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Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-11
Encouraging Crop Reports.

In spite of the drouth from which
much of the country suffered during
the year, the governments official in
vestigation Of the crop situation pro-
duces reports which will dispel the ex-
IRENE concern that was felt toward the
close Of the summer. Some of the crops
have actually improved over previous
years, notably oats and potatoes, both
of which show a greatly increased
yield, both In quantity and quality, in
comparison with last year, and a de-
cided gain over the %ten-year average.
1t was to be expected that corn would
be the great sufferer from the drouth,
yet it's condition for the whole United
States is less than six points below the
average for the last ten years, and Ne
braska is shown as contributing more
than 400, 900 bushels to the yield.
From the wheat situation special
qualification will arise. The total pro-
duction of spring and winter wheat
combined is indicated at 100000
bushels, as against 665, 000,0 finally
estimated last year, and in addition to
this p~rodigious gain the quality has ad-
vanced / per cent. Spring wheat alone
jumps 8 per cent in quality over the
ten-year average, and the production
indicated is 2s2,O0O,OOO bushels, as
against 227, 100000 a year ago.. The
estimate Of Nebraska's wheat crop is
60, 900, 900 bushels.
In the face of these returns, what be-
comes Of the lamentations of James j.
Hill, who so lugubriously bewailed the
passing of the wheat harvest from the
StatesG Mr.. Hills chronic cry
has been that we were not raising
enough wheat, that the farmers were
allowing the wheat acreage to shrink,
and in the face of which pessimism the
farmers have quietly kept planting
wheat until, Notwithstanding an un-
promising seasons discouragements,
they are certain of a crop which con
flutes Mr.. Hill and adds materially to
the causes for thanksgiving throughout
the country.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-11
UndulY Distressed.

Some good people down at Lincoln
seem to be unduly distressed over ru-
mored infractions of the s O'Clock
closing law in Omaha, There are
other cities in this state where viola
lions Of this law may be surreptitiously
practiced, but the Lincoln papers and
people have Eyes only for Omaha.
Some returned voyagers to Ak-Sar-Ben
are said to have reported on their ar
rival under the shadow OF the state
house that while in Omaha they got
something, somewhere. in tea cups
that tasted mighty good. and 10 gel
which in Lincoln they would either
have to send to Havelock or join one
of the social clubs, Returned yoyag,
ers from Lincoln report here in omahs
that those who know how down there
can have their thirst Quenched in ale,
gal hours IL they go about IT right.
But the s o'clock law is not the only
law on the statute books. There are
other laws which are presumed to cal
for the constant vigilance Of Law on.
GERS and social reformers, and at {
trial OF charges against Lincoln's CHIEF
OF police that. officer has Just testified
that the city was never so over-rur
with women in blocks in its history al
It is now" We suggest that the good
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-11
PERSONAL NOTES.

II seems only natural that the dancing
masters Of New York should stake steps,
to test the constitutionaiity OF the law re.
quiring dancing academies TO be licensed.
Railroads in the state of washington
without an open murmur concurred In a re-
duction Of local grain rates ordered by the
State Railroad commission Verify 1903 Is a
year OF wonders.
Wilbur Wright that he r. not
In the show business. Circus and vaude-
v~ille-proof heroes waste a lot of by
products. Besides, many a publisher would
like to hitch his wagon to an aeroplan
star.
For the second time In his life, JoV
Kirg, a water tender on the scout cruis
Salem, who halls from ireland. but W
enlisted In New York. has been Rward
a medal Of honor for extraordinary herd
ism by the Navy department. n
william Lucas, dcy yardmaster at the
west yard OF the Pennsylvania railroad in
Wilmington. Del, bears a striking re-
sentlance to President Tpft, both in stat
ure and features. He has just returned
from Denver, where a photograph was sold
for that OF the president, who was there
at the same time.
A statue OF General Lew wallace Of In
diana. statesman. author and patriot, is
ready for installation in Statuary hall In
the capitol and will be placed beside that
Of Indiana's war governor, oliver p. Nor
ton. The dedicatory exercises win be held
In January, with Senator Lodge OF Mas
sachusetts, delivering the eulogy.
Louis T.. stensgaard, a prominent ST.
Paul banker, who vanished following his
failur in 1855 and subsequent acqulttal on
a charge Of forgery. was located in an
orange grove on the outskirts of Pasadena,
Cal, recently by his youngest son, Thor
valid, who was 10 years old when his father
disappeared twenty-one years ago.
When Scott Morgan walked into the
home Of his hslf-sister, Mrs. S. v. clifton,
in Rushville, Ind, recently, they thought
it was a specter from the grave, as he
disappeared thirty years ago ana was
thought to be dead. He had trouble with
his wife's relatives over some financlSl
matter and left suddenly.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-11
AN ELBvATING sPECTACLE.
Mr. BryRn's Tariff stumpinE Tour of
Texas.
New York sun.

