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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-10-22
WRECKS OF WALL STREET.
Men Ruined for Business by sPeeula.
tive Operations.

Men Ruined for Business by Speeuia.
tive Operations.
wall street leaves an ineffaceable
stamp upon man" said New York
lawyer the other day. 1T isn't so APP
parent when he is on the crest OF the
wave, for he spends his money freely
and no one questions his means of get
ting II. But when he goes broke He
Is absolutely unified for getting on his
feet unless he can do it in day. He
has been accustomed to seeing for
tunes won and lost in few hours. and
he cant see why fortune will not
knock at the same door twice.
Il know a man who went broke In
q crasn six years ago. He is "A good
business man when not imbued with
the fever OF speculation. He could
obtain good position at $4,000 a year.
But he would have To work, and work
hard 90 earn his salary. So he is look
Ing fer easy money'-to make his mil
lion Ill year. Consequently he has
borrowed from his relatives until they
are tired OF him They want him to
go to work. But | doubt whether he
will view the mat or in the light they
do until it is toe ate and the last
golden opportunity has slipped away
from him and left him a speculative
and misanthropic wreck"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-10-22
Danger In Fall Colds.

Fall colds are liable TO hang on all
winter leaving the seeds OF pneumonia,
bronchitis or consumption. Foley :
Honey and Tar cures quickly and pre-.
vents serious results 1t Is old and re.
liable, tried and tested, safe and sure.
Contains no opiates and will not const-
pate. w. /. Benedict.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-10-22
spent More than $1,000.

w. w. Baker OF Plainwell, Neb..
writes: My wife suffered from luns
tr' uble for fifteen years. She tried .
numb r OF doctors and spent over Sl0OL
wi hout relief. She became very low
nj lost all hope. A friend recon-
mended Foley's Honey and Tar and
thauk7 70 the great remedy, it savrC
her life, She now enjoys better health
Tn N she has known in zen years,
Refuse substitutes. w. |. Benedict.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-10-22
A"Yertis"d Lette-s

Belding, Mich. oct ~. 1903.
Louisa Anderson, Mrs Lettie And
erson, Florence Bishop, Ola Button,
Eliza NJ Beal, Mr.. VIM NJ. Calkins,
L II. Hazen, Mr.. Chauncey Hansen,
Mr.. Willett Hammond, VIM. Johnson.
Mrs Clara Randall
d Z. WILSON. Postmaster
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-10-22

Scald head is an eczema of the scall
very severe sometimes, but IL can b,
cured. Dnpu's Oiutmeut, quick and
permanent in its results. At all drug
stores 50 cent,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-10-22

Mrs. Minerva Smith, of Danville,
Ill. writes: Il had bronchitis for
twenty years and uever got relief un-
Gil | used Foley's Honey and Tar which
is sure cure. w. / Benedict
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-10-22

SptnCtr r. L. 7. co. HRnllnR CLOCK &C. q %
f.. Hudson, freight and express 81
Moved by Aid. Chave seconded by Aid Clarl
that the sum of four hundred dollars b,
transferred from Contingent fund to Stree
fund which motion prevailed, Yeas Aid Hud
son, Chave, Clark, Demorest Pres, pro ten
Fisher, 3, nays none.
On motion Council adjourned.
GEO. w MoULTos City Clerk
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-06

woman doing some high kicking. Detectives
McMullen and Heany took the kicker to the
East Ffty-hrst street station. where the
prisoner was recorded as Lens Becker Of
No. 40 East Fifty-fourth street.
The sergeant at the desk noticed a good
sized mustache under the prisoners veil.
and sent for a Flower hospital ambulance
so that the surgeon might decide the pris-
oner's sex. Or. Quirk said the prisoner wai
a man masquerading in female attire. and
he was taken to the Yorkville police court
He said there that he was As years old,
and declared that he had worn woman's
clothing for more than twenty years. He
explained that he could make a living as a
cook more easily by wearing woman's garb.
HI declared that he had gone so long under
the name OF Lena Becker that he had for
gotten his real name. He had no difficulty
in passing as a woman cook. he said. and
was really a good hand at the business and
got good wages. He occasionally went on a
drunk and lost his position, he said.
Magistrate Barlow committed him to the
workhouse for six months.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-06

