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Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-18

Judging by comparative earnings, Ne
braska railroads are very much more
valuable than the railroads I'm Iowa.
With a mileage of 1900 miles the net
earnings of Iowa railroads for 1902 are
computed at 81, 1O2.25, or $1,SO7 per
mile. With a mileage of 800 miles the
net earnings of Nebraska railroads for
1902 exceeded $13,OO0,OOO, or $2,2OS per
mile, which is 25 per cent more than the
railroads of Iowa have earned. That
difference in the earning capacity Of
railroads in Iowa and Nebraska repre-
sents precisely the difference between
the freight rates of Iowa and the freight
rates in Nebraska.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-18
PETER ANp MS THRONE.

Philadelphia Press: Russia sees no rea-
son to interfere in the servian affair prob
ably feeling that II couldn't have made a
more complete job OF II itself.
Chicago News: Doubtless King Peter
Karageorgevitch will see the advisability
OF attending personally to the Job Of locking
up the royal palace at bedtime
ST. Louis Giobe-D Democrat: The new king
proclaimed In Servia will be called Peter l.
No soothsayer is needed to predict that his
reign will be stormy or that II is best for
him TO sleep with weii-guarded doors.
Chicago Post: It may not ada TO King
Peters comfort when he reflects that the
same element that so tragically separated
King Alexander from the crown has placed
II upon the head OF the new monarch.
Kansas City Star: Peter, the new king OF
Servia, is quoted as saying that he 10 pro
foundly touched" by the confidence shown
him. He is probably also aware that he
will be violently touched IL that confidence
should ever wane.
Chicago Record Herald: Lieutenant La.
Ear Javanovics shot and killed himself be.
cause his fellow officers did not permit him
to help carry out the plot against the late
king of servia. They might at least have
permitted him to kick the corpse.
Portland Oregonian: The powers OF Eu-
rope should insist on punishment with death
OF the authors and perpetrators OF the
servian massacre. All relations with the
country should be refused so long as these
red-hsnded murderers are In favor with the
servian government. Nobody believes the
favorite whom these murderers are placing
on the throne when he says he is shocked"
at the massacre, and didn't know 1t was
intended.
Chicago Chronicle: That Is a pleasant
task which the powers have laid upon King
Peter of Servia--to hang the men who in
vited him TO the throne and who thought
fully provided the necessary vacancy for
him to fll-men, moreover. who would un
doubtedly remove" Peter as quickly as
they disposed of Alexander II they even
suspected that he was not "totng fair"
with them. AS Peter has manifested no
desire to commit suicide, we may be pretty
sure that he will not go into the hanging
business for quite a spell yet.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-18
Personal NOTES.

Thomas f. Watson. of Georgia. con-
templates an ambitious history OF the
United States.
Another Mary MacLane has been dis
covered out in Chicago, and, as usual. the
critics are perplexed to know whether it's
genius or liver.
The inhabitants Of the western part OF
the country are so tired OF water that they
can not be expected to take much interest
in the approaching yacht races.
John T. Gibbons is quoted as saying that
In boyhood his brother, now cardinal and
archbishop. delighted in athletic exercises,
playing a rattling game of base ball. was
a splendid swimmer and withal was very
methodical.
Massillon. o., has the tallest chief of
police in the country in the person of
Edward Ertle, who stands six feet two
inches in his stockings and weighs 247
pounds. He is exceedingly active and some
thing of an athlete.
A Brooklyn man objects to a memorial
park in Plymouth square in honor OF
Henry Ward Beecher for the reason that
he was not a man OF national reputation,
A lot OF old subscribers would like to know
who it was that made Brooklyn famous
Sir Frederick Pollock. the famous English
lawyer and law writer OF London, has
cabled his acceptance of an invitation tc
read paper before the annual meeting OF
the American Bar association. which will
be held at Hot Springs, Va, August q
to g.
John Kendrick Bangs, who is writing
the libretto for a musical comedy based or
sheridan's school for Scandal" met a
friend the other day whom he had no
seen for some time. What sort OF thin5
is this Lady Teazle' you're wrlting?" in
quired his friend Well" replied tn,
author. ITS a good deal like the battl,
OF Winchester" His friend stared ''Wh,
like the battle Of Winchester" he asked
Because" explained Mr. Bangs, "sheridaI
is about twenty miles away"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-18
PRoTrCTloN IeAfNsr THis COUNTRY. t

