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Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01
ExrRAV1GANCE IN THE WEST.
Fasteners Think the Pace Too swift
in ThIs Section.
New York Evening FosV'

in Thia section.
New York Evening Post
That not everyone takes a rosy view or
the middle vests undoubted prosperity Is
evident from the tendency OF bankers 10
scrutinize loans closely and to hold their
customers in check. They fear that there
is too great extravaganza, especially
among the dwellers IN towns who haVe not
the farmers basis OF support. 1T was but
a few years ago, when we thought lhe
man who bought a bicycle for ASO was
going in deep" remarked one banker mere
today. but now there are hundreds OF
men buying automobiles who cannot aIforo
them. Just because their neighbors nave
them. The farmer who sells enough wheat
or stock to pay cash for his maohlne ID
all right, but the town clerk VINO mortgages
his home or his savings to get a machine
and spends more than he can atford 70
keep It up, is taking long chances.
1--WE have refused to loan for such pur-
poses. but, judging from the number OF
sales made, other lenders are not so care
full There is certain to be a reckoning
ana with the high cost Of living 1t is be-
yond me how the man on a salary can do
q. We loaned a customer $500 the other day
and found that he had given 1t to some
who were selling stock in a
patent ~telegraphing invention that has not
vet been put on the market. If 1t pays
diyidents it will be far In the future, and
vet several thousand dollars were invested
in IL In this community
The leading broker Of a neighboring
town is authority for the statement that
in his immediate vicinity half a million
dollars had been spent for mining stock
ana kindred investments in the past years
and that a great deal Of 1t was borrowed
money.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01

And now the democratic candidates
have changed their coats once more.
They started out as dyed-in-the-wool
Bryan democrats, next took solemn
oath that they affiliated with the popu-
list party and then chased after votes,
pretending to be nonpartisans. Now
we are told they are ''progressives,'
whatever species Of democrat that is,
doubtless with the Idea hat they can
fool some progressive republicans into
voting for disguised democrats. Abra-
ham Lincoln's adage about fooling the
people is well in point.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01
IMPROVING THE MISSOURI.
Cost and Importance of a Twelve
Foot Channel.

root ChAAhGAs
Kansas City Star.
The cost Of building and equipping high
grade railroads ranges from $4,000 to
$4,000 per mile, according to the topo-
graphical and engineering conditions en-
countered. 1t Is estimated that a twelve
foot channel could be made In the Missouri
river from st. Louis to Sioux City, Ia, at
a cost Of about $4,000 per mile. This chan
mel, once secured, would be practically
self-maintaining, for with the stream prop
erly confined the current would do the
dredging. Therefore, the Missouri river,
even on the deep-channel basis, would be
much cheaper traffic way, in the long
run, than a railroad. The capacity OF the
river, with such a channel, would be prac-
ticaliy unlimited. 1t could easily carry all
the products OF it's whole watershed II 1t
were desirable and feasible to bring these
products aboard the river craft. The best
way to secure the deep channel Is to make
use of the present channel. The proposed
boat line offers not alone a good invest
ment I'm direct returns on guaranteed bust
ness, but It offers still greater returns In
reduced freight rates and still greater re-
turns in the Encouragement of river traffic
and river Improvement In general. The
new boat line will have all the freight IL
can handle, but its chief business after all
will be to promote the use Of the Missouri
river on the largest scale.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01

This nonpartlsan masquerade is
surely a great con game. Omaha used
to have a so-called nonpartisan police
board, but the late democratic legisla-
ture, imbued with tho idea that the
democrats could get all the police COM
m~issioners. put it right back into par
tisan politics. The same democratic
legislature, knowing hat the demo-
Gratis could not hope to elect three SUI
preme judges IN their judicial ticket,
undertook to make the judiciary non
partisan in order to pry open the door
for one OF two democratic ohice-seek-
ers. Great game!
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01

