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Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-28
WoRk OF THE NExT CONGRESS.

Republican officials at Washington
are already discussing the Importance
of the duties that will devolve upon
the special session of the next con-
gress, to be called Immediately after
the Inauguration of the president on
March 4, 1909. Those familiar with
the situation and the plans already
outlined appreciate the fact that the
congress is likely to prove one of the
most important in the nations history.
The session will be called for the ex-
press and specific purpose of revising
the tariff, but that work will call for
the exercise of the highest order of
craftsmanship, il the result is to prove
satisfactory and beneficial to the peo-
pie.
Linked with the tariff question is
the revenue problem, and these will
have to be considered together. The
country demands a revision. of the
tariff, a lowering of many of the
schedules and the republican party lie
pledged to see that this is accom-
plished. The enactment of a law re-
ducing tariff schedules would be easy
enough in itself, but with this reduc-
revenues for the maintenance of the
government. 1t is certain that there
will be a heavy deficit at the close of
the present fiscal year., next June, and
so vast is the expansion of the activi-
ties of the government that 1t does
not appear possible for any party to
c~urtail, to any appreciable extent, the
outlay for government purposes. This
outlay seems likely to increase rather
than diminish and the revenue-raising
problem becomes acute.
Some eminent tariff experts contend
that a lowering of the tarin schedules
will mean more revenue just as in
creased travel comes from reduced
rates. but the congress cannot AFFORD
to rely upon this theory until its truth
shall have been demonstrated. Con-
gress will have to decide in what d.
rection it will reach out and de-
wise new ways of raising revenue.
Some of the leading republicans are
strongly in favor of adopting President
Roosevelt's recommendation of levying
a tax on inheritances, while others
favor an increase OF the internal reve-
nue. taxes on tobacco, beer and alco-
holic beverages. The problem is one
presenting many d~ifhculties. but one
that must be met and solved without
delay.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-28
SOURCE OF NATIONAL WEALTH.
Agriculture as q stimulus to All
Glasses of Business.
Wall Street Journal.

oA oAAbNI u
Everybody seems to be looking to agrlcuI-
ture to give stimulus to the low estate OF
business activity in commercial, Industrial
and financial fields. Nowhere is this more
justifiable than in the United States, where
so large a proportion Of the annual crop
yields is exported. But a proper caution.
is also to be observed in this respect, lest
people unWittingly lead themselves into
all sorts Of fslIRcies.
The principal crops now add from seven
to eight billions OF dollars to the gross in
come Of American farms. Not all of this
is sold for cash. Probably less than one.
third OF the corn crop. for instance, ever
leaves the farm. THE greater bulk of n
goes to the ardmal maintenance account
Of the farm. These millions, however, rep
resent the gross earning power OF farming
for a single years accounting. over
against these earnings must be set the
years expenditures, in the form Of labor
employed, machinery purchased and ma
terials REQUIRED to grow the crops and
keep up or improve the farm equipment.
The balance OF gross income over expenses
and fixed charges is the net income of
farms. 1t is this surplus that measures
the real capital gains Of American aEricul-
ture and creates a new increment OF de-
mands for the products OF other indus
tries. Expenses generally represent wealth
already consumed; only net income can be
relied upon to increase the volume Of de-
mands for labor and commodities from
year to year.
The real service Of agriculture to re-
covery in and manufacturing
consists in the volume OF wealth that IL
creates for transportation and in the de-
mand that this wealth in exchange creates
for future products of manufacturing
Financial institutions supply the credit
which insures the movement to market
of farm products. This i-nterdependence
makes all interested in the prosperity OF
agriculture. But the real measure Of that
prosperity from year TO year is shown in
the ratio of the net income to farm invest
ment, which in the long run is probably,
in spite Of Impressions to the contrary,
investment valuation Of farm property the
average net farm dividend over a twenty
year-period would probably not exceed Z
per cent a year. For the last several years,
however, many, II not most, Amsncan
farmers have probably realizsd nearer
twice this rate. thus making the net in,
come Of the 2Soo0,OOo.OO0 invested in farm
property amount 10 something between one
and two billion dollars a year. This is an
average rate which includes much farm
ing that is really nonprofitsble and much
farm capital outlay that is never produc-
tive
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-28
PROSPERITY OF THE FARMERS.
Ehect of Republican Legislation on
Agricultural

