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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-04
Lockout Is Settled.

Montreal, Dec. 3.-The lockout fin the Quebec Boot and Shoe factories involv- ing 5000 men, was settled to-day, the operatives accepting the terms of the manufacturers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-04

"Ah, but took precautions" replied the retired clearinghouse keeper. "I always stirred in a few feathers."-Judge.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-04
Duke of Manchester III

 New York, Dec. 3.-The Duke of Man chester, who welded Miss Zimmerman
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-04
Andrews Semi-MonthIy Calendar.
DECEMBER loO3

Uss old-fashioned horehound cough drops every day in the month, SC sack. Telephone 90. Free delivery System.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-11

the national treasury for the relief Of
the sufferers from the hurricane In 1899.
OF course the duty Of congress I'm the
is plain. Provision must be made
for the Filipino people in their present
misfortune and the only question is as
TO whether the amount proposed to be
appropriated, S~3,OO0,OOO. will be suffi-
Client. Assuming that the conditions are
as bad as represented, it Is more than
likely that double the amount asked for
will be required to give adequate relief.
The fact appears to be that there has
been too long delay in meeting the Phil
ippine situation, which has been serious
for months and Of course has been
growing steadily worse. 1t has now
reached a point that calls for prompt
action and 1t is to be presumed that
there will be no opposition to this. After
relief has been provided there should
be no unnecessary delay in providing a
remedy for the currency conditions in
the archipelago, for 1t is certain there
can be no recovery In business until
there is a change in the monetary stu
alton.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-11
pENNsYLvANIA,S oBLIelTION.

The state of Pennsylvania has an OBJ
legation to the country which its legisla-
ture, now in session, should not ignore.
This is to provide against a recurrence
of such a calamitous conflict as the
anthracite coal strike. 1t may be adj
mitted that 1t is not an easy problem,
but it cannot be conceded that 1t is one
which the people Of that commonwealth,
through their representatives, are inca
pable of dealing with and it is the gen.
eral expectation that the legislature will
grapple with the question earnestly and
intelllgently.
In his message to the legislature Gov
ernor Stone says that the Industrial dis
turbances of last year cost the state not
less thar a million dollars and nearly all
Of this was on account of the coal
strike. That conflict called into service
almost the entire militia Of the state,
public treasury. This, however, is i'm
material In comparison with the loss
and injury to the great body Of anthra-
cite from the strike and it
is this which should especially impress
itself upon the Pennsylvania Legislature.
The people Of that state will not Sc
riously feel the expenditure of a million
dollars for the preservation of peace
and order, but the many who are suffer
ing because OF an inadequate supply of
coal or for the reason that the price is
more than they can pay, are hoping
that the legislature Of Pennsylvania will
find a way to prevent another such ca
lamity TO the country,
The message Of the ex-governor rec.
ommends a compulsory arbitration law
for the settlement of difficulties between
employer and employee. 1t says that
such q law is entirely constitutional and
feasible from a police standpoint look.
ing upon strikes as Injurious to the
public, harmful to society and destruc
tive to life and property. I'VE should
recognize strikes" declares the message
'as existing evils and as dangerous Il
the public good, and while mindful o.
the rights Of both employer and EN-
ploye, adjust them from a higher stand
point, namely, for the good OF ~society
the preservation OF the public peas,
and of life and property. Without criti
cising employers or employees, withOu
blaming either, we should 81 legislat
as TO prevent the recurrence Of thes,
disturbances" This is in the RICH
spirit, but 1t is doubtful whether a sys
TEN of compulsory arbitration woul,
work successfully, so strong is the oppo
sition to such a plan OF both employer
and employees. The fact that the system
has been found TO work well in New
Zealand, for instance, does not prov
that II would be equally successful here
At all events, Pennsylvania owes
duty to the country in this matter whic
its legislators should give earnest atteu
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-11
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

