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Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-27
"FRoM PENNSYLVANIA"

Yes, I was born in Pennsylvania,
And secretly ] owned some pride
With thinking of my lofty birthplace
Upon the rough Armenigns' side.
I named the fact that j was born there
To one who was both fair and bright,
And you can fathom my emotion
When she exclaimed, with keen delight,
"Oh, / was almost sure you were,
For most good people come from thereV
What could I do Cfor I am modestl.
But bow my head most rev'rently,
And make a show OF gallant protest
So far as hat applied to me2
But / must own a pang remorseful,
Was mine to feel with thinking that
Not all my life had found the courage
To make her words apply more pat
"Oh, 1 was almost sure you were,
For most good people come from there!'
A friendship grew apace between us,
Which caused her parents some alarm;
n as we stood before her father,
She said. while clinging to my arm:
my friend is from old Pennsylvania"
A question on his glance was sped,
A question caused his voice to tremble,
What time he took my hand and said
'I always thought hat 1 could swear
BY anyone who comes from there!'
Again I bowed my read in homage
TO such warm praise of that dear state,
And silently I vowed that never
Would / assist the hand of fate
In shaking that old mans reliance
On those who bear the keystone" brand;
And with his words, which bear repeating,
/ now extend to you my hand
81 always thought that I could swear
BY anyone who comes from there
ISAAC A. KILGoRE.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-27
MlssOuri's Mightie.t word Builder.

Missouri has a mlghtier orator than
Champ Clark, a tenderer poet than Abel
Sinkenzooper. Colonel Jake Childs, some
time editor Of the Richmond Conservator
published in what he sweetly styles the
carbon queen OF the Missouri valley" falls
in a long and foaming cascade over the
"semi-centennisl" number Of hat sterling
sheet. With just emotion he recalls his
tory crystallized by heat beats that throb
from the Potomac to where the mighty
pillows spend their force on the golden
strand Of the California coast" He counts
the churches and school houses that greet
the eye OF the passengers on the trains as
they fit by with the speed Of angels
wings" Here Is the peroration:
well may we be proud OF our mighty
domain, whose emerald ~prairies. tapestried
with flowers, Is the home Of a generation
Of men who have no counterpart In the
annals OF history, builders OF an empire
far more than that Of the Caes-
ars. OF the olympian gods"
The builders Of empires have found In
Colonel Jake Childs a builder Of words
worthy OF the swelling act Of the i'm
periRl theme
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-27
VOTES.

whitaker Wright says he would have
been worth $50. ooO. 900 II he had operated
in America instead of in England. Very
likely he is right.
Nellie Benson. the nrst negro woman who
ever received a certificate from the Vir-
ginia State Board of Pharmacy, passed the
examination last Saturday.
As soon as General Funston can be
spared from his other duties he should be
ordered to Boston to convince the anti
imperialists that he can swim.
". B. Crowinshield. a brother Of the ad-
miral, who recently resigned from the navy
in a hun, is a day laborer at BIuffton, Ind,
where he works as a horticulturist.
DR.. Annie G.. Lyle Of San Francisco has
been appointed assistant to Dr.. Esrech of
the University of Vienna. one Of the most
noted living specialists in diseases OF chill
dren.
The trip of Governor odell to the st.
Louis fair will cost the state of New York
$4,000. The executive will take an entire
regiment along with him as. his personal
escort.
soufriere is blowing of the people Of
st. Vincent to another smoker, but the
continuous dust that accompanies It is
not altogether to their liking. It's a case
where they are much inclined to dust out.
Discrimination. persistence and cour-
age" says a retired politician, who still
looms large in the public eye, are the quail
titles that inevitably lead to success. Now
II he will only give the specific for OBJ
tanning these qualities, everybody will be
happy.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-27
MrRaER on SrEEL pLInrs


