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Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-24

Courts Coming TO Understand Public
Sentiment Better.
ST. Louis Democrat.


ST. Louis Globe Democrat
Many people have not understood what Il
IL that Lawson wants. For Lawson him
self Is contradictory and Inconsistent one
must square what he says he wants with
the cube root OF what he says he doesn't
want to get an understanding OF the prob
lem he presents. Lawson comes to the peo-
pie saying that law is ineffective for the
control and regulation OF the great enter
prises which dominate the industries OF the
country and exploit the stock market as a
means OF making money on their intangible
wealth. Lawson has told us over and
over again, in print, and more lately in
addresses which he has Travelled thousands
of miles to deliver. that the laws are
powerless to reach the evil or to touch
the problem raised by these great aggre-
cations OF capital which not only con-
troll the staple markets, but the financial
markets as well. Even after II is demon
strated how Lawson may stand to win II
his simple plan OF unloading trust stocks
and certificates should be adopted as
remedy, It IL difflcult to believe that he IL
not honest, he seems so much in earnest
But surely Lawson is not consistent. For
after declaring the powerlessness Of law
he at once declares opposition to public
ownership. Logically when II is once dem
onstrated beyond question that the law
is as powerless as Lawson says IL is and
must continue TO be, public ownership
VIII at once become the only solvent II
Is not necessary TO say that the Globe.
Democrat has consistently opposed public
ownership, but II is hardly more necessary
to say that we were convinced. as Lawson
says he is, that the state is without power
to control its own creatures, we should
hafr a1rFw. a-fF
as the only thing left to do. To leave the
creature greater than the creator. and
standing in open defiance of the law or
dained for the protection Of the public
right and interest against private en-
croachment would be out of the question
however, the people are nowhere con-
Vinced, as Lawson is, or says ne Is, that
law mas ceased to be potent force in
tnls country. There is an awakening in
courts which have too often lent them
serves TO evasive constructions of laws
amounting to nullihcation, to the fact that
there is public sentiment demanding
broader Interpretation and stricter enforce
ment. This sentiment grows out OF the
conviction in the public mind that an hon.
est enforcement Of law is all that is needed
70 solve most of the problems Of the day
swallow politicians who have failed to note
tne chanse which has occurred within the
last rev years are strengthening men who
ike Governor Folk, are planting themselves
on broad platform of law enforcement
Governor Folks position would not be as
strong as It is II taken only toward Sun
Gay laws or sumptuary laws of any kind.
But coming at a time following an era
or nonenforcement of laws designed N
protect the public against more serious
evils than Sunday beer, he is indeed a
reatherhead who underestimates tho
strength Of general declaration for en-
ioreement of all law. The American peo-
pie have not yet lost confidence in them
selves.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-24
WHEN THE FARMER BUYS.
Application of wisdom to the DisEu.t
of the SpecuIatOra.
TrbIcap nanord-


Chicago Record Herald.
This is the season OF the year when the
busy farmer is supposed to be out in the
held under the hot. hot sun, earning his
bread most literally by the sweat of his
brow. Up in the Red River valley. how
ever, there Is a community of farmers who
toll not, neither do they perspire, but who
have just accumulated bank accounts
which will guarantee them daily bread for
many long day to come.
These farmers have been careful students
OF the methods Of the wheat pits, and thev
know that natural advantages ought never
TO be neglected The natural advantage
Of the Red River valley is that, in default
Of more definite and complete Information,
the reports OF its condition are accepted
by wheat dealers as a sort OF barometer of
conditions the country over.
Last week the farmers put their heads
together and bought all the wheat they
could find the cash to margin. A day or
two later dire reports about the rust
began 10 go out to the world from their
valley. These were followed by the arrival
at Minneapolis Of number OF samples OF
rust-infected wheat. Prices jumped The
farmers hurried selling orders to their
brokers. About the time the checks for
their profits began TO reach them they
looked their wheat fields over and decided
that crops were in pretty fair condition
after all
The professionals OF the wheat pit are
thoroughly well accustomed to losing 20
each other and 70 losing 10 the man with
the earliest and best information, but Il
must really ruin their faith In human
nature TO md that the farmers who grow
the wheat in which they deal are capable
OF taking such a mean advantage over
them. II incidents like this are reported
again we shall doubtless ind the state
legislatures Of the country flooded with
bills 20 protect the poor board Of trade
brokers against the wicked wtles and ma
nipulations OF the clever farmers from the
back districts.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-24

