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Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-10
BURKETTs GRAZING LAND BILL.

Senator Burkett is proposing a bill
apparently with the acquiescence of
the president) to relieve the strained
conditions in the grazing land country,
which will doubtless command the
early attention of congress.
AS outlined In the dispatches, the
Burkett bill provides for classification
into grazing districts of such parts of
the public domain as are not suitable
for cultivation or for irrigation, or for
forest reserves or other special pur-
poses, and the use of this land for
the grazing of cattle on such terms as
the secretary of agriculture shall pre-
scribe. The intention of the bill evil
IDENTIFY is to open up the public lands
to pasturage of animals upon payment
of a fixed price per head and without
discrimination between the big cattle
barons and the little cattlemen.
Presumably nothing is to be done
to prevent bona fide settlers taking up
land under the homestead law, even
though included within the grazing
districts. If not, this should be stipu-
lated in the bill. because while ready
to promote the live stock industry In
every reasonable way, the people of
the west do not want anything done
to shut out desirable immigration.
One weak spot in the bill on which
difference of opinion may be ex-
pected is its retention of the land titles
indefinitely in the government. No
improvements, except of the most tenn
porary character, will ever be made
upon the public domain, and so long as
no patent is taken out no taxes will
ever be paid on 1t to the state govern
ment.
A tremendous discretion is also In
vested in the secretary of agriculture
and his subordinates in fixing the con-
ditions and charges for entry upon the
grazing lands. The Burkett bill seems
to be very solicitious that every one
connected with the enforcement of the
law and supervision of the grazing dis
tricts shall be appointed from resident
citizens of the states in which the dis
tricts are located. The resident citi-
zens are supposed to be more in sym
pathy with other residents who take
advantage of the law and less strict in
exacting compliance with all the rules
and regulations. 1t is notorious that
the illegal land fencers and fraudulent
homesteaders were brought to task
only through the efforts of special In
spectors sent in from outside and free
from the pressure and influence of the
law breakers.
The main features of the Burkett
grazing bill as outlined are commenda'
BILE, yet congress should see to 1t be
fore enacting any measure on this sub
ject that all the loopholes for evasion
are thoroughly plugged
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-10

Pittsburg Gazette.

P1ttsburg Gazette.
Bow down. We people, and submit
Unto the laws decree. towit:
That none shall deal in food unit
For mortals to consume.
No more can Uncle Sam endure
The sale OF edibles impure;
Hence those that thus offend for sure
VIII meet an awful DOOM
The enterprising candy man.
Whose wares are underneath ban,
Must dump EN- In the garbage can
Without an hours delay.
Resplendent in their glowing coat
OF paint: have not chance remote
OF further holding sway.
The little folks will vainly weep
For sugar plums at prices cheap.
They'll have to stand tariff steep
Because the law denies
The right to sap and undermine
Authorizations saccharine
That infants most do prize
The same Injunction also knocks
All kinds of food unorthodoX
Put IN in bucket. can or box.
with labels that deceive.
The fakir that has long relied
on borax and formaldehyde
Must put these condiments aside,
Or dire results achieve.
Likewise the wicked druggist who
Is known for gain to mix or brew
DECEASED decoctons must escheW
Such arts and plainly state
On evry package what's within.
The use Of subterfuge thin
Will constitute a deadly sin
Which he must expiate.
wherefore rejoice, good people all,
Since food that's pure has now the call.
No thought of poison need appal
Souls timid and discreet
without tremor We may haunt
The feed shop and the candy plant.
more could mortals wantP
TITS almost safe to eat.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-10
FREE PASS AND PASSENGER FARE.