The latest move of the great steel
combination, the merger Of several sub
sidiary or constituent plants, is made
ostensibly TO simplify management and
also to avoid double taxation in the
state where the sel eral companies are
Incorporated, but 1t Is not difficult to
understand that 1t is a step toward per
fecting the monopoly which the men at
the head of the United States Steel cor
poration have in view and have been
steadily planning for since the corpora
ton Yas organized.
1t has recently been noted that this
corporation is extending and strength,
ening its hold upon the supply Of iron
ore in this country. it being for this
purpose that II has lately absorbed sew
eral steel companies. at a cost of al
least three times the capital invested
in them. and is reaching out for others
A New York paper says II is the evident
purpose so far to monopolize the raw
material Of the iron and steel industries
as not only to insure the corporation il,
own future supply, but to prevent tn,
growing up Of any effective competition
with it in the manufacture OF the pro
ducts derived from the ore. The papeI
suggests that this attempt at monop
oily is calculated to ineite a mOvemen.
for the government control of thes,
great natural in iron depos
its. such as has already been proposes
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-27
4 GREAT COMMERCIAL FIELD.

Late statistics in regard to the COM
merce of South Africa show 1t to be a
most important commercial field. from
which there is promise of the United
States obtaining a very valuable trade.
The facts given by the treasury bureau
of statistics are decidedly encouraging
for American enterprise in that quarter
of the world. From these it appears
that American exports to South Africa
have increased sevenfold in the last ten
years, or from So, 0 900 to $50, 600. 900.
The statement is made that Africa
seems likely to prove, in the neal fu-
ture. a better field than South America
for the exporters of the United States,
the fact being that we are selling now
nearly as much to the former as to the
latter.
1t is the policy Of the British govern
ment to stimulate as vigorously MS pos
sible the development of it's African pos
sessions and a great deal of capital is
likely to go there within the next few
years. Inducements will also be held
out to invite population. There is I'M
q~uestionably a great field there for en-
terprise, much of the country being
rich and fertile and capable OF upport
ing many more inhabitants than it now
has. 1t ought to be a most valuable
market for many of our manufacturers,
our exports as yet being chiefly of food.
stuffs. Those who are familiar with the
country believe there is a great future
for South Africa il peace and order
shall be maintained there, for which
present conditions appear most promis
ing.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-27
RIA STATES AND MororoLr.

The recent unanimous decision Of the
supreme court Of Missouri. in the case
against the beef packing companies, in
which the antitrust law of that state
was sustained and a ane imposed upon
each Of the companies, has attracted at
tention as furnishing an example Of
what can be lone under state laws to
check the tendency to establish monop-
olies by combination. The Missouri
law makes It unlawful to enter into
combinations to maintain the price Of
any commodity, which is In effect a
suppression Of competition and a tie
straint of trade, thus following the fed
eral antitrust law. Violators are not
only liable to fine, but may also be ex-
cluded from doing business in the state.
The evidence in the case against the
packing companies showed conclusively
that a combination existed and that it
did fix prices at a common level where
the products of the combination were
sold and sought to m%onopolize the mar
ket to be divided among themselves.
1t was shown that attempts at indie
pendent competition that were regarded
as at all serious were suppressed by a
concerted underselling through rebates
from the regular prices.
These practices 1t was held to be in
the power of the state to deal with and
there would seem to be no doubt as to
the correctness Of this position. The
facts established in regard to the opera
tons of the packing companies In Mis-
souri, were such as appear to give the
state absolute authority to deal with
the combination in the public interest.
The supreme court Of the United States
has said that the states have the right
to legislate for the prevention of monop-
oily. 1t has recognized the authority Of
the state legislatures to prevent the
suppression of competition within the
states. The practices of the packing
companies in Missouri being directed to
this there would seem to be no question
as to the soundness Of the decision of
the highest judicial tribunal of that
state, there being no doubt that the
object of the combination was monop.
oily for the common profit Of those con-
cerned.
That the states can do much to pre-
vent monopoly has been pointed u by
the federal supreme court, but the diff
fculty has been that most of the state
laws enacted for this purpose have ex-
tended beyond the limitations Of the
authority of the states. which cannot
Interfere with or impose any restric-
tions upon interstate The
states may prevent monopoly within
their W Jurisdiction, but nothing
more. The trouble with the legislation
OF most Of them is that 1t has reached
out beyond this and therefore has
failed. The Missouri case is one OF
great interest and If the decision of the
supreme court of that state shall be
sustained by the federal courts, tc
which appeal is to be taken, the result
will be of the highest Importance n
showing the way for state regulation Of
the combinations. particularly in tn,
prevention Of monopoly.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-27
FEATHERED HATS AND HEAVEN.
Startling Declaration of q Man Who
Thinks He Knows.