Agricultural Development.
Charles M. Harvey in Leslie's Weekly.
The republican party, ever since 1t at
tanned power nearly half a century ago,
has been working in the interest Of the
farmers, as we'll as of all the rest of the
workers. The farms and farm property
of the country, which amounted to 81, $780,
100000 In 1850, the year Immediately preced-
ing the republicans entrance into office,
reached SIS. 000, 100000 in 1907. The value of
the farm animals Of the country. which
was S1,00O,0O0,00O in the former year. was
a. 24,OOO,000 in the latter. The cotton pro-
duction of 1850. which at the time was con-
sidered wonderfully large. was 4,s61.OO0
bales, but 1t was 100000 bales in 1907.
And the prices which the planter obtains
for his cotton now are much greater than
they were then. In most of those items the
growth has been far greater than It has
been in population.
Half a century ago, when Hammond,
Toombs,\ Clingman and other southern
statesman were proclaiming that cotton
WIS king, the average annual value of the
crop was about &loo,O o0,O 600. In 1907 It
amounted TO ssh, 900. 1000. When, In 1850, the
value Of the corn crop was about s25O,0Oo,-
900, who would have dreamed that It would
hNNNAA - Sum NAA@h ~ NAAAiS -
in forty-seven years7 Yet the farm value
Of the corn yield of 1907 was 3L.3S7, 00o, 900.
The aggregate value of the country's farm
products, which vas s1,0oO,000,000 in the
year OF Lincoln's first election, will reach
fully 5000, 100000 in this Taft campaign
year. More persons are engaged in farm
ing than in any other occupation. AS COM
pared with a third or a half of a century
ago. there are fewer mortgages on Ameri-
can farms, and the farmer has more money
in the savings bank and in railway bonds,
he wears better clothes. eats better food,
gives his sons and daughters better educa-
ton, is housed better, has more books and
newspapers in his home, has luxuries which
were formerly beyond the reach of the
sgriculturists of the country. and has a
mastery in fields which, in the old days,
he never dreamed of entering. For this
transformation in the American farmers
condition he is largely indebted to the wise
legislation of the republican party.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-28
Personal NOTES.

II that Yellowstone park highwayman
who held up eleven coaches has a head for
business he will incorporate in New Jersey.
The ambitions of Aguinaldo seem to be
rising. A few years ago he desired to
be merely a second George Washington.
Now he asplres to become a Manila alder
man.
General william Booth, commander OF the
Salvation army, has issued a long mani
festo, eloauently pleading for the equality
of women with men and exhorting every
member Of his army TO embrace this vie W
and train his children to this end.
There's no accounting for tastes. In a
scrap between two politicians at York, Pa,
one sat on the face of the other. The
jaws Of the latter closed like a steel trap,
disconnecting a chunk Of cuticle. A court
is trying to soothe the victim and the rup-
tured law of mayhem.
Theodore l.. Weed has resigned as pri-
vate secretary to Secretary Straus OF the
Department OF Commerce and Labor to
accept a similar position with Frank H.
Hitchcock, chairman of the republican ma
tional committee. Mr.. Weed will remain
with Mr.. Hitchcock until the end OF the
campaign, at which time 1t is understood
he will return to his former position with
Secretary StrauS.
Kenyon Cox. painter and sculptor. has
been unable for several weeks 10 do any
work on account of IN attack Of neuritis'
which has temporarily disabled his right
arm. He is overwhelmed with commits
sions, which he hoped to execute at his
summer studio at Windsor. VT, but he
has been unable to accomplish anything.
One popularity Of his mslady is that II is
most acute when ne is engaged in modelling
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-28
THE REAL AMERICAN "A r

