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Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-28
Fairness to Business.

President Taft's decision in the vexa-
tious whisky controversy has a wider
bearing than the mere Interpretation Of
the pure food law as applied to the dis
filling interests, for it is a character
istic expression of his attitude toward
the country's industries at large, and
as such it will be found that he mani
tests the utmost fairness and justice
toward all.
To a subject on which such variant
expert opinion had been pronounced,
Mr.. Taft brought his judicial discern
ment and experience, and the result is
a broad-minded view, logically and con-
vincingly stated. The president finds
that the evidence of square competition
in the trade for a century past has
beer in favor of such a definition Of
whisky as he now renders, and he only
requires of the makers that they shall
label their products in accordance with
the facts of manufacture.
The decision makes for straightfor-
ward, old-fashioned business honesty,
and as such indicates that consistent
commercial integrity has nothing to
fear from the administration.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-28
PERSONAL NOTES.

Do not talk Of a dash to the South
Pole" 1t is the alleged dash to the North
Pole that is now being dashed all over
the civilized world.
Should Richard Parr recover a whole
million dollars for his work in revealing
the sugar frauds it may be that much
harder for him to realize that virtue is
its own reward.
Jacob Vinegar, % years old, Of New York
City, found a girl willing to change her
name for his, and accordingly he has taken
out a marriage license. Her name is
Gorde Yankieliewiesz
Much appreciation is being expressed
at the action of the citizens of Detroit,
Mich, in raising a fund of S25, 600 for the
erection In Washington of a memorial to
the late Senator Mcmillan.
Rev. DR.. Mancius H.. Hutton, chaplain
general Of the Society of the Cincinnati
and formerly president Of the General
Synod Of the Reformed church in America,
died in New Brunswick, N. j., from
asthma
Because Lauritz E. %Sangdahl of Chicago
would not tell his wife what he was going
to give her for Christmas she kicked him
out of bed, he charges, knocked him down
WlLh a Chl TAIN pOAS dhu Llhdllg uIoN6 MN
from the house,
Herbert Gladstone will be first governor
general of United South Africa, and in
that case his wife will be the first lady
Of that part of the world. Mr.. Gladstone
is the youngest son Of the late w. L.
Gladstone, and his wife is the younger
daughter Of the late Sir Richard Paget.
The ~enterprising postmaster at Pine
Ridge Indian agency is reported to be IN
aspirant for the prize of the best seller"
Of 1910, 1t is said he has secured steno-
graphic reports of Red Clouds talk of his
active life, and will put it in shape for
the book market early next year.
Frank II. Kellogg, known to fame as a
trust buster, having taken a fall out of
the Standard Oil company at st. Paul, is
receiving popular Invitations to tackle the
electrical combine for a finish bout. No
great purse or moving picture rights are
hung up as a prize, but the winner is sure
of great APPLAUSE at the finish.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-28
WHEN EVERYBODY is NICE.
CHEEKY Influence of the season on All
Glasses.
San Francisco Chronicle.

San Francisco Chronicle.
Has the observant reader taken note Of
the increase of politeness, of thoughtful
attention, of the display Of affection which
the present month has ushered in? Why
is II? Why is 1t that the bootblack says
civil things to me? Why is it that the
barber is choice In repartee? Why is it
that the milkman Is lavish with his cream?
Why is it that the janitor turns on enough
of steam7
why7 Why, because Christmas is COM
ing. Christmas, which means many things
and works many marvels. AS the days
which intervene take their place one by
one in the records OF the past the small
boy rises more and more promptly in the
morning and is more polite at the table;
the small girl busies herself about the
house, helping mother, and plants kisses
of unusual warmth on fathers mouth when
he comes back from the office.
Nor is that all. Have you ever tasted
such delicious buns as cook is now baking
Except at the same season in former
so attentively served by the waiter at
years., or been so civilly treated by the
street car conductor who knows you. or
lur cheon down town. Have the clerks
GNGI DENh ~ 1h9N Ape' NN4NNRNf o5eAAf ~
previous Decembers). the young lady
photographer so obliging and patient, the
office boy so alert, the elevator man so
courteous and genial2
And have you ever had such delightful
and affectionate letters before-except in
other Decembers7 There is cousin this
and nephew that ana niece so-and-so-more
relations, in fact. than you would have
sworn you possessed II you had been asked
offhand without stopping to count. Not
in eleven months a you heard from
them, but this neglect pales before tho
warmth OF the present greetings. DO write
to them, they urge. won your Well.
II you do and fail to send a Christmas
token. the things which win be said win
have no resemblance 10 the letters.
Altogether II is a wonderful season. this
part Of the month OF December which
comes before the 18th. Everybody is Just
as nice as he knows how-everybody. that
is, except a few old Scrooges who don't
know what Christmas is made for. And
even the sorooges are more affable as they
think OF how they'll fool the rest
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-28
The Garbage Question.

