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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-30

p. p. Mcclure left today to spend
A few days with friends in Roanoke.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-30

Col. F. s. Kirkpatrick. promi
nent lawyer OF Lynchburg, is in tn
city on business.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25
OLITICA DRIFT.

Roger Sullivan of Chicago stimulates his
enthusiasm for the Peerless One by read
ing his love letters of last year.
There is one thing about this campaign
beyond the range of chance The demo-
Gratis nave a cinch on the yell record.
Champ Clark of Missouri likens the Dem
yer convention to a boiler factory. The
steam hammer did considerable work
there.
The political fan OF the Topeka Capital,
who is umpiring the game in that locality,
announces that Bryan has two strikes and
no balls"
Texas admirers of Judge Taft are build
ing for him a chair OF horns that will cost
ZOO. Texas is shy on republican e~lectora
votes, but is long on good will.
While silver planks are considered prime
favorites at Fairview, single and double
agles or even half eagles will be wei
coined as a variation in the color of thu
pile.
II w. L. Douglas takes hold of the dem,
ocratic campaign he will make the torch
bearers foot 1t pretty lively. NothinE
! pleases him so we'll as seeing the march
ing boys pounding leather.
The Hartford Comm Times, a mega
phone Of old-time democracy, finds tn.
present party atmosphere so debhitatint
that 1t has taken to the woods until tn
whirlwind subsidies again.
Senator Foraker of New York, who wen
on a stretcher to the senate m t
vote for the anti-race track betting bill
recently added to his laurels BY the rescu
Of two children from a fire.
It is suggested that while the campaig
committees will be particular as to tn
source Of the coin. for publication, tn
number Of rejected contributions will nc
crowd the available space Of the news
papers.
Just how the corporation managers wi
get along without the gracious visits Of tn
campaign fund solicitprs is a matter {
deep concern to the family physician
Heart failure or lonsomania are feare
most. No one seems to worry about wh'
will happen to the solicitor.
The efforts Of the Philadelphia Recor
TO appear joyful over the three times nom
nee OF the democratic party is about II
only approach TO gaiery observable in Il
democratic tent in Pennsylvania. Its FL
thusiastie support OF the ticket is a shaC
more enthusiastic than that OF Colon
! GuffsY. e.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25
WAGES AND THE COST OF LIVING.

The federal bureau of labor has
brought its price and wage statistics
down to the close of the last year, with
a showing that will be gratifying to the
laboring men of the nation, as well as
to the producers of foodstuffs on the
farms, as the figures show an Increase
In the earnings of both these classes.
The tables show that since the election
of Mr.. Mckinley, in 1895, there has
been a constant and persistent increase
in the earnings of labor, while the
hours OF work have been lessened each
year.
The bureaus agents investigated
4,169 establishments, representing the
principal manufacturing and mechani-
cal industries of the nation, and finds
that the average wages per year in
1907 we're 81 per cent higher than in
1906, while the regular hours of labor
per week were a per cent lower than
in 1906, with an increase of l per cent
in the number of employees. The aver
age hourly wages in 1907 were higher
than for any other year of the 1S-year
period under investigation and 20 per
cent higher than the average for any
year from 1890 to 1900. Taking the
1O-year period from 1890 to 1893,
average hourly wages m 1907 were
2S.s per cent higher, the number OF
employees 44.4 per cent greater and the
hours OF labor per week were 8 pei
cent lower. In forty of the forty-ont
industries Investigated, the increase In
average hourly wages was general, the
workers in Bessemer steel alone show
ing a decrease.
In ascertaining the cost of living, thu
bureau took the sales Of LOLA dealers
in sixty-eight scattering localities OF
thirty articles of foodstuffs. The re
suit shows an increase in 1907 owe
1906. ranging from l to s per cent, II
the prices of flour, butter, apples, milk
meal. meat, potatoes and cheese will
merely nominal increases in other ar
ticles. All Of the articles showing tn
greatest advances in price are pro
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25
BRrANs WESTERN STRENGTH.