PROTECTION AGAINST TINS COUNTRY
Advices from Canada are to the effect
that the iron and steel men of that
country are demanding greater protec-
ton against American manufacturers Of
iron and steel. The statement is that
representatives OF the Dominion in
dustry have been at the colonial cap
ita urging the government 20 come to
their aid and relieve the situation by
sweeping increases in steel and iron du-
ties. II is said that the impression pre-
walls in parliamentary circles at Ottawa
that the government will respond to the
appeal of the manufact in as liberal
manner as is consistent with the gov
ernment's tariff policy, but whether by
customs duties or by way of bounties is
yet to be determined. II is stated that
there are many who regard the propo-
sition as a cunning expedient of a group
Of capitalists who have been severely
bitten by the unexpected slump of
stocks, the effect of which has been
somewhat severely felt in Canadian
financial circles.
There is really, however, nothing espe-
cially remarkable in a movement on the
part Of the iron and steel manufacturers
of the Dominion for a greater measure
of protection against the competition of
the manufacturers of this country. As
a matter Of fact they have been work
1vor F1v hfa fr,n or,d ha
been the chief power behind the element
in Canada demanding higher duties on
manufactured products. especially those
of iron and steel. A few months ago a
convention of these manufacturers was
very pronounced in urging upon the gov
ernment the expediency of increasing the
duties on iron and steel, in order to de-
velop and build up the industry in that
country, for which purpose it was
claimed the resources are ample. Res
olutions were adopted at that conven-
ton setting forth that Canada has ad-
vantages for the manufacture of iron
and steel which ought to be improved
and calling upon the government to take
such action as would insure its devel-
opment. There is very considerable
element in the Dominion that is favor.
able to this, but it is somewhat ques-
tlonable at present whether 1t will he
able to induce the government to take
the proposed action.
This because the Dominion govern
ment is still hopeful of being able to ne
gotiate reciprocity treaty with the
United States, which obviously an In
crease of the duties on iron and steel
would be an obstruction to. So long as
the question Of reciprocity, which is of
first importance to the Canadians. is
pending, there is no great probability
that a proposition to increase duties in
behalf of the iron and steel industries
of that country will receive any very
serious consideration from the govern
n,ent. The protection desired will come,
IL at all, only when the efforts to secure
reciprocity shall be found hopeless.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-18
SOMETHING NEW IN INSURANCE..
Company Projected to Insure Against
Loss by Strikes.
Cleveland Leader.

Cleveland Leader.
The talk about the possible organization
of a company TO insure employers against
loss by strikes suggests a way. perhaps,
in which the ever-perplexing labor problem
may be solved.
OF course, an insurance company of that
sort would have an interest in preventing
strikes the same as fire insurance compa-
nies have in preventing fires. Its purpose
would be- in fact, to reduce to the mini
mum the losses II would have to pay. For
that reason the company would do it's ut
most to bring employers and employees to-
gether in a conciliatory way whenever
there was hint or threat of a strike. The
company might be in a position to present
the advantages of arbitration and to con-
vince employers and employees that 1t is
better to settle all differences by mediation
than to fight 1t out to the bitter end In
deed, arbitration might be enforced by put
ting into each insurance policy a clause
relieving the company Of liability when
there is a refusal to submit to a just de-
mand for arbitration. That might check a
disposition on the part of unscrupulous
employers to let strikes come, and collect
the insurance in lieu of the ordinary profits
Of their business. Again, inasmuch as the
purpose of a strike sometimes is to cause
the employer financial loss, there would be
less disposition on the part of employees to
tie up factory or workshop when they
knew their employer was insured against
loss.
The proposed strike insurance company
may be wholly imaginary. yet American
capital. always venturesome. might seek
that field for investment.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-18
LOOKING BACKWARD.