The city council should be very care
full in dealing with the garbage Ques-
ton. At best, any ordinance 1t may
adopt or any contract 1t may enter into
will be merely a temporary expedient.
The experience of Omaha with the gar
bage question from the beginning until
the present has been most unfortunate.
One experiment after an other has fol-
lowed in futile effort to discover some
plan whereby household refuse may be
gathered and disposed of without plac-
ing the charge directly on the city gov
eminent. Ordinance after ordinance
has been enacted, contract after con-
tract entered into, suit after suit
pushed through the courts, and always
has the question come around to the
starting point. Nothing has been dis
covered that will relieve the city Of the
responsibility or the householder of the
inconvenience that grows out of any
attempt that has been made to substi-
tute for the natural plan some make
Sill uuSIhOu VI SOlbCSIlh6 anu NAoPOS-
ing of garbage. Until the matter is
taken over by the city and properly
controlled under supervision of the
health department the question will be
open always for discussion and the an
noyances and Inconvenience will con-
tinue.
The ordinance at present before the
council is, perhaps, the best that can
be had in the present emergency, but
it does not meet the requirements of
the situation. Its adoption may re-
lieve existing conditions, but 1t is only
a matter Of time when something will
arise which will overturn the new plan
and make 1t necessary to adopt another.
For this reason steps should be taken
to the end that before this disturbance
arises plans will have been matured for
placing the entire garbage question be-
yond the realm of uncertainty. This
can only be done by putting it entirely
upon the city government.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-28
ChIvaIry Blooms GaiIy.
Chicago Tribune.

Who says hat valor is dead? Who main
tains that the days Of chivalry are no
more; that knights no longer live who
pin their ladies' 'kerchiefs on their breasts
and go forth to face dragons or the
caitiff foe? II such there be, let them
consider Slater Of Virginia, Christian name
and postoffice unknown. He offers to
marry Carrie Nation. All other valorous
deeds sink into insignificance beside this
deed. Even the great faunal naturalist
now tearing Nairobian lions limb from
limb and eating them raw appears like
an arrant coward compared with Slater
OF Virginia.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-28
NEARING THE CLOSE

s.. e, Kiser in the Record-Herald.
The year is drawing to close;
What of the many hopes you had
The plans you fashiOned-what Of thosef
Has worthy triumph made you glad2
Have you achieved one splendid thing
Since this evcntful year began,
Or are you merely dallying,
The servant Of some other man?
A year ago you started out
Intending to, deserve success; ayta.e- q.
Has your success been brought about,
And have you proved your worthinessH
Or are you one of those who sigh
Because their hopes have come to naght,
Because they lacked the will to try
For prizes which their rivals gotT
The year is drawing to a close;
What honors has II brought to you'll
Do you loom, as the old year goes,
Among the envied, lucky few?
You've had your chance; what have you
done?
What of the promises you made?
Have you with manly courage won
Where others paused ana were afraid?
The way which we have come is strewn
With wrecks where hopes were lost, alasi
Beyond us lies a line that soon
We shall be called upon to paSsi
The year is drawing to a close,
Obedient to natures law;
There's no use fretting, / suppose
Wen simply have TO let It draw.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-28

