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The Colorado statesman., 1907-09-28
How to Clean Marble.

For the marble washstand try rub.
bing with lemon juice first to remove
stains. If this does not remove all
stains rub them with cloth moist
ened with spirits of salts. This is ex-
cellent for removing stains, but if
used often makes the surface rough
and liable to catch the dirt, so should
be kept as last resource only. Re-
member, too, that unless it is care
fully used it will burn the hands.
For the nickel clean exactly as you
would silver, or, If the article will
not come in contact with food, use
either of the many good metal polish.
es that are on the market or bath
brick. and turpentine, polishing after
ward with dry whiting.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-09-28
Advice Discounted.

Senator Burrows was asked for ad.
vice recently by newspaper CORE
spondent. He gave the advice, but
afterward, smiling and shaking his
head, he said:
advice is a thing am always
chary about extending. 1t is, you
know, so cheap, so easy.
"a boy, the other day, was push
ing heavy push cart up a hill. The
hill was steep, the boy thin. He bent
forward at the work till he was al
most horizontal.
"'Hi, boy called an old man, push
the cart up the hill zigzag, from side
to side, and you'll find it will go
easier
"The boy snarled back:
"'Not SO much O. yer darn advice.
Give us a shove"
The Colorado statesman., 1907-09-28
Breaking 1t to Him.

Doctor, suppose Pm an old fool,
i have made a discovery that gives
me some uneasiness."
What Is it, Kadger?"
81 was passing my hand over my
head the other day, and l found one
place that's good deal hotter than
any other spot. l thought it was all
Imagination at first, but it isn't. Put
your hand on the top of my head,
pretty well back. There, that's the
place. Doesn't it feel hotter than
the rest of my head?"
1T certainly does"
well, now, l am anxious to know
what that means. If it indicates that
there's too much brain pressure at
that particular spot, l wunt to know
it. Is it serious?"
"Kadger, it is"
Il feared so. Tell me the truth,
doctor, no matter what it is.
Il hesitate to tell you, because"
Doctor, l insist on knowing"
well, if you must knnow, Kadger,
that particular place on your head
feels hot to your hand because you're
getting a bald spot there"
The Colorado statesman., 1907-09-28
LIAR.

Liar.
He adored her, but his pride was
very great
Elsie" he faltered, do you love
me?"
Above the boom of the sea her
voice sounded clear and cold.
NO." she said. mo, MIR. Manner.
ing"
He laughed unpleasantly.
WELL" he said, 81 feared you did
that was all, and I just wanted to
warn you that l am already engaged"
The Colorado statesman., 1907-09-28
Quite the Reverse.

Here" said Towne, 'is a rather
clever little book-'Don'ts for Club
men,"
Il don't see anything in that" re.
marked Browne; ''it isn't the 'don'ts'
that worry clubmen, it's the dues."-
Philadelphia Press.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-09-28
Takes No Part

He seems to be a good man, but
he cheats in a horse trade. How can
ne reconcile that with his con-
science?"
MY dear sir, when man trades
sleep"
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-11


ESSENCE Of RAILROAD COMPETITION.
. II was of course to be expected that
the traffic managers OF the Hartman
and Hill transcontinental systems
would endeavor to maintain that such
combination of parallel and previ-
ously Independent and competing
lines under one management, as
each of them has been organized,
does not make against competition.
That ls the crux of the investigation
before the Interstate Commerce COM
mission, as it was of the proceedings
under the antitrust law by which the
dicially dissolved. Traffic Managers
Stubs of the Hartman and Hanniford
of the Hill combine, each vested with
despoic powers over his entire system.
or executing the orders of the despotic
clique in control, are in the position of
defendants, and admission of restrio-
ton of competition by them would be
thntamount to a plea of guilty.
ICt dblut ilOtA tue bpCClHC pNOOl Vi
elimination or impairment of competi-
ton by such combinations, 1t is inner
entity a contradiction of competitive
motive. It is not denied that there
may be other motives for proprietary
control of a competing road, like
economy OF administration, avoiding
duplication OF services and speculative
schemes, most of which. however, are
involved in competition, but unques-
tionably the paramount motive is its
humiliation, fact which no sophisms
| nor protestatiOns OF the chief instru-
ments for It's accomplishment can
change or obscure.
The essence OF proprletorship is
dominion. Competition under unified
dominion over parallel roads is as un-
thinkable as liberty under despotism.
A Unified dominion in industry, as in the
political field. is potential tyranny, and
experience shows that such power
while II might conceivably be "benev-
olently" employed, will be often self
ishly abused. so that its very exist
ence is not only an evil, but the grav-
eat peril TO the people.
The defensive point against this
fundamental fact made by the trafhC
managers when pinned down is merely
play upon words, whereby they sub
stitute for Competition" the mere
zeal, activity and interest Of employees
OF parallel roads after the very
ground had been cut from under
competition by common control But
the power 20 compete in rates and
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-11
THE MAN WHO DUG.

