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Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-18
THE PRICE OF BEEF.
Futile Attempts to Fix Responsibility
for High Prices.
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A few years ago the consumer of beef
began asking why he had to pay so much
for it, He was told by the cattle raisers
and other authorities that the Beef trust
should be held accountable. He was told
that it had a monopoly of the dressed beef
business and was growing rich by over
charging him. That seemed to be an ade-
quate explanation. Whenever prices rose
the consumer denounced the trust" and
called on the national government to
crush it. .' ...
A few months ago the bureau of corpora
tions made an elaborate investigation. 1t
reported that the so-called trust did not
continue their researches. The packers
have the monopoly of the market it was
supposed to have. The bureau reported
also that the trust was not responsible for
the advance in the price of beef.
AS this was an attack on the cherished
belief of many, the accuracy of the report
was angrily denied. It's conclusions have
not been disproved and until they are
must be accepted. The question why the
price of beef has advanced remains unan-
swered. Why should beef on the hoof go
down so that cattle raisers say they are
doing a losing business, and at the same
time beef in the butchers stall goes up?
That is the question Whlch plaques the
consumer. Who is to enlighten him? Gov
ernment agents have assured him that the
confederated packers are not the guilty
parties they have done it in a 3OO-Dage
book, which he has not time to read if he
can get a copy.
Now that an alibi has been proved for
the packers the government officials should
have said sometimes that the retail butch
ers were responsible for the higher prices.
Nobody accuses them of being in a trust,
but there are so many of them that they
may put up prices in order that all can
get a living. No inquiry can be complete
which leaves them out.
If the government, after full investigation
OF the cause of the advance in the price
of beef is unable 10 say to anybody, thou
art the man." there is still something II
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-18

and minimum rates and the countries
with which she has recently concluded
commercial treaties get the lower rates
There would seem to be no question as
to her right to enter into such agree
ments and she is understood to desire
to make one with the United States.
The question to be determined by our
government is whether it will negotiate
treaty that will permit our products
to enter the German markets by the
payment of the minimum duties or will
let the conditions that are to go into
effect early next year stand. In other
words, shall we place ourselves on an
equality with the countries that have
made reciprocal treaties with Germany
or leave our products subject to the
maximum duties, which will mean the
exclusion of a large part of them from
the markets of Germany. AS stated by
the American consul general at Berlin,
the all-important question which in
timately concerns the future trade be-
tween the United States and Germany
is whether the present amicable arrange
ment namely, the most favored nation
clause, which has withstood all muta'
tions of tariff laws in both countries for
nearly three-fourths Of century, will
be allowed to stand under the new
situation that will be created in Ger
many by the enforcement of the new
tariff law and the commercial treaties
which have been based upon it. How
important this is can be appreciated
when it is stated that the trade involved
amounts to not less than $50000,000 an
nually.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-18
Yes, he's in college, but he's not very
SHORT-LIVED JOY.


S. E. Kiser in the Record Herald.
1 chanced to strike It rich one day,
A tip was passed ,alQpg;41.. I.t,. ,..
l risked my all'-things came my way
Instead of going wrong
One turn, and | was rich and proud
And greeted by the great:
Around me willing lackeys bowed
And served my meals In state.
And one that I with awe had viewed
And worshiped from below
Smiled on me sweetly as I wooed,
And all the joys they know
Who, after being long denied,
Are richly blessed ! had;
In all her beauty and her pride
She came to make me glad.
My splendid yacht was on the bnes
NV fame was everywhere:
l found new pleasures day by day
And turned my back to care;
In hard-fought tournaments | won
And heard her praise my skill,
And youth, whose sands so quickly run,
Was in my keeping still.
Beside me in my yellow car
My lovely princess sat;
We travelled rapidly and far
Through scenes worth looking at,
And many dog and many a goose
Lay lifeless where we sped,
And many a farmers team tore loose
And galloped off in dread.
win lONe-nt eyes She turned 10 me,
AS faster yet we flew,
And candidly confessed that she
Adored me through and through
Not for my riches only-no.
But for my worth, she vowed;
She had n luscious mouth, and, oh,
Gee whiz! but ] was proud!
With one hand on the wheel, bent
And drew her very near.
We hit a railroad train and went
Up in the atmosphere!
The shock was awful; when we struck
She murmured, holy smoker
And, while descending, blame the luck,
Your humble bard awoke.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-18
HOSTILE FOREIGN TARIFFS.