Mr.. Hitchcock is following in the
footsteps of his predecessors as post
master general in putting upon second
class matter the lions share of the
blame for the enormous deficit in his
department. without manifesting a
disposition to shirk any of its respon-
slbility toward this indispensable
branch Of the government service, the
newspaper press of the country owesit
to itself to make the public acquainted
with some facts not v~isualized by the
annual postal report.
Mr.. Hitchcock calculates that the
daily newspapers cost his department
nearly 2 cents a pound to handle and
transport, while the rate of postage
paid upon them is 1 cent a pound. In
cidentally bearing in mind that the
publishers of newspapers themselves
provide for the sorting, assembling and
routing Of this mail, and deliver 1t to
the department in sacks ready for ship
ment, in many cases putting the sacks
on the trains at the stations, 1t must
be apparent that little of the expense
Of handling this class Of mail is borne
by the government except the actual
transportation over the Tsils. The
rate paid by the newspapers to the
government is / cent a pound, and the
express companies stand ready to take
- 4lE. zn4Iro hV,.fnAso ~ Tho uonaa
rate and make none IN it. Mr.. Hitch
cock estimates the average cost to the
government of handling and trans
porting the entire second class matter
at more than 9 cents a pound, yet the
express companies would add to their
dividends by handling it at a rate ap-
proximating the 1 cent now collected
by the government at such an APP
parent loss.
Railroads haul freight for eight
tenths of a cent per ton per mile. at a
profit; they haul express cars free Of
charge, and pay the Pullman COM
panies for the privilege of hauling par
lor and sleeping cars. Yet they charge
the government as much rental per
year for postal cars as the original
cost of the cars, and they draw from
the postal department a greater reve-
nue. per pound for carrying second
class mail than the government gets
out of it's postage. Manifestly there is
a discrepancy somewhere; and before
any attempt is made to charge higher
rates upon any class Of mail matter it
would be well for congress to investi-
gate thoroughly the whole subject of
what the railroads are getting out of
the postal service. This is the day of
governmental adjustment of unfair dis
elimination of rates, and the place to
begin would seem to be at home. For
the rates of postal transportation have
not been revised in many years, and
now is the time for discovery Of how
great an excess of profit the railroads
are exacting from the public mai serv-
ice. Proper remedy e~ffectually applied
along this line would wipe out a large
part of the existing deficit, II not eradi-
eating 1t utterly.
AS regards the franking privilege,
that is entirely within the control OF
congress, which ought to use sufficient
judgment to reduce the free service to
the necessary minimum. In the mat
ter of rural free delivery, that is q
national blessing that. is worth all that
it costs, and more.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-28
Our Latest DreadnOught.
Boston Transcript.

bUSIOH ITdH5CIIpI.
With the launching of the Utah we have
another dreadnought, a fact that should
make those who have been reading alarm
list literature and dreaming Of invasion
sleep a little more comfortably O. nights.
When the Utah' sister ship, the Florida,
goes into the water, the list Of states
available for naming vessels of this class
will be pretty near exhausted. 1t is pro-
posed to make room for Texas by chang
ing the old Texas to the Dallas. The paint
brush has made changes in the names of
the single-turreted monitors that leave
room for a few states to be represented
in a battleship nomenclature.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-28
OURS A POOR BOY's COUNTRY.
Senator Delivers Conclusion and the
Reason for 1t.
. We ohtputnp Do,t

Reason for 1t.
Washington Post.
Senator Doliver has a mental reservation
of large area as to ours being a Door mans
government, but he says unqualifiedly that
this is a poor boys country. He pities the
boy born rich. The reason the boy born
with a silver spoon In his mouth has no
chance in the race against the raggeddy
kid is that he begins too late; he never
makes a start until he has to do some
thing, and then II is too late; on the con-
trary, the poor boy has to hustle from the
first-from the time he is old enough to
talk. His educational advantages are lin
tied, but What he picks up in the school
of practical knowledge is a better founda-
ton for the e~mployments and ambitions of
his later years than what the pampered
youth derives from dawdling through col
lege and sowing wild oats. Americans
have not, up to this time, shown that they
possess the power or gift to such a de-
gree as foreigners-notably the French
in handing down from father to son the
solid virtues as well as the higher mental
processes that make for a successful
career. Until this quality of heredity is
attained, ours will continue to be a poor
boys country, and the rich boy an object
of sympathy.
Our government cannot be called the
poor mans government, observes Senator
Dolliver, until some important questions
are settled right. These should be taken
up at once, and some legislative action
determined upon and carried out. The
habit politicians have Of steering clear Of
problems Of great moment was sharply
commented on by Mr.. Dolliver. Their solu-
ton probably would have TO wait until
the men and women OF the country reach
hat stage where they will have that in
sight into public questions so that they
will be able to penetrate the frauds that
are practiced upon them" This time is
near at hand-the day when IL would not
be a question of law or public policy, but
whether a man can steal with impunity
and immunity.
Senator DOlliver did not trace the after
career Of the poor boy. but left his hear
eTs to infer that he never in his life be-
came a trust promoter, a corporation law
yer, a great lawmaker, or the multimil-
lionaire head OF an oppressive monopoly
In restraint Of trade. A study of the
careers OF these captains Of industry and
Of legislation would throw light on this
interesting point. but, of course, there are
exceptions TO every general rule, and the
exploitation OF these exceptions would not
swerve Senator Delivers opinion thai this
Is a poor boys country, whatever It may
lack as the poor mans government
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-28
More Action Needed.

