by the president the cost Of
soft coal again rose to $3.50. VIII any coal
dealer claim that this sort of thing is forced
upon retailers7
Indianapolis Journal: Governor Stone Of
Pennsylvania has ordered the entire uni
formed militia Of the state into the anthra-
cite region in order that the men who desire
to work can be fully protected. To this
President Mitchell does not object, so GER
tain is he that the men will not return to
work. II they do return to work the cause
OF the miners is lost. but IL they do not the
position Of the coal operators will be more
embarrassing than It now is, and they would
be forced to compromise. Governor Stone,
who should be we'll informed, has pre-
dicted that all the men are at work who
desire to work. and that no more would
return to the mines IL there was q soldier
for every miner.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-09

for which no punishment could be toe
severe.
The founders Of free government in
America, themselves immigrants or the
near descendants Of immigrants and
often the victims Of oppression, from
the first generously aspired to make this
land a refuge for the worthy poor and
oppressed OF all nations. Our immigra-
ton laws are the embodiment Of this
honorable tradition and are designed to
protect all honest and worthy immi-
grants, though poor and ignorant, who
come in the hope Of sharing in u free
dom and abundance of opportunity.
1t Is true that any nation may prop
erly protect itself from being a dumping
ground for the pauper and criminal
classes Of other nations. Our laws pro
vide for such cases, and they should be
strictly enforced. But it is another
thing to maltreat, blackmail and rob
honest homeseekers, who. under our
laws. have a right to come and who
should be treated not merely justly but
rather with kindly sympathy.
1t is a God-given right that any man
should go anywhere on Gods earth to
better his condition honestly and work
out his destiny, and there must be no
liberation for rascally officials who VIC
late the purpose of the American people
that in their land, at least, this right
shall be safeguarded.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-09
1T MEANS FREE TRADE.

40 admit duty free all products aud
articles the like of which are manufac-
tured or produced In this country by
trusts IL only another name for free
trade" says Senator Foraker of Ohio.
1T would probably stop the trusts, but
only because it would at the same time
stop everything else. 1t would not only
be free trade, but it would be free
trade in a most aggravated form. Who
would determine. and how, which com
panies were trusts and which were
notT" II Is by no means certain that
this policy would stop the trusts. or the
great combinations that are called so
With their large resources 1t is more
than likely they would be able to sur
vive and to protect themselves so faI
as the home market is concerned by
forming international combinations, the
practicability of doing which has al
ready been demonstrated.
/ But there is no doubt whatever as Il
the effect the free trade policy woulC
have upon most Of the individual in
5000 Of these industries, producing 8
per cent OF the manufactures OF thu
country. Some Of them have large cap
itsL. but the capital Of a majority o
them is relatively small. The free trad
policy would be disastrous TO the latte
class and before a year OF its operation
hundreds of the manufacturers witt
moderate capital would be compelled q
go out OF business, throwing a vas
amount OF labor put of employment
There would ensue general industria
Generalization. out OF which woul'
come a broadening Of the field for mo
nopoIistie combinations with interns
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-09
How The Coal Miner ProEre.ses.

Rev, John Mcdonald in Worlds Work.
I'm ~ year old. goin' on IS" said the boy
to the boss Of the breaker. He didn't look
more than 10, and he was only Q. but the
law said he must be - to get a Job. He
was one OF a multitude of the 5000 young
STEERS OF the mines. who. because miners
families are large and their pay compara-
lively small, start in the breaker before
many boys have passed their primary
schooling. From the time he enters the
breaker there is a rule Of progress hat Il
almost always followed. Once a miner and
twice q breaker boy-the upward growth OF
boy to man, breaker boy to miner. the de-
scent from manhood TO old age. from miner
to breaker boy; that Is the rule. So the
s-year-old boy who is az. EOin' IN 1s."
starts In the breaker.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-09
AUDITORIUM REORGANIZATION.

The reorganization of the management
of the auditorium project by the infusion
into the directory Of some of Omaha's
most progressive and pu~blic-spirited
business men affords a reasonable guar
anty of the successful completion Of the
enterprise.
The new board of directors will enter
upon its difficult task with popular con-
fidence in its ability and determination
to cope with every problem that con-
fronts the undertaking. The new mem
bers of the board are men of large ex-
perience In business affairs and their ac-
ceptance of the responsibilities devolv-
ing upon the directory augurs well for a
vigorous prosecution of the work, which
must be preceded by a well-digested
plan for raising the funds necessary for
the work Of construction and equipment.
The new directory is, we understand,
committed to a broadening put of the
project so as to include features that
will make the enterprise more promising
from the investors standpoint and bring
to the city a class of people who would
contribute freely to the merchants,
hotels and public resorts generally.
While The Bee has been stigmatized
as an enemy Of Omaha for daring to
point out the mistakes of the original
auditorium promoters, it has never
ceased to be a true friend of this as OF
all other enterprises designed for the
upbuilding of Omaha and the advance
ment of its material growth. The pres
ent reorganization on broad lines is only
a v~indication of the position taken by
The Bee at the outset.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-09
4 DANGEROUS POWER or THE TREASURE