mon aim and impulse which operates
for the mutual benefit. But in order
that this condition shall be fully estnb-
lished II is essential that there shall be
such m equitable arrangement as will
be completely satisfactory to both
parties. The employer must offer such
inducements as shall be really condu-
Give to the welfare Of the worker and
not require of him something which
under ordinary circumstances he would
not be disposed to give, or which he
might consider it unsafe to give. The
trouble with some of the proit-sharing
schemes is that while they look plausi-
BILE on the surface they really promise
little of real benefit to the workingman.
This is the objection, as we have already
pointed out, to the so-called proft-shar-
ing plan of the United States Steel cor
poration. Apparently conceived in a lib
eral spirit, that proposition would in
operation be of no benefit to the great
majority of the thousands of workers
for the corporation, but might he of very
material advantage to the corporation
itself.
A fair and judicious system of profit
sharing is to be commended. but such a
plan as that Of the Steel corporation
does not promise satisfactory results.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-06
Personal NOTES.

A Chicago business man says that no
business man could live up to the principles
Of the Golden Rule.
Dean Robinson, secretary OF the South
Dakota Historical society. is to write a
history Of the state.
The net income Of the firm Of which ]. p.
Morgan is the head is said to have been
more than $50, 900, 900 in 1902.
Addicks has gained another follower in
the Delaware legislature, but that only
makes his barking from the manger a little
stronger.
Stephen Decatur, jr., Of Portsmouth, N.
H., a grandson OF the famous Commodore
Perry, has passed the mental examination
for admission to the Naval academy.
The Missouri youth who stole and pawned
his mothers wedding ring to buy a mar
rage license deserves the right-of-way on
the toboggan, minus a return ticket.
w. T. Wright, who was prime minister Of
Ssnto Domingo under, President Jiminez, is
a native Of Lafayette. Ind, and was at one
time a lieutenant In the United States
signal service and later a newspaper CORE
spondent.
Colonel r. B. Creecy, editor Of the Eliz-
abeth, N. c., Economist. has Just celebrated
his eighty-ninth birthday. He is the old
est journalist In active service in the
United States, having Ueen In the harness
upward Of sixty years.
The West Virginia legislature will be
asked this winter to appropriate money for
the erection OF a suitable monument tc
James Rumsey, who, many claim, has the
right to the distinction Of having first useC
steam as motive power in a boat.
M. Casmir- Perier is the only living ex.
president Of the French republic. He was
23 years old when the Franco Prussian wa.
broke out and took part In that confic
and in the siege OF Paris, being decorate,
with the Legion Of Honor at its close. II
entered the Chamber OF Deputies In 1877.
and became president in 1894, in succession
to M. Carnot, who had been assassinated
He served scarcely six months, suddenl!
resigning in 1895.
Connecticut, the land OF steady habits.
is living up to it's titles. During the pres
emit year deposits in the ninety saving
banks In the state increased from Si9SI
24s. sOs to s2OS, 522, 225. The Connecticut in
stitutions continue, more than ever, 10 b
the custodians Of funds Of the compare
lively wealthy, as well as the small saw
ings OF the poor. The number OF deposition
having accounts OF over 1000 each
IS, 1856, or 1888 more than in 1901; Will
s1s depositors have accounts OF over 1900
each
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-06

Members of the South Omaha charter
revision committee are reported to favor
an increase in the number Of council
men for that city from six to twelve.
If twelve councilmen are really needed
to. manage the affairs of a corporation
representing property values that aggre-
gate $16,OO0,OO0, Omaha, with S116,OO0,-
600 of taxable property, should by rights
have the membership of it's council null
tiplied by seven. With a council of
sixty-three a council combine would
come high.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-06
WHAT THE PARTY IS PLEDGED T