NIIINIIIIIWVI HTTWWITNTs
Despite the movement well under way
from the cities to the farms, and the addi-
tional farm production resulting therefrom;
despite the thousands Of immigrants who
have gone upon the lands to add their
tribute of results to our aggregate Of farm
products, it is very evident that the coun-
try and the world require greater harvests
than ever have been gathered in order
to give food at reasonable prices to the
constantly increasing population.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-28
THE RIGHT TO DRINK.
Some Remarks ON Bryan'S Projected
BOOzeIess Campaign.
RrOOkly0 EaQla-

Brooklyn Eagle.
Some details remain to be arranged, but
otherwise the program for 1912 Is settled
as to essentials. This, with one exception.
1t is not yet known whether the prohibition
convention will, as 1t were, take the wind
out of the democratic sails by nominating
Mr.. Bryan first. An easy way out of the
difficulty, would be for the two conventions
to be called to order at the same time ana
to keep in touch with each other, so that
action would be simultaneous, to the pre-
servation of the dignity of both.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Bryan is demanding an
answer to a momentous question. He wants
to know whether personal liberty means
that a person has a right to drink In any
quantity, at any time, and in any place,
to which question many answers have al
ready been received, none of them conclu-
sive. 1t has been said there was a man
who could drink himself ashore from the
middle of the Atlantic, which is not for
hidden by any law, organic or otherwise.
And having accomplished this feat, his
right to ask the way to the nearest saloon
would hardly be disputed, but that Is car
rying personal liberty to excess.
Testimony from such a source would be
inadmissible, If not incompetent. On the
other hand there are extremists, who,
being compelled to choose between carbolio
acid and q dry Martini. would take the
poison. Their evidence should also be
excluded on the ground Of prejudice, but
fortunately there are plenty Of other wit
nesses. And pending the settlement of this
controversy, the unsolved problem. why
is a mouse when it spins, might also re-
ceive a little OF the attention its Import
ance demands.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-28
An American Internrster.

In the death of Frederic Remington
the country loses one of its most faith
full interpreters of its native character
istics, for the Remington types we're an
international currency of American
mintage. His stories of western life
were the voice of experience and added
the latest touch of conditions on the
plains and in the hills to Mark Twain's
"Roughing 1t" and Roosevelt's outdoor
narratives.
But 1t was by his cowboy and In
dian pictures that he will be best re-
membered, for it was these which
gained the widest circulation, at home
and abroad, depicting as they did with
infinite fidelity and felicity, the actual
scenes of American frontier and ranch
conditions, so rapidly vanished. His
redskins, his plainsmen, his horses, at
ford a faithful panorama in graphic
outline and vivid color of the vigorous
and full-blooded west ere the big cities
crowded into the new country and the
telephone and automobile covered the
land.
The Cuban war afforded him scope
in another field, giving the world his
famous statuettes Of THE Broncho
Buster" and 1.-THE Wounded Bunkie,"
either of which would have made him a
celebrity; but beside his later work his
early pictures recording the retreat Of
the old conditions before the civiliza-
ton of today stand unrivaled.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-28
POINTED P~LEAsANTRIEs.

