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Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-26
Human Side of Big Enterprises.

When he declared in an interview
that it was the design of the big cor
poration which he represents to keep
on good terms with it's employees and
have them loyal to its interests, Julius
Kruttschnitt voiced a trend OF modern
industry. The time is not far dis
tant when big corporations cared little
or nothing what their employees
thought Of It, depending upon fore
men, superintendents and other inter
mediaries to get results. Many cor
porations practice the same system to-
day, but on every hand is evidence
that the progressive employers take a
different view. The highest personal
forced and it's greatest value is in
emergencies, when more is required
than a reasonably be expected. In
addition the loyal and contented en-
pfoye is an asset every day in the year.
The methods Of securing loyalty and
personal interest of employees In the
affairs Of employers are varied, among
them prof1t-sharing, inducements to
buy stock or interests In the business,
making working conditions healthtul
and pleasant and so forth, all of which
are being thoughtfully considered by
progressive employers Of labor, and
the further removed the employe may
be from the head of the concern by
reason of distance or large number
of persons employed the more neces-
sary to success is loyalty Of the EN-
ploye,
Enlightened self-interest is doing
more than all the EXAMINATIONS OF
doctrinaires to bring about a better
understanding between the classes and
better conditions for labor.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-26
A Life Insurance Anniversary.

The present week will witness the
observance by the Equitable Life AS
surance society Of its hftieth anniver-
sary. The oldest New York company
antedates It only sixteen years and but
a few companies in this country are
older. The fact that the Equitable is
now under the presidency Of Paul
Morton, a former N%ebraskan, gives
this occasion a special interest to us
all.
States several companies carrying
over $1,000, 600, 700 of life risks and
practically all of this business has
been built up within fifty years and
four-1fths of It within the last
twenty-five years. Life insurance is a
modern evolution of the idea Of saw
ing and particularly of protecting
families against the death of the bread
ever devised by man has done so much
in this line as life Insurance and no
other class of monetary institutions
touches so directly so many American
homes. Not ever the thousands OF
banks have a direct financial relation
to so many different people as the va
rious forms of life insurance COM
panies and associations. The dis
bursements OF policies of several Of
the larger companies exceed the div
idends of any railroad corporation in
the United States.
While life insurance is not peculiar
to the United States. in no other coun-
try in the world does It reach the
masses as here, and when the extent
and universally of their business is
considered It is not strange that
everything connected with the man
agement Of the companies attracts i'm
mediate and careful public attention
and that the management is held to
such strict accountability, both by the
law and the policyholders.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-26
Distributing Financial Power.

Participation by the United States
bankers in the Chinese loan empha-
sizes the position of this country in
the arena Of the world Of finance.
Formerly this country figured only as
a borrower, but in recent years has
repeatedly participated in the floating
of foreign loans, notably those made
by Japan during the Russian war.
BY some II is taken as an indication
that New York will ultimately be the
financial center of the world. It is
undoubtedly true hat this country,
and New York as its great money CEN
ter, will become more and more a
factor, although present tendencies
are against any one city absolutely
dominating world finances.
Until modern days some n city
has been the dominating money power
of the world. Venice, Genoa, Lisbon,
Amsterdam and London in turn have
occupied that position. London even
now is unQuestionably the greatest
financial center, but Paris, Berlin,
Vienna and Amsterdam in Europe and
New York are all to be reckoned with
in world finance and it is possible to
float large governmental loans in
either OF these centers without draw
ing upon the others. This greater
distribution OF International fnancier-
ing has both a s~teadying and a dis
quieting effect upon international af-
fairs. Divergent financial interests in
Turkey have notably been a source OF
friction, yet at the same time have
preserved the integrity Of the empire
and held on the long-predicted Balkan
confagration.
France, Germany. Great Britain and
the United States each have large in,
t~erests in China and the new loan,
which has been the cause Of so much
controversy. is wanted simply as q
lever to promote trade interests and &c
strengthen the hold OF the respective
nations in the celestial empire. With
the growing unrest in China there is
every indication that it will soon sup
plant Turkey ~ the most troublesome
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-26
GROWING LAND HUNGER.
Impressive Lesson OF the Latest Rush
for Rdtan Land.
Kansas CITY journal

