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Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-11
WHY PEOPLE FEAR THE TRUSTS.
Bedrock Basis of Popular Dread and
suspicion.
Saturday Evening Post.

Regiments OF arguments for capital
trusts and labor trusts are hurled at the
people of this country, but they continue
to be suspicious. continue to listen atten-
lively to anyone who comes forward with
a plausible remedy" for what the trust
advocates say is not disease but a national
development of healthy growth. What is
the reason for this tenacious, not-to-be-
reasoned-with popular instinct7 The usual
answer is popular ignorance" But that
is as shallow as It is easy. Analysis dis
closes the truth, the bedrock basis for pop
ular dread and suspicion. II is expressed
in the one word, power
The people Of this democracy know that
their liberty rests upon equality, that in
our social scheme no man and no group of
men Is permitted to have irresponsible, un-
endable power The corporation has al
ways been sharply watched by the people
because It looked like a something pos
sessed OF real power, The combination,
that amazing expansion OF the corporation
idea. is suspected and dreaded because II
is obviously depository OF genuine power
the brains and muscles and capital OF
thousands intrusted to. one man who is in
no way responsible to anyone or checked
by anyone, SO long as he earns dividends
and interest. no matter how. And for
obvious reasons this applies equally. will
presently apply as forcefully, TO the labor
combine"
mo other repositories OF power than the
| people themselves" says Jefferson, have
ever yet been found which did not end in
converting TO their own proht the earnings
Of those committed TO their charge" And
this the people believe-and can't be rea-
soned out Of by plauSibilities or philan-
| thropiea.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-11
MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

The affairs of the municipal corpora
ton known as the City of Omaha are
administered by a president, under the
title of mayor, and q board of nine d.
rectors, designated by the charter as
councilmen. The mayor and council
that is, the president and board of di-
rectors, are, by the city charter, made
jointly responsible for the appointment
of all officers and employees on the city
payroll, except such as are made cleo
tive by the people.
While the mayor has the initiative Of
selection and appointment the council is
empowered to pass judgment upon his
appointees and may ratify or reject at
its pleasure, or rather according to its
best judgment, such of the mayors ap-
pointees as it may deem incompetent,
unworthy or unsatisfactory. In this re-
spect the council differs in no essential
particular from the board of directors
of any other corporation whose presi-
dent is required to recommend subordi-
nate officers for ratification or rejection.
The refusal of the city council, acting
In the capacity of board of directors,
to confirm appointments submitted by
the mayor does not necessarily reflect
upon the integrity or sound judgment
of the mayor, nor does 1t imply that the
rejected appointee is incompetent or dis
honest. The refusal to confirm may, as
in the present conflict between the
mayor and council, simply indicate a
lack of courtesy or discretion on one
side, and an insistence upon mutual
recognition and mutual cooperation on
the other. In other words, the majority
of the council have locked horns with
the mayor over appointments because 1t
feels slighted by the mayors attempt to
ignore It's prerogatives as a coordinate
branch of government.
Such a contention is by no means new,
although deplorable for many reasons.
AS general thing these conflicts be-
tween governing bodies occur between
representatives of opposite political par
ties when, for example, the mayor is re-
publican and the council democratic or
vice versa or, as in the controversy be-
tween the Board of Public Works and
the council, the one body is democratic
and the other republican. But there is
really no excuse for such discord where
the mayor and council profess the same
political creed and belong to the same
political denomination or faction. In the
long run such contests are like the
marital debates between man and wife
the woman always has the last say
and so has the council, unless there is
mutual concession and conciliation.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-11
DOMINA TING TgE PACIFIC,

