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Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-01
Personal NOTES.

The Shah Of Persia seems to be some
thing OF a steam roller himself.
The son Of Eugene Field is engaged in
stalling peanut-vending machines. There
isn't much poetry about the goober, but in
wooing the nickel 1t beats verse.
Adjutant General Johnston OF Kentucky
has Issued orders for the retirement from
active service in the tobacco districts OF
one-third Of the force Of state MALTA.
Judge Thomas Burke, who has Just re.
turned from Japan to his home in Seattle,
SAYS that war between this country and
Japan is too remote to be considered, and
that all the talk Of International trouble
seems to emanat in the United States"
Charles Field. who is believed to be the
oldest Judge in the United States now pre-
siding, last week celebrated his ninety,
third birthday by holding a session Of the
district court at his home, in Athol, Mass
and too weak to journey to the court room
and TOO weak to journey to the court room
John Hays Hammond, recent ~candidat,
for the vice presidential nomination, hsi
subscribed 10000 toward the sustentatior
fund Of $4,000, which DIT. Richard D
Harlan, special representative Of IN
George Washington University Move
ment,' Is raising for the enlargement o
the new college Of political science Of tn
university.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-01
PRICES AND THE TARIFF.

The market advance In the price Of
-four, potatoes, eggs, new tomatoes and
nearly all kinds of fresh vegetables
will serve at least in a measure to puz-
zle some of the free traders who have
persistently contended that the high
price of commodities is directly due to
the tariff schedules. The situation at
present shows that steel products and
nearly all of the commodities supposed
to be controlled by trusts and indus
trial or commercial combinations are
lower than for some years, while the
farm products, whose production is in
no wise controlled by trusts, are
rising in price. These changes are
taking place with no change in the
tariff schedules.
Such price vagaries illustrate the
weakness of the democratic contention
that the protective tariff on manufac-
tured articles works a hardship on the
American farmer. The figures all
prove that the development of our man.
u%facturing interests has given the
American farmer a home market for
his products that could have been Sc
cured in no other way. In the final
analysis 1t will probably be shown that
any other class from the operation of
the protective tariff system. The
value of American farm products has
increased from 5000, 900, 900 in 1905
to 5000, 900, 900 in 1908, an average
increase of 81 900, 600, 900 a year, in
spite of the fact that agricultural ex-
ports have not materially increased, SC
that the tremendous gain has come al
most entirely through the enlargement
of the domestic market.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-01

TRYING TO FOOL TIE NEGRO
Having decided to champion Bryan
and Organism in the coming campaign,
Colonel Henry watterson. editor of the
Louisville Courier-Journal. with all the
zeal OF the new convert is proposing
to 60 even further than Mr.. Bryan has
dared to go in devising traps TO catch
votes. The old bourbon democrats Of
the south will doubtless be dazed to
find "Marse Henry" openly advocating
a platform plank promising aid. COM
fort and encouragement to the negro
voter. Colonel Watterson frankly ad-
mits that his suggestion is simply in
tended as a vote-getter, but he processes
TO believe that the Brownsville incl
dent has aroused the %antagonism Of
the negro voters TO the republican
ticket and that the democrats should
take advantage Of it. In the course of
a long editorial Colonel Wattcrson
says:
Give us a plank. then. .,r. Platform
Maker, at Denver, or a resolution in con-
'liNAhAlr 'tNAlhH A"F 'N'AF " AA' INV
brother, and, no matter what is the issue,
good will come Of II.
Is it possible that Colonel Waiter
son expects anyone to take his preach
ment as anything but the one best
political joke of the campaign? With
the blacks disfranchised in every state
under democratic control, the mirth-
provoking features of this new bid for
their support will be all the more APP
preciated. The republicans gave the
negro the suffrage, which the demo-
cratic party has been industriously try
ing to take away from him. To hold
the southern democrats, even Colonel
Bryan has had TO approve their rob-
bling the negro of his ballot. At Cooper
Union, New York, in April last, reply
ing to the question us the disfran-
chisement of the negro in the south
in accord with the spirit of the broth
erhood of man of which you have been
speaking?" Mr.. Bryan said;
The white man of the south puts n
qualification on negro suffrage in self
defense. There is not a community in
the north that would not put on a similar
qualification under the same clrcum-
stances. The white man in neither the
north nor south viii permit a few men
to take the solid black vote and use 1t
for the purpose of making money, regard
less of the interests of the community.
The democrats Of Maryland are at
this moment seeking to d~isfranchise
the negro and the democrats of Okla
homa have practically "disfranchised
the negroes, although they number less
than 5 per cent of the population. No
negro is likely to be fooled by the
sophistry proposed by Colonel Waiter
son, who knows enough to distinguish
the friends of his race from it's foes.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-01
CHERRY
Western Crop Reporter Cheers the
PrOsatC East.
Wall Street Journal.