Andrew CARNEGIE gave away about $1f,-
900, 900 last year and starts the new year
with a donation Of 81. 500, 900 to Philadel-
phia for branch libraries. Here's hoping
Andy will not die poor.
Down in New York they discovered q
woman disguised as a man who had been
married for ten years to one of her W
sex. Strange to say they lived happily until
the disguise was penetrated.
Chicago girls are eyeral laps ahead of
their st. Louis sisters. One Of them rode
the elephant at the durbar. But st. Louis
girls will hump themselves when the
camels parade the streets Of Cairo.
According to an authority in such things
Missouri maintains its lead in the industry
Of train hold-ups, scoring twenty-three last
year. Thus Is the memory OF eminent Mis-
s~ourians cherished and perpetuated.
Boston proposes to bGild a public forum
on tn Common, where all sorts of mouth
organs mAy get into action. In view of the
scarcity OF coal Boston shows great wis
dom in utilizing lis superRbundance of hot
air.
In one branch of municipal statesman
ship New York aldermen reach an altitude
their brethren in "the provinces" canno
hope to attain. One of the members tied
1000 matrimonial knots last year and never
missed a smack.
A bunch OF sheriffs in Maine recently
held a joint convention and served notice
on adjacent saloons to cough up or shut
UP. Subsequent sessions OF the convention
became a practical demonstration Of the ir-
rigation movement.
The Ancient and Honorable Artillery
Company of Boston, famous for it's bonn
bardment Of commissary departments, is
about to test its skill on Lord Roberts and
his stan, who are expected next September.
With admirable patriotism the Ancients
leave American soldiers of their lists and
reserve their indigestion for the foreigner.
Major Church Howe, formerly from 1.-The
state OF Nemaha," now American consul at
Sheffield, England, recently attended a
speakingfest Of the Shefield Chamber Of
Commerce. In what a Sheffield paper pro-
nounces "a remarkable speech, which every
workman and employer should carefully
read" Mr.. Howe said the English were the
unwisest people on earth when they threw
their trade doors wide open and 'let others
send in anything they wanted, from a rat
skin TO an elephant, without any duty on 1t.
What you want is not protection for your
selves, but as a weapon wherewith to fight
protection in other countries"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-11
PROTECTING THE PUBLIC.


Governor Odell of New York, in his
message to the legislature, recommends
legislation for the protection of the pub
lie from injury through conflicts be
tween labor and capital. The governor
says that under our system of govern
ment both capital and labor are entitled
to equal protection and from both
should be exacted the same respect for
law and authority. He expresses the
opinion that wherever the necessaries of
life are involved in dispute between EN-
ployer and employee, power should be
conferred upon those affected to apply
to the courts for relief, and no power
should be possessed by either capital or
labor to deprive the people of that
which is necessary to their welfare, but
ample authority should be lodged in the
judiciary to enforce properly it's man
dates and that such disputes, whenever
they arise, should not be permitted to in
terfere with those rights which are
paramount and necessary for the well
being of the people.
PROFESSIONALLY there are a great many
who will concur with the governor of
New York in the view that the people,
who may be injured by labor disturb
ances that interfere with'the production.
of n~ecessaries Of life, ought to have the
power to secure relief. 1t is manifestly,
however, very difficult to determine how
such power should be conferred. Much
people Of Pennsylvania could have in
terposed between the anthracite coal
operators and the miners and compelled
them to settle their differences without
a contest. There is, however, a very
strong sentiment in this country hostile
to any policy of a coercive or compulsory
character in regard to labor disputes.
Men who feel that the third ~party-the
ton, which under present conditions 1t
does not get from either capital or labor,
at the same time doubt If any power con-
sistent with our institutions can be con-
ASAAVu hPOh II pSOpiV Nhub NOuiu CiISCl-
lively protect them against being de-
prived by labor disturbances of what is
necessary to their well being. The chief
argument of the opposition to COM
pulsory arbitration is hat it is unameri-
can and it Is a~ntagonized with practical
unanimity both by employers and by
organized labor.
The question of protecting the people
wherever the n~ecessaries of life are in
volved in dispute between employer and
emplOye is, however, n that calls for
earnest consideration. Organized cap
ital and organized labor alike" said
President Roosevelt, should remember
that In the long run the interest of each
must be brought into harmony with the
interest of the general public, and the
conduct OF each must conform to the
fundamental rules of obedience to the
law, of individual freedom and of JUS
tice and fair dealing toward ALL" If
capital and labor could be induced to
take this sound view Of their interests
and of their relations and obligations to
the public there would be no need of
such Legislation as Governor Odell rec
ommeDds.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-11
rnE Wy.