The Bees statement hat two mem
bers of the Douglas delegation to the
late democratic legislature are seeking
endorsement of their m%alodorous rec
ord at the impending election needs
amendment. Three members of this
d~iscredited delegation have had the
nerve to present themselves as candi-
dates for offices to be filled this year.
II you want to show your approval of
the d~isgraceful proceedings at Lincoln
last winter that put Omaha in bad with
all the rest of the state, just vote the
democratic ticket.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01

No small amount Of the fire and fury
OF the campaign finish comes from jealous
patriots anxious to help spend the $4,000 =
900 Of back taxes which the courts decide
franchised corporations must pay into the
municipal treasury. The sum is not much,
as money goes around the treasury, where
some $50, 900. 900 are called for by the city
budget for next year. but IL Is like money
from home" more juicy because unex-
peoted. Should the corporations still con-
tlnue to stand out against the collector Of
taxes, the properties will be turned over
to the city auctioneers and the franchises
sold under the hammer. A hundred and
forty-two franchises in Manhattan will
probably be reached by December /.
Catalogues OF delinquent Brooklyn cor
porations are now In the hands of the
printer, to be published In five or six
weeks, and as three months notice must
be given the grace of that borough will be
extended until about March 1. Some Of
these franchises have delayed rendering
the tribute required Of them since 1900.
The purchaser at the auction sale will get
a first lien on the corporations property,
drawing ~ per cent, with the power Of
foreclosure. while in the event that no
private purchasers come forward the city,
under an act passed last year, can buy
In the franchises and hold them. Late
last spring the comptroller succeeded In
collecting something over s., 10000 from the
Manhattan Railway company, with the UNI
Outstanding tina this should not prejudice
them in case the court Of appeals decided
in their favor. The S27, 100000 will be In
to this.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01

~. raul fioheef EIesh'
The federal government is now testing a
new death dispenser that is capable OF
hurting a LOO pound proieqtile for a dis
lance of twenty-five miles. At a range Of
five miles this projeotiie will pierce thir-
teen inche OF Krupp steel armOr, and
Krupp aTmor OF a thickness OF twenty-five
and a half inches is not sufficient to stop
the shells crashing progress II it is placed
near the guns muzzle. All of which means
that the best armament Of a year ago is
now %antiquated. The taxpayer is learning
the expensiveness of the peace propaganda.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01
ON FAME's CAMPING GROUND.
Civil War Generals Are Almost All
Mustered out.
New York Evening Post,

New York Evening Post.
That almost all the confederate and union
generals nave now disappeared from the
scene is perhaps not so surprising as that
many Of them survived for so many years
after the great struggle in which they won
their honofs. But the civil war, 1t must
be remembered, was fought by boys. 1t
is related of General John Sedgwick. who
was Killed at fifty, that two years before
he sw&s tfamilIarly known as Old Uncle
johns because Of his extreme age. His
oldes9d staff officer, a lieutenant colonel,
was but q: the ages Of the rest varied
FROM rs to Is. General Howard, himself,
was 30 at the outbreak Of the war and
Sickles 80. General Wesley Merritt, after
Slckles the most distinguished civil war
veteran on the reired list Of the army, was
only % in 1861. Sheridan was 30 and Gen
eral Miles % when he went to the front as
a captain. In striking contrast is the rapid
disappearance of the prominent figures of
the Spanish war, a phenomenon recalled
by the death last week of Major General
Elwell S. Otis, Generals w r.. Shafter,
Fitz Hugh Lee, Joseph Wheeler, Guy V,
Henry, Henry c. Corbin, William Lud-
low and Henry w. Lawton have gone, IN
addition TO Captain Philip, Rear Admirals
Sampson and Taylor in the navy, and the
commander-in-chlef, William Mckinley.
The war with Spain was fought by men
we'll on in years and was so brief that only
a few younger men like Theodore Roose-
welt, Leonard Wood and Frederick Fun
ston could come to the front. How rapidly
the old army Of 1s6l-1S64 is now disappear
ing appears, too, from the pension figures,
5000 civil war veterans dying in the last
fiscal year.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01