FREE PASS AND PASSENGER FARE.
1t is noteworthy with what alacrity
the two closely related measures for
abolition of free passes and reduction
of passenger fare are introduced and
pressed as fast as the various state
legislatures convene. precedence being
given to them in almost every in
stance. 1t is true that bills of this
character have been introduced at
many sessions heretofore, but usually
in a perfunctory way and with no Sc
rious expectation of enactment.
The state legislatures, now sitting
almost without exception. face a pub
lie of an entirely different frame OF
mind as to these and kindred subjects
to whom also their members for the
the most part are under the obliga-
tons of explicit covenant. Congress
has led the way by summary inhibition
of free pass determinations so far as
interstate travel is concerned, and
several states have already struck
down the abuse within their jurisdic
tons. But aside from the politica
corruption and demoralization, which
alone call loudly for universal aboli
ton of free transportation. the publ,
is obviously entitled also to the re
sultant economy in the shape Of lowel
passenger fares.
There can be no doubt that as Il
the greater portion of the country tn,
2-cent-per-mile maximum. with NJ
free passes, is highly compensation!
passenger rate. Indeed. that approx
mate standard is already in fore,
through competition in an extensiv,
region in the east. No reason has ye
been shown why the roads. If relieve,
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-10

Publicity has always proved the
most effective antidote for legislative
corruption. While chasing the lobby
lists hot foot out of the state house,
why not pass law compelling them
each to wear a ribbon badge bearing
the word lobbyist" plainly printed in
letters readable at a distance of 100
feet, so that the susceptible law-maker
may have no possible excuse that he
did not know to whom he was talking?
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-10
DEMAND FOR WORKERS.
supply Unequal TO the Demand in
Many Lines.
Wall Street Journal.

Wall Street Journal
Never before in time Of peace has there
been so much of demand for men as now.
Men are wanted in the steel mills, in the
factories, on the railroads, in the army and
the navy, in the Postoffice department and
almost everywhere else where work has to
be done Last year there were 2,340 resign
atoms out of two classes of clerks number
ing 90 900 in the Postofice department. A
loss of 1913 per cent a year shows how
rapidly the skilled and seasoned members
of the force are being replaced by raw
recruits to the detriment of the service as
a rule At this rate II would take eight
years for the new to replace the old force
in entirety.
1t is peculiar to prosperous times that
labor becomes, so to speak, more mobile
Employments compete for labor, for skill
and talent, and the public service has to
take it's chances with private pursuits
Among private pursuits the competition
is keen enough to keep some people moving
from one place to another, without becom-
Ing fully master of any, one thing. Changes
have been rather frequent during the past
year, and the rise Of wages for labor as well
as the increases In salaries which are still
going on are proof that the end is not yet
The men wanted are, in spit of labor scar
city, not so much those who can do routine
work as those who can open new fields
for the legitimate employment of capital
and labor. We are now, after several years
of great changes, at the point where read
justments may be required for the conunu-
ance Of prosperity
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-10

For some inexplicable reason a
bunch of salt water congressman at
Washington refuse to believe that the
Missouri river is navigable. A special
invitation is hereby extended to all
these provincial statesmen to come out
to Omaha and get acquainted with
Missouri river fluid both internally and
externally.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-10

One of the guests prominently in
evidence at the Jacksonian feast was
M. F. Harrington, president of the re-
Gently organized Public Ownership
of Railroads league. Either the invi-
tation to Harry Bronze as vice president
of the league miscarried or he neg
lected to send the usual letter of re-
grets. .s
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-10
RIGHT SPIRIT TOWARDS JAPANESE.

Governor Pardee's temperate and
ton in his message to the California
legislature is in striking contrast with
too many expressions emanating from
the Pacific coast concerning the Japa
nese and Chinese. While he believes
in the policy of the California segre-
cation statute he advocates 1t in
spirit that affords basis for rational
settlement of relations both with the
national government and with Japan
and China.
1t is, indeed, not so much school
segregation alone that has aroused pop
ular feeling in Japan as 1t is the in
suits and injuries inflicted on Japa-
nese as such, particularly In many
cases in San Francisco. That these
vicious and irresponsible the gov
ernor admits. and he does not spare
denunciation of them. His firm stand
in this respect ought to help materially
to establish a more wholesome Pacific
coast sentiment.
Insofar as japanese are lawfully in
the country with rights guaranteed by
treaty, 1t goes without saying that
state and local government must see
not only that these rights are realized.
but also that the orientals are other
wise treated with humane decency.
without regard to technical hairsplit-
ting concerning the national and state
jurisdictions. And II this be done,
there will be no insuperable obstacle
in the way of any reasonable school
or other regulation which local condi-
| tions may require.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-10

