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Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30
Income Tax Talk.

The discussion OF an income tax in
cident to the debate on the tsrih bill
in the senate il taking a wide range.
The strongest point urged, so far as
ultimate adoption is concerned. grows
out OF the doubts expressed that the
proposed tariff will afford SUFFICIENT
revenue for the needs OF the govern
ment. On the other hand. in addition
to the opposition to the income tax
on principle is the weighty objection,
which questions It's legality, 1t being
we'll known that the last effort to levy
an income tax failed by reason of an
adverse decision by the United states
supreme court, declaring II unconsti-
tutional. Although the personnel of
the court has changed since that de-
cision was rendered, II Is still ex-
treTnely doubtful whether that body as
at present made up would reverse the
former decision. II an income tax
we're made a part Of the present tariff
and should be again nullihed by court
decision, the treasury, already con-
fronted by a deficit. would have to
face a serious problem and this fact
will deter many senators from favor
ing II at this time.
The proposal of Senator Brown to
amend the constitution so as to re-
move the legal obstacles in the way
of a federal income tax can be fruit
full, so far as immediate results go, of
nothing but academic discussion. The
course of the constitutional amend
ment is a slow one and 80 complicated
and dif1cult that it is not likely to be
consummated, except in response to
an overwhelming and insistent public
demand. While we may yet have a
federal income tax through a changed
Interpretation of the constitution. OF
a change In our fundamental law
there has been no issue of an income
tax before the people and it is more
probable that a federal inheritance ta1
will come first.
The attractive feature OF the income
tax lie the prevailing notion that al
the n required could be raised
by a tax upon incomes alone. This
idea OF a single tax upon income Is ne
more practicable than that of a single
tax upon land values. The income tai
would o be a substitute for existing
taxes, but would have to be an add
tional imposition designed to equaliz'
tax burdens by reaching sources o
revenue which are now either over
looked or too lightly tapped.
Our chief difficulties in taxation
arise from our dual form of govern
ment and the multiplication OF author
tiles possessing the taxing power. II
the very nature of things we mus
continue to support these various gov
ernments by resort to a variety o
taxes, one offsetting inequalities of tn
other and together approaching
fairly equitable distribution of ia.
burdens.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30

to me / should put myself at the head
Of my troops and fight to the bitter end. '
At these words the blood left the sui
tsn's face and he fell to the floor in a
dead faint. He felt their truth, and he
knew, furthermore, that he lacked the
strength of character, the force. the will
power. to carry out such 9 program.
What would have happened had the sui
tan's heart been physically weak as well is
not easy to conjecture. AS II was, General
wallace did not leave the Yildiz Kiosk un-
til long after the hour he had intended,
and Abdul Hamld II never again sought a
confidential interview with the author If
Ben Hur.N
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30
FIGHT for the Grain Trade.

The fight for the export grain trade
presents one OF the most interesting
features OF present day economies.
Formerly nearly all the vast supply
of grain which the United States sent
abroad was shipped from New York,
Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore.
The first great movement to divert
this frame was directed toward the
gulf ports of the United States. Al
the outset the great east and west rail
roads fought against Il, but seeing the
futility OF the effort acquired lines by
purchase or trafic agreements which
enabled them to retain control OF the
| trafhc TO the new destination. The
next great move was to shift the grain
OF the northern helds to Montreal. &C
complished by a combination Of Can
adian water and rail rates more favor
able to the shipper than those in ef'
feet to the ports of this country.
From this condition the demand fol
waterways improvement in the United
States has gained force, but In tbs
interval. urged on by the commercia
interests Of the cities affected, the rail
roads are trying again TO divert thu
uafhc 10 its old channels. The re
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30
SUMMER DREAMS
Baltimore American.

Baltimore American.
/ dreamed | was a butterfly.
On light breezes floating hIgh
A tiny Jewel on azure SKY,
To spend on JOY a term.
On fragrant honey blooms TO SUI.
To I'LL of pleasure a sweet cup,
When all at once / DID wake III
To find myself a worm.
I dreamed I was a mermaid fair
With gold combs combitg my Ing ksit,
A thing of beauty passing rare.
Or memory long to stamp;
Now floating on cool, sea-sreeT waves.
Now resting in deep crygtdi caves.
Then woke in rain OF kin none Graves
To find II very damp.
| dreamed / was a red, red rose.
Bright by the golden summer glows.
Kissed by the sweetest breeze that blows,
With sunny skies o'erspread.
OF sweetest fragrance ever srnelled
BY loves own hand to loves breast held
When a voice reused me which ferc
yelled.
Come in. you cabbaee-hesd'"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30
Results Count.