Kansas City Journal.
An impressive lesson as to the rapidly
dwindling areas Of public lands open for
homestead and the tremendous scramble
Of people TO occupy them, IL given In the
scenes that are being enacted in connec-
ton with the opening for settlement OF the
Spokane. Occur d'Alene and Flathead
reservations. 1t the close OF thte first
days registration over $500 applications
had been filed, and It is estimste that
before the expiration OF the time limit at
least 10000 applications will be made for
the less than 1900 homesteads which the
three reservations will amount to in the
aggregate. OF course. quite a number Of
these applicants belong to the class OF
SPECTATORS, Adventures and restless spir-
its who make their applications in the
hope of striking a lucky number and sell
ing out at a handsome profit. But tho
overwhelming majority OF the applicants
are undoubtedly genuine honeseekcrs
whose dearest desire is to obtain n farm
and to settle down for life in the virgin
country which offers them the opportunity
TO strive for their ideals OF financial in
dependence and domestic happiness. The
scenes that have attended these openings
OF government lands in various parts OF
the country, even in a comparatively bar
rem region in Utah, clearly demonstrates
the fact that and hunger is Increasing
rapidly In the public appetite, that the
American people are growing more and
more to appreciate the value and dignity
OF proprietorship in the soil of their native
land. The ownership OF land from the be-
ginning of time has been considered as
the best title to solid respectability among
all peoples, and the American people APP
pear to fully realize this fact. When all is
said about the isolation of farm life and
the drudgery incident to the farmers
labors, the fact remains that the man
whose feet are rooted in the soil, who
owns the best Of all natural resources for
the requirement OF an easy competency,
has a tremendous advantage over the land
less rover who must depend upon his wits
for a living, even to reversal Of the Scrip
tural version of taking in the stranger. A
good piece Of the earth always has been
and always will be the best investment a
man can make in the long run.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-26
Az IN Endorsements

FREMONT. Neb., July B-To the Editor
Of The Bee: I saw in n Bee recently en-
Item to the effect that the coming state
convention could, II II wanted to, indorse
three candidates for supreme Judge, but
would probably not DO so unless the candi-
dates agreed to this method. Why don't
you advocate this plan and bring pressure
to bear to nave It carried out7 W. q.
This Is a pertinent question, but it
seems to The Bee that II is up to the
candidates themselves inasmuch as
there is no power lodged anywhere to
compel them, or anyone else, to sub
NIT to q decision of a convention. The
direct primary law gives everyone,
who is otherwise qualified and aspires
to office, a legal right to appeal to the
rank and file of the voters Of his party,
no matter how hopeless his cause may
be.
In the present situation we believe
that the candidates seeking places on
the republican ticket would be follow
ing the course of wisdom If they
should agree to let the coming onven
ton decide between them and thus
avoid a costly primary campaign. The
democrats have seen to 1t hat only
three names have been filed for the
three judgeship places to be filed on
their ticket and have thus obviated
any primary contest. The democratic
candidates start out, therefore, with
their nominations already in hand,
while the republicans will a
month of valuable time and waste
much money and effort to find out who
the republican candidates are to be.
In Wisconsin last year the demo-
Gratis vent even further than our cor
respondent suggests by holding a state
convention before the time for filings
closed and nominating a complete set
Of candidates for state Offices whose
names we're %thereupon filed as the
choice Of the organization, and no
other democrats had the temerity even
to file against them. What the demo-
Gratis Of Wisconsin did in convention
last year the democrats of Nebraska,
despite their hypocritical professions
Of nonpartisanship, have done by man
i~pulation this year. If our repub-
licans could, by agreement, make up
the state ticket without a primary
fight they would have good democratic
precedent in justification.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-26
PERSONAL NOTES.

