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Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-25

compensation for damages. The aver
age teacher, however, has no financial
responsibility that could be enforced,
even If the school authorities we're dis
posed, as they usually are ncs, TO pur-
sue the eontract-jumper with legal
remadies. Yet the fact that the teacher
cannot easily be held 20 the terms Of
the contract, nor has anything at stake
to be lost, should not be allowed to en-
ter into the case. Neither is the
threatened revocal of teachers certifl-
Gates likely to be effective, although 1t
may have some good influence. because
it would not necessarily extend beyond
state borders and because, further,
most of the contract-jumping Is done
by teachers ready to abandon the pro-
fesslon for matrimony OF other avoca-
tions
The real remedy for contract-jump-
ing should be applied in the normal
schools by emphasizing to the students
preparing for teachers work the i'm
portance of scrupulous honesty in busi-
ness dealings and the disastrous con-
sequences of broken faith. The aspir-
ing teacher should also be impressed
with the peculiar position of the
teacher in every community as setting
an example not only to the pupils in
the school room. but to their parents
outside.
Nebraska's pride in its unexcelled
public schools should include a pride
in it's public school teachers, which,
however, can be supported only on a
firmly established reputation of the
teachers for efficiency, fidelity and
square dealing in every relation of life.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-25

Secretary Taft is establishing an en-
viable reputation for using plain
words 70 define his position and that
Of the administration, so far as he rep
resents It. on public questions, ma
tional and International, He has
habit Of speaking with the utmost can
dor. Some time ago he told the citi-
zens OF Oklahoma very frankly that he
did not like some features of the con-
stitution they had adopted and little
later, through an address in Kentucky,
he spoke right out to the south on the
negro question. He has met the yelled
charges of labor leaders by a tull eX-
position of his views on labor and cap
ital and he has just added a very in
teresting and wholly frank statement
of his views on the trip of the battle
ships to the Pacific and of our future
relations with the orient.
Efforts have been made to construe
the cruise of the fleet into menace
against Japan. This has been encour-
aged by iingoes on both sides of the
ocean and has resulted in denials
which did not satisfy and explanations
which did not explain. Mr. Taft, in
his recent speech at Concord, n. H.,
declared in very plain terms that the
purpose of the cruise is to furnish the
powers of the far east an object lesson
of the might of the American military
arm. Asserting that the United States
does not want to use navy to fight,
but to prevent fighting, and that for
that purpose the navy should be COM
mensurate with "our wealth, our pop
ulation and with the extent of our jur-
isdiction," Mr.. Taft said:
The truth is that In the orient It is
necessary to fill the measure Of the eye
in order to be convincing, 1t is nobodys
business where the battleships are going
provided they keep to the ocean and don't
invade anybody's land.
1T is nobody's business" may sound
little saucy, but when said without
boasting, and without fear, it is void
of offense and unquestionably voices
IhS iCdi DShIiulSnI VI OuI pSOplSs OOn-
ditions in the far east are unsettled.
China is complaining of Japanese ag-
gression in Manchuria. 1t is no secret
that most of the European powers are
in secret sympathy with every move
ment looking to the impairment or de-
struction of the integrity of the Chi
nese empire. The battle of the ma.
tions for commercial supremacy is des.
tined to be fought on the Pacific and
our potential interests in the orient
demand the presence of a proper fleet
in the Pacific. The fleet has been
sent to the Pacific. not as a menace
but in the assumption of responsible.
ity which the United States incurred
when it secured the open door policy
In China, policy which it cannot
abandon any more than it could aban
| don the Monroe doctrine.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-25
PUT UP THE SWORD.