A Chicago packing house, warned that
their method of figuring damages to rail-
road shipments wal open to suspicion as
a disguise for rebates, has assured At
torney General Wickersham of its. willing
ness to adjust its system to any form
approved by the federal authorities. This
is a new procedure in the application of
law, but the experiment seems worth
testing. The hunt for game is less ex-
citing and spectacular, but there will be
less ammunition wasted. And results are
what count, after all. The attorney gen.
erals office can perform as yaluable serv-
ice by defining and applying the permits
sive features of the law as by enforcing
Its prohibitive and punitive side.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30
ACCESS TO Federal COURTS.
A Lower Court Reverses the Upper
One.

Plttsburg Dispatch.
The decision of Judge Jones of the United
States court Of Alabama, holding uncon-
stitutional the Alabama law annuling the
license OF corporations which appeal to the
federal courts against state laws, deals
with a subject that has been before the
United States supreme court at least twice
and has been decided both ways. The last
case produced a decision opposite to that
which Judge Jones has given.
on the face OF the matter 1t would seem
to most judicious minds that a state law
cutting off litigants from their right of
appeal to federal courts or rights under
the national constitution would be against
public policy, as leading to deprive them
OF those rights. But on the reasoning of
the United States supreme court decision
in the Kentucky insurance case a year or
two ago this view does not apply to a
corporation doing business in the state. By
the majority decision in that case the state
has the discretion to either admit or ex-
clude a foreign corporation. Having that
discretion, United States courts may not
go behind its action to take notice of the
rights or wrongs of a law. affixing this
condition to the permission that the cor
p%oration shall do business In the state.
This ruling, as the dissenting justices in
the Kentucky case took care to point out,
was a reversal of the decision of the same
court twenty years before. 1t is a parallel
to the status of the income tax in that
the supreme court has ruled both ways,
and that the last decision is the law until
1t is reversed. The Dispatch lie inclined to
think the principle of Judge Jones decision
right; but 1t annotates the comment On
propositions for an income tax as ''revers-
ing the supreme court by the fact that
in this case 1t is a lower court tha re-
verses the upper one.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30
WHAT'S A GOVERNOR FOR.
Activities Of Pennsylvania Execu-
tive Occasions Surprise.

Charities and Commons.
II is said that Pennsylvania has a gov
error who not only evinces the ordinary in
terest that every good citizen takes in the
welfare OF the wards of his state. but ac-
tually appreciates his duty as chief ex-
ecutive to the extent Of making inquiries
about the insane and other detectives and
paying personal visits to the hospitals. We
are not surprised when the governor of a
little state like Nebraska or Indiana. or
South Dakota, does this sort of thing. The
simple farmers or country lawyers who
are made governors in the wild and woolly
west, come from the common people and
feel the common burdens. But when a gov
ernor OF Pennsylvania or New York docs
as Governors Stuart and Hughes have done
in this respect, Ithe evspape praise their
actions as wonderful. The Harrisburg
Patriot says Governor Stuart is the first
Pennsylvania executive to take this kind
! of active interest in such affairs. Ger
tainly Pennypacker and OdeIl-but let's for
get them.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30

sultsnt reduction in rates may not all
be permanent, but there is every rea-
on to believe thst the contest for eXs'
port supremacy will mean a perma-
nently lower rate for transporting
the grain of the western farmer to the
seaboard. of which at least a portion
will inure to his beneht.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30
Eaassernted Rerorts.

New YORK Iribune.
IL all the stories of wholesale slaughter
in Asia Minor and adjacent territories were
true we should have to believe either that
the population of those regions had been
much greater than any census ever showed
IL to be or that the rate of increase and
Of replenishment was much greater than
elsewhere in the world; or else that by
this time those regions were depopulated.
As it is, we are not prepared to accept
any one of those theories as true.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30

Judging from the pictures the
statues of Industry and Commerce. on
the SEATTLE exposition grounds do not
indicate they have made a success in
life. They haven't even a last seasons
suit Of elathes to put on
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30

Governor Shallenberger has thought
fully retained two of the present re-
publican bank inspectors to break in
the squad of democratic strangers who
are to take control when the new Ne
braska banking law goes into effect.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30
TraInInE ths Cuban Army.