The interest created abroad by the
statement OF President Roosevelt that
the United States is destined to domi-
nate the Pacific ocean, meaning thereby
that this country would ultimately have
commercial pre-eminence in that great
sea. has been regarded even in this
country, as well as in Europe, as a
somewhat extravagant assumption. Yet
a little thoughtful attention to the con-
ditions can hardly fail to bring con-
viction that there are excellent reasons
in support Of the presidents view. In
deed, 1t would seem to be inevitable
that in time this nation, unless its people
should become utterly Indifferent to
their great opportunity, must attain and
hold a pre-eminenence in the commerce
OF the Pacific which will give It prac-
teal domination there. This does not
mean that any other nation is to be
excluded from the trade of the Pacific
for that is not the policy of this country
but simply that the United States is to
enjoy in that ocean a larger measure of
commercial interest and power than any
other country.
A Pacific coast paper very well ex-
plains the situation In saying that the
United States is the dominant power
in the Western hemisphere, being su-
perior in strength, in influence and in
authority to all other American states.
This indisputable fact does not involve
the idea that this nation claims to ex-
ercise any dominion or direct authority
over any of the other American states
1t does not exclude from consideration
the fact that there are other powers
having interests on the Pacific which
they are expected to care for and pro-
tect Great Britain, Russia and other
powers have interests in the Pacific
which they will care for and endeavor
to promote. But all these are inferior
to the interests Of this country, II we
properly measure what should be ours
in the vast possibilities Of Pacific COM
merce which the future holds. 1t is
this which Mr.. Roosevelt had in mind
when he spoke Of the dominance of the
United States in the Pacific ocean. He
had no idea of the exercise of an au-
thority not entirely peaceful and having
due regard for the rights and privi-
leges of every other nation. He had no
thought of any such impossible thing
as domination of the Pacific to the
exclusion of any other country. What
he obviously meant was that by reason
of the position of the United States in
relation to the Pacific it is inevitable
that this country must secure and main
tain a pre-eminence upon that great
ocean.
1t is impossible to doubt that this
will come, though the time of its attain
ment may be somewhat remote. Ameri-
can enterprise, however, is already
being directed toward its achievement
and this is Of nature that promises
success. There is being. shown a belief
In the possibilities of Asiatic commerce
which is of very practical character
and there is good reason TO expect that
this will be more strongly manifested
from year to year, as the opportunities
In connection with this trade become
more fully appreciated. Meanwhile
there can be no doubt that the forecast
of Mr.. Roosevelt in regard to our COM
mercial dominance in the Pacific was
made wisely and with a substantial
basis.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-11

And now The Bee is pilloried by the
brass band charity organ because 1t has
not deigned to announce that Mayor
Moores has forwarded 5000 to the
Kansas sufferers. This omission is, of
course, charitably interpreted as de
priving suffering human beings from re-
ceiving succor and support" Inasmuch
as The Bee had published the main facts
and figures it was cheerfully disposed to
allow the Rams Horn organ the monop-
oily of self-glorifcation since no special
announcement of the remittance of the
funds was deemed necessary. Inferen-
TALLY the World-Herald committed an
objectionable offense and proved itself
a deadly enemy of all humanity when 1t
failed to editorially commend the editor
Of The Bee when he mailed more than
$1,000 in checks to the Mckinley Memo
rial Monument association, and more
than $1,000 to General Corbin for the
relief Of the widow Of General Lawton
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-11

The patrons of the World-Herald are
being regaled, as usual, with cuttlefish
editorials on the half shell and Salvation
army exhortations with brass band and
castanet Accomplishments. Not a word
about the water works appraisement,
not word about the county fund de-
posits, county board extravaganza, po-
liceman-slaughter, or any local issues
that concern the taxpayers and citizens
of this community.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-11

1t is to be noted that according to the
city comptroller's exhibit the judgment
fund which started out with $3.50 only
five months ago has already dropped
down to $1,0S3, with seven months of
the year to hear from. Unless the new
city attorney gets down to business
better than he has so far, the 1udg-
ment fund will be the chief contributor
to the municipal overlap at the end of
the year.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-11

II we will believe President Baer, the
anthracite coal roads are following in
the footsteps OF Jim HIPS community
of interest combines In conducting trans.
portation business on phiianthropic
basis. Mr.. Baer would have us under
stand that his corporation is making no
profit whatever out of the coal business
but. on the contrary is yielding its right
to reasonable compensation out of pure
soft-heartedness for the poor coal con,
sRmer. The question is, has Mr.. Baer
really pursuaded himself to believe his
own story or does he think the public
is more gullible than he isI
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-11
If FOLKS WE'RE ALWAYS GOOD.
6omerville Journal.