In an interesting report on the Dbl
servations Of the Mosely commission Of
British workingmen during their recent
tour Of American Industrial centers n
OF the accompanying members of the
party calls attention in the Outlook to
the surprise Occasioned by the willing
ness OF all the large manufacturing in
situations visited to admit the inqulsitive
strangers without question or reserve.
In only one case, it is noted, was per
mission refused to inspect a factory.
IF a similar body of Americans" the
writer declares, had gone on a like
quest through Great Britain or the con-
tinent, l don't think everything would
have been thrown open to them as 1t
was done here. 1t speaks volumes for
the supreme confidence Of Americans in
themselves that they took the attitude
expressed by one of them to me in the
words, See all you like and welcome,
and beat us If you am"
To us, because this has been the
American way invariably from the days
of the steamboat and the cotton gin,
the freedom of our industrial establish
ments to all who have a plausible rea-
son for wishing to investigate them is
taken as such a matter of course that
1t does not eve attract passing atten-
ton. The American manufacturer has
realized that in these days of science
and invention the ordinary trade Sc
crets and special methods Of operation
cannot be kept secret IL the effort were
made and that no adequate gain is to
be had from any such policy Of exclu-
sion. Quite the contrary, we as a
rule take selfish pride in the modern
and u~p-to-date installations we have in
our manufacturing establishments and
rejoice in having visitors remark upon
the advance we have made upon com
petitors, both at home and abroad.
More than that. we have stood ready
at command to supply the most APP
proved American machinery in all lines
of industry In response to every requisi-
ton made for 1t abroad until American
made mechanical devices can be found
in all parts of the world. In other
words, the American way involves a
willingness to let every country start
equal in the race for trade supremacy
and depend upon the efficiency Of Ameri-
can labor and the superior alertness of
American genius and skill to keep
American industry in the forefront.
Our willingness to permit inspection
Of u factories by bodies like the
Mosely commission is founded on the
conviction that we are in most respects
ahead Of our European competitors and
that by the time they shall have fol
lowed us we will be still further in adj
vance Of them.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-11
WONDERS PROMISED FOR 1908.
New Elements of Progress in the CRU
chile of Development.

Baltimore American.
The present year promises to be quite
as remarkable as its predecessor in a
number Of directions. Marconi has begun
the necessary work for a transcontinental
wireless line OF telegraph. Winnipeg is to
be the halfway station, and experts have
gone beyond that point to lay out the bal
ance OF the route. When the coast Of Brit
ish Columbia is reached this wonderful
necromancer will have the choice of several
countries on the other side of the water,
but he is likely to select Siberia as offering
the fewest difficulties. When that point
has been gained there will be no diflcul-
ties except those interposed by the Russian
government, and the world will be prac-
tically girdled. At the present rate Of
progression this should occur long before
the end Of 1908. Each new venture is apt
to be carried out more rapidly than its
predecessor because of the increased eX-
p~erience and confidence.
But other wonders are promised for 1908.
Santos-Dumont has just made public the
information that he is building an airship
in Paris to carry passengers. II is to hold
twelve passengers and a crew Of two, and
he says that as soon as he can train
enough aeronauts he will build more. He
says the airship is an established ~institu-
ton, and that there will be plenty Of them
flying about in a short wilhelm fact, he
compares them to automobiles. 1t will not
do to laugh at this. because not only he,
but three or four more have successfully
experimental with flying machines of that
pattern.
The advocates Of the aeroplane are not
wise in asserting the impracticability OF
the Dumont machine. II they were able
to show a single success by their own
method, or II they could explain the latter
consistently with the laws OF science, there
might be some palliation for their sweep
ing criticism, but to say something cannot
be done when 1t has already been done
dozens of times is undignihed. Prof. Bell
says he has made a wonderful discovery,
but the public will continue to be skep>
tical about flying on kites until an object
lesson has been given.
In medicine 1t is believed that there
will be during the year a realization OF
assets that the Immense number OF valu>
able experiments will be crystalized into
principles which will be practically ap,
piled for the relief Of disease and suffering.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-11
BLASTS FROM RAMS HORN.