The abolition Of the Union Pacific
bridge arbitrary recalls the protracted
controversy that had its beginning as a
sequence of the enactment of the inter
state commerce law. When the Union
Pacific bridge was chartered congress
gave that company the right to collect
freight and passenger tolls over the
bridge.
For about twelve years the bridge was
treated as a separate link in the Union
Pacific system, and the bridge toll was
imposed on freight coming and going at
the rate of $40 per carload of ten tons
maximum. After the enactment of the
interstate commerce law an understand
ing was arrived at between the Union
Pacific and all the lines connecting with
1t at Council Bluffs by which freight
rates were to be so adjusted as to pre-
vent discrimination in favor of or
against Omaha or Council Bluffs in east
or westbound traffic. In other words,
in all matters of freight transportation
they were to be one city as fully and
completely as If there were no river be-
tween them.
This understanding was carried out in
all respects except as to local territory
lying between the Missouri river and
Mississippi river at common points.
Council Bluffs dealers saw that they
were to get their own shipments from
hot oA fhA
Omaha; that they were to have Omaha's
local territory west of the Missouri
thrown open to them without the pay
ment Of bridge charges, and they also
saw that if they could induce the Iowa
roads to break. the agreement by COM
pelling the Omaha merchants to pay the
bridge arbitrary to reach the local trade
in Iowa they would have a practical
monopoly of that trade as against
Omaha while being admitted to the lat
ter's territory west of the Missouri on
terms Of equality. By bringing political
pressure to bear upon the Iowa roads
they succeeded finally in this effort in
1898, and have enjoyed that advantage
| hhNAi hO" III SpitC VI ANptuNCu uppCulb
for relief to the Interstate Commerce
commission.
While the abolition of the bridge ar
bitrary will enable Omaha jobbers to
compete for western Iowa patronage on
equal terms with those of Council
Bluffs. no injustice is done to the whole
sale dealers and manufacturers of Coun-
ell Bluffs, who have for years had ac-
cess to patrons west of the Missouri
river on equal terms with Omaha, en-
! joying a material advantage by reason
of the fact that rentals and the cost of
living are considerably cheaper at Coun-
Gil Bluffs than on this side Of the river
The abolition of the bridge arbitrary
has removed a bone of contention long
standing between Omaha jobbers and
the Iowa railroads without materially
affecting the revenues of the railroads.
In the long run the absorption of the
bridge arbitrary is charged up to the
consumers in the territory tributary to
the railroads that converge at Omaha
and Council Bluffs.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-18

The practice of the school board in re-
electing teachers who expect to be mar
ried before the new school year begins
and of electing their successors at the
same time is liable to get someone into
trouble some of these days. There is
many a slip 'twixt cup and lip, and the
expected resignation may not always be
forthcoming, in which event two teach
ers will be claiming the same place.
There is no good reason why any
teacher should be placed on the roll for
the ensuing year who does not intend to
stay there.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-18

ton Of cash premium, as the cheapest
site now may be the dearest in the long
run. What the board, which has this
decision to make, must do is to look
ahead at the future of the institution
and be guided by considerations not
only of expense to the state, present
and prospective, but also of expense to
the students who are TO be educated
there, to say nothing of convenience
and accessibility. The highest bidder
plan may be good in theory, but it would
hardly work satisfactorily in practice.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-18

Governor Chatterton OF Wyoming de-
clares that opposition in that state to
the forest reserve policy Of the govern
ment is in no way political. His pre-
decessor tried to run political blum on
this score by threatening to withdraw
from President Roosevelt the support OF
Wyoming in the next republican ma
tional convention, but the blum was
called altogether TOO promptly. No
wonder the new governor is taking a
new tack. l'- e -
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-18

The War department is In receipt Of a
communication from the Philippines which
gives an amusing account Of the ready
musical talent of the Filipino people. Upon
hearing an air for the first time some Of
the native performers can reproduce IT,
frequently with little no flaw or varia-
ton. Marches, hymns, operate selections
and rag-time melodies are all eagerly added
TO their repertoire. American tunes the
communication states, are particularly
catching rag-time especially appealing to
the lively imagination of the Filipino. AL
though quick to take up our music they
are far less ready in acquiring the English
language In consequence they have
adopted and now render on solemn occa-
sIons American airs that appeal to them.
utterly unconscious that the words are
totally at variance with the occasion. At
one town the Filipino citizens had assem-
bIed to honor Governor Taft. and when
he walked TO the platform the native band.
70 the great amusement OF the governor
and his stan. struck up, Good Morning.
Carrie"
More incongruous still was the tune Gov
ernor Taft heard in a funeral procession.
A Filipino OF standing had passed away
and the obsequies were designed to be inn
posing In the cortege behind the heaTse
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-18
Right Hand and the Left.
Boston Herld,