Louis f. Thayer in Success
Hl wanted job, and, like everyone else,
He wanted a good one, you know;
Where his clothes would not soil and his
hands would keep clean,
And the salary mustn't be low.
He asked for pen but they gave him
spade,
And he turned half away with a shrug,
But he altered his mind, and, selling the
spade-he dug!
He worked with Will that is bound to
succeed
And the months and the years went
along,
The way it was rough and the labor was
hard,
But his heart he kept filled with a song.
Some jeered him ana sneered at the task,
but he plugged
Just as hard as he ever could plug;
Their words never seemed to disturb him
a bit-as he dug.
The day came at last when they called for
the spade
And gave him a pen in its place.
The joy of achievement was sweet TO his
taste
And victory shone In his face
We can't always get what we hope for at
first
Success cuts many queer jigs.
But one thing is sure-a man Will succeed
II he digs.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-11

services is practically destroyed when
an interest not to compete Is created
by merged ownership.
The principle of industrial indie
pendence is, indeed, more vital today
to the public welfare than ever it was
before. A railroad, though necessar-
lily a monopoly as to mere local ship
ping points, could, through discrimi-
mating rates, charge back onto these
any sacrifices of revenue at junction
or points of competition with other
roads. While interposing to restrain
to no small extent this abuse, the law
is now threatened with notification
through the elimination of all compe-
dtion by common ownership or con-
troll OF previously competing roads.
What now concerns the public is the
fact of the ominous peril Of whose ex-
istence there have recently been such
surprising revelations. Relief depends
largely upon due appreciation of the
conditions confronting us as a pre-
requisite to ability of the public au-
thorities to apply the remedy at the
right place.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-11
= personal NOTES.


Lille Langtry, vaudeville queen, becomes
Lady de Battle, and the British aristocracy
may be counted upon to raid the show.
Captain James e. White. general super
intendent Of the railway mail service has
resigned after serving sixteen years In that
position He retires because of ill-health.
John D. Rockefeller again admonshes
the people to be economical. When a man
is handing out advice he always insists
upon giving that for which he has the
least use.
Israel Munson Spelman, Harvard's oldest
living graduate, celebrated his Rinetieth
birthday on December 3d. He is graduate
Of the class OF &c. He was at one time
president of the Boston & Maine railroad.
Rudyard Kipling who disllkes the winter
climate Of England, will blot out the win
ter months from his calendar by a visit
to South Africa. where he has beautiful
house near Cape Town, given to him by
Cecil Phodss.
Emperor William, among other Christmas
tokens he gave TO Ambassador Tower,
presented him with a large portfolio OF
drawings by the famous artist Menzel,
dealing with military subjects OF the time
Of Frederick the Great.
A California woman married man who
had lost both legs and an arm In a railroad
wreck, and then she engineered the lawsuit
whereby he got a verdict of 10000
damages. And yet they say that woman
has no head for business.
Milton II. Smith. president Of the Louis
Vile q Nashville Railroad company, will
resign on March 3. His advanced age il
the reason assigned for the step. he being
now u years old He will be succeeded
by Vice President George b. Evans.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-11