TO the American officers selected 10 train
the Cuban army is presented an unusual
opportunity TO manufacture a useful article
out OF a little very raw material. II the
army can only be taught to stand without
hitching when revolution is In The air,
there may be some hope of native govern
ment in Cuba.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30
EKhaustIng wheat soiIs.
New York World.

The rise in the price Of wheat since 1895
led Sir William Crookes so early as 1893
to announce In THE Wheat Problem"
the theory that the world is facing a
wheat femme through the growth of
population and the exhaustion Of available
wheat lands. Whether or not this view
was justified. J, J. Hill - right In scOr-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30

If the World-Herald wants to know
how high Omaha's democratic admin
istration and the democratic delega-
lion hat misrepresented Douglas
county in the legislature stand. we
refer it to an eminent democratic spe-
cialist, Edgar Howard.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30

The democratic council candidates
for reelection are promising all sorts
of things which they have been in pc
sltion to deliver for three whole
and which they are in position
to deliver right now. What are they
waiting for?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30
LINES TO A LAUGH.

Miss CUSHION, Mrs. Jones, the children
of the lady who has your flat are perfect
little pictures.
Mrs. Jones (grimly)-Yes. and this week
they are godng to be moving pictures
Baltimore American.
The Polieeman-Come, my man. you can
wander around the streets in this fashion,
The Wanderer-Then aresht me.
The P~oliceman-But your wife Is waiting
at home for you.
The Wanderer-That's the reasnon
wanter to be arreshted.- Plain
Dealer.
What is your membe of congress noted
for?"
'Well,' answered Farmer CorntOssel
"around here he's mostly noted for argp'
ments that won't go down and seeds tina
won't come up."-Washington star.
Mrs. MalOne's patience was much tried
by a servant who had a habit OF standing
around with her mouth oIen. One day' az
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30
Emphasis on the Possesnive.

81. Louis 1Iobe- Democrat.
In his latest utterance Mr.. Bryan says.
while I hope that my party will not find
it necessary to call for me as a presiden-
tial candidate in the next campaign,
make the emphatic statement that 1 have
no Intention of retiring from politics" Note
the Significance of. the use Of my party
Let the preparations of the fourth battle
begin. o..
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30
An Expensive scrap Heap.

81 Louis NiVueD"
Building navies that never fire a sun.
and are discarded for bigger ones which
in turn are sent to the scrap heap, might
be as good as disarmament II the operation
were not SO expensive.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30

It is officially announced that
CORTLAND Beach will be r%eopened as
a summer resort for Omaha people in
search of a nearby retreat from sum
mer torridity. 1t is to be noted that
CORTLAND Beach reaches over into
Iowa.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30

Since Jim" has ruled all the law
yers off the track now and forever.
they will all take back seats and try to
look meek aud lowly.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30
PossibiHtIe. OF Foreign Missions.
Springfield Republican.

springfield Repubucan.
In getting their daughters married into
the foreign arlstocrscy, our ambassadors
at London and Paris have won their great
est diplomatic triumphs. These two we'd
dings must be revelations to many Amer
lean millionaires with unmarried daughters
concerning the rich domestic possibilities
of serving their country in the European
capitals.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30

Ex-President Roosevelt was re-
ported to have been tired the other
night. He must have just heard some
of the tall yarns sent 10 the United
States about his trip to date.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30

Nobody pretends that Omaha could
not be worse governed, but that is no
reason why Omaha should not secure
better government when It has a
chance to get rid Of its cowboy in
cubus.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30

A wealthy New York girl who ran
away from home because she con-
ceived the idea of making her W liv-
ing returned when she cut her finger.
Poor thing.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30

Constitution bitters having failed to
react on Abdul Hamid, DR.. Young Turk
has administered a revolution pill,
which gives promise of curing the pa
tient OF his habits.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30

Break It gently to Mr.. Bryan. A
man who vowed he would not cut his
hair until the peerless n was elected
president has become discouraged and
sought the barber.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30