Governor Hoch of Kansas assures
us once more that the prohibitory law
has been a great success and in proof
cites the recent closing of over 200
saloons on the Kansas side of Kansas
City. The question is. How did 200
saloons come to flourish in Kansas, not
withstanding the law prohibiting
them?
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-10

Senator Burkett has made his debut
as an author by putting forth volume
on the history OF THE Congressional
Cemetery" Senator Burkett should
be careful about touching live wires
unless he wants his next literary effort
TO revolve about The Political Gene
sery.t'
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-10

Chairman Hull's prediction of
greatly increased cost of maintaining
the army should make peace confer
ences still more popular in the United
States
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-10

The charge that the Union Pacific
and Southern Pacific were competing
lines before the merger finds its chief
support in the fact that they have been
merged sax
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-10

Senator Oyerman's defense of the
system of employing children in fac
tories can be easily understood when
factory conditions in North Carolina
are learned; but North Carolina has
lever been prominent in the movement
or a new south"
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-10

Mayor Dahlman declares that for
sixteen years he has never missed a
chance to celebrate in honor of St.
Jackson. He might have added that
he never missed chance to celebrate.
no matter in whose honor.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-10

Douglas county has Jared fairly we'll
in the allotment of committeeship
places at Lincoln. II the legislature
will do the right thing now by the
bills IN which this city and county are
specially interested, the people here
will have no right to complain.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-10

There is danger that the alleged
plot to murder army officers at Fort
Reno may cause Senator Foraker to
wish he had dropped his resolution be-
fore he took Il up.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-10
scaIping Experts Get Busy.
Baltimore American.

I9dIIIIIIVIU 1fIIIGIIOzlII'
Tribes in the Indian Territory are to be
formed into companies to control the coal
and asphalt lands in the territory. If there
is any sealping done In the subsequent
business transactions of the companies it
will be of the good, old fashioned sort.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-10

The discovery by an expert that
2.604 errors were made in the records
of the Wabash railroad in two months
raises the suspicion that the expert got
the books intended for public inspec-
ton in place of those on which divi-
dends are based.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-10
nnmpness and Drynesa.
Kansas City Journal.

The White House may be damp. as John
sharp Williams alleges, but the halls OF
congress- are often dry enough TO satisfy
the most exaeting. This condition how
ever, Is not attributable to the oratory Of
John Sharp Williams.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-10

Russian bureaucrats are still paying
the extreme penalty for holding office,
but SO long as moths seek the flame
men will find the favors of royalty
compensation for the aftermath.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-10

Testimony at Washington that engi-
neers have not always known where
to expect block signals gives ground
for the belief that the alleged "sys-
TEN" has been of more value as an ad-
vertisIng scheme than as an operating
device
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-10

1t will be difficult to convince the
old-time cowboy that Wyoming is not
becoming effete since a man has been
actually convicted of murder for kill
ing a sheep herder.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-10

Great Britain's desire for assurances
of international peace must mean that
British taxpayers are beginning to con-
slider the expense as well as the glory
of Dreadnaughts.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-10

Governor Deneen OF Illinois asks
for an amendment to the banking laws
Of the state that will provide more
adequate protection against fraud on
depositors and creditors. II the laws
are not changed he might see how a
change In state bank examiners would
AFFECT the situatioN
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-10

A resolution to provide themselves
with free postage stamps at the ex-
pense of the taxpayers has been voted
down by members of the lower house
Of the Nebraska legislature. This self
denial is certainly praiseworthy but
Judgment wiz have to be suspended
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-10
Omaha,s Domestic Adjustments.
Boston Transcript.

The record of domestic adjustments
and readjustments for eleven months of
last year at Omaha was 1,54S marriage
licenses and 4s4 divorce applications. This
Is a world of change.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-10

until the complete record is made up.
Law-msking bodies have been known
to choke at gnats while swallowing
camels.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-10
A Real MYHterY.

chicago inter OCedH.
1t is simply astonishing how a man like
Mr.. Hartman can find time for an opera
ton. This is perhaps another of his
crets.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-10

Since Mexico has reached the stage
of frequent strikes, its material prog
ress can no longer be denied.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-10
ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK.
RippIes on the Current of Life In the
Metropolis.