II will be noticed that figures suddenly
rose in the summer Of 1903 the beginning
OF the present vast Industrial activity. The
year 1906 passed the million mark for the
first time, and so striking Is the Increase
this season that daily paper reports that
the secretary now predicts that next Juno
80 win show an immigration OF 100000,
Think Of It; at that rate city as largo
as Albany added to our population every
three weeks the year roundl
Every year, at that rate. will add to the
republic a population equal to the cities of
Boston, Rochester, Syracuse. Albany, Buff
falo and Pittsburg combined.
Every immigrant must wear shoes and
clothes and be fed and housed When II
was announced that half OF San Fran
cisco was to be rebuilt, but for the same
population as before, our traders and man
ufacturers shouted with delight at the
prospect of so much business; but how
overwhelming is the thought that Boston.
Rochester, Syracuse, Albany, Buffalo and
Pittsburg arc not only to be wholly built
anew but that population equal to what
they had in 1900, and a population that
never existed before in this country, must
not only be provided with houses, but clad
fed, given many comforts and luxuries, be-
sloes proVldlng employment Tor doctors,
lawyers, teachers, railway men and a hun,
dred classes of wage earnersl
Will prosperity continue? Nations are
struggling flercely for new markets for
their wares This favored land Of ours is
having great markets thrust upon II, for
In the coming ten years, with immigra-
ton at this years rate. the populous lands
Of Holland, Belgium, Denmark and Swltz.
erland-that is, their. equivalent in numbers
will be added to our people, and this
new market" will be absolutely our own
no nation can interfere with 1t.
To care for this mighty movement rail.
roads must increase their rails and equip.
ment: new turnpikes must be built as
many factories of all kinds must be opened
as existed in 1860; the mines must be made
to produce Is per cent more than they dc
now; we shall require millions more OF
bales of cotton. and the farmers will need
TO use their utmost skill to produce enough
food for the enlarged number of consumers
Imagine the demand for electrical appli.
ances alone that such a migration wifi
make.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-11
BREAKING THE CHAINS.
Political Grip of Corporations Near
ing the End.



From many western states are reported
moves to break three big links in the chain
whereby the railway corporations have held
the political and industrial life of the ma
ton and the states more or less bound.
Sixteen commemorative contemplate legis-
lation to extend provisions Of the new ma
tional railway regulation statute to within
state commerce. AS things stand, for eX-
ample, a railway can keep on giving re-
bates on business that begins and ends in
n siven state. The federal government s
lack OF Jurisdiction over such commerce
leaves a wide opening for abuses within
state borders and possibly a loophole for
manipulating determinations on interstate
business.
Passes have given to the railway com
panies their most subtle means OF con-
trolling politics. Under the new law for
bidding the giving OF free tickets for in
tcrstate rides It might be possible for a
railway lobbyist to give a Chicago political
heller desiring to go on his line to Iowa,
for instance. two tickets, one from here
to a station on the Illinois bank OF the
Mississippi river and another from a point
on the west bank to his destination BE
that as II may. the average politician says
OF state passes alone that they help some. y
Seven western states. are reported as con-
/ ter1plating anti-pass legislation.
/ As railways have subtly held control OF
! politicians through the pass, so the bosses
have mysteriously dominated the voters by
means OF the back room caucus. Direct
/ primary legislation is planned In -four
states. and in Illinois 1t is urged that the
present law be frightened.
All OF this legislation will be opposed
Railway Hobbies may circulate local passes
moro freely than ever. Politicians win be
reluctant 20 give up even the state-pasI
graft and slow to give over TO the voters
their control Of politics. Citizens OF all
commemorative should remember how pub
lie opinion brought recent national legisla-
ton and should concentrate attention upon
| their respective state houseA
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-11
SUCCESS or THE KANSAS SYSTEM.

