Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-03

paid anything. but in lieu Of the per cent
he has given his services He has never
drawn anything from the central committee
treasury since he was placed on the state
pay roll.
It is alleged that injustice has been done
in some cases. One stenographer, who is
/ the sole support OF her dependent parents.
paid s9O, which was little more than her
assessment, while the higher salaried ones
! failed to pay.
Among other instances where the full
amount was not forthcoming. several in
stitutions are pointed out DR.. Kerns. the
superintendent OF the Hastings asylum,
| sent in 500. The total pay roll is SSs 900 a
year. which on a ? per cent basis would
have made the amount Of the assessment
$3.50.
The list prepared by Treasurer Hennings
| of the state central committee does not
disclose the name OF Superintendent Nc
Brien among the contributors. and those
Of Deputy Auditor Cook and Insurance
Deputy Pierce are not there.
Says Brown Was Joking.
Today COPYRIGHT & sidner of Fremont,
attorneys for the Nye- Schneider Fowler
company of that place. filed a brief in the
supreme court in which serious objection
is made to the charge of the attorney gem
eral that the members OF the Nebraska
Grain Dealers association have been hold
! ing UP the producers. The attorneys insist
that the attorneys for the state intended
It to be understood in its technical legal
sense only and not in its popular sense"
| The brief continues:
Nevertheless It is said IN cold print and
IL is not out of place for me to answer IT,
| / am aware there is a sentiment among
! a large class Of people that all persons who
handle grain on a large scale are robbing
3 the farmer and by one scheme and another
/ getting large and undue profits, This Idea
has been fostered by INSCRIPTIONS people
/ who impose on the credulity of the public.
l have represented my clients for about
4 fifteen years They do a large business re-
/ curing much of my time and 1 have be-
come very familiar with their business
methods and character. They are known
| to me, and to this community, as men of
| the highest character and strictest integ
J rity who would take advantage of or OPP
press no one, but always willing to be fair
with all and to do to others as they would
be done by. No man in this city is more
worthy Of trust and confidence and none
who will be more just and fair in business
or other matters than these. my clients.
The charges against them are untrue.
Some time this storm of public sentiment
will blow itself out and reason once more
I will prevail. Some time the law-making
/ bodies will conclude they, ought to be con-
: sistent and keep within the bounds Of rea-
son. At present the law says to the rail-
roads, express, telegraph, telephone. gas,
! light, power and many other industries:
! You must Ak your rates in advance and
! treat all your patrons alike, and be pun
ished II you fan TO do So" The law gives
the public the right TO regulate the rates
| of some of these but of many 1t does not.
On the other hand, the law says to the
grain men You must not nix your 6h, prices ices
! fair you may be, and you must not treat
all your patrons alike, and you will be
! dependent on what your competitor thinks
1 now he will pay, and not on what he
/ thought an hour or 4 day ago, even though
the market is the same. You must pay one
man too high because you have TO or DO
| no business, but you may even up by pay
ing another too little when you get
The law does all it can to prevent an
honest and fair man from being honest and
giving a square deal" to all. II is as inn
possible for two competing grain dealers
to pay different prices, and the low man
get any grain, as It would be for two COM
betting railroads to have different rates and
the high one get any respectable snare or
the traffic. Whatever the practices OF the
grain men of Nebraska may have been, II
has produced results that have been fair
honest and reasonable to the grain pro-
Queer
The attorneys insist in their argument
that the Junkin antitrust act, which went
into effect July l. 1905, repealed all the acts
under which injunction proceedings could
be brought.
To Provide Teachers Where Needed.
State Superintendent McBrien will take
the necessary steps to aid counties in Sc
| curing teachers, where they have been
| unable to do so. There are unemployed
teachers Of ability in some of the counties
and he is in touch with them so that he
can ill the demand. He calls the atten-
ton Of county superintendents to this fact
which is in striking contrast with the
situation two years ago, when teachers
were understandable for some of the schools,
In a circular letter sent out to the county
ofHcials he calls attention 20 the advisa-
bility of getting teachers without expert
ence and at least high school training,
rather than those with experience who
could barely pass an eighth grade exam
ination.