Metropolis.
One OF the New York insurance compa-
mics which gave a painful exhibition of
financial legerdemain and extravaganza be-
fore the Insurance investigation committee
little over a year ago, now proposes to
rear the Hottest skyscraper on earth and
go so high into the air that future in
quisitors must climb to reach II. The COM
pany occupies a marble block fronting
Madison square, between Madison and
Fourth avenues and Twenty third and
Twenty-fourth streets, TO which a tower OF
fifty stories will be added. This tower
will be the greatest structure Of the kind
in the world, and is to rise FIVE stories
higher than the great Singer building, now
in process of construction downtown The
tower in many respects will resemble in
style and outline the famous Italian Cam
panile it is to tower $50 feet above Madison
square and a giant clock at its top will be
visible for miles.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-10

New York Post.
Mr.. Rockefeller's recent gift to Chicago
University represents abstention from at
least 100000 oysters
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-10
FLASHES OF FUN.


Tommy-Pa what is limited monarchy
York Sun.
Tess-Did 1 understand you to say Mr..
Timmd has a nervous affection?
Jess-Well, yes. He has an affection for
me and he's nervous because he doesn't
know yet whether I'm going to say yes
or mo" -Phiadelphia Press.
HE believes thoroughly in himself" said
the admirinG friend.
YES" answered Miss Cayenne. Some
people are so creduous!" Washington. Star.
ut takes a wise man to know when to
change his mind" said one statesman.
Yes" answered the other, land a brave
one to own up to IL when ii Is accom-
plished Washington Star
80 this" said the newly arrived spirit,
gazing curiously at the landscape. 'fs the
Ultima Thulew 49,, 10. ~,
'On the contrary" answered Pluto, "you
will find this to be the ne plus sultry. Take
the chute to the left, please. 'N-Chicago
Tribune.
I'll never forget the first jackpot I ever
won" said the veteran at the game.
What did you hold?" asked the young
ster.
MY breath, for one thing; don't re-
member what else. "-Philadelphia Press
How did that university you founded
turn out?'
| at is doing great work" answered Mr..
Dustin Stax. at is devoting especial at
tention toward economic studies In the hope
of finding way to prevent all the wealth
grapsing persons like myself Washing
ton Star
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-10

December's business was the largest for
any month in the largest year the New
York custom house ever experienced. II
contributed almost SsO,OOOOOO to an annual
total of sos, 9OSS55. This was more than
the entire United States customs revenue
I'm 1893. To this II is necessary TO add $685.
226O55 contributed 20 the nations banking
resources by imports of gold at this port
The subtreasury handled just short OF
s.. 900 GO OOO about equally divided between
debts and credits, the increase upon both
sides being more than 5000, 10000 over 1896.
National bank loans exceeding round
billion Of the minimum, were about one
fourth Of all national bank loans for the
nation The maximum monthly clearings
in New York in January were almost
equal 10 the minimum clearings for the
entire country in July, or til,S6s, SS6.s23, On
the Stock exchange 2sS.OOO,ooo shares were
sold, a maximum for New York, and. Of
course, there is no other market for com
parison.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-10

In. the report that p. Tecumseh Sherman,
commissioner of labor of New York state
makes in winding up the year he says that
kneading dough with the feet is still In
vogue in some Of the Italian bakeries in
New York City, and that the sweatshops
are ''veritable hotbeds of disease"
The report says in part:
"Our inspectors have essayed to stop the
kneading of dough with the feet, but have
not been sustained; there is nothing posi-
lively Illegal or necessarily unsanitary in
the practice.
THE subject of bakeries is a sore point
with this department. The worst bakeries
are the old cellar shops in New York City.
Yet clause in our bakery law, as in force
last year, apparently excepted cellar ba-
keries in existence when It was enacted
QS95) from all sanitary provisions.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-10
WHEN OUT OF TOWN.

WHEN OUT OF TOWN.
Subscribers leaving the city tenn
pOrarily should have The Bee
mailed 40 them. Address will be
changed as often as requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-10
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.