Hniladelphia Ledger.
30 intimately did the ancients associate
the heliacsl rising Of Sirius with events OF
Importance to that land that they even in
sdtuted heliacal year. Various dates
have been assigned by tradition as the
first dog day, and various periods as con-
stituting the season. It has been claimed
hat 1t commenced in the remote past on
August 4 and lasted forty days, until Sep
tember a. As few as thirty days are
sometimes cited, and as many as ffty-four.
Pliny refers to the commencement of the
dog days to the heliacal rising Of Procyon,
which seems at least appropriate as being
canicular, and which occurred July 10. 1t
would seem that forty days was regarded
as the period in most cases, twenty days
before and twenty days after the heliaeal
rising Of Sirius.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-24
Tvr oRop RrPoRr orrsTfov.

Settlement of the crop report question
is still a matter Of concern to those in
terested and It is said that the plan Of
the secretary OF agriculture in regard to
II is not entirely satisfactory. Accord
ing to reports from Washington the sec
retary's declaration that hereafter If ac-
cusations are made against the crop re-
porting they must be directed against
him or the assistant secretary, since the
present policy is not to allow any other
person access to information that might
be used in stock jobbing, is not regarded
as going TO the root Of the matter. 1t is
pointed out that IL the work is reduced
in its scope to such size that two men
can handle IL, In its final makeup, It will
lack the basis upon which valued results
rest. It is suggested that secrecy should
be entirely removed and all the crop re-
turns be made public just as fast as the
department receives them. This would
leave their Interpretation, it is urged, to
private agencies and private individuals;
there would no longer be any commercial
Ndlue III Iue SeCItb WHICH lue uSlStI lLueul
was guarding.
On the other hand, it is said that the
objection 20 giving immediate publicity
to everything, that comes In is that the
public would not understand the allow
ances which It is necessary to make for
certain reporters. Very plausible reasons
are presented in support Of this view.
Whether or not it would be wise for the
Department of Agriculture to give out
its information in regard to the crops
Immediately after receiving Il is mani
festly a debatable question and we will
not venture an opinion regarding It.
What the situation requires is that all
the advices given out by the government
regarding the crops, whether immedl-
ately or under the system now pursued,
shall carry with them the assurance that
they are the result of the most careful
inquiry and can be depended upon. That,
unfortunately, has not hitherto been the
case, as recent developments conclu-
sively show. The country has been get
ting reports that were not reliable and
in consequence there has been created a
general feeling of distrust which recent
revelations have intensified. The task of
the department is to restore confidence
in its work in this particular and it will
take time and care to do this. 1t is graft
flying to note that the secretary of agri-
culture most fully realizes what is de-
manded and is making every effort to
meet the requirements of the situation.
That he will accomplish what he aims at
is not to be doubted, for unquestionably
practicable way can be found to make
the crop reports as trustworthy as it is
in the ability Of the department to have
them, absolute accuracy being admit
tedly impossible. The fact that there
has been aroused as to this matter gen.
eral interest, not less marked among pro-
ducers than among the dealers in agri-
cultural products, gives assurance that
in future the government crop reports
will be more reliable than they have
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-24
MONDAY REMINDERS.