James Jeffrey Roche in the Century.
I have sung of the soldiers glory
As never shall sing again;
I have gazed on the shambles CORY
/ have smeled of the slaughter pen.
There is blood in the ink well clotted,
There are stains on the laurel leaf,
And the pages of fame are plotted
With the tears OF needless grief
The bird is slaughtered for fashion,
And the beast Is killed for sport;
And nevr the word compassion
Is whispered at Moloch's court
For the parent seal in the water
is slain, and her child must die,
That some sister or wife or daughter
Her beauty may beautity.
And the merciful thought we smother
For such is the way OF man
AS we murder the useless mother
For the unborn sstrakhan'
But a season of rest comes never
For the rarest sport of all;
Will His patience endure forever,
Who noteth the sparrow's fall2
When the volleys Of hell are sweeping
The sea and the battle plain,
Do you think that our God Is sleeping.
And never to wake again?
When hunger and ravenous fever
Are staying the wasted frame,
Shall we worship the real deceiver
The devil that men call Fame1
We may swing the censsr to cover
The odor of blood-in vain;
God asks us. over and over,
Where is thy brother cain7"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-25
PRICES MUST COME DOWN.
Only Reduced Cost of Living Will
Stimulate Production.

stimulate Production.
New York Journal OF Commerce.
In the situation into which the industries
and business Of this country have been
brought by past OVERRIDING and misdoing
there is but one way of giving an impulse
to a renewed and healthy activity. That
way is to reduce the cost of production and
of the distribution OF products, in order
that consumption may be stimulated by
lower cost of living. To reduce the cost of
production there must be a lowering OF
wages and of the price of materials into
which the cost of labor enters. The logi-
cal result would be lower prices for the
consumable products, which would soon
compensate for reduced wages through the
lower cost Of what wages buy or reduced
cost of living This process of adjustment
cannot in the complex situation follow a
logical order but there must be a simulta-
neous yielding all along the line, a conces-
sion in wages and concessions in prices be-
fore the effort Of a lessened cost of pro-
ducng has been fully realized. The dmin-
ished production is already a stubborn fact
compelled by circumstances which neither
capitol nor labor can control or long resist
though both have control or long bringing
them about. There is no such thing pos
sible as forcing renewed activity and in
creased volume in production. 1t can only
be induced by making It easier, by reduc-
ing cost and encouraging consumption.
The alternative to lower wages and lower
prices is less work and less business, not
only less than there was q few months
ago, which is already accomplished. but
less than there would otherwise be. The
resistance of organized labor to reducing
wages must inevitably increase the number
of unemployed and the consequent suffer-
ing, and delay recovery in Industrial activ-
ity, for organized labor has no power to
force production or prevent the curtailment
that inordinate cost has compelled. 'in the
form Of trust or otherwise" to reduction
of prices can only have a similar effect In
hampering recovery for a wide range OF
Industries and for all business that de-
pends upon normal industrial activity.
Every day we are getting reports of the
great number of working men in enforced
idelness and there are appeals to govern
ing authorities to make work for the un-
employed. while organizations for charita-
BILE aid are overwhelmed with demands for
relief for the deserving who, can get no
work There should be a cooperation OF
all concerned to relieve this situation as
speedily and as rapidly as possible by the
only means by which It can be done.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-25
coY7RAoT-JUMPlNG TEACHERS.

1t is q sad reflection upon the whole
body of Nebraska public school teach
ers, although entirely undeserved by
the great majority of them, that the
authorities of the State university and
the state normal schools should feel IL
necessary TO join with the state super
intendent in public circular TO teach
ers against eontract-iumping and
threatening reyocal of certificates as a
penalty for breaking employment
agreements.
The inviolability of contracts.
whether entered into by business men,
mechanics. laborers, lawyers, clergy
men or teachers. must be re-
spected and should be enforced.
II a school district should repu-
diate its obligations to its teachers
they would have a right to insist on
specific performance or upon adequate
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-25
PAYING ron wATERED STOCK.
Things the Public Endures Because IL
Il Easy.


Charles p. Russell in Everybodys.
We have now about As.OOo miles Of steam
railroads. of which only 1900 miles are
douhle-tracked. Practically the entire mile
age should be double-tracked, not only for
public safety. but to carry the traffic If
there were no stock watering, there need
be no single-tracked railroads. The money
that normally would have been used for
double-tracking has gone for dividends on
the wAtered stocks. We have on our steam
railroads thousands OF grade crossings "a
very barbarous and stupid device), by
means OF which every year hundreds OF
persons needlessly lose their lives. II there
were no stock watering. there need be no
grade crossings. The money that normally
would have been used TO abolish these
deathtraps has gone for dividends on the
watered stock. In the case OF the street
railroads. the vile overcrowding, the strap
hanging, the monstrous discomfort the In
frequent cars. the bad tracks. the wretehed
conveniences. are merely products OF stock
watering. The money that normally would
have gone Into adequate equipment has
gone for dividends on watsred stock
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-25