Mr.. Bryan's expert accountants are
lndustriously engaged in figuring the
pluralities by which they claim the
democratic candidates will carry all of
the states west of the Alleghenies, and
in doing this are very adroitly placing
emphasis on the fact that in all the
vest and middle west states Bryan
polled more votes in 1900 than were
cast for Judge Parker in 1904. BY a
somewhat complicated and involved
mental process an effort is being made
to interpret this showing as indicating
a source Of democratic strength.
Unfortunately, for Mr.. Bryan, the
records are against this assumption of
new strength. While it is true that
Bryan showed more strength in the
west In 1900 than did Parker in 1904,
the Bryan figure sharps apparently
lose sight Of the significant fact that,
measured by the returns from the bal
lot boxes, Bryan was stronger in 1896
than he was in 1900. In other words,
the crest Of the Organism wave was
reached in 1896, when the abruptness
and picturesuueness of his advent gave
him a powerful attraction for thou
sands of voters, and has been receding
ever since. The records show that but
in three states west of the A%lleghenies
did Bryan poll more votes in 1900 than
he did in 1895, and in each of these
the republican gains we're much larger
than the democratic Increase. The fol-
lowing is the record Of the democratic
votes in 1896 and in 1900, in the
states which Bryan now claims he will
oantura naVt November
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25
FAREWELL TO HEARST.
Democratic Paper ~Lndulges In a
WhOop of JOY Mt His Going.
Philndnlnhin RaChrd.

Democratic Paper Lndulges I'm q
WhoOp of JOY at His Going.
Philadelphia Record. .
william r. Hearst certainly never
rendered the democratic party as great
service as he does now by leaving it.
Had he deserted before he made a fran
tically absurd struggle to. capture the
democratic nomination for president four
years ago, or before he chtoled the demo-
cratic organization in New York into
an alliance with his Independence league
in order to make him governor, there
might have been some persuasion of his
political sincerity. But the odium that
attached to him in the contest for gov
ernor, when he alone was defeated on
the state ticket. was such as to leave
him no standing place in the democratic
party. Since then his following has
shriveled up to so great a degree that
not a trace of It was to be discovered
In the convention at Denver. Hence the
bitterness of his denunciation of the
democratic party. He goes now stripped
stark naked of political influence-the
pitiful picture of a fallen and despised
demagogue. May he serve as a warn
ing and example!
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25

1t will not do for the democrats to
argue that the exceeding popularity OF
the first Mckinley administration
made the election Of 1900 a foregone
victory for the republicans and re-
suited in a decreased vote. The record
shows that, with three exceptions, in
Oregon, Minnesota and Wisconsin, the
total vote in 1900 was many thousands
greater than in 1896, due to the in
creased population, and the democratic
party failed to share in n of the bene-
fits of the increased voters. 1t was
proof, on it's face, that the young
voters, the men who became of awful
age between 1896 and 1900, had re-
jected Organism. The total vote of the
states under discussion, In 1896 and
In 1000 WAS as follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25
THE oLYMPIAD "FOREIGNERs.'

st. Louis Post-D Dispatch.
The hammer throw had been announced,
the bugle had been blown;
The heavy hammers flew n bounced, by
mighty giants thrown.
who wins it?' cried the eager throng.
who captures this event2"
And the Irish entries came along, retiring
on their tent.
"a foreigner has beaten us"
They answered with a ,groan;
"A foreigner-United States
A fellow named Malone
A dozen men were crouched to start, and
the starter fired the gun;
And as a bow projects a DART the men
were off to run.
'who wins it?' cried the eager crowd
WHO captures this event?"
And the German sprinters, sad and bowed
retired upon their tent.
"a foreigner has conquered u.s."
They said. and WINGED a bit;
"A foreigner-United States
! His name is otto Schmidt"
The hurdle race was duly called, and the
starter fired the shot;
And some there were were o~verhauled,
and some there were were not
WHO wins it'll" cried the multttude VINO
wins this last event?'
And the F~renchmen, beaten and suodued
retired upon their tent.
"a foreigner outhurdled u.s."
They said with little heart;
"a foreigner-United states
A man named Bonaparte." 4
The running jump was on the card, eGJ
mon went high aloft;
And some men hit the island hard, and
others hit 1t soft.
who wins it?" cried the eager mass,
"Who captures this event2"
And the Swedish jumpers sadly passed, re-
firing on their tent,
l. .,A fora,0nar has won" thew said.
- "Some Fellow from wisconsin, .
He yump like sixty, and his name.
His name ban Yonny Yonson."
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25
BEVIvING THE SAND HILLS.