Wal Street Journal.
A great western railway system in one or
its crop reports rises so far above the pro-
sale level of ordinary things as to speak
glowingly Of the cherry crop within its ter
ritory. The thought of the thing at this
season of the year makes ones mouth
water for these luscious bits OF edible poe
try which In earlier days could be picked
in their native freshness from the low
hanging boughs Of the trees when we drove
the cows to pasture.
We have plenty of the kind of cherries
which come from some far off country,
packed so tight into boxes that they lose
their roundness by the time they are
hawked around the streets on pushcarts.
But these do not excite the yearnings of
one who for years in youth, regularly on
the first Sunday OF June, climbed the old
cherry tree on the hilltop where the great
oxhearts grew. or stood on the stone fence
along the highway where the trees, black
with their bursting fruit, bent low to wait
ing lips, or scaled the garden fence to get
the pungent reds whose beauty OF color was
unmatched by anything except the blush on
the maiden's cheek.
Would that the Burlington crop reporter
ish on the prairies of Nebraska and just
at what time one might come down the
pike and be sure of finding a mess without
fear Of farmers shotgun or terror Of a
watchdog to the fellow who hasn't had a
free field on an old-fashioned cherry tree
for a quarter OF a century.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-01
STOpOTERS.

The railroads passing through
Omaha are to be commended for &C
ceding to the demand, voiced some
time ago by The Bee, for stop-oveIs at
this point on excursion tickets to and
from the Denver convention. This is
recognition of the fact that Omaha is
Of sufficient Importance to be entitled
to this concession, and having once
been made for one occasion, 1t ought
not to be withdrawn.
The railroads that converge at
Omaha are selling reduced rate tickets
for one thing or another nearly all the
year round. In the summer time the
rate is reduced for vacation tours of
the Yellowstone or Rocky mountain
resorts; in the autumn for the home
seekers outings; in the winter it is for
those in quest of CALIFORNIA; balmy
climate, and periodically for big con
ventions here or there. If all railroad
tickets that take the passenger
through Omaha permit of s~top-overs
here, the stop-over privilege win be
utilized extensively by travellers desir-
ing to look in upon us.
Just as a brief personal inspection
is worth yards of long distance descrip-
ton, so permanent stop-over privileges
would be of immense value in bring
ing strangers face to face with
Omaha's substantial growth and its
multiplicity Of attractions.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-01
WHEAT HARVEST PROSPECTS.
Of TIE Crop in Kansas, Ne
braska and Missouri.
NEou Straat Tn,rnaI


Market interest is now conferred upon the
group of states formed by Missouri, Kansas
and Nebraska, in which harvesting and
threshing operations in winter wheat are
actively under way. Returns from this
territory are rather conflicting as to gu an
tity and quality. Estimates of yields are
widely divergent and the trade is very
much in doubt as to the final outcome.
Under these circumstance an appeal to
the record may be of value. These three
states in 1906 produced 176, O0O,OOO bushels Of
wheat and in 1907 I4O,OOO,OOO bushels.
To the surprise of many, who look upon
these states as leading wheat producers,
the average yield of Kansas and Missouri
during the last five years has been below
the average yield for the United States,
Nebraska alone, which contributes 10 of
the acreage this year, yields an average
Of III bushels an acre. The following table
gives the average yields OF wheat for 1903
to 1907. inclusive, in bushels. In these states:
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-01

The big question before the school
board now is to change or not to
change its salaried attorney, The
Bee has been of the opinion all along
that an efficient and properly organ
lied city law department could easily
take care of all the law business of the
school board without additional ex-
pense TO the taxpayers. Unfortunately,
It would be a rash assertion to say that
the present city law department is
efficiently organized.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-01