The tendency of foreign countries to
discriminate in their tariffs against the
United States received attention in a
recent address by the secretary of the
treasury, which is said to reflect the
views of the president. Secretary Shaw
was reported as declaring that so long
as this country is not Disseminated
against by hostile tariffs it will not en-
gage in retaliatory legislation, but he
intimated that unjust tariff laws against
United States exports will be met by
laws Of the same character.
1t is a natural inference that this was
intended as a warning to Germany,
whose declared tariff. policy is COM
manding a great deal of attention by
reason of the fact that it will place
American products, particularly those of
agriculture. at a decided disadvantage
in competition with the products of the
countries that have concluded new com.
mercial treaties, reciprocal in character
with Germany. In defining the interna.
tional commercial policy Of the United
States the secretary of the treasury
said that this country reserves to itself
by means of protective tariffs, a large
measure of the commerce incident tC
supplying the needs and wants of its
people. "That which 1t yields to others
it yields, with few and unimportant ex
ceptions, to all on equal terms and gives
no preferences to any country or to any
people. The few carefully guarded ex
ceptions only emphasize the policy ant
the slight advantage granted the repub
lie of Cuba" He pointed out that the
United States criticlses no nation fol
levying duties, however high, when lie
We'd for purposes either of protection
or of revenue, provided only they ar,
made to rest no more severely upon III
than upon others" All this countr,
asks is the right to buy in foreign mar
kets on the same terms as her com
mercial competitors and the right to sci
in all markets on terms as favorable a
any. He said that America will neve
be involved in tariff war or retaliator,
legislation so long as the United State
pursues its present policy and othe
countries do not discriminate agains
those who do not discriminate agains
them.
! The German tarif carries maximum
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-18
Naval Relic of '0s.
Springfield Republican

There is & pride in enrolling under the
national flag a warship captured from the
enemy, which is the nearest modern equiva-
lent of the captives following at the chariot
wheels of a Roman triumph. The former
Spa nish warship Reina Mercedes, sunk in
Santiago harbor by order of Admiral
Cervera, and afterward raised and re-
paired, has been converted into receiv-
ing ship at the Portsmouth IN. h navy
yard. and is, according TO the construction
report the finest OF her kind in the navy.
She was originally built at Carthagena In
1887, and was Of 5000 tops, 1t was on the
Reina Mercedes that Hobson and his COM
panioRs were first taken after their dar-
ing exploit
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-18
PRESIDENT sTICKNEY'S BOMB.
Progressive Railroad Man Jars the
Feelings of Professional Brethren.
Minneapolis Journal.

Minneapolis Journal.
President A. B. Stickney of the Chicago
Great Western has made trouble for the
railroad men before. His latest exhibition
of independence of view and frankness of
statement is his declaration to the senate
committee on interstate commerce in favor
of giving the Interstate Commerce commits
sion the power to fix rates. The railroad
men have been piling up testimony with
the senate committee to the effect that such
power, If exercised would throw the busi-
ness of the country into confusion and
have called to their aid shippers concerning
whose testimony they seem to have been
advised beforehand and have drawn upon
the so-called expert knowledge of a uni
versity professor in support of the theory
that the Interstate commerce ,commision, If
it had the power, would soon play hob"
with the whole rate situation.
In contradiction of their claims, Mr.
Stickney, who is a successful railroad man
himself but who has never hesitated to
declare his views when they have been in
disagreement with other railroad men, in
forms the committee that the Interstate
Commerce commission would be 1.-The most
satisfactory arbiter possible" Mr.. Stick
ney's testimony is going to make trouble,
for he not only advocates giving the power
of making rates to the commission, but he
skaters that beautiful theory that the
giving of rebates and the granting of
favors and determinations has been abol-
ished by the Elkins law. He says the
directors have stopped paying rebates on
grain shipments, but in lieu therof have
paid elevator fees, which is another way
of giving rebates
The railroad men have been having things
so much their own way with the senate
committee and everything has been running
so smoothly in their direction that they
| had persuaded themselves and almost con-
vinced some other people that the whole
| question of rate-making was disposed Of
the president headed of apd the danger OF
| effective railroad legislation averted. But
with men like Mr.. Stickney coming to the
| front, the president again on deck declaring
| for rate regulation and the public In
possession of what rate regulation really
means, 1t appears the campaign is only
| fairly open.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-18
As TO WARD BOUNDARIES.