SUCCHSS OF THE h4NHdS S1SIhM'
II Governor Hoch's statement In his
message be true, that the laws passed
by the legislature two years ago are
saving Kansas consumers of oil more
than half a million dollars annually,
1t is a striking illustration of the eff
cheney of state regulation. The open
ing of the memorable struggle with
the Standard Oil octopus in Kansas
resolved itself practically into legal
provision for maximum rates for oil
shipments within the state, with en-
forcement by the Kansas board of
railroad commissioners, and with ad-
ditional restrictions on discrimination
in oil prices. For since one region In
Kansas lis a large producer of oil, 1t
was the policy of the trust to practice
discrimination both in oil prices and
in transportation rates and services to
destroy competition at every stage of
production and commerce.
The proofs marshalled in the gov
ernor's message establish the fact that
the legal Limitation upon discrimina-
lions of all sorts has been vitalized by
giving the state railroad commission
jurisdiction of complaints of violation
and powers to provide remedy. The
result on the one hand accordingly Is
a large number of independent refiner-
les in successful operation, rapidly de-
veloping the rich oil resources which
the OIL trust had practically monopo-
lized, while on the other hand the con-
sumers are supplied at lower aver
age price than before, which is also
equitable to all consumers, and not
EXCEPTIONALLY high to some and unduly
low to others. 81 -
The whole matter, however remote
some of the consequences may APP
parently be, thus reduces to the en-
forcement of maximum state rates UNI
der q state railroad commission, COM
petent and loyal to public interest,
showing clearly that this method of
exercising public authority is likewise
adequate to remedy a multitude OF
other abuses and wrongs in industry
and commerce within state bounds and
perhaps beyond the Jurisdiction Of the
national government
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-11
A FORGOTTEN PUBLIC.
Railroad Managers Drifting Away
from Patrons of Roads.

from Patrons of Roads.
Minneapolis Journal.
3. F. Yoakum, chairman of the executive
committee of the Rock Island, made state.
ment TO the New York Herald the other
day which is worth noting in connection
with the current discussion of the relations
between the railroad and the public. Mr..
Yoakum had been out on an extended in
spection tour, talking with the people along
the line, studying their interests and in
forming himself with regard to the ability
and disposition of that road to serve It's
public to the best advantage. and when he
got back to New York he had reached the
conclusion that what was needed was
more intimate and friendly relation between
the railroad and public.
He said: TN devoting our efforts to the
development of the railroad fear we have
been forgetting the real owners-in other
words, the men along the line who arc
shipping their cattle, produce and mer-
chandise, and whose interests are bound
up with the property" BY 1.-THE real
owners" Mr.. Ycakum OF course, meant to
symbolic the obliga ton which the rail-
road owes to the public along its line, to the
business men OF all classes who have taken
it for granted In developing their business
that the railroad will furnish at reason
able prices the service which the public
along it's line, to the business will require.
He continued, "a corporation whose man
agement is closely identified and stands on
friendy terms with citizens of the COM
munities served has in their good will and
friendship an asset of inestimable value"
and he believes that a better understanding
would have a wholesome effect in stopping
the present unnecessary agitation against
| corporations"
Owners and managers of great corpor-
ations" he says, "have unfortunately dur
ing the last few years drifted away from
direct contact with the public" and by Sc
doing have suffered. What Mr. Yoakum
calls attention to is a natural result-rail-
road and other kinds-under control OF
| few. The MANAGEMENT Of the local enter
prise comes in contact with its local public
/ and is interested in that publics welfare
The local enterprise absorbed in the trust
or the railroad merger falls into tho control
OF men who have no personal interest In
local concerns. and erect between them
selves and the public they serve feeling
OF remoteness and indifference which
destroys the interest Of the local public and
sacrifices its sympathy and goodwill.
| But what else is to be expected II the
/ railroad is to be operated as stock deal
! ing enterprise whose management is inter-
! ested chiefly. II not solely. in the extraction
OF the largest possible net earnings for the
payment Of the largest possible dividends,
regardless Of whether the service rendered
is satisfactory or the physical condition OF
the property is able to meet the demands
likely TO be made upon It? Mr.. Yolkum
has touched upon live issue. His ex-
PLANTATION OF the difficulty is In large meas
IRE the correct one II is significant that
II comes from a railroad man OF 20 much
I prominence.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-11
As 4 snMuLus To 1YNoH law.