Any fool can find faults; the wise man
discovers virtues.
The memory of blessings furnishes a rem
edy for the blues.
Every vice thiokens the veil between our
selves and virtue.
Doctrines oun by dissection necessitate
the death of truth.
The gospel In life will save the world
where the gospel in literature would fail.
When you see sin rlponing in your neigh
boris garden look out for the seeds in your
own.
The beauty of our lives depends on the
c%learness with which Cog can shine through
them.
He who keeps the powder OF passion in
his heart must not be surprised II there is
an explosion.
Only the short-sighted egotist is capable
Of mistaking his little chip for the whole
mountain Of truth.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-11
SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT.

Brooklyn Eagle: Were preachers to out
rank organists in churches and should SER
mons o~utclass singing, life would not be-
come uncomfortable, and reverence and
worship and moral stimulation might be
more than they are now.
Indianapolis Journal: OF the 500, 900, 900
raised by the Methodists Of the country for
the Twentieth century fund OF their church
one-twenty-hfth, It is said, has been given
by Methodist ministers sons. This will
make it necessary to modify the traditional
iIl-Fepute in which ministers sons as a
class have been held.
Boston Globe: A Baptist minister told a
lot of brother ministers in New York re-
Gently tina it was notorious that extempore
prayer is the weakest point in modern
religious services. In everything else re-
lating to the service OF the church, he said,
the tendency has been upward, but prayer
has greatly deteriorated. Perhaps more
prayers would be answered IL prayers gem
orally we're more convincing.
New York World: A Philadelphia
preacher makes the charge that young
women drink and gamble" OF course
they dO-some Of them; equally, OF course;
most Of them do not. II the clergyman is
Judging by sample" he should be more
fastidious in his associates. In any case,
no reform is helped by reckless overstate-
ment or by wholesale libel Of the more Sc
date sex.
Cincinnati Enquirer: It is announced
that "a London preacher will try the plan
OF holding services in a darkened church
so tina the women's minds will not be
drawn from the sermon by the study of
bonnets." Newspapers are printed nova
days not so much to make public opinion
as 20 meet a popular demand, and those
who take pleasure in believing everything
they see In print have that great privilege,
II the story about the London preacher IL
true, the Enquirer suggests hat he should
avail himself OF modern improvements in
electrical appliances and provide for an
occasional sudden iashlight, so that he may
know VIA is going on In the eongrega-
tion-
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-11

In his acceptance Of the caucus nomi-
nation that is the prelude TO his election
as United states senator, Ex-Governor
William ]. Stone OF Missouri asserted
that while he was opposed to the reten-
ton by the United States Of possessions
In the Orient he was in favor of expan-
sion by the acquisition Of contiguous
territory. This must be taken TO mean
that he would have this government re-
linquish all it's rights OF sovereignty in
the Philippines and acquire sovereign
rights over Cuba by annexation. As Mr..
Stone may be expected to rank among
the leaders of the democratic party in
shaping its position In national AFFAIRS,
his remarks may be taken as a straw
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-11

The persistent tendency Of trusts to
destroy competition by benevolent as
similation or forcible destruction is illus
trated by the attempt Of the billboard
trust to m%onopollze the bill posting bust
ness in Chicago. A damage suit for
$4,000 brought in the Illinois courts
discloses the fact that a competing con
Germ to the trust was first invited to
sell out, and, refusing to do so, was
forcibly driven out by the destruction Of
its billboards.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-11
DISTREss IN THE PHILIPpIEES.

Undoubtedly congress Will appropriate
the money for the relief of the distress
in the Philippines, a. recommended by
the president and secretary OF war. Ac-
cording to the statement OF Secretary
Root there is an exceedingly bad condi-
ton Of affairs In the islands. Ninety
per cent of the draft animals died from
rinderpest, the rice crop, upon which
the people mainly rely for subsistence,
was a failure the past season, then the
decline in silver operated against bust
ness and reduced the OF the
insular government so that IL has been
able to do but little for the relief OF the
people.
From all these afiictions there has re-
suited general impoverishment Of the
people, and Secretary Root says the oc-
casion for relief in the Philippines is
greater than it was in Cuba when cor.
gress appropriated $S,OOO,OOO for the
payment OF the Cuban soldiers, or thar
il was in Porto Rico when hundreds OF
thousands Of dollars We're contributed
by the people Of the United States and
more than a million dollars paid out OF
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-11
Prosperity in the Colleges.