In a recent divorce case in Philadelphia
a wife admitted that she thought more Of
a certain dog than of her husband. Natur-
ally, this made the husband growl, but
even this did not win back her affections.
The full name of the pretender TO the
Spanish throne, who died a few days ago,
was Charles Maria de los Dolores Jean Isl
dore Josef Francois Quirin Antoine Michel
Gabriel Rafael, Prince do Bourbon. and he
carried It sixty-one years.
Governor Brown OF Georgia refuses TO
issue a proclamation permitting peach
growers to pick their fruit on Sunday to
save 1t from going TO waste, his explana-
ton being that the executive has no au-
thority to suspend a criminal law.
A few days ago announcement was made
that q Wesley family at Detroit, lineal
descendants Of John Wesley, had been
Converted to Mormanism. The fact that
John Wesley died without issue may be
cited as tending to show the possibility Of
error.
AS a memorial TO George T. Angel, the
longtime friend of animals, who died in
Boston last spring, the directors OF the
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals and of the American
Humane society are planning TO erect a
humane building" About $50. 600 has al
ready been raised for the purpose.
Clinton Humphrey Baker, known as
Scissors" Baker. a knife and scissors
grinder who freQuented the downtown Of
flee district, was found dead from heart
disease In a Boston lodging house. Baker,
who was a lovable old man, was once a
reporter. having worked with Mark Twain
on the Virginia City Nevada Enterprise.
Colonel Abe slupsey OF 81 Louis, eminent
as a spelling reformer, has been exonerated
in court from the frivolous charge Of dis
turbing the peace. A warrior Of a thou
sand scraps with word builders, the colo
nel's heart ever throbs for peace, and his
triumphant vindication will fill the bosom
Of the New York Sun with ''chortles Of
Joy"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-26
"PUBLIC bic PLEASED"
A Revised Version OF the Vanderbilt
Motto.
Philadelphia Press.

philadelphia Press.
The energetic promoter who projected and
brought to completion the McAdoo tunnels
shows a Just conception of the spirit with
which a great enterprise should be CON
Quoted in his remark: we believe in the
public be pleased policy as opposed to the
public be damned policy" This policy OF
pleasing the public is essential to the sue
cess Of a public service corporation. II the
latter has the people with 1t success is
most likely to come to 1t. The opposite pol
icy is not only unwise, but dangerous. 1t is
a natural prelude to ultimate bankruptcy.
Corporations everywhere under an intel
ligent management are coming 20 realize
this more and more. II does not pay for
any corporation, especially a public service
corporation, to make itself unpopular. It
cannot afford to have the people against
II. It's business is unfavorably affected by
the unfriendly feeling, its lawsuits are in
creased and adverse verdicts against It
multiplied. 1t Is unpleasant, besides, to do
business with those whose attitude is an
tagonistic, critical, hostile. The good will
OF the public is a most valuable ally and
support for any corporation,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-26
THE MODERN PAPA.

St Louis Democrat.
Don't rock the babe, mother. addle It's
palms,
Don't trot the dear child up and down
on your knee!
It's bad for an infant, the doctors agree.
Get rid Of the cradle. Ifs useless today!
Go throw out the bottle! It's vanduishe,l
The ring and the rattle. pray hide them.
my dear,
The rubber will poison the baby, I hear.
Don't nurse him! Why, mother. you.re
harming the child!
A thousand good reasons already are filed.
And baby ~foods-really, you cannot have
There's hardly a one that the nurse has
not spurned.
The gocart and carriage win lnture hts
Don't kiss him. my dear, tho he Is yours
and mine.
Don't talk baby talk to the infant. I pray,
It's bad for his mind, so the wIscst all
"How q it that we all grew up to DO
uni That is a thing that the wise have
not told. ....
But don't toss him, mother. or count his
pink toes,
or something win happen. nurse says-and
-LURANA W. SHELDON,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-26
WARNING AGAINST DnUGs.
Danger In IndiacrimInnte Use OF Ger
tain Preparations.

'NNFhAAb DANBoANis
A report Of the United states Depart
ment of Agriculture sets forth a peculiar
situation In the fact that certain drugs
which physicians are using less. and with
more care, are being used by persons with
out medical advice in greater amount. The
facts as stated certainly indicate a warning
against their indlscrimlnate and unprofes-
sional use.
The drugs especially referred to are the
coal tar PRODUCTS phenacetin, aoetanllid
and anupyrin. That these are drugs of
medical value for certain cases is not dis
puted. But their toxic properties are such,
especially in depressing the action Of the
heart, that fifteen years ago a report to
the British Medical association attributed
evil results to their use in excessive and
injudlclous doses. Since then physicians
have employed them only in extreme cases
and with the greatest caution.
1t is reported by the Agricultural depart
ments investigators with reference 10 pure
foods and drugs that their unauthorized
use is increasing, especially for the relief
of headaches. 1t is well established that
1t Is a dangerous practice, from which
fatal results have often followed. Nc one
doubts the value Of these drugs when their
use is governed by professional knowledge
and caution: but the habitat resort to them
is akin in its effects to the similar use OF
cocaine or morphine.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-26
COMFORT ron srAY-Ar-uoMEs.
Train the imagination and the Tric
ts Turned,
BaitImore American.