General commentator will follow
the effort of the Board of Regents of
the University of Nebraska to revive
profitable vegetable growth in the
sand hill' region of the state. At
different times the experts of the De-
partment Of Agriculture of the gen.
eral government have essayed the
problem, and some very encouraging
results have been secured in the way
of growth of grasses, trees and the
like. 1t is now proposed to put to
practical use the knowledge thus
gained and to give to the farmer and
stock grower, if possible, the benent
of scientific investigation. An expert
mental farm in the sand hill" section
of the state may yet be the means OF
retaining a very large portion OF
what has long been considered a hope
lessly barren region. If this does
come to pass, and the desert of north
western Nebraska is made to blossom
even as a bit Of favorable pasturage,
the holder of the Kinkaid homestead
will be in a position to bless the men
who have made the results possible
And the experiment is well worth trial
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25

ducts G. the farm, while the price Of
manufactured articles has been in
creased but slightly, II at all. The net
results show that the gain to the wage
Garner has been 81 per cent, while
the gain to the farmer and food pro-
Queer has been 7.3 per cent over 1906.
The following table, compiled by the
bureau, shows the relationship between
wages and prices, year by year, back
to 1890. The relative numbers are
computed on the basis of the average
for ten years from and including 1890:
Purchasing
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25
HORsELEss AGE NOT YET.
Mans FRvOrite Animal DeHes PrOph.
ets of Calamity.
Philadelphia Press,

Philadelphia Press.
The government has been taking a cen
sus of the horses of the country and reports
that there areS over 100000 horses and
nearly 100000 mules in the United States.
This ia a greater number of horses by
several hundred thousand than were before
reported and indicates that the notion that
we are about entering upon a horseless
age is not justified by the returns.
Electricity has relieved horses almost
entirely from their old Job of hauling street
cars. This was an occupation in which
thousands Of horses used to have their
spirits broken and their lives worn out.
Now they are released for other service
perhaps not SO hard. The various kinds
OF automobiles have made horses much
less necessary for another kind of service.
with the increased use of se~lf-propelling
wagons and machines in use on farm or
highway, 1t looks as though a diminished
use of horsepower was inevitable, but az
yet 1t is not manifest.
Doubtless the increase Of the horse popu'
lation of the country would be greater
than it is were It not for the development
OF the various hopseless vehicles. That the
supply of horses and the demand for then
have increased in spite of the enormous
development in the use of the automobile
and the electric car is due to, and is proc
OF, the stili greater growth of the countr!
at large. H
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25

The statistics available do not give
the detailed vote of Utah for 1885,
but Mr.. Bryan carried the state that
year by 1000 and lost it in 1900 by
1900, while the republicans carried 1t
in 1904 by 29,3S3.
While Mr.. Bryan and his campaign
managers may find consolation In COM
pairing the votes cast for Bryan and
the votes cast for Parker, they can find
no cause for encouragement In compar-
ing the votes cast for Mr.. Bryan In
1895 and in 1900. Bryan's popular
and electoral vote was smaller in 1900
han it was in 1896 and Parker's vote
in 1904 was even smaller than Bryan'i
In 1900,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25
The GARnAGE QUESTION.

Omaha householders are still con-
fronted with something of annoyance
in connection with the disposition OF
refuse that gathers as a result OF
housekeeping operations. The present
arrangement is not working with as
complete satisfaction as was antici-
pated. It is open to the general OBJ
lection that the collection is made for
the benefit of a private concern, that
that concern consults it's W. rather
han the h~ouseholder's interest, n
that SOM apparently unreasonable re-
strictions are made. The household
refuse that is rejected by the company
making the free collection becomes an
even more serious problem than the
whole had been under the previous
system, and this condition has become
acute In some parts of the city. A
new ordinance is pending, planned to
remedy the present situation, but open
to some of the same objections that
laid against the system lately aoan-
doned. City councilmen and others
who have given the matter close STUDY
realize that the only certain n salts
factory way of collecting and ~disposins
of garbage is known, and that Is &c
nut it under control OF the city exclu'
sively. Eliminate all private interest,"
in the service and then the public vii
be we'll served. The charter must DC
amended to accomplish this, and tc
the charter committee Is recommended
the task of properly disposing OF thu
question.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25
Gompers' Political Trades.
New York Tribune.