Chicago Inter Ocean.
Do the wings OF a sea gull on a wo-
mans hat watt her into the shades of
sheol?
This is the question raised by the start
ling statement OF Prof. Dallas l. Sharp
of Boston university to the effect that no
woman who wore the feathers Of a song
bird or Of a sea gull could get into
heaven. There appears to be no vertical
tion in holy writ for his sea gull theory,
and as for the feathers Of song birds they
are not mentioned In the decalogue as bar
riers against heavenly bliss.
In the absence Of any biblical Injunction
against it the women appear inclined to go
right along breaking into heaven" with
q new hat as often as the family ex-
cheQuer or credit will permit. Indeed.
some Of them exhibit a reckless DISPOSE
ton to taxi their chances on heaven
hereafter II they can linger in the par
adise that comes from a feathered head
gear that outdoes everything in the
block.
1t will be noted that Prof. Sharp re-
ferred only to the feathers Of Song birds
and sea gulls." This, after all, caves a
wid range for the decorative fancy OF
women. There is the red-headed wood
pecker, the English sparrow and the sand
hill crane. These and hundreds OF other
birds do not sing.
But why slaughter any Of the feathered
tribe to adorn woman's headgear when the
world is full Of flowers and fruits and veg
etables, asks the Audubon society. Why
should a woman yearn for the plumage OF
the sea gull when she can cover her
Easter hat with flowers, with punches OF
misunderstanding grapes, or with yellow
carrots and red-ripe tomatoes? Have the
cherries ceased to shake on mothers bon
metz What could be more tempting thar
a pyramid OF pink-yellow peaches and blue
plums peeping from a bower Of dahlia'
and hollyhocks? Let the slaughter OF the
| feathered innocents cease.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-27

The friends of the State university
in the legislature, and especially the
Lancaster delegation, are liable to over
reach themselves in their effort to Sc
cure excessive appropriations for that
Institution. For many years the uni
versity subsisted on the proceeds of a
half-mil tax. The depression following
the drouth years caused a shrinkage in
the grand assessment roll of $20,000,O00,
thereby reducing the income CORE
s%pondingly. To Offset this reduction and
to stop drafts on the general fund the
university levy was doubled. With the
marked increase OF assessed valuation
sure to follow the enforcement of the
new event law, the One-mill univer-
sity tax will yield a great deal more
than is necessary for the maintenance
of that institution unless the legislature
shall expressly limit the levy to the
amount appropriated, The people of
Nebraska are not in a frame of mind to
tax themselves more than is essential.
The proper thing to do would be to
change the limit from a percentage to
an absolute hgure-instead of a mill
levy a levy that will produce a stated
amount of revenu to be computed by
the state board and added to the regu-
lar state tax.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-27

The prison physician of one of the
New York state penitentiaries has made
the startling discovery that a large pro-
portion Of the convicts are subject to
tuberculosis. The point of the argu-
ment is that special institutions should
be provided for the detention of such
prisoners. Careful investigation would
probably show that the other prisoners
are also subject to various ailments
which would entitle them also to spe-
cial treatment. In the end, our prisons
might become a series of hospitals for
invalids rather than warehouses for
criminals.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-27

The new test oath law limits the
question to be asked Of every chal-
lenged voter at the primary whether he
voted for the candidates OF his party
generally at the last election only. 1t
would not have been safe for members
OF the executive committee OF the
Gopher Khan to be compelled to answer
the question truthfully whether they
voted the ticket straight at the presl-
Dental election In 1900
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-27