9omerville Journal
This world would be pleasant place
If folks were always good,
And all the people, young and old,
Did always as they should;
But what would the policemen do,
II nobody did wrong?
They'd surely have to go to work.
For they are well and strong.
And all the judges In the courts
They'd lose their places. sure,
And all the ministers would find
Their Jobs would not endure;
For all their preaching would be thought
Unnecessary, quite,
II no one in the world did wrong
And everyone did right.
And countless other people, too,
Would find that they must change
Their daily occupations, and
Their new lives Would be strange.
The lawyers, watchmen, locksmiths-yes'
And hosts OF others would
Most certainly be out OF date,
II folks were always goodI
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-11

The fact that the receipts from police
court fines are overtopping the record
does not mean that Omaha is more dis
orderly or more lawless than usual. It
means that we have police Judge who
has no special failing of leniency to-
ward petty offenders, that we have a
police court clerk who is vigilant in the
collection of fine money, and also that
the people arraigned in the police court
now have the wherewithal to pay the
penalty.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-11

Congressman Burton, who has been
looking into river and harbor improve
ments abroad, suggests that the French
system of requiring the localities d.
rectly concerned to share in the ex-
penses of the improvement work is
worthy OF serious consideration by con-
gress, with a view to Incorporation into
the American scheme of river and har-
Dor improvements. 1t is safe TO say
that If the state or other subdivisions
within which the appropriations have
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-11

1t did not take the seventh son Of a
seventh daughter to foresee that the
novel and unique plan of checks and
counter checks which requires all public
works employees, from street commits
sioner to street sweep, to be confirmed
by the council, would beget confusion
and contention. But the Douglas dele
cation in the late legislature had to get
even with somebody.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-11
LAUGHING REMARKS.

Hes forever complaining of his hard
luck. wonder what's his idea of hard
tits merely the inability to fall into a
soft snap p"-Chicago Tribune.
winkers-why is it that women always
dislike prominent man who is an old
Binkers-Because they can't say that he
would never have amounted to anything II
Il had not been for his wtfe.-New York
/ Weekly.
summer
Cumrox, although l must say I'd like to
put in one summer simply attending to
business and resting up. p."-Washington
Star.
Are you going to take q vacation trip
I'VE expect to-" ROW --@
Where are you going7"
tornado to S come ' along and % take Ras1E us .omea
| where."-Chicago Post.
Belshazzar beheId the writing ON the wall
Maybe its only the name OF new
breakfast food" he faltered, trying to be
his worst fears.-New York Sun.
You have only twenty-five boys at your
school, I'm told. professor"
Yes. ordinarily, but they were doubled
You don't say"
Yes. They raided a neighboring truck
patch and stole a lot of cucumbersl'-
Philadelphia Press.
''You do not inject enough contempt, spite
and venom into that word"
"I can do no better"
Nonsense Speak It Just as you say
plush when you meet a Tival In seal
skin acque."-Brooklyn Life.
"Im sorry brought you to the shore at
ALL" exclaimed her mother. THE idea OF
your being engaged to two young men.
It's shameful"
"Oh, don't know, ma" protested the
summer girl Give me time; I've only
been here three days."-Philadelphia Press.
THAT political rival OF yours went so far
as to intimate that you would sell your in
huence for money"
professional jealousy, my friend" re-
Joined Senator Sorghum, soothingly. Hes
cross because he hasn't any influence to
sell. .'-Washington Star.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-11
WHAT REpUBLIcANs A RE rNrfrlrp no

