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Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-22
Live L
Superior-Superior in Fact and in Name.

what's needed to make Superior a
hummer"
This question. propounded to anyone on
the streets Of the town will fetch a sar-
donic grin and a laconic reply:
Rain"
And it's the truth. Rain-evenly dis
tributed moisture throughout the crop
growing period-would. IL assured year after
year, make Superior a Croesus among
towns. Superior is situated so that crops
are absolutely necessary TO it's continued
prosperity. But in the absence OF any as
surance that the rain gods will get busy at
the proper moment the people are going
ahead to make the best OF things as they
are.
The town has enough Of the usual lines Of
business. There are enough groceries,; bet
ter dry goods stores are not to be found
In any of the smaller cities; medicine, the
law and other professions are well repre-
scented. But there is one unusual line Of
business which Superior would welcome
with open arms and there is a strong faith
among the business men that It will at
some time not far distant be located here.
That is a cement works.
In 1894 a cement factory was located at
YanktOn, S. d. A constructing engineer
who was Interested in the plant had the
idea that the shale from which the Port
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-22
THE rARIEE ON 4

There is a demand for the repeal of
the tariff duties on meats, as a means
Of correcting the increased prices for
which the alleged Beef trust is said to
be responsible. The Dingley law pro-
vides that bacon and hams shall pay
3 cents per pound; fresh beef, veal, NUT
ton and pork 2 cents per pound; meats
of all kinds, prepared or preserved, not
specially provided for In the act, IS
per cent ad valorem; lard, 2 cents per
pound; poultry, live. 8 cents per pound;
dressed, 3 cents per pound.
1t is urged that II these duties were
repealed the effect would be to compel
the alleged trust to reduce the price of
meats, the ~supposihon of course being
that the removal OF the duties would
nave the effect to increase the importa-
ton of meats. 1t is a question, however,
whether such would be the result of
repeating the meat duties. Where would
the meats come from? During the
fiscal year 1901, according to the Off
cial statistics, the impOrtations of meat
products were to the value OF about
$4O0,OOO, a very large part of this
being in the form of meat extracts. The
amount of meat imported was extremely
small, not because of the tarin, but for
the reason that the production in other
countries is but little in excess OF the
home demand and there is no profit in
expectation at the cost of transportation
and the risks involved. This is why
there has been such an extensive de-
mand in Europe for American meats.
Cattle raising is an important industry
in Argentina. but that country has not
been able to successfully compete with
the United States in the European mar
kets. Australia, also, is a meat grow
ecure any considerable share OF the
European trade In competition with the
United States. In view OF these facts.
therefore. how would a repeal OF the
meat duties benefit, American, consum-
ers2 II 1t be said that Il would have the
effect to bring Q cattle into the
United States from Canada. It il neces-
sary TO show that there are cattle
enough in the Dominion to make any
impression upon the price here and also
that the Canadians would be disposed
to sell them at figures which would
break down the price In the American
market. which is quite improbable.
However u~njhstihabIe the duties on
meats may be, IL is by no means APP
parent that their removal would have
any material effect upon the present
price or tend to correct what is com
monty regarded a. an extOrdOn on the
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-22

land cement is made was deposited in
nearly straight ridges across this con-
tlnent. Following this idea he made a
trip across Nebraska. finding here and
there outcroppings Of the shale. Four
miles southwest OF Superior the FIRST large
deposit was found, together with a clay
which is necessary IN making good cement.
The Commercial club has been working on
that proposition ever since. Portland ce-
ment Of fine quality has been made In
small experimental quantities, shafts dug
to ascertain the depth Of the shale banks,
analyses made, plans drawn In fact, all
the preliminary work is accomplished. and
there are now high hopes that the one thing
needful-money to build the plant. will soon
be forthcoming. Portland cement is a
great proposition to a capitalist seeking
a money making venture. The government
reports show that the imports Of cement
from Europe have not diminished during
the past fifteen years. During that time
a number Of large plants have been erected
in the United States, but the increased use
Of the cement has kept pace with the in
creased production.
Small factories OF all kinds will receive
hearty support OF the right kind from the
active commercial club Of this town.
c. E. slime.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-22
PHLLIPPLNE CoNDIrInnS.