Members of the city council seem to
be making great deal more out of the
redistricting of the city into twelve
wards than the Importance of the mat
ter would warrant. Under the present
city charter the division of the city into
wards has no special significance eX-
cept to divide the people into convenient
groups for administrative purposes.
There was a time when the ward, as
such, had certain privileges and preroga-
tives-when it elected its own member
of the city council without waiting for
the consent of any other ward. and
when each ward was entitled to choose
its own assessor in the same way. But
all this has been changed now. The
ward, us such, does not choose a single
public officer. The city councilman
must, it is true, reside in the ward, but
to be elected he must have majority
of the votes cast in all the wards. The
position of ward assessor has been abol-
ished altogether, the assessments being
made by appointees of the county as
SCISSOR, who need not even reside in the
districts in which they are set to work.
Only in the event that these ward Off
GERS should be restored would the ward
divisions become again imperative as
marking electoral districts The ward
councilman may be within vision for the
future, although there seems to be little
likelihood of the ward assessor ever be-
ing regenerated.
Omaha for many years consisted of
only six wards, the number being in
creased to meet the requirements of in
creased population and expanding area.
The same considerations are at the bot
tom of the present enlargement of ward
numbers. If the council should ignore
the reasons and objects for the redis-
tricting in making the new ward bOun-
daries It will mean simply that another
council will find it incumbent to do the
work over again at the first opportunity,
whereas should the new wards be es-
tablished now on lines that conform to
population needs they will probably
stand for years to come.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-18

When there is an epidemic of germ dis
ease, and most diseases are caused by
germs, it is the person with the weak stom-
ach who succumbs first.
If you suffer with pains or distress after
eating, headache. belching of gases, sour
food, a bad taste in the mouth, dizziness,
pains in the heart, specks before the eyes,
and general feeling Of dependency and
weakness, you should get well at once by
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-18

can do. 1t can give the consumer Oen-
densed facts and let him draw his own -con-
clusions. IL can give for a series of years
the price Of cattle on the range, the cost
of transportation to the packing centers, of
slaughtering, of dressing and of transport.
ing the dressed beef to points Of consump-
tlon. 1t can give the wholesale price Of
dressed beef and the retailers price.
With the aid of the summarized informa-
tion, put in an Ineligible form, the con-
sumer may be able to find out who op-
presses him. or he may learn that the ad-
vance in prices is due to causes over which
neither he nor his government has any
control.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-18
WOefuI Lament of Lumber Trust.

OHIVdBO NNIUTICIts
1t is pleasant to be able to reassure the
Mississippi Valley Lumbermen's association
which views with alarm the growing scar
city of timber and which has felt COM
PEELED to hoist prices a few notches in
consequence thereof. The association has
evidently overlooked the fact that there
are several million of acres of virgin tim
Der land in Canada which may be made
available as soon as the Mississippi valley
society and its contemporaries petition con-
gress to take the tariff off Canadian lum-
ber. We are in no imminent danger of a
lumber famine.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-18
HOW TO AVOID Germ DISEASES
Strengthen the Stomach and Digestion, and
You Will Keep Well

strengthening the stomach with Mi-o-na.
Just one small tablet out Of nifty cent
box before eating, and your digestive sys-
tenn will become so strong that you will
be the embodiment Of good health and
spirits, and need fear no germ diseases.
Ask Sherman e Mcconnell Drug Co.,
corner 10Th and Dodge streets, Omaha to
show you the guarantee under which
they sell Mi-o-na: it costs nothing unless
IL cures.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-18

wall street Jourudls
President Stckney of the Chicago, Great
Western railroad, is entirely right in call
ing attention to the evil of free passes
on railroads. and to the need of a strict
enforcement of the law prohibiting them.
Especially should this law be observed by
the officials of the government which made
it. Most monstrous is the practice of those
legislators who accept free passes from
the railroad at the same time that they
charge up mileage against the state treas
ury.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-18