The governor hnds time every few
days to pass a few more pieces Of pie,
but the appetites at the foot of the
table still remain unsatisned.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30

A New York man has given $4,000
for a picture, Going to Work" 1t
should be explained that he did not
pose for 1t himself.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30

Secretary Nagel does not propose to
permit sectionalism in the census. He
refuses TO stand for the exclusive DOM
ination of North.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30

That empty fire engine house is an
other monument to the fine business
capacity of our democratic city admin
istration.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30

ing the folly Of farmers who exhaust their
soil so that II produces but thirteen bushels
to the acre, when II should yield twenty
five or more.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30

With the reaf thing on tap over in
Turkey, the play revolutions in Gen.
trail America fail TO attract attention.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30

A state guaranty fund to replace
glass broken by hail would come in
right handy. l.f
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30

A man who has deserted from the
navy seven times received a ten-year
prison sentence. Likely to have some
difficulty jumping his new Job.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30

Cheer up. The Georgia peach crop
is so large the railroads are worrying
about how they are going to handle It.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30

rev 1ofk sun.
Now il il Carrie Nation who joins that
great army Of u~plifters that have made
enough out ~ reform TO retire.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30

Reckless auto speeding should be
nipped in the bud.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30

Broker Patten that he
doesn't want sympathy. Up to date
no n has been wasting any on him.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30


The question of supremacy between
the fisherman and the hailstone man is
still undecided.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30

A japanese fleet is headed for San
Francisco and Hobson and his coal
barge 1880 miles away.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30
WHEN OFT or rowr.

WHEN OUT OF TOWN..
Subscribers tesving tbs ests tanu-
porariIy shOuld have Th- Bee
mailed 60 them. Address will 10
changed a. eften az reQuested.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30

Yes, they were really as big as hens
eggs.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30

Counterfeit $I00 bills are in circu-
lation. Watch your pay envelope,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30

That play seems % catch the crowd
What do you think Of it?'
"Oh, it's one Of these dasbing plays
"Dashing?"
Yes: | couldn't express my opinion ~ "
without Using dashes. and about haIt the
dialogues and situations in II ought 10 be
expressed the same way."-Chlcagp Trib'
une, @
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30

"Those leases are getting i,erce. dc
clsred the first cave-dweller.
That's right chimed IN the secon
cave-dweller, Our landlord won't let u
keep i~chthyosauri. dodos, Sabre-toCtns
tigers or pterodactyls.-Puck.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30

the maid waited upon the table. her moutI
was open, as usual. and her mistress. CIV
ing her a severe look. said:
Mary, you mouth Ia open"
"Yessum," replied Mary, II opened a.. -
Success Magazine.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30
sTATBMENr or CIRCULATION.

BIAIEMENT OF
state OF Nebraska, Douglas County So.
George z. Tzschuck. treasurer OF Tne o.
publishing company, being duly sworn, sAss
that the actual number Of full and complets
copies Of The Daily. Morning, Evening anu
Sunday Bee printed during the month Oh
March. IQN uaa a = fnilowa.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30

You seldom hear Mr.. and Mrs CSshit's
people speak of them. looks like Their
had been q quarrel. Do YOU know anythiis
about his relations with his wife's family -
81 believe they are mostly poor rela
tons. baltimore American.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30

Yildis Kiosk, the s~ultsn's palace, is To-
Gated on the apex of some beautiful hills.
1t was built by Abdul Medjid. and is about
two miles from the Bosporus, which In
nearly three miles wide at this point and
sends its refreshing breezes up the hill.
One who has visited the palace has given
this description of il;
Around ii is a high wall. and the view
from 1t is magnificent, with the beautiful
Bosporus winding in and out and around
picturesque spots-the Seraglio Point, the
Mosque of ST. Sofia, the hundreds of
slender, gilded minarets and graceful domes
cleaning out from among the dense green
OF the cypress and plane trees. the sad
solitude of the cemetery az Scutari. the dim
Princes Islands in the distance. and even
a faint shadow of Mount Olympus. far off
in Asia, how in the pure atmosphere OF
this charmed spot. The interior of Yildiz
is beautiful beyond the power OF words
to describe. 1t is not crowded with orna-
ment and bric-a-brao. but there are a few
priceless vases, pictures and magnificent
rugs and carpets. There Is an atmosphere
of quiet and repose all through it. There
are a few portraits"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30
OMAHA HOMES
MADE
BEAUTIFUL