New HOTk ITIDuIlt.
President yLewis's warning to Samuel
Gompers not to attempt to influence the
politics of the United Mine Workers is an
open resentment Of Gompers methods by
one Of the strongest labor unions in the
federation. Most unionists, however, will
not think it worth while openly to dissent
from the national leader, but will, more
probably, treat his attempt to dictate their
policies to them with silent contempt. The
intelligent laboring men of the country are
not a flock Of sheep.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25

Winslow Warren, a and
one of the foremost of the Boston anu
imperialists, has come out in open sup
mort of Mr.. Taft, declaring that the re-
publican party is in favor of the inde-
pendence of the Philippines when the
proper time comes n that Bryan Is
IN error in demanding immediate &C
ton on that subject. This leaves
Poultney Bigelow and Erving WinsloW
as the only members of the old anti
,rnarialist league who take the Bryan
view Of the Philippine situation.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25
MIR. rats Higher Ground.

Mr.. Taft does not appeal, and no one
appeals for him., that he be elected to the
presidency because he will be unable to
enforce policies which ne represents. HI
asks for the votes of the people on the
ground that his election on the platform
upon which he stands will be a popular
mandate to the senate and house to CO.
operate with him In giving full effect by
appropriate legislation to the principles
and policies represented by him.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25

The socialists are in the field with
another state ticket. Plenty Of time
remains for further nominations. so
that by the time the lists are made up
each member of the party will have
had at least one nomination.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25
Prefers the Comforts of Home.

II will be noticed that Mr.. Loeb, the
presidents private secretary, lends just a
touch Of emphasis to his denial Of the story
that he proposed to go with the president
to Africa. This does not imply, necessarily,
that Mr.. Loeb desires to live forever; but
going off with Roosevelt to the Dark Con-
tlnent' to aunt big game-well, 'er, that is,
you know, just a bit sudden.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25

The protest of Mrs. Learned against
the indiscriminate and unskilled cut
ting of shade trees will find an echo
in many hearts. The practice IN
Omaha of late years along this line
has been such as makes our Arbor day
professions mockeries.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25

into office with more ceremonial
than attended the inaugural OF the
officers selected by the boys and girls
for their Fairgrounds. This seems to
be carrying the Difference due to con
stituted authority a trihe too far.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25

Colonel Watterson's conscience must
be troubling him, He devotes half of
his editorial space to the support OF
Bryan and the other half to explana-
ton of his course
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25

T. Fortune Ryan declares he has
nothing to say about the ticket nom
mated at Denver" The question Is,
will he allow his money to talk for
him on that subject, as It did in 1904?
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25

The table proves the ability OF wages
to keep step with prices rising under
the influence of changed crop and
monetary conditions. With prices
steadily increasing, the earning power
of wages has kept pace, while the
field for employment has been broad
ened and the market for the producer
improved.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25

Wyoming wool growers are waking
up to the fact that the Omaha wool
market is likely to break the eastern
control of the staple. That is the
reason for the wool market at Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25

The man who declared the English
language would be dead in 1000 years
should extend the limit a little, now
that John Wesley Gaines is going to
leave congress-.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25

THE democratic ticket can get along
without the Hearst support" says
Candidate Kern. 1T will have to-"
AVS Mr.. Hearst, being quick at re-
nartee.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25

If President Roosevelt is not salts
fed with his consultation with the
naval experts at Newport he may get
some splendid pointers from the sam
sonian Board of Strategy and Con-
struction at Ak-sar-Ben's mead
nuartara-
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25

Mr.. Bryan is said to favor ONE
lanes for chairman of the nationai
committee. BY referring to him as
"one of the James boys" the vote
around Independence, Mo-, would be
og,chod
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25

Chicago republicans have ORGANIZED
q "Rru-Jim" club. There VIII be no
postop chapter of the organization un-
less special permit is granted to nave
:, known as the "Wmliam-James' CLUB
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25

A German newspaper printed in
Mexico discovers that Guatemala con-
tributed $4,000 10 the Roosevelt cam
paign fund in 1904. There's nothing
ike getting the news direct
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25

A Peoria man claims that he sug-
gested Mr.. Taft for the presidency
some fifteen years ago. Naturally. he
will expect the Peoria postofice soon
after March 4, 1909.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25

SO far as the democratic campaign
is concerned, Bourke Cochran Is a con-
vert to the a~nti-noise crusade now be-
Ing waged in New York.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25

The Kansas City Star is to have a
new home. Its present commodious
quarters might be donated to the city
for a new union depot.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25

Mr.. Bryan really should state
whether he will accept a bushel Of
wheat from the farmer who does not
care to give a dollar to the campaign
committee.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25

Samson is willing to bet that
Bryan's notions of the navy will be
materially modified after the ceremony
At the Den next Monday night.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25
Heroic whiting.