WHAT REPUBLICANS ARB ENTITLED TO.
Commenting on a gratuitous remark
in one Of the country papers to the eff
feet that the really good thing the re-
publican state committee did at it's last
meeting was to reduce the representa-
ton Of Douglas county in the coming
state convention. the Lincoln Star COM
bats the intimation that representation
was reduced and declares that lat any
rate Douglas county will have all the
representation that 1t is entitled to in
the state convention" The Star would
go even further and have the
vote on governor adopted perma-
neptly as the basis of representation
because the candidate for governor
aspires to the chief office in the state
and is entitled TO the full party vote
While this discussion Is purely aca.
demic so far as this years eonven
ton Il concerned. there is no use be
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-11

South Omaha voters are being bonn
barded, importuned and instructed by
working men, who do not labor, and
taxpayers who do not pay taxes except
over their nom de plume, to vote for
every bond proposition submitted for
the coming special election. One of the
reasons advanced to clinch the bond
proposition is that South Omaha may
be annexed to Omaha, and that when It
becomes a part OF Greater Omaha 1t
will either be sighted or totally neg
lected In the matter Of public improve
ments. Such calamity forecasts are not
borne out by the experience of other
towns annexed to larger cities. In every
instance OF annexation, notably Chi
cago, Cleveland, ST. Louis and other
cities whose limits have been extended
and whose governments have been
amalgamated the territory annexed has
secured more improvements in the first
year after annexation than they had
prior to their absorption. Does IT stand
to reason that If South Omaha became
a part of Omaha that Omaha would not
extend its paving districts, sewerage
districts and fire protection to South
Omaha, not merely as a matter OF pub
lie necessity, but as a matter of pride2
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-11

been applied had to put up 80 per cent
Of the fund whole lot of questionable
enterprises would be struck or the list
especially in the south, which has been
the most voracious guest at the river
and harbor appropriation table. On the
other hand, some very important pieces
of work would likewise go undone be-
cause the localities especially benefited
could not be induced to shoulder the
financial responsibilities.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-11
Room for Expansion.
Indianapolis News.

When we read that the Department OF
Commerce and Labor will occupy the whole
Of an eight-story building Of lO4 rooms, and
stiil have a number OF its overflow bureaus
accommodated elsewhere, II makes us won
der where and how all this work was done
before the Department OF Commefce and
Labor went into business
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-11

The speaker at the commencement ex-
ercises Of private academy here N
Omaha is said to have drawn invidious
comparisons with the public cchools
The public schoolsfmay be. subject to
just criticism for abuses or for misflts
In the teaching force, but the public
school system needs no defense.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-11

Is it not just barely possible that the
friction over the ratification of the Pan
anna canal treaty is being encouraged, II
not melted, by people interested in the
Nicaragua route? If the treaty goes
through the Nicaragua project is dead,
while should 1t fail Nicaragua will have
another chance.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-11

The city council has repeatedly turned
down various propositions to supply
street signs for the privilege of using
them also for advertising purposes. The
proposition has no more merit now than
when presented the last time.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-11

The question who is to pay the engi-
neers engaged to appraise the water
works property is not half so important
as the question whether the city has a
fair show with the appraisement board.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-11

Senator Clark of Montana will pre-
side over the coming session of the ir-
rigation congress. Senator Clark's ex-
perience with stock watering gives him
special qualifications for this position.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-11

Omaha has fortunately had no serious
automobile accidents as yet. That is
no reason, however, why precautions
should not be taken to prevent them
by speed regulations and boiler inspec-
ff0f,
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-11

The anti-machine councilmen are
standing nobly by the machine mayor
while the machine councilmen are try
ing to toss him over their horns The
spectacle is exhilarating as well as sug-
gestive.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-11
-7--'---
To the Select Few.
Baltimore American.

6dIllHOre american,
trustmaker said in an address be-
fore a college lately that one good thing
about trusts is that they give opportunities.
That appears to be the principal objection
to them. They leave no opportunities for
anybody else ..
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-11

The marriage of Governor Bailey of
Kansas to Nebraska woman may be
taken as celebration of the Kansas.
Nebraska act.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-11
one Rare Advantage.
Chicago News.