II an artistic stranger could
visit Omaha today he would be
struck by the large number OF
beautiful new pictures bright
ening up the various homes.
There is nothing that so 4,
changes the whole atmosphere
of a home as new pictures.
YOU CANNOT afford to be one
of the few who keep the same
old pictures after they have
outlived their beauty.
Now is the ONE GREAT
CHANCE of a life time for
YOU; YES, YOU. to brighten
up YOUR whole home at what
it would ordinarily cost to pur-
chase one single picture.
Friday 1000 brand new pic
lures will be sold from our bar
gain room on the third floor,
and Saturday we will place on
sale 1000 new hitherto un--
shown pictures, at from one
tenth TO one-twentieth of then
actual value.
When you can purchase pic
lures with a real valuation OF
from $500 to $4,000 at f9c,
acc, 7Sc, csc and $I.9S is IT
any wonder that all Omaha Is
identifying their homes?
We do not want 1t said. after
the sale is over, by one single
person in Omaha that they did
not realize the great import
ance of this sale. Hence these
daily talks.
II you do not at least visit
the Hospe store during this
great sale you will regret II, as
an opportunity lost, for years
to come.
A. Hospe
Co.
1918 Douglas St.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30

An Illuminating incident In the career
of the dethroned sultan. showing a chronic
case of cold feet" is related by the New
York Press. The incident occurred at the
time General Lew Wallace was American
minister to Turkey. Great Britain had
taken control OF Egypt. This act greatly
vexed the sultan. General Wallace was a
personal favorite OF the sultan and was
summoned to the palace for a private con-
ference. The sultan desired his advice
about Egypt. The general listened with
friendly sympathy and the sultan, being
relieved in thus talking In confidence TO
a man whom he knew to be sincere and
altogether free from selfish interests. asked
the minister what he could do under the
circumstances General Wallace said that
he appreciated the trust and confidence of
the sultan, but that being the representa-
tive officially Of the United States Of Amer
lea he could not advise the ruler ~ an
other country as to what steps that ruler
should take against a third power. espe-
cially when this third power was on
friendly terms with his own country.
The sultan acknowledged the correctness
OF this position. but besought the general
to make an exception, saying that there
was no other man in the empire to whom
he could go for one single word Of honest,
! dlslnterested advice. But the general re-
heated that he could not be false to his
duty as a minister and envoy from hts
government
Then said the sultan: Tell me as a
prlvate Individual. tell me as a friend.
This appeal touched General Wallace
/ deeply. and he said AS a friend, then
and a private citizen. | will say this, thai
were 1 in the position you have described
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-10-07
Warmly Crested At Plttsbura.

Pittsburg. Oct. 7--Visibly effected by
an enthusiastic ovation accorded him.
DR.. Frederick a. Cook, the north pole
explorer. arrived here today. From
the time he left the train at the union
station until he reached the hotel
Schenly, after an automobile trip
through the principal streets. DIR.
Cook was given most hearty recep-
tion BY scientific bodies. business cir
cles and the citizens OF Pittsburg.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-10-07
JEWELS STOLEN FROM
WOMAN ON FRElGHTER

Lorain. o. Oct. 7.-Suspected OF
the theft Of $4,000 worth Of Jewelry
from Mrs. X r, Speare, the wife OF
millionaire steel man Of Pfttsburg,
William H. Brantford In held in jail
here. The jewelry was stolen while
Mrs. SpeaFe was making a trip on a
freighter on which Brantford was
steward. The missing property was
found today hidden under bath tub
aboard the vessel.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-10-07

The wahpeton Military Training
school will, until 10 o'clock noon. Oct.
Is, 1903, receive sealed bids for the
building Of an Armory according to the
plans and specifications now on file
at the office OF Haxby e. Gillespie.
architects, Fargo, N. d., and at the
Peoples State bank. Wahpeton. N. ID.
Bids may be made for the entire
work Of construction; or excluding
heating, plumbing and wiring, or both.
Also separate bids will be received for
heating, plumbing or wiring.
Certified check for $4,000 must ac-
company each bid. Right is reserved
to reject any or all bids.
The Wahpeton Military Training
School Wahpeton, N. ID.
Oct. 2, 1909.
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