The Good Government league at
South Omaha has made few endorse
ments as between candidates for pri-
mary preferences without taking any
action whatever as to the larger num-
ber of offices to be filled at the coming
city election. 1t is notorious that some
of the candidates standing for these
nominations are fagrantly unit. A
good government league ought to put
up a black list against the bad candi-
dates, even where it may be afraid to
take sides between good candidates.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-25
Where President Roosevelt Stands.

ncennent mad enber
following announcement;
OF
to
me-, and do al n O st.
Of
a
president being receptive or possible candidate for another term
position and vcing not only his true sentiments but his determine
presidential
OF would
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-25

Here in Nebraska the "anti-Taft"
folks are hollering because the state
committee made the presidential pref
erence primary optional with the re-
publicans of the different counties
rather than force it upon any county
that did not want it, Over in Illinois
where the anti-Taft folks have full
control of the party machinery the call
for the state convention requires all
the delegates to be appointed by the
respective county committees. The
"antis" are, at least, to be commended
for their adaptability and versatility.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-25
THE MODERN HOTEL
Wonderful Changes in the Last
Twenty Five Years.
THE ST. REGIS A MODEM

How few OF those who enjoy the lux
uries Of great modern hotel realize the
maghiture Of the task imposed upon It's
management The hotel as we know u
today, did not exist twenty-five years ago.
The Introduction OF steel and fire-proof
construction, the manifold application Of
electricity TO common uses. and the far
higher standard OF living demanded by
weli-to-do Americans are largely respon-
sible for this great change.
Perhaps the most conspicuous example
OF this new type OF hotel is the St. Regis
in New York. To manage such a crea-
tion requires executive ability and re-
sourcefulness OF the highest order for the
proposition Is the one most complicated put
up to human management To keep It's
wonderful mechanical plant running, to
prepare food for its large number Of guests
and to minister TO their almost limitless
requirements. from the sprehdng OF q
grand banquet to the sewing OF a recreant
button, requires an army OF trained en-
ployees, half-thousand strong, Years Of
planning and travel. TO say nothing Of
large expenditures, were necessary to equip
and furnish this hotel and TO gather the
treasures OF two continents, here so Law
ishly displayed.
Yet the cost to people who frcque-' "
st. Regis is comparatively small
service rendered and the luxurics
Here one may enjoy the .utmos
perfect housekeeping, rare treasuru.
art and antiquity, enhancing music. tn,
rich perfume of flowers and the most
select companionship. A perfectly appoint
ed private room may be had for only "a a
day, and II desired with a bath, for So per
day, or parlor, bedroom and bath for S19
and upward. The prices in the restaurant
are no higher than in other hotels Of the
first class.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-25

In his paper Judge Edgar Howard
denies that he has been "seein' things"
himself and claims to get his political
pipe dreams from some unnamed In
formant with an elastic imagination.
That is not the way, however, for him
to escape responsibility. Judge How
ard should at least make the attempt
to verify his fakes before swallowing
them whole himself and trying to palm
them of as genuine upon others.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-25
Humbled n FrenSied Promoter.
A


Il is said that Mr. Morse was extremely
Inundated at his arrest on the charge of
grand larceny, as he thought man of his
Importance in Wall street would not be
subjected to the processes Of the law in
flicted on ordinary offenders. The fact that
he was treated exactly like any other man
accused OF crime will do much toward
restoring public confidence In the prom
ises made that In the crusade against Grim
inal frenzied finance Justice will show itself
no respecter of persons, but put the rich
accused swindler on the same plane as
the common accused thief.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-25
wen worth the Money.
Portland Oregonian