Two women. walking along one Of the
business -thoroughfares of New York heard
a great shouting Of 'EXtry, extry," and
looked about TO see where all the noise
was coming from.
Across the street they spled one very
small newsbOy shouting with all his might.
One OF the women, attracting the boys
attention, called him to her and bought a
paper; then, as she dropped the pennies
into the little fellows hand. she said:
you mustn't make so much noise, my
little mani you can sell you papers just
as well without yelling So"
For half a second the boy looked up at
her in surprise, then exclaimed:
You don't understand, missus; you've
got to yell like hell 10 make a living In
New York"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01
ForestaIIinE a Squeeze.

indianapolis JOuIuals
Those cautious railroad magnates who
complained that 1907 Mould not be used
as a basis Of business comparisons are in
vited to note the announcement Of Presi-
dent Brown, of the New York Central, who
says his road has been doing a greater
amount Of business during the last two
months than ever before in its history.
All Of which is cheering, but not very
rate-ratsinR
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01

Dr., Woodrow Wilson's abandon
ment of de~mocracy's "threadbare pol
Ieies" comes with a significant prompt
ness upon the heels OF Chairman
Mack's suspected discarding Of a
threadbare candidate.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01

ws-are stiil waiting for our amiable
democratic contemporary, the World
Herald, to reprint what it said a few
months ago about the author Of the
Boland bill. who now heads the demo-
cratic county ticket.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01
The simple Pnce.

Phtladelphia Ledger.
From occasional news paragraphs II APP
pears that the Brownsville inquiry Is stll
In progress, at some stage not strictly de-
fined. The verdict il looked forward to
with considerable interest, although it's inn
portance Is lessened by the likelihood that
the soldiers concerned will have died OF old
age in the meantime.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01

II will next be in order for the in
land waterways enthusiasts to make
their peace with the coastwise inter-
ests advocating ship subsidies. In
this respect congressional craft viii
make Washington look like a regatta
thks winter
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01

win that woman who claims to be
writing her tales under the spell Of
Frank R. stoekton's spirit please ask
him to let as know whether he has
vet found out whether It was the lady
Of the tigerg
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01

If Lincoln ant a few pointers
about union stations it can be accom-
modated either in Omaha or in Kansas
City.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01
A Rise COinIng,

st. Pau Pioneer Press.
Colonel Bryan says he hopes nothing will
arise to make II necessary for him to enter
the next presidential contest. However. II
else arises to make that condition
Mr.. Bryan will.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01

Not a word in Mr.. Bryan's Com
moner in behalf of Judge Gaynor. the
Tammany candidate running for mayor
on the democratic ticket in New York.
Talk about the sting of ingratitude!
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01
A Comeback.
Washington Herald

II $40 is too much to pay for a seat at a
banquet In honor OF the president, what
would be a fair price to pay for a Chau
tauqua ticket to hear a pitchfork United
States senator talk through his hat?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01

When they made up their county
ticket this year the democrats cut
South Omaha OF their list. South
Omaha win have a chance to recipro-
cate at the polls.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01

The stir in England owe the poem,
THE Woman With the %serpent's
Tongue, is mild in comparison with
the controversy aroused by the orig
inal sserpent's tongue and the woman.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01

Since invention has found a way
of delivering the mornings milk
through the keybole, the old eonun-
drum about when a door is not a door
is given a new lease of life.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01
"We Mast BE shOwn."