No American citizen can be or will
be Indifferent to the facts which have
been brought out in regard to conditions
in the Philippines. The most insistent
advocates Of American authority in the
archipelago will demand that the ex-
ercise Of the power Of our government
shall be characterized by such justice
and such absolute regard for the princi-
pies of our institutions that there can be
no controversy or question in regard
to the purpose Of our government to
carry out the established policy of Amer
lean institutions.
There has not up to this time been a
single act or a single proposition that
has not been absolutely in line with
the republican character of American
institutions. The whole course of
government from the inception of the
conflict in the Philippines to the present
moment has had reference to paclhca-
ton under conditions that would have
been absolutely in the interest Of the
natives Of the Philippines. There has
n~NSA WIN @A hONA IN AhO NIX
States. by virtue of it's treaty rights,
declared sovereignty over the Philip
pine islands, has not been prepared to
give the people of those Islands a reason
able measure of self-government and
to promote In all legitimate ways their
desire to govern themselves, under such
fair and proper conditions as the United
States might require. The right of this
nation to rule and govern the Philippines
is today absolutely unassailable, 1t is not
questioned by any government in the
world and will not be. 1t Is acquiesced
in by a majority Of the Filipinos them
selves. According to the latest advices
practically all of those people are most
willing to accept American control, hav-
ing become convinced that the purpose
of our government is absolutely hui
name and has reference wholly to the
improvement and betterment Of the Is
lands and their people.
In view of this, what reasonable ex-
cuse Is there for opposition here to the
policy of the government in regard to
the Philippines? Considering the good
results already attained through the
application of that policy and the prom
Use of still better conditions, why should
1t not be continued? Pacihcation in the
Philippines is today almost an accom-
plished fact. Only a few days ago the
most persistent and active Of the in
surgent leaders surrendered n un-
%qualihedly took the oath of allegiance
to the United States. There Is every
reason to think that this is practically
the end Of the resistance to American
authority in Luzon and when we shall
nave made friends of the people in that
island there will be little difficulty in
bringing under our control the rest of
the archipelago.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-22
The Defense
Chicago Tribune.

ShACdbO
There are two sides to every case of i'm
p%ortance and there are moro than two to
the controversy now raging about the beef
question. The Tribune has no particular
affection for the trust or the packers. 1t
heartily approves OF the inquiry about to
be made by the government authorities into
the workings Of this combination, IL there
is one. Still, II Is only fair to state the
packers side of the case, which the Tri-
bune understands TO be about as follows:
The price Of the cattle on the hoof is
higher than 1t has been for twenty years.
The greatest advance has taken place in the
last Ave weeks. The supply has diminished
IN per cent in number and s per cent in
weight. There has been a decrease in the
visible supply Of marketable cattle Of eight
million pounds per week. In the meantime,
the consumption demand is greater than
ever before. The people Of the south, for
example, lave been educated In the use Of
fresh meat, and whereas formerly they
lived mainly upon hog and hominy," they
now have beef. The big packing houses
in Chicago have established branches all
over the south, where formerly they had
none.
The export trade, until quite lately, has
been larger than ever before. The failure
of the corn crop put a good many farmers
out Of business as far as cattle raising is
concerned. There are as many cattle In
the country, but not so many in marketable
condition. Cattle cannot be taken from
ranges for immediate consumption. Feed
ers and stockers do not help to supply the
abnormal demand which exists at present.
In a word, the demand has finally over
taken the supply. Cattle on their merits
as an Investment are higher than ever be-
fore and they are likely to continue so for
some time. Live stock received at the six
principal markets during the last six months
has netted the farmer from forty to nifty
million dollars more In money than last year
during the same period. end last year was
a high average year. rhe advance prices
has come out OF the consumers. 1t has made
the farmers more prosperous.
Ten years ago there was an investiga-
ton to discover the reason for the low
price Of cattle, and the packers were held
responsible for It. 1t was charged hat
they had combined to "depress prices" by
controlling the markets and refusing stock
raisers and feeders a fair price for their
products. The complaint now is that the
same packers have combined to produce
exactly the opposite ~result-namely; to
raise prices. The conditions are reversed.
The farmers are getting more for their
cattle than since 1882. Whereas the pack
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-22