The astute lawyers of the electric
lighting monopoly have just discovered
that the proposed power franchise ordi-
nance would not be valid because it
proposes to grant a franchise to a per-
son who happens to be a city Official.
The same lawyers, however. only a few
weeks ago tried to head off the power
scheme with a substitute ordinance
which they declared threw the fran
chise open 70 anyone who might accept
its terms city official or private citizen.
The trouble with the astute corporation
lawyers is not only that they get their
wires crossed. but also that they I'M
derestimate the intelligence of the
people.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-27

Hereafter Missouri coal oil inspectors
will be required to take oil from the.
bottom Of tanks for making tests in.
stead Of Swimming on the top, always
providing they are disposed to obey the
law recently enacted by the Missouri
legislature. But Missouri oil inspectors,
like the inspectors Of oils in other
states. have a tendency to cpnfne their
tests 70 the bottom Of the Standard oil
barrel.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-27
Honor to organi.ed labor.
indianapolis Journal.

President Roosevelt is said to have de-
cided to appoint Edgar e Clark of Iowa
as assistant secretary OF the new Depart
ment OF Commerce. Mr.. Clark is chief of
the Brotherhood OF Railway Conductors and
a member OF the anthracite coal commits
sion. Judge Gray and other members OF the
commission united in a strong recommends
ton OF Mr.. Clark for the position above
named as being an intelligent representa-
tive Of organized labor and possessing fine
executive ability.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-27
Cuba as a winter Resort.
New York Tribune.

With its new $4,000. 900 Havana hotel
Cuba may grow into a winter resort to
Florida. Southern California, Ber-
muda, Egypt, Algiers OF any Of the other
from winter and its rigors which
now hold out their tropical allurements.
The island has walked Spanish for 400
years, making time and making no prog
ress, but will not try a modern ~quickstep
and cakewalk, promising a swing and free
dom heretofore unknown to It.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-27

Cheap power for Omaha would not
only start the wheels for a lot of new
manufacturing enterprises, but it would
give the signal for a building boom
such as this city has not experienced in
years. Employment in new mills and
factories would add thousands Of work
lngmen and women to the population
and it would keep the building trades
busy to provide for housing them.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-27

The action of the president in declin-
ing the invitation Of Emperor william
to send the North Atlantic squadron to
Kiel for the gala festivities there in
June will make a whole lot Of naval
officers feel very badly. Depriving these
officers Of the opportunity to exhibit
their gold lace in court circles is likely
to persuade them that the president is
trying to discipline them.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-27

The new leader of the republican
party in Spain his intention
to begin at once the work of establish.
ing a republic in place of the monarchy
that now prevails in the peninsula. This
Is an ambitious program, but as the
United States has no copyright upon
the republican form of government 1t
will not enter objection.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-27

The man who overheard the con-
spiracy to kidnap three members Of the
presidents cabinet during his tour of
the west must be a remnant Of the
bunch that not long ago used to watch
airships shooting through the heavens
nj night
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-27

for the anthracite OF Pennsylvania"
The monopolistic tendency Of the Steel
trust is perfectly apparent and it Is
one of the combinations which may be
expected to sooner or later receive the
attention of the federal authorities as
being amenable to the antitrust law
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-27

1t is given out that the railroads will
make use Of the new anti-rebate law to
call in the passes which have been
issued to the shippers. The roads are
quite equal to this, but in calling in the
passes the chances are a selected list
will be accidentally overlooked.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-27
LAUGHING GAS.