The people OF the United States will in
sist upon seeing the photograph of former
President Roosevelt hiding behind a tree,
or climbing TO the top thereof. TO escape
an encounter with an elephant. Otherwise
the story will not go.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01

Subscribers leaving the city tenn
DOraFily should have Ths Zee
mailed to them, Address will be
changed as often a. requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01

Election throughout Nebraska to-
morrow. The voter who marks his
ballot for the whole republican ticket
will not go wrong.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01

If Senator Aldrfch or Senator Joe
Bailey, either or both of them, come to
Omaha they will be politely received,
even though many of us disagree with
their Views on some public questions.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01

esipts OF The government shall be enabled
to escape justice by crawling out at the
gate Of the statute Of limitations what a
triumph OF depravity there will have beenl
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01

Registration figures indicate that
Douglas county VIII go republican by
upward Of 5000 majority. Get into
the band wagon.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01

Now that China has provincial as
semblies, it is fighting over taxation
just like a civilized country.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01

Officials in the geodetic survey just
shaken up by the government, now
know how it feels to be an earth
quake.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01

In deciding hat cremation is lille
gal, Austria's supreme court has only
added fuel to a burning issue in other
lands.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01

"a stitch in time saves nine" 1t is
cheaper to slow down the automobile
than to bump into a suit for damages.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01

New York is still hearing stories about
Pat Mccarren. The latest is that he
wagered 800 that he could secure a lodging
room at the Martha Washington hotel,
VIGOROUSLY excludes men. And he
won the bet by means OF a pleasing manner
and a promise to give the SEQ 70 any
the women might name
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01

Broadway and the tributaries abutting
on the peroxide path were thrown into a
panic yesterday by the rumor that the re-
tail prices Of liquid refreshments would
advance all along the line about the first
Of November as a result OF the new tariff
on imported wet goods. None Of the
hotel or cafe proprietors would give any
hint Of the new scale of prices, reports the
Times, but all intimated that they would
be enough to make q mar stsgger without
the assistance Of any further stimulant.
This situation is brought about by the
fact that agreements as TO imports en-
tered into during the administration OF
President Roosevelt are expiring, and
with their expiration the rates of duty as
established by the new tariff law 80 into
effect. Agreements with France, Switzer-
land and Belgium expire October 80. Those
of Germany and Great Britain expire Feb
ruary T., 1910, and with Portugal, Italy.
Spain and the Netherlands on August T.
1910.
Under the new tariff the duty on cham
payne is raised from So to 500 a case, This
means that 80 cents is added to the cost OF
importing a quart bottle Of champagne,
on still wines there is an increase OF go
cents a case, and on brandies and distilled
spirits there is an increase of IS cents a
gallon. These increases are computed on
the minimum rates of the new tariff. II
developments justify the application Of the
maximum duties. Is per cent will be added
to these figures.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01
Animated
Cleveland Plaln Dealer.

The czar is taking an imperial outing,
and for fear that he may feel lonesome
$1,000 troops are escorting him. This would
seem to be one OF the largest personally
conducted tours on record.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01

.re democratic non-partisan bunco
game has beer pretty we'll exposed.
Don't be a Mike"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01

why did you accept George7''
HE was so much more original than the
other fellows" FsH
I'm what why"
He was the one that asked me to be
his W~ife!"-Puck.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01

The essential basis Of New York Journal
ism?' says a writer in he National Re
view, 'is that New York is eagerly, pet
tily. provincially Interested in New York,
and very little interested in anything else.
New York public must be given,
piping hot, a record of New York life, and
a record Of certain happenings outside
Of New York which show either (a) that
the foreigners of Boston, New Orleans,
Canada and Europe can under some cir
cumstances act curiously like New Workers,
OF (b) thai the said foreigners can under
some circumstances, act so barbarously
unlike New Workers as to be infinitely
amusing. New York is not in the least
interested in European politics, not even in
American politics. 1t is not interested In
great social developments and tendencies.
It wants the blood and the ballet Of life
from all over the world, but most partic-
ularly the blood and the ballet OF New
York, the sensational murders, the intimate
records OF the queens OF the stage.
THE human interest story is a feature
of New York journalism at first a little
astonishing, then a great deal captivating,
Its foundation is the principle that the
romantic or humorous happenings OF the
common people are, properly treated, as
NlNldly interesting 10 the he"sPaPei leoueI
as ~dynastic changes or great battles. The
child kidnapped dramatically from the
slums, the street Arab risking his life to
save a dog. the love romance OF an unim-
portant couple when It is tinged with an
unusual note OF happiness or t~ragedy-such
things make up the human interest story,
and will occupy pride of place on the first
page to the exclusion Of the latest devel-
opments IN the Balkans, the dissOlvinE OF
a Russian douma, or a British general cleo
ton. In the yellow journals the human
interest story tends 10 degenerate into
keyhols journalism'-into grossly often
sive spying on domestic privacy. But in
it's best form the human interest story
is good reading. and. moreover, edifying
~reading-a terrible word, edifying, but It
conveys my exact meaning"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.