WHAT THE PARTY is PLEDGED 70.
Fol some ~unsolvable reason the i'm
preston has gained ground among the
people Of Nebraska that they have little
or nothing to expect in the form of re-
form legislation from the present ses-
sion Of their lawmakers. This feeling
must arise from the fact that both
houses are dominated by majorities so
overwhelmingly of one party-for there
is nothing in the personnel of the mem
bers that would indicate inferiority Of
ability or capacity to preceding legis-
lative bodies in the state. 1t is to be
hoped the people will find this impress
sion to be unfounded for there is impor-
tant work in abundance for this legisla-
ture to do.
Not to go outside Of the pledges Of
the last republican state platform, the
majority members are committed to
these positive reforms:
/. To provide for the most speedy
revision Of the state constitution to meet
the demands Of twentieth century con-
ditions.
.. To enact laws that will hold every
custodian Of public funds that may
come into his possession by virtue of
his Office responsible for both principal
and interest accruing thereon.
3. To adopt measures to- increase
state revenues and to reduce state debt
4. To carry out the intent of the con.
%stitution for the taxation Of all fran.
chises as we'll as tangible property OF
corporations and individuals upon q
uniform basis Of assessment.
5. To create a board Of pardons tc
pass upon applications for executive
clemency and make recommendations tC
the governor according to their findings
6. To provide for a board of audi
TO check up and report on the condition
Of state finances at stated intervals.
If the majority members of tn,
Legislature will give precedence t.
~fedeeming these obligations to thei
party and the people they will keel
themselves busy for some time and &C
complish something substantial for tn,
progress and prosperity Of the state.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-06
CRITICISM OR THE BoAR BILL.

II was 10 be expected that the bill
prepared by Senator Hoar for the regu-
lation and supervision OF the so-called
trusts and combinations would be criti-
cized by the managers and attorneys
of the organizations to which the pro-
posed law applied. While there is moth
ing absolutely new in the conditions
embraced in the Hoar bill, they are of a
nature that would put every arrange
ment or contract of a m~onopolistic
nature almost beyond a possibility, and
I'm that sense, however humble it might
be in its operation, it would be to that
extent favorable to the benefit Of the
whole people. ~
Those who object to the Hoar bill are
composed Of two classes-the constitu-
tional DIRECTORS and those who think
that 1t is not possible to enforce the con-
ditions which are proposed. There is no
doubt of one proposition, which is this,
that the United States government can
enact and enforce any law within its
own domains that its people shall APP
prove of, and that beyond that there is
no question or issue.
The application of this to the anti
trust law now in operation or the one
which 1t is proposed to put into effect is
perfectly plain. The one would be alb
s%olutely helpful to the other and each
would be upbuilding to the other. That
is to say, that such legislation would
be in it's ultimate results helpful to all
the conditions essential to the improve
ment of the body polite.
Those who find fault with the plan of
trust regulation and supervision con-
tanned in the Hoar bill are not only op.
posed to all control Of the trusts. but
fail to propose anything that will pro.
tect the public from the exactions and
the expressions of monopoly. The whole
argument OF those who wan against leg
i~slation for the restraint of monopoly
whatever form 1t may take, resolves
itself into the concrete proposition that
all c%apitalistic combinations are ulti
mately in the public interest. The Hoal
bill antagonizes that idea. 1t declares
that corporations and associations ant
contracts shall under specified condi
lions be illegal and it states the condi
tons so clearly and Enthusiastically tina
no one can fail to understand what II
meant.
AS we have already said, it was t.
be expected that there would be advers,
criticism Of the Hoar antitrust bill
1t is a measure which a~ntagonizes tn,
great monopolistic interests of the coun
try. But it responds to the public de
mand and that Is what must ultimatel.
be complied with.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-06
RESPONSIBILITY MAKES HEROES.
bravery and Devotion of a
Locomotive Engineer.
penver Post. January I.

Denver Post. January !.
The average man is really the standard
by which society must be judged in 1908,
A.. d. Taking him as the standard this
wicked old human race is pretty good, after
all. The old year went out with plenty Of
evidences Of it.
The wrongs that the old year bequeathed
to the new year, the miseries that will con-
tinue in 1903 are not so much because men
wilfully create them as because the aver
age man does not feel responsible for them.
Responsibility is the tremendous factor in
this world. 1t transforms ordinary men into
heroes and great men into George Wash
ingtons and Abraham Lincolns:
The Post recently told the story OF a
man named @. A. Marooney, who happened
to be the fireman on Engine 80, drawing
Burlington express No. 2, speeding east
ward from Denver.
Marooney is a specimen of the great mass
Of the people who say thoughtlessly, but
really meaning 1t, "a Happy New Yearl"
They do not feel called upon to do any
thing in particular to make anybody happy
but their friends and families.
But responsibility makes a wonderful
transformation. The ordinary man. con-
fronted with the lives and happiness oil
others actually depending on his nerve and
| courage, on his self-sacrihce, does whai
Marooney did.
The train was approaching CulbertsOn
Neb., at a speed Of sixty miles an houl
when a pipe broke, overwhelming the engi'
neer and fireman with a cataract Of boiling
water and steam.
The engineer was knocked down and sud
denly the young fireman, Marooney, realizes
that the lives Of the passengers depended
upon his hand.
Tennyson's famous lines about the charg'
OF the Light Brigade eulogized the heroe
Of England thus:
Theirs was not 10 reason why
Theirs but 10 do and die!'
But Marooney's part was to reason VIII.
and then do or die.
Blinded, sealded. frantic with pain, Ma
rooney resoiutely stepped into the spoutin
death by steam and set the air brakes an
stopped the train.
When millions OF Marooneys realize tina
theirs Is the responsibility they will nc
only say. but act 10 make "A Happy Ne
Year" for this old world every year.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-06
FORMULATING cHAHrERAMEHDMENT