The president of the Armour refrig-
orator car lines admits that the COM
pany has a monopoly on several rail
roads/but claims that it is exempt from
the law governing common carriers.
Here is one place where even the senate
committee will be forced to admit an
amendment to the interstate commerce
law is entirely justifiable.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-18

The Woodmen of the World threaten
to move headquarters from Omaha
whenever taxation of their property in
Nebraska becomes unjust, excessive
and oppressive" No court will permit
unjust, excessive and oppressive" taxes
to be imposed upon any interest.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-18
The Railroad Defense,

Kansas City Times.
The chief defense of the railroads, and
of the trusts, which are interested in the
matter of rate legislation is that the pres
ent powers of the Interstate Commerce
commission are sufficient to deal with
violations of laws by the railroads But
whether these powers are sufficient or in
sufficient, the fact remains that the Inter-
state Commerce commission has been un-
able to restrain the railroads from making
unjust rates. In only a very small per-
centage of suits brought have convictions
been possible. The commission declares
that the rulings against 1t have nearly all
been based on it's lack of authority The
country wants the railways and the big
shippers controlled 1t wants a square deal
all around. Existing laws have been in
sufficient, even when a determined effort
has been made to enforce them, and the
people want new laws. And they are going
to have them.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-18

After the warmth of the campaign in
the ranks of the Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolution, 1t is not surprising that
a majority have declared in favor OF
firecrackers on the Fourth of July, the
only wonder being that the victors can
restrain their noise until that tlEe.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-18

The charter is plain enough that the
twelve-ward redistricting of the city
must be made with a view to putting
as nearly equal voting population as
possible in each of the wards. The OBJ
ject of the law is to accommodate the
voters rather than the officeseekers.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-18

If any more "big shippers" want
little junket down to. Washington TO
give testimony that there is no call for
rate regulating legislation, they should
not hesitate to let it be known without
delay at railway headquarters.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-18

The number of ships which have gone
ashore the last few days would indicate
either change in the conformation of
the land or change in the quality of
the liquid refreshments served aboard.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-18

The annual June rise of the Missouri
river is almost due. With the enor-
nous quantities of snow in the noun
tains and the heavy rainfall in the
upper Missouri region, the chances are
that the river will foreclose it's mort
gage over several large tracts of land
in Iowa, as well as in Nebraska.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-18

Congregational ministers who have re-
piled to DR.. Gladden's pronunciamentos
do not, apparently, object so seriously
to what that distinguished divine be-
lieves as to the fact that he has taken
the public into his confidence.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-18

New York Tribune.

NEW 1Ork ITIDunt,
With a coming wheat crop of 29,72S,0OO
acres, or 2,s5s,OCO more acres than were
sown last year, and condition reported at
92.5 on May l, the prospect for a wheat
corner is not alluring especially to those
who tried that operation recently.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-18

AS matter of precedent it is to be
regretted that those Chicago schoolboys
were permitted to win their strike by
default, for they would probably have
lost had not the strike breakers resorted
10 firearms.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-18
Comrades In Action.
ST. Louis Republic.