New York sun.
In his numerous campaigns for office
Mr.. Bryan has never displayed any par
ticular ondness for discussions of the tar
If. He has acted as IL he considered the
protective system unworthy of his serious
consideration. 1t has been an incident Of
his canvasses subordinate In Importance TO
the purchase OF Filipinos,' bank deposit
guarantees, and other subjects of similar
high import. So decided has his aversion
to the tariff seemed, indeed. that many
voters believed he was a protectionlst or
afraid to tackle the problem.
Now 1t appears, however, that Mr..
Bryan has found a use for the tariff. Con-
sequently he is eager to pose as. a great
reducer. In his antlpathy to Senator
Bailey he has made up his mind that he
can injure that already pretty complete
political ruin by assaIling his course in
the special session of congress. SO Bryan
is wandering about the state OF Texas,
expatiating on the wickedness OF the SEN
ator. believing his stalwart conviction thai
his conscience is more active than the
Bailey silent mentor, and repeating his
wearying yawp about predatory wealth
coercing its employees to vote to keep him
out Of the White House.
An ~elevating spectacle here. The man
three times rejected by the voters in vio-
lent controversy with the champion pugil-
list of the senate. Typically democratic is
the situation. Honest men will pray that
each of the contestants may entirely and
utterly destroy the other. and rid the
country Of one great nuisance and one
small but annoying pest.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-11

Those stockmen who think the peo-
pie need to be educated to use the
cheaper cuts of meat" are themselves
in need of the object lesson that the
average city home affords. High prices
some time ago compelled the consumer
to welcome to his table the cuts that he
once would have scorned, until now
such a thing as a cheaper cut no longer
remains. II the stockman is not aware
of this, II he thinks there is any meat
on the carcass being wasted, his reckon
ing is with the packer and the butcher,
not with the consumer, who already is
educated" on the meat question.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-11
NEGLIGENT VOTERS.
D~iscreditRble Apathy Mantfented in
Municipal Elections.
Washington Star

NaSnlnBtOn star,
Municipal elections are soon to be held
in many cities in this country ann the
partisan newspaper are at present Lsily
engaged in admonishing voters to regis
ter now" Party leaders are hard at work
organizing their forces and routing bust
ness men out of their political lethargy
to insure their eligibility on election day.
This is the first stage OF the actual
process of exercising the suffrage, the
most important, indeed, inasmuch as the
unregistered citizen Is as helpless as a
minor or an unnaturalized allen One of
the most remarkable phenomena in our
American system Of elf-government is
the indifference OF a large percentage OF
people to the matter of electoral qualifica-
tons. So many law-abidlng, honest citi-
zens fail In this important duty that the
professional politician, the man to whom
the manipulation of municipal affairs is
a buslness-and a most profitable one
has little difficulty in controlling primaries
and elections.
The cutlery for direct nominations rep
resents a real evil in our affairs, and ono
Tor which the people themselves are re-
sponsible through their lack of intelligent
practical interest in the preliminary work
of selecting candidates. AS long as MIL
nicipal affairs are regulated on the basis
of party organization, II is the duty OF
every citizen to participate IN the ac-
ttvities Of that party with which he is
affiliated, to reduce to the lowest possible
point the danger of professional PARTISAN
ship and the utilization of the municipal
machinery for corrupt ends.
1t is a favorite argument Of the women
who advocate the extension Of the suf-
frage to their sex that they would not
neglect so important an obligation as that
OF registering as voters. Probably for
some time after the change they would
be dlligent, but 1t is not unjust to suggest
that they might flag in their interest after
a few seasons and find themselves the
objects OF as great a soIicitude on tie
part OF the leaders as are their husbands
and fathers today
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-11
REDUCING EMPRESS RATES.
Tightening the Check Rein ON Grasp
ing Combines.
81. Paul Pionrer Pres.