hhlNNNNNNN ENNNIlNNNa
The great majority who cannot dodge to
the seashore or to the mountains when
the temperature gets above the 20
mark, but who must take the weather sit
uation as It comes and make the most OF
It, can better the stay-at-home status Inn
mensely by mapping out a program OF off
hour movements. When you come to gre
the stay-at-home proposition up In an all
round way 1t isn't such a bad one.
Really, now, what is there at any OF
the much-heralded summer resorts In the
way Of comfort, amusement or general sstk
isfaction which is not within easy reach OF
the home location? Think II over and
answer without prejudice or bias.
TIL fact Of the matter IL that tricky i'm
aginations have much 70 do with the mi
gratory Impulses which begin to develop
when the summer swings in. Many OF us
are so made that we think we would be
happier II only we were somes here else.
We are generally wrong In this belief-lt
is most always a mere trick Of our mag
nations. AS to the theory OF shaking Off
cares and worries by running away from
them, we can stay at home and shake
them off Just as well. II we will only de-
terminc not to be bothered with them.
Happiness, as more than one poet has ~
marked, is an inner condition and not nd
result OF outward circumstances
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-26

Hartford lConn.) Courant.
In his brief speech against the proposed
amendment to the constitution to make
possible the levying OF an income tax in
case Of great national need, Congressman
Mccall OF Massachusetts, declared on the
floor of the house that compelling q man
to report faithfully what his income has
been amounts to calling on him to LAY
bare the innermost recesses OF his soul. ="
Is II In the innermost recesses Of their
souls that the people Of Massachusetts keep
their treasure chests2 We have our opinion
OF the man who cannot distinguish between
his soul and his pocketbook.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-26
Omar's silent Lutte.
Philadelphia Record.

HITdUVIpNId LNVUUIU'
II Omar Khayyam were still turning
out quatrains-with the invaluable assist
ance Of the late Mr.. Fitzgerald-there
might be some inspiration for his muse in
the political affairs of his country. But
the chances are that with a jug OF wine,
cooled by a purling stream; a nargtleh,
soothing him with it's gentle bubbling, and
with occasional visions Of a houri, he
would refuse to take any interest in par
liamentarianism Of constitutionalism, and
a change OF shahs would affect him less
than q change OF jugs.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-26
CUT OUT WEAK BANKS.
No Reason why They should BE Sup
ported by the stronG.
Wau aKraak Jo,rpot

ported by the stFonG.
Wall Street Journal.
The president of the Wisconsin State
Bankers association says that during the
last five years not a dollar has been lost
by a depositor In a Wisconsin bank. There
does not seem 10 be any ground on such
a record as this for the guaranteeing OF
deposits. The fact IL that Wisconsin has
outgrown the necessity for making strong
banks bear the burdens OF the weaker
ones, Weak banks have no right to exist,
and IL hey were eliminated, as they should
be, when they fall below the standards
OF safe banking practice, the excuse for
a law guaranteeing deposits would be
wholly wanting.
A weak bank in the financial system
OF any state has no more right to continue
in business than has a weak bridge in a
public highway. The duty OF the public
authorities and of public opinion in the
one case Is the same as In the other.
Once an element Of weakness has devel-
oped, the defect In the structure is TO be
remedied without delay, 80 as to make II
capable OF bearing the full weight OF its
proper burden, or the thing should be
closed up. The weak bank takes away
legitimate business from the bank that Is
safe and does injury to the business as a
whole by spreading general distrust. II
should therefore be put out OF existence
with no less expedition than we put out
a fire OF block up a highway or suspend
traffic on a tumbled-down bridge.
This is not a case in which sentiment.
social standing OF officials OF hesitation
to sacrifice an old institution, that has
outlived It's usefulness, can be considered.
II a bank is weak II has either got TO
strengthen itself or go, The machinery
OF the law cannot be invoked too speedily.
II state bank officers, federal officials
and bankers, generally. will stick TO old
fashioned standards OF banking honor, and
eschew temptations. they need not have
unwiSs laws forced upon them.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-26
HARTMAN Loadina Up.