These three states together have an acre
age of 10, 273, GOO acres or 34.5 per cent Of the
entire winter wheat area. The average for
this period for the three states would be
1873 per cent bushels an acre, At that rate
the Yield of Kansas. Nebraska and Mis-
souri, would be l42y 1000 bushels. or only
1000 900 bushels above the crop OF last year.
Unfavorable weather for a month before
harvest and the large abandoned acreage
on account Of floods and other causes are
sufficient explanation Of the change for the
worse which has taken place in the winter
wheat prospects over this territory in the
last sixty days Of the crops history. The
result, which will no doubt be borne out
by later returns, illustrates again the risk
Of counting too far In advance on the ac-
tual crop yields.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-01
The Break with NeneEueIa.
Pittsburg Dispatch.

TTIINUWTE DI0IUTTT'
There Is nothing particularly alarmin
in the breaking of diplomatic relations with
Venezuela. II has been the persistent con-
dition In Caracas that one or another Of
the great powers has been obliged to leave
its diplomatic interests to the care Of some
other nation because IL has been impossible
to maintain relations with Castro's govern
ment. In fact, the proper treatment OF
that country would be the gradual with
draWal from II Of all foreign investments
and Of all foreign residents. leaving II
strictly 10 it's own devices. No better cure
could be devised for the greed and rapacity
that underly all Of the Yenezeulan troubles
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-01
THE SAFE RULE.

The Board of Education has gone
on record again against authorizing
the use Of public school buildings for
any private purpose. That will be a
good rule If well stuck to, but the prin-
ciple of SAT oguarding the schools from
outside intrusion should be applied
generally. If the school buildings are
not to be used for private purposes,
then there should be likewise no using
of the machinery of the schools for any,
thing but legitimate educational work,
The school board is supposed to have
rules to this effect, but is constantly
beset to make exceptions to permit the
school children to solicit money or sell
tickets for some supposedly laudable
object, or to disseminate through the
schools information for advertising
purposes. There is only one place
where the line may be safely drawn,
and that is against admitting any pri-
vate project within public school doors
and refusing point blank to relax the
rule no matter what the excuse or
pressure.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-01
JIM.

Never wuz no good at schoolin'.
Nor at readin' outen books;
Never done a thing but foolin',
Dreamin' Nv the trees on brooks;
Classmates all tranSlatin' Latin
give the substance OF that line"
Droned the teacher, absentminded,
With a countenance benign,
Jim responds, IA seven FOUNDER
biggest caught in this here brook"
Then the teacher here got angry,
As for Jim-he got the hook"
Never wuz no god at figgers,
'Cept the print of rabbit tracks
He could trace them TO a finish,
An to you expoun' the facts;
He could ne'er explain a problem
That wuz writ in p~asteboard cover,
But he learned in natur's handbook
All the habits Of the plovers.
II you but mentioned syllogtsm,
He would gasp an tear his hair.
Yet by a single feather knew
Each creature Of the air.
Yet Jim. he made a mess o. things,
He had no grit er spunk.
The teachers said an one an all.
They handed him a funk;
And when his classmates finally.
In sitting hall assembled,
That day In June and with thought
Perspiring stood and trembled.
And as the words OF wisdom gushed,
IS loudly they GRATED,
Beneath a willow by the stream,
Jim dropped his line an waited.
Then let us pause right here with I'm,
And Just a moment ponder;
Who's wlnnin' most in this game
OF life2 The student yonder,
Or Jim, who under Code great sky,
With nature for his teacher
lmbibes his wisdom out-of-doors1
Now there are two sides to this question
As you will surely guess
All students need 10 ope their eyes
To natures lOveliness,
And, perhaps. # Jim had kept at school
Ard "boned' as well he should,
New light Of beauty had transformed
Tor him both field an wood.
BAYOLL NE TRELE.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-01

The controversy over the franchises
Of the electric lighting company has
been taken into the federal court. If
the five years Of unfinished water
works litigation is a precedent there
is no haste to get excited over the cleo
trio lighting sqabble.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-01
TackIing n Long Felt want