Chicago Post,

chicago fO6t.
When woman talks of woman, then we
see her at her worst
Not the second, who is talked of, but tho
most loquacious first.
When woman talks of woman, there is
trouble In the air,
Uncertain in its details, but you may be
sure It's there.
When man would talk of woman. or. in
deed, of other men,
Why, something that is tangible will find
expression then.
He may not like the person, but he lacks
the art TO say
A harmless thing that has a sting when
said a certain way.
"of course you've tried her cooking" with
a quiet little snin,
AS II of something dreadful one had Just
obtained a Whit.
You saw her with young Barker at the
dance the other night?'
The tone alone would Indicate IL was a
shameful sight.
She's always changing servants, and l
wonder why hey leave!'
A meaning shrug of shoulders that must
make the angels grieve.
THE manners of her children-have you
noticed what they are?"
The thought expressed u%nspoken would do
credit to a star.
However, this Is nothing to the exclama-
ton heard
When of the neighbours husband one NAV
chance to say a word.
1t gives the chance she's seeking and ac-
cords well with her plan
essence OF unkindllness is the waysshe
says. Poor mani
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-22

AIiOulics
ers ten years ago we're accused Of maDipu-
lating prices so as to raid the farmers, they
are now accused Of putting up their prices
In such a manner as to enrich the farmers
and rob the retailers and consumers. The
packers claim that they are between two
fires. and whether prices go down quite low
or up quite high they are equally held to
blame.
They allege that In Chicago, for example,
there are twenty small packers who have
gone out Of business since January 1 be-
cause they cannot meet existing competitor.
Formerly these small packers killed 1000
head Of cattle per week., whereas now they
kill only 200 or less. Beef is sold SO cheap
it pays the small packers to buy directly
from the big ones rather than to do business
for themselves. This means that the big
packers are doing business on a small mar
gin of profit or at a loss. There claim they
are doing business at a loss. There is no
patent on killing cattle. no secret about
the business. Cattle can be bought in the
open market and anyone with ordinary
skill can butcher them and offer them for
sale. The big packers make more out Of
their by-products than the small ones. Con-
sequently they can carry on business when
the small ones are obliged to stop. On the
other hand, II the big packers put up their
prices too high they invite the competition
Of the small ones.
There is one thing more to be considered
with reference to the price of beef. Only
Sc per cent Of the live weight OF cattle is
beef. The rest is hides and offal. II the
big packers pay q cent a pound more for
cattle on the hoof than they formerly did
the cost Of dressed beef per pound is nearly
doubled. The price of hides and offal
does not increase in proportion to the cost
of cattle on the hoof. The same is true
to some extent with retailers. II they pay
a cent a pound more, submitting to an ad-
vance, say from 8 to 10 cents, they must
put up prices to consumers about 2 cents
a pound, as a large part of their purchase
goes to waste in the shape OF bone and
gristle, trimmings and scrap.
The Tribune sets forth these statements
as the views OF an intelligent packer whom
1t believes to be a fair, candid, truthful
man. The public should have both sides
of the case, and while the Tribune is pub
lished it is determined that both sides in
every case shall have a hearing as far as
IL is possible. This is simple Justice. But
we shall be glad to give space to the views
of some intelligent man controverting the
statement Of the packers, and shall accord
as much publicity to one side as to the
other.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-22

According to the Chicago Chronicle,
which can see nothing good in anything
that may be done, or left undone, by
President Roosevelt, the antitrust zeal
of the administration is a mordant re-
Election upon previous republican ad-
m~inistrations, and especially that Of Nc
Kinley. Put in a nutshell. this means
that you will be damned IL you do and
you will be damned II you don't. If
President Roosevelt had done nothing
to check the aggression of the trusts
and contamination Of the railroad
mergers, he would have been denounced.
Now that he is trying to protect the
country from rapacity of combines he is
being denounced.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-22

1t is to be hoped that the members of
the city council will not attempt any
grandstand play in the effort to bring
about the reopening of the Union Pa
cihc foundry. Whatever action is de-
cided upon should be taken only after a
full conference with the Union Pacific
managers and a careful inquiry as to the
relative legal rights Of the city and the
obligations of the railroad under the
contract recently entered into.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-22
"An Awful HardshIp.r
Washington Star.