John NJ. Stahl, a Wisconsin farmer,
who for fourteen years was secretary
of the Farmers National congress, has
undertaken the enormous task of try
ing to correct the ignorance and the
silly notions entertained by most city
folks and many high public officials as
to the real character of the American
farmer. Mr.. StahI wants to make II
plain that whatever the farmers limit
atiOns may be, he has advanced far
beyond the mental development that
takes for fact and truthful represent
alton the jokes and c~aricatures of our
most excellent and enjoyable fun-mak-
ing periodicals." To do this, Mr.. StahI
has published a pamphlet or The Real
Farmer" and it is cheerfully admitted
here that he has made out a most con-
vincing case.
The first chapter of Mr.. Stahl's
pamphlet is designed to show that the
farmer has never stood for any of the
financial vagaries" that have been
urged upon the American people. In
the fight in 1868 the democrats de
manded the issue of g%reenbacks to pay
the wal debt. The republican party
demanded the adoption of a sound
currency system. The result showed
that every agricultural state in the
union gave a majority for the republi-
can ticket, and in every state the re-
publican vote was heaviest in the coun-
try and the democratic vote heaviest
In the city districts. The farmers were
right on the currency question. This
result was repeated in 1872, when the
farmers put a final end to the demo-
cratic clamor for fiat money. In that
election every agricultural state again
voted for sound money.
The fight in the Forty-third congress
over the resumption of specie pay,
ments developed the fact that the con-
gressmen who voted for rag baby"
currency were elected from cities
while nearly all Of the members from
the agricultural districts voted for the
resumption OF specie payments. II was
a labor congress, held in 1870, an6
not a farmers body. that demanded
the repeal of the national banking law
the withdrawal of national bank notes
and the issue of paper money, based
on the faith and u of the ma
ton"
While the general impression pre-
walls that the farmers were the
%originators Of the populist demands
Mr.. stahl shows that practically every
principle ehampioned By the popuiistl
in their national organizations and
platforms was taken almost bodily
from the platforms and policies of the
Knights Of Labor after tSAt organiza,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-28
REVISING THE CHARTER.

The biennial debate as to the city's
bill of rights is under Roadway again
and the self-constituted revisionists
are expanding much time and thought
in devising changes to be secured from
the next legislature. The charter
needs revision, probably, and some
remedy for its deficiencies will be
worked out, but the great question is
still left open.
Ever since Omaha has had a charter
It has been the custom to go TO the leg
islature at each session and request
that certain alterations be made in the
document. The Nebraska Legislators
have shown, so far, a very courteous
inclination toward Omaha and have
usually granted all that the Douglas
county delegation has asked. The OBJ
lection that may be laid against this
Is that the changes are asked by indi-
viduals who have little or 10 authority
to represent the citizens. The out
come is that Omaha is governed by a
charter which its citizens have had
little or no direct voice in making. The
only a in which a charter can prop
erly be revised is through the medium
of a convention duly called, the mem
bers of which shall be elected by the
citizens and whose work shall be sub
mitted to the citizens for rejection or
approval. This is possible without
having recourse to constitutional
amendment.
The Incoming legislature should be
asked to adopt a law giving the citi-
zens the right to call a charter conven-
ton, with the understanding that the
result of that charter convention shall
be enacted into law by the legislature,
and that amendments thereto cen only
be adopted when they have been passed
upon by the people. In this way
Omaha may be provided with a charter
that will not be subject to the tinker
ing of anybody or>everybody who may
be dissatisfied with some of its pro-
visions,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-28
IN THE LAND OF AK-sAH-REN.

In the land of King Ak-Sar-Ben.
Where the yellow rivers flow;
Through the Vale Of Peace and Plenty,
Where the tallest cornstalks grow;
In the land OF King Ak-Sar-Ben,
Where the sun shines on the hill,
And its ozone is a barrier
To every kind OF i'll:
In the land Of King Ak-Sar-Ben
Where the wheat crops never raj,
And the wailing Of the demo-pop
Is no longer OF avail;
In the land of King Ak-Sar-Ben,
With its autumn bright and Ions
When the wind sings In the cornfield
Its blithesOme, tuneful song:
In the land OF King Ak-Sar-Ben,
With its elevators filled,
Where they have their own grain markets,
An its breadstuff there is niilled;
In the land of King Ak-Sar-Ben.
Where the hog Is utilized,
To the fraction OF a whistle,
Is It's low squeal minimiEed:
In the Ian OF King Ak-Sar-Ben,
Where the finest beeVes are found,
And eanned up into minced meat,
That goes the world around.
In this empire of Nebraska,
There Will surely be a fight
With the Grand Old Party in II,
Its goin' TO be all right,
For this land OF King Ak-Sar-Ben
That's so free from greed and graft,
Has surely got its eyes "sot'
On the leader, William Taft.
CAL c. VALENTINE.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-28
ode OF the PaIpitant Poet.
New York sun.