The report that Bryan made $4,000 last
year from his lectures is seized upon by
Harpers Weekly as the subject for a
cartoon representing the peerless leader as
a bloated plutocrat. And yet, with all his
faults, Bryan was well worth $4,000 to the
people of the United States. II he did
nothing else, he made such men as Fair
banks, Knox, Foraker and Cannon impos-
sible republican nominees for the presi-
dency. And that alone was worth $4,000.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-25
Abusing the .IRoot Of EviI.o

Mr. Bryan's remarks to the Indianapolis
ministers breathe his wonted hatred Of saint
seducing gold:
my friends we find that the great pas
sion is 20 get riches, no matter how you
get them; and you start up a lottery and
offer a $1,000 prize for a dollar ticket, and
the fellow will pay the dollar to get the
chance at the $1,000. because he wants to
get something for nothing; and I believe
that the root Of all this trouble is the
love OF money"
Fortunately, some people when they carr
$4,000 a year or so feel that they can afford
to abuse the root OF all evili and lotteries
are unlawful and legacy hunting is otter
unsuccessful
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-25

When the congressional salary was
raised from $4,000 a year to $500 a
year it was naturally to be expected
that competition for the prize would
increase. The sprouting of numerous
congressional aspirations in nearly
every district in Nebraska indicates
that the honor of representing the
state in congress is no longer regarded
as imposing any financial sacrifice.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-25

and committees that are meeting now
TO choose delegates TO the March state
convention, which is charged with
nothing except to choose national con
vention delegates. Mayor Jim" will
have TO wake up and begin to hustle II
he does not want to be left at the post.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-25

The funny part about it is that the
towns that want strictly distance tar
IN on shipments between points wholly
within state boundaries would object
the most strenuously to a strictly dis
tance tariff on interstate shipments. 1t
all depends for whom the tariff is to
be made.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-25

After reading all the things that
Washington and Lincoln are alleged to
have said in public addresses and mes
sages, the student OF history must be
glad that they had TO Write their
thoughts with a pen instead of having
Voluble tgpewriters at their disposal
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-25

Blanche Bates. the actress. is agitat-
ing project for the establishment of
a home for the needy Forty-niners.
There is greater need for home for
the needy Nineteen-eighters.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-25

Statements made by the national
banks of Omaha in response to the
last comptroller's call afford all the
proof reasonable man could want
that no government guaranty is neces-
sary to insure their depositors against
loss
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-25
An object Lesson.
st. Louis Republic.

If the Japanese cruiser which has been
lodging about the Chilean cost got
glimpse Of Evans squadron 1t must carry
back home the report of an instructive OBJ
ject lesson in the naval power Of the
United States.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-25

Senator Stone Of Missouri says the
panic was caused by a shortage OF
available currency We have felt con-
fident all along. in spite Of the con-
flicting opinions offered by financial
experts, that some great-brained
statesman would finally discover the
one real cause of the panic.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-25

Kentucky and the Philippines
should both be assured in the national
convention platforms that they shall
have self-government whenever they
are fitted for It.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-25

No Sunday closing law seems TO
have any disturbing effect on Colonel
Bryan's speech-makiBg activities. 1t
may be assumed, however. that his
Sunday lecturing is not labor, but sim
ply physical exercise.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-25

New York bankers are opposing the
Aldrieh bill That may result in get
ting some western support for the
measure
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-25

docs anyone really talk in Esper-
anto, the new language?" asks a
reader oh, yes. Most of the brakes
men and callers at the railway sta
lions have been using it for years.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-25

The nomination Of the candidate for
governor on the democratic ticket will
not take place in Nebraska until next
September. but Mr.. shallenberger is
taking time by the forelock in securing
endorsements from the conventions
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-25

Senator Hale announces his inten-
tion to make a speech in vindication
of the navy. AT last accounts the navy
was considered in perfect condition to
yfndicate Itself
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-25
Baked a Huge Grab.

President Roosevelt has cruelty defeated
the scheme to have the Chickasaw and
Choctaw tribes sell 10000 acres of coal
lands, worth anywhere from $2O,OOOo0O to
$50, 900. A syndicate Of white philan-
throplsts was willing and ready to pay the
Indians as high as IS or 81 an acre, and II
necessary to throw in string of beads to
hnnf
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-25
ChiIdliIEe Confidence.