"she is always thinking Of her husbands
comfort and peace OF mind" said one
Yes" answered the other; every even
| ing just before he comes home she puts
| the thermometer in the ice chest for a few
minutes es"-Washington Star,
Small girl In bed, being read to by an
elder cousin-smail Girl-When die, shall
Small Giri-i want to G see Moses. s''f / shall hall
! tell him / heard quite a lot about him down
| here.-London Globe.
Tourist-I understand your western towns
Redhorse Sam-Yes Yesterday 1 Euv a
man two hours to leave town and he got
out in ten minutes'-Chicago News
Your latest production was poem worth
reao11ing" o1hg said the @ lettering in fri, friend; u.
erary man. But after seeing the check
sent by the publisher | have concluded
Star.
into o9 the ASefsT SeeoesS t e
"oh, guess the boys didn't like him
because he studied so hard that his pitch
ing suffered, and the team lost most of
the games when he was in the box.
cago Record-Herald
II am always carried away by that
song" he said, as she arose from the
80 you told me once before" she re-
Joined. That's why l sang it"-Chcago
Daily News.
"And when you told him was married."
said the girl who had Tilted him, did he
seem to be sorry2'
Yes" replied the other, he said he was
very sorry-although he didn't know the
man personally. y."-Philadelphia Ledger.
Your hair is coming out on top, sir"
said the barber
"Goodl" exclaimed Pepprey. IT knew II
was in me Now, for goodness sake don't
talk to II or 1t will crawl back again.
Philadelphia Press.
Madam-Be sure to put plenty Of nuts
in the cake.
Cook-Ill crack no more nuts today. My
jaw hurts me already.-Harper's Bazaar.
It's so hard for man to find work
after he's been in jail"
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-24
Discretion of Hyde.

statistician Hyde OF the Agricultural de-
partment AFFORDS us the extraordinary
spectacle OF a public officer retiring under
fire." It seems TO have become a rule of
the profession never TO do this. but to
hang on all the tighter as the fre grows
hotter; and as no one is expected to resign
when not under fire, II follows that there
should never be any resigning anyway.
But Mr.. Hyde, with grim facetousness,
apologies for breaking the rule by re-
marking that he is never without being
under fire. and must resign under It n at
all. What he says is measurably TRUE, yet
the assaults from the speculative markets
should have been $ a summer shower 10 a
ducks back in the case of a statistician
conscious OF performing his duties 70 the
best OF his ability and integrity.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-24
Public Opinion's Punishmsnt.

aNWNIaNIIIt NUUI IVT uUUI IIIIIa
Public opinion is the expression Of public
conscience. A strict and vigilant public
conscience is a good thing. 1t makes for
the betterment OF government and OF men.
We have seen It very recently put some
high fnanciers" and politicians in the ILL
lory. and without locking them up In a
prison house, visit upon them punishment
far more terrible. There are indications
that It is growing more exacting daily. Let
us hope that it is. for the stricter It is, the
more will men fear it; the more they fear II,
the higher will be their standard Of living
and acting
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-24

Of the Offices Of city and county treas
urer, the probabilities are that the treas
urer win be able to vacste his quarters
next spring and remove into the Offices
now occupied by the city treasurer. This
change, and the removal of the county
assessor to the city hail. would more
than Offset any loss Of space in the base
ment and, in fact, would probably en-
able the county to utilize a portion Of
the space now occupied by the treas
urer and assessor for other purposes.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-24
THE OLD STORY.
New York Sun.

New York Sun.
His hair was red, his stature short,
His freckles far from dim;
The neighbors all remarked Good landi
What could she see in him7"
Yet this is how II came about
She went to Cupid's shop
And told exactly what she wished
Without a single stop.
"A man of fully six feet two,
With hair of raven wave,
noble brow. "A Samson's strength.
The bravest of the brave"
The graceless clerk then shook his head
As every salesman should.
"All out OF that" he said, but here
Is something just as good"
The little chap was sent next day;
The neighbors cry with vim:
Now what on earth do you suppose
She ever saw In himT"
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-24
siderntion until after this contest is set
tied
Lawyers ana LitIEation.

Cincinnati Enquirer.
One OF the lessons OF the day IL that the
administration OF the law is largely In the
hands Of the lawyers; that the practice Is
what makes It; that II they give themselves
up rs experts in what the law Is. to dis
covering ways to get around II. they can
probably find flaws in any statute which
can be devised. The great need Is OF bet
ter legislators-men who can devise stat
utes through which sharp lawyers cannot
drive horses and wagons Then there would
be less business for lawyers. Of course, but
the people would pay less
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-24
Brooklyn Eagle