Lincoln is the site Of a poet as well as Of
q prophet. For particulars see press des-
patches from that capital dated August
II. and beginning thus:
THE shrines of Mecca and the roads TO
Rome lost historic lustre today in the light
OF events at Lincoln and Fairview."
Poor old Rome! Poor old Mecca! No
wonder that. as the poet tells us. the
enormous vanguard is palpitant." Pal
pitant" Is good, but how wild and quiver-
ing is that throb? VIII the palpitant van
guardsmen submit to be shaken down"
by Treasurer Haskell and Colonel Nose
Wetmore. who are out for dimes and
dollars-up to t1o,ocO-and totally oblivious
Of throbs?
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-28

The democrats are offering very
many objections to the work OF the
State Board of Assessment, but only
George W. Berge comes forward with
q suggested remedy. Mr.. Berge pro
poses thai a poll tax Of IS be assessed
against every male citizen OF Nebraska,
IS to be related on production of evil
dence that the citizen aforesaid had
exercised his franchise privilege at the
last preceding election. This might
induce some negligent citizen to vote,
but il might also bring the state of Ne
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-28
HOW TO GET A PARCELS POST.
Put II Up TO Candidates for Congress
and Note the Results.
Kansas city Times,

III wy hllNSt
There is hut one logical reason to b,
advanced for denying the people a parcels
post-the railroads and express companies
oppose it. There are other excuses offered
by statesmen for their opposition to The
measure. among them being the plea that
a parcels post would ,njure the country
merchants. 1t is safe to say, however.
that such a defective argument would not
stand in the way of a measure so beneficial
to the masses, II there were no powerful
influences behind the opposition to II.
The parcels post would add 10 the con
v%enience Of the farmers above all ether
classes. The farmers do the greater share
Of the voting in America when It comes
to The election OF congressman. II the
farmers will emphasize their desire for a
parcels post with a demsnd that theis
representatives in congress supsor, the
movement, the rural communities will soon
have that convenience added to improve
the conditions of life on the farm.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-28

According to Dun's report, Trade
and industrial activity continue to ex-
pand, improvement being of a con
sentative nature that promises perma-
nency." Trade and industrial activity
may always be relied upon to do the
right thing if they have a fair chance.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-28

Mr.. Taft declares that II he is elected
he will call an extra session of con-
gress to revise the tariff. He will have
a republican congress back of him and
thus be able to carry out revision
plans. II Mr.. Bryan is elected he
would be unable to get any tariff
measure through the republican senate.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-28
LAUGHING LINES.


VIVA you reckon make Br'er Williams
all time singin' dat song bout de 'Ol-time
Religion" F--..-
Well, dey never took up sich big col
~lections in de days wen de oil time religion
had de floor."-Atlants Constitution.
Were you scared when you got 5000
"A little" acknowledge the intrepid
woman who climbed mountains. You
know the glare of the snow is just terrible
on the complexion. Philadelphia Ledger.
you know the woman on our street who
always wears the automobile veil?'
Thompson, who lives next door, coaxed
her to take a seat In his auto yesterday
and she was so frightened that he had to
let her out at the first corner. '-Clevc-
land Plain Dealer.
Tess-Brookleigh proposed to her, DIDN'T
Jess-Yes, but she sized him up for a
counterfeit.
Tess-How was that?
Jess-Why, he didn't have the proper
ring about him.-Philadelphia Press.
what do you think of the photograph
as a campaign device? -.
political worker. The average citizen Is
liable to be terribly disappointed when he
hears a lot of facts about the tariff and
the constitution Instead OF a brass oand
concert or a comic monologue.
ton Star.
Dumleigh-It was an awful trial Tor me
to make that speech tonight.
M~ildmay-Don't mention II, old boy, JUST
think what the rest OF us sutfered.-Bos
ton Transcript.
Clarence-I have had this motor car sis
months, and in ell that time 1t hasn't cos :
me a cent for repairs,
Percy-That only shows that your credH
at the repair shops Is a good lea better
than mine.-Chicago Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-28

The Nashville American refers to
the federal rate law as "a senseless
attack on the railroads" The Amer
lean evidently believes with Mr.. Bryan
that the only remedy for the abuses
growing out Of railroad operation lie
to be found in government ownership.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-28
Now wan You u. GoodI
washington Post.

Mr.. Chafin promises, IL elected president,
and congress refuses to pass a national
prohibition bill, to call out the militia and
the standing army and enforce prohibition
In every nGl-af, sterritory under the Amer
lean flag. Now. will you worry over the
coming election? -
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-28
Plain Truth in short words.