a DANGEROUS POWER or THE TREASURY
There are almost as many legal
opinions as there are lawyers regarding
the validity Of Secretary Shaw's action
In releasing government bonds and ac-
cepting in their place other securities.
There is no question hat authority for
his action rests upon a loose lnterpreta-
ton Of the federal statutes. The point
has been raised many times, but no sec
rotary has ever before either assumed
such authority or seriously thought of
doing so. If it is possible for precedent
to establish Interpretation, then the pur-
port Of the law ON this subject has long
been settled. Nor can it be said that
the emergency with which the govern
ment has had to deal the last few weeks
is unparalleled. Certainly the specu-
lators and stock jobbers have frequently
been in as bad plight and sometimes
in worse. 1t is conceded that rarely
have general conditions of industry and
Legitimate business been so suspicious
and secure as they now are. Whatever
~ AANJ bN n Va NAC AAON IVA u
the law, there can be no difference of
opinion that the power assumed by the
secretary of accepting as collateral for
advances Of treasury funds other Sc
curities than government bonds Is a
dangerous power. II it is to be en-
ployed in the recurrent crises Of the
speculative market, as well as Of the
industrial system, then it should be
clearly defined and surrounded with
safeguards against both honest error
and abuse. One thing the country will
insist upon is that this power shall not
be merely an asset Of the eastern bank
ers or the ,plaything of New York specu-
lators and boomers Of over-inlated Sc
curities, but that it's use shall be equi-
tably available to all, wherever located,
who are disposed to comply with the
conditions, as open to Omaha and Den
yer as to Buffalo and Boston.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-09
LIKE MASTER LIKE MAN.

Ton Blackburn's denial that repub-
licans who opposed Congressman Mercer
at the recent primaries have since been
threatened with persecution must be
taken for what it is worth. MERGERS
word of honor is certainly no better than
his oath. Two years ago Mercer filed a
sworn statement with the secretary of
state that the aggregate amount Of
money and valuable things disbursed
and promised to secure his election for a
fifth term in congress was 1925, when he
knew, as Blackburn doubtless knows,
that the postmaster of South Omaha
advanced $500, of which 500 has been
repaid and 500 is still missing. And
this was only a drop in the bucket. A
few days ago Mercer swore that the en-
tire amount expended in the republican
primaries by himself and all his friends
for him, to the best Of his knowledge
and belief, was 1896. when everybody
else in Omaha who knows anything
about that fight knows that more than
twenty times 1886 was blown in to carry
the primary in his behalf. But Mer-
GERS idea Of the solemnity OF an oath
is very much like T~alleyrand's famous
epigram that language was given to
man to conceal his thoughts.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-09
slshIng for Indepsndenes.
Halifax ChronlcIe.

We are now. however We may try to blind
ourselves to the fact. subjects OF our fellow
subjects in the old country. We occupy.
therefore a degraded and most degrading
position. We must proceed to get out of
II in some way at the earliest possible
moment. Six millions OF Canadians in con-
tented dependency is a pitiful sight. The
longer 1t continues the more pitiful will it
become. II we cannot secure some free,
dignihed and certain position within the
empire, in the name Of British manhood,
let us go. out. OF It. and take our stand
among the independent and self-respecting
nations OF the world.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-09
MALrREArMrNr oF LMhlGRAhr

NAV VI In -
The efforts of the new commissioner
Of immigration at New York to reform
abuses and establish a just administra-
ton OF the laws win be universally APP
proved. Disclosures following the re-
cent change in that Office leave no doubt
that there have long been gross and sys-
tematic wrongs in dealing with newly
landed immigrants Of the poor and igno-
rant classes. Not only have they often
been harshly and arbitrarily treated,
but there is evidence that they have
been systematically subjected to extor-
lions by agents Of the government and
by schemers and sharks In league with
them.
These ofenses are especially fragrant
when perpetrated upon poor foreigners
whose ignorance OF the world and even
Of our language make them easy victims
Of corrupt Oficials. They naturally come
with hope and confidence in the govern.
ment. which renders them more help
less In the hands OF designing men.
For agents Of the government TO take
advantage Of such people IL an outrage