Eiihu Root is very strong man. But
he will not be strong enough successfully
10 corduct the State department through
deputies or instruments OF the kind en-
ployed in that department for several years
past. He will take out OF the department
less reputation than he brings into II, II
he be burdened with the men under whom
the department was compromised and
weakened during the enforced absence OF
John Hay from duty. Mr. Root 10 be secre-
tary with usefulness and success must be
secretary with free hand. He has made
great sacrifice OF material interests 10
take the secretaryship He can find able
men ready TO make a like sacrihce. for
the sake OF the country.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-24

To Get SOn,ethinE that Belongs 60 Az
other the Cause OF Our Troubles.
wall Street journal

other the Cause OF Our Troubles.
wall Street Journal
At the root Of every trouble with which
the American people are now dealing Is the
crime OF stealing. There Is one certain
solution for all the problems which now
beset us In politics and in business. and
that Is honesty. II would be dlfncult to
name a single question OF administration
IN the field OF government and OF business
to which this does not apply.
The country is now debating the ques-
tion OF railway rate regulation, and try.
ing TO discover how the Independence and
. rights Of the railroad corporations can be
preserved and at the same time the in
terests OF the people be protected. And
yet there would be no problem OF railroad
rate regulation II there had been entire
honesty In the management Of the rail.
roads. The rebate is modern form Of
stealing 1t IS method Of defraudlnR
the many for the benefit OF the few, and
It has been the rebate evil which is chiefly
responsible for the demand Of govern
ment regulation of rates,
Then there is the question Of what We
shall do with the great Industrial cor
porations which are called the trusts Per-
haps this may be thought to be purely
an economic problem, but so more closely
into II and II is discovered to be an eth
ical problem, and deep down at the bottom
is the question OF common honesty. The
methods of establishing monopoly are
commonly those Of forcibly taking from
many their opportunities for independent
competition. with the object in view OF
charging the consumer more for his neces-
stiles OF life than the fair value OF the
products. This is double-edged dishon-
esty.
What is the problem which now con-
fronts the government in relation 20 the
administration OF the crop bureau but the
question of honesty? There would be no
serious dlficulty in estimating the crops
If It was possible to procure men 10 make
these estimates who would be superior to
the temptation Of speculation.
The fact is that multitudes of people both
high and low, are still unable to identity
the various methods of making corrupt
profits out of the government service and
the corporations, as being Of the same
nature as common stealing. And there
are men right here in Wall street who can
see no reason why they should not profit
at the expense OF others through decetful
stock manipulation, clever company promo-
tion and scenthc use of their "oppors
tunities" as directors OF corporations in
the making of contracts in the fixing Of
salaries and the selling OF bonds. Hence
the thing most essential today is the
awakening of the public conscience to the
Nervousness of the crime of stealing.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-24
DAY OF THE HYPOCRITE.
"RefOrmers" Seek to Divert scrutinx
by Crying "StOp Thief"
| TJroaIx. Ca.


Lincoln Star.
Many OF the biggest thieves under the
cloak OF alleged reform, are crying ''stop
thief,' and turning states evidence, osten-
sibly for the purpose of improving the
moral tone OF society, but primarily with
the purpose in view of saving themselves
In time, making sure a place In the choir of
sanity singers and, thereby avoiding an
acquaintance with the stern-faced taller.
OF such frequent occurrence are these
exposes" OF misdeeds in high financial and
social circles that one must examine each
story with the same care and scrutiny that
used to be employed with legal tender in
the days of wild cat currency.
Every man and woman, and almost ever,,
child, in Lincoln knows, directly or indi.
rectly, men who have used railroad masses
whenever they could beg, borrow or steal
them. knowledge of newspapers and other
corporations which have grown rich on
corporation money, plunderlng the public
funds and, through rebates and excessive
fees collecting and Withholding great sums
from the rightful owners, is almost equally
common. If some Of the newspapers and
''reformers" Of Nebraska, now praying SO
loudly In order to divert attention from
their own misdeeds would first give up their
stolen gains and come into the great court
Of equity with clean hands, their cries
would ring more true and, doubtless, reach
throne Of grace.
Some Of the most effective evangelists
the world ever knew have been men who.
forsaking life OF sin, have turned suddenly
into the straight road, but who in the
transformation, have opened their pockets
and given up every dollar OF ill-gotten gain.
To expect such action from these ALLEGED
reformers who now preach so loudly and
sing so vociferiously would. OF course be
be asking something that everyone knows
will never take place.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-24