san FRANCISCO CnrOnlCIe'
Now hat Edward H.. Hartman has
taken to a diet of five light meals a day,
including two bottles Of beer, 1t may be
expected that other captains OF industry
who nave had time to make fortunes, but
not to eat, will follow suit. Perhaps we
shall even get around to the English Gus
tom Of having afternoon tea and cake be-
tween transactions That would be an
English invasion which might be con-
sidered an offset to our recent commercial
assault,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-26

Lincoln is having trouble in finding
someone to take the place OF principal
of it's high school. Omaha once went
to Lincoln for a high school principal,
and Lincoln might do we'll to take
reprisal now by coming TO Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-26

A company has been incorporated
in New York to carry freight and pas
sengers by the airship route. The in
corporation Of the company is no evil
dence, however, that it will seriously
compete with the railroads for some
time to come.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-26

And that reminds us-the people Of
Omaha voted 3e,500,ooO water bonds
nearly three months ago to perfect
the immediate and compulsory" pur-
chase of the water works.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-26

The latest is that a colony of Sioux
Indians will remoV to Nicaragua. II
the Sioux yer mix up in n OF the
periodic revolutions down there the
Nicaraguans will know there is some
thing doing.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-26
POINTED REnl1AA4A.

Friend-Why do you ...,ouIas- ... {
woman suffrage meeunse. r-.-.. yOL
don approve o. them!
Hu~sbAEo-Approve with ali UHy hlugtI l
can come home as tate 40 4 ..Ae .UN ,,..I-
out finding my wife wAItIEs 90 ASA qu,s-
tlons'-hansas City JOuinat.
pendlcitis?"
appendicitis is something tndt ena N "A
good doctor to open w a mas ANATOMY
and remove his entire bank account. "-Cnl-
cago Record-Herald.
Are you a friend Of the prisoner Mag
lstrate OConnor asked a buXoG woman
witness in the Central Street police son.
NO, I'm his mother-iu-la wo,i replied the
woman, without any particular show of
feeling'-New York World.
Mrs,-Oh, Jack! Dolly told me the most
exciting secret, and made me swear never
to tell a living SOUL
Mr.-Well, hurry up with 1t, I'm late to
the OFFICE now.-ClevelHnd Leader.
They say that melody win make the
COWS yield more milk"
Then the installation OF a seYtct OF OPP
cratic milkmaids might ir ."oapn the dairy
output, and also keep thc boys on the
farm.'-Philadelphia Press.
Nell (seriously)-Between the rich old
man I don't love and the poor vounF man
do love l am between two horns OF a d.
Bell 0lippantly)-Ther 1kc the horn Of
pienty.-Baltimore American,
He-How is II yo', are always out when
I call?
she-Just luck.-Life.
How did Tom manage to get so much OF
married his lawyers only daughter"
Boston Transcript.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-26
Hot Air Under Gulf Pressure.
Houston (Texas) Post.

The unusually high wind that prevailed
in the city yesterday developed an unusual
circumstance tending to substantiate the
celestial character OF Houston. Sweeping
around corners and through the maze Of
overhead wires. It became musical and
gave US a symphonious effect cos ~ re-
sembling the inspiring peals Of a cathedral
organ.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-26

One big independent steel company
is erecting a large tube mill and an
other is about 10 start a wire plant,
which would indicate the trust has
not driven everybody else out Of bust
ness,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-26

Senator Gore OF Oklahoma demon
strates that he is something Of a pol.
itician when he recommends that dem
ocrats put up no candidates against
anti-Cannon republicans, But how
about the Cannon democratsf
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-26

Omaha shows up on the weekly bank
clearings table with a percentage of
increase greater than any other city
Of Its class with the exception Of Seat
tie, where an exposition boom is in
progress. From a business stand
point Omaha is doing tolerably we'll.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-26
Taft in a New Light.
hh w" LIE
Boston Globe.

There is steel behind the sweet smile Of
the president. The apparent sunny com
pliance is backed by firmness Under gem
tie manners and playful humor exists an
intrepid determination. The present chief
magistrate of the United States does not
sacrifice principle to politeness nor good
manners to pertInacity,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-26

Seattle papers insist that j. Ham
Lewis would make an ideal man for
the Job of shah Of Persia. Just why
Seattle should want to get ]. Ham
out of the country is not apparent.
for up to date he has beer harmless
and everybody has fun with his whis-
kers.