Ex-Governor Pennypacker still displays
that touching confidence in everybody OF
which he gave such childlike proofs when
millions were abstraoted from the state
treasury under his official nose.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-25

An eastern parson says Mr.. Bryan
should have, been preacher instead
of a politician. The answer is that
Mr.. Bryan is both.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-25
Cause and Eject.

Springfield Republican.
Mark Twain simply notes, in discussing
the causes of the panic, that it came coin
cidently with the removal of ''In God We
Trust" from the gold eagle. Congress, in
rushing through bill to restore the legend,
seems to have such thought seriously in
mind.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-25

The local democratic organ refers to
its party as the party of Jefferson,
jackson and Bryan" Why not make
It quartet by including Grover Cleve-
iand2
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-25

Notwithstanding "Bin" Gurley's
polite effort to re-ehristen them
'pseudo reformers. we prefer to stick
TO the more understandable, if not
more expressive. term. fake re-
formers"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-25

1.-THE man from the west who makes good
in New York has troubles Of his own" re-
marked one who had. I'm willing to ad-
NIT that my income is double what 1t used
to be, but I need the money. However.
that doesn't appeal to the down-and-outers
who knew me back home. Never a week
passes but one of them finds me out for a
touch. sometimes half a dozen. The chief
trouble about New York Is that 1t is the
mecca for everybody looking for big
things Young fellows come here. spend
all their money looking for work, then
hunt up someone from home who has a
Job. It's hard TO turn them down, but it
becomes a nuisance finally. and patience
has ceased to be a virtue in my case"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-25

Can a whale scream?" asks the
Brooklyn Eagle. Perhaps, but 1t is
usually content to express it's emo
tions by blubbering.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-25

Hugh Bonner. s. years old, and formerly
chief Of the New York Fire department
and one OF the greatest firemen in the
world. has Just been appointed fire COM
missioner in New York, vice Lantry, re-
signed. because the hose burst repeatedly
at a recent serious fire IN which three fire
men lost their lives. DIT. Osier was not
consulted about Bonner's appointment, but
property owners and the underwriters in
New York regard it with great favor.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-25

New York dispatches state that
Banker Morse is very busy hunting
money" He has plenty of competi-
tion in that line.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-25

Readers who want to follow the trip
of the battleshiDs and the New York
to Paris autoists will have 20 brush
up on their geography.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-25
ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK.
RippIes on the Current of Life in thS
MeNropOIia.


The important legal question whether the
state legislature may delegate to a COM
mission the legislative power of fixing
rates was decided in the affirmative by
the New York state court of appeals. I'm
der the legislative act of 1905 creating a
commission to regulate prices of gas and
electric light and power, the commission
ordered reductions in several cities. The
public service companies of Saratoga re-
sisted the order and appealed to the courts.
In the decision just rendered the court of
appeals held the act constitutional in its
underlying principle, namely, that the leg
islature may delegate to a commission its
power to fix rates. but the act in ques-
ton, in this particular case, was held un-
constitutional on the specific ground that
in establishing an arbitrary period of three
years in which the rates fixed by the COM
mission should stand no provision was
made for an appeal for a readjustment Of
rates. As the right of congress to dele
gate rate-maklng power to the Interstate
Commerce commission has been raised by
opponents of the Hepburn law and is likely
to be presented to the court of last resort,
the ruling of New Yorks court Of appeals
Is considered an important judicial prece-
dent.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-25

In suggesting j. Pierpont Morgan
for the presidency, Leslie NJ. Shaw
must have eflt like the theatrical
prompter who had given the wrong
cue.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-25

The motto is to be restored to the
coin. Now If they will only restore
the coin everybody will be happy.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-25

The Balkan war cloud serves it's
purpose, AL the countries interested
are voting more taxes to meet the
emergency.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-25

Charles Dana Gibson says there are
more pretty women in this country
than ever before. And always will be.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-25

Delilah had betrayed Sgmson and he was
In the hands OF the Philistines.
Just the same" he reflected proudly
II am the strongest man now in captivity
Whereupon he proceeded to walt patiently
for his hair to grow long again.--Chicago
Tribune.