OF faul flOneer Press.
The supreme court of the state of Ne
braska has sustained a law passed by the
legislature in 1907 making a % per cent re-
duction in express rates on state business.
The court holds that the law was a valid
enactment and not confiscatory. A tenn
porary injunction sought by the attorney
general to prevent the companies from vio-
lating the law Is made permanent by the
supreme court.
The decision is important as being the
first OF a number OF similar laws in other
states to be passed upon by the highest
state judicial tribunal. In practically
every state west Of the Alleghenies there
has been a long standing complaint that
express charges have been exorbitant. but
the companies have successfully resisted
all efforts at their reduction. Records
have been offered in abundance TO show
that the express companies nave been
making prodigious profits, running from
90 to 100 per cent on exaggerated capitali-
cation. The Nebraska decision, II sus.
tanned in the higher courts, will serve to
emphasize the extent to which states may
cooperate with the federal authorities in
breaking the hold OF grasplnE combines.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-11

Now that Lady Constance and her
associate suffragettes are arming them
selves with hatchets, we may look for
some unkind cuts among British poll
ticians. But what a change of destiny
for the Ratchet since It's innocent youth
with the truth-telling George. When
Carrie Nation resurrected its use as a
woman's weapon, could she have fore
seer that its plebeian helve would yet
be EMBODIED within the patrician palms
of the Lady Constances of England?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-11
OUTPUT OF NEW SECURITIES.
over = BiuiOn Flood the Market I'm
Nine Months.

New York Journal OF Commerce.
Railroad systems, traction companies and
Industrial corporations In the United
States have Issued during the first MINI
months OF 1909 new bonds n stocks az
gregating t1.217. S6, 0SO. which compares with
a.W2Si,626 in the first thre~e-quarters OF
1908 showing therefore an increase OF
Nl4Ss5O, $50. The investment demand for
securities during the last two months has
been smaller than at any time since the
serious congestion Of 1903, but on this oc-
casion underwriters have prevented the
accumulation OF undigested securities by
Withholding flotations. During September
several very large railroad loans were to
have been offered for public subscription,
but conditions we're so unfavorable that in
each instance delay was decided upon,
However, although bond issues fell off, as
compared with a year ago, stocks were
put out In larger volume. September
total contribution to the years new securi-
ties was Sl5l.mA,Ooo, an increase Of Ss7, SOS, go
over 1908, due wholly to stock issues by
Industrial companies.
Total authorizations Of new securities
this year have reached the enormous total
Of 1897, 024,O4O against 81, $50, 6O0.6 72 in 1908,
an increase for the current year at the
~ VI AsNNNfNNN hSa Twill VI ~ NC AaNh
1864. 4S2. S6s. The great difference between
the amount authorized and the amount
actually issued is due in part to the poor
absorption Of new securities already re-
ferred to. but Il should be EXPLAINED that
In many cases directors formally authorize
new capital to be Issued later on, but when
the stocks or bonds. as the case may be.
are actually disposed of no public an
nouncement is made. In considering the
financing done In this country no great
attention need be paid to the mere autho-
riEations, the issues constituting a more
correct guide to the true position. Even
the S1,2l7, S6, $50 put out this year does not
represent strictly new financing, as much
refunding has been taken care Of, espec-
ialy as 1t has been necessary to prepare
to meet an enormou quantity Of short
notes falling due in l91O-an aftermath OF
the forced financing done during the none
tary stringency that prevailed in 1SO6-lS07
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-11
Mailed Fist for the Moros.