FORMULATING OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
The charter committees which have
assumed the task and responsibility Of
formulating proposed amendments to
the city charter have no time to lose.
Every days delay in the introduction of
the charter bills will retard their prog
ress through the legislature and make
the final passage of any charter amend
ment bills more difficult md prob
lematic.
1t is not likely that the, Douglas dele
CATION will be disposed to father a char
ter prepared for them by the committee,
no matter how perfect the instrument
may be. Every member of the delega-
ton. in all probability, has some special
hobby or new feature which he will
want to insert. At the very best, there
fore, the charter committee can formu-
late only a series of amendments that,
in its judgment, are im%peratively de-
manded for the better government Of
the city.
The first step to be taken by the COM
mittee should be the consideration of
changes recommended by the heads of
the various departments of municipal
administration, based upon their expert
ence. This should also include the rec
concentrations Of the Board of Fire and
Police Commissioners, the park hoard
and the public library board. Incl
dentally the Board of. Education should
be invited to submit recommendations
for charter revision which in it's judg-
ment will better harmonize the relations
of the school board to the other branches
of municipal government.
When all these proposed changes have
been fully discussed and digested by the
committee, one or more public meetings
should be held for public discussion,
with a view to ascertaining whether the
proposed charter amendments meet the
approval of the community at large, as
voiced by citizens and taxpayers who
are willing to express their assent or
dissent to any proposed change in the
charter. This will be as near a refer
endum as can be had under existing
conditions.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-06
THE TURN OF THE e A
New York Sun.

New York Sun.
Spring is coming! Though skies are gray,
Her eyes OF blue are turned this way;
A little sooner the shadows lift,
Later the sun shines through the rift;
She calls to the flowers all fast asleep
Beneath their coverlet white and deep,
81 am coming soon.
MAKE ready TO lift with Joy each head
When / strip the covers from your bed;
Prepare, D ye trees, to burgeon soon
You'll feel my breath in. the sun at noon;
And you, impatient, red-cheeked clover,
You shall spread with green the brown
fields over
1 am coming soon"
Q
Days there will be of frost and snow
The skies will daTken and chill winds blow;
The flower of winter will lift on high
It's flaming bloom In the northern sky;
But hour by hour, as the days grow long.
WI hear the springs triumphant
song
II am coming soon."
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-06

The Denver Times has the indiscretion
to remark that gentlemen who aspire
to the position of United States senator
are supposed to hold views on the public
questions which affect the interests Of
their constituents. 1t is passing
strange that a paper published in the
Centennial state since 1872 should enter
tain such crude notions concerning the
qualification of candidates for the
United States senate. In Nebraska
even an ordinary congressman is not
supposed to hold any specific views on
public questions before election, at any
rate no views that he n m change
without causing Inconvenience to him
self or surprise to his constituents.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-06

1 The democratic city central committee
has taken time by the forelock by call
ing itself together for next Saturday to
formulate a call for a convention that is
20 nominate Ed Howell and thirteen
others who are willing to serve the city
for three years, or the war, at stated
salaries and perquisites. The demo
cratic committee evidently does not
take into consideration the prospective
change Of election day from March to
May.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-06
LINES TO A LAUGH.