state OF Nebraska. Douglas County. SIS
George b. Tzschuck, treasure or The bee
Publishing Company. being duly sworn, says
that the actual number OF full and complete
copies OF The Daily. Morning. Evening and
sunday Bee printed during the month OF
Gapta.,hor 1910 v-oa a q FoIlOUas
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01

1t looks like a full-moon future for
the Crescent city.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01

When properly bonded, the Missis-
sippi should break no more banks.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01

Coming out Of one Of the large depart
ment stores two well-dressed women saw
q group Of street urchins gazing at their
automobile and one little girl was heard
to say: wish l could have a ride in IT,"
The women smiled and then the hid
was asked II she would really like a ride,
and was helped into the machine after
assuring the women that she would not
be missed at home. Her companions set
up a cheer as the machine started, and
some of them were still on the spot when
It returned half an hour later, bringing
back the little girl, The womerA con-
graduated themselves on having given the
little one an extraordinary treat, but were
d~lsenchanted when she told them that her
father was a chauffeur and that she liked
his machine "a great deal better"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01

Bertha, my dear, l nave been looB4ls
over your writing exercises. Your orthogra-
ply is atrocious. You don't seem to know
how to spell even the simplest words"
Spelling, papa, is purely arbitrary.
Words We're made before the alphabet was"
Chicago Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01

1T must be extremely gratifying to you.
Mrs. Childers, to have your daughters all
settled in life"
Yes, indeed. Thank goodness the dear
girls are all happily divorced LOUISVILLE
CourieT-Journal
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01
crawIinE Through small Hole.

II all the sugar thieves who have stolen
millions Of dollars from the customs re-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01

Mrs. Hashleigh-Wiu you have some OF
this oyster stew. Mr.. Border9
Mr.. Border-No. thank you, I'm not
thirty. boston Transcript.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01

neryously, that his Bwana Tonga shot
a lion through the heart in mid-air as II
sprang at him, and afterward strangled
II with his bare hands"
"Humph!" answered yne elephant, with
a contemptuous toss Of his trunk, you
can't believe all these nature fakirs tell
Ou."-Baltimore American.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01

She has lovely diamonds, hasn't she2''
How do you known
Il breakfasted with her.+-Life.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01
LINES TO A LAUGH.

Il am fit to fight him right now" said
the puglist.
months, instead of next week?'
Well, Ill tell you. The fellow thinks
ticlpatlon is all that he viii get out Of it,
PHILADELPHIA Leader.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01
Around New York

nipples on the Current Of Life
as seen IN the Great American
Metropolis from Day 20 Day,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01

NEOFGb .. INbCfIUCh'
Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn 70
before me this 50th day Of September, 1909.
(SeaD M. p. WALKER.
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01

Most Insulting man / sver metl" ex-
claimed the man with the breezy per-
s~Onality. I'm never going to have any
thing to do with him again"
What has he been saying TO your"
Nothing"
What has he been saying behind youl
back?"
Nothing. : Every time ! start 70 tell
him q funny story he looks up at the
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01

IF you could have one wish, what would
IL be?'
That my wife would sometimes tell me
to my face some of the fine things she
says about me to her friends. "-Baltimore
American,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01

Stella-You have two proposals?
Bella-Yes; l can't decide which to marry
first-New York Sun.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-01

Entered at Omaha DostOfIce as second