One of the precious few gifts whose
givers will forever remain unknown is the
S25o,oOO which a gentleman handed to the
late Mr.. Hewitt one day, telling him to
give 1t to the Cooper Union and never re-
veal the name OF the givcr. Mr.. Hewitt
accepted the gift with the conditions at
tached, and he died without revealing the
secret. At the annual meeting of the union
the other day IT came out that none OF
the present trustees knows or suspects the
name of the donor. And they will not try
to find out.',s- rkA, 'gs sg-
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-18

After finding that the second assistant
in his Office is not included in his ap-
pointment prerogatives, City Attorney
Wright has suddenly discovered that
there is no need of a second assistant.
If some scheme could be devised by
which he could name the man, Mr..
Wright would quickly find urgent work
for another assistant to perform. Now
you see il and now you don't.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-18
SUMMER ENCHANTMENT,
Washington Star

washington Star.
Oh. de lazy-bird is singin' every evenin in
de tree.
I dunno If you hyahs him. but his song is
sweet to me.
Dey say, dat he's a toad, or sumpin' of de
inseck kind,
But ''lazy-birds" de name foh him dat
sorter suits my mind
He got voice dat SCUM like fairies playin'
on de hfe;
He hab a chahm dat some folks can't resist
to save deir life.
Yoh soul is filled wifi comfort an FUN care
you hearts free
When once yoh hyahs dat lazy-bird a-singin'
In de tree
He sings about de roses dat is blushin' day
by day.
on de bay;
He makes you feel SO happy dat you wants
II understood
II June is much like heaven you is willin'
to be good.
You fohgets about de snow storm, you foh-
gets about de frost,
You fohgets de disappointments an de
chances you has lost
Dis world has its discomforts, but It's good
enough foh me
When once l hyahs dat lazy-plrd a-slngin'
in de tree.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-18

There is no difference except in degree
between the slot machine gambling de-
vice that pays in coin and the device
that pays in brass checks exchangeable
for goods. The trade machine excuse Is
tiimsy pretext. The only legitimate
trade slot machine is the machine that
has no element of chance, but simply
delivers automatically what the Gus.
toner purchases.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-18

The precinct assessor of East Omaha
makes annual returns of several hun
dred lots on which the Missouri river
has foreclosed its mortgage. Would it
not be timely and proper for the county
surveyor to prepare new map of the
precinct showing the lots that have not
been gulped down. so as to save the as
SCISSOR the trouble of returning lots that
have disappeared?
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-18

1t is reported that 1000 worshippers
in the faith are expected to go to Lin
coin July to help Colonel Bryan cele-
brate the day on his farm. We suggest
that Colonel Bryan might recoup ex-
penses by letting out the privileges to
some of our democratic speculative
anorts
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-18
No Occasion for Haste.
Chicago Chronicle.

From Washington comes the announce
ment that the government lands in Mon
tana which have been stolen by the Cattle
trust will soon be reclaimed and opened to
settlers. II soon in Montana has the
same meaning as 1t had in Nebraska under
similar circumstances would-be settlers
need be in no haste about buying t!ckets
for the promised land. Any time during the
next fifty years will be plenty soon enough.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-18

The South Omaha Board of Review is
to be commended for its efforts to ad.
Just the burden of taxation so that II
will be borne by all property in proper
ton to its relative value according to
the plain letter of the constitution.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-18

The weekly crop report of the weather
bureau complains of the slow growth
of corn owing to the low temperature
in the corn belt. King Corn's motto
this year seems to be "Slow, but sure"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-18

The contest for the location Of the
new normal school authorized by the
last legislature seems TO have resolved
itself in the eyes OF some Of the inter
ested parties into a mere competition as
to which town eligible under the law
puts up the most money to secure the
prize. The location OF the normal
school. however. is not s0iely Ques-
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-18

King Peter of Servia Is not to be al
lowed to forget to whom he owes his
royal prerogative. He must not get
any false ideas into his head about the
divine right of kings, If he wants to
keep his head on his shoulders.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-18