New York World.
Mr.. Taft is now engaged in cutting down
his acceptance speech from 10000 words to
$500. A man with nerve enough to do that
to his manuscript is something Of a
hero in these wordy days.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25

Mrs. Leslie Carter, testlfying in her
bankruptcy proceedings, says she sim
ply has to live. The creditors insist
that she should have to live simply.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25

Does he play golr?"
mot exactly. He plays bridge"
But they are nothing alike"
They Amt? Then / guess you never heard
him swear. cleveland Plain Dealer.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25

New York police have put the ban
on peanut whistles. Now let them
go on and suppress peanut politics.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25

The Persian army has struck and
will refuse to do any more numbering
until 1t is paid. The loot must be ex-
hausted.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25

The campaign is on in earnest. That
sure sign, the editorial headed,
WHITTIER Are We D%rifting2" has APP
peared in an Atlanta paper.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25

Aspirant S~hallenberger apparently
recalls what happened to Candidate
POINTER, who depended on Bryan's
strength to pull him through.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25

Vice President Fairbanks, who is
representing this country In the festiv-
tiles at Quebec, should let us know
how he likes Canadian buttermilk,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25

Nebraska for Bryan" shouts the
Omaha Double-Ender. Sure, on every
day In the year but election day.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25

What is the matter. with Amer
lca?" asks Eugene v. Debs. Well,
there's Eugene V. Debs, for one thing.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25

The English managers Of the Olym.
pic games appear to be expert in the
use of a steam roller.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25

WHEN OUT OF TOWN.
subscriber leaving city tenn
~porRrily shOuld have The bee
mailed to them. address will be
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25
CIR or -uCTTtATION:

STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION:
State Of Nebraska, Douglas County, S.:
George b. T~zschuck, treasurer OF Ina
Bee Publishing company, being guy
sworn. says that the actual npmpeI %
full and complete copies OF Ihe Da.Is;
Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee prince
during the month Of June, 1908 was az
foT1n.ns
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25

A new chestnut blight has been dis
covered. Hard lines for Senator
Oepew.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25
Can't Keep n GOOD Thing Down.

PhIIadeIphIh HeCOTu,
No matter what system OF scoring he
may adopt, John Bull seems to be unable
to keep down the plucky American boys
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25

The political axis Of the New York
World must be ben a little.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25

Juvenile City nay be a democracy
All right. but no Roman emperor or
eastern ~potentAte was ever indicted
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25

II understand, Mr.. Scribbler.' said the
publisher to the successful author, that
your specially Is in creating new kinds
Of character in fiction"
Rather replied the author, negligently,
'1n fact ! may properly describe myself
as an up-to-date Observation-Disclosures
American.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25

Cabman with exaggerated politeness)-
Would you mind walking the other way
and not passing the horse?
Stout Lady [who has just paid the mini
mum fare)-Why2
Cabman-Because II o secs wot 'e's been
carrying for a shilling ell ave q t-P
Me-Up.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25

should n man go to college after fiftyT'
"Well, he might pass muster at tennis, "
answered the expert, But a man can't
expect to do much in base ball or foot
ball at that e."-Loutaville Courier
IOprnal
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25
Or. Prices Wheat Flake Celery Food

age. 'T don't look like an old man do IT,
7'Well no; Just at this moment you look
more like the odd Boy "-Philadelphia
Press
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25

"she grasped the butcher knife and ran
him through
Ran him through! Good gracious! Ran
her husband through"
Yves, as / was about to say, ran him
through the house and out into the yard"
Houston Post.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25

"Heuo," cried C~heeriman, how are you
old nan"
"Don't old man me- snapped Grumpey,
who was becoming touchy about his old