According to Colonel Hoyt, who has
just resigned as civil governor Of More
province, the mailed fist must continue
to be the law Of the land among the
Moros, where, he reports, the constant
activity Of troops is necessary to the
preservation Of peace. There is Mt
question hat conditions there are diff
ferent from those in the rest of the
Philippine archipelago, and 1t will be
worth while for congress to consider
Colonel Hoyt's proposal to effect 8
permanent separation of the Moro dis
trict from the remainder of the islands
Those who have kept abreast of Phil
ippine progress will recall the fire.
quency with which traitorous attacks
upon native constabulary and United
States troops have been made by the
Moros. That these reports are ampli-
fled by Colonel Hoyt in his final review
of affairs as he surrenders office, will
stimulate inquiry in congress as to the
advisability of d~ifferentiating the Mo-
ros from their Filipino brethren.
Colonel Hoyt is fresh from the scsne OF
action, and his advice that the southern
islands be declared separate territory
of the United States, not a colony, to
be occupied as a naval base, has the
ring Of deliberate judgment. 1t is ev-
ident that the Moros have no concep-
ton Of government or independence
and that a show of superior force
against them must continue for some
time to come.
In the meantime, 1t seems unfortu-
nate that the peaceful territory Of the
north should suffer the drag of the
Moro belligerents. II congress sees fit
to make the division of territory pro-
posed, the occupation and development
of the northern section of the archi-
pelago outside the Moro group could
proceed apace, and the United States
would be enabled all the quicker to es-
tablish it's absolute influence in the
Orient.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-11
No COnscriDtiOn
Buffalo Express.

Lieutenant General Adna r., Chaffee, OF
the United States army, retired, startled
the military authorities OF the country by
a speech he made before the National
Guard convention at Los Angeles last
week. He was quoted as advocating con-
scription for army training, so that a force
Of 500, 900 drilled men would be available
for military service in an emergency. When
these remarks were brought to the atten-
ton Of Secretary Dickinson that official
automatically said that he did not think
he ought to be called on TO express an
opinion every time anyone made a speech.
That might be taken as an indication that
the head Of the War Department does not
think Il worth while to consider General
Chaffee's proposition very seriously.
1t is certain that the country At large
will not so consider It
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-11
MARKING OVERLAND TRAIL.
Memorial Proposed for the PiOneer
Highway.
Denver Republican.

Denver ltepuDIcan.
The proposal Of the Union Pacific to put
a suitable granite monument at some point
on one Of the old stage trails in Colorado
is In every way interesting and worthy.
Colorado was traversed by many historic
highways in early days. The old Santa Re
trail, across the southeastern portion Of the
state, has been suitably marked by monu-
ments. The old cattle trail. along which
countless herds Travelled north from Texas
and New Mexico, has been lost forever.
1t is doubtful II any person could trace the
highway OF the cowboys at this late day,
so utterly has the face of the country
changed, owing TO the thrush of settlers.
But the old Smoky Hill stage road and
similar highways of passenger travel are
either in use or can be plainly traced in
many parts of the state.
The Union Pacific followed the course OF
the old Holiday stage route across the
continent, and the history OF that route
viii always remain prominent in the
stirring story OF the west. From Jules
burg on the old Overland Trail was the
scene of many exciting adventures. many
of which took place in Colorado.
There are plenty of places in the state
where a monument would lit, and the
memorial will serve to remind many a
careless and unthinking Pullman traveller
of the debt he owes to the men OF the
Overland Trail who blazsd the way for
civilization.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-11
A FROM NOW.
st. Louis Globe Democrat.

st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
II you and / should wake from sleep
A century from now,
Back to the grave we'd want to creep
A century from now.
Wed witness such a startling change,
Fin everything so wondrous strange,
Wed hurry back across the range
A century from now.
A woman forty, fat and fair
A century from nov
May warm with grace the speakers chat
A century from nov.
The cabinet ma be a flock
OF girlies gay OF hat and fFock,
Who talk. but will not mend a sock.
A century from now.
The people will all lily on wings
A century from now,
Not heavenly, but patent thinEs)
A century from now.
soaT aloft, devoid OF fear.
on pinions OF a ehainlsss gear,
And change their flyers once a year,
A century from now.
There'I be no restaurants at all
A century from now;
The home Will have nc dining hall
A century from now.
The chemist all our wants will fill
with food In tablets, and to still
thirst Wen simply take a pill
a century from now.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-11
County Tax Lsvies in Nebraska.