A western inventor proposes TO insure
smokeless combustion in locomotive furn-
aces by the injection Of heated air, and It
is reported that his apparatus is soon to
be tested by the Illinois Central. the Rock
Island and St. Paul roads. The feasibility
Of preventing the emission Of smoke by
careful stoking has been demonstrated re-
peatedly. II the same object could be at
tanned automatically there would be a
better promise of reform. The new plan
is apparently worth watching.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-01

The police board has issued warning
to members of the police and fire de-
partment against assigning their sala-
ries in advance as security for loans.
An inspection Of the warrant register
in the comptroller's Office will disclose
not confined among city employees to
those under jurisdiction of the police
board,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-01

A practical test is being made at + T.
Riley, Kan, of the new type Of leather
leggin, of which two samples have been
sent out for trial. one of these is an imi-
tation pigskin and the other a plain leather
article Three samples OF buckles are also
under trial. The advantages of the leather
leggin as compared with the canvas leg
gin involved the greater durability Of the
former. The report of the officers who are
conducting the test at Fort Riley will d.
termine the type of leather llggin to be
adopted for military use, after which the
quartermaster generals office will invite
bids with a view of making a contract for
those articles.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-01

The next Chicago convention will be
held in July, when Mr.. Hearst will
come home from Europe to do a little
nominating on his own account. Mr..
Hearst may not expect to be elected
president of the United States, but he
hopes to create excitement enough to
prevent the other candidates from get
ting apathetic.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-01
"MR. BRYAN WILL SPEAK

The doom has been sounded for the
chautauqua orator, the street fair"
promoter and the amusement park
manager. "Mr. Bryan Will Speak"
The change is going to cause some
confusion to people who endeavor to
erary, but those are minor considera-
lions compared with the opportunity
offered to everybody everywhere to
hear Mr.. Bryan speak.
From telegraphic reports 1t would be
inferred that Mr.. Bryan is at his home
in Fairview, near Lincoln. welcoming
the embattled democratic hosts on
their way to the Denver convention
and %instructing them as to what they
shall do when they get there, but that
is a Grass error. A thoroughly con-
servative and reliable newspaper
printed at Washington, D. c., con-
Jennings Bryan, the great Commoner,
will speak tomorrow monday, June
29) from 1920 to IL o'clock on ten
favorite topics" The topics are as fol-
lows:
/. Swollen Fortunes.
Q. The Labor Question.
3. The Railroad Question.
4. The Trust Question.
8. The Tariff Question.
g.. Popular Election Of Senators.
Z. Imperialism.
Guaranty Of Rank DaDnsits
8. An Ideal Republic.
10. Immortality
There the deception and the confu-
sion ends. The announcement goes on
to state that MT. Bryan will talk
through the medium of the phono-
graph" with the further assurance
that mo one who has ever heard Mr..
Bryan speak will fail to recognize all
the wonderful charm of voice and man
ner for which he is famous. Take one
along on the Fourth of July picnic"
The last sentence is the straw that
threatens to break the back Of aspir-
ants for the limelight, the noise OF the
orchestra, the enthusiasm of the multi
tudes and a share of the gate receipts.
None of the great men who have held
the most exalted position in the gift
of any people, since the invention OF
the photograph, ever realized the vast
opportunity offered to get next to the
public through that medium. 1t is true
that the late Pete Daley, Eddie Foy,
James J. Corbett, Bob" Fitzsimmons
and other celebrities have used the
talking machine to advertise their
greatness, but Mr.. Bryan is the first
presidential nominee to utilize the
p~honograph to thrill a patient and
eager people with burning truths about
living issues. With the pace thus set
there need be no further dizziness in the
world. II the attractions at the chau'
tauqua, at the park, at the summer re-
sort or at the theater do not appeal
all that is necessary is to pick out the
particular record, press the button and
hear Mr.. Bryan speak.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-01

Tests have been under way at the Rock
Island arsenal to determine the durabili,y
of the Mills and Russell types Of woven
cartridge belts, with which the army Is
equipped, when used to carry the new
pointed ammunition assemble in clips The
equipment was tested on Jogging" ma
chimes, which comprised a dummy figure
having a cartridge-containing belt placed
thereon and otherwise rugged out to simu-
late a soldier. The figure is placed on
springs and logged at the rate of las times
per minute. The movement was kept up
in the case of each belt for forty-eight
hours. Both tyres of belt satisfactorily
withstood the test.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-01