The solemnity with which the possibility
that the opening Of the st. Louis exposi-
tion may be postponed until 1904 is dis
eusssd lie becoming amusing. Those famil-
lar with the circumstances OF the case an
nounced more b six months ago that II
would be a physical impossibility TO open II
next year, and that in all likelihood Il
would not open before 1905. Meantime II
u to be hoped that the various government
commissioner and other salAried oneers Of
the exposition will not become FESTIVE
under the delay.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-22

Five bunalOes have been slaughtered
to make a holiday for the confederate
veterans now assembled at Dallas. Tex,
60 hght over the battles of the gray
against the blue. II you want to know
why the forlorn shorthorn buffalo was
sacrificed to crafty confederate voracity
instead Of the frisky long-horned Texas
steer, just ask the Beef trust why 1t
has made OK meat so dear and buffalo
steaks so cheap.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-22

part of the packers who are believed
TO control the cattle market and regu-
late the price Of meats. 1t is very much
to be doubted whether repeating the
meat duties would lower prices so long
as there is a foreign demand for our
surplus and no other country can com
pete in our home market.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-22

The intimate relation OF the Sugar
trust to the Cuban relief bill was shown
by the serious break in the price of
Sugar trust stock on the New York ex-
change Immediately after the news from
Washington announcing 1.-The mishap"
had been received. The president Of the
sugar refining company is quoted as
saying; IF the bill al passed by the
house becomes a law the loss TO the
American renners Of sugar will be be-
tween six and eight millions Of dollars
annually" The question is, VIII the
consumer or coupon clipper pay the
frsight1
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-22

Nearly four years ago Mrs. John G.
Carlisle, while being driven with her hus-
band in a cab home. had her sealskin
saque stolen. The ex-secretary caused the
arrest Of the cabman, who was tried for
larceny, but was acquitted. Then he sued
Mr.. Carlisle for false Imprisonment, ask
ing for 10000 damages. The first trial re-
suited in a verdict OF 1000 for the plain
tin. The second came to an end last Fri
day In a disagreement of the jury. Eleven
voted for the plaintiff, but one held out for
Mr.. Carlisle. There will be a third trial.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-22
sOrN sAsss pSvsss -. ,s S,llu- o.. szs voaz-

his lawyer. BY this time q crowd was
about him. To the establishment of the
court attaches and dismay OF those b
had s~ympathiEed with him, he produced q
package containing $3.50 In bills and a bank
book on the Bank Of Rome, Italy, showing
he had $4,000 on deposit there. Gorgis.
who is so years old, says he will retire
from business" He thinks a man should
retire at go. The beggsr also volunteered
the information that he recently gave his
daughter $1,000 as a wedding present.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-22
ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK.
RippIes on the Current of Life in the
Metropolis.