NhiNdBO
Mr.. Roosevelt has one advantage not en-
joyed by many of his predecessors. He is
so certain of denomination that he can run
the presidency as he pleases without paus-
ing to consider how some one or other Of
the factions in the party is going to feel
about II.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-11

The county seat fight in Boyd county
has been terminated without loss Of
life. These friendly frontier contests
are not what they used to be.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-11

To the other adjectives used to de-
scribe the Mississippi we will now have
to add the word deceitful.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-11

How accommodating of the fire fend
to wait until summer before disporting
himself at the Florida winter resorts.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-11

Joseph Chamberlain must feel like the
man who picked up the hot end of the
political poker.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-11
ROUND ABOUT NEW YoRk.
RiPples on the Current of Life In the
Metropolis.

The deadlock in the building trades in
New York City since May is estimated
to have cost in wages alone HI.OOO,OOO. Be
tween 10000 and 10000 skilled mechanics
are idle The number includes 10000 car
penters, 1900 brlcklayers. 1000 plasterers,
1000 helpers, 5000 iron workers, 1900 cleo
trical workers, besides boiler makers, ma
chinists, marble workers, tile layers,
glaciers and $4,000 unskilled laborers.
The shutdown In the meantime is esti-
mated to have tied up 500, 100000 OF capital,
has retarded work on the schools and made
conditions under which many owners and
intending occupiers of new buildings are
bound to lose money. There are 1900 build
ing contractors involved in the present
trouble whose loss of profit, rents and
other expenses are said to figure up be-
tween y,OOO,OO0 and Ss,OOOOOO.
Several millions of dollars are estimated
to have been hopelessly lost by enterpris-
ing merchants who had hoped to occupy
buildings at a given time. so as to catch a
certain class of trade. Small storekeepers
whose sole custom is that of workingmen
are beginning to lose heavily In great
many cases they have been paid from week
to week and now they are keeping their
customers on credit so as to hold their
custom until the shutdown ends Many
of their customers have gone to other cities
for work, in which case the debts of the
customers are little likely to be recovered.
The strike, It is estimated so far, has cost
employers, employees and others in the
neighborhood of S25,0Oe, 900, including the
losses Of persons indirectly affected.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-11

STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas County, IS:
George b. Tzschuck, secretary OF Inc bee
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
says that the actual number Of full ana
complete copies Of The Daily, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the
month Of Nav. 1903. was as follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-11

The increasing height Of the New York
skyscraper presents some nice problems in
elevator accommodations, The demand on
the elevators increases rapidly with the
added height, and construction of both ele-
vators and buildings has to be modified
accordingly. Some remarkable develop
ments along this line occur in the Park
Row buildings, whose elevators frequently
carry 1900 people in twelve hours. This
building ls the largest and tallest office
building in the world. 1t is located in Park
row, opposite the postofflce. 1t measures
$50 feet to the tops OF the two towers and
300 feet to the main roof 1t has twenty
nine stories, which contain 1,125 offices
Six thousand persons spend the day in the
building. Eighteen thousand letters arc
delivered in It daily, their distribution
requiring the services of three special
carriers.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-11

OF all the public buildings which are
going UP and will go up in New York 1t
seems as II hotels are the most numerous
1t might be objected that theaters are
entitled to be classed ahead of hotels in
the matter OF numbers, but to this it may
be replied that 1t is the custom OF theater
builders, as rule, to use part of their
space for hotels, so that when the per-
formance proves to be too dry their patrons
can make their way through a convenient
doorway or arcade to the place where they
crack Ice and give you two for a quarter
Aside from the hotels adjoining theaters
there are at least half a dozen big hotels
Of the old type and twice that number
of apartment hotels in course of erec-
ton In this city One of the most prom
inent examples is that which is already
towering toward the sky on the site OF the
old st. Cloud at Forty-second street and
Broadway. while Immediately across the
street the enormous Pabst, which at pres
ent is only one of the architects blue
prints, will dispute with its neighbor the
right to be recognized for three or five
miles every way. There will be a great
hotel where the Sturtevant used to stand
and which has nearly disappeared now,
while up town, above Longacre square,
there are so many new hotels building,
built or planned, that the mind cannot
comprehend them.