The state auditors compilation Of
the rates OF county tax levies through
out Nebraska, while disclosing quite a
range between high and low, shows
less variation than would ordinarily be
expected. One county has gotten its
this years levy down to 3h mills, and
the highest is 22 mills, but the average
seems to be from 10 to IL mills. The
tax levy here in Douglas county, con-
tanning both Omaha and South Omaha,
and more than a tenth of the whole
population of the state, is 10 mills,
while that for Lancaster county, con-
tanning Lincoln, the state capital, is
IL mills.
The state tax to be added uniformly
in all counties is ~ mills, and in ad-
dition there are other taxes for school,
city, village or precinct purposes. The
fact that the county tax is from two to
three times the state tax, and the
city and school district tax is fire.
~quently as much as the state and
county taxes together, shows again
that the real burden Of taxation, so far
as 1t is a burden, is that borne for
local purposes,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-11

One effective way to improve the
milk situation of the country is for
dairymen to watch more closely the in
dividual records of their milch cows
and eliminate the robbers" Of the
herd, those which fall below a fixed
percentage OF profit above their keep.
The steadily lowering grade Of the
American mich COW is one of the rea-
Sol given why milk at retail is now
going UP to 9 and 10 cents a quart in
so many cities. Wherever this excessive
price is charged the families~are reduc-
ing their purchases to such a minimum
that the dealers report a great loss of
volume of trade. A strict watch by the
dsirymen against their "robber" cows
might result in less cause for the COM
plant Of "robber" milkmen now COM
monty heard in the households.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-11
Mr.. Bryan declares that he got much

Mr.. Bryan declares that he got much
Of his tariff inspiration from "Hori-
zontal Bill" Morrison. 1t certainly
looks very much like it, only Morrison
wanted to make his horizontal cut all
at once, while Mr.. Bryan proposes q
gradual reductions Of all the schedules
year by year as a sort of perpetual
process of tariff tinkering. The hori-
zontal bill was bad enough, but Mr.
Bryan's would be worse.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-11

people Of Lincoln and their newspapers
a keep quite busy sweeping before
their own door, particularly in view Of
the fact that the only liquor healer
convicted in Omaha for selling after
8 O'Clock had his license forfeited, and
others can be made to go the same way
whenever the needed evidence IS pre-
sented by the a%nti-saloon sleuths in
the proper court.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-11
Good reason for a Roar
PIttsburg Dispatch.

Oklahoma bankers, who so enthusiast
cally swallowed Mr.. Bryan's bank guar
.anty plan are beginning to find it indl-
gestibIe. The banks at Enid are protest.
ing vigorously against paying their assess
.ment upon that failure. They are begin
ming to ask themselves why men who con-
duct their business with care should help
make good for the reckless.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-11

The nonpartisan democratic oandi-
date for supreme judge has lost his
first round in his fight on behalf OF the
corporations to nullify the democratic
corporation tax law. There will be
other rounds. however.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-11
Recipe for Keepins YounE.
Cleveland Plaln-D Dealer,

Cl0NNlahu AioAA-DNaleIs
Or, James b. Angel, retiring president
OF the University OF Michigan, gives this
recipe for keeping young; The lesson
1 ave learned In my thirty-eight years
service is that llfeloOg association with
college students securAs one the blessing
OF remaining optimistic and youthful In
spirit" II is evident that this grand old
educator Is quick to forget and forgive
the many annOyanoes his youthful asso-
clates have caused him to suffer-and, no
doubt, he means every word he utters.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-11

bilious in a calling which promises ad-
vancement. The stagnstion in naval
promotions is so marked that men
naturally view the service with sus-
picion. II the department will offer
some such inducement as sure oppor-
tunity of promotion or reward for loyal
and devoted service, instead Of the sim
pie bait Of "a chance to see the world"
the navy is likely to attract enough
men to maintain the warships in a
state of efficiency instead of being COM
PEELED to let old vessels go into decay
as fast as new ones are built.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-11

Ak-sar-Ben will have, to learn not 10
compete with himself. People can't
be in attendance out at the military
parade grounds and within the carni-
val enclosure downtown at the same
time,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-11
Bills Do Not Touch Him

washington POST
The fact that the prince of Braganza
was sued by a money lender within a
few hours after his wedding to Miss
Stewart Is said Gin no wise to have dis
turbed his highness." We suppose not.
Their ~highnesses do not seem to care, as
a rule, how soon the lid is kicked off
after the wedding ceremony and the finan-
cial settlements are finished.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-11

Mr.. BaeT's admission that the Read
ing's purchase Of the Jersey Central
was prompted By a midnight call of ].
p. Morgan. renews attention to the
motto CT those who succeed in Wal
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-11
A Point overlooked,
Boston Transcript.

Boston AlahSSiiP1
The president sage that the Panama
canal will double the efficiency Of the
navy by cutting in two the distance by
water between the two coasts. To cut In
two the naval outlay would be still more
to the point,