There is a surplus of labor in the east
and a shortage Of IL in the west. II
the Department of Commerce succeeds
in making a coupling of the demand
and supply possible, without too great
expense. it will perform a real service,
not only to the workmen and the farm
ers, but to the entire country.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-01

The high-priced lawyer for the
Water board and the high-priced law.
yer for the water company are both
about to take their annual trip to Eu,
rope, while Omaha foots the bills. Are
the lawyers eager to end the water
works litigation?
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-01

Leslle,s Weekly

Christianity is the greatest creator and
conservor OF values; sin is the greatest
destroyer of values. The cost OF crime to
New York City for one single year is
enough to build two subways a year; the
cost to the state enough to pay in two
years the whole cost Of widening the Erie
canal from Buffalo to Albany. The cost
OF crime to the United States is enough, II
our people were righteous for two years,
to pay the whole national debt.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-01

Castro is making overtures for a re-
sumption of diplomatic relations with
the United States. The administra-
ton at Washington might save a lot of
future worry and trouble by rejecting
the oveTtures.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-01

For fear the matter may be over
looked, we take pleasure in suggesting
for second place on the democratic
ticket to be named at Denver that
sterling t~rust-buster, Colonel Nose
Wetmore of Missouri.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-01

In 1896 it was Bryan and Sewall
and in 1900 Bryan and Stevenson. No
democratic vice presidential %aspirant
whose name begins with the letter
IS" need be backward about coming
forward in 1908.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-01

Some delay has been caused in the pub
lication of the new regulations concerning
the allowance for horses in the army. This
regulation is awaited with much Interest
since it determines the extent and me hod
of what will now take the place Of
mounted pay for the commits STONED per
scnnel Of the military establishment. In
general terms, actual ownership If ole or
two horses is required in order to EMIL
an officer to the allowance of $50 Tor one
animal or SEQ for two animals a year.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-01

The worst feature of these wind
storms is the havoc they are playing
with the trees. A broken chimney
may be easily replaced, but the de-
~struction of a fine tree of many years
growth is practically irreparable.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-01

High power automobiles are still
being driven through our crowded city
streets by young boys and girls who
ought not to be permitted to take such
responsibility on themselves. For u
tomobile accidents an ounce of proven
ton is worth a pound of cure.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-01

Mr., Bryan has served notice on the
delegates at Denver that they may pick
any candidate they wish for vice presi-
dent. The only condition is that their
selection must be satisfactory to Mr..
Bryan.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-01

Chancellor Andrews Of the Univer-
sity of Nebraska shows signs of re-
asserting his allegiance to Bryan and
democracy. If so, his m~iscegenation
with Rockefeller may yet be forgiven
by the World-Herald.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-01

Alai, the anarchist who murdered
a priest, will be hanged at Denver dur
ing convention week. Those Denver
folks never hesitate in planning rare
attractions for the entertainment of
visitors.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-01

King Edward celebrated his birth
day by e~levating fifty men to knight,
hood and the peerage. American
heiresses are becoming so plentiful
that the kings liberality was doubtless
necessary to provide titles enough &c
meet the demand.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-01

President Roosevelt and Mr.. Taft
agree upon most issues, but there has
never been a report of their exchange
cr opinions on Harvard and Yale ath-
lrtiCs,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-01

Gum Shoe Bill" Stone of Missouri
is slated for chairman of the commit
tee on resolutions at Denver. As a
friendly tip to Mr.. Bryan, he should
look out for trap doors in the platform.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-01

David B. Hill cables a denial of that
interview. In addition to being still a
democrat, he wants it understood that
he is a still democrat.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-01

The report in the eastern press that
Mr. Bryan said he would not run for
the presidency If Governor Johnson
we're nominated for second place is evil
IDENTIFY erroneous. What Mr.. Bryan
meant was that he would not allow
Governor Johnson 10 be nominated for
seeoad place.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-01

Speaking of returning confidence, an
Alabama paper reports hat Mrs. Taft
is preparing to wear a dress of native
silk at her husbands inaugural, Ala
bama to furnish the raw material.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-01

With two divorce suits in the family
and the necessity of supporting a
prince on the side, the Goulds natu-
rally feel that they should be allowed
to raise freight. rates on their railroad
lines.