The Omaha High school cadets could
just as well have been encamped for a
week at Fort Omaha and had the ad-
vantage of the beautiful drill grounds
for an exhiSit of military training as to
have gone into an encampment sixty
miles away. But that would have taken
away the romance Of railroad excur-
Sfa
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-18

Governor Bailey of Kansas is at last
out with belated proclamation calling
the legislature together to take meas
ures OF relief for the flood sufferers in
that state. II the governor had been,
alive to the situation and prompt in
action the legislature would have met
and adjourned by this time.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-18
Kansas CITY Star

l
IL Is quite 20 be regretted that the very
first expedient that should have suggested
itself to Governor Bailey Of Kansas in
dealing with the flood problem-namely,
an extra session Of the legslature-is re-
garded by him as the last resort 1t Is a
serious mistake that a state as rich and
as solvent as Kansas should be advised
by its governor to pass the hat and thus
make farce of all it's boasted indepen-
dence.
II is a pity that a man who admires
Theodore Roosevelt as much as Governor
Bailey does has acted so differently from
what the president would have done under
the same circumstances. Can anybody
fancy for a minute that II Mr. Roosevelt
were governor of Kansas at this time
that he would be afraid to call an extra
session of the legislature7 Can any per-
son point to a single good reason why
this should not be done, not for the pur-
pose alone of enabling the people of Wy
andotte county to vote bonds for bridges,
but to provide all the appropriations
necessary to relieve the distress of the
food victims in Kansas?
Kansas has plenty OF money It is
said. here and there, "to take care of the
situation, but how are you going to get
at it,"
An adequate appropriation voted by the
legislature in extra session would settle
that question. and in the only way, too,
that II can be settled right.
The abundant resources of Kansas make
its duty in the present crisis as clear as
the MONDAY sun. 1t is to help itself and
without fear, stint or hesitation.
The call for such action devolves on
Governor Bailey, who ought to know that
God has no liking for a coward and that
to this extent at least man was created in
the image of his Maker.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-18

Something strange crops out of the
World Herald's present performance in
charging on candidate for republican
nomination favors before the state con-
vention has made its selection. The
VIII. usually waits under cover till 1t
is all over but the shouting and then
exelaims II told you So"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-18

People in charge of these polar ex-
plorlng expeditions always show their
wisdom by selecting midsummer as the
time of departure. That makes the civ
ilization look so much more attractive
when they come back in midwinter.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-18
The Trouble and the Remedy.
INDIANAPOLIS Journal.

Many fond parents of young men in col
lege are worried just now a little as to
what shall be done with their sons during
the long summer vacation. Their attention
is respectfully called to the fact that there
is usually a great shortage of farm hands
for harvesting the crops about this time Of
year
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-18

tive bribery. The peculiar part Of the
story is that just as the grand jury was
called Mr.. Lee suddenly took his de-
parture from the state and only returned
later which would indicate that the par
ties who made the offer failed to make
pOod
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-18
PecuIiarities of Editors.
BROOKLYN Eagle.

bTOOhlyn bdBlS.
A Swiss editor, who was accidentally
locked in his office, jumped from third
story window and broke a leg rather than
break an engagement with his wife A
New York editor would have managed 1t
differently. He would have set fire to the
building, had hbuself rescued from the
third-story window, and got out an extra
about IL.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-18
Rusiness UndIsturped.
Cleveland Leader.

Cleveland Leader.
The railroads Of the United States never
before did so good a business as that OF
the present year. Their stocks may decline
in Wall street, but they are getting more
patronage than at any other time.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-18
what Canada Must Do
Philadelphia Press.

= FnIIHueIpnIu fIeb1'
Canada will not give products from the
United States any preference over similar
products from Great Britain, and as long as
It holds to that position a reciprocity treaty
is out of the question.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-18

During the year 1902 the number Of ac-
counts settled by Auditor Andrews was
96 4s3, the total amount involved being
81. .S7s. .11O, ,5s461. The falling of in the total
amount OF the several accounts is due TO
the abolition of the war taxes. The num-
ber OF accounts however. will far exceed
those OF any previous year.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-18

Former Lieutenant Governor Lee of
Missouri declares that he was offered
a thousand dollars a month to keep him
self out of reach of the grand jury dur
ing its investigation Of alleged legisla-