New YORK Times.
The year books OF American universities
and colleges show impressive figures Of in
crease in the lists of professors, tutors and
INSTRUCTORS OF every grade, and the enlist
ments in the ranks of the pupils have been
swollen to highly encouraging totals. The
big armies of bachelors Of arts, Of philoso-
ply and Of science are augmented every
year with huge accessions. while the lists
Of trained lawyers, doctors and preachers
throughout the country are expanding an
nually with a truly amazing growth.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-11

In the flood of bills that will deluge
the legislature during the present week
a score of bills to create a board of
pardons may confidently be looked for.
This is perfectly natural. A fragrant
abuse Of power is always ure to be fol-
lowed by an epidemic OF nostrums and
sure-cure remedies. By the time the
hoard Of pardons bills have been fully
discussed the legislature will discover
that the constitution vests the p~ardoning
power exclusively in the governor, under
such restrictions and limitations as to
the mode of application for pardon the
law may provide. The discreet exer-
else OF the pardoning power therefore
depends entirely upon the good sense
and integrity of the governor. The
board of pardons may advise the gov
ernor, but 1t cannot exercise the par
doning power. A reckless or venal
governor can override it's advice and
take his chances Of being impeached.
That was exactly what the last gov
ernor did when he pardOned BARLEY in
defiance Of the popular disapproval of
the parole, as expressed through the
republican state convention, Moral;
Elect honest governors.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-11
IMMIGRATION COMMISSION.

The National German-American alli-
ance has proposed the creation Of an i'm
partial commission to study the immi-
grafton question before there is any new
legislation on the subject. The Phila-
delphia Record commends the idea, re-
commission be created, but it should be
made permanent in New York for the
protection Of deserving immigrants from
wrongful deportation. That paper says
there is no such protection at present
and that immigrants are deported by
the arbitrary decree of the officials be-
fore their friends can have an oppor-
tunity Of interceding in their behalf.
1t charges that hardly a day passes in
which cases of great injustice and in
humanity do not arise through wanton
exercise Of authority stimulated by
prejudices of nativism toward all for
eigners."
This is a pretty serious charge, and,
If well founded. as doubtless 1t Is, calls
for investigation by the authorities at
Washington. 1t was expected when
changes were made Of immigration Off
cials that conditions would be improved
and that the faults and abuses which
caused so much complaint during the
POwderly administration would be done
away with. 1t appears from the state.
ment of the Record, however, that such
is not the case, or at any rate that there
are still some abuses, showing that the
spirit which actuated the Former OH.
Gals Is still active. This is a reproact
to the government and the Washington
authorities should look into the matter
and summarily end the injustice and
inhumanity which are said to be Of al
most daily occurrence. 1t is very prob
able that a properly constituted commits
sion would prove useful, though 1t ought
to be possible 10 find men for immigra
ton officials who will faithfully execut,
the laws without dealing ~unJustly Will
immigrants. As to proposed new legls
lation, it is unlikely that anything will
be done at the present session OF con
gress.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-11
FOR ALL OF ME.

]. F. Folsom in the Independent.
The king can keep his crown,
The plutocrat his gold.
For all of me;
l have no sigh to own,
No fist | ahape to hold
Their jewelry.
Let them, by their pale light,
Dwell sober-minded, just7-
That pleases me;
/ grudge no vested right.
No unearned pelf l lust,
Enviously.
/ claim the widest range
For peace, for thought, for breath;
For mine and me;
/ force no undue change,
But live secure 'twiXt death
And liberty.
The men of discomfort,
Who patch the world outside,
Have naught I'm me;
I fain would sew the rent,
Within. hat II might bide
Eternally.
The king can keep his crown,
The plutocrat his gold,
For all of me;
For when mankind has grown
Into the Masters mold
They'll cease to be.