Cleveland Plain Dealer; do you want =
y Keep as far away as you can
Garlic, isn't it?' t'..
Philadelphia Press: Mrs. Fortey-He wal
pleased to say / held my age very well.
Mrs. Snappe-Why shouldn't you? Thinl
OF the years of practice you've had.
Somerville Journal: E~thel-Charlie sale
that when he saw that policeman again
ne m w0Sso sixe he n,9 so { S Ris9et to 81 sb alf ping
Baltimore American: Naggsby-What Is
Miss Oldgyrle's occupation?
Waggsby-It was formerly that OF society
belle; but she has had a steady Job for the
past seven years side-stepping birthdays.
washington Star: Have you ever made
any effort to improve your knowledge OF
political economy"
No.. said Senator Sorghum; II have
found that in the long run political liberal
ity pays better than political economy
Brooklyn Eagle: $50 your uncle is deadi
Did he leave you ~anythingP"
mo; he. had nothing TO leave but his
''Then, I suppose, the other relatives
won't contest It."
New York Sun: Scott was reading the
rough draft of Ivanhoe to mis- friends.
fine. but before writing 1t did you work
in a factory. tramp as a hobo or shovel
material the unhappy author hid himself
behind the nom-de-plume Of Waverley.
Chicago Post: The savage regarded the
hght him." he said, ''he will exterminate
me, and IL I try TO live in peace with him
will starve to death. What chance have l
got?"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-06
UNDERSTANDING PLAhS.

The new plans which have recently
been formulated for profit sharing have
attracted a good deal of attention and
are being discussed with a great deal
of interest not because they are innova-
lions, for such is not the fact, but for
the reason that they mark a condition
which while not new is receiving more
attention than ever before. We have
already commented upon the proft-shar-
ing Arrangement of the United States
Steel corporation and pointed out what
we regarded as its defects, but we are
by no means to be understood as opposed
TO that policy. On the contrary, we
believe that a judicious and equitable
system Of profit sharing. founded upon
a right principle, is wise and certain
to prove beneficial both TO the employers
and the employees OF any establishment
that adopts 1t. The arguments in favor
Of such a policy are to our minds con
elusive. The policy cements, better
than anything else can, the relations
between employer and employee. 1t es
tabllsheS a mutual interest and a com
mon confidence. The employer feel
that everyone working for him is doinl
his very best to promote the common
interest and welfare, while the employ,
has impressed upon him the idea tina
the employer is his friend and that hi
whole aim is to advance the Interest
OF both.
In this way there is inspired a CON
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-06
BEWARE OF FUSS.
A Morbid Germ that Serves No Useful
End.
New York Commercial.

New York Commercial.
We quoted in these columns several
months ago SOM extremely penetrating
observations by the leading medical and
pathological journal OF the world. the
Lancet Of London, under the title OF Fuss
AS a Mark Of Modern Civilization" The
author was evidently a psychologist OF
great ability as we'll as an expert patholo-
gist. He defined fuss as q form OF neuroeis
and said OF It:
1T is not vigilance or prudence or DELHI
crate and considerate judgment; It is not
even a natural and rational anxiety. though
II may exhibit itself in the guise of any one
Of these. II is mere business. Serving in
itself no useful purpose. it mingles with
and impedes every useful work, dampening
energy and discouraging initiative and the
sense OF responsibility in those engaged in
It. All the while 1t may be preaching mod
Grafton and self-control. This neurosis is
not confined to any people or part Of the
civilized world. though It would seem to be
more prevalent in some quarters than else.
where. Wherever there exists a suitable
soil In the form OF an intellect equipped
with the visual organs of education, but
without corresponding reflective power and
self-restraint, there the morbid germ de.
velops until Il may even become epidemic
over a wide area"
There have been symptoms of an cpl.
demic Of this sort in this city during the
last FIVE or six months. We will not be In.
vidious and presume to locate its outward
Manifestations, but leave It to every keer
observer to perform that task for himself
What we would suggest is that persons wht
suspect that the disease may be working
more or less insidiously upon themselves
nod nyar The AaorrfnNGnn ~ fN whIn6 N.
quote and endeavor to decide whether they
have II or not. They should dwell es.
pecially upon this passage in the descrip.
ton: "It mingles with and impedes every
useful work, serving no useful purpose in
ifaalfu
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-06

1t is to be hoped that Mr.. John n.
Baldwin of Iowa will not project him
self too far in the front in the legisla-
tive lobby at Lincoln. The republican
majority of the legislature is able to or
ganize itself and conduct the business
entrusted to it without the aid or con-
sent of any nonresident steering com
mittee. ~