NtW lUIh WOTIu.
Between the remarks out of court of At
tarney General Hadley Of Missouri and the
plain words of Attorney General Bonaparte
in the petition filed with the court for a
rehearing of the Standard OIL case. Judge
Grosscup may now be able to imagine how
Judge lands felt when the circuit court
Of appeals raped him.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-28

We refuse to accept the physicians
report that a New York woman was
driven insane by chewing tobacco. She
must have been insane when she began
chewing.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-28

A writer in the American magazine
wants to know who are the i've great
est men in America. Well, there's
ETY." Cobb, Hal Chase. Pat Ragan,
DOC" White and ICY" Young, with
some others close in the running.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-28
A FnmiI4 Trait.

Springfield Republican.
The George Gould view is that the decl-
sion f~avoring the Standard Oil company
again confirmed the American motto Of
fair play" 1t certainly tends to affirm
the traditional Gould view OF fair play,
which is thatsthe corporation wins when
it's head and the public loses when it's
tail
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-28

Bryan says that II he is elected he
will govern with love insteAd OF with
the big stick. This will be cheerful
news to Colonel Gufey, Roger Sullivan
ane the Mormon democrats Of Idaho.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-28

Richard Harding Davis wants some
thing done TO keep the streets from
being Uttered up with waste paper II
might help some il Davis would quit
writing.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-28

omAha's prestige as a convention
city Is daily increasing and next sum-.
mer will see a great many fine bodies
entertained as guests of the city. This
Is as II should be.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-28

Governor Haskell of Oklahoma has
written a campaign song in which he
endeavors to make Bryan rhyme
with trying" That is historically
correct, even If 1t is not very good
poetry.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-28

Mayor Jim and the congressman
from the Second Nebraska district have
not, as yet, been able to effect a rap
prochement or protocol. Mayor Jim
is a pretty wise bird, himself, and does
not propose to be caught in any trap
that will bind him to support Editor
Hitchcock and leave Editor Hitchcock
free to support whom he chooses.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-28

The Bryan shouters have, so far,
failed TO startle anybody in Nebraska.
People have gotten thoroughly accus-
toned to the chorus and pay little at
tentton to II.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-28
Response in Kind.

Judge Grosscup may think the Language
Of the Bonaparte petition for a rehearing
Of the Standard case 10 rather severe. but
II so he can solacs himself with a re-
reading % his own remarks about JudS
Kenssaw Mountain Lands.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-28

Mr.. Bryan declares that Mr.. Taft lie
not the heir to the Roosevelt policies
stll. Mr.. Bryan has learned from ex-
perienee that he is not very successful
when il comes 10 breaking wills
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-28
Patience strained TO the Limit.
Baltimore American

baIlIIHULb AIHtIICaH'
No wonder the Englishmen tried to A
every advantage Of the Americans. Eng
land is now getting into the lands of the
American Meat trust, We ought to for
give bygones and cable our sympathy.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-28

Captain Hams, the murderer of w.
e. Annis, complains of the photo.
g9aphs Of him that are being printed.
He would look better in a striped suit.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-28

A Chicago physician says that the
crowded street cars are full Of mi
crobes, A microbe that car live in a
crowded street car in Chicago is enti
tied to its life.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-28
stirring News on Tap.
Pittsburg Dispatch.

Readers of newspapers who are always
looking for more and more exciting things
may be delighted by the information that
there are yet a few notification affairs to
be tapped.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-28

st. Louis surgeons claim to have
amputated a mans memory. If the
man lives he will make an ideaI wit
ness in certain kinds of litigation.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-28

In his speech at indianapolis Mr..
Bryan quoted from the New York
World almanac, but he still refuses to
make any reference to the World :
Map of Organism"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-28

Perhaps it was just a coincidence,
but there was a heavy frost in Wiscon-
sin the night after ]. Worth Kern
spoke In Milwaukee.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-28

brsska into contact with the federal
law against the granting Of rebates.
Possibly Br'e'r Berge had not thought
Of this latter phase of his proposition
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-28

The increase in property values
around Cutoff lake since it became
possible to establish a public park
there is something phenomenal.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-28

There will be no bumper crop this
year" says the Boston Transcript.
Oh, yes, there will. The raft vote
crop will be of the bumper brand.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-28

The New York World is now sup
porting Mr.. Bryan, but has not yet
given a satisfactory answer to its own
question, What is a democrat?"