v%ention?'
1.-THE advertisements are all completed and
in fine working orjer."-Washington Star.
my dear SIR said his physician, you
have a constitution Xix hardened steel"
Are you sure there are no blow holes In
II, doctor?" anXiously asked the caller
Chicago Tribune.
"Judgin from what he says he doesn't
believe in a college education"
why I never heard him declare against
IT."
"Oh! no, but what he says is always
ungrammatical. philadelphia Press.
The Philosophical Man-It is curious how
liquor will make a man have 80 good an
opinion of himself.
about It.; II makes a man rate himself at
his full value, hats al.-New York Sun.
Doctor-Good morningl How are you
Sick Psychologist-spiendidly doctor; my
nerves transmit the sensations of pain
without q breakl-Harvard Lampoon.
Frenchman-Ze territory zey call re
Louisiana Purchase was all F~r-r-ench, you
~remembare2
Cherman now, und don'd you forgot i'd
Chicago Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-27

Under the new Missouri law insur-
ance companies may be organized to in
sure against loss from sprinklers,
pumps and other apparatus that scat
tiers impure fluid over the trails and
skirts Of ladies promenading the side
walks and streets.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-27

Members Of the state senate are be-
coming altogether too sensitive when
they resent the intimation that the rev
N bill is being lrallroaded through
that body. The grave and dlgnihed
members Of the senate should remember
the exclamation OF Queen Bess when
one of her courtiers picked up her
garter.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-27

capital Of the old companies aggregat-
ing 1852, 100000 into S63,O0O,OOO Of capt.
tai for the new company. This excuse,
however, is altogether too fimsy, as the
water could have beep squeezed out Of
the capital stock just as easily by re
ducing capitalization without merger.
The evasion Of taxes may be n Of the
moving factors, but the control of the
market and the sitting Of competition
probably had much more to do with it.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-27

The bill to stop nepotism in the
schools has not made much Roadway
at Lincoln. The practice of loading up
the payrolls With sisters, cousins and
aunts of board members is widespread
as it is pernicious and it ought to be
ahated.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-27
A Long Felt want.
LouIsrille Courier-Iournnl.

LouIBVlIIe Courier-JournaI.
The Junior law court Of the University of
has found Hamlet guilty of man
slaughter and has sentenced him to life
imprisonment. But what is more wanted
is a court that will give a fair trial and
a short shift to most of the people play
ing Hamlet
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-27

If the franchised corporations do not
get what they want in the revenue bill
from the legislature, they will try TO
get it from the courts. They would
much rather pay their money to law
yers and lobbyists than to pay it into
the public treasury as taxes.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-27
Indinerence to Civic Duty.
Pittsburg Dispatch.

Lyman Abbott's declaration that the mis-
government of cities is due more to the
Indifference of the better class OF citizens
to the activity OF the evilly disposed
is unfortunately too true. To
otherwise would be to contend that
the majority was evil.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-27

President Castro has after mature de-
liberation decided not to resign. The
patriotic service he thus renders his
c%ountrymen by preventing a scramble
for the succession is entitled to more
than ordinary recognition.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-27

The local I-told-you-so organ would
rather lose out against the corporations
with a chance to put the blame on the
republicans than to win out with any
part Of the credit going to its op-
ponents.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-27
"In the Enemy,s Country
Chicago News

OhiCdBo NEWS.
Grover Cleveland announces that he
means to extend his visit west to Denver,
passing through Nebraska. Mr.. Bryan
will have to exercise a severe censorship
over himself II his feelings on this occa-
sion are to be expressed with his usual
calm and dignity.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-27

The democratic state convention over
in Iowa may be postponed for a week
to avoid conflict with college commence
ments and other gatht lngs that have
been scheduled for the time originally
set The convention orators will then
have the advantage of the commence
ment oratory that has gone before.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-27

1t may be noted that no noticeable
anxiety is being manifested by ex-
Treasurer Meserve to come before the
investigating committee and tell all
about 1t.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-27

Arbor day is not coming until next
month. but there is nothing to compel
people to wait till Arbor day to begin
their tree planting.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-27

There is a man in South Omaha who
will extend the glad hand to Our Dave,
and his name is Fred Etter.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-27

The launching OF another big steel
trust is explained as a plan to avoid
paying capitalization taxes on the
watered stock OF the component corpo-
rations by condensing the combined