What good resolution are you going to
make this year2'
Not to make any ."-Baltimore American.
Pricilla asked John Alden why he did not
speak for himself.
You won't get a chance later" she
Nothing daunted, he forthwith popped
New York Sun.
I'VE must learn to save our pennies"
said the thrifty man.
That's easy" answered his wife. "An
the shops are careful to hand you a few
coppers' change when you give them a
dollar biu."-Washington Star.
The Hunter-o, l beg your pardoni 1 mis-
The Netlve-No harm done, mister. I
reckon I'd a bin safe enoug Il ye'd mistoOk
me fer a barn door.-Life.
Scott. Is Jones married?
Mott. l guess not, l never heard him
blame his wife for anything.-Boston
Transcript.
The Sunday school class was singing 81
Want to Be an Angel "Why don't you
aIng louder. Robby?" I'm singing as loud
as l feel" explained Observation-Disclosures.
Her cellulold comb took fire"
Gracious! Did she have 1t onT"
yes"
Did it smoke much?'
Just a couple of ffs.'-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Miss Violet said the handsome young
professor OF vocal culture, you must put
more heart into your voice. Let II be
freer and more spontaneous"
'Why professor" she said, bringing her
lovely eyes to bear upon him, my heart
is entirely free!"-Chicago Tribune.
Badger-I say, Broker, you were a med
ical student before you toOk to the market.
Now, what would you do II q man came to
you with a bad case Of swollen fortune7
duce the swelling by manipulation.-Boston
Transcript.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-28
The President and the Corporations

AnC IACoAuShb aAu 1AS wa PSAoNASAS'
Nothing official has come from the
White house concerning the presidents
attitude toward additional legislation
to regulate corporations since his mes
sage to congress on December 7, in
which he said:
THE Jurisdiction Of the general gov
eminent over interstate commerce has
led to the passage of the so-called,
Sherman antitrust law and the in
terstate law and its amend
ments. The development in the opera
ton of those laws, as shown by indict-
ments. trials, judicial decisions and
other sources of information, calls for
a discussion and some suggestions as
to amendments. These I prefer to en-
body in a special message instead Of in
GLIDING them in the present communi-
cation, and / shall avail myself of the
first convenient opportunity to bring
these subjects to the attention of con-
gress."
While Il has since been supposed
that the president might possibly defer
his recommendations concerning the
sherman law pending the final decis-
ion of the supreme court In the Stan
dard OIL case. still It has been sur
missed that sundry other proposals, in
Guiding a federal incorporation act,
would be brought to the attention Of
congress early in the current session.
Now. however. It appears that some
lawmakers at Washington are advising
the executive to hold back all mes
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-28

Republic Is in Iowa are getting
closer together because they have dis
covered that the result OF their inter
nal division is the election OF demo
Gratis to ONCE by republican votes. The
same thing is true in Nebraska, and
the lesson Of the present state admin
istration is one that should be always
in mind.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-28
Consider the Picture.

San Francisco Chronicle.
Colonel Roosevelt, having been elected to
associate membership in the French Acad-
envy Of Moral and Political Sciences, will
be entitled, when delivering lectures at
the Sorbonne, to wear the plumed hat Of
an academician, a, p~earl-handled sword and
a suit embroidered with green palms. The
reader can finish the picture.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-28

1t is only natural that the World
Herald should seek to make political
capital out Of the punishment by the
supreme court Of a contumacious at
torney because the offender happened
to be q democrat. Not only is every
thing grist that comes to the World
Herald's mill. but Il doesn't take much
to start II grinding.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-28

The Lincoln Traction company is do
ing much to prevent %stagnation in the
public mind at the capital city It may
not be fulfilling its perfect mission, but
the small service 1t AFFORDS as a topic
for calorihc discussion in the cold
weather should certainly commend it
to the people suffering through it's
shortcomings,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-28

The esteemed Lincoln Star is finding
1t difficult to keep its politics. or any
thing else. on straight these gladstone
holiday times About the only consis-
tent thing the Star does is to persist in
its abuse of Omaha
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-28

May there moi be danger in intro
ducing the puckerless persimmon to
the Southland? What II there should
follow the fatless 'possum. the sugar
less sweet-notato pie, and the flourless
beaten biscuit! This ~lessening of the
'ess can be carried a bit too far.