State Of Nebraska, Douglas County, IS;
Charles G. Rosewater. general Inahaseel
Of The Bee Publishing company. being u tilHx
sworn says that the actual NUMBER OF IuIi
and complete copies of The Daily, Mornlns,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the
month of Decarnber 1900 was as follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-10

General Manager.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn to
before me this 31st day OF December, 1906.
(SeaL) NJ. b. HUNGATE,
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-10

Even the most decrepit New York woman
who has passed the allotted three-score
and ten will not admit she is getting old.
That was the impression of passengers on
a Broadway car the other evening Not
man had gallantry enough to offer seat
to an aged little woman who encountered
the car at Tenth street. CHANGING about
with whitening scorn, young woman arose
With the "queenly manner which she had
read was dreadfully uncommon nowadays,
she touched the newcomer on the arm.
Wont you take my placer she asked.
Instead of showing the gratitude expected
the elderly person, who offered living proof
OF the advance in the arts of artifciality,
lifted her too well outlined eyebrows and
flashed a glance that ought to have killed.
IT am not old" she said, in a voice that
sounded through the car. why did you
offer me your seat? Keep 1t yourself"
The girl sat down in confusion amid much
laughter. mo wonder people lose man
ners when politeness gets reward like
that" she whispered. Then man said to
his companion: els II worth while having
any manners? And what are manners for
but to be forgotten7"
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-10

"He believes thoroughly in himself" said
the admirinG friend
YES" answered Miss Cayenne. Some
people are so credulous !'-Washington Star
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-10

uS95) from all sanitary provisions.
Joel b. Erhardt, formerly police COM
missioner, does not entertain very high
opinion of New Yorks finest" Writing
to Police Commissioner Bingham, Mr..
Erhardt says THE police today have
many valuable privileges-they receive good
pay have life position. are retired, as
provided BY law, on a pension of one-half
their salary. Many of these at once obtain
easier positions and make up on the new
place they occupy the loss of salary by
retirement.
1.-The majority of them are disloyal to the
people who pay them, having union COM
posed of their own men, which is contrary
to the manual, and for this offense each
member belonging to the union should be
tried and dismissed from the force. AS a
whole they are insufferable Fully one
third, and probably two-fifths, should be
dismissed from the force, for that many are
inefficient or corrupt, and many of them
are both.
1.-The detective force is worse than the
main body-they protect their confreres in
stead of detecting and bringing them to
book, thus adding to the power of the
CRATER.
until you have the power to dismiss about
1900 worthless ones. Then you will get
better service with the 5000 remaining than
with the 1000 working under the present
law. The department never has been in
such putrid condition as IT. Is today. l
use the word 'putrid' because none stronger
occurs to me at this moment"
Patrick Lahey of Sands street, Brooklyn,
has a wooden leg and troubles of his own.
1t isn't the leg that worries Lahey 1t is
the use to which his wife puts it when he
unstraps il. The man, who is well along in
years, told his woes to the complaint clerk
in the Adams street court.
i've been sleeping in 1t for the past four
weeks" said he. 'If you never slept with
a wooden leg, never tried to turn over in
in bed or tuck the covers around your feet,
you can't understand the troubles of a
man trying to rest with one"
why don't you take it off?' asked the
clerk.
Take it Off" replied Lahey,' take it
off?" Man, do you think I'm shy In my
head as 1 am in my legs? II take 1t off
she hides 1t, and then when l want to go
out l got to stay in. Sometimes 1 do be
hopping around the floor for three hours
nunllnB unueI the D6u lllb 5NONSt
in the washtubs and in the top Of closets
for my leg.
"The last time I took it off Frances
Chats my wife's name) hid 1t, and when
found 1t she tried TO take It from me and
threatened If she got 1t again she'd use 1t
as a club to beat me. Now, there should
be some law to prevent a woman making
I a man sleep with a false limb or to pre-
vent his wife beating him with 1t II he
leaves 1t or"
Sure" said the clerk. "I'll give you a
summons and you hand 1t to her."
Hand 1t to her?' Man. do you think
I'm crazy? Send IT to her by policeman,
and the biggest one you have"
/ This being promised Lahey stumped out
expressing the hope that the court will
arrange matters so that he can sleep in
peace and not in pieces.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-10

Tommy-Pa, what is a limited monarchy
Pa-Anything less than four kings!ONew
York Sun
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-10

Entered at Omaha postof1ce as second
class matter.