RippIes on the Current of Life I'm the
Metropolis.
A pathetic picture Of Swallowed life grad
ually approaching the inevitable tragedy Is
to be observed almost every day in Ever
green cemetery, Brooklyn, when Jonathan
Reed, with feeble, lettering steps, makes
his way to the tomb where rests the body
Of his wife. There have been few days
since she died, nine years ago, that he has
not made the Journey, but his long pilgrim
age is near an end. 1t took all OF his
strength to open the granite door and en-
ter the vault one day last week. Nearly
every day he lifts the silk crazy quilt that
covers the comm and looks through the
glass cover upon the face that has lain
there still and dead for so long.
"she is Just as pretty as ever" he said.
'she was always the prettiest woman In
the world"
Death will not be unwelcome to the old
man. He says he is SO and Will be with
Mary soon. His comm Is ready for him by
the side OF the one in which she rests.
For the nine years since they were
parted by death he has made his home In
her tomb. He Woui sleep there II he
could get permission, but this has been de-
MED. Sometimes he remains until nearly
midnight. All the pretty things. all the
trinkets she had. he has carried to the
tomb. Tapestries and ~hAngings, paintings,
c%urios. books and cushions NIL nearly all
the space not taken by the two cofins.
Above the CONN OF his wife. swinging in a
little cage. Is the canary bird.
once buildings in lower Manhattan null
sEnIvr NA.tw w,o.a..a Tor fha ORNl0aFv Nav
Yorker who does not go about much, Gays
the Evening Post. One OF the new ones
embraces this variety Of convenience In
everyday service: Newsstand, tobacco
counter, cafe, restaurant with music at
lunch). drug shop, press bureau. physi-
clans. photographers, barber with his mod
ern associates, the c~hiroDodiat and the
manicurist). dentist, laundry agent, cable.
telegraph, automobile information, theater
agent, obituary bureau, notary public. etc,
etc. You can take an elevator 70 a man
who will draw q will or one who will ar
range a funeral; without going from under
your own roof you may liquidate a corpora
ton or buy a locomotive. There are ten
elevators in a beWildering row, which an
nounce their coming by electric signals.
some going thirteen floors at q jump. Hav-
ing all this so near 10 what spells the
New Yorker for any other city In the
~world-unless he 10 trying TO get away
from It.
The southeast corner Of Fifth avenue and
Forty-fOurth street was bought today by
q syndicate as . preliminary TO ITS i'm
provement with a hotel which IN luxury Of
equipment is TO vie with Delmonico's and
sherry's on adjacent corners OF the ave-
nue.. The syndicate is controlled by Per-
ciyal w. Clement Of Vermont. who Is also
the leading spirit in the recently incor-
porafed New England Hotel company. The
site was purchased at a cost not far from
tlOOo.00o h hotel will probably cost
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-22

Chicago labor federationists want the
tariff on beef repealed, but how will
the repeal of the tariff on beef reduce
the price of meat when the demand for
the surplus cattle and beef exported
to Europe from Canada, Australia and
Argentine is greater than the visible
aunply2
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-22

81, $780, 900 more, although persons inter
ested in the project said that the details
of the plan have not been mstured.
One of the rsbbis OF New York City
discovered a most undignifed error in the
Columbia university seal some time ago.
On the present seal appears the biblical
quotation, I'm Lumine Tue videbimus
Lucem." "In Thy light shall we see light"
At the time when this rabbi took up a
printed copy OF the seal. gazed at IL a mo-
ment and found in 1t something amusing,
the inscription was in Hebrew. It had
been used on the seal for many years and
had been printed on the catalogues of the
university and on other oficial documents.
There was an inaccuracy In the Hebrew
characters. "As It is printed here" said
he TO the university authorities when he
went to see them next day, your motto
says: "Have a piece Of cold pie"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-22

County Attorney Shields has finally
concluded to recognize Judge Berka, but
that will not prevent Judge Gordon from
going through the motions of calling the
police court to order in the vestibule of
the police station just to keep up his
practice and file his salary claim with
the city council.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-22

The Chicago Janitors' Protective as
ISOLATION has established a set OF rules,
the first of which is as follows: MEM
beers Of the Janitors' Protective associa.
ton shall keep themselves as clean and
tidy as circumstances will permit" The
last -four words are the saving clause
that may saw a good deal of soap.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-22

King Edward has placed $4,000 at
the disposal Of the lord mayor of London
TO pay for a good coronation day din
ner for half a million of London's poor.
This royal gift will enable the impov-
erished population OF the British capital
to enjoy a feast one day this year with
a starvation diet for the remaining 1854
DAYS.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-22

Boston has gone New York n bet
ter by the attempted enforcement of
the Massachusetts blue laws. AS a
consequence the sale Of soda water and
temperance drinks by drug stores was
effectually stopped while whisky and
beer could be sampled freely by pur-
chasing a scent sandwich.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-22

Two miles a minute is a very COM
Portable gait for railroad advertising
agents, but ordinary passengers travel
ing at that speed might have to be
strapped down TO their seats.