The organization of new State Board
of Dentistry created by the law enacted
by the recent Nebraska legislature is
notice to all ambitious tooth pullers that
they will not be able to inhiet their un-
fortunate victims after September /
without first passing an examination to
demonstrate their agility with the for
ceps The main purpose of the law, how.
ever, is to put stop to itinerant tooth
artists who have been pOachlng upon the
preserves of the regular practitioners,
and If 1t succeeds in shutting out these
cut-rate intruders the regulars will take
their examinations and pay the examina-
ton fee without complaint
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-24

Attorney General Brown has given
Governor Mickey a written opinion to
the effect that the regulation or suppress
sion OF street fairs does not come within
the gubernatorial Jurisdiction As long
as the governor avoids the bad example
set by his immediate predecessor OF gra-
cling a fake bull fight with his presence
and sanction the good people Of Ne
braska should be satisfied.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-24
HOusecIeaninE.


Some moralists hold up Chadbandian
hands in horror at the amount of graft I"
ofncial, corporate and private, that has
come to light in the last year OF so. The
truth Is that the country is doing the most
vigorous housecleaning it has ever done.
The land thieves are already started on
their way to follow the postal thieves.
Philadelphia, so long the home of an or
ganized, elaborate and apparently invIn-
cible system of Doodle, has begun 10 shake
the boodlers off. Their long, insolent rule
Is over, and the jail is at the end OF their
road In this town the lootinE of the
Equitable, while as yet unpublished physi-
cally, has produced not only here, but
throughout the country q stern exaspera-
tion with the unfaithful stewards. Re-
spectabilities and regulations have
crumbled in an hour. The public demands
honesty in private business as in public
ahairs. sound public opinion, general
high conception of honor and duty, are
visible In the American people. They are
intolerant Of dirty work. They are now
getting rid Of a great lot of It. That
wherever they find It they are taking dis
honesty by the scruff of the neck is to the
honor of the United States
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-24

While there is no controversy over
Omaha real estate assessments before
the State Board Of Equalization, the
Omaha Real Estate exchange may be
expected to manifest some interest in
the protest raised by Lincoln merchants
against the personal property assess
ments in Omaha and Douglas county.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-24

A sample brick of the hog wash
evolved by one of our enterprising con-
temporaries is embodied in the following
contribution from its South Omaha
bureau:
Repeated and persistent rumors Of pro-
posed railroad improvements in this city
keeps alive the hopes of many that the fu-
ture of the Magic City is far from gloomy
and that within a few years at least ex-
tensive improvements will be made.
These rumors, of course, are not new.
They have been flying for years and they
do not tend to throw the city into a great
state of excitement at the present time.
1t is fair to assume that the big railroad
corporations will take advantage of the
opportunities afforded them here for in
creased facilities. They own a lot of
property, real and personal, and they are
growing all the time.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-24

1t is said that more than 1000 lives,
200 ships and $1pO,OOO,O0O have been ex-
pended at various times in efforts to
reach the north pole. On this computa-
tiOn, should the goal ever be achieved,
every acre of ground in the whole Arctic
region will have been bought and paid
for at better than market rates.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-24

A judge of the United States circuit
court at New York has taken a fall out
of the book publishers association by
refusing TO grant an injunction TO en-
force an anti-rate cutting agreement. At
last accounts, however, the price quota
tions of book trust publications were
unchanged.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-24

The Union Pacific is protesting before
the State Board Of Equalization that all
property in Nebraska is under-assessed
for taxation, except its own. Those
Union Pacific tax bureaucrats have TO dc
aamsthing to earn their money.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-24

The next important question to be de-
eided is whether II was the boilers or the
magazine which was out of order on the
Bennington. That something was wrong
Is certain and the blame should be placed
where II belongs
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-24

Attorney General Moody has taken the
public into his confidence and the pub
lie now knows what it believed all along.
The court must convict the packers or
they win not be punished.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-24

Commissioner Mcvann has won three
straight fights for the Omaha jobbers
within the last ten days and he is fairly
entitled to become a knight OF Ak-Sar-
Ben. providing he is willing to stand
the usual head tax.