The horrifying resort to lynch law
In our neighboring state of Iowa af-
fords a peculiarly timely illustration
of the demoralizing tendency of indis-
criminate executive clemency to Grim
inals and the stimulus given to mob
violence by the undue multiplicity Of
pardons and paroles. The Iowa lynch
ing, apparently participated in ac-
lively or passively by the entire com
munity, is openly excused and justi-
fed by pointing to similar case of
wife murder in the same county, in
which the murderer, after being con-
victed and sentenced to be hanged,
twice received reprieves and then a
Communication to life imprisonment.
People seeing convicted criminals es-
Gaping merited punishment by the ar
bitrary interference of executive par
dons are naturally tempted to con-
clude that the only way to make sure
its execution into their own hands.
This lesson should not be lost upon
Nebraska, where the pardoning power
has been lately even more flagrantly
abused. Prosecuting officers, Judges
and juries have been doing their swork
in this state largely to no avail be-
cause the penitentiary has had an open
door for prisoners to walk out by
ticket-of-leave purporting to be a par
don, Communication or parole handed to
them by the governor without even
setting up any claim in mitigation of
their offenses. 1t is simply good for
tune that the fair name of Nebraska
has not been besmirched with the
odium of lynching now and then to
make sure that some red-handed VIII
lain should not go unwhipped of JUS
tice.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-11
LOOKS LIKE BUSINESS.


II is gratifying to note from the or
ganization of the two houses and the
preliminary proceedings, the new Ne
braska legislature looks like business.
All accounts seem to agree that the
atmosphere in the vicinity Of the state
house is decidedly clearer than It usu-
ally is at this period of every second
year when the lawmakers commence
their abode at the capital.
To be sure, the lobbyists are on the
ground in ample force with regular
headquarters established for the diff
ferent railroads and other larger cor
porate interests, but the door-sills are
as yet undergoing no serious wear and
tear from the procession of incoming
and outgoing legislators.
The temper of both senate and house.
so far as outward evidences go, is en-
phatically promising for the redemp-
ton of the pledges that we're the issue
before the people at the last election.
Everyone realizes that there is many
a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip" yet
the first prerequisite to the enactment
of the expected reform measures is a
manifested disposition on the part Of
the lawmakers to do the right thing
by the people.
The disposition seems to be there
and If the reforms fail later to ma
terialize, the change will have to be
charged up either to bad faith or to
corrupt manipulation.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-11
Banishment Of Lobbyists.
Philadelphia Record.


The professional lobbyist who takes
money for his lobbying is an unmitigated
nuisance. Governor Folk Of Missouri pro-
poses to abolish him. A bill is now under
consideration in the Missouri Legislature
which makes the act Of taking money for
legislative lobbying a misdemeanor.. Gov
ernor Sheldon of Nebraska recommends a
similar statute. Something has been done
in Pennsylvania to temporarily drive away
from the precincts of the capitol the braEen
assemblage OF bosses who, speaking In the
name Of party organization. dominated the
work of legislation. II the paid lobbyists
could also be banished there would be a
great resulting improvement not only In
the promotion OF legitimate measures, but
in the defeat Of illegitimate schemes boil
stored by corrupt methods
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-11

In view of the suits to annul merg-
ers of competing railroads the pro-
vision of the Nebraska constitution Is
worth remembering. The men who
framed this instrument inserted the
following clause:
No railroad corporation or telegraph COM
pany shall consolidate it's stock, property
franchises or earnings, in whole or in part.
with any other railroad corporation or tele-
graph company owning 2 parallel or COM
peting line; and in no case shall any con-
solidation take place except on public
notice Of at least sixty days to all stock
holders in such manner as may be pro-
vided by law.
A subservient supreme court in
days gone by has taken the edge OF Of
this prohibition by holding that two
roads connecting the same points were
not parallel because they intercepted
at their terminals, nor competing be-
cause intermediate points on one road
had no benefit of the other. But or
dinarily, II the Hartman and Hill in
terests undertake to consolidate their
holdings in Nebraska this section of
our constitution might at least make
them trouble.