81 LOUIS HtpuuhNs
Independent distillers say that every In
crease of 4 conts in the price of corn will
raise the price Of whisky l cent With
beer II is different. A rise in the river and
jump in malt or hops has no effect on
the schooner
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-18

Since the attorney general has de-
cided that the federal eight-hour law
applies to the Panama canal zone Presi-
dent Shonts may change his mind about
building the big ditch as a railroad
would be built
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-18

II that new asphalt repair plant will
only be gotten into visible action soon,
the good people of Omaha will be less
likely to overtax their patience waiting
for contract paving to materialike.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-18

Wesare surprised that the State Den
tai association has not put in a dis
claimer for the action of the Omaha
dentist who introduced the commodity
rate bill in the late legislature.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-18

While Missouri is furnishing 10000
mules for work on the Panama canal,
Nebraska will try to make as much
profit by selling the oats to keep the
mules In action.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-18

Perhaps some of those same "big
shippers" might be induced to appear
at Lincoln and tell the State board that
the railroads are also overtaxed.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-18

Admiral Beresford's remarks regard,
Ing French neutrality sound like those
of a man who is prepared to hear
strange news from some distant British
port.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-18

omaha's municipal bonds have now
been made authorized securities for the
investment Of savings bank and trust
funds in New York. Another tribute
to the gilt-edged character of Omaha's
cradif
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-18
vagaries OF the climate.
Chicago Inter OceaI

There are great floods in Nebraska, many
miles OF country being under water which
would go to prove that the climate con-
tinues to change in tho most unexpected
places.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-18

Since John d. Rockefeller has pur-
chased an automobile, pedestrians have
another reason to be careful how they
express themselves regarding tainted
money"
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-18

General Linevitch loses a battle see how
promptly General Kouropatkin will come
forward and say he could have won II.
Generals will be generals.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-18
Literary Opportunity

EObNs
It is hardly probable that Secretary Loeb
and Pat Grove will take advantage of the
splendid opportunity TO collaborate an arti-
Gle on How We Fooled the Omaha
Sheriff"
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-18

It is to be hoped the report from Chi
cago that cash corn has been cornered
is not to be the prelude to another bank
sensation.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-18

If the czar stands by his recent re-
script he may find himself more popu-
lar in Warsaw than in st. Petersburg.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-18
MIRTHFUL REMARKS.

First Dulte-Well, do YOU think Miss Van
Bullion intends to buy you?
Second Duke-My dear boy, I don't know.
Some days l think she does At other
times fear she is merely shopping.-Louis-
vile Courier Journal
said Miss Patience. IT'S positively &C.
centric"
"Eccentric?' exclaimed Mr.. staylate.
"Gracious / hope not. It isn't going at
Iall"-Philadelphia Ledger
factory" remarked the Chronic Kicker.
than a meal at our boarding house.N
MOP" replied the sentimental youth.
Evidently you never got n kiss from your
best girl over the telephone. "-Philadel-
phia Press.
Tim-Tm feeling fine this morning.
Jim-Tm not feeling SO fine this morning
| was up with lark last night.-Detroit
Free Press
Yes, he's in college, but he's not very
bright" -..,,-
Greek and stenography, and the Greek
got him so balled up that he cant tell one
from the other philadelphia Ledger.
Have you never given any thought to
| what posterity will say about your
NO answered Senator Sorghum: "I
long ago arrived at the conclusion that
trouble as one of your next door neigh
bors s'-Washington Star.
The French admiral strained his eyes
as he stared into the offing. He could see
nothing of the Russian admiral.
where's Ro?' he demanded OF the red
trousered lookout. 30.
"Ro Jest ventsky," the man politely re-
plied.-Cleveland Plain Dealer
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-18

Now that some of fhe Quaker teachers
have gone on record in favor OF foot
ball as college sport the saying "As
harmless as Quaker" may have to
be revised
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-18

Governor Hoch proposes to close all
the saloons in Kansas. 1t was not sus.
pected up to this time that Kansas had
any saloons to close.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-18

1t will be several days before the st.
Petersburg political clubs reach the
point where they win begin to endorse
candidates for appointive offices.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-18

Omaha is educated up to brass band
harmony but not quite up to orchestral
symphony.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-18

The advance agent of Hers palace
hotel has done very well up to date,
but Omaha wants to be shown.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-18

Douglas county is entitled to a hear
Ing before the State Board of Equaliza.
ton. Douglas county pays more than
one-ninth of all the taxes of the state.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-18
Greatnes. of Hindsight.

FllihuelphAa
General Linevitch says he could have
won the battle of Mukden, which General
Kouropatkin lost Certainly, and when